CLASH PARTICIPATION PROJECTS NOW OPEN!

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Mistakes Were Made - Molly Goehring

LET'S TALK ABOUT ✨️THE PROCESS✨️Everybody's got their own way of creating...but it's not always pretty. The process is at least half of the story, and it's time we talked about what happens between the blank canvases and gallery walls.

Do you, like me, leave dirty paint brushes in water because the thought of even touching materials makes your spine crunch? Do you sometimes take a half-finished painting and throw it in the back of the closet to percolate...or, y'know, just get out of your space for a minute? Do you work in front of the TV (a cardinal sin in some circles) and, if so—what do you watch?

Join me RIGHT HERE from 5pm on July 17th and we'll have a little show and tell. Make a video, share some photos—write a poem about it, if you want! Or, just make any kind of post that talks about how you make what you make. And comment (kindly! supportively!) on what everybody else is working with, too. Let's just all get talking about the process and connect over the strange, maybe silly, parts of what it takes to make art.

There is a dedicated Facebook group linked to the Lacuna Festivals Facebook page for you to share all the mistakes and messy bits of your artistic practice.

Just click here to visit the 'Mistakes Were Made' Facebook group.

Conversations with Thread - Anna Bogácsiová

I invite participants to find some unusual materials which, can be used for embroidery aside from conventional textile. Perhaps a plastic bag, orange peel or some scrap paper?

How can we clash the traditional craft of embroidery textiles with contemporary art? 

A dedicated Facebook group linked to the Lacuna Festivals Facebook page has been set up for this project and it is already populated with a whole host of resources including historical and contemporary reference images and simple to follow embroidery steps.

Anna has only been doing embroidery for 3 years herself, having come to it from a fine art background (more about that in the supporting presentation video which you can find here on Lacuna Festivals YouTube) so she encourages everyone to give this a go - even those who haven't done any embroidery before.

Artists can find out more about the project, share their process and their results in the dedicated Facebook Group ' Conversations with Thread.' Click here to join this group.

POSTCARD PROJECT - CLASH

Wish you were here?

The classic postcard strap-line usually pasted across an idyllic view or holiday destination. This year we ask you to create your own postcards that clash with this, places and imagery that would make you think the opposite! Like our fabulous example piece by Paul Delpani, one of the artists who requested a postcard project this year after the success of the 2021 'Distance' postcard project.

To get involved, it is super simple - make a clashing postcard that includes the text 'Wish you were here?' You could re purpose an old postcard, design a new one on a computer, paint your clashing view or collage together different elements by cutting and sticking different papers or printed images together.There is just one rule - your postcard must include the line 'Wish you were here?'

Make your postcard and send it to us here at Lacuna Festivals HQ: Sarah-Jane Mason (Y6296537W), Calle Alegranza, Piso 1, Punta Mujeres, Haria, LAS PALMAS, (Spain), 35542.

INSTA YOU INSTA US

To help build a sense of community amongst artists, to spread the word about you and your work as well as the festival we deliver something a little similar to an Instagram takeover.

Soon we will begin to post artist profiles each day on our @LacunaFestivals Instagram feed.

Profiles consist of a short bio, written by you and a series of 10 pictures. The pictures nclude a picture of the artist and up to 9 pictures of their work. We also encouraged artists include any relevant handles or hashtags for this post.

Coming soon to the @LacunaFestivals Instagram feed.

LACUNA LOOP

Document your work. Get exposure for your art. Share your process. Give a taste of what goes into your artwork by taking part in this project designed and led by 2022 contributing festival artist Theresa Daly.

Theresa is creating a looped video that will document the processes and outcomes of contributing artists through a combination of still photo shots and short video clips. The still shots will be incorporated into your reel and within the film which will be hosted on the Lacuna Festivals YouTube channel and shown in our physical exhibition space in Lanzarote.We can't wait to see the result!

Let us know if you are taking part in this project by tagging us in on your social media posts @Lacunafestivals and by using the #Lacunaloop

The deadline for this participation project has now passed - look out for the results, coming soon!

COLLABORATE AND CLASH

Back by popular demand (suggested by Davina de Beer amongst many others!) is our annual collaboration project that sees pairs of artists randomly teamed up to develop and complete each other's work!

This year we have 38 artists taking part in Collaborate and Clash and these artists come from a really wide range of artforms including glasswork, videoart, painting, photography and digital drawing. The artworks were swapped on 21st May and artists now have a month to complete their collaborations. We can't wait to see what comes out of this year's collaborations - results will be shown in a dedicated online gallery space that will launch in July as part of Clash 2022.

See the results of this fantastic project in our dedicated Flickr Album by clicking here.

 

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