SCREENPLAY
Call-out to Artists:
The SCREENPLAY exhibition presents a diverse set of works made for light projection or digital monitor display, with an emphasis on pieces that reach beyond the conventions of narrative, storytelling, information and persuasion. Of course, artists have been exploring such possibilities from the very inception of moving pictures - through works intended to surprise, challenge, reflect upon and even reinvent the familiar uses of the screen in familiar surroundings.
The word “screenplay” was invented to describe an ordered text that sets out in detail the content and parameters of a nascent film. But in this enterprise we are using the word to describe other fields of play, where possibilities can remain wide open - for example, play as a source of surprise, release and joy, or play in terms of music and other sounds, dance and other movement, poetry and other words, light and other phenomena… and, importantly, play as idea, opinion and argument.
SCREENPLAY will acknowledge the reality that moving pictures today pour out to potential viewers almost without constraint, via all kinds of device in all kinds of location. Its screens will be found across Bath, in a variety of settings, including the internet. And, on special occasions, in juxtaposition with live performance.
Individual artists are invited to submit up to five distinct works. Groups of artists can submit collectively, with an participation fee being charged for each set of five works. Individual "curators" or organisations can bring together work with a particular theme or character. The fee will also be charged on the same basis of five works. Recent pieces will be especially welcome but older output can be included, particularly if it reveals the development of an artist over time.
Image by Geoff Dunlop
Curated by Geoff Dunlop
Geoff Dunlop has curated six successful exhibitions with FaB. In each of them he has gathered together strong visual work with events, happenings, interactions and conversations.
To submit your work: please email the Curator screenplay@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: Moving picture, Projections
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