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Public art and design program «Art Koltsovo».
Yekaterinburg airport,
 Russia.

Art-Koltsovo / «ILLUMINATORS»  Open call
An International open competition to take part in the
exhibition
«ILLUMINATORS»

Deadline ­ March 11, 2008
Exhibition opening ­ April 11, 2008

www.artpolitika.ru/ill_en - about project
www.artpolitika.ru/ill_entry_en - entry form download

Yekaterinburg «Koltsovo» airport announces the
beginning of the
international exhibition project «ILLUMINATORS» which
will be show in April­ June 2008 in the open spaces of
the International terminal of the airport.
The works for the exhibitions will be selected on a
competitive basis by an international award panel.
The organizers invite the artists to submit digital
prints and digital video in the form of «tondo» to the
competition. The exhibition «ILLUMINATORS» opens the
«Art-Koltsovo» program.

The exhibition
The exhibition will show modern versions of «tondo» ­
the form of  pictures with ancient traditions. We
accept electronic files of works which can be
reproduced by the organizers like as digital prints,
light boxes, video objects/installations and video
projections,. The organizers are going to challenge
the interior environment of the international terminal
of «Koltsovo» airport.  Visually the exposition will
be represented by numerous round spots of lights
«floating/hovering» free in the airport cubage.

Participants
Any artists working in the field of new media are
invited.

Works of art
Digital graphics, digital photos, digital animation,
video objects, video installation, single-channel
video.

Concept.
In Russian an «illuminator» (port hole, bull¹s eye) is
a round  window
onboard a ship, airplane, space station. The concept
of the project is based on the round shape of the
exhibited works of art. This formal principle is
closely connected with on the one hand the image of
aircrafts and  air travels (till recently planes have
had round bull¹s eyes); on the other hand it
plastically continues and supports the idea of the
round plafonds in the foyer of the terminal where the
exposition will be installed. Here the formal aspects
of concept close down the meaning of the word 
ILLUMINATORS in the majority of European languages,
where the Latin word means a lighting unit, a source
of light, a screen, somebody or something shedding
light, lighting and also an artist
illustrating/decorating manuscripts.

That¹s why ILLUMINATORS are not only works of art but
also those creating them ­artists. A round is the most
harmonious shape, a fundamental archetypical sign
offering a vast variety of associations. One of its
most obvious meanings is the world. In this case
ILLUMINATOR is an artist¹s worldview  projection or
worldview magnifying glass or «window» into artist¹s
world.
The exposition of «ILLUMINATORS» exhibition visually
and conceptually
coincide with the name of the airport «Koltsovo»
(«koltso» is Russian for a «ring»; ring ­ round). The
exhibition will be opened on the eve of  the Day of
Cosmonautics. Russian cosmonautics started in
«Koltsovo» as the first jet engines were tested here.
The project is aimed to create a positive, emotionally
rich environment  in the waiting rooms of the
international terminal. Besides the exhibition
provides the passengers and guests of the airport with
the recent achievements of international contemporary
art.

 
Curator: Arseny Sergeev
A media artist, curator and organizer of noumerous
public art festivals  and projects. His main
curatorial projects are series of leaflet action
«Agitation for art» (2000-2001), the festival of video
art on the  city
screens «OUTVIDEO» (2003-2007), the festival of
monumental painting of concrete fences «Long Stories
of Yekaterinburg» (2002-2007), the  festival of modern
Dutch art on Yekaterinburg (2003), exhibition tour
through Russia «30 years of Dutch video art»
(2004-2005), the monument to a computer  keypad
«Klava»  in Yekaterinburg (2005).

«Art Koltsovo» program
«Art-Koltsovo» is the first strategic long-term
program in Russian air
industry aimed at introduction of works of art and
designs inside the international «Koltsovo» airport
and in its adjacent territory.

The organizers of the program International «Koltsovo»
airport (Yekaterinburg, Russia)  www.koltsovo.ru
International «Koltsovo» airport is one of the leading
airports in Russia.
It cooperates with 65 Russian and foreign air
companies which directly  link Yekaterinburg with many
cities of Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. Having
implemented a large-scale reconstruction with the help
of its strategic investor Group of companies «RENOVA»,
«Koltsovo» will be able to become highly competitive
with metropolitan airports and will become an 
ultimately convenient hub for the main air passenger
flow and freight traffic in the country.

Program support Ministry of International and External
Economic Relations of Sverdlovsk Oblast Ministry of
Cultural Affairs of Sverdlovsk Oblast ANPMO 
«Institution of Corporate Development» of the RENOVA
Group of Companies

Program operator
Artpolitika agency www.artpolitika.ru The agency
specializes in development and organization of
contemporary art (public art) programs and projects in
public spaces.

More information, the conditions of participation in
the  «Illuminators» project and applications are
available on project website:
www.artpolitika.ru/ill_en

Contact
Arseny Sergeev ­ curator
E-mail: illuminators@artpolitika.ru
skype:  artpolitik

T/f     +7 (343) 374 73 18
mob     +7 (904) 985 90 40


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