Format gallery is an entirely artist/volunteer run exhibition space, directed towards artists who seek to exhibit challenging, unconventional and exceptional work.

We’re looking for emerging and semi-established artists, professionally trained or untrained, to exhibit for a four week period. We will consider proposals for both solo and group shows. You are also welcome to submit a proposal for half the gallery space, or just the project spaces. Fees will be adjusted accordingly.

A four week exhibition using the entire gallery space will cost you $200. This price includes:

* An opening night complete with witty bar staff and extra reasonably priced wine and beer.
* Promotion of your exhibition through Format’s extensive online network, and assistance with the production and distribution of hard copy promo material via negotiation.
* Gallery staff to look after your show during standard Format opening hours.
* Access to a modest collection of hanging gear and various tools for use during installation. (Please supply your own gear if you have specific installation requirements)
* A contribution towards rent and maintenance costs, in order to keep Format alive and twitching.
* Two cubicle-sized project spaces with optional transparent perspex windows, ideal for site specific work that requires containment or separation from the main gallery space.

What we need from you:
* A one page proposal providing an idea of the work you propose for the exhibition, and how you intend to incorporate it into the gallery space. Keep it concise and to the point. Your proposal may develop following submission, however, we initially need a strong indication that your work will be conceptually and/or aesthetically engaging.
* A brief Bio and CV
* Up to 5 sample images of work that is closely related to your proposal. 2mb maximum per image.

Here’s some words to help you along: Aardvark, Zzebra, spasm, plasma, laser, ear, fear, dear, squid, ink, stink, lollies, trolleys.

Email your proposals to
contact@format.net.au
with the subject heading 2012 PROPOSAL

DEADLINE: FRI 16 March 2012

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—Here’s a little bit about them—

They call themselves a band yet use no instruments, they play in pubs and clubs yet need no amplification. They perform music using only what they had when they entered the world. And like putty in their paws they will sing into silence even the most beer-fuelled of punters.

“Aluka’s live performance must be seen to be believed… a sick part of your consciousness wanted them to hit a wrong note, just to verify such sound was really a human product.”
-Izzy Tolhurst, FasterLouder-

Aluka are a three piece a cappella trio. With a passion for experimentation and creativity, Aluka are on a constant quest to reinvent the genre and the somewhat negative connotations attached to it. They sing original contemporary tunes that incorporate intricate harmonies, body and vocal percussion, tempo and time signature changes. There’s no shoo-wapping or doo-wapping here,
Aluka are as beautifully badass as any vocal group can be.

The ladies will present their unique material for 3 special shows in the very intimate Format space.
SHOWS:

• Friday the 2nd of March – 8pm
• Saturday the 3rd of March – 8pm
• Sunday the 4th of March – 3pm

The show is 100% small children friendly and also is Mum and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa friendly! BRING EVERYONE ALONG!

The party god commands you to come, do not upset the party god.

Expect:
♥ Cheap drinks
♥ Tunes courtesy of MAJOR CRIMES DJs and DJ GOOD JOB FREYA
♥ Romantic lighting
♥ Luxury bathrooms (not even joking)
♥ The surprisingly pleasant “Uncanny Ally”
♥ An industrial fan
♥ A large quantity of helium
♥ Nugs

$5
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Every Saturday in August, between 6pm and roughly 10:30, Peel Street will be closed to automotive traffic. In its place will be

* Couches
* Projections
* Gourmet burgers
* Beer
* Handball
* You

THAT’S RIGHT. For the next four Saturdays we’ll be able to sit on a couch in the middle of Peel Street and drink a beer. It’ll be like we all won a war, or became the Mayor.

Each night will include a program of Format events, a huge screen featuring some of our favourite visual artists, the Burger Theory gourmet burger truck and performances of ‘In Entity and Appearance’ – a strange idea involving eerie music, a projector and weirdos dressed in sheets.

All this plus the highly anticipated unveiling of the Peel Street Lantern – an ingeniously miniaturised LED version of that thing in Rundle Mall, courtesy of Adelaide HackerSpace.

YOU’RE WELCOME.

‘Good Job Team’ is an assembly of some of Format’s favourite local and interstate artists, all of whom have participated in Format’s annual Festival.

ARTISTS

Jane Korman
Chloe Langford
Laura Agnes Haigh
Jimmy McGilchrist
& Darryn Van Someren
Alanna Lorenzon
Sam Rodgers
Sarah Chadwick
Celeste Aldahn
Robin Tatlow-Lord
Stan Mahoney
Simon Gray

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Location: 19 Morphett St, Adelaide

SEPTEMBER 3 2011

Details to come!

Details coming soon!

with

FABULOUS DIAMONDS (Melb)
Lush nursery-rhyme psych duo.

MONDO PHASE BAND
Knee-slapping cowboy krauts

BURNT SKULLS
Stadium doom

and

THE LAST OF THE LEFTOVER ASAHI (Thailand)
At rock-bottom prices

Presale tickets from moshtix:

http://www.moshtix.com.au/​event.aspx?id=48541&ref=mo​shtix&skin

or cheaper ones from the zine shop, 3-6pm, Mon-Fri.

Tickets are limited, get cracking.

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Gray, who has previously inflated 1,000 ballons in the downstairs project space, will spend most of opening night passed out on a couch, surrounded by the accoutrement of a common or garden houseparty.

Guests will be invited to vandalise Gray’s person, have their photo taken with him and provide the human furniture necessary to the theme of the show.

Opening night will also feature a guest appearance by Seb Carboncini as Rhonda Hangover.

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more info: http://www.vitalstatistix.com.au/

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