Queer Sarajevo Festival

Udruzenje Q for promotion and protection of culture, identity and human rights of queer persons and Sarajevo open centre announce the Call for Contribution of Art Works Okreni Oqueer!

We are inviting artists who identifying themselves as queer in any way, artists who are not settling with social rules and frames of identity and sexuality within the society, and artists who are dealing, or want to deal with topics mentioned above, in their art projects, to apply to our Call for Contribution for Young Artists and send us their works.

Therefore, we are suggesting four thematic units:

Body (gender; sex; body as a temple, transformation/modification, identity, social codex, discrimination; how do we perceive/discover it...)
Identity \'in&out\' (gender identities and expressions, sexual identities, coming out of LGBTIQ persons, How do they see me..., I feel like..., social vs. individual, deconstruction...)
Sexuality (sexual/gender orientation, sex toys, fetishes, polygamy, monogamy, experimenting, desires, sex...)
Phobias & Isms (fear, homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, gender phobia, internalized phobias, sexism, mono sexism, activism, social outcasts, discrimination, multiple discrimination and their connections).

Who can apply?
All artists and art students from the region: BiH, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia can apply with their works in the domains of:

Written forms (poetry, prose, interviews, confessions, etc. Max. 5 pages, Times New Roman, font size 12, single spacing),
Photography or poster (black and white, color, photography format max. A4, poster format max. A3; photography - maximum 5 thematically conjoint photos, poster - maximum 2 thematically conjoint posters),
Comics (black and white, max. 10 pages, max. format A4),
Short film (feature, documentary, max. 10 minutes),
Performing arts (monodramatic play or contemporary dance, max. 30 minutes),
All forms of new media (installations, video works, max. 10 minutes),
Design (including different materials and media),
Applied art (sculpture, painting, graphic, and graffiti on a plasterboard dimension 1.5x1.5m).

You can send several works on different topics within the given thematic units. We are encouraging applications from artists:
- who didn�t have exhibitions so far;
- who identify themselves as queer, lesbian, gay, trans, intersex;
- who are coming from BiH.

Deadline for submission of works is May 1, 2008.

All works can be signed according to your wishes. All works connected with applied art, design, photography, posters, and comics should be sent in printed (photographed) versions; works concerning new media, performances and short films should be sent video recorded; and written works should be submitted in written electronic versions in the following languages: bosnian, montenegroen, croatian, serbian or english.

You can send your work by e-mail to qsf@queer.ba with remark \'Okreni Oqueer\', or by regular mail to:

Udru�enje Q
Remark: Okreni Oqueer
PO Box No. 304
71000 Sarajevo

If you have an idea that is exceeding the frames of the given topics, or any questions related to the realization of your work, or a topic, please contact us on the above mentioned e-mail address. Art works that will be presented during the Queer Sarajevo Festival will be chosen by the Selection team and Organization team of SQF. The best three works will be rewarded and exhibited; other submitted works which meet the criteria will also be exhibited during the Festival at in Sarajevo.

for additional information on this Call for Contributions, visit www.queer.ba/qsf and www.soc.ba/qsf.