Rhizome Announce RSS: Opportunities

The Lumen Prize - Call For Entries

thelumenprize — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:40:16 -0500

The Lumen Prize is a new digital art prize which celebrates fine art created with a digital palette. Entries are invited from artists around the world creating digital art, either in part or wholly using a computer, tablet or mobile.

4 prize winners will be selected to share a $5000 prize fund and a further 50 works will be shortlisted for the international tour to galleries and venues around the world in 2013.

Call for entries closes 15th August 2012.

Winners will be announced in October 2012.

Mini Residency in Kassel

mi_ga — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:21:42 -0500

Offer: 1 week Mini Residency
Fee: 250 EUR
Dates: During the dOCUMENTA 13 in Kassel, 11.06.2012 - 16.09.2012
Deadline: 31st of May, 2012

The >top e.v. association organises within the framework of its project space "POT" one week long Mini Residencies in Kassel during the dOCUMENTA 13. We are looking for Cultural Producers with an interdisciplinary approach and affinity to Media from different countries who want to realise artistically and / or theoretically a thematic or media work for *one week*. Our proposal for a Topic is:

Net Backup

Currently homogenization of what we call the Public seems to go on. But is this a course working in itself? Are alternative nets without closings possible? Or were they about to preserve the status quo? Because (quote:) "every Modular Building contains a net backup as standby, a room for Electrical Engeneering, Data Flow, rooms for Telecommunication and Intruder and Fire Detection as well as Computers for Signalling Technologies."

Please send a PDF (max 2 MB) with a description of your project, your contact information and if possible a download link (URL) of a work sample (MP3, Video, Graphics, Text, maximum 100 MB) and the preferred week of your stay (Monday to Friday) until May 31st to:

Mini Residency Kassel residency(at)top-ev.de

We provide accommodation and space for exhibition, presentations, lectures, performances etc. Additionally we may offer a local 1-Hour-Radioslot on a Kassel frequency incl. stream. A flyer is included. The work will be documented. We offer to show parts of the project later in Berlin at the okk Gallery.

The fee goes directly to the top e.V. and covers project costs. The financing of travel and living (except lodging) and all materials must be covered by the applicant. We issue an official invitation letter after the decision and help with grant seeking and immigration formalities.

The nonprofit association top e.V. operates since 2002 in the field of aesthetic production, see also http://pot.top-ev.de.

For further questions please contact: Matze Schmidt or Mindaugas Gapsevicius, residency(at)top-ev.de

http://pot.top-ev.de

ALPHA-VILLE FESTIVAL 2012 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

alphavillefestival — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:51:58 -0500

Alpha-ville is the London International Festival of Post-digital Culture. The festival presents a unique combination of advanced music, films, design, digital and new media art exhibitions, community events, urban interventions, workshops, labs and a Symposium on Post-digital Culture.

The 4th edition will take place in London from 3-7 October 2012.

2012 THEME: 'Unfinity'

We live in a unique moment in history, between two rapidly changing worlds. One is the world of decaying political and economic structures and the other is the world of an infinite explosion in technology and information. There are conflicting mindsets in every part of our culture: the contradiction between ubiquitous virtual presence and physical presence creating an identity crisis; the non-hierarchical, organic web structure clashing with hierarchical, non-organic real-world structures; the myth of the individual as a genius vs the power of the crowd and the collaborative practice; the passive and observant attitude set against active participation and co-creation. These opposing forces are placing us in a paradoxical state that we have named Unfinity.

Unfinity is a pull between these poles, a hybrid space. It’s timeless and uncertain. We believe that to ease the state of Unfinity in a human and meaningful way it is crucial to be creative, to experiment, to challenge and take action.

Alpha-ville 2012 invites artists, designers, thinkers, digital and non-digital people to consider, participate in, create and express what will be the next steps for building an alternative future that, we hope, will belong to the people.

KEYWORDS Timeless, Hybrid, Infinity, Code, Data, Body, Physicality, Space, Clould Culture, Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality, Experimentation, Unfinished, Future of Art, New Aesthetic, Failure, Prototype, Interactivity, Democratisation, Activism, Hacktivism, Avatars, 3D Printing, Openweb, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Internet of Things, Censorship, Privacy, Identity, Grassroots, Uncertainty, Collaborative Design, DIY, Active Citizenship...

DEADLINES
Submissions close on Friday 22nd June 2012
Moving Image Submissions will close on Sunday 15th July 2012
Submission fee: £5
http://www.alpha-ville.co.uk/submissions/

Proposals are accepted for the following categories:
Music/Sound
AV Performances
Lab, Hack Event or Meet-up
Moving Image
Public Interventions
New Media Art/Multimedia Projects
Critical: Talks, Panels, Workshops, Presentations, Academic Papers

Animation Artist - Residency Opportunity, Paintings in Hospitals

AnimateProjects — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:42:52 -0500

Paintings in Hospitals is inviting applications from animation artists who wish to develop their practice through working in the healthcare environment and collaborating with young patients. The residency will be based in the paediatric unit of St Mary’s Hospital, London and will take place over a period of six months from October 2012.

Paintings in Hospitals is a leading arts in health organisation in the UK. We use art to create welcoming and uplifting environments that improve health, well-being and the patient experience. Each year our work benefits an estimated 1.8 million patients, visitors and members of staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

We are looking for artists whose work is rooted in the exploration and experimentation of animation. During the residency, the selected artist will engage with in-patients from St Mary’s Hospital Paediatric Unit and produce an animated film. The unit treats young people with a wide range of conditions and further information can be found in the artist brief.

Applicants should be interested in entering into a dialogue with the young patients from the paediatric unit and in working within the healthcare environment. The selected artist will require extreme sensitivity to this unique environment. It is essential to consider how the works produced will affect participants as well as patients, staff and visitors to the hospital once the work goes on display. Experience of working in a challenging and rapidly changing environment is important along with enthusiasm and highly developed interpersonal skills.

Deadline for application: 6 July 2012 – 5 p.m
Fee: £ 7,000

If you are interested in the opportunity, please download the full brief in the news section of our website www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/residencyopportunity and return your application to mail@paintingsinhospitals.org.uk

This project is made possible with the support of Outset Family.

Documentary Makers: Apply for UnionDocs Collaborative 2012 in Brooklyn. International visa & residency options.

marciamansur — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:38:54 -0500

Documentary artists in film, video, radio, photography, interactive: Want to push your practice & experiment with new approaches? Need to expand your understanding of the field? Open to collaborating on original projects? Applications now accepted for The UnionDocs Collaborative Studio starting Sept. 2012 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Deadline: June 30. International fellows encouraged, visa & residency options available.

http://app.sliderocket.com:80/app/FullPlayer.aspx?id=b30afdce-3301-4a88-8ab4-911c5f918618

INFINITI curved visions - digital art & performance

designboom — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:20:55 -0500

'CURVED VISIONS', the second round of designboom's 'INFINITI DIGITAL ART COMPETITION', is now open, offering artists the chance to win 10,000 euro and see their artwork exhibited throughout europe.

the theme of the open call is 'the perfect line is a curve'.

submissions can include live performance concepts or cinematic projections, in addition to all forms of interactive installations and digital artwork. both finished projects and concepts are welcome.

the competition is free to enter and open to all, regardless of age, nationality, or experience. registration recommended in advance here; more information on the official call for entry page.

Call for Art – “Abstracts” Juried Art Competition

John R Math — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:07:14 -0500

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call for entries for the gallery’s 3rd Annual “Abstracts” juried art competition for the month of June 2012. The gallery would like for all 2D artists (including photography) to send us their best interpretation of the theme “Abstracts” by submitting their best non-representational abstract art for inclusion into the gallery’s July 2012 online Group Art Exhibition.

The deadline to apply is June 28th and the winners will receive extensive worldwide publicity. For further information and to apply online href="http://www.lightspacetime.com ">http://www.lightspacetime.com

INTERNATIONAL CALL - Science Inspires Art 2012: VITAL SIGNS

Cynthia Pannucci — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:26:48 -0500

VITAL SIGNS will be the 14th annual, art-science, juried competition exhibition held at the New York Hall of Science; September 1, 2012 - February 3, 2013. This year we are seeking original art inspired by our biological world with a special interest in what lies beneath its surface, and/or reflects upon scientific research questions, processes, ethics, and the stunning discoveries being made in biology and the biosciences today.

Deadline: June 17, 2012
Details: www.asci.org/artikel1219.html

Organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) 24-years servering the art-sci field

Open Call for Horror Media

gabrielrol2 — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:14:04 -0500

Call for Submission for media that relates to the genre of horror or deals with it in its plot. Looking for pieces that take the viewer through the means of the macabre and/or of the supernatural.

We will present the selected works on October 27 of 2012 at our Long Island City Horror Film Festival, on top of a NYC rooftop with multiple projections arranged in a 3D Mapping installation, plus a main screen for showcased horror films and performances.

Fluid New Media Lab is a New York City-based project that supports, produces, promotes, and initiates creative works by emerging artists working in new media.
Fluid New Media Lab functions as an archive -documenting cutting edge original works- as well as serving as a technical and logistical support and resource for artists and art projects. Work produced by Fluid takes different forms including events, exhibitions, and workshops.

The works include interactive installations, short film, video, animation, performances and other visual experiments. Fluid opens the scene to a new movement of audiovisual and performing arts in educational and screening space presenting diverse cultural programming.

Open Call for Artists

gabrielrol2 — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:07:17 -0500

Call for Submission for media that relates to the concept of
DystoRpia, a neologism that mixed with the Latin root torpere combined with the word Dystopia.
It is a critical view of society as anti-utopian community with torpid visions of a vaguely utopian root.

Fluid New Media Lab is a New York City-based project that supports, produces, promotes, and initiates creative works by emerging artists working in new media.
Fluid New Media Lab functions as an archive -documenting cutting edge original works- as well as serving as a technical and logistical support and resource for artists and art projects. Work produced by Fluid takes different forms including events, exhibitions, and workshops.
The works include interactive installations, short film, video, animation, performances and other visual experiments. Fluid opens the scene to a new movement of audiovisual and performing arts in educational and screening space presenting diverse cultural programming.

