Silent City

A series of exhibitions curated around the four pillars of development policies:

1. Environmental Balance
2. Economic Growth
3. Social Inclusion
4. Cultural Diversity

Concept of first proposed exhibition:

Silent City will be a symposium that addresses the issue of climate change with a particular focus on its impact on the Third World. It will comprise a line-up of interdisciplinary programmes, which together will explore climate change as an environmental crisis that requires a development solution.

There is a growing need to address the global geopolitics of environmentalism. Typically, climate change events have failed to address these issues that concern both the global south and post industrial nations. In light of this, many people have become apathetic and disillusioned about the prospects for change.

With an accompanying publication written by students and specialists, Silent City demonstrates that climate change is no longer a scientific debate or a protest march but a pervasive aspect of all of our lives; aiming to provide a different experience to explore these serious issues.

We are looking for artists and writers. If you are interested, we would like your work to respond to the brief above. Please state whether you want to submit artwork for the show or written pieces for the publication. You can contribute to both.

* Artists: please send some images of your work, artist statement and what work you intend to exhibit at the show. You can also have images in the publication
* Writers: please send examples of past written work and what you intend to write for the publication

The show will be funded by equal contributions from each artist: this will cover press mailings, invites, invigilation, curating and the private view. For writers, the contribution will cover printing and distribution.

The deadline for submission is 20th March 2010

Please forward this on to any other artists or writers who you think may be interested.

Look forward to hearing from you,

Cara Nahaul & Emily Whitebread

silentcitycollective@googlemail.com