Hello All.
Well: It is offically official, I got a new job in New York, and will be moving shortly. I will be “assuming the position” of Assistant Professor of New Media at the City College of New York’s College of Staten Island.
So: Yay!
And: I’m leaving a nice 1 bedroom apt that I cleaned up and painted in Koreatown LA, expecting to spend a couple of years here. It will be available starting August 1st. It is a really nice value, in a nice building. Someone told me about it, so I figure I ought to keep it in the word-of-mouth-circle. email me if you are interested, and i’ll give you the info.
Also: I’m going to be in nyc starting July 29th. Anyone know of a sublet for August and/or September, to give me a home base to find something for a longer period? if you know of anyone subletting, let me know, though i’ll probably end up using craigslist or the village voice
Michael
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June 18, 2004
PRIVATE POSITION AVAILABLE JOB DESCRIPTION”
TITLE: New Genres Department Manager
REPORTS TO: VP Academic Planning and Operations
SUPERVISES: New Genres Assistant Manager
STATUS: Full-time; Supervisory; Exempt
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Provide ongoing administration of department, including supervision, maintenance and development of department facilities and equipment; provide technical assistance and instruction to students, faculty and staff.
QUALIFICATIONS:
BFA or equivalent experience required, MFA preferred; demonstrated commitment to the arts
Working knowledge of all digital video equipment including small production and post-production video work; ability to perform light repairs on, instruct others in the use of, and maintain video equipment
Full understanding of design of digital editing suites
Relevant office skills including basic budgeting and bookkeeping
Computer experience including Word and Excel (or similar programs)
Excellent interpersonal skills, especially the ability to work with students, faculty and artists
Specialized training in electronic and video equipment desirable
Supervisory experience preferred
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
Send a cover letter and resume to:
Human Resources, Job #NG 03
San Francisco Art Institute
800 Chestnut Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Founded in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institutes main campus is located in the heart of the citys North Beach neighborhood. Fully accredited, it offers an undergraduate BFA and a graduate MFA degree, Post Baccalaureate certificate, community education programs and a range of public programs.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, SFAI has a strong commitment to the principle of diversity, and in that spirit seeks a broad spectrum of candidates from historically underrepresented groups.
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June 18, 2004
PRIVATE POSITION AVAILABLE JOB DESCRIPTION”
TITLE: Assistant to New Genres Department Manager
REPORTS TO: New Genres Department Manager
STATUS: 50%-Time during the academic year (mid-August to end of May); off during the summer
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
As the Assistant to New Genres Department Manager, provides technical and administrative assistance in the maintenance and use of facilities, including video, audio, computer hardware and software. Maintain and supervise equipment check out.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience with/working knowledge of digital video production techniques and equipment, including computer applications i.e. Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, After Effect 5; experience with and working knowledge of multi-platform computer technology; Desktop publishing, system utilities.
Experience with and working knowledge of Audio production techniques and equipment.
Ability to work well with students, faculty and visiting artists
Excellent administrative, organizational and communication skills
Some college level education preferred.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
Send a cover letter and resume to:
Human Resources, Job #NG 04
San Francisco Art Institute
800 Chestnut Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Founded in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institutes main campus is located in the heart of the citys North Beach neighborhood. Fully accredited, it offers an undergraduate BFA and a graduate MFA degree, Post Baccalaureate certificate, community education programs and a range of public programs.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, SFAI has a strong commitment to the principle of diversity, and in that spirit seeks a broad spectrum of candidates from historically underrepresented groups.
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Dear friends!
Luksuz production DZMP is organizing second Luksuz festival of Cheap Film.
On the Festival we want to show short and low budget production of featured, documentary, animated and experimental films from mostly young authors and those, who had not yet won recognition.
The Festival will take place in Krko (Slovenia), on September 3rd and 4th 2004, deadline for applications is 10th July.
More information about the Festival: : http://www.drustvo-dzmp.si/
greetings
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data/reference/art
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The next no-org.net exhibition is devoted to net art projects that use reference and encyclopedic materials (collections, dictionaries, catalogues, almanacs, archives…), as a primary material or/and as a subject matter.
We look forward to artworks that deal with reference data using the network medium as an integral part of the concept.
Although it is not exclusive condition, projects that optimized for the three major platforms (Linux, Macintosh and Windows) are preferred.
The deadline for submissions is August, 25th.
Call for submissions:
http://www.no-org.net/data/reference/art/submission.php
diego
www.no-org.net
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AutuMedia 2004 Call to Artists
AutuMedia is an outdoor multimedia extravaganza hosted by Media Bridges of
Cincinnati. Held in the large parking lot at the corner of Race Street and
Central Parkway in downtown Cincinnati, this New Media event features Film,
Video, Sound, Installation, Mixed Media, Web Art and more. Submissions can
be for completed works, works in progress, and new proposals. AutuMedia is
open to all applicants; however, artists must be present for installation.
Be apart of this year’s most off/on the wall art experience!
Submission Deadline: June 30, 2004
Event Date: October 2, 2004 6pm-12am
More info: www.autumedia.com
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Exhibit Proposals to show your artwork at DIVA due by July 11th
DIVA is soliciting submissions by local and regional artists to show their work at the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, 110 West Broadway at Olive, Eugene, OR 97401. Application forms are available at www.divanow.org (click “become an exhibitor”) or print copies can be found at DIVA during regular hours Thursday-Saturday, noon – 5 pm, or can be received by emailing info@divanow.org with the words “requesting exhibit proposal” in the subject line. Proposals for work in all media are being accepted from emerging and established artists who live in the Lane County, Oregon region. Applicants are welcome to submit individual or group proposals. Work selected will be shown in late 2004 and in 2005.
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Proposals Wanted for Performance Art and Fashion Show
for “Life As Art” Events on Staten Island, New York
Artist Milenka Sarasvati is curating a month of “Life As Art”
this October 2004, and is looking for proposals for the
following two events-
Castle on Castleton- Oct 16 & 17
An abandoned S.I. Hospital (20-30 minutes from the S.I. Ferry)
will be the site of a weekend of performance art that relates
to “Life as Art”, performances that are lifelike art or
mythological and ritualistic, fairy tales, etc.
Performance space will be on the grounds
with some limited use of the first floor rooms.
St. George Theatre Gala- Oct 23
Fashion show and beauty salon
(hair stylists, make-up)
for viewers to walk catwalk.
Also want performances that are lifelike, dada,
fluxus bent and/or narrative.
St. George Theatre has a Spanish Roccocco
interior and capacity seating for 3000 people.
(Theater is 10 minute walk from the S.I. Ferry)
Both should relate to and make use of site.
Also interested in poetry, dance and song.
July 15th deadline, notification of acceptance Aug.1st
email proposals to milenka@lifeasart.org
More info on “Life As Art” at-http://lifeasart.org/
(Partially Funded by COAHSI grant.)
This information is from Mary Campbell
marycamp@earthlink.net
718-447-1347
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Call for contributions to self portrait project,
especially (but not exclusively) from those working in
the arts – both visual artists and others welcome – no
minimum skill level!
No money, however website gets modest but not
embarrassing 800 or so unique visitors per week.
Guidelines:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/self_portraits/contribute.html
Current participants:
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/self_portraits/index.html
all contributions conforming to the guidelines will be
used – please read them carefully!
Please forward/circulate
Thanks!
Michael Szpakowski
somedancersandmusicians.com
http://www.somedancersandmusicians.com/
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CASA GALBENA
YELLOWHOUSE
Bucharest, Romania
Multi-interdisciplinary project
Open house
Dreamlike, fairy tale, childhood
Experimental
ALIVE
A mysterious multistructured house with garden and courtyard. Space
(walls, rooms, garden) can be rebuilt, redecorated, repainted.
Artists are invited to create and maintain a dreamlike, fairy tale,
childhood space and atmosphere.
Artist Innana took the place and decorated and painted it inside in
basic colours creating different basic spaces: La Chambre Rouge, the
Yellow Room, the Jamaican Kitchen, etc. They are all open to art.
Artists from all media are invited here to spend time together and work
on an interdisciplinary approach, by getting into the atmosphere of the
place, use/contradict/take into account/ continue the space, the
atmosphere already created.
Preexisting themes can be accepted if they are recreated in the
environment, by the accent is put on artists who take the challenge to
travel to the place and create original new works in situ, TOGETHER,
as a COLLABORATIVE PROJECT.
Individuals or groups.
Open spontaneous encounters are encouraged.
Working individually or together, combining music, fine arts, theatre,
photography, film, dancing etc., as a result of being here. It is about
exchanging ideas and experiencing new individual creative experiences:
musicians doing music for a short film, visual artists taking part in a
theatre or performance concept, recreating the space as a set or a
happening, dancers working with new music and other possible and wanted
experimental approaches.
Works encouraged: mixed media, performance, installation, film, video,
happening, dance, theatre, music, musical experiments, photography,
poetry (all kinds), land art, fine arts etc. Open to all propositions
and projects.
Special interest: dreamlike, fairy tale, fantasies, fantastic, people
and space, body, body language, stories, colours, experimental theatre,
music, dance, film, video, photography, fine arts.
Artists invited:
all kinds: music, theatre, dance, film, fine arts, photography,
multimedia, etc.
Spaces and facilities provided:
-painting workshop
-clay
-theatre space
-possibilities of photo/media lab
-projections
-open garden (concerts, performance, projections)
kitchen, bathroom, etc.
Artists will work there and live with Romanian artists (if they
choose). Contacts with Romanian artists, travels across the country,
contacts for exhibitions, concerts, projections in Romania can be
organized.
Artists ‘works will be presented by organizing concerts,
theatre shows, projections.
The works created will be exhibited in the end in the house,
galleries in Romania and abroad.
The project is considered as a happening. The artists selected
as a final group will take part in an artistic documentary about the
event.
Those who are interested are invited to submit their works, a short
presentation and a description of an idea, project to the e-mail
address on the site.
Starting: TODAY
Deadline for June/July: 15.06.2004
Participation fee: 200 Euro
Contact: galbenacasa@yahoo.com
URL: galbenacasa.go.ro
We also seek financial support. We would like to know the conditions
and terms in order to receive such support. Thank you.
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Exit Strategy
Call to artists to propose works that define their vision of crime/war/terror.
Deadline 1st of August 2004
Artists are invited to submit works for Exit Strategy, a multidisciplinary project that will examine artists current notions of War/Crime/Terror. The exhibition is planned to open in the Netherlands in Winter 2004 and will tour internationally during 2005.
We witnessed the destruction of Afghanistan and the toppling and shattering of Iraq while proud journalists reported so called liberating events in front of our eyes. We are told the war ended a long time ago by the Bush administration. But who do we believe as day after day disturbing images of abused Iraqi people are shown in the media? Soldiers are still there with no exit strategy, more troops are being committed and the death toll of innocent civilians increases.