Open Call for New Media Performances

gabrielrol2 — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:59:40 -0500

We seek projects including, but not limited to, performance art, public actions and interventions, happenings,
and acts, taking place in both real and virtual places. The chosen pieces will be presented as part of our
events and exhibitions scheduled for the Fall of 2012 at Queens Museum of Art, Outpost Artists Resource, Local Project, Thought the Outdoor Art Space

Fluid New Media Lab is a New York City-based project that supports, produces, promotes, and initiates creative works by emerging artists working in new media.
Fluid New Media Lab functions as an archive -documenting cutting edge original works- as well as serving as a technical and logistical support and resource for artists and art projects. Work produced by Fluid takes different forms including events, exhibitions, and workshops.
The works include interactive installations, short film, video, animation, performances and other visual experiments. Fluid opens the scene to a new movement of audiovisual and performing arts in educational and screening space presenting diverse cultural programming.

ARTIST PROJECTS SECTION AND TOMORROW STARS OPEN CALL AT VERGE ART MIAMI BASEL 2012

mdw606 — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:35:12 -0500

ARTIST PROJECTS SECTION AND TOMORROW STARS OPEN CALL AT VERGE ART MIAMI BASEL 2012

General deadline for application: July 13, 2012
Deadline for the free airfare and hotel promotion: June 10, 2012

FREE AIRFARE AND ACCOMODATION FOR ONE LUCKY ARTIST PROJECT APPLICANT
To kick off the newly-minted Artist Project section at this year's Verge Miami Beach, all artists who complete their application by June 10 will be registered into a competition to receive free roundtrip airfare and accommodations to and from this year's Verge Art Fair Miami Beach. DEADLINE TO ENTER: JUNE 10. http://www.miamibeachartfair.com/artistproject.html

An affordable option for artists looking for exposure and visibility to both galleries and visitors to the fair, and vetted to ensure the freshest work, the Artist Project section at Verge Miami Beach will showcase the cutting edge.

Here's how it works: artists apply to the Artist Project section and then, upon acceptance, for a fee of $800, each artist will be given one third of a room or, for $1,250, one half of a room at Verge Art Miami Beach 2012. If you'd like to have a room entirely to yourself, the option is available to purchase the whole room for $2,400. (Please note that due to City of Miami Beach fire code regulations, all furniture must be removed from the rooms and artists will not be allowed to stay in them during the exhibit).

TOMORROW STARS ARTIST OPEN CALL AT VERGE MIAMI BEACH 2012
Premiered at the inaugural Verge: Art Brooklyn, 'Tomorrow Stars' has proven an important platform for artists to receive essential exposure to gallerists, museum curators, press and collectors. We are looking for the best in not-yet-seen before new work; finalists selected by our panel of distinguished jurors will be given space to exhibit one work from their application at Tomorrow Stars Miami. Works selected by the panel will be exhibited at Verge Art Miami in a special artist's spotlight section. This open call is available to all artists practicing in every media in and outside of Miami. Applications are now being accepted for consideration. http://www.miamibeachartfair.com/opencall.html

ALL ENTRIES ARE JUDGED IN THE ORDER THEY ARE RECEIVED. To ensure a fair jurying process, jurors will remain anonymous until after the jury selections are announced.

The Human Condition: A Survey of Humanity

abby3 — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:40:55 -0500

The "The Human Condition" encompasses the experiences of being human in a social, cultural, and personal context. It can be described as the
irreducible part of humanity that is inherent and not connected to gender, race and class. It’s a search for purpose, sense of curiosity, the
inevitability of isolation and fear of death.

Call For Artists' Projects: Generative & Algorithmic Art, Leonardo Electronic Almanac

Kris Paulsen — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:50:06 -0500

Generative & Algorithmic Art, Leonardo Electronic Almanac

Senior editors for this issue: Lanfranco Aceti, Meredith Hoy, and Kris Paulsen.

In his essay “What is Generative Art? Complexity Theory as a Context for Art Theory,” Philip Galanter provocatively suggests that “generative art may be as old as art itself.” [1] The programmatic, mathematical patterns that appear in Islamic tile work, Tibetan mandalas, and textiles from around the globe (and particularly from Jacquard’s early 19th century punch card loom) all exhibit the qualities of generative art: they are produced by preset instructions or procedural rules that dictate the forms and structures they might take. Defining a generative mode of production in its most general terms, Galanter writes, “Generative art refers to any art practice where the artist uses a system, such as a set of natural language rules, a computer program, a machine, or other procedural invention, which is set into motion with some degree of autonomy contributing to or resulting in a completed work of art.” [2] Depending on the technology implemented by the artist and the material form of the finished artwork, there can exist wide variations in the degree of the system’s autonomy, the impact of artistic intention and influence, and the complexity or predictability of the system used to generate the artwork. A technology can be as simple as a written set of natural language instructions resulting in a wall drawing in graphite or as complex as a string of computationally executable code that manifests in a spectacular array of screen-based graphics. The degree of artistic intervention in the final product effects the extent to which a system can be defined as functioning autonomously; in a true generative system, the rules of the program are produced by the artist, set into motion, and then left to develop, often in ways that could not be predicted by the artist due to the incursion of random variables.

This special issue of Leonardo Electronic Almanac seeks to investigate the long history of generative and algorithmic art, from the historical predecessors mentioned above, to contemporary computational artworks. We invite proposals for articles examining generative and algorithmic art practices from the ancient world to the present day, and artists’ projects and pictorial essays engaging with these procedures and structures. Submissions might investigate issues of authorial control, predictability and unpredictability, chance and “aleatoric” methods of art making, or might propose theoretical and philosophical explorations of the concepts of hardware and software, the materiality of generative systems, video feedback as a generative system, the relationship between generative art and cinematic practices, or the historically expansive and ever expanding range of technologies capable of executing generative systems.

[1] Philip Galanter, “What is Generative Art? Complexity Theory as a Context for Art Theory,” in Generative Art Proceedings, 2003. http://www.generativeart.com/
[2] Ibid.

Please send proposals to: info@leoalmanac.org

a) Subject heading: Generative and Algorithmic Art
b) Deadline for submission of full article for consideration: 15.09.2012
c) 2 images at 72 dpi resolution no larger than 700pixels width for artists
d) Links to previous work, videos or personal sites

Our publication formats allow for full-color throughout and we encourage rich pictorial content where relevant and possible. Note however that all material submitted must be copyright cleared (or due diligence must be evidenced). For online publication a wide variety of media content may be considered (animation, mp3, flash, java, etc…)

• For scholarly papers please submit the final paper ready for peer review. Your contribution will be reviewed by at least two members of the LEA board and revisions may be requested subject to review.
• For themed and pictorial essays please submit an abstract or outline for editorial consideration and further discussion.
• Please keep your news, announcements and hyperlinks brief and focused – include contact details and a link to an external site where relevant. We reserve the right to sub-edit your submissions in order to comply with LEA policies and formats. Where material is time-sensitive please include both embargo and expiry dates.
• In all cases specify special system considerations where these are necessary (platform, codecs, plug-ins, etc…)

For further information or image submission contact: Ozden.Sahin@leoalmanac.org

We look forward to hearing from you!

CFP: Generative & Algorithmic Art, Leonardo Electronic Almanac

Kris Paulsen — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:12:14 -0500

Arse Elektronika 2012 -- 4PLAY: Gamifuckation and Its Discontents -- Call for Submissions

johannes grenzfurthner — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:51:42 -0500

monochrom's Arse Elektronika 2012
September 27-30: San Francisco, USA

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4PLAY: Gamifuckation and Its Discontents

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Call for papers, talks, workshops, performances, and GAMES.
[In addition to traditional talks, workshops, and papers, this year we are also accepting submissions of games. This can include digital games, street games, LARPs, social rulesets, procedural game-art, or other forms, for demonstration, presentation, or debut during the conference.]

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Gaming, like sex, is a human cultural practice of apparent frivolity. Yet both afford surprisingly deep levels of analysis. How might models of critical gameplay inspire deeper critical reflection on issues of sex, and vice-versa?

What is the history of sexual games, particularly in the pre-digital era? What were the fairground and peepshow precursors in titillation? What was the design history of the “love tester” machine?

Why are game metaphors so prevalent in narratives of sexual conquest, and how did popular games in history influence the thinking of contemporary lovers? What can we learn about Roman gaming culture from Ovid's Ars Amatoria? What determines the many definitions of "cheating" in each of those contexts? How do the procedural rhetorics of modern game design encourage objectification of women?

How might contemplative gaming teach us to free ourselves from the tyranny of the climax?
How does the concept of the 'magic circle' in games coincide with safe spaces for sexual exploration? How do players act out transgressions of sex and gender expectations within the relatively safer spaces of games? What can we learn about social scripts and expectations from looking at society through a ludological lens?

What is the relationship of sex and games to the recent 'non-human turn' in arts, science, and philosophy? How might games engender empathy and understanding towards the non-human? What is the technological equivalent of Alan Moore's plant-sex issue of Swamp Thing? Could a game help you contemplate how a mantis fucks, or what it feels like for a fern to spore?

Beyond the simple human-to-human interfaces of the now-almost-quaint developments of sex machines and teledildonic, how might game design interact with biometrics and haptic feedback to create entirely new techno-sexual situations? Game-based learning and medical rehabilitation has been used in the past for stroke victims and the disabled to re-learn their bodies; how might those same techniques allow further bodily exploration towards positive pleasure? How much might BDSM simulators borrow from virtual pet trainers? How is predicament bondage like game design, and what can the two learn from one another?

If we are headed towards the 'gamepocalypse' envisioned by Jesse Schell, how might that affect our sex lives and our sexualities?

Is sex in danger of gamification?

If so, how can we stop it?

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Call for Submissions, Deadline: July 1, 2012

Please send submissions to office AT monochrom.at

http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronika

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MA in Contemporary Performance Making

Fiona Templeton — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:38:05 -0500

The MA in Contemporary Performance Making at Brunel University in West London is for creators of performance works, including Digital, Directing, Writing, Installation and Solo Performance.

It is a one-year intensive combination of taught studies in practice and theory, and independent projects.

Brunel University is the foremost technological university in the UK. It holds the Center for Research in Digital and Contemporary Performance, and hosts the annual BEAM Festival and Artaud Forum, as well as a number of interdisciplinary projects between arts and engineering.

