Art Opportunities!

Harcourt House 2013/14 Gallery Exhibition Programming

2012-05-30T18:34:00.001+02:00

DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2012

Harcourt House Arts Centre is currently accepting submissions for our 2013/ 2014 gallery exhibition programming for the Main Gallery and Front Room Gallery exhibition spaces. For proposals to be considered submission packages must be postmarked by June 30, 2012.Harcourt House Arts Centre's exhibition programming aims to expose artists and the community to the diverse, challenging work of local, national and international contemporary artists. The centre actively promotes work that does not conform to the restrictions inherent in both the commercial or other public gallery systems.

Calls for submission are open to individual visual artists, teams of visual artists, curators, artist co-op's and organizations and includes all visual art disciplines. Exhibitions are selected by an independent jury comprised of professional artists, educators and arts administrators.

The Front Room space showcases new work fresh out of the studio, experimental work, work in it's final stages of creation and timely projects from all visual art disciplines. Submissions for this space are ongoing.

The Main Gallery showcases work in all disciplines. Work is expected to be highly resolved in both concept and in execution and must have been produced within the past two years at the time of application. Calls for submission for the Main Gallery Space take place semiannually; June 30 and November 30.

Submission criteria for Front Room and Main Gallery Spaces

•    C.V.
•    Artist/curatorial statement
•    Project description/proposal including gallery space you are applying for
•    10 – 15 good quality digital images of recent work *refer to digital images link for guidelines*
•    Slide list including: title, dimensions, medium, and date
•    Any other relevant support material including press clippings, audio/video tape or CD/ROM
•    Self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish to have your package returned
•    Artists should have demonstrated at least 2 years commitment to studio work outside of an institution

NOTE: Curriculum vitae (C.V.), artist statement, plan of activity and slide list must be submitted in hard copy AND digitally as a writable Word or Open Office document. Files must be Mac compatible. NO PDFs.

Incomplete packages and e-mail submissions will NOT be considered.

For full submission details and more about Harcourt House Arts Centre visit www.harcourthouse.ab.ca

Please mail submissions postmarked by June 30, 2012 to:
Main Gallery Submission
or Front Room Gallery Submission
Harcourt House Arts Centre
3rd Floor, 10215 – 112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta.
Canada
T5K 1M7

For inquiries regarding the submission process to: harcourtexhibit@shaw.ca or call 780.426.4180

Incomplete proposal packages will NOT be considered

Gallery Hours:
Open M-F, 10 am to 5 pm & Saturdays, 12 to 4 pm

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Basic.fm call for work

2012-05-30T18:30:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 11th June 2012

Basic.fm is an online radio station that forms part of Pixel Palace, an exciting programme of digital arts and new media at Tyneside Cinema. Basic.fm (Broadcast Art, Sound & Independent Culture) is an online space that can be inhabited by artists, curators, thinkers and interesting people with something to share.

Since launching in November 2011, basic.fm has commissioned an exciting number of leading artists, including Mark Vernon, The Noize Choir, Ed Carter, Sarah Boothroyd and Vicki Bennett (People Like Us).

In August, Pixel Palace is exhibiting a new commission, Mariner 9 by Kelly Richardson – an epic video art installation at Whitley Bay's historic Spanish City Dome this August. This exhibition will coincide with the landing of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory aka "Curiosity", on the planet Mars.

In a 12 metre-long panoramic installation, the work is a human-scale version of Mars a century or two from now, and a battlefield of real and imagined spacecraft in the centre of a dust storm. Taking NASA's own imagery and technical data of the Martian landscape, Kelly has created an uber-realistic red planet, minutely replicating its distinctive geology, weather patterns and soundscape.
For more on Mariner 9 visit: http://www.thepixelpalace.org/events/mariner9
What we are looking for

We are seeking participation from artists, curators, collectors and archivists on the themes surrounding Mariner 9 e.g. space, mars, the environment and sci-fi. Contributions will be scheduled to play on basic.fm from 1st August 2012. Submissions can include new or existing work, collections, archival material, sound art, spoken word, curated programmes and interviews.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 11th June 2012 at 5pm (GMT)

Artists will be notified via email regarding the outcome of their submitted or proposed work(s).

This is an unpaid opportunity but all selected contributions will be fully credited and linked appropriately to relevant websites and/or sources. This call is open to all, regardless of nationality, age, or career stage.

To submit, please visit: http://www.basic.fm/?page_id=136

Link:

http://www.basic.fm/?page_id=136

Address:

Tyneside Cinema
10 Pilgrim Street
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QG
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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“Women in the Picture” Festival - call

2012-05-30T15:49:00.001+02:00

Deadline: 1st of July 2012

Rehovot, Israel

The International Women's Film Festival

"Women in the Picture" Festival

Open call for entries

www.iwff.net/UserFiles/Image/Call4entriesIWFF

The International Women's Film Festival is happy to announce an open call for entries for the 2012 international panorama.

The festival will take place in November 2012.

The Festival only accepts films that were directed by women, from all genres and lengths.

