Tabula Rasa open call – deadline 15 July 2008 Gallery Aferro Newark NJ USA www.aferro.org Tabula Rasa on display September 6 – October 4, 2008 with full color catalog. Curated by Evonne M. Davis. Deadline July 15, 2008 (This is NOT a postmark deadline.) Artists working in any and all media are invited to submit existing work, or propose new work, in response to the following: #1-Tabula Rasa: |?täbyo?l? ?räs?; ?räz?| an absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals; a clean slate. The human mind at birth, viewed as having no innate ideas. ORIGIN Latin, literally ‘scraped tablet,’ denoting a tablet with the writing erased. #2- René Descartes, Aristotle, John Locke #3- Denying what is obvious. #4- Nothing is new, nothing is original. #5 Existentialism and the nothingness of existence, ennui. Notification of acceptance by August 1. Delivery by August 16. All exhibition submissions must include: CV/Resume Statement Work Samples (digital file or print out) CD/DVD or submission via email. submit.aferro [at] gmail.com Please put the exhibition title in the subject line. Please review the full submission guidelines at www.aferro.org Please mail your submissions to: Gallery Aferro c/o Evonne M. Davis + Emma Wilcox 248 Sherman Ave #43 NY NY 10034