Art Maps. Art Inspired by maps.

Call-out for Artists:

Throughout history communicating a journey has been an artistic challenge and a great many innovations have come out of mapping our thoughts and our world. By taking away the traditional conventions of mapping it can become a liberating artistic starting point.

Journeys, evolutions, timelines. Artistic processes can reinvent how time is expressed. The linear or proportional is not always the most emotive way to describe a journey. Susannah is inviting artists in any mediums to show how mapping or a journey can be expressed. Do you observe evolution, use mind maps, or explore journeys? I am looking for artists for a curated show where each contributor will be selected by their contrasting or evolutionary ideas. The purpose of the exhibition is to engage with the audience on alternative ways of seeing a journey.

Curated by Susannah Peacock

Susannah Peacock has been a professional artist and designer for 30 years. With CityID, Susannah worked on the Bath Walking Maps and City Centre Strategy.

"Each time we would look at expressing a city, we would try to communicate the experience in a way that spoke of this place. It sparked my interest in mapping, journeys and storytelling in my artwork".

For the Art Maps exhibition, Susannah is drawing our attention back to a time before man dominated the planet. In the Medieval maps we see a world of wonder, adventure and a fear of nature. This is in contrast to renaissance mapping where man is dominating the seas and it's creatures. I would like us to consider returning to a state of deference to nature.

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Website: susannahpeacock.co.uk

To submit your work: please email the Curator maps@fringeartsbath.co.uk including:

NB: please include the exhibition / project name in the email title.
max 200 words about your work and how it fits the call-out (written, audio file, video or another way to suit you).
some images of the work, or links to video / performance work (or existing work if it hasn’t been made yet).
any relevant links, if you have them (though it’s not a requirement and Curators might not have the capacity to visit them all).
of course please include any questions you have.
you might not hear back from Curators until after the deadline, thank you for your patience.
Fringe Arts Bath Festival will take place 23 May to 7 June 2025

Submission deadline: Friday 11th April 2025 at 23h59 GMT

Media accepted: 2D, 3D and Digital Art
Free submission. All are welcome to apply, of any age, status, and from anywhere in the world.
If selected, we ask Artists for a £22 contribution (like crowdfunding) and/or to give some of their time, as we are all volunteers. Please read our FAQs here to find out more.
See all 20 projects open to submissions on our home page: fringeartsbath.co.uk