For details see website, or for further information contact fiona.templeton [at] brunel.ac.uk. Small bursaries are available.

Early bird CALL for Entries: Brooklyn Girl Film Festival

bgff — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:26:52 -0500

The 2nd Annual Brooklyn Girl Film Festival seeks shorts and features by women filmmakers from around the world. All genres accepted, including animation and music video. We are also seeking short and feature length scripts for our screenplay competition.

A woman must play a key role in the film (director, writer, producer, lead animator, cinematographer).

We are accepting submissions via Withoutabox

Transart Pilot Program: Technology for Artists

Klaus Knoll — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:06:13 -0500

Transart will introduce a pilot program this fall for students who wish to make extensive use of technology in their projects, e.g. immersive environments, augmented reality, sensors, audio, video, Max/MSP/Jitter, etc. Students now have the option of getting individual project support from engineers, artists, soft- and hardware specialists through partnerships with other institutions.

Our first technology partnership will be with Harvestworks in Manhattan, an institution with which Transart has a history. The independent study structure available at Harvestworks aligns well with the Transart model of one year projects and self-directed study supported by advisors.

Within this partnership artists will have the opportunity to get technical support for their MFA and PhD projects including up to 20 hours of custom private tutorials, one-on-one instruction allowing students to explore the tools necessary to complete their individual projects as well as unlimited labtime in HW’s computer lab, support by assistant teachers as well as a presentation of the final project at Harvestworks. These independent studies typically last a month but depending on the project, can last for up to six months.

Transart students interested in working with Harvestworks in this capacity will send a proposal to Harvestworks and Transart which includes: 300-600 word descriptions of the project, what technology it should include and what kind of support they will need from Harvestwork’s staff. This is an open invitation without deadlines. Transart Insitute will cover 50% of the cost (up to $900) for this pilot project to ensure that students learn new technologies essential to their projects quickly and efficiently, keeping the focus in the program on the project itself and to encourage students to expand their understanding of the technologies which can best communicate their work and/or enable them to find the right contributors for collaborative projects.

THE A.I.R. GALLERY 10TH BIENNIAL EXHIBITION

info265 — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:30:43 -0500

A Juried Exhibition Open to All Women Artists.
Extended Deadline: May 30, 2012
Juror: Ingrid Schaffner: Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania

ELIGIBILITY:

- All women artists, including self-identified women, may submit original work of art.
- Painting in any medium, photography, prints, drawing, works on paper, new media, sculpture, mixed media, traditional or non-traditional materials are welcome.

Please note that installations will only be accepted if they have been completed. NO PROPOSALS for installation will be accepted.**

To get more information or to apply go to:
http://www.airgallery.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.page&pagename=Biennial&pageid=148

2012 NARS Juried Solo Exhibition Open Call

narsfoundation — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:29:59 -0500

The NARS Foundation is pleased to announce its second annual Juried
Solo Exhibition Open Call. The Juried Solo Exhibition Program provides
emerging and underrepresented artists with curatorial and
administrative support to present a solo exhibition at the NARS
Foundation Gallery. The aim of the program is to foster new dialogue
and to create a forum for artists to experiment and exchange ideas
with a wider audience. The juror for this year's competition is
Benjamin Genocchio, former New York Times Art Critic and current
Editor-in-Chief of Art + Auction Magazine.

Applications must be delivered to the office by 5 PM June 1, 2012.
Please note that this is not a postmark date. A non-refundable
application fee of $35 (US) is required with each application.

Submission guidelines and applications are available for download from
our website: narsfoundation.org

marginalia+lab art / sci / tech international residencies

Pedro Veneroso — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:17:24 -0500

Open call for the International Art Residency Program of Marginalia+lab, medialab created in 2009 located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Four residents - artists, amateurs, researchers and enthusiasts from several fields- will be selected to develop experimental proposals during two-month residencies (from june to november) dealing with the intersections of art, science and technology. This call will select two proponents from Brazil and two international ones.

The selected proponents will be supported by an stipend of R$5.000,00 (approximately US$2,500.00) and development structure (including technical support from Marginalia's tech team and full access to the laboratory and its infrastructure), besides accommodation and travel assistance for those who don’t live in Belo Horizonte.

Projects developed during the residencies will be exhibited in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in November, 2012.

Submissions from Brazilian proponents will be accepted until May 20, 2012. International proponents can send their projects until June 10, 2012. Submissions can be made through the online form available at http://marginalialab.com

For more information visit the website.

Ptarmigan Tallinn 2012 residency: call for proposals!

Ptarmigan — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:09:52 -0500

Ptarmigan seeks creative projects from the Nordic and Baltic regions for two-month residencies in Tallinn, Estonia. These residencies are supported by the Kulturkontakt Nord Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme.

Ptarmigan is a transdisciplinary cultural platform operating in both Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland. For three years, Ptarmigan has organised events, residencies, workshops, performances and other projects that span across various spheres of art, music, performance, humanities, and other more nebulous fields. Our focus is on event-driven cultural production that’s simultaneously inclusive and unusual.

Who is eligible
Any legal resident of the Nordic or Baltic countries, excluding Estonia. This means: Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, the Åland Islands, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania.

What we are looking for
Your residency is a project; your proposal should clearly describe what you hope to do with two months in Tallinn. We look to produce projects that excite us and occupy unique cultural space. We like to see things that are active and lively, and fit in well with what we do. At Ptarmigan, the joy is in collaboration, being together, and expanding perspectives. We’re inclined towards ideas that offer some sort of educational component, and a chance for the public to be involved, while being experimental in nature. Participation and engagement with our existing projects is also a bonus - many of our regular projects benefit from guests, and there are also opportunities to work in our partner spaces, such as Tiib in Tallinn and the Score Store Kiosk in Helsinki.

You can always take a look at our past events, projects and residencies on our websites to get a sense of what we are interested in. In general, if your project is ‘spend two months painting/sculpting/video editing/whatever to create a gallery exhibition’, we aren’t likely to select you. If you’re looking to create interactive, psychogeographic maps of Tallinn’s secrets/animals/vertical objects/whatever through a series of workshops, tours, and other interventions -- now we’re listening.

What you get
If chosen, your travel to and from Tallinn will be paid for (up to €400). You will be accommodated in a small apartment within a short walking distance of the Ptarmigan project space which will be fully paid for. In addition to this you will receive a stipend of 1400€ for your two months stay, pending requirements (see below). Any living costs (food, materials, etc.) will come from this stipend. In Ptarmigan, you will be given a 21m2 room to use as a studio, if desired. (There are some limitations in what you can do with this studio, primarily sound/volume-related, but otherwise it’s yours). Ptarmigan additionally operates a small, experimental visual art space called Tiib - this space is available to use as a gallery/exhibition space if desired. You will be asked to visit Helsinki at least once to present, perform, or otherwise engage with our Finnish side - ferry travel and accommodation will be covered for this trip.

Ptarmigan is an artist-run space that is all-volunteer, and our organisers will do their best to help with your project. This includes local promotion and marketing, general local know-how (including practical information and cultural networking), and anything else we can do.

Other requirements
If you are not a legal, tax-paying resident of one of the aforementioned countries, then you are not eligible for this residency, which is funded by KK Nord only for mobility between Nordic and Baltic countries. If you have a good idea for Ptarmigan anyway but are not a resident of these countries, please don’t hesitate to propose anyway -- but understand that we do not have any financial support for residencies beyond the Nordic/Baltic programme.

The residency, as required by KK Nord, is for a minimum of two months. We are generally budgeted for exactly that time, though a few extra days over is okay. If you have an idea for a longer project then please describe it in your proposal.

The stipend is broken into two monthly payments of 700€ each. This is intended to cover all living costs and materials. To receive this stipend, you must spend 85% of your stay in Tallinn (though your visit to Helsinki will not count against this).

Ptarmigan is a very social, public-focused space, and if your project does not directly engage with the public, then we ask that you will open your working space up for a few hours per week to anyone who might be interested in meeting you and seeing what you are working on. This is negotiable and primarily symbolic anyway.

How to apply, deadlines, and other administrivia
To apply for Ptarmigan’s Nordic/Baltic residency programme, please use our general-purpose proposal form, and choose “Tallinn residencies” as the “existing project”. Our application form is at http://ptarmigan.ee/proposals/new and we prefer that you apply in English.

We will be selecting three residencies in 2012, with a minimum duration of two-months each. Please specify clearly on the proposal form when you would be most interested in coming, ex. “July-August”, “November-December”, etc.

The deadline for this year’s residency applications is 1 June. We will inform all applicants no later than 15 June.

Low-Res MFA & First Studio PhD in the US

Klaus Knoll — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:29:05 -0500

Transart is offering an international low-residency studio PhD course of studies: The Degree is offered for creative work (practice-based research). Advisors come from Transart Institute and Plymouth University.

Fast Track MFA >> PhD
Exceptionally focussed and accomplished artists can apply for transfer from the MFA to the studio PhD program at the end of the first year. Students who wish to enroll in the Fast Track program apply to the MFA Creative Practice. In their second semester on the MFA they develop a doctoral proposal. At the end of the semester they can apply for Fast Track assessment. Successful applicants will be registered for the MPhil/PhD course of studies at that time.

The MFA Creative Practice
The MFA Creative Practice consists of three intensive summer residencies in Europe filled with lectures, workshops, critiques, seminars, performances, and exhibitions and two shorter fall or spring residencies in New York City. In the four semesters between residencies, students create an individual course of study realizing art and research projects with the support of faculty and studio advisors wherever they work and live.

Certificate Program
Artists attend the certificate program to get a creative surge, get a fresh perspective on their work, revitalize their practice, take their work in a new direction, make plans for a focussed praxis in the year ahead and to become part of an international community of artists, theorists, and curators.

Transart Field Trip 2012
Seizing the opportunity Transart is extending its program with an optional Field Trip to some major European art events this summer:

Documenta 13
Manifesta 9
Visual Arts Flanders 2012, covering 5 cities in Belgium
Ruhr Triennale 2012

Open Spaces
Very few seats remain open on this year's PhD, MFA, and Summer Certificate.

