Call for Proposals: Iraqimemorial.org

Iraqimemorial.org is an online call to action to artists, designers,
architects or other interested creative individuals or collaborators to
propose concepts for the creation of memorials to the many thousands of
Iraqi civilians killed in the War in Iraq. As of 2007, estimates range from
77,000 to over 655,000 deaths in Iraq of non-combatants as a consequence of
“Operation Iraqi Freedom”. The memorial concepts will be featured in a
growing online exhibition/database of proposals accessible on the site.
Proposals are available to be viewed and rated by the public as well as by
an internationally diverse group of individual scholars and curators who
are serving as jurors.

Jurors include:
-Dr. Nadje Al-Ali, Centre for Gender Studies at the School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London, UK
-Yaelle Amir, Independent Curator and Writer, New York City, USA
-Dr Bernadette Buckley, Lecturer in International Politics, Goldsmiths
University of London, UK
-Monica Narula & Shuddhabrata Sengupta, The Raqs Media Collective, Delhi,
India
-Dr. David Simpson, Professor of English, University of California Davis,
USA
-John David Spiak, Curator, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, USA
-Dr. Marjorie Vecchio, Director/Curator, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery,
University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Guidelines for Entries:
http://www.iraqimemorial.org/proposals.html
This project seeks to highlight conceptions of memorials in the broadest
context possible. All media and processes are to be featured on the project
site, this includes but is not limited to experimental or traditional
applications of: sculpture, architecture, installation, performance,
murals, web art, digital art, photography, video, film, audio art, etc.
Please visit the project web site for further detailed entry requirements
and information.

Who May Submit Proposals?
All artists, architects, designers, individuals or collaborations are
welcome and invited to submit proposals. You must be at minimum 18 years
old to participate in this project.

How to Submit
http://www.iraqimemorial.org/proposals.html
Entries are solely accepted via an online submission process available
through the project website.

Deadline
As a user generated content site, the project is ongoing indefinitely –
Iraqimemorial.org will continue to be realized as new memorial proposals
are uploaded to the site. A first “Juror’s Deadline for Review” has
been established as March 19th, 2008, the fifth anniversary of the start of
the war in Iraq.

Information/Project Contact:
Project Director Joseph DeLappe
Associate Professor
Digital Media Studio
Department of Art/224
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada 89509
775-784-6624
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://www.iraqimemorial.org
http://www.delappe.net