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Side Show Abandoned buildings… empty beach huts… Soul less shop windows… It’s looking a bit bleak out there. Fear not!
For the month of August 2009 artists will unite and take over these spaces filling them with quirky, thrilling and fantastic artwork.
We are looking for artists who work in the mediums of visual art, live art, performance art, circus, theatre, dance, digital media, light, sound… you name it we want it!
There are 3 different spaces to show/develop your work:
Shop Windows 
Working with our friends at Bournemouth Creatives we will be opening up shop windows across Bournemouth for artists to show and sell existing work.
Please send examples of your work via e-mail to
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DEADLINE: 8th July 2009
2nd Birthday's Abandoned Building  This space is not your average space. Awkward and vast, visitors will be led through the building to wonder at what has been created.
It will be open from morning to night for 2 days during Side Show and will include new art work which places an emphasis on interactivity and experience. There are a number of opportunities…
We have £2000 to commission new site responsive art work in any medium. We are interested in ideas… from tiny installations to huge hanging sculptures or group activities so let us know what you would like to do with a proposed budget.
Our lovely friends who have pledged their stuff to make 2nd Birthday happen can propose their 2nd Birthday event…. really this can be anything! We have a small amount or money to help set these events up so let us know what you would like to do.
Please send your proposals via e-mail to
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or via post to: | Address: 2nd Birthday
PO Box 7171
BOURNEMOUTH
BH4 0ED | Including: 1. Up to 5 min of the footage/music/film on CD or DVD
2. Up to 10 jpgs (72dpi) documenting your work
3. Your proposal including brief budget (max 1 page A4)
4. CV (max 2 pages of A4) | Please note: we will not return your submission, as we will keep it in the 2nd Birthday database.
DEADLINE: 8th July 2009
Beach Huts
 On the Bournemouth seafront we have some beach huts crying out for a bit of an artistic makeover…
Let us know what you would like to do…
Please send your proposals via e-mail to
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or via post to:
| Address: 2nd Birthday
PO Box 7171
BOURNEMOUTH
BH4 0ED | Including:
1. Up to 5 min of the footage/music/film on CD or DVD
2. Up to 10 jpgs (72dpi) documenting your work
3. Your proposal including brief budget (max 1 page A4)
4. CV (max 2 pages of A4) | Please note: we will not return your submission, as we will keep it in the 2nd Birthday database.
DEADLINE: 8th July 2009
PLUS!!! Sideshow Brochure Design!  We are currently designing our brochure for Sideshow and in the participatory style of 2nd birthday we are looking for your help!.
We're going to make a brochure to advertise all the events above, we're thinking black and white line drawings - imagine David Shrigley mixed with a carnival, a circus, freak shows, think quirky, quick, observational… Wait, that is David Shrigley. Anyway you know what we mean. Send us your designs for our festival guide and we'll publish the good 'uns. Design Notes: The brochure will be A6, so make sure you're drawings will work on this size. Keep it black and white! Outcome: The joy of having your credited artwork published in 2000 brochures. Please send your drawings via e-mail to
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or via post to: 2nd Birthday, PO Box 7171, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 0ED Please note: we will not return your drawing, so send a COPY! DEADLINE: 8th July 2009 |
2nd Birthday is a charitable not for profit production company which is committed to artistically recycling disused shops and empty buildings. 
