appels de dossiers du 22 octobre 2009

La Liste de l’Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones compile les appels de dossiers en arts visuels, arts médiatiques, performance, art public, etc. Les appels proviennent du Québec, du Canada et d’ailleurs. N’hésitez pas à la faire circuler. Vous pouvez consulter La Liste sur Internet et vous y abonner gratuitement: liste.agavf.ca. Visitez l’AGAVF sur internet: www.agavf.ca

Nouvelles des membres de l’AGAVF

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario (Sudbury)
Brigitte Coulombe – périphéries
vernissage samedi 24 octobre à 14 h
exposition 24 octobre au 24 novembre 2009
174 elgin à sudbury
www.gn-o.org

Maison des artistes visuels (St-Boniface)
J.R. Léveillé • Lorraine Pritchard – Litanie
du 3 septembre au 10 novembre 2009
+ appel de soumission 2010-2011
date de tombée: 30 octobre 2009
219, boulevard Provencher à St-Boniface
www.maisondesartistes.mb.ca

Voix Visuelle (Vanier)
Exposition internationale d’estampe numérique
du 7 novembre au 21 décembre 2009
samedi le 7 novembre 2009 à 13h
81 avenue Beechwood à Vanier
www.voixvisuelle.ca

Galerie SAW Gallery (Ottawa)
Martha Colburn and Allyson Mitchell
du 15 octobre au 14 novembre 2009
67, rue Nicolas à Ottawa
www.galeriesawgallery.com

1. appels en français du Canada

Expozine – Montréal -2 novembre
Perte de signal – Montréal – 1er décembre
Concours national de sculpture sur neige – Ottawa – 30 novembre
Vidéographe et Eastern Bloc – Montréal – 4 décembre
Bourse PRIM/Codes d’accès – Montréal – 27 octobre

2. appels en anglais du Canada

Ladyfest Toronto’s art exhibition – 25 octobre
Eyelevel Galley – Halifax – 31 octobre
SAVAC – Toronto – 16 novembre
Centre for Fine Art Photography – 17 novembre
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts – Calgary – 18 novembre X3
arts&architecture – Ottawa – 1er décembre X2
Media City Film Festival 2010 – Windsor – 19 février

3. appels d’ailleurs

Can Serrat – Barcelona – 31 octobre
Aichi Triennale 2010 – 30 novembre
BABAYAN CULTURE HOUSE – Cappadocia – en cours
PLATEFORM Magazine – 5 novembre
OPEN e v+ a – Limerick – 27 novembre
JavaMuseum – en cours
SoundLAB – sonic art project environments – Cologne – 31 décembre
Oberhausen Shortfilm Festival – 15 janvier
Digital, Electronic and Media Art Symposium: “Trapped in Freedom” – Le Vigan – 7 novembre
Arse Elektronika 2010 – 28 février
Crosstalk Videoart Festival – Budapest – 26 février
AV Festival – Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough – 16 novembre
2nd SCREEN Festival – Oslo – 23 octobre
New Zero Art Space Myanmar – Yangon – 30 décembre
Zeppelin 2009 – Barcelona – 15 novembre

4. divers

1. appels en français du Canada

EXPOZINE 2009
HUITIÈME FOIRE ANNUELLE DES PETITS ÉDITEURS, BANDES DESSINÉES ET FANZINES DE MONTRÉAL!

Venez présenter vos tripes, le fruit de votre imagination, vos œuvres les plus sincères ou les plus inusitées, à la prochaine foire Expozine.

Samedi et dimanche, 14 et 15 novembre 2009 (de midi à 18h00)
5035, rue Saint-Dominique (Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, entre Laurier et Saint-Joseph, près du métro Laurier). Entrée gratuite.

Réservez votre table avant le 2 novembre en remplissant votre formulaire d’inscription sur le site www.expozine.ca

À propos d’ Expozine…
Cette célébration culturelle indépendante rassemble environ 300 créateurs de livres, fanzines, bandes dessinées et autres créations imprimées, et ce, pour une des plus grandes foires artistiques de Montréal.

Depuis les sept dernières années, visité par des milliers de curieux, Expozine s’est développé de manière exponentielle devenant ainsi une figure de proue dans son domaine. Les exposants proviennent de partout au Canada, de l’Europe et des États-Unis, pour venir présenter leur travail dans le cadre de la manifestation bilingue de l’édition indépendante la plus réputée en Amérique!

