1/1

1/1 is a new, annual opportunity to create a following with a global audience. Join the 1/1 collective and showcase your work on this site. Your work will be entered in a competition, in which SHOWstudio and the 1/1 Associates select a shortlist of 11 artists to bring their ideas to life and exhibit them at Basel.


Graf Video Installation Bodyart Photography Film Illustration Interactive 1/1

The 2008 Program

1/1 if you live to create.
1/1 if you live for creative.

If you’re creative and original, 1/1 is a new, annual opportunity to create a following with a global audience. If you love discovering new talent, 1/1 will introduce you to the best up and coming artists in Europe.

  1. The 1/1 Curator, SHOWstudio, appoints 11 established talents to be the 1/1 Associates.
  2. They invite artists to submit work and an idea for the 2008 brief: ART OF FOOTBALL.
  3. SHOWstudio and the 1/1 Associates select a shortlist of artists to create their ART OF FOOTBALL piece. From these the 11 best are chosen to exhibit at Basel.
  4. One final winner’s work is immortalised by Nike on a limited edition series of Nike Dunks
  5. A selection of the best work from the 1/1 program is celebrated in a published 1/1 art book.