The True/False Film Fest 2025 is seeking visual artists to apply for a five week virtual artist residency, resulting in solo installations which will transform unconventional film venues throughout the town of Columbia, MO, USA in a celebration of artists, films, and music.
True/False is looking for emerging and mid-career artists and encourage applications from artists who may identify as underrepresented in the traditional art world (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and parents/caregivers).
The virtual residency will provide our visual artists a platform for cultural exchange, networking, and creative exploration, allowing artists to connect and collaborate regardless of geographical constraints, culminating in an in-person exhibition of their art installations during the 2025 T/F Film Fest.
THE RESIDENCY
Selected artists will meet online for a weekly two hour group session (Thursdays, 6-8PM CST) starting in November 2024. These sessions will focus on developing community and connection, adding to your knowledge about the current art world, and supporting the delivery of your art installation for True/False. Artists will also meet with our Art Curator, Production, Operations, and Tech Teams. We will have professional artists and curators join our weekly sessions to speak to you about the art world and art opportunities.
The residency ends with the exhibition/installation of proposed art installations at True/False on Feb. 27- March 2, 2025.
Accepted artists are not required to attend True/False in person.
Residents receive:
- Weekly online sessions which include an artist speaker, professional practice tips, information specifically about T/F Film Fest, and additional individual meetings as part of the virtual Artist Residency.
- Exhibition/Art Installation for the duration of the Fest (Feb. 27- March 2)
- $1000 Artist Stipend for each Art Installation.
- Additional shipping/travel and/or material costs up to $500. Costs beyond $500 will be covered by the artist.
- Artist Pass to the Festival if you are attending (in person attendance during the Fest is not mandatory for the installation or residency).
- Local Press and spotlight on our website and social media.
SUBMISSIONS AND PROPOSAL MATERIALS
Proposals must include:
Completed online application including resume, artist statement, contact information, artist website, art installation proposal, and social media links.
Art Installation proposal includes a proposal outline, images, and estimated installation/deinstallation needs for your Art Installation to be exhibited at the 2025 T/F Film Fest.
2025 THEME
In 2025, the art & design theme for True/False is ALL THE TIME
We measure our lives in duration – seconds, minutes, hours – and whether we like it or not, the hands of the clock keep marching forwards. This year’s theme reflects our fascination with the framework of our existence – time. Time can feel circular, following motions and rhythms to remind us of the eternal recurrence – what has come before will come again. From ecological imprints to the inheritance of habits, we are constantly reminded that although we are in the present, the past is always with us. The Fest itself is a fleeting moment in the calendar and encourages us to embrace the ephemeral experience of coming together and make the most of every passing second.
Prompts
- Remembrance of Things Past
- Climate change countdown
- Cyclical nature of time – night and day, seasons changing, routines
- “four minutes and 33 seconds”
- The Earth as an archive
- Duration / Endurance
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Chronos or Kairos
- Rituals to mark the passing of time
- Inheritance / Intergenerational
- Ephemerality, temporary, fleeting
- How to live in the moment
- Theory of relativity – a unified entity of space and time
- History repeats itself
- Shadows (for example, sundials)
- Pivotal moments
- A daily record – diaries, journals, calendars.
TIMING AND DEADLINES
For True/False 2025, the Open Call for our Artist Residency opens June, 6 2024.
All Proposals are due no later than midnight September 1, 2024. We welcome early submissions.
Our Art committee will review the work and notify artists who have succeeded in getting into getting to the first round by September 22, 2024.
Round one individual meetings with artists will be held from September 25, 2024 – October 19, 2024.
Applicants will be notified of final acceptance by October 20, 2024.
Virtual Residency Dates: November & early December (on Thursday evenings from 6-8PM CST)
November 7, 2024
November 14, 2024
November 29, 2024 (Friday)
December 5, 2024
December 12, 2024
Install/ Exhibition/Deinstallation: The Fest will be held February 27 – March 3, 2025.
All accepted work will need to be completed (ready for install and delivered) by February 21, 2025; installation will occur no later than Thursday, February 27, 2025 (install dates will depend on location) and deinstall will occur on March 3, 2025.Aimed at emerging and mid-career artists, True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, is offering a five-week virtual Artist-in-Residency program culminating in the exhibition of art installations of the selected six-eight artists-in-residence during the four-day festival.