The festival wishes to screen films that deal with women characters and women's experiences and from women's points of view.

The festival doesn't accept for submission films already submitted for the pre-selection in previous years.

Registration:

Please fill in the form below, sign it, and send it along with a DVD of the film to the Festival address.

All preview copies of the films that do not have English dialogue must have English subtitles.

The Festival does not return the DVD copies.

Deadline for receiving the films: 1 july 2012 (arrival).

Forms and screeners should be sent to the postal address below.

Selection Process:

The artistic committee of the festival will decide which films will be screened in the panorama. A notification will be sent to the contacts of all the films registered to the pre-selection.

Accepted films – screening copies and additional material:

The festival screens only in 35mm, Beta SP or DigiBeta formats.

The screening copies of the accepted films should arrive at the festival´s offices no later than October 1^st. Any exceptions should be agreed on with the Festival´s production coordinator.

For all accepted films, the following material will be needed:

A photograph of the director (in at least 300dpi resolution)
2 or more still photographs taken from the film (in at least 300dpi resolution)
Biography and filmography of the director.
The director´s comments on the film.
Additional marketing material of the movie such as posters, postcards, press kit, etc. can be sent to the festival offices at a later date, and should arrive no later than the 1^th of October.

This material will be used for catalogue and website purposes, as well as the festival´s Public Relations and press.

This material should be sent in digital format only (except the marketing material) to the e-mail address below.

The International Women's Film Festival

1 Hamada Road

76703 Rehovot

Israel

tal.iwff@gmail.com

www.iwff.net

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MINE, Explosion of Self - call for artists

2012-05-30T15:47:00.001+02:00

Deadline: 15.07.2012

MINE is an international call for artistic projects which investigates the theme of Self as a motor of shock and change in our society. Artists worldwide, without limits of age or experience, can submit works in any media.
Entries online by 15 July 2012.

"Art is a huge explosion of self which affects everyone. A shock within the system. The only true form of global revolution" – read more about the curator Jacopo Perfetti's exciting theme and how to join online now: http://www.celesteprize.com/mine/

Each project can contain up to 10 images of artworks, photographs, installations, videos or renderings – supported by a textual statement. Entry fee per project is € 30.

10 selected projects will be announced by 15 August and exhibited at Art Kitchen's space 'Superground' in Milan, Italy, from 15 September to 30 September 2012.

Link:

http://www.premioceleste.it/

Source: Rhizome

SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 - Call for artists

2012-05-30T03:28:00.001+02:00

Deadline: 5th of June

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.

Link:

http://www.siggraph.org/asia2012/submitters-art-gallery

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ART MOVES 2012 - BILLBOARD ART COMPETITION

2012-05-30T03:19:00.001+02:00

Art Moves 2012 - Festiwal Sztuki na Bilbordach 2012 - COMPETITION

Check up for this year's topic! "Where is the meaning? At the top or at the bottom?"

There is no entry fee. The Competition is open and all artists interested in billboard art are invited to take part. The works should be submitted by the 20th July, 2012 via electronic mail to the address: artmoves@tlen.pl
10 most interesting works will be displayed on billboards in the city space during the Art Moves Festival in September /October 2012 in Torun, Poland. The author of the most interesting work will receive the Main Award in the amount of PLN 12.000 (about EUR 2.850, USD 3.700).
Artists are invited to prepare an artwork in response to this year's competition theme "Where is the meaning? At the top or at the bottom?"
The competition slogan can be treated as a metaphor of all the processes taking place in the world at the moment. We live in the time of crisis and we perceive it as a disease of sorts – a disease, we would like to treat as quickly as we can. On the other hand this "disease" can be the only chance for us to slow down a bit in our fast-paced world and think again about where we are heading and why we chose this particular direction. Are we happy with the way the reality we created works? Are we reaching for the top or for the bottom? Are we happy with the goals we are setting for ourselves? Are these goals ours or are they imposed on us? Where is the meaning? Can it be placed on a map? Has it evaporated? Does the meaning of our existence lie in the constant maximization of profit, accumulation of goods, consumption, wealth, being on top? Or can it be found in escaping, isolating oneself, denying reality, hiding and living in the middle of nowhere? Or maybe, it is better to find new solutions that would allow us to make a better use of the goods created and developed by humanity and use them so that they help us be happier, have better relationships with people, take care of ourselves, our loved ones and reality? How can we find a satisfactory solution? Where can we find the meaning?For more information see the Competition Rules.
More: http://artmovesfestival.org/

