Open Call for Applications for Art-icon Exhibition “Corporeality”, Paris 2024
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Art_icon is a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering new talents in the visual arts. Our exhibitions aim to deliver fresh perspective on contemporary art by featuring innovative and engaging work from both new and established artists.

The exhibition “Corporeality” will be held in Paris, parallel to the important photography fair Paris-Photo, in a stunning 19th century building with more than 1000 square meters of exhibition space. We invite photographers and artists from all over the world to apply for participation in the first edition of our project. This year's theme is “Corporeality”. We welcome applications that cover a wide range of representations of the body - be it full-length images, portraits, detailed studies of body parts, or any other creative expression that embodies the theme of corporeality.

‍Why participate? By joining the Art_icon 2024 exhibition, you will have the opportunity to:

- Be part of the important cultural event in the world parallel to Paris Photo Days 2024.
- Exposure
- Visibility
- Sales Opportunity: Sell your work with no commission taken by Art-icon, as we are a non-profit organization.
- Publication: Be featured in a printed catalogue.

‍Submission rules

Who can participate? This open competition is designed for photographers and artists of all ages who have created photographic works that explore the theme of "Corporeality".
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Submission limit: Each participant must send 10–20 low-resolution photographs on the declared topic to this email address info@art-icon.org In the subject of the letter indicate Open-call.
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Jury evaluation: All applications will be reviewed by our jury, which guarantees the high quality and thoroughness of the exhibition. If selected, we will provide you with the details and conditions for the exhibition, allowing you to decide whether or not to participate. One work from each author participating in the exhibition will be shown.
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Deadline: The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2024. All work must be sent to info@art-icon.org by September 30, 2024.

Corporeality: Tracing the Evolution of the Human Body in Art and Technology
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The project aims to trace the transformation of the representation of the human body from the 20th century to the present day through the development of photography, performance art and digital technologies.
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The concepts of the body and corporeality have been interpreted in various ways throughout human history. Each era has created its own motifs of the aesthetic ideal of the human body in the form of canonical images and works of art that have served as a tool for defining the identity of self and otherness.
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Since the advent of photography and its dissemination through the media, the relationship to the body has changed rapidly. The emergence of computerized images, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence has greatly increased the flow of new images, displacing materiality and diminishing the importance of physical presence compared to two-dimensional representations. This shift creates conditions for transforming not only the perception of corporeality but also the body itself.