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About

Celeste Network is an online network where artists and arts professionals from around the world share their common interests in contemporary art, encourage new projects, and promote their work in a positive and active online community of like-minded individuals.

Celeste Network has 50,000 signed-up members and more than 8,000 visitors a day.

Location: Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Italy
Website: http://www.celesteprize.com/
http://www.celesteprize.com/

Education

I have always been interested in artists as creators, more than in their works – partly because I believe a finished work is a result, often laden with limits, probably intended as a statement, which could induce reflection or interpretation, and might be exposed to trend; But an artist lives, multiplies in many more ways, takes part in an ever growing number of life stories, experiences, in which he or she shares feelings, which over time leads to more works being created, an ever-growing cocktail of revelatory, personal truths! With this in mind I have fallen in love with the idea of network as a place for creation. … Read More

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Events & Exhibitions

Upcoming

Celeste Prize 2013 - Apr 01, 2013

Events

Lapsus, open call for photographic & video works

Lapsus is an International call for photographic and video projects curated by the Italian critic Marinella Paderni which invites artists to reflect on how “History of art shows us that many works were born of accidental 'mistakes' which occurred during the execution of a project, the taking of a picture or the recording of a video; such slips or lapsus' often occur without the knowledge of the author, who can use them as a point of strength in the final work.”
More about the theme:
http://www.celesteprize.com/lapsus2013/

First Prize: € 1,000
Second Prize: € 500
Third Prize: € 500

Entries by 28 February 2013.
Entry fee is € 40 per project uploaded directly online. Each project can contain up to 10 photographs and/or videos (max 10 minutes).
By 30 March, 15 projects will be chosen by the selection panel which includes Martin Breindl, Elena Ceratti and Silvio Wolf. At the exhibition opening on 17 May 2013 the curator of Lapsus, Marinella Paderni, will choose the three winning projects and award € 2,000 prizes.
Exhibition of the 15 projects will be at the fsmgallery, Florence, Italy, and will run from 17 May to 15 June 2013.
Lapsus is a collaboration between Fondazione Studio Marangoni and Celeste Network.
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