Proposals

Blindside welcomes proposals from individual artists, artists groups, writers and curators for individual and group exhibitions and performances across one or both gallery spaces. Alternatively, we welcome artists and curators to contact us to discuss exhibition ideas that are still in the planning stage. Blindside will assist artists and curators to seek funding and sponsorship and we help provide advice and letters of support.

Please note that submissions for the 2010 program have closed. If you are interested in putting forth an out-of-time proposal, please contact us. Although we welcome individual and group proposals at any time please note we schedule exhibitions approximately 12 months in advance.

Blindside doesn’t wish to discriminate against anybody. Artists who have difficulties with written English or access to computers etc are welcome to contact the gallery and make an appointment to discuss their proposal in person.

Proposal Template: Core and Support Material

Proposals should conform to the following template. Please do not bind your application in any way.

Core material

This is the primary material by which your application will be reviewed by the committee and considered for inclusion in the 2010 program. This can take the form of one of the following:

  • Maximum of 12 digital images in jpeg format burned to a CD or DVD
  • Maximum of 12 images in a hard copy format
  • Maximum of 6 minutes of video on a playable DVD, or burned to CD/DVD in one of the following formats: Quick Time, Windows Media, Mpeg4, Real Media or DivX
  • Maximum of 6 minutes of sound on a playable CD, or burned to CD/DVD in mp3 format

If your proposal contains both still and moving images please restrict it to 6 image and 6 minutes or sound/video.

Support Material

This is extra material used by the committee to clarify their understanding of the core material. It must conform to the following format:

Page 1: Cover page (please include the following)

  • Name of Artists/Curators
  • Title of Exhibition
  • Preferred dates to exhibit
  • Contact details of primary contact including phone, email and a street or PO BOX address

Page 2, Part 1: Description of core material

  • This should take the form of a slide list or brief description of video/sound. It should include any relevant information such as: artist name, title of work, medium, dimension, year, duration, location of performance, etc.

Page 2, Part 2: Physical description of proposed exhibition

  • This is a clear written description of the physical form the work will take in the gallery. For instance: "four photographs each 100x80cm will hang on the south wall of the gallery at eye level" or "A projection will play on the wall left of the entrance, the gallery lights will remain off and sound will play from two hidden speakers."
  • Be as clear as possible. Sketches may be submitted for complex installation.
  • Maximum two paragraphs.

Page 3: Curatorial/Artistic Rational

  • This is a written account of the conceptual premises of your proposed exhibition. The thoughts, themes, ideas and cultural relevance of the proposed work and why it was/will be created.
  • Maximum one page.

Page 4+: CVs

  • A curriculum vitae for each artist, curator, writer involved in the exhibition.
  • Maximum one page per CV.

Submitting Proposals

Submissions for the 2010 program have closed. If you are interested in putting forth an out-of-time proposal, please contact us. Out-of-time submissions can be received via:

  • email to: info@blindside.org.au. The subject line of emailed proposals should read 'Out-of-time proposal'. Emailed proposals should be sent as a single pdf rather then individual files.
  • post to: BLINDSIDE Level 7, Room 14, Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne 3000.

Exhibition and Support

Exhibitions are of three weeks duration and the total cost of exhibiting is $780 for Gallery One and $590 for Gallery Two. A deposit will be required on confirmation of exhibition booking with the balance to be paid prior to installation. In addition to the exhibition fee, a $100 returnable bond will be taken. This amount will be returned after the exhibition concludes providing keys are returned and the space is returned to its original condition.

The exhibition fee includes:

  • design and colour printing of a modest catalogue (designed to gallery format)
  • design and email of invitations (designed to gallery format)
  • staff for opening night
  • assistance with grant applications for further funding
  • line listing in Art Almanac and Trouble

Additionally, Blindside can help put exhibiting artists in touch with writers and curators for catalogue essays. Blindside also maintains a digital archive and selected exhibition images will be featured on the website.

Exhibitions are open from 12 noon to 6 pm Thursday to Saturday. Exhibiting artists will be responsible for sitting the space (during opening hours) one day a week. Openings are on the first Thursday night of the exhibition period from 6-8pm.

As a not for profit organization, Blindside takes no commission from the sale of any artworks. Nor do we allow sales stickers or prices to be exhibited on the gallery walls.

Installation and De-Installation

Installation can take place three days prior to the exhibition (Monday - Wednesday). Basic tools are provided by Blindside, but artists should source any specific hanging requirements. A passenger lift operates six days a week. The Nicholas Building also has a freight lift, which is accessible for the movement of large-scale and/or heavy work. If you have any questions regarding installation or tools, please contact us.

Exhibition dismantling takes place between 6pm on the final Saturday of the exhibition and the following Sunday. As Blindside has limited storage we appreciate prompt collection of work. Artists are responsible for any costs associated with the transportation and insurance of artwork.

Gallery Floorplans

Blindside is a light-filled space in the Nicholas Building, located in Flinders Lane, on the corner of Swanston Street. The gallery is on the seventh floor facing out over Federation Square and Flinders Street Station.

Gallery one exhibition space is forty square metres with a ceiling height of 3.40 metres. The long north-facing wall of the gallery is MDF and all other walls and floor are concrete.

Gallery two is twenty-five square meters with a ceiling height (again) of 3.40 metres. The west-facing wall of the gallery is MDF and the remaining walls are concrete.

For detailed measurements click here.

Freight Lift

The freight lift measures 1280mm wide by 2035mm deep and is 2010mm from floor to ceiling. The diagonal is 2380mm along the floor or 2960 from floor to ceiling. It is located down the hall and to the left from BLINDSIDE's gallery 1 entrance. The frieght lift opens onto the alleyway behind the Nicholas building (off Flinder's Lane).

 

 
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37 Swanston Street  Melbourne  Victoria  3000
Enter via lifts in Cathedrale Arcade corner of Flinders Lane
Opening Hours 12-6pm Thursday to Saturday

BLINDSIDE is generously supported by the City of Melbourne