Do we know what is happening in the name of western democracy? Are demonstrations effective? What is the coalition force? Who is behind it? What are human rights?
When is torture justified? When is liberation occupation? When is patriotism xenophobic? Is a war on terrorism winnable? Who are the rulers, decision makers who runs the world? Are we safer today than yesterday?
Proposals may be for work in any medium. Please submit a proposal (maximum 500 words) describing your project ideas; a sketch of proposed project; CV; documentation of your previous work (slides or images on CD, video on DVD or VHS PAL). Please include a self addressed stamped envelope for the return of your work. We are not responsible for returning works submitted without a stamped SAE.
Send entries to:
Radius
6a Ospringe Road
London NW5 2JE
United Kingdom
Questions or further information by email: predrag@dircon.co.uk
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Call for karaoke videos by artists
CONTRABAND, STOWAWAY LOUNGE:
ARTIST-MADE KARAOKE VIDEOS
For screening at ISEA2004 CRUISE AND LOS ANGELES FREEWAVES FESTIVAL
Deadline: July 26, 2004
We are soliciting short videos for a global karaoke jukebox on a ferry between Helsinki and Stockholm as part of ISEA2004 Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (http://www.isea2004.net/). Videos for CONTRABAND, STOWAWAY LOUNGE should re-invent the pop-cultural medium of karaoke. From Tokyo to Tallinn, the ubiquitous, democratic form of entertainment activates national identity, nostalgia, sentimentality, and glimmers of rock-stardom. Individual performances transform this generic format into ironic, campy, critical and individualized meanings. Erupting within the entertainment-industrial complex, these do-it-yourself appropriations recode the corporate into the personal. We invite artists to create musical video-dramas for the crooners of ISEA2004, and later, Los Angeles Freewaves Festival.
Submission Guidelines:
Videos the length of pop songs should be submitted with vocals-free music. Read along lyrics preferred. Midi files, if necessary, can be downloaded for free off the web. Please submit an NTSC Mini-DV videotape.
Mail to:
Christina Ulke / Rachel Mayeri
1342 1/2 McDuff St.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
For more information, contact rachelmayeri@yahoo.com
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Miki Watanabe, FF Alumn, seeks photographs for art project asap.
Hi all,
I have been selected to enter a competition sponsored by AT&T and my theme is “family & friends” and I am in need of some photos of just that. The format of the structure is a huge Ampersand symbol measuring 6′x6′x12″ and I will be collaging the 12″ side with photos. (I’m imagining this project to be similar to the cows that infiltrated the streets a few years ago) the final format will look like it was taken in a photo booth but you don’t have to go to a photo booth to get the pictures done. If you would like to be included/involved/pictured on a piece of public art work for the 4th of July down at the South Street Seaport, please send me some pictures of you with a friend or family.
What I need from you:
4 separate shots of you and another person in a tight space.
please send me j-pegs or photoshop document, with a resolution no more
than 300dpi. I will take all the photos and crop them to a uniform size, making them look like they were taken in a photo booth. they can be serious or goofy. Please send me the pictures ASAP (I need to begin installing on June 23rd) sorry for such short notice, but I just found out today. also if you are in NYC I can come by and take pictures of you with my digital camera if you don’t have one. thanks so much in advance for those who are interested in participating! questions? you can call me at 646-391-3113
xo micki watanabe
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July 3, 2004
A CALL FOR ARTISTS WORLDWIDE “summer summit” 2004 in
Poetovio, Slovenia and in Chicago, USA. L.I.P.A. announces
two international events: an art exhibition and symposium in
the historic city of Poetovio, Slovenia, and an art
exhibition at LIPA Gallery in Chicago, IL. After seven years
of promoting international dialogue through the arts in
Chicago and Washington D.C., L.I.P.A. (Links for
International Promotion of the Arts) invites artists to
submit work and proposals for two events to be held in
Chicago (from July 9 through September 5) and in Poetovio,
Slovenia (from September 3 through September 25). Artwork
that promotes dialogue between artists from different world
communities and addresses contemporary issues is encouraged.
All media are accepted. Artwork and proposals will be jury
selected by L.I.P.A.’s exhibition committee. Artists may
submit works for either Chicago or Poetovio, where several
sites will be available. Each participating artist will
receive four complementary catalogues. Applications
for “summer summit” in Chicago must be received by June 21,
2004, applications for “summer summit” in Slovenia must be
received by July 3. Fee $30.- for 6 slides or CD. Please
consult L.I.P.A. at www.lipaart.org for more information. If
you have any questions, please contact: info@LipaArt.org, or
call 312 493 7120.
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[] low-fi commissions 04
[apologies if you receive this more than once]
This is an open call for proposals for 5 net art commissions. We are wanting to support some new work by artists already working with network technology. low-fi is an artist collective focusing on net art.
More info below and on our site:
http://www.low-fi.org.uk/commissions
bw,
low-fi
[] Call for proposals
low-fi welcomes proposals for 5 commissioned art projects from artists working with networked technology/internet. We are open to international applications. A successful proposal could be realised either wholly online; or could be partially online and partially in some other media or event/performance based. However the internet will need to be an integral component. We are aiming to extend artists’ current practice by offering financial assistance to the successful applicants. The fee for each commission will be 1,500.
low-fi will curate an exhibition of the commissioned projects collaborating with Iliyana Nedkova [ http://www.mediascot.org ] the Associate Curator at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh [ http://www.stills.org/ ]. Proposals should include details on how their proposed project would work in a gallery based installation. Please also include some indication of installation requirements, especially those that go beyond the basic provision of equipment, network connection and rudimentary construction (such as screens, plinths &c.) The show will run at Stills Gallery from April – June 2005.
[we will not accept proposals which are:
- for home pages of documentation for projects that exist entirely offline
- for projects which have already been produced]
In order to submit a proposal please download and complete the application form:
[] URL: http://www.low-fi.org.uk/commissions/application_04.txt
Then email it to us at low-fi@low-fi.org.uk
[] Deadline: 15 July ‘04
[] LOW-FI
[] http://www.low-fi.org.uk
[] net art locator
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Bucharest, Romania
VISUAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES, 12-16 October 2004
Identities and Visual Codes. Images of Violence /Violence of Images, contemporary art exhibition
The violence of images as an excessiv medium of the contemporary world; images of violence as selling strategy; violence is the other; images are depicting/producing violence …
The artists are invited to answer to the exhibition’s main subject with new media artworks (video, photo, computer art, poster, installations etc.), without excluding more traditional ways of expression. The most successful projects will be included in the official program of the exhibition.
http://www.metacult.ro/visual/exhibition.php?lang=en
Competition rules:
Please register on line and send a short project description, artist’s biography and three images of the proposed work. Hard copies send by mail are also acceptable.
Organizers: META Cultural Foundation and Goethe Institute Bucharest
With the support of European Cultural Foundation and the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe.
Deadline: 31 August 2004
Contact:
META Cultural Foundation
Luiggi Galvani street 61-63
District 2, Bucharest
Romania
Phone: +4-0722.243.381; +4-0723.218.488
Email: meta@dnt.ro
www.metacult.ro
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______NoRNC SPoT________________
call for 30-second political ads
OVERVIEW:
In their 150 year history, the Republican National Committee has for the
first time selected New York City for their Convention from August
29-September 4, 2004. Many groups are organizing protests around the
convention, _NoRNC SpoT is your opportunity to use your video skills to
create an informational advertisement to educate others about the upcoming
convention and protests.
The _NoRNC SPoT project wants you to produce a 30-second video Public
Service Announcement (PSA) for a DVD/VHS compilation. The submitted
30-second spots will be distributed to public access channels, Free Speech
TV, Indymedia Centers, and microcinemas across the U.S. for heavy screening
during the month leading up to the Republican National Convention (August
2004).
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STYLE:
The video announcements can serve several different purposes. They can:
-ALERT viewers that the RNC is coming to NYC and when.
-ENCOURAGE viewers to mobilize and participate, whether they live in NYC or
not.
-INFORM the viewer about specific public events being organized around the
RNC, and how to get involved.
(http://www.rncnotwelcome.org/calendar.html#j1)
-CONNECT protests against the RNC to other important social justice issues.
OR–>take a totally different approach that you make up!!
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DEADLINE: July 12, 2004
FORMAT: (preferred) on CD as FCP movie or uncompressed Quicktime – or
Mini-DV
SUBMIT videos to:
_NoRNC SPoT
c/o E. Press
PO Box 1735
NY NY 10013
NOTE: the pieces should be exactly 30 sec.
CREDIT:
Credits are not necessary on tape, but if you don’t include credits on the
video, please include a text document on the CD with your name and contact
info. (If you need to send a mini-DV tape instead of a CD-R please include a
note with your credit information.)
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LINKS to how to make a PSA:
http://www.listenup.org/resources/production/
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/docs/market/mk_psa_pr.html
http://www.press-release-writing.com/newsletters/t54-psa.htm
http://vt.essortment.com/tiphowtowrite_rjbk.htm
LINKS to groups organizing around the RNC:
http://rncwatch.typepad.com/
http://www.rncnotwelcome.org/
http://www.counterconvention.org/
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=1810
http://nycplc.mahost.org/updates3.htm
http://www.notinourname.net/rnc/
http://www.nycsummer.org/
http://www.stillwerise.org/
-This call is posted with an example of a _NoRNC SpoT:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/94751/index.php
-Questions can be directed to pressdecode@yahoo.com or
andrew@breathingplanet.net
This is your chance to contribute creatively to a collective tactical media
operation against the Republican Party. We hope you’ll join us!
Elizabeth & Andrew
__NoRNC SPoT NYC
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The Oslo National College of the Arts
The National Academy of Fine Art
The Oslo National College of the Arts was established in 1996. The College
is comprised of the previous the National College of Art and Design, the
National Academy of Fine Arts, the National Academy of Dramatic Art, the
National College of Operatic Art and the National College of Ballet and
Dance, all of which now function as departments within the college.
The National Academy of Fine Art, established in 1909, provides the
highest education within Fine Art in Norway and has an international
network and a developing dynamic milieu. The academy is, as a part of Oslo
National College of the Arts, in organisational development.. The academy
has 105 students and 22 staff, of whom 14 are teaching staff.
Professor in Fine Art, specialization MA studies
The Bachelor of Fine Art degree at The National Academy of Fine Art is a
three-year integrated professional education for training artists. An MA
course is currently being developed at the academy and there is a vacant
position as Professor to lead the course of MA studies starting January or
August 2005, for a term of six years with the possibility for applying for
an extension period of another six years.
The Professor will lead the development and be involved in the teaching of
the MA course. It is expected that the professors teaching role will run
parallel to his or her own research and development.
