OPEN CALL

OPEN CALL FOR MEDIA ART PROJECTS
Submission deadline 15 NOV 2024

LICHTROUTEN is a decentralized exhibition project that has been taking place throughout the city center since 2002. Lüdenscheid City Marketing organizes the LICHTROUTEN light art festival. Bettina Pelz and Tom Groll are the artistic directors.

NEW ENERGIES

We are looking for projects and concepts that take up energy as an artistic medium, theme or metaphor. In times of stagnation, crisis and conflict, the need for new energies is more urgent than ever. Renewable energy sources offer hope and resilience and pave the way for a sustainable future. Social and spiritual energies provide the strength and unity needed to overcome challenges.

We are looking for concepts and artworks that inspire reflection on the crucial role of renewable energy in the realization of sustainable development. We are also interested in projects that explore the transformative power of social energy, such as community action, collective effort and spiritual energy that emphasize inner strength, mindfulness and the connection between people and the environment.

ARCHITECTURE PROJECTION

This open call is aimed at artists from all disciplines who realize their projects as architectural projections, be it as animation, video art or projection mapping. Individual artists, artistic collectives or transdisciplinary projects are invited to apply. All artistic media such as drawing, printmaking, painting, photography, film, animation or mapping that can be implemented as an architectural projection are eligible.

JURY

The Lichtrouten Kollektiv e.V. supports this open call. The association consists of citizens and volunteers who work as artist assistants, production assistants or audience guides.

The board of the Lichtrouten Kollektiv will form the jury for this open call. Susanne and Thomas Meermann, Conni Sandmann, Wolfgang Teipel and Ulrike Tütemann will select the artwork for the rear façade of the Gotha parking garage in the city center. The jury’s decisions cannot be contested.

SITE

The projection screen is the GOTHAER PARKING DECK in LUEdenscheid,
the location is indicated here Google Map

PROJECTION SYSTEM

The projection area is 26.3 m x 13.0 m.
The projection is realized with a 20,000 Ansi Lumen projector.
A sound system will be available on site.

TIMELINE

15 NOV 2024 Submission deadline for entries
15 DEC 2024 Announcement of the selection for the exhibition
10 MRZ 2025 Deadline for the final exhibition project
20 — 29 MRZ 2024 Exhibition period

FEE

An existing work (including minor adaptations) will be awarded € 1,000,
while a site- or context-specific work will be awarded € 3,000.

CONDITIONS

Participation in the LICHTROUTEN OPEN CALL is free of charge and takes place exclusively online.

Submissions containing racist, sexist or violent images, symbols or content will be excluded from the open call.

Existing or new projects can be submitted and applicants must have the performance rights for all parts of the work.

For existing projects, we ask for documentation material and a record of the exhibition history. For new projects, we ask for a concept and some images that allow us to understand the content and visual qualities of the project.

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS

INFO
Name
E-Mail Adresse

REFERENCES
Artistic statement
2 to 3 work samples with short description and images
Exemplary images (300 dpi)

LICHTROUTEN PROJEKT
Title of the work
Year of creation
Concept of the work / Description of the work
Exemplary image material (300 dpi)

SEND BY EMAIL

Please send an e-mail with download links to opencall@lichtrouten.de