2008 Grants - MoCC - Museum of Contemporary Cinema, Madrid
The grants are given to experimental films, as well as installations and performances.
All filmmakers regardless of nationality, age, or place of residence are eligible to apply. There is no fee or limit to the number of works submitted by each apllicant. Two grants of Euro 4,000 are awarded anually.

 

 

 

Gasworks, London -Showtime: a project geared towards performance
7th August 2008 - 16th August 2008
DEADLINE: Friday 6th June 2008, 5pm.
Since 2006, Gasworks has organised an annual summer open submission project that concentrates on one art form. This year, the focus will be on performance. How applicants approach performance can vary from the lecture and conference format, walks and outdoor interventions, to experimental dance, live art and theatre.

The Abraaj Capital Prize 2009
Application Deadline: 5pm Sunday 15th June 2008
Recognised curators from any nationality are invited to submit one or more proposals for separate exhibitions with individual artists currently working in the Middle East, North Africa or South Asia. Each successful proposal will receive up to $200,000 to include production costs, transport and travel for both curator and artist. Included in the budget will be a fee of $15,000 for the curator.
The final exhibitions will be shown at Art Dubai in March 2009

 

 

Frieze Writer's Prize 2008
Closing date is: 23rd June 2008
frieze magazine writer's prize is an annual award to discover and promote new art critics. The award will be judged in 2008 by Tate Triennial curator Nicolas Bourriaud, frieze co-editor Jennifer Higgie and Guardian critic Adrian Searle.

 

 

 

FLAG METAMORPHOSES
Next deadline: August 30, 2008 (and ongoing)
A participatory art project - a continuously growing series of animations with many authors:
The flags of every nation in the world will transform into each other through flash animation.Between each two flags, scenes appear that show an aspect of the relations between the two countries and their symbols. This series of animations is an exploration into the meaning of imagery on flags, aiming to create interrelated associations through questioning, reassessing, fluidizing and re-mixing of diverse national iconography.
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DISONANCIAS
Call for artists to collaborate on joint research projects with companies and organisations located in the Basque country, Spain
Fields of research: mainly associated with urban dynamics, creative environments, technologies (data visualisation) and materials (glass, wire). DISONANCIAS is pleased to announce the call for proposals from international artists who wish to participate in its third annual edition.

 

 

WEST SPACE, Melbourne, Australia
invites artists / artist collectives / curators to submit proposals to exhibit between
February - June 2009
Proposals must be received on or before 5pm Friday 30 May 2008
West Space is a non-profit artist-led organisation supporting the activities of artists within a critical context. West Space programming foregrounds engaged artistic practice which is challenging, experimental, exploratory, and diverse.

 

 

Deadline 30 June, 2008
In collaboration with Chinese Arts Centre, 501 Artspace will open their residency programme to all artists. Artists can select their duration of stay between 1 - 3 months.

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Artist-in-Residence at Durham Cathedral, UK
Deadline 31 May 2008
Applications for the 2008/9 (beginning 1 October 2008)

Artists working in the visual arts are invited to apply for this Residency, which provides the opportunity for an artist to assess their development and practice, during their time in Durham

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