English version / / This Call for Submissions is also available in French/ German/ Spanisch/Italian and at
http://www.bluetenweiss-berlin.de/Anonyme_index.html

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Anonymous Drawings N° 8/ Call for Entries

blütenweiss - a temporary project space - opened in October 2006 with the one evening show titled Anonymous Drawings. The Anonymous Drawings project was set off by the Berlin based artist Anke Becker for blütenweiss. Due to the huge amount of international submissions and the positive public response, already the eighth edition of Anonymous Drawings will take place at April 5/6 2008. Since blütenweiss by now is a nomad-art-project without an own, permanent exhibition space, Anonymous Drawings N° 8 will be host at the venues of meinblau e.V., Christinenstraße 18-19, Berlin, Germany.

Concept and Idea of Anonymous Drawings

A selection of round 300 Drawings by international artists will be presented anonymously on the scheduled evening: Every Anonymous Drawings show is preceded by an international open call for entries on the Internet. There are no specifications regarding the content of the works. The artist’s anonymity can be lifted by means of purchasing a drawing for the symbolic unit salesprice of 150 EUR. The buyer can take his drawing right off the wall and he is being told the name of its author. The empty space the drawing leaves behind will be marked with the artist’s full name.
The predefined unit salesprice of 150 EUR is not to be understood as a real market price but rather as a placeholder-fee for any possible amount of money. The exhibited drawings will be work of both established and lay-artists. Due to this fact blütenweiss asks the viewer him/herself to draw the line between Art and Non-Art. The participating artists agree to withdraw themselves and their usual pricing in favor of the subject: the drawing itself. Typical mechanisms of the art-market, like pricing, the artist’s own ego, and predefined concepts of quality are turned upside down and questioned in an experimental way. A priori for the evaluation of the work is not the name and the biography of the individual artist, but the work actually shown.

Participation for Anonymous Drawings N°8

Please send in the following:

- 1-3 original drawings on paper, maximum size DIN A3 (11”x 17” inches), Signature and Name at the back of the drawing (no prints, mats, frames, objects, please!)
- On a separate sheet the name, address and email address of the artist
- please transfer 8 Euro for the return postage at the blütenweiss-paypal-account: info@bluetenweiss-berlin.de
In case you are Germany-based you could add German stamps instead. Enclose a self-addressed envelope.

to: blütenweiss/office
Choriner Straße 52
10435 Berlin
Germany

Notice: Works cannot be returned without the payment for the postage! A personal deliver or pick up of submissions is not possible due to organizational reasons. bluetenweiss does not accept submissions that are subject to customer’s taxes (it is therefore advisable to indicate a low value on your package). Please note that applications are not insured.

Deadline for submission: March, 6,2008 (postmark)
A confirmation of receipt and the result of the selection will be sent out via email at the latest until March 27, 2008.

bluetenweiss reserves the right to choose which works will be exhibited; our priorities, however, are formal and content variety.

The artists receive 100 EUR of the sales price. The other 50 EUR will be used by blütenweiss for the realization of further Anonymous shows and projects.

In case of a sale the artist will be informed via email directly after the show. Some of the works will be archived by bluetenweiss for future exhibits. Such works will be returned to the artist at the latest in December 2008. The works that will not be archived will be returned about 2 weeks after the exhibition.

The participant releases blütenweiss from all liability for damage to submitted works (including theft and fire) incurred during transport, while held at the exhibitions or while being returned.

bluetenweiss will publish a brochure in limited edition (black/white - 60 pages), showing a selection of anonymous works, for each Anonymous Drawings exhibit wich is available for 10 Euro at the opening and online via bluetenweiss. The artists selected for the publication will be informed in time before the opening.


concept and realization: Anke Becker

For any further request please contact bluetenweiss in English, German or Italian:

info@bluetenweiss-berlin.de
http://www.bluetenweiss-berlin.de


Anonymous Drawings N° 8
April 5/6, 2008
1 - 8 pm
opening:
Friday, April 4, 2008
7 pm

location:
blütenweiss hosted by
meinblau e.V.
Christinenstraße 18-19,
Haus 5, 10119 Berlin/
Prenzlauer Berg, Germany

(U2 Senefelder Platz)