Call for Entries: Imagine Peace

A call for art and writing for a "visual encyclopedia" about peace, specifically in relation to Gaza from Institute Design2context in Switzerland...

At the Institute Design2context, of the Zurich University for the Arts, we are working on an international and socio-politically highly ambitious educational and creative research project titled "Imagine Peace! A visual and critical encyclopedia". It is at the heart of the project to collect world wide representations and imagery of the peace and to gain the collaboration of well known designers, theorists, writers and critics around the world to discuss and exchange critical visions and visualizations of it, without catering to any specific religious belief/history or sectarian creed.

The publication will be a collection of historical, contemporary, posters, drawings, symbols, signs etc. with representations of peace based on the thesis that today’Äôs discordances and hostilities express the absence of proper imaginations of peace.

We are calling for images about Peace, in the context of the recent Gaza Assault. We would like to know whether you could post our call for it.

Imaging Peace! is aimed as an exchange project, a source and networking knot for everyone active for the cause and creation of peace, be it in a political or personal context.

We'd be happy to answer any concerns you might have. Hereby you will find embedded the link to our database (in progress) for more information about the project. http://peace.zhdk.ch/

(deadline May 2009)