45 000 l: Open Call 2023

45 000 l: Volume for Engaged Architecture announces an international open call for exhibition and research projects. Three projects are going to be selected to be realised in November 2023 and during the next year.

Gallery 45 000 l aims to confront everyday reality with the issues of contemporary architecture along with its interdisciplinary overlaps. The exhibition programme seeks current social themes, reflecting them in the context of the city. The framework concept of the open call 2023 aims to address the issue of exhibiting architecture itself. Taking into account that built work as such is necessarily impossible to include in the collections and can be manifested in the gallery only via other forms of media, such as drawings, models, photographs, renderings, building materials, documents, films or publications the question how to mediate architecture and related topics raises.

The submitted proposal shall reflect the main framework concept and the fact that the gallery is located in a shop window (volume) in a public passage (please see the attached photos and plans). We welcome site-specific projects that demonstrate a critical and experimental approach and may fall into a wide range of genres associated with architecture, art, design, and other related disciplines. All interested architects, artists, writers, scholars, urbanists, and creative individuals regardless of location, age or past experience are invited to submit a proposal.

Important dates:

– deadline 31st of October 2023;

– announcement of the results: beginning of November;

– expected 1st exhibition 28th of November 2023 – February 2024;

– expected 2nd exhibition February – mid-April 2024;

– expected 3rd exhibition mid-April – June 2024.

Application details:

– project/proposal description (approx. 2–3 standard pages) about how the proposal reflects the gallery framework and how the project specifically communicates through the format of a shop window with the passers-by;

– project/proposal conceptual visualisation or documentation (sketches, renders, photos, video, etc.);

– CV and/or portfolio of the author(s);

– all materials (in English) should be submitted to galerie45000l@vutbr.cz by October, 31.

What we offer:

– honorarium for the author(s) 20 000 CZK (approx. 800 EUR);

– material coverage up to 25 000 CZK (approx. 1000 EUR);

– installation and curatorial assistance;

– graphic design and prints;

– PR and social media coverage (press release, event, etc.);

– úhoto documentation of the opening and exhibition.

Applications and all related questions should be directed to galerie45000l@vutbr.cz.