Special Event
Sound Off! Call for Entries
October 12 – December 1, 2008
Calling all beatboxers, DJs, musicians, poets, and spoken-word artists! Visit the BMA’s new exhibition Franz West, To Build a House You Start with the Roof, and let it serve as your muse for this online competition.
Record your creative response to the exhibition and post it to the BMA’s YouTube group page. Winners, determined by both popular vote and a panel of BMA judges, will perform at a special late-night event held at the BMA on Friday, December 5. Deadline to submit is December 1.
Check out what Art21 blog, who has been following the BMA's Franz West videos and the Sound Off! competition on YouTube, has to say about the BMA's exciting online competition!
How To Participate:
- Review the competition rules.
- Entries will be accepted from October 12–December 1, 2008.
- Upload your finished video to YouTube, join the Sound Off! group, and add your video to the group.
- Winners will be announced December 2, and should be prepared to rehearse at the BMA on the morning of December 5.
Winners:
- Winners, determined by both popular vote and a panel of judges, will perform at the special late-night Sound Off! event held at the BMA on Friday, December 5.
Judges:
- Darsie Alexander, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, The Baltimore Museum of Art
- Doreen Bolger, Director, The Baltimore Museum of Art
- Jed Dodds, Artistic Director, Creative Alliance
Contact:
Questions? E-mail programs@artbma.org.
Sound Off!
Friday, December 5
7 p.m., Doors open at 6 p.m.
Free BMA Members*
$10 non-Members
$5 Students with valid I.D.
Enjoy an evening of multimedia performances featuring winners from the Sound Off! competition and a lineup of local musicians and writers presenting original works, including young poets from the Maryland Institute College of Art and Baltimore Composers Forum members Keith Allan Kramer, Vivian Adelberg Rudow, and Benny Russell. There will be performances by Stephanie Barber, Lauren Bender, and Ric Royer, organized by Narrow House’s Justin Sirois, and original electronic performances by DJs Grayson Brown, Ravi Kittappa, Jason Urick, David Zimmerman, organized by Adam T. Rush. Tickets are available at the door. No advance purchase. For more information call 443-573-1832 or e-mail programs@artbma.org.
