Chinese CHI 2024 Call for Artworks
Call of Arts
Call for Artworks
Quick Facts
Chinese CHI 2024 is structured as a hybrid conference from Nov 22-25, 2023 in Shenzhen, China.
Important Dates
All times are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone. When the deadline is day D, the last time to submit is when D ends AoE.
Submission deadline:
October 20, 2024
Notification:
November 1, 2024
Exhibition arrangement completed deadline:
November 21, 2024
Award Announcement:
November 24, 2024
Check your local time in AoE
Themes
The 2024 Chinese CHI Art Gallery takes on a new dimension with the theme Innovation · Creativity · Integration. This year, we’re not just showcasing art — we’re inviting creators to transcend boundaries, break down disciplinary walls, and infuse their work with innovation, creative spirit, and integrative thinking to craft experiences that push beyond the present.
Innovation drives bold visions of the future. Creativity manifests through limitless forms of expression. Integration merges ideas and technologies from diverse realms into cohesive, groundbreaking wholes. This year’s gallery will be a stage for dynamic clashes of thought, a breeding ground for inspiration, and a space where any work that is disruptive, exploratory, and experimental can find its unique voice.
We call on artists and designers to rethink the relationship between art and technology. Whether through abstract concepts or tangible practices, if your creation breaks tradition, sparks conversation, or challenges the existing paradigms of human-computer interaction, it belongs here.
Recommended themes include:
Blurring Boundaries:
Where Art, Science, and Humanity Meet
Affective Interfaces:
Reimagining HCI interfaces
Cultural Fusion:
Innovation through Tradition and Modernity
Enhancing Lives:
Wellbeing in HCI
The Chinese CHI 24 Arts Gallery will combine both a physical space for experiencing works and an online selection for exhibition. Selected digital works will also be shown within the exhibition space in Shenzhen.
Preparing and Submitting
The artworks proposed can include many different forms including installation, video, sound, vision, and performance, as well as works that are not so easily categorized.
Submissions to the Arts Gallery & Competition for Chinese CHI2024 are non-anonymous (i.e. names and affiliations should be included in the proposal materials). Submissions must be made through:
https://ayn9fuztpg.feishu.cn/share/base/form/shrcn7FuCO8oFrsdFokpaKIKIYb
Each artwork can only be submitted once. If you have any questions, please contact Art Gallery Chairs at artworkchchi@126.com.
Submissions must include the following four elements:
1. Introduction:
An abstract 200 words long. (Including artist’s statement giving background to the ideas, creation process, and any research related to the artwork)
2. Static Image:
Also required is one still image of the work of at least 1500×1200 pixels for describing your work.
3. Video:
In addition, artists are strongly encouraged to submit a video of up to 2 mins in length for review purposes only. In this case, authors must provide less than 100MB (in MP4 using the codec H264) or provide a link (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo) in the proposal document. The video may be password protected; if this is the case, submitters must include the password with the link.
4. Artwork Specification and Needs:
A separate supplemental specification document as a PDF file should be included. This should describe installation and space requirements for the work, as well as the indicative size and any unusual setup requirements. The specification should include up to four photographs or diagrams of the setup and should outline the basic technical requirements needed. In addition, this document should detail any potential risks (e.g. safety) and how the artwork intends to manage these risks.
5. Authorization (after acceptance):
After the artwork has been officially accepted, the author's group will be required to submit an authorization statement for the use of the artwork to the Chinese CHI Committee for online and offline exhibition and dissemination.
Awards
All finalists earn a Certificate of Recognition. The winning entry will be recognized during the closing plenary session of the Chinese CHI 2023 conference. There will be one "Best Artwork Award," two "Academy Awards," three "Innovation Awards," and five "Rising Star Awards."
Selection Process
We are looking for insightful, playful, thought-provoking, evocative, critical, digital and interactive art experiences created by as diverse and broad a group of creative practitioners as possible.
Submitted proposal documents may be selected for the exhibition catalog (and conference proceedings) or for both the exhibition catalog (and conference proceedings) and the exhibition.
Criteria for Selection
Selection of works for exhibition in Shenzhen will be based on the following criteria:
Originality and Novelty:
the proposal should demonstrate work that is highly original, creative and imaginative. It should exemplify novel concepts in surprising and challenging ways that add something to what exists already.
Aesthetics:
the work should have a strong aesthetic element and communicate effectively through form, function, behavior and emotion. Aesthetically interesting qualities include features that are pleasing and exciting as well as provocative.
Realization:
the work should have a tangible aspect, in the form of an installation, object or art piece that can be included at a reasonable cost. It should be built and executed to a high standard suitable to be exhibited at Chinese CHI 24.
Response to the theme:
The work provides a critical or reflective response or commentary to the main conference theme of resilience
Selected Works
Selected works will be displayed as part of the Art Gallery. Selected artists should be available prior to the main conference for the installation of artworks. Full instructions will be provided at the time of acceptance.
***** Please note that no funds are available to support the shipping or insurance of artworks or for artists’ fees. Suitable insurance should be arranged by individual contributors. Exhibiting artists in situ in Shenzhen must be willing to deal with the delivery and installation of any works and provide suitable instructions for any operation details. Artists will need to make arrangements for the removal of their work after the physical show should they be selected. All works must be original and non-infringing of other rights holders within a legal definition.
Venue
To be announced.
If you have any questions, please contact artworkchchi@126.com
Chinese CHI 2024 Art Gallery & Competition Chair
Yuan Yao Yuan Yao, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Yun Hong, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Qi Chen, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Mirna Zordan , Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China