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INTERACTIVOS? LIMA'08: MAGIC AND TECHNOLOGY - International Project Development Workshop

INTERACTIVOS? LIMA'08: MAGIC AND TECHNOLOGY - International Project Development Workshop
Open Call for Projects. Deadline: August 31, 2008
Open Call for Collaborators: September 15, 2008

Dates : October 10 through 24, 2008
At the Cultural Center of Spain in Lima (Peru)

Organized by Medialab-Prado (The Arts Area - Town Hall of Madrid) and the Cultural Center of Spain in Lima (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation - AECID)

Medialab-Prado and the Cultural Center of Spain in Lima (Peru) issue a call for the submission of projects to be developed as part of the Interactivos? Lima'08: Magic and Technology workshop, which will take place from October 10 through 24, 2008. This two-weeks workshop will be led by Julian Oliver (New Zealand/Spain), Clara Boj (Spain), Diego Díaz (Spain), and Kiko Mayorga (Peru). At the end of the workshop, projects will be exhibited at the Cultural Center from October 24 through November 6, 2008.

The call is aimed at artists, magicians, engineers, musicians, programmers, designers, architects, hackers, psychologists, or any other person interested in presenting a project on this topic.

The call is open to projects and collaborators from international and local spheres.

A maximum of 10 projects will be selected.

[Core Themes]

This new edition of Interactivos? is inspired by the strategies of magic and illusion, in order to harness some of the old and new technological resources to collectively build software pieces and interactive installations which can propose a rethinking of the usual scenario in magic tricks, marked by a very clear separation between the wizard and the spectators.

This open call follows the one celebrated with the same title in Madrid in 2007 and suggests to broaden the topic Magic and Technology through the exploration of the meanings of the magic concept within the local context of Peru.

Through a programme of reflection, research and production, Interactivos? Lima'08: Magic and Technology's goals are:

· To propose magic and illusion as an approach for experiments on perception and attention, behaviour and social relationships.

· To propose a critical viewpoint on the seduction of technology and its application on the spectacle as a tool of persuasion and control.

[General Characteristics]

This workshop aims to be a collective platform for research, production, and learning, offering substantial help and support in developing the projects selected. The proposals will be carried out in multidisciplinary work groups comprised by the author(s) and interested collaborators, with conceptual and technical advice from the teaching staff.

The selected projects must be open to the participation of other interested collaborators, who will be able to contribute to the production of the pieces during the development of the workshop. Therefore, there are two levels of involvement with the workshop: as a project leader, or as a collaborator in any one of the selected projects. Once the projects have been selected, the second step in the process will involve a new call for those people who would like to participate in the projects' production (open call for collaborators: September 15, 2008).

Proposals can be presented individually or as a collective. Each participant or team can present as many projects as they would like.

[Lodging and Travel]

Pending application and for participants residing outside Lima, lodging will be provided at a hostel for the authors of the selected projects.

Travel expenses will also be covered for one person for each of the selected projects.

The list of selected projects will be published on September 10, 2008

Open call for collaborators: September 15, 2008

For information, complete call guidelines and submissions:
[email protected]
[email protected]

http://medialab-prado.es/interactivos
http://www.ccelima.org/

Director & Projects Assistant, Lumen, Leeds, UK

Director & Projects Assistant, Lumen, Leeds, UK
NB - the closing date for both positions is 1 September 2008

Director
Lumen is looking for an inspirational Director to develop and shape the organisation's future programme, as it responds to new challenges in the field of media art.

The successful applicant will be a creative, responsible leader, providing artistic and organisational direction for Lumen, devising and delivering artistic projects, generating income, developing the AV resource, establishing new partnerships, and acting as a respected figurehead as the company enters a new period in its business development.

download the Directorship application pack »
http://www.lumen.org.uk/lumen_director_app.pdf

Projects Assistant
Lumen requires a highly motivated Projects Assistant to support two key strands of the organisation's activities.

Working alongside the Director and the Technical Manager, the successful applicant will assist in all stages of project development and delivery, supporting both the AV resource, and Lumen's own curated arts projects.

download the Projects Assistant application pack »
http://www.lumen.org.uk/lumen_projects_assist_app.pdf
 

Lumen is a Leeds based not-for-profit arts organisation with a national and international reputation for producing challenging, high quality arts programmes. Lumen’s activities include the operation of an AV equipment hire resource, technical consultancy, project management, and the development of an artistic programme which generates learning and educational resources. Central to Lumen’s artistic programme is the production of Evolution, which each year brings together international artists, filmmakers and curators for a programme of screenings, lectures, live performances and exhibitions.

