Call for Proposals: Â Â Â Â Â Â Iraqimemorial.org
( HYPERLINK “http://www.iraqimemorial.org” http://
www.iraqimemorial.org -or- http://www.iraqimemorial.org/arabic/)
Information/Project Contact:
Project Director Joseph DeLappe
(Associate Professor of Art/University of Nevada, Reno)
Dewar’s Commissioned Artist in Residence
Eyebeam Art and Technology Center
540 West 21st Street
New York, NY 10011
775-223-4487 (cell)
HYPERLINK “mailto:delappe@iraqimemorial.org” delappe@iraqimemorial.org
HYPERLINK “http://www.iraqimemorial.org” http://www.iraqimemorial.org
Iraqimemorial.org is an online call to action to artists, designers,
architects or other interested creative individuals or collaborators
to propose concepts for the creation of memorials to the many
thousands of Iraqi civilians killed in the War in Iraq. Â As of 2007,
estimates range from 77,000 to over 655,000 deaths in Iraq of non-
combatants as a consequence of “Operation Iraqi Freedomâ€.  The
memorial concepts will be featured in a growing online exhibition/
database of proposals accessible on the site. Â Proposals are
available to be viewed and rated by the public as well as by an
internationally diverse group of individual scholars and curators who
are serving as jurors.
Jurors include:
Dr. Nadje Al-Ali, University of London, UK, Yaelle Amir, Curator and
Writer, New York City, USA, Dr Bernadette Buckley, Goldsmiths
University of London, UK, Monica Narula & Shuddhabrata Sengupta, The
Raqs Media Collective, Delhi, India, Dr. David Simpson, University of
California Davis, USA, John David Spiak, Curator, Arizona State
University Art Museum, Tempe, USA, Dr. Marjorie Vecchio, Director/
Curator, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Guidelines for Entries:
http://www.iraqimemorial.org/proposals.html
This project seeks to highlight conceptions of memorials in the
broadest context possible. Â All media and processes are to be
featured on the project site, this includes but is not limited to
experimental or traditional applications of: Â sculpture,
architecture, installation, performance, murals, web art, digital
art, photography, video, film, audio art, etc. Â Please visit the
project web site for further detailed entry requirements and
information.
Who May Submit Proposals?
All artists, architects, designers, individuals or collaborations are
welcome and invited to submit proposals. You must be at minimum 18
years old to participate in this project.
How to Submit
http://www.iraqimemorial.org/proposals.html
Entries are solely accepted via an online submission process
available through the project website.
Deadline
As a user generated content site, the project is ongoing indefinitely
– Iraqimemorial.org will continue to be realized as new memorial
proposals are uploaded to the site.  A first “Juror’s Deadline for
Review†has been established as March 19th, 2008, the fifth
anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq.
