Emerson Contemporary is now accepting submissions for a thematic, one-week group exhibition of emerging artists curated by Emerson College upper-level undergraduate students, GATHER. GATHER seeks photographic and lens-based works that engage ideas related to the theme of “gather,” while pushing the boundaries of the medium and forefronting labor and physicality. We especially invite series that consider themes of creation and (dis)connection, fragments and patchwork, and repairs and reparations. GATHER welcomes analog and historical processes; sewing on, collaging, or weaving images together; references to or documents of handwork and craft; or pushing pictures into three or more dimensions. Regarding new media, video, projection, and installations, we invite artworks that embrace imperfections, expose seams, and bring in mixed media, such as fabric or other materials. Our call also invites collaborative work by one or more people as well as collectives. GATHER aims to weave these various threads together to make a larger whole and make a difference.
