1. Download the call, read it carefully, and complete the attached application form.
2. Make the payment for the entry fee.
3. Send us your application and the requested documents.
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The new Calls for Entries for the 2024 edition will be published by January 2023.
Although the role of artists has changed over the years, their importance and responsibility are unique and priceless, for artists are the sensors and representatives of the current times. Regardless of the final result, LUBICA wishes to thank all those who accept this challenge and submit their stimulating ideas.
All participants are invited to visit the exhibition and to take part in the Network Days.
FINALISTS ANNOUNCEMENT Outdoor section XI edition of the Lucca Biennale Cartasia
Daniele Cornacchia / Choice
Eu Tazé / Entrust
Kazuya Katagiri / Koyori Tower
Papier Atelier / Simurgh
Sebastian Blomqvist / Emerging from Obscurity
Zofia Chamera / Shedding Fear
Adele Biscaretti / Drop
Alina Isabel Pérez / Rifugio
Andreas Schluttig / Sciame di Gabbiani bianchi
Anna Onesti / Il bianco Unicorno
Christina Lihan / Nature prevails
Claudia Castelletto / Monumenti del quotidiano
Claudia Zanaga / Il cappello dell’artigiano III
Dalila Mendez / Human intervention of the way
Daniele Cornacchia / Choice
Diego Repetto / UATU
Elisa Gallo Rosso / Verba Galoppant
Eu Tazé / Entrust
Federica Macis / Rebirth
Federica Macis / Resheber
Francisca Garriga - Mauricio Méndez / Bosque de juncos
Furkan Depeli / As an act
Kasia Ziolkowska / Unanticipated Pathway
Katarzyna Łyszkowska / Don’t look back
Kazuya Katagiri / Koyori Tower
Lenka Konopasek / Celebration of the impossible
Lidia Meneghini / M’ama non m’ama
Marco Conti - IPER-Collettivo / Parkifying the future
Marco Zecchinato / Quinta
Maria Genitsariou / The white paper is a harsh mirror reflecting only who you were
Marisa Merlin / Abitare il mondo
Matteo Raciti / Bianca
Michele Alberghini / Alibi
Núria Farrús Cañas / Punto in bianco
Papier Atelier / Simurg
Pedro Polech / Ojala
Randy Dixon / In searching of meaning
Roberta Cerini / Digit
Sebastian Blomqvist / Emerging from Obscurity
Tim Southall / Open to new light
Zofia Chamera / Shedding Fear
The call for entries is addressed to artists, performers, designers, and architects from around the world to express their vision on the edition’s theme by using paper and its by-products. The goal is to create bold, unique, and innovative artwork that will be exhibited outdoors in August and September.
Finalists will be hosted in residence in Lucca for the month of July. A wonderful opportunity to exchange ideas with other participants, live a research-study experience, and embrace fun and passion in Tuscany.
Outdoor call winners are provided with an artist residency for the duration of the realization of the works, roundtrip travel, materials, technical assistance, and a cash prize.
Some of the squares and city venues that will host and exhibit the Outdoor work include:
Piazza S. Francesco, Piazza S. Michele, Loggiato Pretorio, Porta dei Borghi, Arco S. Girolamo, Piazza Anfiteatro, Piazza S. Frediano, Piazza Napoleone, Piazza della Cittadella, and Giardino degli Osservanti.
Artists who apply by May 31, 2023, will have the opportunity to publish an in-depth feature in Beyond People&Paper the new magazine, print and online by Lubica! Tell the world about your Art, apply today and join LUBICA 2024!
Nowadays, nothing seems to last and people often seem to act only in the here and now, without considering the consequences of their actions, as if they faced no tomorrow. Art, on the other hand, has always had its eyes set on tomorrow, and on the human mind’s countless opportunities to travel beyond itself, searching for new worlds to build, imagine and discover.
At the same time, knowing how to live in the present – the here and now – is crucial in our existence. The present is the only time in which we can truly exist, grow, feel, love, and rejoice. Too often, we forget about this simple fact and end up repeating the same actions over and over as if in a trance, that of linear time, the time of our ego, of material living.
The outside world, society, our obligations, as well as social media are constantly calling our attention away from the here and now, distracting us from the present moment, postponing it to a later time, tomorrow, maybe.
The city center squares where Outdoor artworks will be exhibited are:
Piazza San Martino – Piazza Napoleone – Piazzale Verdi – Loggiato Pretorio – Piazza Guidiccioni – Piazza San Frediano – Piazza San Francesco – Piazza della Cittadella – Piazzale Arrigoni – Piazza Santa Maria – Porta dei Borghi
The new Calls for Entries for the 2024 edition will be published by January 2023.