We seek a person with a high international artistic and theoretical
profile and an active international network. Pedagogic qualification and
practical teaching experience must be documented in the form of education,
experience from teaching at higher or lower level, developing of
curriculum, teaching material, student and collegial assessment or in
other relevant way.
The selection process will lay an emphasis on the applicants personal
suitability and qualities he or she can bring to the position.
The appointed person must abide by those rules and regulations etc. that
at any time apply to state institutions generally, and universities and
colleges in particular, and must be prepared for organisational and work
situational changes which might occur in the future.
The position is paid according to Governmental pay regulations code 1013,
Professor, pay scale 62-65 (N.kr 426.500 451.300) according to
qualifications. For a particularly well qualified applicant a higher pay
scale may be considered.
A 2% legalised premium will be deducted from the salary for the State
Pension Fund.
Provided the conditions met, severance pay can be paid for up to one year
after one six year term and up to two years for two terms.
The Board at the Oslo College of the Arts is the final appointing authority.
The government workforce shall represent Norwegian societys cultural
breadth. It is an aim to form a balance with regards to age and
male/female ratios, as well as encouraging persons from the ethnic
minorities to apply for vacant positions.
Further information about the position can be obtained from Dean Michael
ODonnell or Head of Administration Britt Wold, tlf (0047) 22 99 55 30.
The application should be directed to the Oslo College of the Arts,
department the National Academy of Fine Art, St.Olavsgt. 32, 0166 Oslo.
The application, with an accompanying CV, should be presented in 5 ex.
Publications, photo material and other documentation can be presented in
one ex. Any part of the application submitted after the application date
will not be considered by the assessment committee.
Application date: 15.09.04
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The Oslo National College of the Arts
The National Academy of Fine Art
The Oslo National College of the Arts was established in 1996. The College
is comprised of the previous the National College of Art and Design, the
National Academy of Fine Arts, the National Academy of Dramatic Art, the
National College of Operatic Art and the National College of Ballet and
Dance, all of which now function as departments within the college.
The National Academy of Fine Art, established in 1909, provides the
highest education within Fine Art in Norway and has an international
network and a developing dynamic milieu. The academy is, as a part of Oslo
National College of the Arts, in organisational development.. The academy
has 105 students and 22 staff, of whom 14 are teaching staff.
Professor in Fine Art, specialization Photography and Video/film
The Bachelor of Fine Art degree at The National Academy of Fine Art is a
three-year integrated professional education for training artists. An MA
course is currently being developed. At the academy there is a vacant
position as Professor in photography and Video/film starting August 1st
2005, for a term of six years with the possibility for applying for an
extension period of another six years.
The Professor will lead the development and teaching within the field of
photography together with video and film at the academy. It is expected
that the professors teaching role will run parallel to his or her own
research and development.
We seek a person with a high artistic profile and international exhibition
experience. We require an extensive artistic practice, on the highest
level and of international standard and breadth within the field.
Pedagogic qualification and practical teaching experience must be
documented in the form of education, experience from teaching at higher or
lower level, developing of curriculum, teaching material, student and
collegial assessment or in other relevant way.
The selection process will lay an emphasis on the applicants personal
suitability and qualities he or she can bring to the position.
The appointed person must abide by those rules and regulations etc. that
at any time apply to state institutions generally, and universities and
colleges in particular, and must be prepared for organisational and work
situational changes which might occur in the future.
The position is paid according to Governmental pay regulations code 1013,
Professor, pay scale 62-65 (N.kr 426.500 451.300) according to
qualifications. For a particularly well qualified applicant a higher pay
scale may be considered.
A 2% legalised premium will be deducted from the salary for the State
Pension Fund.
Provided the conditions met, severance pay can be paid for up to one year
after one six year term and up to two years for two terms.
The Board at the Oslo College of the Arts is the final appointing authority.
The government workforce shall represent Norwegian societys cultural
breadth. It is an aim to form a balance with regards to age and
male/female ratios, as well as encouraging persons from the ethnic
minorities to apply for vacant positions.
Further information about the position can be obtained from Dean Michael
ODonnell or Head of Adminstration Britt Wold, tlf (0047) 22 99 55 30.
The application should be directed to the Oslo College of the Arts,
department the National Academy of Fine Art, St.Olavsgt. 32, 0166 Oslo.
The application, with an accompanying CV, should be presented in 5 ex.
Publications, photo material and other documentation can be presented in
one ex. Any part of the application submitted after the application date
will not be considered by the assessment committee.
Application date: 15.09.04
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New Media computer technician sought, SUNY Purchase, deadline July 1
New Media Computer Technician – $40k deadline: July 1st 2004.
Position to be filled by August 15th 2004 Purchase College/State University of New York seeks to hire an experienced computer technician to serve the New Media Program. Requirements: The successful applicant will have at least a bachelor’s degree, solid computer skills, including experience in video post-production and server administration, and the ability to communicate and work with faculty, student and technical staff. Duties expected of the successful applicant include: 1. Maintain, administer, backup and supervise: An 18 seat PC computer lab ; Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Adobe PhotoShop, Macromedia Flash, Java, MIDI and more; A 12 seat PC video editing/3D computer lab; A Cross platform research lab of 4 workstations running appropriate software for student and faculty projects;Two department servers. 2. Consult with the department faculty and participate in the planning, designing and equipping of the new digital media facilities as well as develop long range resource upgrade strategies. 3. Work collaboratively with faculty and staff to devise and support the successful implementation of technology in the classroom, including managing the allocation of server space. 4. Identify, train and supervise College Lab Assistants and student assistants appointed to the areas and facilities, which utilize computers and digital technology systems. 5. Help plan and then manage anticipated new technologies. Future capabilities could include running
streaming audio and video and supporting peer-to-peer applications. 6. In addition to above technical responsibilities, the person would be available during specified hours to help students with video post-production and senior projects as well as mentor student technical workers. As the facilities evolve, there is a requirement as well as opportunity for continual learning and professional growth. Send a letter describing qualifications and experience with a current résumé and names of three references to:
Purchase College
Office of Human Resources
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577
human.resources@purchase.edu
An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer
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MADRID ABIERTO is a project framed within so-called Public Art i.e. interventions and performances derived from an artistic concept and developed preferably in a public and open context. Interacting with social and political processes, these works are aimed at the active or passive protagonists of such processes, i.e. all those people who, directly or indirectly, regularly or occasionally, live together in a specific physical, communicative, social and symbolic space, in this case, the City of Madrid. After last edition great success, the new project competition of artistic installations for Madrid Abierto 2005 is now underway.
PROJECT COMPETITION
1. The aim of this competition is the selection of at least six art projects of an ephemeral or temporary nature. The works chosen will be included in Madrid Abierto (http://www.madridabierto.com) together with other invited projects like those of the Casa de America and the water tank in the Fundacion Canal grounds, in Plaza de Castilla.
2. Programmed to coincide with ARCO (Madrid, February 2005), the interventions will be situated along the Paseo de la Castellana-Paseo del Prado axis. There will also be a site-specific project for the Circulo de Bellas Artes building.
(To see the characteristics of the Circulo de Bellas Artes, you could visit: http://www.madridabierto.com).
3. The competition is open to artists, either individually or in a group (in which case a representative should be chosen), of all nationalities.
4. Projects must include:
? CV (maximum 2,000 characters) and a photocopy of the Identity Card(s) -or equivalent document- of the artist(s) concerned.
? Description of the project (maximum 4,000 characters).
? A maximum of six sketches and images of the project in jpg format with 72 dpi resolution.
? Description of the assembly procedure and technical needs.
? A detailed estimate of the costs, indicating items which might have their own funding.
? The maximum award for each project selected is 12.000 euros, except the site-specific project for the Circulo de Bellas Artes which will receive 18.000 euros. In every case, the sum includes the cost of production, transport and installation, artists’ fees, and any taxes legally in force.
5. Projects should be sent by e-mail to abierto@madridabierto.com before 15 th July (or by post to Fundacion Altadis-Madrid Abierto, calle Barquillo 7, 28004 Madrid, Spain).
6. The promoters of Madrid Abierto will appoint a selection committee, chaired by the director of the programme, which will choose a minimum of six projects. Proposed interventions will be assessed for quality and viability as well as absolute reversibility.
7. Madrid Abierto reserves the publication and reproduction rights of the projects selected for all the promotional needs of the programme, and will add to its documentary holdings and public archive any documentation generated. The projects and works selected will remain the property of the artists, and the promoting institutions will have preference if any acquisition is proposed.
8. Participation in this competition entails full acceptance of the above rules and conditions.
For further information: http://www.madridabierto.com; abierto@madridabierto.com
Credits:
Direction: Jorge Diez
Coordination: RMS La Asociacion
Sponsors: Fundacion Altadis, Comunidad de Madrid (Consejeria de Cultura y Deportes), Concejalia de Las Artes de Madrid, Fundacion Canal.
Collaborators: ARCO2005, TVE, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Casa de America.
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crowd.situation_mass/compilation
Blind Spot, a weekly radio program broadcast on
Chicago’s WLUW 88.7 is looking for submissions of raw
sound source material for a one-hour program to air
September 12, 2004. the source material should be
recordings of live, crowded environments such as
sports games, music shows, protests, meetings,
rush-hour traffic, etc. the resulting radio program
will be a selection of these submitted sounds mixed
together live. ideally, the persons collecting the
sounds will put themselves purposefully into
unfamiliar crowded situations ñ situations that may
make them uncomfortable or nervous. however, it is not
necessary to consider this as an assignment, it is
only a suggested process that could lead to a more
diverse sampling. (contributors will be credited and
sent a final recording of the program).
submission guidelines:
- raw/unedited sound
- length of submissions ñ 2-5 minutes
- type of files accepted ñ WAV or AIFF on a cd or
recordings on cassette tapes
- files can be sent by mail to keri butler, 1715 N
Sawyer, Chicago, IL 60647 or via email (no larger
than 3mb) to keributler@ameritech.net
- Deadline for submissions ñ Aug 1
- contact- keributler@ameritech.net
for more info on blind spot -
www.stopgostop.com/blindspot/
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. – . * 17th “Independent Arts”-Festival, Saturday 16 April 2005 * . -
. * Our last Festival issue 16 has been visited by approximately 200 to
250 people, among them a majority whom came especially for the art
section of the programme. Both young and not so young were present,
e.g. children from the Roeselaere Academy came to meet mail-artists
from Belgium and beyond. More international artists were present then
previous years, i.e. about 20 artists from Italy, France, the
Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and the U.S.A, active in several art
scenes such as Mail-Art, independent comics and street art.
