When do our own memories become ghosts of the past? What can we learn from the “ghosts” among us? Henry James framed the ghost story as “the strange and sinister embroidered on the very type of the normal and easy” – a possibility or extension of reality.

Xpace Cultural Centre is seeking work from emerging and/or student artists for an exhibition that explores ghosts, ghost stories, and their role in contemporary culture. Curated by Blair Swann, the exhibition will run from October 28 to December 3, 2016.

Submit works that include, consider, question, or explore “the figure of the ghost or ghostly bodies; physical or conceptual indications of loss or absence (culturally, emotionally, personally, etc); a feeling or mood, given weight or form through repetition or intensity; the ghost as the name of something simply too difficult to explain, an effect of the unknown, or the search for its meaning; figures or forms as products of perception, tricks of the mind or eye, or illusions; and hauntology.”

Your work must be ready for exhibition by October 18, 2016. Selected artists will be notified in early September. All selected participants will be paid a project fee for the exhibition. Deadline for submission is August 31st. Submit online here.