Green World Art Festival

2012-05-29T23:24:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 31.08.2012. We are happy to announce a new season of applications for GWAF (the Green World Art Festival). GWAF’s vision is to promote cross cultural exchange, particularly between East & West, through the development of performance and visual arts projects. The Green World Art & Culture Festival (GWAF) is located in the city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The festival is an artist-led initiative that is becoming a significant alternative art-space for artists across the world to nurture creative and imaginative art practice; thereby promoting artistic exchange, discourse, and debate. GWAF is led by Jeetin Rangher and Kristian Al-Droubi and administered by the PRERANA Trust. Through our programming we aim to support alternative forms of art; including media art, performance, and video, environmental, cultural, public and community based art. As a new development to our programme this year, we are collaborating with the Grace Exhibition Space from New York to establish new presentation possibilities for participating artists. The Festival provides space for slide lectures, small conferences, installations, performances, screenings and informal gatherings for artists and the alternative art community. We believe in networking and supporting other alternative groups and institutions with similar goals. GWAF provides free accommodation and food for the duration of the programme; however places are limited so to reserve a place, a non-refundable fee of 50 Euros is required. Application: Applications are invited from artists to include an outline of a specific project. It is not essential that artist’s individual projects should be completed during the duration of the Festival, but there will be a GWAF final event at the end of the Festival where artists can showcase their work & ideas. As well as pursuing his/her own project, the incumbent will be expected to interact with the local artist community in Bhubaneswar. Required documents (please send only soft copy in English) * Passport photo * Resume * Information on previous significant artistic projects. * Reasons for applying for the residency and outline of the artistic aims and objective including preferred dates for the residency in 2012 Please send your applications to the e-mail address below. Attachments should not be greater than 2 MB in a single mail.



Kontakt:
GWAF
Jeetin Rangher, Kristian Al-Droubi
India
tel: +91 9845830184, +381 637431479
greenworldartfestival@gmail.com
greenworldartfestival.com			Source: Artservis

10th International Comics Festival

2012-05-29T20:18:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 20.08.2012.

Propositions and rules:

Participants are not age-limited

HIGH QUALITY COPIES ONLY, up to 4 pages, will be accepted. Works have to be sent via post office (e-mails excluded). Along with their work, participants are also required to send a filled APPLICATION FORM for the 10^th International Comics Festival Contest

Required language: English

Theme, style, technique and genre are free-choice

Page numbers should be written on the back of each page

(incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration)

Submitted works will be reviewed by the jury and selected works will be shown at the Festival exhibition.

Awards & Prizes:

Grand prix of the Festival (includes 1000 €)
Awards for the best traditional style comic, the best alternative comic, the best script and the best graphics
Special jury award for inventiveness
Awards in the category up to 15 years of age: Young Lion special award (the best entry in the category), Special jury award for the best idea, Special jury award for maturity and imagination
Special jury award for the youngest contestant
Sponsors’ prizes

Razpisni obrazec Rok prijave: 20/08/12 Kontakt: SKC Happy Gallery SALON STRIPA Kralja Milana 48 11 000 Belgrade Serbia srecnagalerija@skc.rs www.skc.org.rs

Source: Artservis

keðja encounter "Dance Partnerships" - Tallinn, Estonia

2012-05-29T18:06:00.000+02:00

Deadline: June 17th 2012

Registration is now open for the 8th keðja encounter which takes place in Tallinn, Estonia from September 18th-20th under the headline: Dance Partnerships

Registration deadline is June 17th 2012. Register now on www.kedja.net
keðjaTallinn: Dance Partnerships
The Encounter thematically builds on the last keðja Encounter which took place in Aarhus, Denmark in Sept. 2011. In Tallinn the focus is to encourage, provoke, twist and facilitate discussions and workshops on the development of dance in relation to society in general, to audiences, politicians, organizers etc. Different partners such as critics, politicians, social actors, cultural managers and others will contribute to opening new perspectives and shed light on dance artists’ work and working sphere, from different perspectives.
Anyone who is interested in developing the contemporary dance scene is welcome to join!
keðjaTallins main Encounter activities take place from September 18th (classes in the morning, formal opening session at mid day) until September 20th (ending with a party in the evening).
As a keðja guest you will also get the opportunity to visit the brand new initiative Baltic Bubble festival and Fresh Tracks Europe will present some activities.
More info to be posted on www.kedja.net
PLEASE also note that on June 18th calls for participants for the keðja Wilderness and keðja Mentoring Programmes will be on-lin.
What is keðja?
·         keðja is Nordic-Baltic dance meetings in the form of Encounters as well as other activities related to the development of contemporary dance (preliminary descriptions on www.kedja.net )
·         keðja is for anyone interested in taking a closer look at how contemporary dance is organized and works in the Nordic-Baltic countries and beyond.
·         keðja is for people who want to co-operate across borders to create better circumstances for the art of contemporary dance, and thereby stimulate and develop the art of dance.
·         keðja is the Old Norse and Icelandic word for chain and is highly associated with the old Nordic chain dances that are still being danced. The name symbolizes our aim to connect, attach, encircle and move outwards, as well as to strengthen already existing networks.