Contact
For questions or to make an appointment to speak with faculty please contact Drew Henmi: henmi@transart.org

Transart in a Nutshell

Low-residency format allows you to keep work and family obligations while advancing your career
Experience summer intensives in Berlin, the art capital of Europe
Fall and spring residencies in New York City
Design your own course of studies
Form an international collective with faculty and alumni for exhibition and performance opportunities
Thesis exhibition reviewed, critiqued, and curated by established international curators
International make up of students and faculty fosters exchange across cultural boundaries
A contemporary learning experience without grades or pre-formatted curricula.

Transart Students
Tansart students are emerging and mid-career artists and educators. Transart residencies are a meeting place for cultural exchange. Transart students and alumni will converge for the summer residency from areas as diverse as Thailand, Egypt, Italy, Pakistan, Iceland, Croatia, Ethiopia, Canada, Costa Rica, the UK, and the US.

For both students and faculty the time at Transart is a transformational experience. Performer and painter Nicole Stager wrote: “This program has changed my life in profound ways. My art practice is more informed, better articulated, more open, more thoughtful, more grounded in theory.” New York based artist Virgil Wong found “The community I’ve become a part of through Transart is already much more immersive than what I’ve developed in ten years of living and working as an artist in New York City”. Photographer and performer Angelika Rinnhofer found that “to work independently can pose a challenge but it also offers freedom and flexibility. Since a large number of students are accomplished artists and earn a living, Transart’s concept is ideal to work toward a degree and to expand one’s artistic career in addition to having a job.” Faculty Michael Bowdidge: "Undertaking a PhD has lead me to a much deeper understanding of the nature of my practice."

Transart Faculty
comes from a wide range of academic and artistic backgrounds as well as geographic locations. Transart advisors have included Alec Soth, Alison Nordström, and Cate Rimmer among many others. Studio faculty include international artists working with photography, film/video, sound, performance, dance and choreography, drawing, sculpture, intervention, and installation. Current theoretical areas of expertise include curatorial work, African diaspora, interface technologies, digital arts, continental philosophy, media, social studies in colonialism, capitalism and tourism, word and image relationships, and contemporary asian art history. You can learn about the experience of Transart faculty online.

The Small Print

PhD Admissions:
Requirements
A master’s degree in a related field, with an MFA strongly preferred.
The application process is detailed online.

PhD Tuition And Fees
Application fee: $50
Tuition PhD: GBP 5,375 / $8,540* per semester (minimum of four)
Bench fee: $3,000 per semester
* based on current exchange rate

PhD Scholarships
Limited Assistantships are available through enrollment in the PhD program. These Assistantships cover up to $12,000 of tuition over three years. One 50% developing country scholarship is available this year on the PhD program.

PhD Application Deadline
Online form: May 1, 2012
Supporting materials: May 7, 2012

MFA Admissions:
Requirements
A well developed artistic practice.
A Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
The application form is online.

MFA Tuition And Fees
Application fee: $50
Tuition MFA: $9,760 per semester (for four semesters)

MFA Scholarships
Partial scholarships are available on the MFA Creative Practice.

MFA Application Deadline: Open admissions

Certificate Admissions:
Requirements
A well developed artistic practice.
The application form is online.

Tuition And Fees
Application fee: $50
Tuition Certificate: $3,250 (3-week summer program, non-credit)

Certificate Financing
Additional financing is generally available through sources in the student’s country of residence and/or citizenship. Funding letters are mailed with acceptance into the program.

Finances
Funding letters are mailed with acceptance into the program. Plymouth University, the validating institution of all Transart degree programs, is certified by the US Department of Education (DoE) as an eligible foreign school. Students are now able to apply for Sallie Mae International private student loans, school code: 023521.

Contact
For questions or to make an appointment to speak with faculty please contact Drew Henmi: henmi@transart.org

Join the conversation and support EMPIRES, the new documentary and new media project from Marc Lafia

jschiller — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:18:22 -0500

Marc Lafia's documentary film and new media project, EMPIRES, wants your support and participation. This film explores the impact of networks on histories and philosophies of political thought. To date we have interviewed Manuel Delanda, Saskia Sassen, Florian Cramer, Natalie Jeremijenko, Kazys Varnelis, Geert Lovink, Alex Galloway, Michael Hardt, Anthony Pagden, Cathy Davidson, Greg Lindsay, Nishant Shah, James Delbourgo, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and in the upcoming weeks Paul D Miller and Doug Rushkoff.

We also want to hear from you! Please watch the trailer and join the conversation on our Facebook Page.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Empires-the-film/231912613486084

Call for Artists -:- Screengrab -:- $5000 New Media Arts Award

Mitch Goodwin — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:31:10 -0500

The 2012 Screengrab New Media Arts Award and associated exhibition is looking for challenging creative works by media arts practitioners working in screen based media to submit works on the theme of CONTROL.

DEADLINE: July 2, 2012

ENTRY APP: http://screengrab.info

WEB FLYER: http://screenculture.com/screengrab2012.jpg

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2012 Award Theme

The contemporary media milieu would suggest an evolving devolution of the traditional notion of the "society of control". The boundaries of enclosures and spaces are no longer the rigid and defined perimeters they once were. The browser, the mobile camera/screen are new enabling simulations the user canexploit to navigate alternative pathways, to experience new modes of expression and to participate in global cultural exchange.

This is reflected online and on the street. In our political discourse and our social interactions. And it is most visible when repatriated via the mainstream media and traditional news editorials coupled with wild proclamations of “new freedoms” accompanied by “real change”.

Yet what has really changed? What do these new counter measures look like on the ground? Where do the subversions play out? What new questions are we asking of our environment and of ourselves?

In the same evolving moment new far less visible forms of control are emerging that use these very same technological platforms: surveillance networks, social media, data mining algorithms, privacy interventions, sophisticated image gathering techniques and drone technologies. These aggregators of data and network traffic are rapidly translating our private, public and social lives into valuable sets of relational data – re-writing the notion of identity, weaving new paradigms of control.

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The Call Out

SCREENGRAB is now entering its fourth year with an international call out for the AUS$5000 New Media Arts Prize and the companion exhibition in August 2012 for short listed applicants. We invite digital practitioners working in screen based media to submit works on the theme of CONTROL.

All forms of screen based media are encouraged including multi-channel video, digital illustration, audio sculpture, photography, generative media, 2D & 3D animation.

Existing worx and those specifically designed for the award must address the theme of CONTROL to beeligible for the New Media Arts award.

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Prize Money: AUS $5000

Artefact deadline: July 2

Exhibition Opening & Award announcement : August 10

Application Form : http://screengrab.info

Information & Inquiries : screengrab@jcu.edu.au

"Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug."
- John Lithgow

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mg2012 : http://twitter.com/oldmateo

LGBTQ artist recruitment

sophiebella — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:33:01 -0500

June is PRIDE Month! Which means it is time for Chicago Urban Art Retreat's Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Queer Art Show.

Here are the guidelines for artists to follow when submitting art for the show: art should be about serious issues the LGBT community is facing. Please remember that children come to the gallery. The Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center programs are about social justice issues. This a great opportunity to inform and educate people about important issues LGBTQ folks face all the time. Along with your art, please submit 1000+ words about the importance of your issue (the words can be anonymous)— these will go into a notebook associated with the show for attendees to contribute to as well. For instance, maybe your art is about civil rights; write a narrative about the civil rights issues LGBTQ people face. Other art ideas include how LGBTQ people are viewed, LQBTQ parenting, LGBTQ people wanting to help their dying partner etc. Give careful consideration to the theme of the show and the theme of your art and narrative. We are, of course, especially interested in positive images of LGBTQ people and the community.
Artists and non-artists, LGBTQ folks, interested in showing their work in this June 2012 gallery show should email images of their work to contact@urbanartretreat.com.
This show will open at the Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center with a reception on June 2 at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and will be shown all throughout June, closing on June 30 at 4 pm.
Artists should plan to deliver their art to the gallery on May 26 between 11 am-4 pm, or make an appointment via email to deliver art at a different time through May 31. After the conclusion of the show, artist may pick up their work at 4 pm on June 30, or by appointment through July 3. Art remaining at CUARC after this date will face storage fees.
Outsider art is welcome. Artists from other states and countries are especially welcome to submit art for consideration. Any person interested in making art to be included in the show may attend our on-site art studio on Saturday mornings, 11 am-1 pm between now and May 26. No experience needed. Art instruction and materials are free. RSVP necessary in advance by phone, 773-542-9126, leaving your name, phone number and date you wish to attend.
Curating the show is Dianna C. Long, assisted by members of Out Artists Network. Meet Up may help curate art into the show for June. Do you know someone who is LGBTQ and should have art in the gallery show in June? Ask them to send images of their art via email.
As artists in our community at CUARC and in Chicago, it is important to spread the word about this important showing. We ask you to make an effort to tell those you know informing them about this opportunity to open minds to LGBTQ issues.
Thank you, and we can't wait to see your work!

"Art Without Object" Creative Coding Workshop - Saturday

Ted Hayes — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:04:17 -0500

Creative coder Tims Gardner is doing a workshop this Saturday on creative coding and moving beyond the object-oriented paradigm.

http://kitchentable32.eventbrite.com/

Anyone interested in creative visual programming should find this extremely interesting; we'll be using the newish functional language Clojure with a wonderful graphics library called Quil.

Ultimately the class is about how to get ideas out of your head and onto the screen (and elsewhere) with the minimum amount of programming hoops to jump through. Furthermore, this class for ALL experience levels—you don't have to know what 'functional' means or be a hardcore programmer! So if you've ever been frustrated by the peculiarities of C++ or Processing, but love generative and interactive visuals, by all means consider coming!

Hope to see you!

La Pan Stage 2012 residence in the gallery / / open call /

Pantocrator Gallery / La Pan. -Barcelona -Berlin -Shanghai — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:29:01 -0500

Barcelona, Spain / Shanghai, China

 The resident artists will work together within Project Space Pantocrator room, which becomes an open spaces studio. Artists can work in any medium they desire, from painting, collage, video, digital art or sculpture to the transformation of their study in an installation or operation of the area. The gallery is open at its usual time for artists to get a greater exposure of their work and interaction with the public. Pantocrator Project Space will provide postcards, press releases,a page on the Pantocrator Project website, a group exhibition at the end of the residency and a list of photos guide.

