Pocket William

COLLAGE OPEN CALL “Pocket William”

“Pocket William” is an exhibition project dedicated to the 260th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare. The project is organized in the exhibition space of the A.P. Chekhov Library of St. Petersburg.

Deadline

Submission of works is from September 10 till October 28, 2024.

The list of selected works will be published on the project page (http://williamvkarmane.tilda.ws) no later than October 31, 2024.

The exhibition will be held from November 8 till November 30, 2024.

Themes for collages

1. WILLIAM IN THE POCKET

Associations related to the name of the writer, his image, as well as inspired by Shakespeare's era (16th century, Renaissance era).

2. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Metaphors and allusions to the works of William Shakespeare.

3. TO BE OR NOT TO BE

Collages closely related to texts and referring to specific plots, images, quotations, or illustrations of favorite works or excerpts from them.

Full text of the exhibition project regulations (pdf) RU

Requirements for work submission

1. Age and level of preparation

Everyone is invited to participate in the exhibition project.

2. Number of works submitted

Each participant can submit up to 3 collages.

3. Types of works

Creative artworks for the Exhibition Project can be submitted both in paper and in digital form. Paper works are accepted in A.P. Chekhov Central Regional Library at the following address: St. Petersburg, Turku St. 11, bldg. 1 or sent by mail: 192071, St. Petersburg, Turku St. 11, bldg.1, Russia.

Recipient: A.P. Chekhov Central Regional Library, in the subject line of the letter it is necessary to specify - project “William in the pocket”. Digital works are sent through the application form (google-form).

4. How to pick up the artwork

After the end of the exhibition, the participant has the opportunity to pick up their work by December 31, 2024. There is no postal mailing of the works back.

5. Printing of the artworks

Creative artworks sent digitally will be printed by the organizer without guarantee of accurate color reproduction.

6. Artwork attachments

The works should be accompanied by: a title, a brief description of the idea of the work, a video or an audio message of the author with a story about themselves and their artwork.

Technical requirements

1. Format of the work

The size of the creative artwork is strictly A5, vertical orientation. Paper and digital collages are accepted.

2. Requirement for artworks in digital form:

300 dpi, size 1748x2480 px, two files: for printing CMYK - tiff and for placing on the site and social networks RGB - jpeg.

Tiff files: one layer.

Only scanned works are accepted, photos of originals are not accepted.

Application for participation and permission to publish

Application for participation google form https://forms.gle/vAUDmqNHu2aLCswc6

Permission to publish https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIMOSb61IVMLEDkVDurhVJaYXJusUrh2fGBBMOPU4Wo/edit?usp=sharing

Contacts

A.P. Chekhov Central District Library

192071, St. Petersburg, Turku St.11, bldg.1

Phone numbers: 774-53-08, +7 (981) 200-06-04

E-mail of the curator: gudik@cbsfr.ru

VKontakte group: https://vk.com/crbtyrky

Official website: https://cbsfr.ru/