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The Emdash Award 2012: Call for Entries
Frieze Art Fair announced today the call for entries to the Emdash Award 2012. The Emdash Award is
open to artists living outside of the UK, up to five years from graduating from an undergraduate or
postgraduate degree or under 35 years of age. The Emdash Award is part of the Frieze Projects
programme, produced by Frieze Foundation, supported by the Emdash Foundation and presented in
collaboration with Gasworks.
The recipient of the prize will have the unique opportunity to present their work at Frieze Art Fair 2012 to a
significant international audience. Additionally the prize will cover production costs of up to £10,000, an
artist’s fee, per diems, travel expenses and a studio residency at Gasworks in London from August to
October 2012.
Entrance to the award is by open submission and the winner will be selected by an international panel of
artists and curators. The selection committee for 2012 will be: Andrea Dibelius (Emdash Foundation),
Ryan Gander (Artist), Rowan Geddis (Residencies Co-ordinator, Gasworks), Udo Kittelmann (Director of
the National Gallery, Berlin), Sarah McCrory (Curator, Frieze Foundation), Dr. Matthias Mu¨hling (Curator of
the Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich) and Amelie von Wedel (Emdash Foundation).
The closing date for applications is 9 January 2012. The winner of the award will be announced in
May 2012.
Proposals for work can take the form of site-specific installations; performance; film; video or print work.
Applicants will be judged on the innovative nature of their proposal and its suitability for realisation at
Frieze Art Fair.
The Emdash Award winner in 2011 was Anahita Razmi, whose work Roof Piece Tehran was launched at
Frieze Art Fair 2011 to significant critical acclaim.