Inside Out - Light-Based commissions for Saltaire Arts Trail

Description

Saltaire Arts Trail is a community arts event organised by Saltaire Inspired and held annually on the late May Bank Holiday weekend.

In 2017, a successful grant application to Arts Council England (subject to final confirmation) means that Saltaire Inspired is able to add a new dimension to the Arts Trail – a programme of light-based and digital art events.

Based loosely around the theme ‘Inside Out’, there are two strands of commissioned activity:

• Two large-scale light-based commissions
• The ‘Artquest’ trail of 15 QR code plaques with downloadable digital content (see separate opportunity)

Light-Based Commissions@
Two artists will be commissioned to create a video projection mapped onto the front of two selected Saltaire terraced houses, ‘removing the front wall’ to reveal their artistic vision of what might be taking place within. Proposals for works can be as ‘realistic’ or wildly imaginative as artists wish and must be accessible to and appropriate for broad audiences including young children.

The projection will run for two nights on 26 and 27 May for 3 hours from dusk. Pairs of houses – one to be projected upon, the other to be projected from – will be allocated by the event organisers. Commissioned artists will be able to access some limited technical and artistic support from the event organisers and projection technicians, but should have some proven experience in producing complex artistic video.

The artist will be paid an inclusive production fee of £2,500. The technical aspects and costs associated with the projection will be met from a separate budget.

Application:
Artists should apply by email to Rebecca Henshaw Rebecca Henshaw at team@saltaireinspired.org.uk by Sunday 12th March. Artists should state which of the two strands they are applying for.

Artists or groups applying for the Light-Based Commissions should set out in less than 500 words their proposed idea and the skills and experience that make them suitable candidates. They should include up to 3 images of previous work and can submit links to online video of previous work. CVs can be attached.