LUMEN
http://www.lumen.org.uk/

Call for submissions - itch Magazine, South-Africa

Call for submissions - itch Magazine, South-Africa
Deadline: September 7, 2008

Submissions:
Let's face it – themes are kind of "done". Not all that exciting any more. But they do serve a purpose in terms of organising submissions and inviting more focussed contemplation. So, the online ITCH magazines will be themed... but in an abstract way. Our themes are drawn from the things that we use every day: punctuation symbols. Yep, we know it's a little "left-field", but we think it might be fun. If it doesn't really work out, we can always change our minds later.

The theme for the second issue is: *

What does this mean? You tell us. You can interpret this in any way that you wish, visually or textually. We want our themes to be provocative rather than prescriptive.

Online Submission Guidelines:

Don't send work that has been published or submitted elsewhere. We rely on contributor's good faith in this respect, but should we discover that a published piece has appeared elsewhere, we reserve the right to remove it.

Text submissions:

No longer than 2500 words. (We know the web is unlimited, but most web-readers attention spans are not!)
Please submit in an unformatted Word document.
Any form of poetry, prose, fiction or non-fictional, creative or journalistic, public or private writing is welcome.
An accompanying illustration may be submitted. Must be in JPG format, and no larger than 1MB.
Audio files are welcome (recordings of your poetry, prose, song lyrics or opinions).
Book reviews welcome. Please keep them to about 500 words and include full details of the book you are reviewing (author, publication date, publisher, etc.)
Visual submissions:

Anything from 1 – 8 images. If you are submitting more than one image, please ensure that they are part of some kind of series (i.e. no arbitrary collection of portfolio shots).
Must be in JPG format, and no larger than 1MB per image.
Must be accompanied by a title (even if untitled), year of production, and a very short abstract/explanation.
Multimedia files welcome (animations, short films, etc)
Submissions for the cover image are welcome. Please follow the format that you see on the home page. If you don't make it on to the cover the work will still be considered for a feature.

All submissions:

Must include name, e-mail and telephone number of contributor, and a short biography.
Feel free to include a link to your webpage.
Submit all work via e-mail to the ITCH editor.

Further information
http://www.itch.co.za/submissions/

Gallery Manager, Cubitt Gallery, London

Gallery Manager, Cubitt Gallery, London
Deadline: Friday, August 22, 2008
Part Time, £24,150 pro rata

The successful candidate will have experience of working with artists, programme and financial management, fundraising and administration and will play a leading role in the strategic development of the organisation.

Since April 2001 Cubitt has received regular Arts Council funding for the gallery and its programme of exhibitions and events.

Cubitt also runs a number of education projects and we have recently commenced a three-year partnership with Deutsche Bank to realise projects with secondary schools.

The manager is responsible for the overall smooth running of the gallery including financial management, marketing, general day-today office management, fundraising and co-ordination of voluntary staff.

The successful candidate will play a leading role in the strategic development of the organisation, taking on and managing a number of existing projects, as well as being the main contact for the Arts Council and Deutsche Bank.

The post is 4 days per week and along with the education coordinator (2 days per week) and the bookkeeper (1 day per week), this is the only salaried position within Cubitt’s organisational structure.

He/She works closely with the curator and education coordinator and is managed by Cubitt Members and the Board of Trustees. The manager is assigned a support person and an advisor (both Cubitt Members).

There is also a team of Cubitt Members dedicated to working on the installation of exhibitions.

THERE IS NO CURATORIAL ELEMENT WITHIN THE ROLE.

Further information - www.cubittartists.org.uk

CUBITT
Gallery and Studios
8 Angel Mews
London N1 9HH
T +44 (0)20 7278 8226
F +44 (0)20 7278 2544
Open: Wednesday-Sunday 12-6pm

 

The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation, Arts Writers Grant Program

Arts Writers Grant Program
Online application form will open on Monday, August 4, 2008
Deadline for completed applications is Monday, September 22, 2008

The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program announces its third round of grants as part of the Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Initiative.

The online application form will open on Monday, August 4, 2008 and the deadline for completed applications is Monday, September 22, 2008.

The Arts Writers Grant Program recognizes and supports individual writers working on contemporary visual art through project-based grants ranging from 3,000 USD – 50,000 USD. Writers who meet the program's eligibility requirements are invited to apply for grants in the following categories: articles, short-form writing, and blogs/new and alternative media. (Please note that the program also funds book projects; however, the deadline for applications to this category has already passed.)