La force majeure de cette foire réside dans le fait que les œuvres qui y sont présentées sont pour la plupart exclusives ou rares. C’est donc l’endroit idéal pour y vendre vos productions émergentes, en plus de celles bien établies, et ce à un coût d’inscription vraiment minime.

Cette année, pour la première fois, il y aura aussi une programmation de lectures et colloques tout au long de l’événement en plus d’une excitante soirée d’ouverture.

C’est un rendez-vous à ne pas manquer!

Nous sommes aussi à la recherche de commanditaires!!! Si vous voulez vous inscrire comme commanditaire, SVP contactez-nous par courriel à: expozine [arobas] archivemontreal [point] org .

Expozine est possible grâce au soutien du Conseil des Arts du Canada et du Conseil des Arts de Montréal.

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> PERTE DE SIGNAL – RÉSIDENCE DE RECHERCHE OPEN SOURCE – RUSTINES|LAB

+ À la fois atelier, lieu de résidence et espace de diffusion, le laboratoire de recherche-création, Rustines | Lab, est dédié au soutien de projets d’artistes en arts médiatiques, en nouveaux médias et en art audio. Il opère les programmes de recherche-création de l’organisme Perte de Signal, dont le programme de Résidences de recherche Open Source qui offre un soutien aux artistes, programmeurs et/ou électroniciens des arts médiatiques. Date limite : 1er décembre 2009.

Info : www.perte-de-signal.org/

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Le comité organisateur pour le Concours national de sculpture sur neige de 2010 aimerait vous inviter ainsi que vos coéquipiers à participer à l’événement de cette année. Présenté par la Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN) avec la collaboration de la Ville de Gatineau, le Concours national de sculpture sur neige 2010 aura lieu durant la 32e édition de Bal de Neige et se déroulera du 9 au 13 février au parc Jacques-Cartier, au cœur même du Domaine des flocons Sun Life.

Veuillez prendre note que le lundi 30 novembre 2009 est la date limite pour nous faire parvenir votre formulaire d’inscription ainsi que le dégagement de responsabilité. Nous espérons que vous serez des nôtres pour cet événement qui attire des milliers de visiteurs dans la belle région de la capitale du Canada. Si vous avez des questions, n’hésitez surtout pas à communiquer avec Lyne Bérard soit par téléphone au (613) 239-5058, par télécopieur au (613) 239-5333 ou par courriel lyne [point] berard [arobas] ncc-ccn [point] ca.

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Appel de projets

Le Vidéographe et Eastern Bloc ont le plaisir d’annoncer leur programme de Résidence + Exposition pour artiste québécois(e) / canadien(ne) en début de carrière.

Œuvres visées : installation vidéo (multi-projection), installation audio, arts interactifs, nouveaux médias.

Le secteur programmation et le secteur création de Vidéographe s’associent à Eastern Bloc pour la deuxième édition du programme de Résidence + Exposition. Ce programme comprend deux volets : 1) une période de recherche et création d’une durée de trois semaines dans le PARC (labo en arts interactifs et nouveaux médias), incluant l’accès aux équipements de Vidéographe et 21 heures de soutien technique; 2) suivie d’une période d’exposition de trois semaines à Eastern Bloc.

Le Vidéographe offre des services de soutien aux artistes des arts médiatiques depuis 37 ans. Le secteur programmation de l’organisme a été créé en 1998 et se consacre à promouvoir et faire connaître l’art vidéo dans ses multiples incarnations et dans les rapports qu’il entretient avec d’autres pratiques artistiques. Eastern Bloc est un nouveau Centre de production et d’exposition en nouveaux médias et arts interdisciplinaires fondé en 2007 et géré par de jeunes artistes.

Ce programme s’adresse aux artistes émergents québécois / canadiens[1] ayant un projet en cours qu’ils souhaitent poursuivre, peaufiner ou développer davantage. Les projets artistiques privilégiés par ce programme sont : des installations en vidéo (multi-projection), art audio, nouveaux médias et arts interactifs.

Date limite pour le dépôt d’un dossier : 4 décembre 2009, 17h.
Date estimée pour les réponses aux candidats : 9 février 2010.

Pour de plus amples renseignements sur ce programme, veuillez télécharger le document PDF ci-joint, ou bien contactez Katherine Jerkovic à : espace [arobas] videographe [point] qc [point] ca / 514 866 4720.

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Appels de projets – Soutien à la création

Bourse PRIM/Codes d’accès

S’adresse aux artistes de l’audio, permettant la diffusion et le matriçage d’une œuvre
en quadriphonie et/ou Surround 5.1, en vue d’une diffusion avec CODES D’ACCÈS.

