Lumière Festival 2011 – Saturday August 20th

The Ottawa Lumiere Festival, presented by The Crichton Cultural Community Centre, is a chance to celebrate the magic and beauty of light. The Festival is an evening of art, performances, lanterns, costumes and music. We are committed to engaging local emerging artists & performers in their exploration of illumination. Through a juried submission process, local artists & performers are remunerated to create illuminated installations and performances, which animate the festival theme.

The 2011theme – FESTIFOOL: Celebration and Commemoration along the Parade of Life – will highlight Shakespeare’s ‘7 ages of man’: Infant, School child, Lover, Soldier, Justice, Pantaloon, Senility and Oblivion.

VISUAL ARTISTS

Submit your CV, and a proposal (this can include sketches, photographs or models), which describes your illuminated installation. This must include a title, light source, supply list, mounting method (on the ground, hanging or floating) and an explanation of which of the  areas your piece would ideally  be located.

CRITERIA FOR LANTERN INSTALLATIONS: Animates the 2011 Lumière theme, electricity free light source, display is larger then 1 cubic meter, any medium or combination of mediums, suitable for outside exhibition for 8 hours, includes mechanisms for mounting and is fire safe.

Post jury – if your work is selected for the Festival

ARTIST RESPONSIBILITIES

Artists will work with the Artistic Director to ensure that installations are safe and thematically relevant, and to find a location for the installation. Artists will be responsible for attending a site visit prior to August 20, and for setting up, monitoring and dismantling installation at the festival on August 20. Artists will provide electronic promotional information to festival for use on website.

PERFORMERS

Submit your CV and a proposal, which describes your performance. This must include title, required lighting, costume descriptions, and explanation of which of the areas your performance would be located.

CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCES: Animates the 2011 Lumiere theme, electricity free and lantern lit, costumed, and suitable for outside exhibition on a variety of natural surfaces (grass, rocks).

Post jury – if your work is selected for the Festival

PERFORMER RESPONSIBILITIES

Performers will work with the Producer to ensure that performances are safe and thematically relevant, and to find a suitable performance location. Performers will be responsible for attending a site visit in advance of the festival, and will perform three 20-minute sets at the festival on August 20 Performers will provide electronic promotional information to festival for use on website.

DEADLINE – Final piece/performance does not need to be complete at time of submission for jury selection. Submissions must be received by Friday July 9th at 5pm.

Electronic submissions to:

lumiere@fools.ca

Mail submission to:

Scott Florence

Crichton Cultural Community Centre

2nd Floor – 200 Crichton St

Ottawa, ON K1M 1W2

613-745-2742