Mail-artists as Tiziana Baracchi and Giancarlo Da Lio (Italy), Karl
Friedrich Hacker (Germany), Peter Kstermann (Germany), H.R. Fricker
(Switzerland), Rod Summers (the Netherlands), RÈmy PÈnard (France),
JoÎl Thepault (France), Zo Elizabeth Zois – Zoe (U.S.A.), Buz Blurr
(U.S.A.), State of Being (U.S.A), and Belgian Mail-artists were
present.
As a remembrance to this Festival, some young ladies have sprayed in
the pub several stencil graffiti pieces, based on stencils sent to us
as part of the Mail-Art project “Szjablony”. Street art and especially
stencil graffiti was a new media which did get attention for the first
time at our Festival. Compared to previous editions, there was the
increased importance of small press and video art as well. * . – . *
INTRODUCTION: Since 1988, the “Independent Arts”-Festival has grown
towards an international known event for any form of creativity. The
aim of the Festival is both to present an overview of independent
creativity world wide, performed by communication networks, and to
create a meeting place for exchanging the acquired experiences. The
Festival mainly focuses on artistic activities performed in scenes such
as home-tape, Mail-Art, street art, small press, . On top of that,
video, performance and fine art artists do get the possibility to
exhibit and perform their creativity. As such, the “Independent
Arts”-Festival is unique in its kind. -o-
Street Art: Stencil graffiti, stickering, postering, … or any form
of personal creativity related to street art. -o- Fine art: Guest
exhibitions from local young artists whom did not have, as yet, the
possibility to exhibit their artwork. -o- Mail-Art: Mail-Art or
correspondence art has been part of international arts scene since the
50’s by means of aesthetic items as rubberstamps, artistamps, artist
trading cards, fluxus bucks, decorated postcards, … -o- Small press:
A view on the scene of independent publications and small press, comic
books or artists books. For many years, zines, or self-edited and
self-published magazines, have become an essential communication form
in several sub-cultures. -o- Performance: Performance art is, with its
mix of fine art and theatre, an almost unknown form of creativity.
Spoken word, literature or poetry reading can undeniably be part of the
Festival. -o- Video: The world of moving images has broadened
substantially as video, animation, independent film and documentary
have been here for ages, with the internet and web-video becoming its
most recent additions. -o- Home-tape: In the homegrown-tape scene,
musicians have been recording their synth stuff on cassette tape from
the early 80’s onwards, and mailing them directly to anyone interested.
Since then slowly moving towards CD-recording and creation of new
independent labels.
* . – . * OPEN FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: This Festival offers artists
world-wide the opportunity to exhibit or perform any form of
creativity: [01] Mail-Art project “Happy Stamper”: During the Festival
we want to introduce our visitors in the world of rubberstamp art.
Therefore we would like to ask to send us your rubberstamps. The
rubberstamp design does not have to be specifically yours. All kind of
rubberstamps are welcome. If the rubberstamp is not designed by you,
please give us a little description of who made the stamp or where it
came from. You do not have to send us the stamp with the handle, we are
able to put the rubberstamps on a handle ourselves.
Thanks in advance for all contributions.
Deadline: March 2005 – no size limit – no return – catalogue for any
participator. Send to: Sztuka Fabryka – c/o De Decker Geert -
Kerkstraat 290 – 9140 Tielrode – Belgium [02] Mail-Art Meeting: The
Festival is a meeting place for Mail-artists and other networking
artists from around the world. Everybody is welcome to perform,
exhibit, . or simply to meet. A table with art material will be present
for artists to be creative on ATC’s, Fluxus Bucks, artistamp sheets,
blank paper, . Do you plan to visit Europe? Why not in combination with
the Festival and discover Belgium. Learn more about Belgium at:
http://www.visitbelgium.com/
[03] Workshop eraser carving: In co-operation with the “Academy of Fine
Arts”, we are organising a workshop about eraser carving for the young
students of the Academy. We are looking for eraser carvers willing to
participate in this workshop by sharing their knowledge with the
students. [04] Personal exhibitions: Street artists, local or
international fine art artists, Mail-artists, small press publishers
but as well as performance artists, video artists and home-tape
musicians are welcome to exhibit their personal work.. [05] Free stand:
Stands are available to all artists willing to show or share their
artworks with visitors and artists alike. [06] Reading corner: Comic
artists and zine publishers are kindly invited to contribute their
publications to a reading corner open to visitors. [07] Video corner:
Video artists can contribute their video art, preferable on DVD to our
video corner. We specially want to introduce our visitors into flash
video and web video. As such we are searching for either artists active
in those art forms or information about those artists, as well as
websites about these kinds of media. [08] Workshop stencil graffiti: In
co-operation with the “Academy of Fine Arts”, we are organising a
workshop about stencil graffiti for the young students of the Academy.
We are looking for stencil graffiti artists willing to participate in
this workshop by sharing their knowledge with the students. [09] Live
performance: Performance artists and musicians are invited for a live
performance. Please do send us your proposals with a small introduction
of your performance or music. * . – . * If you are interested to
contribute to this Festival, contact us at art@sztuka-fabryka.be Any
question or remark concerning the Festival can be asked and will be
answered with pleasure, or you may visit our website:
http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ for more information. Sztuka Fabryka -
c/o De Decker Geert – Kerkstraat 290 – 9140 Tielrode – Belgium Tel &
Fax: 03 – 770 84 64 – e-mail: art@sztuka-fabryka.be Address of
Residence only available in case of visit * . – . * CATALOGUE: All
contributing artists to the Festival will get a catalogue /
documentation in return. The catalogue is not available to others and
will be produced as an artists’ book. * . – . * WEBSITE: A regular
update of the Festival programme with full information on the
participating artists can be consulted at the website:
http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Information about hotel accommodation and
the location of the Festival can be found at the website also. * . – .
* WEEKEND PROGRAMME: A selection of trips and activities, both in and
outside of the Festival, is being offered to foreign visitors and
artists. Starting Friday afternoon and finishing Sunday evening.
Participating all trips and activities is not obligatory, please check
webpage regularly for latest information.
* . – . * ARCHIVE: We would be glad if contributions to the Festival
can enrich the Sztuka Fabryka Archive. It would thus become permanent
art of an archive, started in 1986 covering activities in the
international independent art networks. If not possible please inform
us in advance.
* . – . * The “Independent Arts”-Festival is a non-profit event,
organised by Sztuka Fabryka and friends on a voluntary base.
Unfortunately this implies that we can not be made responsible for any
personal or material damage caused during the Festival. Participating
to the Festival gives the organisers the right to exhibit and show any
contribution free of copyright, during the Festival and for promotion
material (website, catalogue, press map, .). No contribution will be
used for any kind of activity with commercial profit in mind. The
Festival’s goal is the promotion of independent arts and contributing
artists, not personal profit. * . – . * ORGANISERS: The 17th
“Independent Arts”-Festival is curated by Sztuka Fabryka in
co-operation with the Cultural Centre of the city Sint-Niklaas, the
Academy of Fine Arts and O.J.C. Kompas. * . – . * Please pass on this
Festival invitation to your contacts who might be interested in
participation to this event.
* . – . * LOCATION: “De Vierkante zaal” – Van Britsomstraat -
Sint-Niklaas – Belgium “De Vierkante zaal” is the exhibition hall of
the local Academy of Fine Arts (Stedelijke academie voor schone
kunsten), situated in a building complex which also comprises the City
Theatre (Stadsschouwburg). * . – . * BELGIUM The Heart of Europe: Do
you plan to visit Europe? Why not in combination with the Festival and
discover Belgium. Learn more about Belgium at:
http://www.visitbelgium.com/ Sint-Niklaas is located almost in the
middle of the Flemish part of Belgium and offers the possibility to
visit many cultural cities: the train trip to Antwerp and Ghent takes
30 minutes, to Brussels and Bruges one hour, … Easy access to other
European cities as London, Paris, Amsterdam, . – .
* . – . * Sztuka Fabryka – c/o De Decker Geert – Kerkstraat 290 – 9140
Tielrode – Belgium – . * . – . * Tel & Fax: 03 – 770 84 64
– e-mail: art@sztuka-fabryka.be – .
* . – . * Address of Residence only available in case of visit
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Outdoor Film Festival (2nd Annual)
Shorts (20 min or less)
Juror: Jeffrey Grove, Associate Curator, Contemporary
Art, Cleveland Museum of Art
INFO:
www.overlookpark.com
deadline: postmarked July 1st
Festival: August 7
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www.inbetweenity.com
Witte de With invites Iraqi cultural producers to participate in the
project Contemporary Arab Representations, In-betweenity, by
submitting existing or ongoing work.
In-betweenity is a work program questioning the cultural practices of
Iraqi authors working inside and outside Iraq’s borders.
In-betweenity indicates a hypothetical terrain in which Iraqi
intellectuals have had to practice the culture of necessity, the act
of salvation, over the past three decades, an era marked by political
upheavals, dictatorship, wars, embargo and exile. It is a culture
that does not belong to any aesthetic, ethnic or political category;
but to its moment. This terrain is imposed on the Iraqi intellectual
because of his realization of the degree of complexity and
criticality, as well as commitment to his historical role. This
terrain should not be understood as producing only a culture of
necessity, but also as a cultural product that reflects the
intellectual, mental and aesthetic level of Iraqi cultural
practitioners.
A bilingual Arabic-English website,
www.inbetweenity.com, and a related application form provide a
structure for individuals to present their work. The application is
designed to offer access to cultural producers inside and outside
Iraq to participate by submitting either existing or ongoing work.
This allows space for a diversity of authors to bridge between
heterogeneous Iraqi cultural communities.
Contemporary Arab Representations invites Mohamed as curator of this project.
Contemporary Arab Representations is a long-term project which
includes seminars, publications, performances and presentations of
works by various authors – visual artists, architects, writers, poets
and intellectuals, but also actors in social and political life -
with the aim of encouraging production, circulation and exchange
between the different centers of the Arab world and the rest of the
world.
The project thus aims to tackle heterogeneous situations and contexts
which may sometimes be antagonistic or conflictive, in order to
acquire more specific knowledge about what is currently going on in
different regions of the Arab world, to look at the complex
dimensions of aesthetics in relation to social and political
situations, and to encourage people to think more openly about the
role played today by cultural practices in our own locations, under
our own circumstances.
At the beginning of 2005 Contemporary Arab Representation,
In-betweenity, will be presented at Witte de With.
For further information about the project please contact Witte de
With or visit www.inbetweenity.com.
Opening hours Witte de With: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Price: 2.30 (admission for Witte de With and TENT.)
Discount: 1.10. MJK/ Rotterdampas;
WITTE DE WITH, CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, WITTE DE WITHSTRAAT 50,
3012 BR ROTTERDAM, T + 31 (0)10 4110144, F + 31 (0)10 4117924,
WWW.WDW.NL, INFO@WDW.NL
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Bucharest, Romania
Casa Galbena
Call for Residencies
Artists from all media are welcome to subscribe: multimedia, performance, installation, film, video, happening, dance, theatre, music, musical experiments, photography, poetry (all kinds), land art, fine arts etc.
