Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) at Yale
Curated by CCAM ISOVIST Guest Curator Alvin Ashiatey (Lecturer, Yale School of Art)
About
Hypertext has been a foundational concept in how the web operates, connecting relational pages through hyperlinks to create a constellation of interconnected documents. The term "hypertext" was coined by Theodor Nelson, who described it as "non-sequential writing – text that branches and allows choices to the reader." This concept is evident in HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the markup language used for creating websites, where the anchor tag links HTML documents together.
However, hypertext isn't confined to web or digital interfaces alone. In an interview, Octavia Butler described her idea-generation process as akin to hypertext. She often had several unrelated books open around her house, allowing their ideas to interact, mix, and inspire new thoughts. Butler described this process as a primitive form of hypertext.
Through this node of referential threads and connections, this Open Call serves as an invitation—not only to individuals creating experimental works on the web, but also to practitioners who invoke the “primitive hypertext” within their practice.
Dates & Details
- Please submit proposals via this form.
- Proposals are due Sunday, September 1 at 12:00 PM EDT.
- Please fill out and submit this form per each proposed artwork. You may submit the form up to three times, for three works maximum.
- Acceptances will be sent by Friday, September 6 (end of day).
- Artworks are to be installed at ISOVIST between Saturday, November 2 and Thursday, November 7. The exhibition opening will take place on Friday, November 8 in the evening. The show will run through early 2025.
- Accepted artists are responsible for installing their own artwork, with some support provided by the curator and CCAM student workers.
- Accepted artists will also be required to submit descriptions of their artwork(s) and other related materials by requested due dates.
