Vague Terrain has recently entered its fifth year of showcasing progressive, idiosyncratic digital art practices. Our growth is due in large part to the contributions of guest curators who have shared their expertise and energy with us, including Joshua Noble, Kim Cascone, Paul Prudence, Rob Cruickshank, CONT3XT.NET, Carrie Gates and David McCallum. We would like to continue to collaborate with members of the digital art community, and are inviting proposals from interested artists or curators to work with us on future issues of Vague Terrain.
Journal Format: The best way to get a sense of our project is to browse the archives. Each issue is a mix of essays, interviews, in-depth documentation of multimedia projects, broader surveys of art practices and EP-length audio art and experimental music releases. We aren't locked to a specific formula and have featured issues almost entirely dedicated to article-length essays or music. Each issue should feature 8-15 contributors.
Schedule: We are looking for guest curators for issues to be published in January 2011 and onward. A curator will need about 90 days of lead time to organize an issue and establishing communication with the invited artists at the beginning of the process is one of the most involved tasks. The guest curator will work with the Vague Terrain team to set up a timeline for participating artists to follow.
Responsibilities – A guest curator is responsible for the following:
- Writing an initial statement and using it to invite artists to participate in the issue
- Ensuring that participating artists understand our submission guidelines (we provide documentation)
- Ensuring that incoming submissions are approximately on schedule and complete
- Writing a forward to frame the issue theme and contextualize included work
Support – Vague Terrain offers the following assistance with the above duties of the curator:
- Provide documentation regarding submission guidelines
- Arrange for the proofreading and editing of content
- Organizing and publishing all the content that the curator has solicited
- An FTP account for the issue through which contributors can upload their work
- Once the issue is launched we will promote the material through various online art/media networks
Interested curators and digital artists should email us with the following:
- a brief abstract describing their proposed theme and how it relates to their research
- An artistic or scholarly CV or a link to a personal website
- Optional: a list of artists whose work would be representative of the proposed topic
Deadline: This is an open, ongoing call. However curators interested in the January slot should contact us ASAP as we'll be selecting the curator for that issue in early September.
Submissions and inquires should be sent to submit@vagueterrain.net