Source: http://on-the-move.org/news/article/14700/keja-encounter-dance-partnerships-tallinn-estonia/

Centre Pompidou in search of Curator, Head of the Design Department

2012-05-29T17:14:00.000+02:00

Application deadline: 25 July 2012

Curator, Head of the Design Department
The Musée national d'art moderne–
Centre de création industrielle /
Centre Pompidou

http://www.centrepompidou.fr

The Musée national d'art moderne-Centre de création industrielle / Centre Pompidou is looking for an experienced curator of design with a long track record of creating exhibitions and managing design collections. He/she will run the Design Department, manage its staff, and define its scientific goals.
Responsibilities
He/she works under the direct responsibility of the Museum Deputy Director, in charge of coordinating the departments of design, architecture, and industrial prospective and ultimately under the Museum Director's authority.
He/she is responsible for conservation, research, enrichment, and valorisation of the Department collections and participates in the drawing up of the cultural policy of the Pompidou Centre. He/she applies the cultural orientations of the institution within his/her Department in direct contact with the curators concerned.
He/she defines a strategy of acquisitions and exhibitions in the field of design. To that effect, he/she maintains permanent relations with artists, collectors, galleries, art dealers, and museums, both in France and abroad.
He/she works in coordination with the other Departments of the MNAM-CCI and the other Departments of the Centre Pompidou.
Qualifications and skills
A renowned specialist in the field of design with advanced knowledge of art history and specifically of the 20th century.
Outstanding experience with management of collections and techniques of enrichment, treatment, conservation, valorisation, and development of art heritages.
Previous experience in team management.
Ability to classify priorities and organize the work in team.
Fluent in English and French.
Position available from 1 September 2012.
Please submit your application proposal together with a current résumé at
secretariat.directeur-mnam@centrepompidou.fr until 25 July 2012.
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UNBOUND Vol. II – Art using the book as material/format

2012-05-29T16:58:00.000+02:00

DEADLINE JUNE 09, 2012 - $600 in Awards

UNBOUND Vol II~Art using the book as a material/format. Call for entries to UNBOUND Vol II, the 2nd annual juried exhibit of unique works of art using ‘the book’ as a material or format. Presented by ArtisTree Gallery and Pentangle Arts Council, in conjunction with the Bookstock Festival in Woodstock, VT. Open to all 2D and 3D, installation, and assemblage artists who are working in New England or New York. Juror: Daniel Kelm.
For More Information: http://www.theartlist.com/art-calls/unbound-vol-ii-art-using-the-book-as-material-format

International Grant Programme for artists working in the disciplines of painting, sculpture and photography

2012-05-29T16:20:00.000+02:00

The Lepsien Art Foundation is a non-profit organization (NPO) which originated in a private initiative, and devotes itself completely to art and culture and their patronage.
Every year, exceptionally qualified and gifted artists, primarily of the younger generation, working in the disciplines of painting, sculpture and photography can apply for participation in the Lepsien Art Foundation’s international grant programme.
The grant programme is intended as a means of giving artists the opportunity for an intensive encounter with art, active exchange and further artistic development within a community of selected artists.
Applicants must present proof of having completed their studies at a recognized art academy and already have received initial public acknowledgement in their discipline (e.g. exhibitions, publications, etc.). Art students may not participate in the grant programme. The grant runs for a duration of twelve months (two semesters) from 1 September to 31 August of the following year. Apart from a funded studio in Düsseldorf, the grant encompasses the publication of a limited artist’s edition as well as an extensive four-colour annual catalogue appearing in conjunction with an exhibition of the grant recipients’ work at the end of the grant year.

The grant recipients become active participants in the Lepsien Art Foundation’s international network and can thus establish contact with other artists, collectors, galleries, etc. The Lepsien Art Foundation committee moreover selects works by every participant for inclusion in the collection.

The application procedure begins on 1 April of every year. Altogether five applicants are admitted to the programme / awarded grants annually. The application must be submitted by 1 July of the respective year.

In the period from April to July, all artists fulfilling the aforementioned criteria may apply to the Lepsien Art Foundation by sending

> a digital portfolio containing a CV
> index of exhibitions and
> overview of his/her works

to the e-mail address below.

All incoming applications are assessed and evaluated on the basis of clear criteria by a committee made up of several persons. The application committee is curatorially directed by Lepsien Art Foundation curator, Dr. Necmi Sönmez, and includes various representatives of the Lepsien Art Foundation as well as two external curators.

The five winners - the selected grant programme participants – will be notified in writing by 1 August of the respective year. The grant programme begins on 1 September. Interested artists are welcome to enter their names in our database as persons considering application.