For guidelines and eligibility requirements, please visit http://www.artswriters.org

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS/ PERFORMERS FOR SITE-SPECIFIC WORK IN MANHATTAN

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS/ PERFORMERS FOR SITE-SPECIFIC WORK IN MANHATTAN

LOSS & V are two artists based in London and Switzerland collaborating on a project in NY .
Their project will take place at a gallery where 45 seated people will face the street . Those seated will  be instructed by an artist to follow verbal communication in response to passers by/ the situation .

LOSS & V will  acknowledge the contributors` names in their work as well as place limited edition certificates for the participants which constitutes a work of art.

WHEN
20-24th of OCTOBER 08.

WHERE
ROGERS SMITH LAB GALLERY,CORNER LEXINGTON AVE. AND 47TH STREET.

FOR HOW LONG
5-7pm  NIGHTLY .

All participants should arrive by 5 pm each day for registration and quick rehearsal.
We would like to find people to be there for all four nights.

If you are interested to participate please contact Veronika [email protected] with the following personal details.

NAME
PRENAME
AGE
EMAIL
PHONE
ADDRESS

Veronika Spierenburg
www.veronikaspierenburg.com

Sophie Loss
www.sophieloss.com

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - 'KITCHEN', The Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Switzerland

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - 'KITCHEN', The Belluard Bollwerk International, Fribourg, Switzerland
Deadline: 15th of September 2008

The Belluard Bollwerk International and the Migros-Kulturprozent are looking for artistic projects, outrageous designs, playful idea’s or radical concepts that re-invent the festival kitchen.

At the heart of every artistic process there is always a kitchen. A cooking place, an eating and meeting place – a place that nourishes creative discussions.

In reference to the idea of a festival as a temporary community, as a place that, during two weeks, offers both a professional context for strong work of international artists and a convivial setting for exchange between artists, locals, visitors and professionals, the Belluard Bollwerk International is looking for a 'kitchen’.

Although its main function is supposed to be preparing food and eating, the festival kitchen can be the center of other activities as well: an environment for discussion and exchange, a space for collaboration, an interface between the city and the festival, a spot to relax and ease the mind, a space for ongoing artistic process, a centre for other satellite projects, or a location for active or passive spectatorship. Often, the kitchen is the most comforting space at a festival, where artists and visitors can congregate.

In all these respects, the ‘kitchen’ can be the heart and hearth of the festival.

• The ‘kitchen’ will have as its location the surroundings of the Belluard fortress, the core venue of the festival, during the festival.

• The call is open to all: to artists and practitioners from other fields.

• The contest will take place in two stages:

◦ in a first round between 4 and 8 proposals will be selected by a professional jury (art practitioners and specialists from other fields). The selected proposals will have the possibility to be further
developed during a residency in Fribourg, in collaboration with a group of mentors (specialists from different fields).
◦ in a second round, 1 project will be selected by a professional jury.

• The selected project will be realised as a part of the Belluard Festival 2009 and will be re-used for the next editions of the festival.

• Out of all the received projects a jury-selection will be exhibited during the Belluard Festival 2009.

• A detailed information brochure about the Contest 2009 (plan of the site, pictures, capacity, ....) will be available at the Belluard Festival 08 (June 24th to July 5th 08). Starting June 24th 08, it will be available for download on the website www.belluard.ch, or, on request, can be sent to you via post or e-mail.

RULES

• Each project is to be presented on maximum four A4-format pages or two A3-format pages, including plans, drawings, photo’s, personal details, address etc.
• Applications must be written in English, German or French. (German and French applications should include an English summary of 1000 characters).
• For the first round projects must be sent by September 15th 2008.
Proposals by post are to be sent to Belluard Bollwerk International, Contest 2009, PO Box 214, 1701 Fribourg, Switzerland (Postal stamp is proof). Proposals by e-mail are to be sent to [email protected], with as subject “CONTEST 2009” (by 11pm Swiss time at the latest).
• The results of the first round will be announced by e-mail the latest middle October 2008.
• A residency in Fribourg (travel, accommodation, per diems) + a fee of 500 CHF will be offered to each of the selected proposals for the further development of the project.
• For the second round the projects must be sent by December 15th 2008.
Proposals by post are to be sent to Belluard Bollwerk International, Contest 2009, PO Box 214, 1701 Fribourg, Switzerland (Postal stamp is proof). Proposals by e-mail are to be sent to [email protected], with as subject “CONTEST 2009” (by 11pm Swiss time at the latest).
• The final results will be announced by e-mail the latest end of January 2009.
• The final selected project will be produced by the Belluard Festival and the winner will receive a fee (more details in the information brochure, available as from June 24th 2008).
• The jury reserves the right not to comment on its decision.
• The material sent will not be returned.

PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR

• Mentoring in Fribourg by a group of specialists in November 2008 (detailed dates will be published in the information brochure, available as from June 24th 2008)
• A production period in Fribourg in June 2009.
• The project will be presented and used during the Belluard Festival 2009,
between June 21st and July 6th 2009 (exact dates tbc).
For further information : http://www.belluard.ch/en/contest2009

 

Call for Film & Video : JOSH - Bank Street Arts, Sheffield

Call for Film & Video : JOSH - Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
Deadline 22nd September, 2008

Open submission for artists' film and video which comments on or uses humor,
for screening at 'Josh', an evening of performance and artists moving image.
Josh is part of a series of events to be held at Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
to coincide with the Grin up North Comedy Festival.

Please send work on DVD
to Josh, 60 Craneford Way, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 7SE.

Information on JOSH
http://www.bankstreetarts.com/

5th PAINTING PRIZE - CASTELLÓN COUNTY COUNCIL, SPAIN

5th PAINTING PRIZE
CASTELLÓN COUNTY COUNCIL
Deadline : September 15th 2008

We have reasons to congratulate again. The announcement of another edition of the International Painting Prize of the Castellón County Council, in which this is the fifth edition, has to fulfilll with pride and satisfaction all the citizens of the County.

First, because it implies the consolidation of a unique painting sample in our country and, second, because it has already become a referent which shows the name of our province all over the world.

It is not said by us. It is said by the amount of participation and the statistics, which grow each year and overcome their own registers. It is enough to remember the 450 artists who participated last year, representing a total of 30 different countries from the five continents.

This is the essence of our prize: to break the participation boundaries that have ever been reached by a cultural prize of any county and to open doors to international recognition to artists that were not much known until now.

That is why we can state proudly that the Prize of Castellón marks tendencies in the Contemporary Art and, one year more, we must congratulate for the well done job.

Carlos Fabra
President of Castellón County Council.

Submission entries: from July 15th to September 15th 2008, in the website: http://certamenpintura.dipcas.es

An e-mail address ([email protected]) shall be available at Castellón County Council for enquiries.

CONDITIONS WHICH RULE THE V INTERNATIONAL PAINTING PRIZE OF THE CASTELLON COUNTY COUNCIL. YEAR 2008.

FIRST. ANNOUNCEMENT

The Castellón County Council organizes the V International Painting Prize as a competitive event with the aim of supporting and promoting young and avant-garde art, and contributing to the establishment of the artists' reputation and to the appearance of new talents in the contemporary art scene.

The present conditions depend on the General Law 38/2003 of the Subsidies and the General Law of Subsidies of the Castellón County Council, which was passed in the plenary session on 22/03/2005 and published in the BOP nº 55 on 07/05/2005.

The Contest is focused on the 'expanded painting', that is, the relationship and interaction between the painting and other means like the photography, video, installation, sculpture or new technologies. The works can have all kinds of supports, being painting the fundamental and basic element.

SECOND. BENEFICIARIES

The Contest will have an internationalprojection, so that all the interested artists can present their works without regarding at their nationality, residence or age.

Each artist can present one only painting work.

THIRD. OBJECT

The works have to be original and topics and techniques will be free. None of the painting dimensions can exceed 2 meters.

Paintings previously selected by the Jury will be presented in stretcher or rigid support and framed by a simple wooden strip whose thickness cannot exceed 2 centimetres. In any case the works will be admitted if they are protected with a glass.

FOURTH. PROCESS OF PARTICIPATION

In order to participate is necessary to enter in the web http://certamenpintura.dipcas.es and to fill up the required fields:

• Participation Form

• Brief Curriculum Vitae

• An image in JPG or GIF formats of the painting which takes part. The image's size cannot exceed 1 Megabyte. The sending of videos has to be in AVI of WMB formats with a size not greater than 2 Megabytes.

• Payment of 25,00 euros, which can be carried out with:

Virtual TPV with credit card

Through a deposit in the bank:
- Data of the Bank account:
HOLDER: Diputación Provincial de Castellón.
BANK: Santander Central Hispano
ACCOUNT: 0049-6658-61-2616165420
IBAN: ES 14-0049-6658-6126-1616-5420

- Data which have to appear in the transference:
Name of the participant
Concept: V Certamen Internacional de Pintura

FIFTH. PROCESS OF SELECTION

The Jury will be formed by:
- President: The Vice President of the Castellon County Council culture delegate.
- Members: 5 people with recognised international prestige among critics of art, museum directors, artists, etc.
- Secretary: the Chief of Culture-Sports section of the Castellon County Council.