Date limite d’inscription : 15 novembre 2009

Consultez le communiqué (pdf)
http://www.primcentre.org/textes/actualites/communiques09/comm_PRIM_CODEDACCES.pdf

Rappel : Aide à la création / Bourse de formation

Date limite d’inscription : 27 octobre 2009

Consultez le communiqué (pdf)
http://www.primcentre.org/textes/actualites/communiques09/Comm_27oct2009.pdf

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Praxis art actuel
Appel de dossiers 2010-2011

date de tombée : 30 novembre 2009

Programmation Mon espace / Your space

Être de passage à Praxis art actuel pour l’un des blocs de la programmation Mon espace / Your space implique une découverte du lieu dans lequel vous vous retrouverez. Praxis souhaite amener les artistes professionnels du milieu de l’art au-delà du processus habituel de création/production/diffusion. Dans le cadre de sa programmation 2010-2011, le Centre vous invite à déposer des projets pour y questionner ou redéfinir des problématiques liées à votre démarche artistique ou approfondir certaines facettes de votre pratique. Praxis offre un espace de réflexion, des circuits d‘échange, et des collaborations avec les communautés et ses territoires afin de soutenir votre processus de création.

Sous le thème Mon espace / Your space, les artistes doivent proposer un projet qui s’inspire des particularités et des caractéristiques géographiques, sociales, économiques ou culturelles propres à la Ville de Sainte-Thérèse ou à sa région. Les artistes seront jumelés à des membres-accompagnateurs nommés par le Centre et l’agente de développement de la Ville de Sainte-Thérèse sera mise à leur disposition. Praxis considère ces paramètres comme des éléments devant stimuler la création tout en tenant compte des spécificités de la démarche artistique de chacun. Les artistes sélectionnés réaliseront une série d’explorations et d’expérimentations afin de développer et d’enrichir leur projet initialement proposé. Le rapprochement avec les communautés étant primordial pour Praxis, les artistes doivent également travailler de concert avec les citoyens et les intégrer dans leur processus de création. Le public pourra donc être témoin de l’évolution de chaque projet tout au long du bloc, en particulier lors des séjours des artistes en expérimentation et à travers les traces de leur projet en cours laissées dans le laboratoire-atelier.

Un bloc de programmation réunit trois artistes. Toujours en collaboration avec le Centre, ces derniers doivent réalisés leur projet sur une période de trois mois : bloc d’automne (mi-septembre à mi-décembre 2010) ou le bloc du printemps (début avril à fin juin 2011). Pendant ces périodes, les trois artistes seront amenés à se croiser, à échanger et à partager leurs idées. Ils participeront également aux rencontres de travail pilotées par Praxis dans le but de susciter les discussions et faire progresser les projets en cours. L’une des propositions explorées devra être finalisée et présentée hors nos murs, dans le cadre d’un événement spécial réunissant le travail des trois artistes. Organisé à la fin du bloc, l’événement sera conçu en collaboration soit avec des groupes de citoyens, avec des commerçants ou avec des organismes de nos territoires.

En adéquation avec la vision revisitée de la résidence-laboratoire, le Centre tente de s’éloigner du cadre habituel de présentation en salle pour valoriser davantage le développement de nouveaux projets, l’avancement des pratiques artistiques et le rapprochement des publics.

Votre dossier doit comprendre :
– un curriculum vitae (3 pages maximum)

– un court texte expliquant votre démarche artistique (250 mots maximum)

– un texte décrivant votre intention de recherche et vos motivations (250 mots maximum)

– une documentation visuelle de votre travail avec description :

– 15 images numériques maximum, clairement identifiées

– 1 bande audio/vidéo VHS ou DVD format NTSC (3 minutes maximum)

– un dossier de presse (facultatif)

– une enveloppe de retour préaffranchie pour le renvoi des documents. Prenez note que les dossiers sans enveloppe de retour préaffranchie seront détruits au mois d’août de l’année suivante

Le centre n’accepte pas les dossiers envoyés par courriel.

Économisez le papier. Tout votre dossier doit être remis sur CD-ROM, DVD ou clé USB dans les formats suivants :

– Textes format « .PDF », « .DOC » ou « .RTF »;
– Images format « .JPG » seulement;
– présenter des fichiers compatibles avec PC seulement;
– soumettre des images d’une résolution de 72ppp n’excédant pas 1.0 Mo;
– Dossier de presse et documentation d’appui numérisé (« .JPG » ou « .PDF »).

