September 4-12 2010
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Concept

 

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART

 

Background

GOGOLFEST was a concept established by Vlad Troitskyi, President of DAKH-Contemporary Center of Art (Kiev) in 2007. Successful festivals have been held since 2008. The project was innovated by a progressive group of Ukrainians who strived to create a new contemporary art scene in Ukraine. There has been an urgent need for the development of an art forum that presents a high level of Ukrainian culture and contemporary arts to the world.

GOGOLFEST, the first multidisciplinary international arts festival in Ukraine has the potential for global success, The great author and playwright, Nikolai Gogol, embodies facets of two Slavic cultures. His work also shows that Ukrainian and Russian share common European roots and values. Nikolai Gogol’s legacy inspired the festival’s name. GOGOLFEST is rapidly becoming a cultural hub, combining the avant-garde of Ukrainian and Russian contemporary arts with the European arts of the East and West.

GOGOLFEST is a fundamental investment into the future and education of our nation. It is an attempt to fins a place for contemporary arts in Ukrainian culture. GOGOLFEST is a chance to present a new generation of Ukrainian artists to the World.

 

GOGOLFEST 2010

GOGOLFEST will be running from September 4th-12th in 2010.

The paradigm of the festival, “Art of Parallel Reality”, is a concept that should provoke thoughts about:

  • Responsible liberty
  • A new type of hierarchy- the new measure of value in a person.
  • Self- awareness in reality, The choice of your own way
  • Creation as the main aim of human life
  • Mutual Respect between the person and the state

 

Eligibility

GogolFEST is open for artists of any nationality and age group.

 

Deadline

Deadline for receipt of international submissions: 1 May 2010.

Late submissions will not be considered.

Deadline for Ukrainian applications is 1 June 2010.

 

Digital Images: Maximum 6 jpegs (300 dpi - no larger than 1MB per image) per application. Slides will not be considered. The submission of jpegs for each project is essential!

Audio: Audio projects shall send the CD to the Festival’s office (see address below) or email the web link for the performances in question.

Video: If you have available video of your project, please send it on DVD to the Festival’s office (see address below) or email the web link for the performances in question.

The successful GogolFEST recipients should be able to complete the proposed project for July 2010.

 

 

Selection Criteria

Criteria for decision making:

  • Artistic Quality – evidenced by your track record and quality of your work as well as that of others involved in the project.
  • Feasibility - financial strength and value for money
  • Fit - proposals will be selected on their overall fit with the overall festival program.
  • Format – what kind of project you propose such as exhibition, performance, site specific and how this sits with the rest of the GI 2010 program of events and exhibitions.

 

Participants

GogolFEST provides the selected artists with the space in Art Arsenal, technical support and insurance. The festival covers only travel expenses (accommodation (3 nights), economy class air tickets) and production costs for the selected artists.

 

Ukrainian Theatre Showcase

Every year GogolFEST presents a special theatre program for the group of international curators. The aim of the Ukrainian Theatre Showcase is to present the Ukrainian modern theatre tradition to the global audience and to give the foreign professionals a profound insight on what is happening on Ukraine’s scene.

The selection for the Showcase (10 performances) will be announced on 1 July 2010.

For those curators interested in this showcase, please register for attendance at gogolfest@i.ua not late than 30 July 2010. The Festival provides guests with the special prices at some Kiev hotels.

The Festival also seeks to expand the theatre co-production initiatives started in previous years. Please send you proposals to Irina Gorban, GogolFEST Program Director at gogolfest@i.ua (please put THEATRE COPRODUCTION as the Subject of your email).