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SUMMARY:Open Call: Born to be alive. Group Exhibition WOWTE 2026
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DESCRIPTION:Born to be alive.\n\n\nA BRIEF\n\nA4 Sounds invites artists to 
	propose work for our upcoming exhibition Born to be\nalive. as part of our
	 We Only Want the Earth programme.\n\nOver the course of 6 weeks\, the exh
	ibition will be formed\, built\, born from the\nworks submitted\, beginnin
	g with six building blocks from our research.\n\nWe invite submissions of 
	completed works that respond to our brief which is a\nvisual representatio
	n of some threads from our ongoing research. The exhibition\nis a continua
	tion of our previous group show The Cosmos\, The Earth\, and Us. Born\nto 
	be alive. acts as a mechanism for an ongoing iterative conversation betwee
	n\nA4 Sounds\, artists\, and audiences about the goals and strategies of s
	ocial\nchange: what kind of society do we want and how should we get there
	?\n\n___\n\n\nTHE CONTEXT\n\nThe context for We Only Want the Earth is ong
	oing\, unpredictable social change.\nThe perceived legitimacy of internati
	onal institutions and international law is\ncollapsing. Climate change is 
	accelerating\, and the border regimes of the\ncountries that have benefitt
	ed the most from its causes are increasingly\nviolent\, preventing escape 
	for those suffering the worst of its effects. Ireland\nparticipates as a j
	unior partner in and beneficiary of Western imperialism\, at\nthe cost of 
	much of its sovereignty\; popular legislation aligned with\ninternational 
	law cannot be enacted due to a fear of the US response\, while\nIrish neut
	rality is ever closer to being dismantled despite broad public\nopposition
	. Domestically\, the crises of inequality\, cost of living\, and\nhomeless
	ness continue to worsen. \n\nWe are living through Gramsci’s interregnum: 
	the old world is dying and the new\nworld struggles to be born. New opport
	unities for radical social change present\nthemselves\, but they are accom
	panied by reactionary violence that seeks to\nreturn to an imagined idylli
	c past. In this context\, deliberative and discursive\narts practices are 
	urgently needed.\n\nFull information can be found on our website.\n[https:
	//https://a4sounds.org/born-to-be-alive-brief/] WOWTE is funded by the\nAr
	ts Council of Ireland.\n\n\n
URL:https://flypost.ie/event/open-call-born-to-be-alive-group-exhibition-wo
	wte-2026
LOCATION:A4 Sounds - St Joseph's Parade\, Upper Dorset Street\, Dublin\, D0
	7 ER81
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Dublin,exhibition,visualart,art
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Born to be alive.</strong></p><h2>A
	 brief</h2><p>A4 Sounds invites artists to propose work for our upcoming e
	xhibition Born to be alive. as part of our We Only Want the Earth programm
	e.</p><p>Over the course of 6 weeks, the exhibition will be formed, built,
	 born from the works submitted, beginning with six building blocks from ou
	r research.</p><p>We invite submissions of completed works that respond to
	 our brief which is a visual representation of some threads from our ongoi
	ng research. The exhibition is a continuation of our previous group show T
	he Cosmos, The Earth, and Us. Born to be alive. acts as a mechanism for an
	 ongoing iterative conversation between A4 Sounds, artists, and audiences 
	about the goals and strategies of social change: what kind of society do w
	e want and how should we get there?</p><p>___</p><h2>The Context</h2><p>Th
	e context for We Only Want the Earth is ongoing, unpredictable social chan
	ge. The perceived legitimacy of international institutions and internation
	al law is collapsing. Climate change is accelerating, and the border regim
	es of the countries that have benefitted the most from its causes are incr
	easingly violent, preventing escape for those suffering the worst of its e
	ffects. Ireland participates as a junior partner in and beneficiary of Wes
	tern imperialism, at the cost of much of its sovereignty; popular legislat
	ion aligned with international law cannot be enacted due to a fear of the 
	US response, while Irish neutrality is ever closer to being dismantled des
	pite broad public opposition. Domestically, the crises of inequality, cost
	 of living, and homelessness continue to worsen.&nbsp;</p><p>We are living
	 through Gramsci’s interregnum: the old world is dying and the new world s
	truggles to be born. New opportunities for radical social change present t
	hemselves, but they are accompanied by reactionary violence that seeks to 
	return to an imagined idyllic past. In this context, deliberative and disc
	ursive arts practices are urgently needed.</p><p><a href="https://https://
	a4sounds.org/born-to-be-alive-brief/" target="_blank">Full information can
	 be found on our website.</a> WOWTE is funded by the Arts Council of Irela
	nd.</p><p><br></p>
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