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Language is not only a product of human life – it is a pre-requisite that humans require to form relationships. As a fundamental form of expression, language binds us together.
A language can be visual – made up of complex ideas of truth deeply rooted in symbols, custom and imagery. Mother Tongue is about the power of language – verbal and visual, formal and informal. First language. Native language. It honours languages at risk of being lost in our globalising society and those that have survived the forces of colonisation.
Mother Tongue is a healing process – stimulating creative dialogue between indigenous and non-indigenous designers, students of design, poets and writers. Mother Tongue is a cross-cultural platform to open discussion around the role of contemporary indigenous design and to encourage collaborative projects that deepen our understanding of people’s culture in our visual world of this 21 century.
“We need a culture shift. Can design reconcile differences? “Let’s begin a journey of understanding – fostering a new respect for life, nature and the natural world. Let’s value the principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity and kinship.”
- David Lancashire, Melbourne (Australia)
Download the full Call for Submissions (PDF – 568KB) and join the dialogue!
Mother Tongue calls on you to respond by submitting your own interpretation of language. It is an open, multi-disciplinary, online exhibition and open to everyone. To participate you must create a user account or log in if you are already part of the network. You may submit more than one entry however each entry must consist of a single piece: a poster, a photograph, a poem, a product, a piece of architecture – that interprets the spirit of Mother Tongue.
Submission requirements
Each submission must consist of a single piece (image OR audio OR video file):
Image (poster, illustration, photograph, short text, poetry
or prose):
– Format: JPG or GIF files
– Dimensions: 792 px wide x 1224 px high
– Resolution: 150DPI
– Colour space: RGB
Audio
– Length: 3 minutes max
– Format: .mp3
– Size: 10MB
Video (upload to YouTube and provide video code)
– Format: H.264, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4
– Aspect ratio: 640×480 (SD) or 1280×720 (HD) for 4:3 & 16:9
– Frame rate: Same as original video
– Sampling rate: 44.1KHz for MP3/AAC audio
Submission process
Key dates
Submissions will be accepted starting 12 July 2010
The deadline for entries is 1 December 2010
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INDIGO, the International Indigenous Design Network, is an open platform that connects designers worldwide in an effort to explore our understanding of indigenous design. It provides an online forum for sharing ideas and information, fostering discourse among participants, and contributing to the furtherance of indigenous and local design.
E: info@indigodesignnetwork.org
W: http://www.indigodesignnetwork.org
discussion
#1 5 June
2010
Phil Cash Cash writes
Mother Tongue: Call for Submissions was posted on the ILAT (indigenous Languages and Technology) listserv today May 5th, 2010.
#2 4 July
2010
Boris Ljubicic writes
Best!
#3 10 July
2010
pouya golestaneh writes
thank you , we looking for international design network.
best whishes
شبکه طراحان گرافیک ایران
#4 15 July
2010
INDIGO writes
We have our first submission! Thank you to Rebecca for sharing her beautiful work with us. Can’t wait for more!
#5 15 August
2010
Heba Bella writes
This is pretty interesting!…
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2010
INDIGO Launches Mother Tongue
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2010
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7 June
2010
INDIGO Call for Submissions | Development X Design
[...] To nurture inclusiveness and promote dialogue, all submissions will be presented as a digital gallery on http://www.indigodesignnetwork.org. [...]
13 July
2010
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18 July
2010
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[...] INDIGO Design Network call for submissions: An open, multi-disciplinary, online exhibition of pieces of art that interprets the spirit of [...]
22 July
2010
Robert L. Peters » We live in stories…
[...] in the oral narratives that are passed on from one generation to another. The launch of INDIGO’s Mother Tongue project provided incentive to begin a series of graphic “copyfree” posters featuring such [...]
29 July
2010
My Mother Tongue Submission « Frida Larios
[...] are welcome to submit your own visual, verbal or written piece on the INDIGO, Mother Tongue project, website. YAL – Child of [...]
20 August
2010
Mother Tongue: Submissions now open | DESIGN> OPINIONATOR
[...] are now open for Mother Tongue, INDIGO’s innovative online exhibition that seeks to capture the power of language. Mother [...]
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