circumtext

Circumtext is a literary event where participants share texts that they did not write.

See our Facebook events page for upcoming readings.

Paperwork

an invitation to artists and others to modify the appearance of a flat piece of paper in a non-artisic way (See INSTRUCTIONS below….)

10.-22.-38 Astoria* 2

a celebration of the art of xerography (photocopying)
October 25 – November 17th at The Lab in SF
opening reception Thursday October 25th 6-9pm

Signage call for entries

Signs. Actual signage. Or work that incorporates actual signage, references it, or suggests it….

Deadline extended through 2013.
Exhibition dates TBA 2013.

Thumb Wars

A live, simulcasted thumb-wrestling event (Children’s Fairyland, 2012) featuring regular thumb-wrestling, jello thumb-wrestling, or “mud” thumb-wrestling (actually chocolate pudding), within a marked “ring” and several large vats specially prepared by FICTILIS. Projected onto a giant screen. A performance, a competition, and a dirty, conceptual mess.

My Dinner With ‘My Dinner With Andre’ event

Saturday, August 4th, 8pm at FICTILIS in Ballard.
A full meal and wine served alongside the longest dinner scene in film history.

Artwalking 101

a series of tutorials and pamphlets on “artwalking” – a form of human locomotion that incorporates movements not usually associated with the normal human gait; often dance-like, often an expression of joy, lightheartedness, or insouciance; may be done alone or in groups, in lines or rows; may incorporate props but does not require them; must get person(s) from one place to another

Interlife Crisis show

Work that addresses the divide, if one can be said to exist, between internet and life – the “inter-life crisis” – (re)locates it, bridges or widens it, inhabits it, disrupts it, or ignores it. Work that brings the online offline or offline online in interesting ways, explores new notions of public/private, examines the utopian/dystopian futures and histories of the internet, or work that otherwise speaks to the changes in everyday life that widespread connectivity has engendered.

Collections

FICTILIS collects collections. Especially collections that are interesting, unusual, unique, obscure, and so on. Collections that required some kind of creative categorization or idiosyncratic taxonomy, that draw attention to the processes and politics of collecting. Collections that impart aesthetic value into everyday things, rather than collections of things that are already recognized as valuable. Not just collections of rare things, but collections of things that are rarely collected.

Cat Faces show

Work that results in a cat face, but has an interesting way of getting there. That’s right, a cat face. The face of a cat.

Work in unusual media, on an unusual scale, work

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Not For Sale

an exhibition (Seattle 2011) and ongoing curatorial initiative focused on work that is, literally, not for sale, for a variety of reasons

Collections opening photos

photos from the opening reception for Collections

Yahoo Answers Jeopardy

a competition mixing – you guessed it – Yahoo Answers and Jeopardy, coming soon to FICTILIS
Interested in participating? Email yahooanswers@fictilis.com or contact us.

Tube Wars

an online video-sharing competition
Interested? Email tubewars@fictilis.com or contact us.

Mailpiece Security Screens book

A book featuring 100 full-bleed reproductions of "mailpiece security screens" – the patterns printed on the insides of envelopes &#… More…