More info residence Summer Barcelona: http://pantocratorgallery.com/campament.html

More info residence Summer Shanghai: http://pantocratorgallery.com/summershanghai.html

More info residence in Barcelona Shanghai and soon Berlin round year: http://pantocratorgallery.com/stage.html

SIGGRAPH Asia 2012: Art Gallery Echo (Nov 28 - Dec 1)

lcgokudo — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:11:55 -0500

The duality of real and virtual existence, seemingly, leans to its virtual side exponentially in this media era. Can an absence from the physical world resonate with the virtual presence, or vice-versa? Through an interdisciplinary perspective, SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Art Gallery: Echo is seeking evidence of digital activities in the physical world and the impact of natural phenomena in cyberspace. Artistic and scientific explorations will “echo” between digital and analog spaces and fabricate a hybrid model, in which, the duality merges into a uniformed and ubiquitous state. What are our perceptions and expressions of time and space in this model, then?

Explorations may include functional, structural, cultural, emotional, experiential or metaphorical approaches. All forms of digitally-mediated art works, especially kinetic and interactive ones, are highly encouraged. The gallery mainly considers, but is not limited to, the following topics:
• 2D and 3D artworks, such as digital prints paintings, and sculptures
• Interactive, electronically-mediated, mixed media performances
• Interactive installations, landscapes, art environments
• Web-based art, responsive media
• Time-based art work
• Artworks using digital communities, robotics, touch-screens, wearable art
• Artworks using digital audio

Submitted works will be reviewed by a jury, and selected works will be exhibited in a gallery space at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 in Singapore.

Celeste Prize 2012

steven.music62 — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:06:41 -0500

Celeste Prize 2012, 4th Edition
Open call to all artists worldwide, without limits of age or experience. Top art curators pick finalist works, then it’s up to finalist artists to vote the 20,000 € prizes!
Entries online by 31 July 2012.

Prize categories:
4,000 € Painting & Drawing Prize
4,000 € Video & Animation Prize
4,000 € Photography & Digital Graphics Prize
4,000 € Installation & Live Media Prize

More information: http://www.celesteprize.com/introduction2012/
40 finalist works are chosen in September by a jury of 10 international critics & curators led by Katya Garcia-Anton. Each juror will publish his or her selections online in a totally open selection process!

Artists, photographers, designers and architects anywhere in the world can participate without limits of age, sex, experience or profession. A team of international art curators and critics are seeking excellence in content, contemporary aesthetic, technique, and material in works for the final exhibition. Entry fee per artwork 40 €.

Curator of 4th edition Celeste Prize 2012: Katya Garcia-Anton. Selection Panel: Michael Connor, Micol Di Veroli, Maymanah Farhat, Lara Khaldi, Eva Gonzalez-Sancho, Jack Persekian, Lydia Pribisova, Nigel Prince, Maria Inés Rodriguez, Risa Shoup. Live Media Panel: Fonlad Festival - José Vieira, Forward Motion Theater - Eric Dunlap, Otolab-Orgone - Bertram Niessen, Claudio Sinatti – IED, Alessandro Ludovico – Neural Magazine.
Prize winners are chosen directly at the awards night by the finalist artists themselves during the final exhibition at Centrale Montemartini, the City of Rome’s old power station, 1-9 December 2012.

Artwork submitted so far to Celeste Prize 2012: http://www.celesteprize.com/works/pg:en12/ord:data/
Celeste Prize 2012 is working in collaboration with the city of Rome's Musei Capitolini - Centrale Montemartini, Zetema, and Glocal Project.

Join Celeste Network, it’s the fastest growing network for artists and visual arts professionals worldwide, more than 44,000 members have already signed up – its free !

Celeste Prize 2012 is organized by Celeste Network, Italy.

Tel: +39 0577 939425 - info@celesteprize.com - http://www.celesteprize.com

Call for submissions: Distributed Microtopias

Dale Hudson — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:46:07 -0500

The 15th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) began its yearlong exploration of Microtopias with concerts, workshops, master classes, performances, and films during the spring. The exploration continues this fall with a juried competition and online exhibition.

FLEFF invites submissions of new media art, tactical media, radical cartography, computer games, locative media, and interactive video for Distributed Microtopias, a juried competition and online exhibition for which one prize of USD250 will be awarded.

Micro means small, utopia identifies imagined, cooperative systems of harmony.

Microtopias ask us to imagine the world otherwise, without constraints and limitations, to improve the immediate environment. Microtopias congregate people, ideas, and practices on a local, sustainable, decentralized scale. Microtopias catalyzes social interaction, collective participation, and changes in the landscape. Microtopias transform the world by making policed boundaries more permeable.

If utopia resides nowhere, microtopias emerge everywhere. If utopia suggests perfection, microtopia defines adaptation. If utopia is remote, microtopia mesmerizes. Utopias never change; microtopias never stay the same. Tactical, temporary, disruptive, distilled, microtopias show us how to inhabit the world in a better way. Ephemeral and transitory openings, microtopias map the realm of the possible, an invitation to live in a shared world. Rather than a grand narrative and a large scale, microtopias propose temporary, dynamic, shared worlds, a field of forces shaped on a sustainable scale.

Distributed Microtopias seeks projects that run across distributed networks like the Internet to provoke and educate from remote locations on a sustainable scale, that expand knowledge rather than contain it, and that invite participation and exploration, and that unhinge familiar habits of thinking to envision new possibilities for historical and cultural clarity.

Enrico Aditjondro of EngageMedia (Indonesia) will serve as the juror for the competition with FLEFF Digital Curator Dale Hudson of New York University Abu Dhabi (UAE/USA).

Please send submissions with a brief bio in an email to distributed.microtopias@gmail.com no later than 15 August 2012. The exhibition is scheduled to go live in September 2012.

For additional information about FLEFF, including last year’s Digital Checkpoints and Trafficked Identities online exhibitions, please visit festival web site.

FLEFF: A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT

Prospectives '12 International Festival of Digital Art

Joseph DeLappe — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:07:23 -0500

Attention Graduate and Phd Candidates!

Prospectives ’12 International Festival of Digital Art
http://www.unr.edu/art/prospectives12.html
October 10th through 12th, 2012
University of Nevada, Reno!

“The edgiest little media festival in the world!”
-Joseph DeLappe, Director, Prospectives '12

Call For Proposals: Exhibit, Netart, Perform, Project/Sound, Present, Street!

Deadline: June 15TH, 2012

Prospectives ’12 International Festival of Digital Art highlights the work of graduate and Phd candidates working across all disciplines utilizing experimental digital media in their creative endeavors.

Prospectives ‘12, the third iteration of our festival, breaks down into six interrelated events/venues:
•Exhibit (A one month group exhibition at the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, UNR)
•Netart (discrete internet based artworks highlighted through the festival website and accessible at the exhibit venue)
•Perform (A one night event of performances and screenings at The Nevada Museum of Art, Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater)
•Project/sound (An evening of projected, full-dome and standard formatted video and performances/playback of electro-acoustic and sound works at The Fleischman Planetarium, UNR - mono, stereo, and 5.1 surround sound capable)
•Present (A day long symposium of poster sessions and paper presentations)
•Street (Temporary, street level works situated in and around Reno)

Eligibility:
If you are enrolled or were enrolled in a graduate or Phd program in 2012, working creatively in and across disciplines focused on digital technologies in your creative practice, you are eligible and encouraged to submit an application!

Creative practitioners working in all visual and performative media incorporating digital systems, including but not limited to: interactive art, robotics, movement/dance, computer gaming, net art, culture-jamming, full-dome video/animation, generative systems, social practice, electronic sculpture, locative media, augmented reality, electronic music/audio art, experimental theater, performance art, telematics, electro-acoustics, sound art, etc. are invited to apply. Collaborations and works-in-progress are welcome and encouraged.

Travel Grants:
A limited number of travel/accommodation grants are available and will be awarded by the festival jurors.

Festival Jurors:
•Joseph DeLappe, Festival Director, Head, Digital Media Area, Department of Art/UNR, -
•Erik Burke, Independent Artist, Reno, Nevada
•Cari K. Cunningham, Associate Professor, Department of Theater and Dance, UNR
•JoAnne Northrup, Director of Contemporary Art Initiatives, Nevada Museum of Art
•Jean-Paul Perrotte, Electronic Music Composer and Lecturer, Department of Music, UNR
•Dan Ruby, Associate Director, Fleischmann Planetarium/UNR
•Dr. Marji Vecchio, Director, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery/UNR

Deadline for submissions: June 15, 2012

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/CHECKLIST:
Please send:
•Appropriate documentation of your work, choose one of the following:
-Video: DVD (NTSC, any region), video on a data DVD (.mov or .avi)
-Powerpoint (please limit to five slides of the work)
-URL (provide specific website address for the proposed work)
-Audio: Playable CD, audio on data CD/DVD (.wav stereo - Fleischmann Planetarium is )

•Please create one document to include:
-a 200 word maximum description of your work/proposal, specify the event(s) to which you are applying (Exhibit, Present, Perform, Project/Sound, Street)
- name and contact info of graduate committee chair/advisor
- inform us of any technical requirements and/or equipment necessary to show or otherwise feature your work and what you might be able to provide in this regard. (.pdf or word)

•A separate file that is your CV/resume (.pdf or word)

•Please label/save/mark your documentation clearly as LAST NAME/FIRST NAME - CATEGORY (e.g.: Exhibit, Present, Perform, Project/Sound, Street)

Entries may be submitted in one of 2 ways:
1. Email us a dropbox or yousendit URL from where we can download your entry (please place all documentation in one folder), to: mailto: prospectives2012@gmail.com

2. Snail mail your entry to:
Prospectives ‘12
c/o Joseph DeLappe
Digital Media Studio
Department of Art/224
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada 89557 USA
775-784-6624
•If you wish the return of your material, please include a SASE•

Questions/Contact:
mailto: prospectives2012@gmail.com or delappe@unr.edu.

This event is sponsored by the Benna Foundation for Excellence in the Fine Arts, The University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Art and The School of the Arts, The Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, the Fleischman Planetarium and Science Center, and the Nevada Museum of Art.

