OPEN CALL: THE ZERO IN FESTIVAL

Zero-in, a consortium of private museums [Ateneo Art Gallery, Ayala Museum, Bahay Tsinoy, Lopez Memorial Museum, and Museo Pambata] that are working together to expand and deepen the appreciation of the country’s art and rich cultural heritage in support of the national government’s initiatives is embarking on the next stage of its annual exhibition program.

In September 2011, Zero-in launches The Zero-in Festival: Open Call whose aim will be to attract new audiences and participants by showcasing the museums as platforms for engaging with different art forms:

Ateneo Art Gallery – culinary arts
Ayala Museum – film and fashion
Bahay Tsinoy – visual arts
Lopez Memorial Museum – music
Museo Pambata – dance

Artists are invited to to submit concepts regarding how they see themselves working creatively within the museums – thus, “Open Call,” with the curatorial staff of each museum making a selection based on merit and feasibility of execution. The second approach will have each museum mounting an exhibition of their designated art form using their own collections or didactic materials. A parallel joint exhibit with a sampling of each museum’s Open Call results will also be mounted at a high traffic area i.e. a mall.


Proposal Guidelines for Bahay Tsinoy Museum’s
Open Call for its September 2011 Zero In exhibition

Field: VISUAL ARTS [Artists must be Filipino citizens. There is no age limit] Do visit the musem at 32 Anda corner Cabildo Streets, Intramuros, Manila

Please supply the following:
- a working title for your project
- a brief description (500-700 words) which states how the project is best suited to be undertaken with Bahay Tsinoy, museum of Chinese in Philippine life (in relation to its collections, institutional history, previous projects/exhibits)
- description of logistic/technical requirements indicating which elements consist of artist’s counterpart and which will be sourced from Bahay Tsinoy’s or other proposed project partners.
- a proposed timeline for all the project’s phases—from pre-prod all through post-event documentation (should include lead time for searching for resource partners/sponsors, any required fabrication/equipment testing, press coverage, recognizing nuanced skeds {3 months prior to opening of event if for glossies, quarterly editorial planning for some art publications, etc.}; if the project is a long-term one and this proposal only covers one component, indicate in the schedule how this component plays into the project logic—is it a research component? follow-up? culminating activity?)
- point person/s and contact details with accompanying CVs and digitized portfolio/documentation of past work for the past five years (in pdf format)
- email requirements to info@bahaytsinoy.org with a subject heading of Open Call: ARTIST’S NAME . deadline May 31.