Open Call
Loops Expanded 2024-2025
International Open Call and decentralised exhibition
SUBMIT YOUR WORK UNTIL NOVEMBER 30th
Solo and collective exhibitions, debates, interviews and more througout Portugal, Spain, Italy, Brazil and The Netherlands – always building and deconstructing the fundamental role of the Loop for moving images, art philosophy, and more. This is Loops Expanded, an international network of curators and partner organizations holding exhibitions in Portugal since 2015, and internationally since 2020.
With its 2024 – 2025 open call, Loops Expanded invites artists and collectives from anywhere, anytime to submit their works dedicated to the Loop form, be they single or multi-channel.
We keep pushing for works that probe the idea, concept and multiple potentialities of the Loop, and not for works in which the Loop is used only technically for exhibition purposes.
The network’s partners will choose a Loops Expanded selection from all submissions to the open call. Each partner will select and exhibit locally one or more works from the current and/or previous selections. Depending on local conditions, the form of the exhibition could include shows or screenings in museums, galleries, theatres or outdoors screenings.
What we are looking for
This is not about an itinerant exhibition, but rather an ongoing network ongoing experiment: we explore an interrelated and interdependent approach in a global video art landscape and empower different perspectives to a unique form.
But what does that mean? From pre-cinema and the mechanical movement of creating moving images, up to the present time of computational, sound and audiovisual “infinite loops”, and even the ephemerality of GIFs, loops are still everywhere and the possibilities are truly countless, creating a naturally fertile ground for artists.
Beyond formal rigour, but without ever excluding it, we understand the Loop as every video artwork capable of providing a cyclical and fluid experience even in transitory situations. Regardless of the trigger and/or device used, and whether from a minimal visual unit or a longer elliptical narrative, Loops Expanded wants to select and display works exploring a pulsar, a continuous flow, a perpetual movement, an idea in positive permanence.
SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
takes to Gform: https://forms.gle/zrdB9rx36Q2cLJoH6
GUIDELINES / REGULATION
Welcome to Loops Expanded 2024 – 2025 International Open Call!
>>> General Guidelines
. Eligibility: all artists can participate
. Deadline: November 30th 2024
. Up to two works by each artist or collective
. No fee is required for submitting or exhibiting work
. We can not confirm any artist/exhibition fees
. The organizers will be covering standard equipment and exhibition costs for single channel artworks
>>> How to submit
. Please fill up the following entry form in English
. You must include a link to the work on an online platform – no files will be accepted!
. Please remember to include a password if needed
. Production date: no limitation
. Length / Duration: no limitation
. No exclusivity required
. Exhibition copy should be provided in MP4 H264 unless otherwise agreed with the selected artists.
. The selection committee reserves the right to rule on any cases not provided for in these guidelines individually.
>>> Results
. Selected artists will be directly contacted by local organizers, as Loops Expanded 2024 – 2025 Annual Selection is built overtime according to each city curatorship. Information will be available through Loops Expanded website and social media channels, too.
. We will only accept the submission of a work if the submitter assures possession of all usage rights.
. Loops Expanded partners reserves the right to rule on any cases not provided for in these guidelines.
. Artist presence: Loops Expanded is not in the position to cover travel expenses.