Visit the archive website for Prospectives.09: http://www.unr.edu/art/prospectives09.html

Visit the archive website for The 1st Reno Interdisciplinary Festival of New Media (RIFNM 06):
http://www.unr.edu/art/RIFNM.html

Visible Verse Festival

hshaley — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:45:34 -0500

Visible Verse Festival 2012 Call for Entries and Official Guidelines:

• VVF seeks videopoems with a 12 minutes maximum duration.
• Works will be judged by their innovation, cohesion and literary merit. The ideal videopoem is a wedding of word and image, the voice seen as well as heard.
• Please do not send documentaries as they are outside the featured genre.
• Either official language of Canada is acceptable, though if the video is in French, an English-dubbed or-subtitled version is required. Videopoems may originate in any part of the world.
• Please submit by sending the URL for your videopoem along with a brief bio, full name, and contact information to hshaley@emspace.com. There is no official application form nor entry fee.
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DEADLINE: Aug. 1, 2012

For more information contact Artistic Director Heather Haley at: hshaley@emspace.com

Nida Art Colony: Call for Winter-Spring Residency Applications and Trainee as well as Symposium on Remoteness

nidacolony — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:26:35 -0500

Nida Art Colony: Call for Winter-Spring Residency Applications and Trainee as well as Symposium on Remoteness

Nida Art Colony invites artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers to experience the Winter and Spring on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park (Lithuania).

CALL FOR RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS: BALTIC-NORDIC RESIDENCIES OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2012 AND INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES JANUARY-MAY 2013

Nida Art Colony or NAC welcomes proposals for its upcoming winter residencies. Two types of residencies are available. Residencies with grants will be offered to Baltic and Nordic artists for the term of October to December, 2012. The January to May, 2013, term is open to all applicants.

The NAC is located in a remote and beautiful landscape. The residency is appropriate for those artists seeking time, solitude and big studio or open-air space as well as for those who love coincidences and want to meet artists from all over the world in order to collaborate with them now or in the future. The Colony building also hosts student workshops and international artistic projects for shorter periods of time. The NAC is located in the small resort town of Nida.

The Colony provides the necessary living and social conditions to ensure a comfortable environment for the five artists-in-residence. Each of the five residencies is set out on two floors with 65 sq. m of floor space and features all the necessary facilities. The colony is situated about 600 meters away from the sand dunes, and a short walk from the beach. For a list of available equipment, see www.nidacolony.lt

To get a sense of Colony life and to see A.I.R. portfolios from 2011 please check the Nida Art Colony Log at www.nidacolony.lt/images/log01.pdf and www.nidacolony.lt/images/log02.pdf

More information on facilities, activities and services at www.nidacolony.lt and on Facebook.

Applications for Baltic-Nordic Grants for Residencies in October - December 2012: Follow application guidelines at http://www.nidacolony.lt/en/residence/application. Please, indicate "Baltic-Nordic Grant Application" in the subject line. Only the residents of Baltic-Nordic countries (except Lithuania) are eligible. There are 3 grants for artists and 1 for curator/researcher who is willing to spend 20-30% of his/her residency time co-curating/reseraching residency and colony programme.

Duration: 2 months.

Applications for Residencies in January - May 2013: Follow application guidelines at http://www.nidacolony.lt/en/residence/application. Please indicate "Winter Residency Application" in the subject line.

Duration: 1 to 4 months. The recommended duration of a residency is 2 months.

Costs: Studio and living space rent is 312 Eur/month , including all taxes, use of equipment, communal spaces, and bicycles.

We currently have no grants for January - May applicants, but we will issue a letter of invitation to be used for external grant applications.

Deadline for all applications: June 15, 2012

INTER-FORMAT SYMPOSIUM ON REMOTENESS AND CONTEMPORARY ART, 17-20th of May, 2012, Nida

The symposium is a part of a project of the Baltic-Nordic Network of Remote Art & Residency Centers. The participants will share their experiences working and living in remotely located art & residency centers as directors and cultural managers, and as practicing artists. For the programme and to see the other participating partners, please visit the project blog at http://remotenet.nidacolony.lt/

CALL FOR A TRAINEE

We are looking for an intern to work as an assistant curator, which includes coordination of artist-in-residency and other culture & education programmes. You will also have to assist in daily tasks. We offer a unique experience and reference letters for your future career, as well as free accommodation at the Colony from September 2012 to May 2013. However, you will have to cover your living expenses. You should stay from 4 to 8 months. Please send your CV and a short motivation letter to vytautas@nidacolony.lt till 15th of June, 2012. For more information please visit http://nidacolony.lt/en/colony/internships

The Colony is also waiting for your proposals to make an event (63-beds guesthouse and 3 conference/workshop spaces).

Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Taikos str. 43, Neringa (Nida), Lithuania

Tel.: +370 662 45216, info@nidacolony.lt

Information partners: www.artnews.lt, www.neringafm.lt

Dare2Draw at Society of Illustrators May, 23rd

Dare2Draw — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:39:12 -0500

Come Dare2Draw w/Special Guests Amy Reeder and Tim Hamilton

Featuring 90 minutes of dynamic figure drawing, with live-action models & props and our signature Dare2Draw “Quick Draw” Contests, with all art done on Blue Line Pro boards. The pro art is auctioned for artists-in-need, by Hero Initiative.

*We’ll be giving away some awesome stuff provided by our Sponsors*

***Conveniently located near all trains-easy to get to***
* 2 Dynamic Action Models
* Good lighting and plenty of table space
* Special guest artists
* Low drink/snacks prices
* Artist demos
* Networking with other artists and artist groups
* 15-Minute Quick Draw
* Contests and prizes
* Discounts from sponsors
* Art posted on The Big City Dare2Draw Website
* Portfolio reviews
* Opportunity to promote your own work and websites
…and much, much more...

Facebook Event:
http://www.facebook.com/events/102658793204379/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BigCityDnD

For more information, go to: www.bigcitydare2draw.com

See you soon!
-The Dare2Draw Team

"Then, What If?" - video and sound project

Gene Gort — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:26:59 -0500

Call for Entries DEADLINE AUGUST 1, 2012

Then, what if? - presented by NewMediaNewMusicNewEngland

SEEKING 60 second sound works and 60 second videos from composers and artists living and/or working in the New England states, USA: CT, RI, MA, NH, VT & ME. (ONLY)

(Gene Gort and Ken Steen: co-curators)

"Then, what if?"- an exploration of intentionality and randomness

60 sound pieces and 60 videos will be selected from the call for entries. They will be subject to random and/or intentional pairings for public presentation in a variety of venues. A new web page will be constructed using these works. The web interface will allow visitors to randomly pair sound pieces and videos to create a wide array of juxtapositions and experiences of this collection of sound and image (3600 potential pairings). Additionally, visitors will have the choice to hear/view selected works independently with links to producers. See the existing page from the first call in 2009: http://www.nmnmne.org/what_if.php

Additionally, the project will be available as a screening event to galleries, museums, schools, festivals, etc. A new random shuffle will be generated to create a unique program for each screening event.

TO SUBMIT go to the website call for entries http://www.nmnmne.org/what_if_call2.html

Call for Art - The Artist Showcase International Fine Arts Competition

artisan — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:03:55 -0500

The Artist Showcase International Fine Art Competition is open to All Categories of Artists including: Painters, Sculptors, Photographers and Mixed Media artists everywhere and at all stages in their careers. There will be Separate Winners in each of 5 Categories, including: Contemporary Painting, Realist Painting, Sculpture, Photography and Mixed Media.

Entry to The International Fine Art Competition has begun! Submission Deadline is Nov. 15. Winners will be featured in The Artist Showcase Summer in the Hamptons Issue and Showcased in a National Art Fair.

Ongoing Call for Submissions: YOGUY / TIME BASED FOREVER

Jennifer Chan — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:55:37 -0500

Call For Submissions / YOGUY / TIME BASED FOREVER

!YOGUY IS ACCEPTING VIDEO SUBMISSIONS ALL THE TIME!

YoGuy is an online place for video and performance art.

Our aim:
- To preview and showcase video and/or film from any artist or person that is willing to contribute.
- To see and meet other people through the work they create.
- To be a hub for everyone to enjoy.

YoGuy has a 24/7 open call that will be updated weekly and it is our hope that you will contribute to its growth and prosperity.

Check us out: www.yoguy.info

Contact us anytime: yoguyinfo@gmail.com

Bay Area Currents 2012 “What we can’t see but want to see is art”

Kim — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:23:37 -0500

Selections by Renny Pritikin, Director, Richard L. Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection, University of California, Davis
July 3 - August 24, 2012
Entry Deadline: May 26, 2012
Online Artist Registration: http://proartsgallery.org/callforentry/2012bac.php
Bay Area Currents is a juried exhibition based on studio visits by a regional curator. The exhibition offers a snapshot of the energetic and risk-taking work made in the Bay Area today, selected by a curator who has a clear knowledge of the region, and illustrated by a small number of key artists. The program provides a springboard for emerging artists to establish their work in a critical contemporary art context, and presents new works of high artistic merit.
Juror: Renny Pritikin is the Director of the Richard Nelson Gallery at UC Davis and Senior Adjunct Professor in the curatorial practices graduate program at CCA. Previously, he was the founding Chief Curator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts from 1992 to 2004, and served as Executive Director of New Langton Arts in San Francisco.
Eligibility
Must reside/work within 9 County Greater Bay Area. Final selections will be made in June. Artists or representatives must be available during this scheduled time.
How do I apply?
Standard entries must be submitted online. Works in all media are accepted. New media will only be accepted by mail.
For best results images should be sized to 800 x 800 pixels per inch and at a resolution of 72.
Submission & Fees: Basic entry fee includes up to 3 submissions, additional submissions are $5 each. Five (5) submission max per artist. No refunds. Online Registration: $25 basic entry fee + any additional submission fees + applicable membership. Participating artists must have current Pro Arts membership through August 24, 2012. Visual Aid vouchers accepted. Contact gallery for fee waivers for volunteer service.
Please note: The resume field is text only. Plain text is text without formatting. Sometimes programs like Word, Open Office or some email add invisible marks and characters. Try cutting and pasting your text in the online application - if needed try a plain text editor like notepad or www.editpad.org
Completed Entries Include:
1. Completed Entry Form
2. Up to 5 images
3. Artist Statement: The statement must be no longer than one page. Include your name and contact information on the top.
4. Entry Fees

Online Artist Registration: http://proartsgallery.org/callforentry/2012bac.php

Bay Area Currents 2011 will be held at Pro Arts at Oakland Art Gallery, 150 Frank H. Ogawa, Oakland, CA

SoundCrawl

ethangreene — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:11:30 -0500

CALL FOR WORKS:

Soundcrawl welcomes new media submissions from composers, video artists, sound engineers, sound artists & tinkerers from every corner of the world. If it's adventurous, beautiful, artistic and "plugs in." we'd love to hear it! Video works, installation art and live performances are also welcome.

