EAR Collective invite guests to take part in our launch show at Candid Gallery Islington, we are looking for Sculpture, Installation and Video works, from London based artists

EAR (Experimental Art Rising) are a growing London-based artist-led collective dedicated to rasing voices on the art world fringe. We are made up of visual artists, performers, filmmakers, and writers. Recently formed by Evelyn J Marshall (London based Artist and Creator of EXI show) and Kathryn Mason, (UK based artist and curator).

Our launch event will take place at London's Candid Gallery entiled "Third Places / Non Places"

Third places are informal social environments separate from home (the frist place) and work (the second place) where people gather, interact and build community. They are characterised by their relaxed, unstructured atmosphere, and a neutral ground where people gather voluntarily for conversation, and a sense of belonging. Examples: Cafes, pubs, parks, libraries, nightclubs. 

Non-places, coined by Marc Auge, are transient, impersonal spaces that lack identity, history, or meaningful social interaction. People pass through them without forming connections or a sense of belonging. They are codified, anonymous and interchangeable, and designed for transit, circulation, consumption or temporary use, with minimal social interaction. Examples: airports, motorways, hotel chains, shopping centres. 

Where do you and the art gallery fit?

We encourage artists to interpet this theme in your own way, which could include your sense of place in the world, themes of alienation and belonging or ambiguous places that straddle the two.

As artists ourselves, we appreciate the need to ensure there are tangible benefits for any selected artist in return for paying a fair (for central London) participation fee to cover hire and running costs, etc. 

We will be promoting any successful applicants in social media posts across instagram along with targeted sponsored advertising  along with press listings, etc.

Succesful Sculpture / Installation artists will be required to pay £50 to participate.

Each selected artists should expect approximately 1.5 to 2 metres of floor space

We will also be selecting suitable video works to be screened on a loop in the gallery and those artists selected will be required to pay a participation fee of £20 (instead of £50), video length up to 10 minutes.

Please note that the Candid Gallery takes 25% comission on any work for sale, this is not affiliated with the Ear Collective and was a condition of hire.

Key Dates and Deadlines

Deadline to Submit;

Monday 1st June by 11:59pm

Artists to be notified;

by Wednesday 3rd June

Payment of Participation Fee;

by Wednesday 10th June

Venue;

Candid Gallery, 3 Torrens St, Islington, London EC1V 1NQ

Delivery and install of work;

Wednesday 24th June between 10 am and 5pm 

Opening Night;

Wednesday 24th June, 6 - 9pm -  Artist talks, Performance, Artist Networking

Thursday 25th June;

Gallery open as normal 10am - 6pm

Thursday 25th June; LAUNCH MAIN EVENT,  

6 - 10pm, Performances, Music, Private View

Collection of any unsold work; No later than Midday Friday 26th June.

We look forward to your submissions

TO SUBMIT PLEASE EMAIL info@earcollective.org or click on the link at the below at the bottom of this page.

Please include the following in the body of your email

Artist name;

Website and social media links;

Contact email;

Title of work:

Size of work (in cm);

Medium;

Short Description of the work (150 words max);

Please attach up to 2 images max of each submitted work and name the title of the jpeg the same as you have described it in the title section above. images no larger than 2mb per image please.

You can submit up to 3 examples of your practice for consideration and please just complete the above for each work submission.

Any questions, please email info@earcollective.org

You can submit by clicking on the below link or by emailing info@earcollective.org with the above information,

We look forward to your submissions