Rok prijave: 01/07/12

Kontakt:

Lepsien Art Foundation

Mülheimerstr 25

40472 Düsseldorf

Germany

info@lepsienartfoundation.com

www.lepsien-art-foundation.com

Source: Artservis

Mixed Media Artist: Calls for entries and submissions

2012-05-29T16:05:00.001+02:00

Create Your Style Art Quilting Design Contest
Deadline: 06/01/12

Altered Couture
Deadline: 06/15/12

Art Doll Quarterly
Deadline: 06/15/12

Strands
Deadline: 06/23/12

What's Your Signature Color reader challenge
Deadline: 06/25/12

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Mixed Media Artist: Calls for entries and submissions

Intensive Art Residency, Barcelona, at The Space

2012-05-29T15:01:00.000+02:00

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: JUNE 10, 2012
Summer 2012
Intensive three week residency programs are designed for emerging/ mid-career artists to help develop their visual and critical abilities whilst enhancing the commercial skills that are essential for working in the art world.
Program:
Summer 2012: 18 of June to the 8th of July (Deadline 10th of June)
Fall 2012: 17th of september to the 7th of October (Deadline 10th of September)
Requirements
A minimum 2 year working practice. Open to all mediums. Portfolio review required for acceptance into program.
Self motivated, independent, excited eager artists
Goal:
Create a body of work; this will include professional documentation, a written artist statement, and a final Exhibition in The Space, Barcelona.
Each artist will develop professional expertise, critical thinking skills, and enhanced knowledge of art and the international art market, with Barcelona as our pallet. The in-depth residency offers interesting and compelling insights into the art world and includes lectures, guest speaker interviews, and site visits led by in house artists.
~ At the end of the program each student will be ready to judge where their work would be most suitable and will have the ability to present themselves to the art world.

Includes:
* 24 hour studio space in The Space Barcelona (thespace.es)
* Individual and Group critiques with in-house Artists as well as guest artists and critics and curators
* Professional Documentation of each students work
* Full Immersion into Barcelona’s International Art Scene, from gallery and museum visits to professional artist studio visits
*In studio art lectures and discussions into different areas of focus in the art world
* Writing workshops to improve each artist’s ability to write about art; their own as well as others, with-in the context of a contemporary art discourse.
* Final Exhibition in The Space evening of July 6, which will entail invitation, promotion, installation and full preparation of gallery. The Space at Joaquin Costa 24, Barcelona, is a retired piano factory with a rough, unique vibe!
Residency Fees
730 Euros
Application
**A portfolio with a minimum 10 works jpeg no larger then (800kb), title must correspond to slide list sheet (which needs to have title of work, materials, size, date, (example of jpeg title Last Name_ First Name Title #) (Campbell_Kirsten Tallulah 1)
**CV which should include work experience, education, exhibition record (not required), contact information
**Artist Statement

Physical Studio Space
One room studio spaces will be open and not physically divided with structure, each student will be chosen carefully through portfolio review to create a dynamic and professional studio for the working artists chosen for the July 2012 and Fall 2012
In House Artists
Annette Merrild, www.annettemerrild.com
Kirsten Campbell, www.kirstencampbell.com

Living In Barcelona
Barcelona is an exciting creative Mediterranean city. Artists will be fully immersed into Barcelona’s passionate international contemporary art community and its dynamic and traditionally rich Catalonian culture, current and historic. With artists such as Dali, Picasso, Miro, Duchamp, Gaudi, Tapies, Antoni Miralda, etc giving credibility to Barcelona and its surrounding Catalonian regions, as a center point to Modern Art.
**Each person is required to find their own accommodations, however once accepted we are happy to help you find a place that will work for you
thespace.es
The Space
Joaquin Costa 24 2.2
08001 Barcelona Spain
Contact
am@thespace.es
Annette Merrild
Phone: +34 607 396 753

Source: http://artrubicon.ca/76562/call-for-applications-intensive-art-residency-barcelona-at-the-space/

ALTO FEST 2012 + 2013 residency award call

2012-05-29T14:10:00.001+02:00

Deadline for application: 31 May.

We make space for culture. We make space for theatre. For the awakening of urban space to artistic and social initiative. For this space to become the stage for culture, action, passion and reflection.
ALTO FEST brings active culture into private venues that were generously donated to the festival by citizens of the city of Naples. These venues are ready to welcome and accommodate fresh thoughts and growing awareness, with the intention of bringing together artists and audience to invigorate daily life and to make space for change. We aim to encourage individual initiative, to get people involved and to initiate human and urban retraining through the interaction of artists, citizens and the audience.
Following on from the past edition, at the end of each day the artists, audience, press and venue donors will meet at AFTERFEST, for an opportunity to discuss performances, share thoughts and exchange experiences, making ALTO FEST an important occasion for cultural engagement, which positively allows artists and audience to build networks, reducing time and distances.
The festival is an opportunity for all the artists involved to meet, discuss and confront each other about the meaning, direction, and political and poetic needs of each artistic expression within the historical context of our time, especially at a time when the word “crisis” has become so relevant and prevalent on a global scale.
ALTO FEST is launching an international call for its site-specific performing art festival, targeting art and thought researchers and practitioners, for the following sections: BODY, VOICE, SOUND, ELEMENTS/ dance, theatre, music, visual art, installations, urban flash art, symposium.
Find all the information and details online.

