Aussiecon 4, the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention, is now taking applications for both the art show and the dealers’ room.
Space in the art show will be going for A$55 per panel (1.2 x 2 m) and A$35 per table (1.5 x 0.7 m), but unlike the usual sf convention practice, the convention will not be selling art and taking commissions. Rather, “artists will deal directly with any buyers. Aussiecon 4 will not be acting as their agent, as has been the previous practice with Worldcon and fan-run conventions. The convention will not collect commission on sales and will not run an art auction. There will also be no printshop. Artists can sell their work as they choose. Artists will need to arrange to takedown the art themselves and to get it to the buyers.” There will be bid sheets, as usual con-goers expect, but they expect that “at the close of the Art Show, the artists and the buyers (the winning bidders) will meet at the Art Show on Monday 6 September between 10:00 and12:00. Artists and buyers, however, can make individual arrangements for other times and dates before the close of the Art Show.” The convention does promise to “provide a staffed liaison desk as a ‘post office’ for messages between artists and potential buyers in addition to the bid sheets.” Reservation deadline is 30 June 2010, but earlier application is probably a good idea. Full details and a link to an application form are on this page.
Tables in the dealers’ room are A$220 each, with apparently the standard dealers’ room rules in effect. Full details and a link to the application are on this page. There’s no deadline specified on the application form, but it’s probably best to reserve early.
Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, will be held 2-6 September 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Guests of Honor will include Kim Stanley Robinson, Robin Johnson, and Shaun Tan.