A mysterious multistructured house with garden and courtyard. Space (walls, rooms, garden) can be rebuilt, redecorated, repainted.
Artists are invited to create and maintain a dreamlike, fairy tale, childhood space and atmosphere.
Artist Innana took the place and decorated and painted it inside in basic colours creating different basic spaces: La Chambre Rouge, the Yellow Room, the Jamaican Kitchen, etc. They are all open to art.
Artists from all media are invited here to spend time together and work on an interdisciplinary approach, by getting into the atmosphere of the place, use/contradict/take into account/ continue the space, the atmosphere already created.
Preexisting themes can be accepted if they are recreated in the environment, but the accent is put on artists who take the challenge to travel to the place and create original new works in situ, TOGETHER, as a COLLABORATIVE PROJECT.
Participation fee : 200 Euro.
Rok prijave: 15/06/04
Kontakt:
Casa Galbena
str.Frumoasa nr.12
Sector 1Bucharest
Romania
tel: +0040 741 217 615
galbenacasa@yahoo.com
http://www.galbenacasa.go.ro/
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Call for Submissions – Avanto Helsinki Media Art Festival
Deadline: 1 July
The submission deadline of Avanto Helsinki Media Art Festival is
approaching! Proposals for live performances are welcome as well.
Find out more at www.avantofestival.com/submissions.html
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Call for Submissions – Linden 2005 Program
Deadline: 25 June
Linden is calling for submissions from artists, curators and organisations
for new innovative exhibitions or events to be held in its five indoor
exhibition spaces and/or grounds as part of its 2005 program.
Find out more at www.lindenarts.org
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Turku, Finland
Datum dogodka: 17-21 August 2004
3m3, interdisciplinary arts art festival
The festival chooses 5 artists to make performances/audio/visual installations in an aquarium.
The aquarium’s measurements are about 1m x 1m x 2,8m and the content is about 2,8 m3. The aquarium is made out of a steel structure and 8 mm acryl walls. It stands about 15 cm off the ground and can be put in two pieces.
The proposals are to be made for performances that can be done in the city, where the aquarium is moved around according to the needs of the artists. Each artist has one day for building up and showing the work. The emphasis in selecting the works are innovation and over all site specific nature. The used mediums depend on the artists.
There is electricity, water, P.A system, videoprojection, transportation, diving equipment and technical aid provided by the festival. Also a place to stay for 1 week and travel costs within Finland are provided.
The aquarium can be used for rehearsing also before the festival.
The deadline for proposals is 30th June 2004. The proposals must be given in e-mail line text (no text attachments) and include max.1 A4 page (12 pt Times or equivalent) description of the work and a separate short CV. If you need to send pictures, please do so in jpg. format not exceeding 100 k.
The festival takes place in the city of Turku in the South-West Finland. Turku is an old Finnish capital with approximately 170 000 inhabitants, more or less old buildings and a river that crosses the city. The seaside is some kilometres from the city centre.
Rok prijave: 30/06/04
Kontakt:
Aapo Kustaa Korkeaoja
Puistokatu 12 a 1
20100Turku
Finland
tel: +358 (0)41 536 2642
aa_po@yahoo.com
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Venice, Italy
City Council of Venice
International call for artists
International competition for the creation and realization of two works of art to be installed in the new building complex of the Law Courts of Venice, located in the area of the ex-Tobacco Factory in Piazzale Roma.
www.comune.venezia.it/gare/doc/2004…
The Venice City Council competition announcement involves the realization of two works of art, characterized by a different method of selection and by different artistic interventions.
The first section is for open participation. Artists, or groups of artists, will be selected on the basis of their applications and curricula and will be responsible for elaborating a project for the entrance hall, which is the access point for the entire Law Courts building structure and located in the interior of a new building. The buildings architectural plan and construction is currently underway.
The second section of the competition is reserved for renown artists to be selected directly by the competitions jury. The artists will be asked to intervene, in collaboration with designers and architects, in elaborating an area, which is currently in the process of being defined. The area is roughly an open square on which face the various buildings of the Law Courts complex.
Rok prijave: 28/06/04
Kontakt:
City Council of Venice
Architect Franco Gazzarri
tel: +39 041 2748527
fax: +39 041 2748663
franco.gazzarri@comune.venezia.it
http://www.comune.venezia.it/
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:: transmediale.05 Award
:: Call for Entries
:: Deadline: 15. September 2004
You will find the complete call for download at:
www.transmediale.de/05/pdf/tm05_call.pdf
transmediale, international media art festival berlin, invites submissions
for its Award Competition. The competition highlights outstanding
contemporary artistic positions in digital media art. The international
jury will award one main prize of EUR 4.000, and two second prizes of EUR
2.000 each.
It seems impossible to define either the ‘core’ or the ‘borders’ of what
constitutes electronic or digital media art. However, the main concern of
transmediale is the vector field in which artistic practices and new
technologies intersect, and where they articulate their social and cultural
meanings. As a festival for media art and digital culture, transmediale
presents advanced positions in the artistic reflection about the
socio-cultural impact of new technologies. It seeks out artistic practices
that not only respond to scientific developments, but that try to shape the
way in which we think about and experience these technologies. transmediale
understands media technologies as cultural techniques which need to be
embraced in order to be able to understand, critique, and shape our
contemporary society.
There are many ways for artists to explore the relation between art and
technology. What is important for transmediale, though, is that the
artistic practices do not only make use of technologies, but that they also
imply a reflection about the aesthetic, cultural and social dimensions of
such technological developments. What the festival and its competition try
to convey is an understanding of media art as a sounding board and catalyst
for a critical and creative expansion of the potential of human agency
through new
technologies.
While during the last years, the transmediale competition had three
separate categories (Image, Interaction, Software), we are this year
responding to various discussions by abolishing the separation into these
categories. This move forms part of a general debate about the definitions
and limits of ‘electronic’, ‘digital’, or ‘media’ art, and we hope that
opening up the terrain of the competition will help to re-evaluate the
connection between art and media technologies.
We invite the submission of works and projects that respond to this
challenge. We remain interested in works that expand our understanding of
interactivity, of digital image aesthetics, of narrative and, in
particular, the cultural significance of software and computer programming
as cultural techniques. However, we are also curious to see the submission
of works outside of these areas, works that encourage us to reconsider the
traditional boundaries defining artistic practice, and works which can make
a strong argument for the crucial role that new technologies should play in
our perception and projection of a contemporary global culture.
:: Jury of the transmediale.05 award:
Valie Export (Cologne/Germany)
Masaki Fujihata (Tokyo/Japan)
Amanda McDonald-Crowley (Australia/currently Finland)
Gunalan Nadarajan (Singapore)
Christiane Paul (New York/USA)
:: club transmediale
club transmediale is the media art festivalZs independent platform for new
forms of digital music and media art in the context of sound- and club
culture. Its aim is to present outstanding productions in digital music,
audiovisual performance and installation, as well as to discuss recent
artistic and technical developments.
club transmediale presents productions that explore performative concepts
and the interaction between different media formats – especially image and
sound – in an experimental manner.
It encourages the crossover of institutional, academic and subcultural
contexts. club transmediale reflects on the role of contemporary music
culture as a changing agent for the present society.
transmediale is hosted by Berliner Kulturveranstaltungs-GmbH in cooperation
with Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Supported by Kulturstiftung des Bundes.
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Call for Submissions – Shadow Festival
Deadline: 1 September
Please send us documentaries of any length that you would like to screen
with us. With our main base in the center of Amsterdam, we will also hold
additional screenings in Groningen, Eindhoven and the Hague. We are proud to
have gained a reputation of critical quality within a few years and hope to
continue to highlight the creative documentary. As in the past, each
creening will be followed by an extended meeting with the filmmaker.
Find out more at www.shadowfestival.nl
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Call for Submissions – Video Dictionary
Deadline: 16 October
VideoDictionary is a project about language and moving images. It is a new
venture of TheVideoArtFoundation after the development and presentation of
25hrs in Barcelona. The aim of the VideoDictionary is to make a collection
of videos of less than one minute of duration that define different words of
the dictionary. It will reflect about the relationship of objects and words,
and the capability of moving images to construct meaning. The videos are
made by a wide variety of video artists from different countries and
language speakers using video in its work. Videos should not contain words
neither on the images nor on the soundtrack, so the dictionary is available
for speakers of all languages. However, English will be the primary language
for classify and order the entries.
Find out more at www.videoDictionary.org
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Call for Submissions – blank_space
blank_space, a new contemporary art space, is now open. We are seeking
proposals for 2004 – 2005 from curators & artists in the following areas of
preference: new media * time based arts * multimedia * installation *
sound and light experiments * animation * assemblage * site specificity *
new technology * digital photography * sculpture *
painting * mixed media * online projects * traditional media *
Find out more at www.blankspace.com.au
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Call to Artists and Designers
ORLO invites artists and creative designers to offer proposals for
imaginative engagement with Ross Island as it is restored and brought back
into the city’s natural and cultural life.
All media and approaches are welcome: traditional, nontraditional,
conceptual, etc.
Proposals could be creative responses to any of the following questions:
” How could the public be brought to understand, support, and participate in
the restoration process?
” What ultimate result for the Island itself can artists envision that would
both respect the natural values, and imaginatively engage people who live
and work nearby?
” How could art or design help reveal the real although sometimes invisible
connectedness of Island, river, ecology, and people?
” How could we see the various histories inscribed here–Native American and
settler, and also natural?
” What contradictions, complications, dangers, or challenges are implied?
3. Goals, Criteria, Format, Duedate:
Orlo’s goals are three:
1) To awaken public awareness and support for the Ross Island restoration
through the proposed or actual artworks/designs.
2) To generate imaginative and possibly new ways for people to enjoy a
natural area in their midst, from any perspective or vantage (Island,
riverbanks, elsewhere).
3) To re-conceptualize and explore more deeply the human/natural
interaction, via the various discourses of gallery show, catalog, essays,
and public dialogue.
Criteria:
-The ecological integrity of Ross Island is an essential value for all work..
(Bald eagle and great blue heron nesting areas, in particular, are extremely
sensitive to human encroachment.) But this value need not rule out wildly
imagined designs.
-sites for art/design could include Island, east riverbank, west riverbank,
gallery.
-temporary or permanent okay
-any medium of art, urban design, or landscape design
Format and duedate for submissions:
-Conceptual ideas and sketches, works on paper, small-scale architectural
models
-No larger than 36 inches in any dimension.
-The artist will be responsible for shipping costs both directions.
