Open Call for Artists. Videoinsight Prize 2022

The Videoinsight® Foundation announced the 2022 Edition of the Videoinsight® Prize, an international Award aimed at promoting Contemporary Art. The Prize opened to all Artists, without limits of age, sex, nationality or other qualification. The title of the Open Call for Artists was ‘ Love bombing. Gaslighting ‘. The theme was the perverse narcissism, in its various facets: love bombing, isolation, manipulation, control, lies, gaslighting, destruction, empathy and emotional dependence of the victim. Each Artist participated by presenting an Artwork. The image, accompanied by stylistic and technical data (artist name, title, year, technique, size) have been sent, between January 17, 2022 and March 21, 2022, to the email address rebecca.russo@fasv.it The candidate works have beenl evaluated by an expert Jury on the basis of their artistic and psychological issues.

The winning work of the Videoinsight® Prize has been acquired and became part of the Videoinsight® Collection. The finalist artists participated to an Exhibition in the Videoinsight® Center in Turin during Artissima 2022 and before during the days of The Phair (May 2022).

Registration for the Award was free. Below were the techniques admitted to the competition and the maximum dimensions to be respected.

Painting. Works made in full stylistic and technical freedom (oil, tempera, acrylic, ink, vinyl, watercolor, graphite, pencil, collage, etchings, engravings, printing) and on any support (canvas, paper, wood, plastic, iron). The maximum measurements allowed are 160 cm per side.

Sculpture and Installation . Works created in any material, equipped with sounds, lights, videos and mechanical or electrical movements. The maximum measurements allowed are: base 1 m, depth 1 m, height 2 m, max weight 100 kg.

Photographic art. Photographs on analogue or digital support, in color or black and white. The maximum measurements allowed are 150 cm per side.

Video art. Videos, films, slow motion, time-lapse and works made with all the animation techniques on any digital and analog support, of computer graphics. Maximum duration 8 min. For the application, the video file must be uploaded online and must not exceed 500 mb.

Performance. Performances created by one or more artists with any technique and form of expression and with the aid of any support material provided by the artist.

Digital art. Works made on the computer or using applications and digital devices.