Length: 15 minutes or less.

GENRES: We accept anything in a fixed digital file, and try to cover our bases for the streams of activity as we see them: synthesis, music concrete, soundscapes & poetry. We also present video art, interactive pieces/installations, and live performances.

FILE TYPE: only .aif audio files titled LASTNAME_TITLE.aif will be accepted. Multichannel works should be clearly labeled and sent in a .zip folder.

Video files should be .mov files also titled LASTNAME_TITLE.mov

DEADLINE: The Call for Works is open until July 1st, 2012. Submitting artists will be notified by September 1st, 2012 and are welcome to attend.

RESIDENCY: there is no residency requirement.

FEES: there is a $5 fee per work submitted.

DISTINCTIVES: SoundCrawl presents the technical specifications of each work selected. Please provide information regarding DAW platform, plugin families, make and model of microphones, etc.

RIGHTS/PERMISSIONS: We produce audio compilations of every festival for sale to help offset costs. We also stream selected works online, and are developing additional avenues to make these incredible works available to an even broader audience. We ask for your permission to include your submitted works in these efforts. We remain committed to the livelihood of our artists through media exposure and commissions, but have found that the administrative costs far outweigh the benefits of managing and distributing royalties. (We tracked and paid royalties our first year and no artist was due more than $1 USD) If you are an artist with representation or an existing distribution deal, feel free to opt out, and we will honor your contracts by omitting your work from the compilations.

NEW THIS YEAR: Prizes!
Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we're pleased to announce the following prizes and categories for the 2012 Festival:

Sound Art: a Zoom H4n and a digital subscription to Electronic Musician

Binaural Audio Miniature: Sennheiser HD280 Headphones and Electronic Musician

Resident Nashville Artist: A one year membership to Brick Factory Nashville and Electronic Musician

Live Performance with Technology: A free copy of Weiv and Electronic Musician

Charismatic Artists for TV show

Toban Nichols — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:45:18 -0500

This is a casting call for a TV pilot about Artists from the city being taken to, and inspired by small towns. REPLY TO THE ADDRESS BELOW.

If you are interested in being considered for the show and getting your work shown to a nationwide audience as well as being a part of a new, interesting concept,
reply to the email below w/ the information requested.
And pass it on to anyone you think might be interested.
If it goes to series, they'll be looking for more and more artists so could be a great opportunity.

Also, you'll have to come to LA for the casting.

title: DESTINATION: INSPIRATION

Encore Road Productions is looking for an artist(s) who will be featured in a pilot project for a reality program, yet to be titled. The theme of the show will focus upon the re-discovery of small towns in America through the eyes of an artist(s). Our main character(s) are looking for NEW INSPIRATION for their work in some of the more hidden and unusual areas of our country. The artist would ideally be fluent in more than one art form, ie: a musician who also paints, or a photographer who also sculpts etc. Actors are ideal in the hopes of a charismatic up front person but we are not limiting ourselves to just actors. Also certainly, any of your celebrity clients who may be interested in hosting such a program would be ideal. Again, think of folks who are talented in more than one medium. Prototypes would be Huell Howser meets Arlo Guthrie or someone certainly with the charm, wit and multi talents of a Steve Martin. We love banjo/guitarists etc.! The artist will also have his/her work showcased weekly…and perhaps, down the line, housed in an on-line museum of ‘Grassroots Impressionism’. We are also considering a duo to host so any ideas in that realm within your client lists are welcome. This is an on the road experience as well so talent must enjoy travel and discovering new places.

We are looking for artists willing to take this journey with us.

REPLY TO: Dan Rosenfeld dbflyer2000@gmail.com

in your email include:
1. your phone number,
2. a link to your portfolio online
3. the medium or mediums you work in, (multiple discipline artists encouraged)
4. if not represented online, your exhibition history for the last 3 years or pertinent projects or experience (a little bit about yourself)

DIY 9:2012 – CALL FOR PROPOSALS

AND Festival — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:19:10 -0500

AND is collaborating with Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and others to participate in DIY 9 – professional development by artists for artists.
Deadline for proposals: 12:00, Mon 14 May 2012

DIY is an opportunity for artists working in Live Art to conceive and run unusual training and professional development projects for other artists.

We want to hear from you if have an idea for an exciting, innovative and idiosyncratic Live Art professional development project that offers something new and is geared to the eclectic and often unusual needs of artists whose practices are grounded in challenging and unconventional approaches, forms and concepts.

LADA are planning to support eleven DIY projects that will take place between August and October 2012. Each project will receive £1,000 support.

DIY projects may take any form, and can be loosely or rigorously focused on an idea or theme of your choosing. However, we also welcome proposals that specifically respond to one of the following themes. Five of the nine DIY projects will be selected according to these opportunities:

1. Live Art, oil sponsorship and the Arab Spring
2. Live Art and Cornwall
3. Live Art and Whitstable Biennale
4. Live Art and Freedom
5. Live Art and Yorkshire Sculpture Park
6. Live Art at Abandon Normal Devices (details below)

HOW TO APPLY

For more information and details on how to apply please visit http://andfestival.org.uk/event/diy-92012-–-call-propsals

Deadline for proposals: 12:00, Mon 14 May 2012

NEW IDENTITY RESIDENCY OPEN CALL

AND Festival — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:15:30 -0500

AND is working in partnership with Rogue Artist Studio Project Space to pilot an new artists’ residency programme in collaboration with the artist Heath Bunting in connection to his ongoing research as part of the Status Project.

The residency will offer the selected particiant(s) a new, off-the-shelf identity and use of the Rogue Artist Studio Project Space from 18 July – 2 September 2012. Alongside these resources there will also be an opportunity to be mentored by Heath Bunting during the residency, in order to develop new work or areas of research.

RESIDENCY DETAILS

The full details of the residency will be worked out in collaboration with the selected participants(s) and their proposed project or research focus.
The residency can offer the following resources:
● The basic elements of a new ready-made identity
● Use of Project Space at Rogue Artists’ Studios 18 July - 2 September 2012
● Mentoring support in project development from AND, Rogue Project Space, Heath Bunting and the Information Systems Department, Salford University Business School
● Access to partner networks, publicity and legal support
The following budget is available to the resident artist (to be managed by AND):
● An artists' fee and stipend of £1500 GBP (to include any materials and/or production and living costs)
● Accomodation and travel expenses to the UK of up to £1000 GBP
If necessary, accommodation can be provided locally and will be discussed at the interview stage.

HOW TO APPLY

For more details and information on how to apply please visit http://andfestival.org.uk/event/new-identity-residency-open-call

Deadline for Applications: 17:00, Fri 18 May 2012

CANAL BOAT RESIDENCY OPEN CALL

AND Festival — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:12:04 -0500

In 2011 AND worked in partnership with the British Waterways and The Waterways Trust to pilot an artists residency programme on the Canals of the Northwest of England. Due to its success we will be offering another unique opportunity for an artist to be in residence on a canal boat on and around the Manchester and Pennine waterways in summer 2012.

RESIDENCY DETAILS

This residency will be based on a Canal Boat on the Manchester and Pennine Waterways, Northwest England for approximately four weeks in August and September 2012. Accommodation will be provided on a canal boat for four weeks, full training on boat handling and maintenance will be provided at the beginning of the residency. A route will be mapped out in collaboration with the resident artists and partner organisations.

The handling of a canal boat requires two people, therefore the residency is open to a minimum of two people. There may be a possibility to provide accommodation for more participants, so the residency encourages applications from collaborating artists, collectives and families (fees and stipend remain the same).

The following budget is available to the resident artist (to be managed by AND):
• An artists' fee and stipend of £1500 GBP (to include any materials and/or production and living costs)
• Travel expenses to the UK of up to £1000 GBP

HOW TO APPLY

For more details and information on how to apply please visit http://www.andfestival.org.uk/event/canal-boat-residency-open-call

Deadline for Applications: 17:00 Fri 25 May 2012

Interviews will be held the w/c 11 June at Cornerhouse, Manchester or via skype.

For an informal discussion prior to submitting an application contact Ruth McCullough, AND Festival Producer residency@andfestival.org.uk

OPen Call for Moving Image

AND Festival — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:08:11 -0500

Each year AND makes an open call for moving image submissions for inclusion in the festival programme and this year is no exception. We are seeking feature films, short films and artists moving image, there are no restrictions on genre, style or duration; we welcome narrative, documentary, live action, hybrids and all shades in between. The festival celebrates innovative national and international filmmaking, and we invite filmmakers, with a transgressive take on society. If this sounds like a piece you’ve completed then show us, fill in our submission form and send your moving image work our way.

HOW TO APPLY
For more details and information on how to apply please visit http://www.andfestival.org.uk/event/open-call-moving-image

Deadline: 5pm Wednesday 30 May 2012

Parsons Journal for Information Mapping Call for Submissions

wannk858 — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:31:48 -0500

Abstracts due: May 21st, 2012
Full submissions due: June 25th 2012

The Parsons Journal for Information Mapping (PJIM) is calling for papers and projects for publication in the Summer Issue – The 3rd Issue of Volume IV. PJIM is an academic journal and online forum designed to share knowledge about information mapping and its related disciplines (information design, data/knowledge visualization, taxonomies, data analytics, informatics, information systems, and graphic interface design).

PJIM is published quarterly by the Parsons Institute for Information Mapping and focuses on both the theoretical and practical aspects of information visualization. With each issue, the Journal aims to present novel ideas and approaches that advance the field of Knowledge Visualization through visual, engineering, and cognitive methods.

