Deadline: 20 January 2017
Entries are invited for 2017 ChengLong Wetlands International Environmental Art Project. The theme for 2017 is “Take Action, Live with Change”.
Artists from all countries are invited to send a proposal for a site-specific outdoor sculpture installation that will raise public awareness and enlist people to take action and live with a changing global environment and in particular the sinking land, rising waters, strong winds, and increasingly powerful typhoons in the Cheng Long area.
This year the art project aims to raise awareness about collective environmental responsibility and how people can work together in harmony with nature to rebuild and readjust to a changing environment.
The artworks will emphasize the natural cycle of life: birth, life, death and then rebirth, and engage the community to take action to make the environment better for living with the changes.
Prize Information
- Artist’s Award of NT$60,000 (about US$2,000) for creating the artwork and participating as an artist in the public programs and working with community school children, residents, volunteers and visitors.
- Round trip economy airfare from the artist’s home to Taipei (Taoyuan International Airport).
- 25 days of accommodations and meals in Cheng Long with other international and Taiwanese artists.
- Local transportation to scheduled site-seeing trips with the artists and volunteers will be provided. Bicycles will be provided for the artists to use around the local area if they wish.
- Volunteer help from school children and adults in the community and one adult volunteer to help each artist for the entire residency period. This adult volunteer will be able to speak English and Chinese. However, artists should be able to finish their proposed artwork on their own.
- Help to find local natural, biodegradable and recycled materials to make the artworks. Local natural materials include shells, reeds, grasses, bamboo, driftwood, branches, earth, sand, etc. Other possible biodegradable materials include natural rope, nets, natural fiber fabric, wood and other recycled materials that are biodegradable and not harmful to the environment.
Eligibility Criteria
- Artists from all countries are invited to send a proposal.
- Artists who apply should have experience working with children and communities to create large scale site-specific outdoor sculpture installations in public settings and involve ordinary people in their thoughts and process.
- The artists should also have an interest in environmental issues related to wetlands.
- The selected artists should be able to speak English and be able to get along well with other artists, the local community and people of all ages and backgrounds.
- The selected artists should also be able to introduce their home culture to the community and share the environmental concerns of their own part of the world.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must send their applications at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit 2017 ChengLong Call for Proposals.