2023 Program Application
APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

Due at midnight on Wednesday 26 October 2022.



Successful applications will receive:

- A four-week public exhibition in one (or both) of our galleries.

- A project fee for one, or both spaces, the amount of which will be determined.

- Onsite technical assistance for your installation.

- Staff to invigilate the exhibition (Wednesday to Saturday) and for your opening night.

- Promotional support through an e-invitation, social media promotion.

- Support with grant applications for exhibition funding.

- Curatorial and professional development advice.

- Assistance connecting exhibiting artists with writers and curators.


Blindside is committed to supporting artists to see their ideas from concept through to fruition. We encourage applications in all formats, whether it be an ambitious solo project across both spaces, shorter performance or public program series, group or collaborative exhibitions, or solo single gallery projects. If you are proposing a project outside the traditional 4 week exhibition format, we encourage you to speak with us about your application before applying.

Application processes can be inflexible and may not be accessible to everybody. Blindside offers advice regarding application development and is open to alternative ways of applying. If this sounds like you please get in touch by email to info@blindside.org.au.


Fees

Thanks to the generous support of  the City of Melbourne, as well as the artists, sponsors, and patrons who have supported Blindside through our fundraising initiative B-SIDE, we are thrilled that Blindside will continue as a FREE space to exhibit in 2023.

In 2023, Blindside will offer a project fee for one, or both spaces, the amount of which will be determined by funding outcomes.

As a not-for-profit organisation Blindside takes no commission from the sale of any artworks and will not display prices/sale stickers alongside works in the exhibition. 


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Email *
Full Name *
Project Title *
Your title can be changed at a later date.
Artist / Curator / Contributor Names *
Please indicate each contributor's role in the project, and mark confirmed contributors with a (C) after name.
Project Summary *
Please provide a brief, one sentence summary of your project. This is an at-a-glance, succinct overview of your project for the assessment panel and promotion. (Max 50 words)
Project Overview *
This is a written account of the conceptual premises of your proposed project. What is the idea behind your project? What is the conceptual framework of your project? It could also include a discussion on cultural relevance or timeliness. (Max 200 words)
Project Installation Plan and/or Requirements *
Please provide a clear written description of the physical form the work will take in the gallery, for example: "Four photographs each 100cm x 80cm will hang on the south wall of the gallery at eye level" or "a projection will play on the wall left of the entrance, the gallery lights will remain off and sound will play from two hidden speakers." Be as clear as possible. Point form acceptable. Sketches may be submitted for complex installation as part of your support material. (Max 150 words)
Support Material Guide | PLEASE READ PRIOR TO SUBMISSION 
OVERVIEW

Blindside accepts support material as a single online weblink.

Please provide ONE link to a folder containing ALL your support material and set sharing permissions to ANYONE WITH THE LINK CAN VIEW.

Support material can be uploaded via Google Drive, Dropbox or similar platforms.

SHARING
Instructions for how to correctly set your sharing permissions for Google Drive: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2494822#link_sharing


FOR EACH APPLICATION:

Please provide the following in your folder of support material:

- A one page CV or brief bio for each participating practitioner.

- A support material list that contains a list of your linked support material.

- An indicative (hero) image that relates to your exhibition, project or your practice for promotional use. This jpeg image should be landscape format, 2000 pixels wide.

- Up to 10 images.* Please note that all submitted images may be used for promoting the project (if successful). Please ensure you indicate whether the work is the actual work to be exhibited, or examples of past work.


Optional: audio visual material

- If you need to upload a weblink to audio visual material hosted on an external site such as Vimeo or Soundcloud, please provide this link/s in your support material list. If your material is password protected, be sure to include passwords in this document.

*If your proposal contains both still and moving images please restrict to 6 images and 6 minutes of sound/video.


FILE FORMATS

- Please ensure ALL files uploaded into this folder are saved with your name in the file name, for example: Lastname_Firstname_2022-Support Material List.pdf / Lastname_Firstname-CV.docx / Lastname_Firstname-Image01.jpg

- Please do not upload zipped files.
Support Material *
BLINDSIDE only accepts support material as an online weblink. Please provide us with ONE link, that will share us into a folder containing ALL your support material. Please refer to our SUPPORT MATERIAL GUIDE for information on how to upload your support material. Please adhere to our word limits.
Preferred Gallery Space *
We have two gallery spaces and we accept applications for one or both of these spaces. Gallery One is approximately 40 square metres with a ceiling height of 3.35 metres. Gallery Two is approximately 25 square metres with a ceiling height of 3.35 metres. Walls are MDF and floors are concrete. Both spaces are open to daylight. Have a look at our GALLERY FLOOR PLAN for detailed measurements.
Preferred Month *
Give us an indication of which month/s you would prefer to exhibit. Please select as many as relevant.
Required
Project Text *
All Blindside exhibitions have an accompanying text. The form is up to you - it can be poetic, academic or conversational. Please indicate whether you will be writing your own text or commissioning a writer. If commissioning another writer, please provide their name and indicate if they are confirmed by marking a (c) next to their name. The project text can be submitted prior to exhibition.
Proposed Public Programs *
Please indicate if you would like to activate online platforms or present any performances, artist/curator talks, forums or workshops, etc. as a component of your program, and if so, please provide a short description.
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