We are interested in publishing original essays, academic manuscripts, interactive and non-interactive projects, and project documentation that address representation, processing, and communication of information. PJIM encourages interdisciplinary thinking and approaches.

We are open to submissions regarding, but not limited to, the following disciplines:

• Visual analysis and interpretation,
• Social, political, or economic discourse surrounding information, distribution and use,
• Cognition, thinking, and learning,
• Visual and perceptual literacy,
• Historical uses of information and imagery, and Semiotics

PJIM accepts submissions in the following styles:

• Traditional academic manuscripts that share empirical, methodological, and/or applied findings;
• Research-based academic essays with proper citations;
• Research –and/or interview – based articles; and
• Interactive and non-interactive projects, accompanied by project documentations.

PJIM does not accept “advertorials” or case studies of companies or commercial products.

Abstract Submissions Must Include the Following Information
• Authors (all): name, highest degree, mailing address, phone, fax, e-mail, and institutional affiliation as appropriate
• Biography (all authors): a brief, 25-50 word biography
• Title: title of your submission
• Keywords: a list of 5-10 keywords
• Abstract: description of the proposed, full submission, maximum of 250 words
• Format: description of the format of the final submission and what PJIM should expect to receive from you
• Technologies: description of project tools if applicable (e.g. URL, images, graphics, illustrations, etc.)

All manuscripts and essays must be submitted and formatted in Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format. For more information and submission guidelines, visit http://piim.newschool.edu/journal/submissions

About The Parsons Institute for Information Mapping

The Parsons Institute for Information Mapping (PIIM) is a Research, Development, and Professional Services facility within The New School, located in New York City. PIIM’s mission is to advance the field of Knowledge Visualization through academic and commercial pursuits.

PIIM researchers and staff disseminate their expertise in information categorization, knowledge representation, information taxonomy development, information logic and raking/scoring, knowledge visualization, and Graphic User Interface (GUI) and User Experience Design (UXD) by developing powerful tools and methods for decision makers and analysts. PIIM’s work seeks to increase decision maker and analyst cognition of complex data sets via efficient experiences and visualizations.
In both its own research and its engagements with government agencies, corporations and other organizations, PIIM pushes the boundaries of information, engineering and visual design to develop new ways of thinking about information – and to build and deliver corresponding real world solutions.

For more information, visit http://piim.newschool.edu

Masters of Science by Research in Interdisciplinary Creative Practices

Simon Biggs — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:06:28 -0500

The MSc by Research in Interdisciplinary Creative Practice is a programme of study that engages emerging practices across diverse disciplines in the creative arts, humanities and physical and social sciences.

The programme is predicated on the understanding that the convergent nature of Information and Communication Technologies has facilitated the adoption of methods from across disciplines but recognises that practitioners often require a deeper appreciation and experience of such methods to assure their ability to undertake such practice.

The programme also recognises that potential students may have completed their initial studies in an academic domain and seek to situate that subject knowledge within creative practice. Based in a lively studio environment, drawing on resources within the University and Edinburgh College of Art (eca), the programme introduces students to a wide range of disciplines and associated methods within a critical framework that encourages reflective experimentation.

Students are encouraged to work autonomously and collaboratively and are offered the opportunity to study with others in subject specialisms from across the rich and diverse courses offered by the University and eca. This provision is negotiated with the prospective student from the outset to ensure an appropriate fit and the viability of the overall programme of the student's study

BWPWAP - transmediale 2013

Kristoffer Gansing — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:55:10 -0500

Back When Pluto Was a Planet

transmediale 2013 - Call for Works
Deadline: 30 June 2012

transmediale is Berlin's annual festival for cultural activities crossing art, culture and technology.
For its 26th edition, from 29 January to 3 February 2013 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, transmediale once again calls for contributions.

Entries are now open for the transmediale 2013 programme which will consist of installations, film and video screenings, workshops, performances, talks and discussions. Even though transmediale is always interested in works exploring new technologies, either as a theme or as form, no genres or media are excluded. The exhibition programme is particularly oriented towards artworks that explore ambiguous and problematic relationships to technology and challenge common perceptions of it as a rational or creative tool. The video programme is devoted to contemporary artistic video works and experimental film screenings with historical references. Live audiovisual manifestations of old and new media form the main focus of our performance programme. The workshop and talk programme explores the critical dimension of networking, hacktivism, media theory and the politics of technological development.

2013 Thematic framework
BWPWAP - Back When Pluto Was a Planet
The Imaginary Museum I

Can impossible and unrealistic uses and abuses of technology be translated into new cultural imaginaries? Into networks out of place and out of time? Like BWPWAP!?

Back When Pluto Was a Planet: with this title transmediale 2013 will explore the simultaneous displacement and invention that takes place in cultural processes mediated by technology.

BWPWAP is a popular net culture acronym referring to the cancellation of Pluto's planetary status in 2006 and is commonly used whenever one wants to point out that a statement or opinion is resting on no longer valid data. It can also be read as the recollection of a poetic imagination rendered obsolete by new technological knowledge paradigms. The decision to degrade Pluto's status in the planetary system is a testimony to how new technologies and discourses decontextualise networks that were once thought to be stable and lead to recontextualisations that are reshaping the very imaginary of culture.

transmediale 2013 calls upon artists, users and theorists to contribute to the creation of new cultural imaginaries, where behaving like BWPWAP is a dissident creative act. On the one hand we are looking for works that interrogate processes of techno-cultural displacement: outsourcing, digital labor, user-generated content and prod-usage as phenomena that work to redefine cultural production. But equally we are interested in processes of invention: when networked collaboration and participation have become compulsory components of a new cultural industry, what are the critical technological practices? We recognise the user as a highly inventive figure occupying this techno-cultural landscape with all sorts of unruly and irritated behaviour, far beyond the straight-jacket of the notion of “the ideal user.” In the digital business world, where the user and not the customer is king, what kind of user agencies exist and how can we grasp the complex games of adaptation and appropriation that have unfolded within online as well as offline user cultures?

Selection process
Even though the themes of the transmediale are set by the curatorial team, the focus of the individual programmes are further developed in relation to the works submitted in response to this call for works. In this way we strive to create a dialogue between the thematic ideas and current artistic practice. The final programme of the festival eventually consists of a mix of invited participants, projects of our all-year platform (reSource - transmedial culture berlin) and contributions selected through the call. The review process lasts until the end of August.

In mid September, a list of the entries selected through the call for works will be published on http://www.transmediale.de. No further notification will be given to those applicants who were not selected.

Keywords
the imaginary, classification, nightmares of participation, dematerialisation, decontextualisation, shifts, alternative temporalities, semantic networks, WFIOTN (We Found It On The Net), appropriation, out of place, textual economies, critical literacies, taxonomy, rematerialisation, language games, recontextualisation , displacement, irritated memories, categorization, invention, user culture, lusers, lamers, prod-users, outsourcing, machine bastards, anachronisms, fictive materialities, reemergence from nowhere, intergalactic fantasies, delocalisation, telework, WHYUWWM (We Hope You Understand What We Mean)

1st International Workshop on Musical Metacreation (MUME2012)

Graeme McCaig — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:29:59 -0500

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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((( MUME 2012 )))
1st International Workshop on Musical Metacreation
http://www.metacreation.net/mume2012/

Held at the Eighth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and
Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'12)
Stanford, Palo Alto, California, USA
October 9, 2012

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Deadline for Paper and Demo Submissions:
*** July 6, 2012 ***

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We are delighted to announce the 1st International Workshop on Musical Metacreation (MUME2012) to be held October 9, 2012, in conjunction with the Eighth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE'12).

Thanks to continued progress in artistic and scientific research, a new possibility is emerging in our musical relationship with technology: Generative Music or Musical Metacreation, the design and use of computer music systems which are "creative on their own". Metacreation involves using tools and techniques from artificial intelligence, artificial life, and machine learning, themselves often inspired by cognitive and life sciences. Musical Metacreation suggests exciting new opportunities to enter creative music making: discovery and exploration of novel musical styles and content, collaboration between human performers and creative software "partners", and design of systems in gaming and entertainment that dynamically generate or modify music.

The workshop will bring together artists, practitioners and researchers interested in developing software and systems that autonomously (or interactively) recognize, learn, represent, complete, accompany, compose or interpret music. In particular, emphasis will be put on systems with real-time aspects, since these are relevant to both art and entertainment communities.

Topics
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We encourage paper and demo submissions on topics including the following:
* Novel representations of musical information
* Systems for autonomous or interactive music composition
* Systems for automatic generation of expressive musical interpretation
* Systems for learning or modelling music style and structure
* Systems for intelligently remixing or recombining musical material
* Advances or applications of AI, machine learning, and statistical techniques for musical purposes
* Advances or applications of evolutionary computing or agent and multiagent-based systems for musical purposes
* Computational models of human musical creativity
* Techniques and systems for supporting human musical creativity
* Online musical systems (i.e. systems with a real-time element)
* Adaptive music in video games
* Methodologies for, and studies reporting on, evaluation of musical metacreations
* Emerging musical styles and approaches to music production and performance involving the use of AI systems

Format and Submissions
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The workshop will be a one day event including:
* Presentations of TECHNICAL PAPERS
* Presentations of POSITION PAPERS relevant to Musical Metacreation and its future
* Presentations of DEMONSTRATIONS
* One or more PANEL SESSIONS (potential topics include international collaborations, evaluation methodologies, industry engagement, generative music in art vs. games)

For complete details on attendance, submissions and formatting, please visit the workshop website:
*** http://www.metacreation.net/mume2012/ ***

Important Dates
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Submission deadline: July 6, 2012
Notification date: August 3, 2012
Accepted Author CRC due to AAAI Press: August 17, 2012
Workshop date: October 9, 2012

Workshop Organizers
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Dr. Philippe Pasquier (Workshop Chair)
School of Interactive Arts + Technology (SIAT)
Simon Fraser University

Dr. Arne Eigenfeldt
The School for the Contemporary Arts
Simon Fraser University

Dr. Oliver Bown
Design Lab, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
The University of Sydney

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http://www.metacreation.net/mume2012/

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