Zooart and ManifestaZoone
Call for Public Art Proposals


Deadline 03 March 2008

Opportunity for Artists

The association Thees onlus, with the support of the Municiapity of Cuneo, Italy, introduces the edition 2008 of the exhibition ZOOart, to her seventh year of activity and the second edition of the contest of visual arts ManifestaZOOne, apparent urban of art, that they will develop him in the month of July 2008.

The intent of the organizers is that to continue in to approach the people to the art, invading and recovering the public space, with varied artistic events. In the last years Zooart has seen to transit young artists emergent Italians and foreigners that are experimented with the most different expressive forms. In his growth this year the review will always set greater attention to a qualified and tall selection of the to do artistic. The review, that is characterized in the being an evening collective exposure, will develop him in three weeks for four evenings; to every cycle a different group of artists will be introduced, with proposals realized in dialogue with the park.

While Manifestazoone is an event that will realize him in the city of Cuneo, in the spaces of the public posting, in concomitance with the artistic review ZOOart. The project as new form of communication proposes him with the city community. The space of the different advertising notice-boards 6x3 will become a place of creative reflection in which the theme, this year is: "telecomando (remote control)", it will be put in evidence in the urban daily paper.

In the city, therefore, and in a space on purpose prepared in the spaces of the review ZOOart, they will be posted the winning manifestos selected among a rose of candidates.

They invites all the artists that desire to participate in the events to send a project following the rule published on the site www.zooart.it.

Artists are invited to propose a new work to be realised at Zooart 2008.

All genres, styles, and forms of contemporary art will be considered: painting, photo, site-specific installation, sculpture, performance, video work must be under 3 minutes, print work ...

Submission Details
Brief description with drawing or photo by the project do you like present, on paper, or dvd are the optimal formats for submission. Include a brief Synopsis, Bio, and Contact Information.

Fees: Free. There are no official entry forms or entry fees.

Zooart is international contemporary art events in Cuneo, Italy.

It will become a venue for arts activity as well as a space for creative action.

Deadline 03 March 2008

The jury will review your application within 1 month's period after the dead-line.

Authors of approved projects will receive a written confirmation by email.

Thees is an italian association created in 2000 and located in Cuneo. The basic idea is both to create a research and artistic production times and to set artistic events in Italy, and so to allow some artists to comprehend the European dimension and its new contextualization.

An online application form is now available in the web site http://www.zooart.it