To Absent Friends 10th Anniversary Artwork - applications sought
To Absent Friends 10th Anniversary Artwork - applications sought
We are looking to commission an artist to envision and create an interactive art installation to mark the 10th Anniversary of the To Absent Friends festival. Applications should be submitted by Monday 7 August 2023. More information is available here: To Absent Friends 10th Anniversary Art Installation.
About the To Absent Friends Festival
To Absent Friends, a people’s festival of storytelling and remembrance, takes place across Scotland from 1-7 November each year. The festival aims to create opportunities for people to gather together to celebrate and remember dead loved ones.
More information about the festival is available here: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk
Project Brief
The 10th To Absent Friends Festival will take place 1-7 November 2023.
We want to mark this occasion by creating a new, interactive artwork that engages members of the public in remembering and celebrating people in their lives who have died.
We are therefore looking to commission an artist or collective to envision and create a piece of art:
- in an outdoor public space in Scotland during 1-7 November 2023.
- that makes passersby curious and comfortable to engage.
- that encourages the public to contribute to or interact with it in some way.
- that encourages the public to remember or tell stories or reminisce about people in their lives who have died and who remain important to them. (Please note, the focus should be on remembrance and storytelling, rather than on grief and loss.)
- that is sensitive to the diversity of the Scottish population and the variety of experiences of loss that are present in Scotland.
- that is visually striking and provides a talking point for press releases about the TAF festival.
- that has no negative environmental impact.
More details about the project brief are available on the SPPC website here: To Absent Friends 10th Anniversary Art Commission
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