Source: http://on-the-move.org/news/article/14691/alto-fest-2012-2013-residency-award-call/

ALPHA-VILLE FESTIVAL 2012

2012-05-29T14:04:00.004+02:00

Deadline: 22nd June 2012

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

Link:

http://www.alpha-ville.co.uk/

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New Media Festival Los Angeles

2012-05-29T13:58:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 19.06.2012

los angeles center for digital art &
downtown film festival los angeles present:

new media festival
los angeles

Jurors:
Henry Priest, DFFLA
Director, Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles

Rex Bruce, LACDA
Director and Senior Curator, L.A. Center for Digital Art

LACDA and DFFLA announce an international call for artists:

non-narrative short experimental video for screening
looping video art for exhibit
interactive multimedia
internet art for gallery presentation
net.art (web art presented on websites)
digital stills (digital art and photography)

The New Media Festival Los Angeles is to be presented in conjunction with the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles (DFFLA), the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk and hosted at L.A. Center for Digital Art, the Million Dollar Theater, the Downtown Independent Theatre and other nearby locations.

LACDA will be the Official Cinema Lounge for the DFFLA hosting events, premiere after parties and presentations by luminaries drawing internationally recognized film and broadcast professionals, festival producers, media curators and festival goers where the work will be on view for potential connections and sales.

News of the festival will be widely distributed by both the LACDA and DFFLA promotional teams through radio, television, press, email and social media. The opening reception for the competition exhibits are in conjunction with the Downtown Los Angeles Artwalk which draws over 20,000 people and will be touted as a major event for the DFFLA.

Deadline for entries: June 18, 2012
Winners Announced: June 25, 2012

Exhibit Dates: July 12-August 4, 2012
Artist's Reception: July 12, 7-9pm

Two easy steps for entry...

1— register here:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=230976

2—submit your work:
Send in DVD or interactive disc, or we will review videos (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.), net art or documentation at original URL. Still images (3 per entry) may be submitted to our upload page or by email. LACDA will create prints for still image artists at no charge. Please refer to the below link for complete instructions.

Complete submission information here:
http://lacda.com/submission.html

$30 Registration Fee.
Online registration only.

For questions email:
lacda@lacda.com

No phone calls please.

Link:

http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html

Address:

L.A. Center for Digital Art, Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles
102 W. 5th St.
Los Angeles, California 90013
United States of America

call: Prins Claus Fund

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Deadline: 17 June 2012
The Prince Claus Fund welcomes project proposals for cultural initiatives in the fields of digital culture and new media.

Digital forms of expression, both social and artistic, have the power of connecting diverse cultural interests, engaging communities, and giving rise to a wide-range of group interactions. Through this call, the Prince Claus Fund wishes to support innovative creative initiatives that link digital techniques and/or new media with culture and development.
The Prince Claus Fund is particularly interested in projects in the field of digital culture and new media that facilitates freedom of expression, stimulates dialogue and encourages cultural exchange. The Fund has a five year focus on the theme of culture and conflict and encourages project proposals related to this theme.
For more information visit:
http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/activities/current-call.html

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call: 20 ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival

2012-05-21T21:24:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 11 September 2012
20 ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival
7-11 november 2012 – Tirgu-Mures, Romania

Submissions for the International Competition are open!
The online entry form and the Regulations are available at:
http://www.madisz.ro
The submitted films can not exceed 30 minutes.
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U.D.T.M.-MADISZ
Tirgu-Mures, 540015
Str. Gheorghe Doja nr.9/81
ROMANIA
tel.+40-265-267.547
fax: +40-265-268.573
alternative@madisz.ro

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call: 1st Annual Artspace Film/Video Festival

2012-05-21T20:01:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 4 June 2012
Crystal Palace: 1st Annual Artspace Film/Video Festival, Oct. 20
Crystal Palace is an experimental film/video festival curated by Liena Vayzman for ArtSpace’s 15th Anniversary, its crystal anniversary, that calls for crystal-themed, crystallizing, and multi-faceted video and film. Non-narrative and experimental narrative work created in any film/video/digital media format is welcome. Projection will be accepted in DVD format only. Crystals include snowflakes, diamonds, ice crystals, gems like amethyst, and salt, and we call for work that explores these references in abstract or narrative form, or takes as a starting point the scientific, chemical, cultural, or mathematical aspects of crystals.

Additionally, submissions are encouraged that interpret the theme structurally by applying the metaphor of a crystal as a geometrical shape of flat surfaces with specific, characteristic orientations to the structure of the film/video project. Cultural investigations might included crystals as luxury and kitsch (Swarowski crystal swans, chandeliers); serious or tongue-in-cheek healing artifacts (healing crystals, crystals as magical objects, x-rays of crystals and their photographic/filmic permutations).
Like the Crystal Palace plate-glass building, a marvel of engineering constructed by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, ArtSpace’s Crystal Palace aims to illuminate and amaze. Broad interpretation is welcome – send us your crystalline creations and multi-faceted video gems! The film/video festival will take place over two days, Oct. 20-21, 2012, in conjunction with ArtSpace’s City-Wide Open Studios festival, which is a convening of visual artists from across Connecticut in temporary studios and spaces throughout New Haven; the film/video festival is open to all artists, national and international. We welcome non-narrative or experimental narrative work playing on the theme of transparency, multiple facets, and processes of crystallization, or anything related to crystals or the Crystal Palace theme.
Technical details: Single channel, two-channel, or three-channel/installation work is possible. Silent or sound work welcome; any length is welcome. Sculptural and non-DVD projector projections are possible, but artist must be provide all equipment and be present to install and screen during their projection on Sat Oct. 20- Sun. Oct. 21, 12-5pm.
To submit: send (1) DVD or online link of entire film/video; (3) title, length, and date of work, (3) name, email, website, contact info, phone number; (4) Artist or Project Statement (100 words), and (5) submission fee of $10 by check made out to ArtSpace. Send to Artspace c/o Crystal Palace Film/Video, 50 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Materials other than the check may be sent via online to Liena@artspacenh.org.
Small honoraria may be available to cover artist’s local travel. For more information about ArtSpace exhibitions, programs, and the annual Open Studios festival, please see http://artspacenh.org/

