Boomtown Fair Commission - Art vehicle/Carnival float, Boomtown

OPEN CALL : Boomtown Fair Commissioning opportunity for Mobile sculptural Art vehicle/Carnival float

CONTEXT:

BoomTown Fair is an organisation that prides itself on its unrivalled artistic output, cutting edge style and cultural content. It endeavours to offer diverse audiences, extraordinary experiences through the programming of visual arts, music and site specific performances and events.

Deadline for applications: June 1st 2017

Decision made by: June 15th

Event Date: 10th-13th August.

FEE: £4000

Brief:

Boomtown Fair are looking for Artists who can interpret the following brief and submit proposals for a moving sculptural Art vehicle, that can drive around the festival through public areas, on grass, through the streets of Boomtown.

We would like the vehicle to contain the following elements.
•Be built on a vehicle such as a flatbed van /transit/sprinter /pick up size vehicle
•House a sound system to play music as it parades with the Boomtown Sunday Carnival or other times during the festival.
•Be able to carry a group of performers to dance/perform/ be transported on.
•Reference to thought provoking subjects raised in Chapter 9 of the Boomtown Story such as corporate greed, over consumption, mass media manipulation, political game playing.
•Contain a theatrical element from the team that run it.

Please email Natalia Colville for a full brief. Send your proposals to natalia@boomtownfair.co.uk