-Must be received at ORLO by August 12, 2004. Mail or deliver to:
ORLO Ross Island Art/Ecology Design Project
PO Box 10342
2516 NW 29th
Portland, OR 97296
4. Outcomes:
” A gallery show (August 28- October 9, 2004) will present designs. These
will be either finished works, or graphic presentations of proposed designs..
” All artists/designers will receive a certificate of participation in
Orlo’s Design Project for Ross Island and a membership in Orlo.
” A symposium panel will discuss art, ecology, and restoration
” A catalog with critical essay(s) will document the show and symposium.
” Orlo’s Bear Deluxe magazine (46,000 readers) will provide the medium for
continuing discussion and (with other media) will make the announcements and
results available to a broad public.
” Longer-term outcomes: Orlo hopes that some of the proposals will be so
wonderful that a public agency or private foundation will provide funding
and support for actual installation. But we have no control over that!
5. For Further Information:
Orlo website- www.orlo.org
Virtual tour of Willamette River, Ross Island, South Waterfront, Oaks
Bottom:
http://www.river.ci.portland.or.us/tour/vt.htm#
South Waterfront Greenway Development Plan (March 2003 report from River
Renaissance):
http://www.portlandparks.org/Planning/PDFfiles/swfg_Exhibit%20A%20SoWa%20GDP.pdf
Wild in the City, A Guide to Portlands Natural Areas, Eds. Mike Houck and M
J Cody, (Oregon Historical Society Press, 2000) for detailed discussion of
Oaks Bottom, Ross Island, ecological context.
Wild on the Willamette, Exploring the Lower Willamette River, a Portland
Audubon Society map of the lower Willamette between the Willamette Narrows
and the Columbia River.
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Orlo
The Orlo Exhibition Space
The Bear Deluxe Magazine
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10342
Street address: 2516 NW 29th
(see www.orlo.org for directions)
Portland, Oregon 97296
Phone: 503-242-1047
Fx: 503-243-2645 (call first)
email: bear@orlo.org
url: www.orlo.org
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(Distribute widely)
Call for works
Mobile Exposure
An international exhibition of Mobile Video
Presented by Microcinema International
Curated by Patrick Lichty
Deadline: Nov. 31, 2004
Project launch: February 2005
Even though the use of mobile phones for still photography is
Gaining more widespread acceptance, more and more cell phones, PDA’s and
handheld devices are being equipped with video capabilities. What then,
are the potentials of the handheld device as a cinematic tool for
expression & activism
To paraphrase Antin, what are the distinctive qualities of cell Phone
video, and how do the stories and images from this technological set
differ from its predecessors? Does the intimacy and mobility of the
video-enabled cell phone create a change in perspective? Does it
represent a culture of universal surveillance where there is a universal
intimacy but a complete lack of private space? How does the mobile
perspective shift our perception in the way the mediated image of the
cellular/network individual is represented? Does its low-resolution
somehow challenge the aesthetics, ‘truthfulness’, or technofetishism of
the increasingly filmic nature of video? These are some of the
questions that Mobile Exposure hopes to address.
CALL FOR WORKS
The Mobile Exposure handheld video program is an exploration of the
potentials of mobile motion imaging. Practitioners are invited to
submit all lengths of work, although the focus will be on short works
(less than 15 minutes in length).
CALL FOR ESSAYS/CRITICAL WORKS
Along with the video program Microcinema invites scholars, writers, and
curators for their comments upon the role mobile cinematography will
have in the ongoing evolution of video, as well as the cultural effects
that the handheld perspective might shift mediated culture from a
critical perspective. Over 1000 words preferred; images are also
encouraged, and text format in plain text, Rich Text Format, MS Word, or
Word Perfect 9 or less, MLA format. Essays will be considered for
inclusion in the exhibition catalogue as well as consideration for
publication in Intelligent Agent Magazine.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
A brief description of the work(s) of up to 150 words and a short
biography of up to 50 words maximum is also requested. Please submit
work in DV, VHS, Quicktime, AVI, MPG or other native format (if
available). Please keep in mind that it is our intent to try to show
these works in theatrical and mobile settings, with the theatrical
setting being the taking priority. We will try to handle all format
conversion, but any assistance on the part of the artist (multiple
formats) is helpful.
Still .jpeg or .gif (PC formatted) should be included on a CD.
Please mail all submissions to:
Mobile Exposure
c/o Microcinema International
1530 Sul Ross 1
Houston, TX 77006
Please address all inquiries to:
Patrick Lichty
voyd@voyd.com
TERMS
Upon acceptance, practitioners will be contacted by Microcinema
International regarding the exposure of works through exhibition, online
media, screenings, promotional materials, and on print media
(prints/catalogues) for gallery showings.
Selected works will be considered for inclusion on a DVD for
distribution through Microcinema International’s Blackchair DVD
Collection, and may be featured on the Microcinema.com website.
About Patrick Lichty
Lichty is an artist, scholar, and curator in New Media and
technological arts, and is noted for his expertise in arts using mobile
technologies. He is Editor-in-Chief of Intelligent Agent Magazine.
About Microcinema International
Microcinema’s mission is to curate, exhibit, promote, and distribute
innovative international moving image artists whose deeply personal and
culturally relevant works are typically marginalized by the mainstream
entertainment industry.
Microcinema’s Independent Exposure is a touring screening program of
independent films, videos, and digital art that has been in existence
since 1996. Independent Exposure is screened worldwide at various
microcinemas and alternative venues and festivals around the world.
Microcinema has presented the short film, video and digital works of
over 1200 artists in 43 countries plus Palestine and Antarctica.
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Call for Papers
New Media Caucus Open Session Panel
at the 93rd Annual Conference of the College Art Association
Atlanta, Georgia, February 16-19, 2005.
INTERROGATING INTERFACES
Alec MacLeod and Laurie Beth Clark, chairs
Interface is the meeting place between human and computer. For this panel we wish to emphasize the notion of interface through graphics and the underlying structures through which we access and manipulate electronic media. How do interfaces structure and mediate our access to and experience of net browsers, portals & web sites, games, virtual communities, and other software applications? Designers emphasize transparency and the ÄúintuitiveÄù qualities of the interface. The implicitÄîand sometimes explicitÄîlanguage employed is highly metaphoric. Initially concepts of ÄúnavigationÄù and Äúfiles and foldersÄù pointed to familiar (to some people) Äúreal worldÄù references. Increasingly, there are emerging conventions for the interface which make use of now familiar, though arbitrary, symbolic iconography. In talking with designers and reading about interface design, we detect or imagine a longing for a universal visual language. That said, almost everyone seems to !
concede that verbal descriptions are necessary to make an interface usable. While icons may become conventional signs, there is no way to make one that is likely to evoke a widely shared intuitive comprehension on first sight.
This panel will provide a much needed opportunity to interrogate the desire for and feasibility of transparency, universality, and the intuitive nature of interfaces, acknowledging the ways in which the designs of interfaces encode narrow and dominant modes of thought. An underlying issue is the role of the tools that create the interfaces.
We encourage presentations that reveal the implicit assumptions that seem to make an interface transparent and intuitive. A discussion of possible tools and methods for deconstructing the cultural assumptions in interface design would be one approach. Alternatively, inquiry into the metaphors used in different interface conventions and designs might be a direction to go. We would like to see the panel include those who are actually involved in making interfaces not just deconstructing them.
Questions to raise on this panel include:
Ä Does the ubiquitous use of western perspectival representation reinscribe the problematics of the gaze?
Ä What are the dominant and emerging metaphors and in what histories are they embedded?
Ä What are the aesthetics and politics of normalized interface experiences such as those users have while reading email or generating documents using commercial operating systems and software?
Ä How much of what gets created is the product of the logic of the team that designed the software that even high end designers use to create the interfaces?
Ä To what extent does the nature of the code which is used determine the bias and premise of these visual products?
Ä How do the logics used by design applications dictate linearity and menu orientation?
Ä What different issues result from the extensive use of hyperlinks?
Ä Has the wide dissemination of computer interface iconography initiated a true disjunct between earlier studies of iconographic systems such as those from the visual arts? How might it be read as in a continuum with these?
Please submit proposals to lbclark@education.wisc.edu and amacleod@ciis.edu by August 1, 2004.
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October Surprise
This is our city, lets live in it!
Open Call for Artists, Activists, Social Interventionists, Architects,
Gardeners, Solar Engineers, and others for site-specific projects in
Northeast Los Angeles to celebrate our neighborhoods and strengthen
creative, grassroots power
-East of the LA River and stretching up along Figueroa and the Arroyo
Seco, Highland Park is girdled by Mount Washington, Montecito
Heights, Glassel Park and Eagle Rock. Highland Park is but one town
among many that we could all call home.
Global Capitalism asks us to ignore the unique histories, experiences
and knowledge that each spot of earth provides its residents. We
become global drifters – just one more consumer wearing a Hard Rock
Café T-shirt from Bangkok, Paris or Disneyland.
In response, October Surprise calls for site-specific installations and
interventions that make THIS place our home. We are calling for work
that reveals and celebrates the past, present and possible futures of
Northeast LA.
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What:
- October Surprise will converge artists, activists and the community to
celebrate our neighborhoods and strengthen creative, grassroots
power, using site-specific installations, interventions, art, monuments,
performance, and other events.
- Projects will be situated throughout the neighborhood.
Where:
-We are calling for projects throughout Northeast LA along the
boulevards and arroyos; in the public spaces, community places and
private homes.
-The Arroyo Arts Collective at 135 N. Ave. 50 in Highland Park will serve
as a convergence, or meeting space, where participants can present
and discuss their work. Additionally, we are interested in hosting
pertinent lectures. And though the gallery space can be used to
present documentation of projects and ideas, we are specifically
looking for site-specific projects throughout the neighborhood.
When:
-Projects will occur on the long weekend of October 8, 9, and 10, 2004.
Documentation of the events will remain in the gallery through October
into the first week of November and Election Day.
(Ongoing projects are encouraged to participate.)
Why:
-We hope to help reveal a city to itself and energize its communities.
One month before the election, we are organizing this event to show
where democracy really lives–in our neighborhoods, streets and
homes. Now is as good a time as any to strengthen political and
cultural discussions where it really counts- at the grassroots.
How:
-Send us a proposal by August 1st. This is a non-juried exhibition but
we would like to have a basic participants list for organizational
purposes (including for fundraising, publicity, and for a possible
catalogue).
(Note: Having your proposal by August 1st will help us help you realize
your project)
-We don?t need a fancy resume, just articulate some of your ideas and
tell us how you connect to this place called Northeast LA.
.
-Contact us with questions and proposals:
opencall@theoctobersurprise.org
Call (323) 449-9019 (323) 227-5861
Mail proposals to: October Surprise, c/o Flor y Canto, 3706 N. Figueroa
Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90065
Or stop by Friday nights at Flor Y Canto and ask for Jennifer.
