HANSEartWORKS
HANSA TRAVEL SUITCASE / HANSAreisiKOHVER
HANSEartWORKS project of the 30th Hansa Convention 2010 in Pärnu
A suitcase is a highly necessary and practical thing for
travelling. We put our personal belongings, clothes, underwear,
toothbrushes and other necessary items in the suitcase. The
contents of the suitcase used to be private or even intimate; they
were not meant to be exposed to other people.
Nowadays, the significance of the suitcase has greatly changed; it
is no-one’s private concern any more. When we travel, our suitcases
are inspected and examined by all kinds of customs officials.
Fellow travellers can catch a glimpse of our private lives through
the x-ray monitors in airports. A suitcase is but a practical thing
for transporting one’s items when travelling. Today, millions of
people with millions of suitcases travel around the world every day
and those millions of suitcases contain millions of different
things.
In 2010, Pärnu will host the 30th Hanseatic Days. Thousands of Hansa participants will arrive at
Pärnu with their travel suitcases. If a suitcase has been packed by
an artist, it is not an ordinary suitcase any more. An artist’s
travel suitcase is something special; it is a work of art, an
installation, a peculiarly interesting sight.
Welcome!
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Each Hanseatic City is expected to send a travel suitcase of one
artist to participate in the 30th Hanseatic Day in Pärnu, all of
which will take part in an exciting exhibition called HANSA TRAVEL
SUITCASE 2010.
HANSA TRAVEL SUITCASE is a work of art that could be completed in
different techniques such as painting, graphic arts, sculpture,
audio or video installation, etc.
Participating Hanseatic cities should cover all the expenses
concerned with the transportation and insurance of art works as
well as all transportation and accommodation costs of the artists.
City of Pärnu is responsible for the documentation of the
exhibition and publishing the catalogue of the participating art
works.
In order to ensure the scheduled exhibition open on time, the
chosen art works should be in Pärnu at least by June 4, 2010.
REGISTRATION
For the success of HANSEartWORKS 2010, we ask each Hanseatic City to provide us the following information regarding the planned work of art by 10 December, 2009:
- detailed plan/photos
- description
- brief CV of the artist.
Based on this information, the jury of the exhibition shall make
its final selection by 15 January, 2010.
Please send the requested information in a PDF-file to art@parnu2010.eu
EXHIBITION
The HANSA TRAVEL SUITCASE exhibition will be displayed from June 24 to July 24 2010 at Pärnu Central Library.
