Call for Submissions

Vector Festival 2024 Flagship Exhibition: too fragile to hold

  Too fragile to hold
  Too murky to see
A drop
A crack
A burned finger
A car with no driver
    Dark water
      doom impending
A foot sinks into dank bog
A thread
Refract
          A note
          A guardrail
          Dissonance
  Mist coating surfaces
  Slips through fingers
    Flickers on eyelids
      Soft forms
Beyond the edge of what
       yearns for

The combined experiences of migrating species, weather patterns, geopolitical scrambling, and algorithmic data processing can also remind us that all is cosmic, symbiotic, interconnected, intersected and intertwined. Grasping at the urgent inequities of our time and grappling with the paradoxical trajectory the world hurtles towards, amidst rigid systems, a precautious hopeful path is driven by new tech at a relentless pace where digital products promise solutions. Where searching for pathways to follow only unfurls cascading questions.

Will we follow the birds when the weather changes? How can we evolve beyond borders? Will the ocean currents steady? Are we but particles in a spatialised system? How do we move beyond the definitions that constrain our realities? Can we build vast and intricate bridges between each other, tangible and intangible?

For Vector 2024, we seek to immerse participants into embodied experiences where mutualisms might flourish and simultaneity resounds.* Mutualism----- where all species involved benefit from their interactions.

We invite artists working in new media to explore realms enabled by new and old tech, expanding Vector’s universe through new media artworks, installations, and interactive activations.

Vector Festival’s 2024 flagship exhibition is curated by Miriam Arbus.

Timeline

Application deadline: April 19, 2024
Exhibition dates: July 11 – August 10, 2024
Installation dates: July 1 – 5, 2024
Artists are expected to be available for installation

TYPE OF ARTWORK

New media artworks for a group exhibition installation.

Location

Vector Festival’s flagship exhibition is held on-site at InterAccess (950 Dupont St, Toronto ON, M6H 1Z2).
Gallery floor plan is available upon request via email.

Fees

Vector Festival does not charge submission fees or provide production expenses. All artists selected for participation will receive fees in accordance with CARFAC and IMAA fee schedules, as well as support to apply for external funding.

Equity

InterAccess is committed to equity and strongly encourages applications from equity-deserving communities, including artists who are Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, LGBTQ-identified, Gender Diverse, Two-Spirit, and Persons with Disabilities. 

Contact

Please reach out to art@interaccess.org with any questions.

VF24 FLAGSHIP EXHIBITION: SUBMISSION FORM

Open call for submissions to VECTOR FESTIVAL 2024: Flagship Exhibition. This form may not save progress - please draft submission text outside of this form if possible. Reach out to art@interaccess.org with any submission questions.
This helps the programming committee & curators properly address you upon deliberation.
This helps the programming committee & curators properly address you upon deliberation.
Approximately 300 words
Outline the technical requirements for the presentation of the work. Please outline which materials are to be provided by the artist and which materials required from the venue.
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Add up to five images of your work (JPG or PNG, maximum file size 1MB each)
Link to streamable audio/video documentation viewable online; we will not download any files to view. 5 minutes max of material will be viewed. Please ensure share settings are accurate and the link does not expire; we will not reach out to fix any broken links.
Approximately 150 words
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Please indicate if your work has a thematic, conceptual, or historical connection to Toronto, or if you have a biographic connection to the Greater Toronto Area (including if you attended university in the GTA). We are considering works from local and international artists - connection to the GTA is not required, but if relevant, we're interested to know.
Do you belong to any marginalized or equity-deserving communities? These are including, but not limited to: People of colour/Racialized, Indigenous, Black, LGBTQIA2S+, Disabled/Chronically Ill/Living with a Mental Illness, Newcomer (to Canada), Low-income/No generational wealth. Please be as specific or general as you'd like. Sharing this information is completely voluntary and helps us ensure artist selection is diverse and representative of our community.