Call for Papers: ULI: Journal of Visual Arts and Culture Nigeria

ULI: Journal of Visual Arts and Culture is a referred academic bi-annual publication of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (visit nsukkaartschool.info). It is to be published in June and December each year electronically and, occasionally, in hard copies.

The publication aims to critique and document contemporary developments in the visual arts and culture of Nigeria, Africa and the world. It shall open up and sustain debate on issues in Nigerian and international art as a way of contributing to art scholarship and professionalism in the so-called Third World.

Well-researched papers are invited for the first issue to be published in December 2008.

Historical, critical, art educational, and other scholarly articles on modern and postmodern tendencies in the art and visual culture of Africa are welcome, as well as reviews, interviews and portfolios.

Articles should be typed and double-spaced on A4 paper and should not exceed 20 pages. Reference should conform to the Harvard style. Photographs and illustrations should be clear enough for print reproduction; poor quality photographs will not be accepted.

Submissions can be sent in hard copy by post or in soft copy via e-mail. Although materials are accepted all year round, the deadline for submission for the maiden issue is 31st November, 2008.

All correspondences to:
Dr. Ozioma Onuzulike
Department of Fine and Applied Arts,
University of Nigeria,
Nsukka.
E-mail: oozioma@nsukkaartschool.info
Uli-journal@nsukkaartschool.info

Residency Artist's Work Online: Beeldenstad.net

Beeldenstad.net, the brainchild of Babak Fakhamzadeh (Bag Factory Artist in Residence), was started as an informal way to track art in public spaces in several cities in Europe. Last year, Google Maps functionality was added to display public artworks on a map of some of those cities.

Beeldenstad.net is fully user driven, meaning that anyone can submit artworks and photos, the latter either directly through Beeldenstad.net, or alternatively through the popular photo sharing service Flickr.com.

During Babak's third month as a resident artist at The Bag Factory, he worked together with Eric Itzkin of the department of Arts, Culture and Heritage of the city of Johanesburg, to identify and map some 50 public artworks and bring them to Beeldenstad.net, most of them with extensive information on the individual artworks.

Now, Beeldenstad.net also offers KML and GeoRSS feeds for displaying geospatial information inside Google Earth or Google Maps.