Could you draw a sci-fi ver­sion of your favourite movie star?

Through­out 2019, Bar­bi­can is con­duct­ing a wide-rang­ing dis­cus­sion on the con­cept of tech­nol­o­gy and how it has altered human lives and human per­cep­tions. It’s all part of their expan­sive Life Rewired sea­son, which com­pris­es art instal­la­tions, exhi­bi­tions, film screen­ings, con­certs and performances.

In this spir­it of this project, we’d like you to design a por­trait of your favourite movie star, in which they have been enhanced by tech­nol­o­gy in some aspect. Per­haps it could be the future cyborg ver­sion of Oscar Isaac, or a Anne Hath­away pre­served as a sen­tient com­put­er pro­gramme? Sim­ply pick your most cher­ished movie idol, and launch them into the future.

Your design must incor­po­rate the fol­low­ing colour palette:

The over­all win­ner, as judged by our in-house design team, will receive Bar­bi­can Mem­ber­ship (val­ued at £59), a £100 gift vouch­er for Barbican’s on-site restau­rant Oste­ria, plus two tick­ets to an Animé’s Human Machines screen­ing of your choice, pend­ing availability.

Five win­ning art­works to be dis­played at Bar­bi­can from approx­i­mate­ly 1 June to 30 September.

All entries should be A3 por­trait (42cm x 29.7 cm) and must be cre­at­ed dig­i­tal­ly. Sub­mit your design with the sub­ject line ​‘Life Rewired cre­ative brief’ to competitions@​tcolondon.​com. The dead­line for entries is mid­night on Mon­day 22 April.

You can also send us your entry via Twit­ter or Insta­gram by tag­ging @LWLies, but be sure to email us a hi-res ver­sion of your entry as well. Please remem­ber to include your full name so we know who to cred­it. Good luck!

Life Rewired runs at Bar­bi­can through­out 2019 and cov­ers art, per­for­mance, film and the­atre. For more infor­ma­tion head to bar​bi​can​.org​.uk/​l​i​f​e​r​e​wired

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