OCCUPATION AND RESISTANCE
What is the PROJECT?
Occupation And Resistance (working title) is an ANTHOLOGY of writings (non-fiction and fiction), artworks, and photos, by artists living in occupied lands, intended for electronic publication by Artists Against Apartheid.
Occupation And Resistance (working title) is an ANTHOLOGY of writings (non-fiction and fiction), artworks, and photos, by artists living in occupied lands, intended for electronic publication by Artists Against Apartheid.
WHY?
To promote the art and culture of artists, writers, photographers in Occupied Lands, that are otherwise ignored and shunned by the Western mainstream media. We will promote the AAA anthology across the global media landscape and bring increased exposure for artists, writers and civilians living under both foreign and domestic military occupation.
To promote the art and culture of artists, writers, photographers in Occupied Lands, that are otherwise ignored and shunned by the Western mainstream media. We will promote the AAA anthology across the global media landscape and bring increased exposure for artists, writers and civilians living under both foreign and domestic military occupation.
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSIONS:
- Artist or writer or photographer MUST live (or have lived) in Occupied Lands (such as Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tibet, etc), not as a transient resident. Examples are:
- Contemporary work of Artists/Writers currently living under occupation
- Works created while living under occupation (ie. by Artists/Writers who have since moved away, due to refuge or exile)
- Works created by Artists/Writers after living under occupation
- Written pieces may be fiction or non-fiction.
- Photographs, Sketches, Paintings, Drawings, Designs, Posters (all forms of visual works) are accepted.
- As the medium of publication will be a printable PDF, written and visual artworks of all kinds are welcomed.
- all written pieces must be submitted in English only. (please contact us if you need help finding a translator, we can try)
HOW CAN I SUBMIT?
We will accept creative submissions via: anthology (at) artistsagainstapartheid (dot) org. If you are sending large files (over 10MB), please use a service like www.filesanywhere.com or www.sendspace.com to upload your files and send a link. We will acknowledge receipt of all submissions, so please follow up if you have not received a response within one week.
UPDATE: The deadline for submission has been moved to September 1st 2011, in order to allow more time for submissions to roll in.
We will accept creative submissions via: anthology (at) artistsagainstapartheid (dot) org. If you are sending large files (over 10MB), please use a service like www.filesanywhere.com or www.sendspace.com to upload your files and send a link. We will acknowledge receipt of all submissions, so please follow up if you have not received a response within one week.
UPDATE: The deadline for submission has been moved to September 1st 2011, in order to allow more time for submissions to roll in.