For a PDF of the call go to http://cwos2010.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/crystal-palace-2-call.pdf
Link: http://artspacenh.org/
Artspace
50 Orange St
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
United States of America

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call: Screengrab – New Media Art Prize | netEX – networked experience

2012-05-21T19:22:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 2 July 2012

S C R E E N G R A B
New Media Art Prize
\\\ CONTROL ///
“Freedom from rust, chained in silicon”

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.
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 reallychanged? 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

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call: Alpha-ville 2012

2012-05-21T18:21:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 22 June 2012

Alpha-ville
International Festival of Post-Digital Culture
Innovation, Creativity and Forward Thinking

“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.
Use #unfinity on Twitter.
KEYWORDS
Timeless, Hybrid, Infinity, Code, Data, Body, Physicality, Space, Clould Culture, Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality, Social, Experimentation, Unfinished, Future of Art, New Aesthetic, Failure, Prototype, Hyperconnectivity, Human Computer Interaction, Interactivity, Ubiquitousity, Pervasive computing, Virtual & Physical Environments, Democratisation, Activism, Hacktivism, Avatars, 3D Printing, Storytelling, Openweb, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Internet of Things, Censorship, Privacy, Identity, Grassroots, Uncertainty, Collaborative Design, DIY, Active Citizenship, Participation, New Ideas…
DEADLINES
Submissions close on Friday 22nd June 2012
Moving Image Submissions will close on Sunday 15th July 20
Type of work
* Music/Sound
* AV Performance
* Lab, Hack Event or Meet-up
* Moving Image
* Public Interventions
* Multimedia Projects (installation, exhibition..)
* Critical: Talks, Panels, Workshops, Presentations, Academic Paper
http://www.alpha-ville.co.uk

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call: Yoguy / Time Based Forever

2012-05-21T17:20:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 1 June 2012
Ongoing 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

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TURBULENCE Commissions

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Application Guidelines for Commissions
Up to twenty net art projects are commissioned and presented on Turbulence annually.
When
You may send proposals throughout the year. Commissions are generally announced twice a year. Upcoming Deadlines: New York Residents: May 31, 2012 All Practitioners: June 30, 2012 Commissioned projects must be completed within nine months.
Who
Commissions are available to "emerging" and established practitioners.
How Much
The commissioning fee is generally $2,000 to $4,000.
Conditions
The completed project will be presented exclusively on the Turbulence web site for three years. The artist retains copyright to the work. The artist grants NRPA the non-exclusive right to archive and present the project in perpetuity.
What We're Looking For
The goal of these commissions is to support work that creatively explores the Internet as a site of production and transmission. This includes work by individual artists and collaboratives; work that uses the net as a repository and work that explores its possibilities as a conduit. Or both. All artists are encouraged to consider how their project advances creative use of the network.
Selection Process
Different panels of jurors are assembled for each round of commissions.
How to Apply
Send an email with the following information: 1. In the subject header: "Turbulence Proposal—your name." 2. Artist info. including full name, residence address, email address, and short bio with links to online projects.. 3. A description of the intended project, including:
a) b) c) d)		project title and description why and/or how you consider it to be network-based art? technical specifications: see server specs. Note: we cannot purchase software for you. Please tell us how much space and bandwidth you envision using. budget
Proposals can be in the form of text in the body of the email, or an attached text file. The assumption is that online examples of work will be sufficient to review. Only emailed proposals will be considered. Email proposals to: turbulence [at] turbulence.org