Check out our website at www.theoctobersurprise.org
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Questions to get you thinking:
-What memories of the neighborhood inform the way you live there
today?
-What are the neighborhood?s specific histories and geographies?
-What was it like to party at Flat Tops, to cruise Arroyo Seco Park?
Where can teens hang out now?
-Where locally must racism and classism be addressed? What
specifically can be done to reduce racial and class-based injustice and
tension?
-How can the diverse populations of the area find an equitable
common ground? Where have they found common ground in the past?
-Who and what are the political forces that make real change in our
community?
-How can we make the power-holders more accountable to all of the
neighborhood?s long-term interests?
-Will a Food 4 Less and a Trader Joes ever exist on the same block?
How about a locally owned store that sells inexpensive healthy food?
-The new Gold Line brings alternative transportation and more
gentrification; what does this all mean?
-What ways can we better live close to this beautiful land- should the
hilltops be lined with windmills generating electricity? Could the
hillside neighborhoods support orchards to feed the city?
-How can we strengthen the local economy to enrich the grass roots?
-What fun, beautiful, exciting things can you and your friends make
happen here?
-As we barrel toward an ugly national election with frightening
implications for our country, it?s time to also ask questions about our
immediate community and figure out how to at least make this small
patch of earth better for all. Projects should speak to an audience that
is as diverse as the neighborhood. Take the dare. Find the language.
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Northeast LA:
Northeast LA:
October Surprise unfolds in a neighborhood that has a long history of
art, politics, and cultural activism. This area once was the home of the
indigenous Tongva, old west outlaws, old time Hollywood elite and the
artists and intellectuals of the Arts and Crafts movement.
The area gradually morphed into a neighborhood of a mixture of
classes with all the inherent tensions that implies. Today?s residents’
live in a surprising demographic patchwork with socioeconomic
groups are scattered across the landscape. Italians, Philippinos,
Mexicans, Central Americans and others hold onto niches carved out in
LA?s oscillating real estate market and changing social attitudes.
Today, upwardly mobile newcomers from Silverlake, West Los Angeles
and elsewhere snatching the funky old houses, their tastes and
interests changing the neighborhood again.
Many residents are oblivious to the continued radical traditions of the
area. Many others are unaware of social technologies that can change
the way we all live in our towns. National consumer trends and media
driven taste tell residents that family histories and local sagas are
forgettable in the broad scope of the brave new world. New tastes have
brought in stores selling the latest necessity of Global Capitalism in
stores that threaten to replace the seemingly mundane auto body
shops and beauty parlors that line Figueroa and neighboring streets.
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Background:
-October Surprise is based on an event known as the DSLR
(Department of Space and Land Reclamation) which originated in
Chicago in 1999. These events invite artists and activists to converge at
a central location and then go out into the city and create artwork about
the social issues of the city.
For more info on DSLR see:
http://www.counterproductiveindustries.com
http://www.dslrwest.org
http://www.freewords.org/biennial/fbdir.html
See also Portland Oregon?s City Repair Project
http://www.cityrepair.org/projects.html
-October Surprise?s title refers to Ronald Reagan?s 1980 election year
duplicity. He illegally bargained covertly with the Iranian government to
postpone freeing the American hostages until after the November
Presidential election in order to reflect badly on incumbent Jimmy
Carter.
http://www.skepticfiles.org/socialis/spriseoc.htm
-Some good on-line resources to learn about Highland Park and all of
Northeast LA are;
HIGHLAND PARK MURALS (various locations and artists)
http://first.grconnect.com/murals/html/highland_park.html
Historical Society of Southern California
http://www.socalhistory.org/ (links to other CA research resource)
Bob Taylor’s history of Highland Park development
http://www.bob-taylor.com/highpark.htm
Gentrification in Highland Park
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/03/35086.php
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The Terpsichore Group is seeking submissions for our upcoming Summer \ Fall shows in the Abakus and Synapse event series. Please read below.
THE TERPSICHORE GROUP and ABAKUS:
EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF POSTDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND ART IN LOS ANGELES
Marshall McLuhan was a seminal figure in the history of thought about the relationship of art and technology. Among the most important ideas advanced in his work concerns the crucial role of art and artists in helping society cope with the future shock of rapid technological change:
The artist picks up the message of cultural and technological challenge decades before its transforming impact occurs. He, then, builds modelsÄfor facing the change that is at handÄ
To prevent undue wreckage in society, the artist tends now to move from the ivory tower to the control tower of societyÄthe artist is indispensable in the shaping and analysis and understanding of the life of forms, and structures created by electric technology.
- Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media [1964].
McLuhan wrote these words four decades ago, when the pace of change driven by electric technologies such as television had accelerated to a then-unprecedented rate. His ideas are of even greater significance today, as society is changing more rapidly than ever before under the impact of digital and postdigital technologies, and it is increasingly difficult for anyone to get a clear sense of where these changes are leading.
The mission of the Terpsichore Group is to explore this ever-evolving interface between the technological and the organic and to contribute to the artistic understanding of how rapid technological change is affecting society.
BEING POSTDIGITAL
Postdigital is a term that has recently emerged from the discourse of digital arts practice; we use it here because it points to our rapidly changing relationships with digital technologies and art forms.
The digital revolution is over.
– Nicholas Negroponte, being digital, 1998.
Writing in the late 1990s, Negroponte pointed to the shift from the early years of the digital revolution to a more mature stage in which digital tools for storing, manipulating, and transmitting have lost their revolutionary patina and become an accepted part of contemporary life. The underlying cut-and-paste methodology that serves as the basis for working with all kinds of information in a digital context has today become the norm for many of us living in technologically advanced societies, and the fast-paced complex editing style facilitated by digital software tools now permeates popular films, music, video games, and television programs.
In other words, digital media have become so ubiquitous as to be taken for granted by many of today’s composers and producers. What is interesting now is not digital media in themselves but rather the new horizons of artistic possibility they open up, new artistic approaches and aesthetics suggested by the cut-and-paste techniques of digital manipulation as well as the inherent flaws and defects of the digital medium itself.
THE TERPSICHORE GROUP
The Terpsichore Group is a Los Angeles-based multimedia collective founded by Sariah Storm, committed to the advancement of technologically-based music and art culture.
The mission of the Terpsichore Group is to create a space for inspiration, exchange, and the artistic exploration of the postdigital frontier.
Creating rich multisensory media environments incorporating live video, music and performance, the Terpsichore Group and its members have years of experience showcasing cutting-edge electronic culture at events in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Beijing.
With the groupÄôs recent series of ABAKUS events in Los Angeles, we have also begun incorporating a lecture component into our nightclub-style event format, with presentations from maverick thinkers on art and technology such as artist Paul Laffoley, defense technology researcher John Norseen, and plant vibration sculptor Duncan Laurie. Our objective here is to combine intellectual stimulation and education together with music, art, and the joy of dance.
The general format for the ABAKUS events has emerged from the electronic dance music culture, showcasing electronic music and video artists in a club setting. However we look to a wider purpose here and conceptualize our events as explorations of the new meanings being generated by postdigital artists as described above.
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Performance: Installation: Music: Sound: Video:
Please submit a one page proposal presenting your piece, with accompanying DVD or CD of your sound, music or video art.
Please include a brief resume along with your name, phone number and email address.
Lecture: Demonstration
Please submit a proposal detailing your concept, experience and educational background including your name, phone number and email address.
These submissions will be considered for July, September, November shows.
Please submit to:
The Terpsichore Group
ATTN: Sariah Storm
520 Prescott St.
Pasadena, CA
91104
For more information contact sariahstorm@terpsichoregroup.org
SYNAPSE
The Terpsichore Group is hosting a multimedia lounge called Synapse in Los Angeles at Monroe’s right next to the Pacific Design Center located at 8623 Melrose at Huntly.
Monroes houses a very unique multimedia system complete with 5.1 sound, wall embedded video monitors and a large retractable projection surface.
Synapse will be an ongoing series happening every other Monday. It is a free night where people are invited to come enjoy enjoy experimental downtempo, ambient, sound and video art. Visual art is presented via DVD and live VJ. Music is presented via turntables, CD decks and Live Laptop performance.
We stay true to the concepts included in our larger Abakus events for Synapse but on a much smaller scale. This is a free event where people can come and get inspired. We encourage artists to use this night as a place to gather their friends and collegues to view their work. If you are selected, we will promote you and your work as the featured artist (s) for that night.
Please contact sariahstorm@terpsichoregroup.org if you are interested in participating in this event as a featured musician\video artist\VJ\Digital Performance artist.
We invite you to join us on Monday June 14th to explore the environment and see if you are inspired to show with us. See Info Below.
Thank you,
The Terpsichore Group
Synapse ———-JUNE 14TH
+music to tickle your neurons+
a multimedia lounge.
with residents\\\
sariahstorm.sherlock.digitalcutuplounge.ooah.
+++ special guests
presenting.= live.dj.vj.experiments in sight+sound
every other monday beginning June 14th. see u on :
6.14.6.28.7.12.7.26.8.9.8.23.9.6.9.20… and.. so..
on…..
June 14th
E D I T ( Planet Mu) L I V E
U N D O (Terpsichore) L I VE
with residents\\
O O A H
S A R I A H S T O R M
visual selections by Terpsichore
@ Monroe’s
8623 Melrose at Huntly
9 – 1
FREE
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+++CALL FOR ENTRIES+++
+++DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS JULY 15th 2004+++
+++PLEASE FORWARD THIS MAIL+++
+++THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!+++
backup_festival. new media in film
backup is an international festival for film and video productions developed
using digital tools and a stock-taking within the realm of ‘new media’.
backup began in the European Cultural Capital Year 1999. during the past
backup has reached a level that secures it a respectable place
among the European festivals. last year we received over 1100 entries from
44 countries for the international competition. there was an fruitful
cooperation with media businesses, and likewise joint events with other
German and European universities besides Weimar’s Bauhaus University.
the deadline for entries is July 15, 2004 (postmark and online)
the date of our festival in 2004: October 7 – 10
additionally, all of the information is available online.
you can register with the form on our website www.backup-festival.com
until July 15.
the call for entries
this year there are two interesting sections at the moment:
for the international backup.award we are at first interested in shorts
which are no longer than 15 minutes and not older than two years. we are
interested in film and video productions developed using digital means.
(shorts, music video, experimental, trailer and so on) prizes will be
awarded with a total value of 4,500 euro.
we also have the backup.clipaward for music video.
