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Syndicate: The Aesthetic Experience workshop in India, August 2001


Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 10:15:42 +0530
Subject: The Aesthetic Experience workshop in India, August 2001
From: Shankar Barua <shankarb@geocities.com>



A Virtual Participation in

The Aesthetic Experience: An Experimental Workshop in New Media Art


August 1 - August 15, 2001



ARTunderground, India's first digital art gallery, archive and interaction 
facility, and the Chinmaya Mission Worldwide invite digital art enthusiasts 
worldwide for their participation in a Digital Art Workshop from August 1 - 15, 
2001.

'The Aesthetic Experience' is designed as an experimental workshop to explore 
the emerging symbiosis between Aesthetics - Technology and Spirituality?o 
release a positive chain reaction and lay the foundation for a better world. The 
attempt at the workshop will be an artist's interpretation of the Chinmaya 
Mission's pledge to create National Wealth through values.

20 Contemporary Artists of national and international repute like Gulam Mohammed 
Sheikh, Bhupen Khakhar, Rekha Rodwittiya, Surendran Nair, Navjot Altaf, Vivan 
Sunderam and Jyoti Bhatt will participate in this national event, to be held at 
Vadodara, Gujarat.

Penguin Publishers, will publish a book featuring all artists work, and their 
interpretation of the pledge.

A parallel event on the web is planned for digital artists.

ARTunderground invites digital artists worldwide to be a part in 'The Aesthetic 
Experience'.


Fundamentals for Virtual Participants.

1. The participation to the Art Camp is free-of-charge.
2. The artist will work with his own resources and equipment.
3. Every artist is required to submit 2 of his/her digital art works in .jpeg 
format (no artwork should exceed 30 kb). The works are to be sent at  
theaestheticexperience@yahoo.com
4. The works should reach before July 15, to be eligible for selection.
5. On selection the artist will receive an invitation to participate in the camp 
by email by July 25.
6. The invited artists will work on the brief, interpreting their vision of the 
theme (which will be sent as an attachment with the invitation on selection).
7. The Art works will have to be created during August 1 to 15.
8. Small .jpeg copies (not exceeding 30 kb) of these digital artworks should  be 
submitted as email attachments to theaestheticexperience@yahoo.com  before 
August 20.
9. The book featuring the Art works is to be released in December 2001 to 
coincide with the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Chinmaya Mission 
at a function in Mumbai. The works will concurrently be exhibited at this 
centenary event.
10. The works created by artists will be exhibited online at partner sites 
(saffronart.com, Yoart.com and artundergroundindia.com)
11. Incase of an online sale, ARTunderground will retain 33% of the sale amount 
and the printing cost of the art work as gallery charges.
12. Participating artists will give ARTunderground and the Chinmaya Mission the 
rights to the use of images, submitted through virtual participation, in the 
Chinmaya Mission book to be published subsequently and display at any further 
events arising out of this workshop.

We welcome your participation.

Sincerely,
Amitabh Gandhi.

amitabh@artundergroundindia.com
www.artundergroundindia.com




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