Application Guidelines: Commissions

call: Sguardi Sonori 2012

2012-05-21T15:45:00.000+02:00

Deadline: 15 July 2012

SGUARDI SONORI 2012
MOLE VANVITELLIANA – ANCONA – ITALY
From 15 To September 30

Gino on My Mind
ART.1-Aims
FaticArt Cultural Association (nonprofit) announces a call for “Artists for the Marche” to the promotion and enhancement of Contemporary Art as part of the festival SGUARDI SONORI (LOOKS SOUND). The review will encompass this year an homage to the work and thought of the great Anconetan artist Gino De Dominicis. The artists will be selected
by the direction of the festival with the help of an authoritative scientific committee and will participate in an important group exhibition to be held in the Mole Vanvitelliana 15 to 30 September 2012 which will be published in a catalog. The most significant of those received works will be put on the cover of the catalog that will be printed in 1500 copies.
ART.2-Subject of “Call for”
The Call for the theme “Gino on My Mind” (being dedicated to the artist Gino De Dominicis) and is divided into two sections: video and soundart as described in the subsequent
ART. 3.
For reference you can see this video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WstIaARGSZ4 a good transmission RaiStoria dedicated to Gino (especially the minutes 24 and 27). THE MESSAGE MUST BE DISRUPTIVE, as was the scheleton in the Mole in 2005.
In previous years since 2009 with our meeting with the astronaut Roberto Vittori and Maestro Ennio Morricone we had addressed the issue of SGUARDI SONORI on INFINITY with our project for a Concert for Astronaut and Orchestra INFINITE SPACES. This time the theme is in perfect harmony with the thought of Gino and widens the LOOK SOUNDwill arise in connection with the IMMORTALITY, the COSMIC MAGNET, the ETERNITY,
INFINITY SPACES to testify to the future generation of the Universe the memory of our passage on Earth .
ART. 3 – Technical
The event is open to all artists, regardless of age, sex, nationality or other qualification. Each artist can participate with one or more works well in multiple sections. The following technical specifications:staging same.
Video Art and Animation – videos, films and works with all techniques of animation on any digital and analog. The works will last a maximum of 10 minutes, opening titles and closing credits included. For the exhibition the works are required to send original saved on DVD in high quality and in formats compatible with the most popular reading.
Contemporary Sound Art & electronics – each artist or group can participate with an audio track and / or with a live performance. The request is addressed to all investigators in new sounds, experimental, electronic and electroacoustic music. Students are allowed to interaction designs audio | video. Every single sound track should have a maximum duration of 8 minutes. The live performance will not exceed 20 minutes.
ART. 3 – Required Documentation
The artist must send by e-mail faticarte@gmail.com the following documentation:
1 – This Regulation, signed with a legible signature;
2 – the detailed documentation of the work, including:
a) technical work:
- Title and duration of the work / project, author, year of completion,
- Description (max 1500 characters);
- Short CV of the artist (artists (max 1000 characters);
b) images (frames): Max No. 3 with indicated caption. (Video art and animation)
c) digital media (CD or DVD) and any other materials deemed appropriate or
meaningful. (Video art and animation, contemporary sound art & electronics)
ART. 4 – Registration Fee
The participation fee is free of charge.
ART. 5 Stages of the competition
Facts and information you can send an email to faticarte@gmail.com no later than June 20, 2012, the answer will be in real time.
Deadline: July 15, 2012.
All documentation must be sent no later than July 15, 2012 to the email address.
The Association will announce the list of artists FaticArt email personally within 30 July2012.
The exhibition includes the publication of a catalog, within which you will publish information about the artist (short bio) and images of the works on display.
ART. 6 Return of the works permitted
The exhibited works will remain present in the archive FaticArt Association.
ART. 7 Liability
The organizers accept no responsibility for any damage to the works caused by tampering, fire, theft or other causes sustained during the period of the exhibition, torage, exposure, the storage and transport.
ART. 8 General
Entry implies acceptance of these rules.
The signing of forms is as liberating for the use of any material posted.
The decisions of the juries is final.
The organization reserves the right to decide on matters not included in this notice or to change due to force majeure, in which case they will be published on the site
www.faticart.org
Conception, organization and general secretarial
Cultural Association FaticArt
ITALY
E-mail: faticarte@gmail.com
www.faticart.org

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Art Opportunities!

Harcourt House 2013/14 Gallery Exhibition Programming

Basic.fm call for work

“Women in the Picture” Festival - call

MINE, Explosion of Self - call for artists

SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 - Call for artists

ART MOVES 2012 - BILLBOARD ART COMPETITION

Check up for this year's topic! "Where is the meaning? At the top or at the bottom?"

Green World Art Festival

Deadline: 31.08.2012.

10th International Comics Festival

keðja encounter "Dance Partnerships" - Tallinn, Estonia

Centre Pompidou in search of Curator, Head of the Design Department

Application deadline: 25 July 2012

UNBOUND Vol. II – Art using the book as material/format

DEADLINE JUNE 09, 2012 - $600 in Awards

International Grant Programme for artists working in the disciplines of painting, sculpture and photography

Mixed Media Artist: Calls for entries and submissions

Intensive Art Residency, Barcelona, at The Space

ALTO FEST 2012 + 2013 residency award call

ALPHA-VILLE FESTIVAL 2012

New Media Festival Los Angeles

call: Prins Claus Fund

call: 20 ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival

call: 1st Annual Artspace Film/Video Festival

call: Screengrab – New Media Art Prize | netEX – networked experience

call: Alpha-ville 2012

call: Yoguy / Time Based Forever

TURBULENCE Commissions

call: Sguardi Sonori 2012