FAD's pick of the art events this week is Dogs Vs Wolves – "Gallery Giveaway" at the Dazed Gallery on Thursday:
Opening event – December 6th – 7pm –9pm
Exhibition continues December 7th – December 21st 2007 10am – 6pm Monday to Friday
112-116 Old Street, London, EC1C 9BG
Outline
Audience literally becomes artist in the latest in a series of convoluted processes from two gangs of Art Quadrupeds.
As we are approaching the season of good will art collectives Black Dogs and The Werewolves of London have decided to collaborate with the exhibition ‘Dogs vs Wolves’ and provide two lucky punters with a yuletide gift: The opportunity to display their work in Dazed and Confused gallery.
For the opening event on 6th December you are urged to bring along small change and proposals for what you’d do with the gallery space. Black Dogs and Werewolves will act as competing arts councils vying for your attention with the submission fees starting at one pound creating the budget to fund two winning projects, one chosen by each group.
Additionally, in return for your submission fee you will be provided with a proposal form and a service from the art collective of your choice, ranging from fantastical live-soundtracked movies to sound artistic advice and nibbles. The more money you spend, the more you increase your chances of having the Dazed gallery for Xmas and the bigger the final budget for your work!
Your bright ideas and informed discretion will be necessary to bag yourself the prize of a show at the centre of the art universe. Will your proposal be more likely accepted by a group of art-hungry lupines or by booze-hound art-upstarts?
The selected artists will have one week to produce and install the work and the shows will then have a joint opening on 13th December, 7-9pm at Dazed Gallery. On this occasion the public attending will be allowed to vote for the show they think has been most successful thereby declaring that artist and their group sponsor the winner of Dogs Vs Wolves.
The event
Here’s how it all works:
- Browse the Black Dogs and Werewolves work. Choose which art collective you will hand your proposal to.
- Pay your submission fee and receive your proposal form and partake in service.
- Use the forms provided to write down your proposal (refer to the guidelines provided).
- Your proposal will be checked over by the relevant artist council and once passed will be placed in either the Black Dogs or Werewolves hat.
- You may return to the show and enjoy other services. The more proposals you make, the more services you experience and the bigger the budget for the works.
- At the end of the evening one proposal from each hat will be selected and the money made from the services will be awarded to the successful artist. You must be present for the draw to be declared a winner.
- The audience members who have had their proposal chosen then have until the13th December to realise the work they have proposed with the guidance and resources from their sponsoring art collective Black Dogs or Werewolves.