It is a national (German) award for experimental music videos
that investigate the possibilities of digital media technologies.
the clips should also not be older than two years.
prizes will be awarded with a total value of 3,000 euro.
contact
for general information on backup and for online submission,
please visit our website at:
http://www.backup-festival.com
if you would like to learn more about backup’s concept and program,
please send an e-mail to our program team at:
programm@backup-festival.de
in case you require information on how to submit an entry to the
international backup.award or the national backup.clipaward
or become part of backup please address to:
award@backup-festival.de (marc olff, dirk heinje);
clipaward@backup-festival.de (richard anjou, marc olff);
we will be glad to receive your entries and we will be pleased if you offer
the information to interested filmmakers.
best regards,
juliane fuchs
backup_festival
c/o Bauhaus-Universitt Weimar
Fakultt Medien
Bauhausstrasse 11
99423 Weimar
Germany
tel +49 (0) 36 43 / 49 46 136
fax +49 (0) 36 43 / 58 37 01
funk +49 (0) 171 / 42 85 044
www.backup-festival.de
office@backup-festival.de
weimar | 30.10.-02.11. 2003
in Kooperation mit / in cooperation with:
Bauhaus-Universitt Weimar
Fakultt Medien
gefrdert durch / funded by:
MDM – Mitteldeutsche Medienfrderung
Thringer Kultusministerium
Kulturstiftung des Bundes
Stiftung Kulturfonds
StudierendenKonvent BU Weimar
Studentenwerk Jena / Weimar
Thringer Ministerium fr Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst
LAG Soziokultur Thringen
Goethe-Institut Weimar
Kstritz-Wernesgrner Vertriebsgesellschaft
Anders + Kern
Stadt Weimar – Kulturamt
Medienpartner / media partners
De:Bug
Intro
Zuschsse weiterer Frderer /
contributions made by other supporters
Mitgliedschaften / affiliations:
ECFF ñ European Coordination of Film Festivals
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Stuttgart, June 2004
AKADEMIE SCHLOSS SOLITUDE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
FOR 2005-2007 STARTING JULY 1, 2004
APPLICATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31,
2004 (POSTMARK)
Dear friends of the Akademie,
The international residency program Akademie Schloss Solitude is once again
inviting artists to live and work at Solitude for six or twelve months.
International artists from the following disciplines can apply: architecture
(architecture design, urban studies, landscape design), visual arts (incl.
curatorial practice and performance art), performing arts (stage design,
directing, dramaturgy, playwriting, dance, acting, musical theater,
performance), video/film/new media (include. video installation), design
(visual communication, fashion design, costume design, product design,
furniture design), literature (criticism, essay, poetry, fiction,
translation) and music/sound (sound installation, sound and music
composition, music performance, sound performance). Please find the list of
jurors who will be in charge of this selection.
Chairman: Fabrizio Gallanti, Santiago de Chile
Architecture: Stan Allen, Princeton (USA)
Fine Arts: Rirkrit Tiravanija, New York (USA)
Design: Fiona Raby, London (UK)
Literature: Ivan Vladislavic, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Music/Sound: Kevin Volans, Dublin (Ireland)
Theatre: Biljanja Srbjlianovic, Belgrad (Serbia)
Video/Film/New Media: Harun Farocki, Berlin (Germany)
We would be very grateful, if you would help us by drawing the attention of
potential candidates to these fellowships or pass on the information.
As usual, application forms can be requested in writing only (by email or
postcard to adress below) or printed from the Internet at
www.akademie-solitude.de.
Some important reminders:
- The application form and requested materials have to be sent in ONE
parcel. Subsequent mailings (or materials sent via Internet) are not
considered.
- Incomplete applications will not be submitted to the jury, but returned
immediately. Applications which reach us after the application deadline
October 31, 2004 (Postmark) are not considered.
- Applicants chosen for a fellowship will be notified by spring 2005.
- Earliest date to begin a residency: September 2005
- To cover handling and mailing costs, please send international answering
coupons in the amount of 15 Euro (available at post offices). We do not
accept checks. Fee pertains to applications from North America, Western
Europe and Japan only. For applications from Germany, please transfer 15
Euro with the enclosed form.
Thank you for your support!
Akademie Schloss Solitude
Solitude 3
70197 Stuttgart
+49-711-996190
mail@akademie-solitude.de
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DRAIN- A journal for contemporary art and culture (www.drainmag.com)
Call for Papers – Remote Control
Issue #02
ÄòWhat your data body says about you is more real than what you say about yourself. The data body is the body by which you are judged in society, and the body which dictates your status in the world.Äô
Critical Art Ensemble
Remote Control maybe considered a defining feature of the inter-relationship between manifestations of cultural control exerted via the Internet and recent premises in the physical and conceptual parameters of experimental digital art.
This upcoming issue of DRAIN aims to question the relationship between local community action and globalization, and to consider that throughout anti-globalization protests, the Internet and cyberspace play a vital role. Furthermore, strategies for dealing with these situations through art activism and other techniques on the Internet, such as telematics, have proven critical.
DRAIN would like to invite essays and reviews that respond to the themes of globalization and protest, power and cyberspace, surveillance culture, art activism, cultural imperialism, and Äòdigital third worldsÄô.
ABOUT DRAIN – The journal seeks to promote lively and well-informed debate around theory and praxis. Each issue of Drain will have a specific concept that it explores. We are especially keen to publish pieces that connect the conceptual framework of each issue to broader themes such as globalization, ethics, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and capitalism. As such we welcome creative responses to contemporary culture, as well as written work by practitioners in the field of culture. Our primary mission is to provide an open environment where a variety of creative activities can be explored with a combination of sensitivity and rigor.
Drain is a peer-reviewed on-line journal. It is published quarterly in collaboration with the independent artist collective Aquaspace with text formatted for printing in Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Its editorial policies are the responsibility of the Editors-in-Chief and the Editorial Board.
REVIEWS CAN BE SUBMITTED ON AN ONGOING BASIS AND DO NOT HAVE TO CONFORM TO A SPCIFIC CONCEPT
Authors Guidelines
Deadline for submission: July 10th(extended!)
Launch Date:July 20th
CONTACT- avantika@drainmag.com
info@drainmag.com
All feature essays are to be no more than 4,000 words. Drain requests authors submitting feature essays for consideration, to use the footnote system and to send the document (along with a brief biographical note) as an email attachment saved as a Word file. A minimum of three images and a maximum of eight are to accompany essays unless pure theory.
Reviews are not to exceed 1,500 words. Reviews are to be sent as an email attachment saved as a Word file. A minimum of one image and a maximum of four are to accompany each review unless a book review where no image is required. Reviews can cover any art form: fine art, moving image, sound, book, or performance. Although the lead essays should address the specific theme of each issue, the reviews could be more general. It is the authorÄôs responsibility to seek copyright for images. Images are to be sent as j-peg files. All attachments are to be titled with the authorÄôs surname.
Drain is a peer-reviewed on-line journal. It is published quarterly in collaboration with the independent artist collective Aquaspace with text formatted for printing in Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Its editorial policies are the responsibility of the Editors-in-Chief and the Editorial Board.
Editorial board: Avantika Bawa, Celina Jeffery, and Adrian Parr
Site Design: Carla Diana
Management: Avantika Bawa and Michelle Barczak
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The City of Santa Monica is seeking qualifications from experienced
professional public artists for the upcoming Village at Santa Monica
Civic
Center housing development. A panel of arts professionals will
review all
submissions to select a pool of artists or artist teams, any one of
whom
could be chosen. The artist fee for this project is $50,000.
Deadline: July 22, 2004
A downloadable pdf file can be found at the Santa Monica Cultural
Affairs
Division website: http://www.arts.santa-monica.org
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CALL FOR COLLABORATORS: [9-11 1?2]
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Deadline: August 1, 2004
***Mideo M. Cruz writes:
[9-11 1?2] is a simultaneous art action in
different countries subsequent to the ground zero
incidences. The theme can vary on open
interpretation on how the people and artists from
the area concerned were affected and react to the
American policy and mission behind the September
11 attack. As various individuals and ethnic
groups are affected by this phenomena. The
objective of this project is the realization of
other incidents behind the twin towers attack
that eradicated from our mind but continue to
hunt us like the September 11 US initiated
takeover to Santiago, Chile decades ago, which
kill hundreds of people. This project is in
sympathy to the innocent victims and protest to
the enduring physical and cultural war of
aggressions. This collaborative project can be an
individual or collective action, or events in
each place who wish to take part the event on
September 11, 2004 at any time of the day.
This collaborative plan was conceived by the new
world disorder upon interchange between Iwan
Wijono of Indonesia and Mideo Cruz of the
Philippines in the early part of May 2004 in
Jogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia.
confirmed organizer/curator in each place as of 31 of May
Iwan Wijono Wed Action, Kedai Kebun, Jogyakarta, Indonesia
Mideo Cruz Tambayang Makiling,Quezon City, Philippines
Massimo Zanasi Spazio Arka (Arka Space), Assemini-Cagliari, Sardinia Italy
Contact: “Mideo M Cruz”
***Iwan Wijono adds:
the PerformanceKlub, Jogjakarta-Indonesia
organise monthly even Wed Action, in coming event
on September as WED ACTION # 8
we invite any kind of performance ideas indoor /
outdoor to respond internationally event 9-11 1/2.
We accept any proposal to respond the event,
would to organise at local level here, for
example overseas proposal can present locally
here with local artist, or overseas artist can
perform here as well.
We have outdoor space in the familiar Jogjakarta
town, and we have indoor alternatif space in
Kedai Kebun Forum.
Contact: “Iwan xxx Wijono”
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FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, Department of Communication, is seeking an Instructor in Video Production at its Davie campus, to teach undergraduate courses in television and video production. The video production component of the DepartmentÄôs BA in Multimedia Studies emphasizes documentary and experimental modes; the curriculum is designed to give students a solid grounding in field and studio techniques, while developing personal voice and point of view. Courses emphasize the relation between practice and theory, underlining key aesthetic and critical concerns. The position is a renewable nine-month, non-tenure track appointment beginning August 2004. Salary: $35,000. The teaching load is the equivalent of four courses per semester, and includes teaching introductory and advanced production courses, as well as managing the DepartmentÄôs multimedia labs on the Davie campus. MFA, MA, or equivalent professional experience required. All candidates must have an active pr!
oduction record. Application deadline: July 2, 2004. Send letter of application, cv, letters of recommendation and samples of creative work to: Dr. Eric Freedman, Chair, Video Production Search Committee, Department of Communication, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991. E-mail (for questions only): efreedma@fau.edu. For detailed information on FAU, visit our web sites at: http://www.fau.edu and http://proteus.fau.edu. Florida Atlantic University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Institution.
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Artact, new webzine, is looking for papers about net art or digital art.
We search papers about interfaces, archive, database, search engines and how
artistes use them or create pieces of art with these technologies.
Please submit your papers to webmaster@artact.net
these proposals will be published on line on www.artact.net
we accept text in english or in french
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