OPEN CALL ‘SPORT’
Rona Chang
‘Recreation’
«Man-made fishing ponds dot the island of Taiwan. My father was someone who, in my memory, fished everyday and my mom cooked fish everyday. This common recreation in Taiwan was part of my childhood and I did not realize it then but fishing in man-made ponds isn’t common in other parts of the world. Other types of recreation, namely sports, was foreign to me. Sports was not something that I participated in as a spectator or as an athlete. Yet I’m constantly in awe of athletes and their arenas, especially during the Olympics. The images in Recreation are a result of being interested in the curves and architectural elements of the fields and the environment they are in. The past and potential action they contain, the light that the spaces are in, and the functionality of the design are all elements that hold my attention in these courts, fields, and bodies of water».
‘Primapersona’ is a biannual magazine that features unpublished autobiographical texts, whether they are memoirs or autobiographies, diaries or letters that are traces of life written by “ordinary people”. The magazine gives voice to the National Diary Archive of Pieve Santo Stefano in Italy, and moreover, to the general debate on the issues of autobiography.
In each issue, depending on the subject matter, are presented excerpts from these texts, from all periods of our recent history and from all regions of Italy. Their responses act as in an indirect dialogue with the study and theoretical reflections of those who, anthropologist or historian, sociologist and linguist, philosopher and writer, are convinced that writing is a gesture of inquiry. (to understand something more of ourselves).
Photography has an important role in this magazine. In each article, words torn from the diaries and autobiographical memories are accompanied by images in black and white. Photographs are carefully selected to dialogue with rather than interpret these words.
Urbanautica will take part in this new issue dedicated to Sports by suggesting a series of photographic projects that will be collected through an open call. In addition our editorial manager Steve Bisson will write a specific essay.
Submission have to bent sent to info@urbanautica.com. Deadline for submission March 4, 2013.