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CRYPTIC PROVIDENCE ISSUES A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM ARTISTS AND
PERFORMERS FOR THE HISTORIC NORTH BURIAL GROUND; ARTIST JAY CRITCHLEY TO
DIRECT THIS UNIQUE, SUMMERLONG ARTS PROJECT.
PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS APRIL 1, 2008.
Providence, RI. An historic Rhode Island cemetery will be opened up to
artists and performers this summer for temporary art installations and
performances for the project Cryptic Providence. Provincetown, MA artist Jay
Critchley will direct this unique undertaking, funded by a New Works grant
from the Rhode Island Foundation and sponsored by the City of Providence
Parks Department and the Department of Art, Culture & Tourism, and AS220.
Cryptic Providence will open Friday, June 13.
A request for proposals has been issued for visual artists, photographers,
poets, writers, dancers, actors, historians, musicians, hip hop and spoken
word performers, new media artists, filmmakers and cultural organizations.
The submission for proposals is April 1. Applicants are invited to a project
review and tour of the cemetery on February 23 and March 1 at 1:00 pm. For
more information and application details contact: reroot@comcast.net.
Artists are asked to examine and interpret the history of North Burial
Ground, established in 1700, and burial practices in relation to the rich
history of Rhode Island. Applicants should send: a one page written proposal
with requested cemetery location, time and technical requirements; resume;
and documentation of work (only one of the following): DVD (five minutes),
CD or photographs Å| up to 10 images; or, five to ten pages of text (poetry,
narrative, drama, lyrics). Small stipends are available. Proposals should be
sent to: Jay Critchley, Cryptic Providence, Providence Parks Department
North Burial Ground, 5 Branch Avenue, Providence, RI 02904. Postmark date is
April 1, 2008.
Cryptic Providence is meant to increase understanding of the history of
Providence and Rhode Island, create new ideas, perspectives and images about
our relationship with death, dying and burial customs, and bring awareness
of the historical and cultural resources of North Burial Ground.
North Burial Ground, Providence's oldest public cemetery, was established
in 1700 "for the use of military affairs for training of soldiersÅc& also a
place to be for the use of Buireing of the dead." By 1870 it had expanded to
150 acres, with 100,000 burials, and re-imagined itself as a garden cemetery
and park. In 1939 2,000 people visited the cemetery to honor Samuel Willard
Bridgham.
Critchley is a multi-media artist who lives year round in Provincetown, MA
and is represented by artSTRAND. From performances, rituals and Boston State
House legislation to his Big Dig BigTwig project and award-winning Martucket
Eyeland Resort & Theme Park, his eco-activist art goes back to the early
1980s with his Provincetown "sand car" series. Last summer he created the
public art project, Beige Motel, on Route 6, North Truro, MA encrusting a
1955 A-frame structure soon to be demolished with sand.
His work has been shown throughout the world Å| last year a performance
project at the Hemispheric Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina and shows at
the Andy Warhol Museum and The LAB in San Francisco. His project GLOBAL
YAWNING for a small planet is presently on view at the Boston Center for the
Arts through March 31, 2008. He was an artist in residence at AS220 in 2000,
producing his first movie: Providence Dirt Newsreel.
Jay Critchley
P.O. Box 819
Provincetown, MA 02657
reroot@comcast.net
508 487-3684
www.jaycritchley.com
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