Ablode* – Future Vitality is the first call under a broader project initiated by Nubuke Foundation titled Ghana Must Go. Ghana Must Go is an initiative to be implemented over a 3 year period through open calls, inviting project applications from artists and creatives.
Each open call will have its own theme. The first call for proposals for the project period January 2017 to September 2017, is titled ‘Ablode* – Future Vitality’. Ablode is an Eυe[ewe] word which loosely translates as Paradise.
Call for Artist Proposals
Ablode – Future Vitality:
This Initiative is born out of the premise that art and creativity are indispensable to the future of societies. As such, we yearn to use art to [re]imagine, envision and define our future. We seek to create new futures, straddling different planes where we explore, delve and propose critical redefinitions for all things. We are opening up a space that embraces experimentation and innovation – and we seek projects that have glimpses of utopic and tangible possibilities. Ablode – Future Vitality offers the opportunity to the selected applicant[s] to have access to funding (and other resources) to develop and execute a project over a 10 month period.
Who do we want?
This Initiative is open to all innovative creative ‘thinkers’ and ‘doers’ [living and working in Ghana] whose thoughts and actions are of relevance to the future of our society, and who desire to partake in creating an ‘Ablode* – Future Vitality’. What and who is Ghana to you? What future can you imagine for this physical space we call our own? ‘Ablode* – Future Vitality’ is a call that seeks to question, analyse, [re]imagine, co-opt, and remix Ghana as an idea, as a place and as a future, creating a tangible result from this journey. We will favour collaborative projects that infuse ideas from more than one field of human discipline. We ask you to keep it local, less by way of limitation, and more as an opportunity to explore the multiplicity of the state of our being, creating something meaningful for all who share in this place called Ghana.
How to Apply
Application Deadline: Friday, November 25, 2016
Selection Notification: Monday, December 5, 2016
Proposals are invited from individual artists or groups:
Applicant[s] must submit the following:
- Complete and sign the information form
- A description of project concept or idea [a minimum of 300 and maximum 500 words submit as a pdf]
- Resume/ Curriculum Vitae [a maximum of 3 pages submit as a pdf]
- A selected Portfolio of 5 examples of their past / current projects/artworks. [Including descriptions and captions in an image slide]. Where applicable
IMAGES: all images must be laid out in one file and submitted as a pdf [180 DPI resolution minimum, maximum total file size 200KB] Images must be titled with your last name, first name, number with no spacing: e.g.: atongokofi1.jpg, atongokofi2.jpg.
VIDEOS: send videos through password protected Vimeo links or similar video sharing service
TEXT: send texts in a pdf.
- A budget for the proposed project concept or idea as appropriate. [submit as an excel format file]
Applications that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered.
All applications must be sent by email to gmg2016@nubukefoundation.org
About Nubuke Foundation
Nubuke Foundation is a premier arts institution based in Ghana. Over the last ten years, our work has sought to place Ghanaian visual artists and creative people at the core of renewed appreciation of new art forms, infusing society with energy and a zest for art, poetry and drama.
This initiative seeks to place artists and other creatives at the forefront of change in our society: a change which emanates from the needs of society.
For further information please email: gmg2016@nubukefoundation.org