“The Green behind us: Disrupting the world through art” Art Shapers

CALL 2021 LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS “The green behind us: Disrupting through art”

“The green behind us: Disrupting through art”

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“The green behind us: Disrupting through art” In the context of the current climate crisis, Art Shapers has decided to change its work focus. Therefore, Art Shapers launches its first project in Latin America focused on nature conservation. “The green behind us: Disrupting through art” is an e-book that will portray, through art pieces (paintings, drawings, textile arts, photographs, engravings, sculptures, traditional and popular artworks, combination of materials, and other techniques), the loss of natural richness and beauty due to climate change.

This initiative aims to raise climate awareness among the region’s citizens and, in turn, contribute to the global debate on the urgency of taking action.

This e-book seeks to be marketed in order to generate income, which will be invested in environmental defense initiatives in the Colombian Amazon. Specifically, through a strategic alliance with the Jean Piaget Institute, these resources will be invested in reforestation efforts in the rainforest.

This type of initiative is particularly relevant considering that the Amazon is one of the “hotspots” or “key sites” of the planetary climate dynamics (such as the Tibetan plateau, the Siberian forests and tundra or the Mediterranean valve and its connection with the Atlantic Ocean, among others), whose collapse can fundamentally disrupt the earth’s climate due to global climate change (Poveda, 2011). Considering that with the arrival of the pandemic during the first months of 2020, “the rate of deforestation in the Amazon increased by 70% compared to the same period in 2019”

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(RCENI, 2020), we are rapidly approaching “a point of no return for the environment,

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climate change and mass extinction of species.” (National Geographic, 2020), today the deforestation of the Amazonian wilderness puts both our generation and future generations across the planet at risk.

Thus, Art Shapers is committed, through the transformative power of art, to promote actions in defense of nature that help to overcome the climate crisis.

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Who can participate?

This project is aimed at Latin American artists in various disciplines regardless of race, sex, gender, religion or nationality. In order to participate, all participants must be at least 18 years of age, be a national of a Latin American country and relate their work to an event, story or denunciation related to climate change in Latin America.

Participants are limited to submitting a maximum of three works and may not submit more than once (only one work per participant will be selected). The works submitted may not have participated, been awarded or published in other calls for entries, nor be more than two years old.

How to participate?

A digital image of your work in JPEG or TIFF format with a minimum resolution of 2048 x 2048 pixels (or its respective size in proportion to the work) must be sent within the dates established in this call to the e-mail address info@artshapers.org with The green behind us in the subject line. The work must be accompanied by: technical data sheet, support and completed copyright form.

NOTE: All proposals sent must be original shots produced by the participant, whose rights of reproduction and publication, communication, use, among others, are assigned to Art Shapers.

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The work must be sent with its respective technical card and substantiation as follows: A. Technical Sheet

»» Title of the work »» Name of the participant, name of the work, and file extension (Ex. rodriguez_juan_bosqueenllamas.jpg) »» Image size in pixels »» Author (full name) »» Year »» Style (leave blank if it does not belong to a specific style) »» Technique (e.g. Oil on canvas, Photography, Watercolor, etc.) »» Dimensions: length of height x width of the work in centimeters. »» City and country B. Substantiation:

The text should, in addition to explaining how the work is framed within the environmental issues currently present in the region, give an account of the meaning of the image and the artist’s intention in creating it. The text, which can be written in Spanish, Portuguese or English, has a maximum limit of 2000 characters. This should be sent in a Word file (.doc or .docx).

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Selection process: The selection process consists of two phases. In the first phase, the Art Shapers team will discard all applications that do not meet the submission requirements of this call. The applications that meet these requirements will move on to the next phase. Thus, in the second phase, the participating works will be evaluated under the following evaluation criteria: 1. Thematic alignment: The artwork will need to successfully express an environmental issue and is accompanied by the artist’s substantiation. The point of view is unique and broad. The artwork helps the viewer increase their understanding of the issue.

2. Innovation: The artwork has creativity or originality in concept, technique, and cultural context. The artwork explores a unique cultural sense, position and innovative thinking. The person’s expression is original, exceptional and relevant.

3. Artistic merit: The artwork achieves technical and aesthetic excellence in the chosen technique. The material and method of work effectively express the message.

Key dates »» Period for receipt of applications: July 23 - August 23, 2021 »» Approximate date of e-book publication: November 17, 2021

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Who are we?

We are an association that promotes sustainable futures with a focus on the climate crisis through artistic creation.

Our objectives »» We promote actions around the defense of life in all its forms. »» We encourage the creation of images around solutions to the climate crisis..

Our values »» Respect and solidarity for/with all forms of life. »» Leadership in simple and relevant actions. »» Encouraging creativity to raise awareness »» Professional commitment at work »» Teamwork.

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About us In a first phase, Art Shapers (2018-2020) developed projects focused on promoting and boosting emerging talents in different parts of the world. On the one hand, in Greenland (2018) Art Shapers advised, in the framework of an event organized jointly by the Greenland National incubator and the Government, Inuit indigenous women artists and creative entrepreneurs on how to improve their products and position them in the international market. On the other hand, in Russia (2019) Art Shapers participated in both the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the East Asia International Economic Forum in Vladivostok, fostering debate and sharing good practices in the field of art.

In addition to the above, we rescue the exhibition entitled “Latin American Women in International Trade”, which was presented at the 2018 Public Forum (GenevaSwitzerland) of the World Trade Organization 2018. After being declared of cultural interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay, this was exhibited in the annex of the Legislative Palace of this country. Finally, in this first phase Art Shapers gave talks at Royal Road University (Canada-2019) and at the Inclusive Trade Festival organized by Global Trade Professionals Alliance (Australia-2020).

In the wake of the radical changes in daily life resulting from the pandemic unleashed

by COVID-19 in 2020, Art Shapers decided to take a turn in its work. Taking into account that the pandemic is a product of the bad relationship that human beings have with nature (France24, 2020), and coupled with the centrality that culture and art have gained in the current scenario, the Art Shapers team decided to throw themselves

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fully into contributing solutions to the climate crisis.

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