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Deadline August 25, 2012

July 30, 2012
Contact: Jay Critchley
reroot@comcast.net
www.10DaysOfArt.org

Provincetown 10 Days of Art 2012 Festival and Provincetown Community Compact
(The Compact) are pleased to announce a multi-media exhibition at the
Herring Cove Beach Bathhouse in the Cape Cod National Seashore; “Ten Days
That Shook the World: the Centennial Decade,” is set for September 28 to
October 7, 2012; project directory artist Jay Critchley invites proposals
for art installations, performance events and special programs.
Linking the culturally fertile Provincetown decade of 1910 to the present
decade, Ten Days That Shook the World: the Centennial Decade, a multi-media
installation project at the iconic Herring Cove Beach Bathhouse in the Cape
Cod National Seashore, will reflect on time, climate, impermanence and
Provincetown’s cultural legacy.
Built in the 1950s after the devastating 1938 hurricane, this modernist
architectural fortress became a stronghold against - and a refuge from - the
destabilizing sea. But this fortified, windowless citadel is now on the
verge of being swept into the ocean, just like playwright Eugene O’Neill’s
dune house.
Ten Days That Shook the World, a ten-day event set for September 28 through
October 7, references John Reed’s famous account of the Russian Revolution
of 1917. He, O’Neill, Nieth Boyce, Susan Glaspell and others were members of
the revolutionary Provincetown Players, which gave birth to modern American
theater in 1915. The Centennial Decade also includes the one hundred year
anniversary of the Pilgrim Monument and the founding of the Provincetown Art
Association & Museum. Other cultural organizations celebrating significant
anniversaries this decade include the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown
Theater, Provincetown Arts, The Compact, Castle Hill, the Swim for Life and
others.
This project is directed by Provincetown artist Jay Critchley, in
collaboration with Provincetown 10 Days of Art Festival, the Cape Cod
National Seashore and the Provincetown Community Compact (The
Compact). Proposals are being accepted by visual, installation and
performance artists, actors, playwrights, writers, musicians, dancers,
cultural organizations, students and the community non-profits for
installations, performances, lectures, art classes, recording sessions,
video projections and other activities to mark the passing of this community
landmark. Its imposing architectural spaces include: two open-air changing
rooms, showers and bathrooms; four windowless rooms; a large atrium, two
portico staging areas and exterior walls; and the concession building. For
applications go to http://10DaysOfArt.org. The deadline for proposals is
August 25, 2012 (midnight).
Jay Critchley founded The Compact in 1993, which also sponsors the annual
Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla, with this year’s 25th event set for
September 8. His multi-media work has been exhibited and performed
internationally. Ten Days That Shook the World will be his third pre-demo
building project on the Cape. The Meadows Motel project in 2006, staged at a
time of rapid gentrification, included artists’ installations in the ten
motel rooms, dealing with: sexual abuse, perception, tourism, gentrification
time and architectural reassignment. In 2007 he encrusted the entire 1955
Pilgrim Spring Motel in North Truro with dune sand to become the Beige
Motel, with alternating colored lighting and artists’ installations. It was
unsuccessfully offered for sale on eBay and was rejected by the Rose Kennedy
Greenway in Boston.
Ewa Nogiec, founder of Provincetown 10 Days of Art Festival and director of
Gallery Ehva, is best known for "They Also Face the Sea" installation on
Fisherman's Wharf in collaboration with photographer Norma Holt, and "Harbor
Lights" nighttime performance using kayaks and lights. She is also publisher
and curator of ProvincetownArtistRegistry.com and creator of
iamprovincetown.com. She designed the Town of Provincetown logo, used by
Visitor Services Board in all marketing materials.
Provincetown 10 Days of Art Festival is partially funded by the Provincetown
Tourism Fund.
Contact information:
All inquries about 10 Days That Shook the World direct to:
The Provincetown Community Compact
Jay Critchley, Director
774-840-0458, reroot@comcast.net
All inquires by galleries/visitors direct to:
Gallery Ehva/10 Days of Art Festival
Ewa Nogiec, Producer/Director
508-487-0011, ewa@iamprovincetown.com

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