2008 Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival

2008 Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival – Focus on Global Warming
Guandu Nature Park, Taipei, Taiwan, April 19 – September 13, 2008. Deadline for proposals is December 15, 2007. Artists from all countries are invited to send proposals for temporary site-specific sculpture installations that raise awareness about global warming. Works must be suitable for a nature park with an emphasis on wetlands conservation and bird watching. Artists must use natural materials that are good for the environment. They can use materials found in the park with the approval of the staff, or they can buy any other materials needed from the artist’s fee.

See the website at http://www.webofficegroup.org/gdpark/about.htm or www.gd-park.org.tw
for information about the 2007 Festival and Guandu Nature Park. A video showing possible sites for the sculpture installations will be available at http://youtube.com/samdow1221

Artists selected will create their artworks during a 12-day residency in Taiwan, April 6-21, 2008. The selected artists will receive a fee of US$1200 (NT$40,000), round trip economy airfare, accommodations, some meals and volunteer help to create their works.

Entries must be sent by e mail and include the following:
· Resume or cv with the mailing address and contact information for the artist including website and e mail address

· 6 images of previous outdoor works that relate to nature and the environment (small jpg files up to 1 MG each)

· Image list giving the title, date made, dimensions, media or materials used, place of the installation and brief description for each work

· Written description of the proposed work for Guandu Nature Park including how it relates to global warming and the natural materials that will be used (limit description to one page)

· Sketch or rendering of the proposed work (scanned or digital image up to 1MG)


All entries will be reviewed and finalists notified by February 1, 2008. Jane Ingram Allen, American artist, independent curator and art critic working in Taiwan since 2004, is the curator for the Guandu Sculpture Festival. Send entries by e mail only to guandusculpturefestival@gmail.com before the deadline of December 15, 2007.