First of all, the Jury will select a maximum of 20 paintings within all the ones presented at the Contest which fulfill all the required conditions.

These works will be the ones sent to the MUSEU de Castellón in order to set up the exhibition and this will be the moment in which the Jury will choose the winner of this Contest.

The authors are obliged to cede all the rights to the Castellón County Council to reproduce their works in the Catalogue and to the public communication in the exhibition without any complaint.

The winner painting will be property of the Castellón County Council and it will take part of its contemporary art collection.

SIXTH. THE HANDING OVER OF THE FINALISTS

The Castellón County Council will only keep in touch with the finalists chosen by the Jury.

The selected works will be sent to the 'MUSEU DE BELLES ARTS DE CASTELLÓ', in Avda. Hermanos Bou nº 28, 12003 Castellón de la Plana. Phone number: 964727500

Each work has to be accompanied with a brief Curriculum of the author, a photograph of the work, and a photocopy of his/her Identity Card.

The sending and withdrawal of the works will be always the matter of the contestants, as well as the transport insurance, without any complaint to the Castellón County Council due to possible losses or flaws which may be produced either in the sending and in the return.

The Castellón County Council will take the greatest care of all the received works. However, it would not answer to the loss, flaw, robbery, or any other act not involved in its wish, of the delivered works, even if this act is produced by a fortuitous case or owing to circumstances beyond our control, being the author's account and risk the damage that the works may suffer. The contestants can contract an insurance on their own which covers the pointed risks, without claiming any amount to the Castellón County Council for this concept.

SEVENTH. JURY MINUTES

The Jury Minutes should be passed by the government committee of the Castellón County Council, with previous ruling by the Informative commission of Culture-Sports, and it will be published in this Institution's web page.

EIGHTH. ECONOMIC PACKAGE

The V International Painting Contest has an economic package of 60.000 euros, which will be assigned entirely to the author of the winner work. The IRPF retention will be applied over this amount, according to the legal normative. If the Jury estimates that none of the works deserve the prize, it would rest not awarded.

NINTH. ACCEPTATION OF THE CONDITIONS

The presentation of this Contest implies the acceptation of the present conditions.

In the case of conflict or complaint, the Courts with jurisdiction over the city of Castellón de la Plana will be competent.

CALENDAR

Admission of the participation form, curriculum, jpg and payment: 15th July-15th September 2008
Choice of the finalists by the Jury : Ending of October 2008
Exhibition of the paintings in Museum BB.AA. of Castellón: November-December 2008
Winner choice
Return of the works: Once the exhibition will be finished

CALL FOR PROJECTS - PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA

CALL FOR PROJECTS - PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA 
Deadline: October 15, 2008

Exhibition Dates: December 4-27, 2008

PUNCH Gallery presents an international call for artist projects. The winning project will be exhibited at PUNCH Gallery, located in the Pioneer Square area of downtown Seattle, during the month of December, 2008, and will provide an excellent opportunity to gain exposure within the Northwest regional art scene.

Artists from any country may submit a project proposal in any medium. In addition to solo or group exhibitions within the category of visual arts, artists are encouraged to submit project proposals in the fields of new media, video, sound, installation, theatre, music, or any other project appropriate for the gallery space.

The entrant will be repsonsible for the installation of the project, shipping of works, and any costs relating to the project. PUNCH will, however, provide an honorarium to the winning applicant to help cover travel and expenses. In addition to providing our space for the month of December, PUNCH will also provide a printed announcement, vinyl lettering for the window, and a case of wine for the opening.

Members of PUNCH are not eligible to enter.

More Information
http://www.punchgallery.org/juried2008/index.html

About PUNCH Gallery

PUNCH was founded in March 2006 by a group of artists eager to participate in the dynamic cultural exchange resulting from the emergence of other artist-run galleries in Seattle. PUNCH seeks to exhibit work that is honest, thoughtful, vocal, fearless, and fresh. Applauding individual expression, the gallery’s primary mission is to provide support and encouragement for artists to create and exhibit their work in an atmosphere free from the constraints of commercialism. Committed to excellence on every level, PUNCH promotes the visual arts as a necessary, valid, and worthwhile contribution to Seattle’s cultural growth.

http://www.punchgallery.org