Page Not Found now welcomes submissions to Open Letters 2024! Deadline July 17, 2024!

Open Letters is an open call for artists and writers in The Hague to occupy our storefront with messages of urgency and vulnerability.This project was inspired by the short essay ”The Year I Stopped Making Art” written by the artist Paul Maheke on March 18, 2020, as a reflection and an outcry for solidarity in the current global situation and art world. The essay lists the many unacknowledged inequalities facing artists who do not belong to the privileged ethnicity, gender, or class, and whose practice is threatened in consequence to disappear silently.“The Year I Stopped Making Art” was the first Letter published in our storefront and was followed by many Letters by The Hague artists.

The selected Open Letters are published in one of the front windows of Page Not Found’s space using vinyl lettering, which can vary in size, color, and font type. Textual and graphical contributions are welcome. However, the execution does not need to be limited to just that — we invite artists to share their message in additional ways that seem fitting to the cause.

• – The authors of the selected proposals will receive a fee of €500,00.
• – Our team will take care of installing the Open Letters on the window.
• – Each Open Letter is displayed for four weeks.
• – The first Open Letter will be unveiled in August 2024

Find the submission form as well as additional information, by clicking this link

Page Not Found kindly thanks The Mondriaan Fund, Gemeente Den Haag as well as Stroom Den Haag for supporting this project.