Seeking artists, writers, performers, scientists, humanists…whose works, in and of themselves, embody gesture or the notion of gesture either within the historical/traditional parameters of body-gesturemovement-mark or within gesture’s conceptually abstracted or philosophically linked or socially fused or semiotically connected or scientifically witnessed expanded definitions. Particularly interested in gesture’s transmutation/transliteration/transduction into sound, light, time, and other non-corporeal phenomena.

Gesture (inclusive) will be presented February 9-March 3, 2010 at the Hopkins Hall Gallery + Corridor in conjunction with the international conference Gesture at Large (February 25-27) at the Ohio State University-Columbus Campus. Portions of the exhibition will travel to the Kuhn Gallery of Art, OSU-Marion Campus for exhibition March 29-April 29, 2010.

Visit: www.gestureOSU.com for more info.

Application Deadline: Received by December 11th
The gallery will accept 2-D, 3-D and video work. 2-D and 3-D artists should submit up to 3 works, no more than 6 images in JPG format (no power point presentations). Include an image list that lists the title, dimensions, media, and year. Video work should be under 10 minutes for adjudication purposes, submitted on a CD or DVD-rom as a high quality Quicktime movie. An artist’s statement explaining how your artwork relates to gesture must be submitted, (300 words maximum). Include your name, email address, and daytime phone number. Send application materials to:

Gesture (inclusive) Application
Hopkins Hall Gallery and Corridor
146 Hopkins Hall 128 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
(614-292-5072)

All submissions will be considered regardless of location, however, exhibitors are responsible for dropping off and picking up, or shipping, their work to Hopkins Hall Gallery. Drop off: February 4thth, 12-3pm.
Pickup: May 7th, 12-
3pm at Hopkins Hall Gallery.