Assurez-vous que vos supports informatiques soient lisibles dans l’environnement Windows et qu’ils ne requièrent aucun téléchargement.

Nous n’acceptons pas :

– des présentations sous forme PowerPoint;
– des fichiers compressés (au moyen de WinZip ou de Stuffit, par exemple);
– des hyperliens menant à des sites Web.

Barèmes des droits, redevances et services offerts aux artistes

Praxis art actuel défraie à l’artiste :

– Un droit d’exposition de 1 200 $
– Un per diem de 15 $ par jour, 10 jours maximum (150 $)
– Frais de production 200 $
– Frais de déplacement et de transport (maximum de 350 $) payable à la réception des factures

Total des droits et des dépenses : 1 850 $

Praxis assume les frais de :
– Hébergement de 10 jours maximum (pas nécessairement consécutifs), petit déjeuner et souper inclus (d’une valeur pouvant atteindre 300 $) payable au membre-hébergeur
– Soutien par un membre-accompagnateur (un maximum de 30 heures par artiste, pouvant atteindre des frais payés de 420 $)
– Rédaction d’un texte sur l’expérience vécue et le travail effectué (150 $)
– Production d’une publication à discuter en groupe et avec le Centre (450 $)

Total maximal des dépenses défrayées : 1 320 $

Praxis offre les services suivants :
– Obtention des permis et des autorisations
– Recherche de commandites spécifiques (au besoin)
– Coordination des projets et des réunions de travail

Coût total maximum défrayé par Praxis pour chacun des artistes : 3 220 $

La sélection des dossiers sera effectuée par le comité de programmation.
Veuillez nous faire parvenir vos documents à l’adresse suivante avant le 30 novembre 2009 :

Praxis art actuel
Comité de programmation
34 rue Blainville Ouest C.P. 98549
Sainte-Thérèse (Québec) J7E 1X1

2. appels en anglais du Canada

Call for Ladyfest Toronto’s art exhibition | OCT 25

Over 2 weeks in late November, Ladyfest Toronto’s art
exhibition will explore the ways in which women and
transpeople relate to the people in our lives. We are looking for
work that examines and interrogates, transgresses, re-situates
and celebrates the categories of family, parent, friend, lover,
partner, stranger, in the relationships that shape our identities.

What do we learn from the families who raised us, and what do
we leave behind (or wish we could)? How do we construct new
families? Communities of colour, queer communities,
Indiginous communities, immigrant communities, play groups,
reading groups, roommates, partners, collectives…. What kinds
of relationships do we seek, and how do we find them? How do
they challenge or reinforce our vision of ourselves? How do
relationships break us and how can they build us up again?

Ladyfest Toronto is accepting art and proposals in all media
(drawing, painting, printmaking, performance, video,
installation, ETC). Because we are working on tight deadlines,
work submitted should closely reflect that which you wish to
exhibit. Works in progress will be considered with
documentation and a clear proposal. Your submission should
include the following:

5-10 images of work (website, JPG or PDF images, or DVDs of
time-based work)
proposal
brief bio & statement situating your work
list of images including date, size and media

Proposals may be submitted by October 25th
(We will accept late submissions, just let us know!)
via email to lftoarts [arobas] gmail [point] com
or mail to 66 St. Anne’s Rd. (please include SASE if you want
your
submission returned)

***Ladyfest Toronto is the local incarnation of an international
annual non-profit interdisciplinary festival. Each year the
Ladyfest Toronto collective organizes a festival of art, music,
performance, poetry, and politics to celebrate community and
disseminate the projects and accomplishments of Toronto
feminists. The Ladyfest collective operates from a sex- and
body-positive, inclusive, anti-oppressive, pro-feminist, politically
charged framework and embraces all feminist peoples. This
year’s festival is taking place November 25-29, 2009.

***You can view our full mission statement and more at
ladyfestto.blogspot.com.
http://ladyfestto.blogspot.com

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Call for Submissions:

Eyelevel Galley Main Space Exhibitions

Deadline: October 31st, 2009.

Eyelevel Gallery is seeking proposals for the 2010-2011
exhibition season in our main gallery space. We are interested
in progressive forward-looking practices; the fruition of
innovative ideas; inventive approaches to artistic production;
and work based on an articulate theoretical and/or critical
and/or poetic thesis. We encourage and facilitate the
presentation of artists and artworks that have not been exhibited
in this locale. We are enthusiastic about artists’ most recent
endeavors and art forms that propel contemporary production
and incite conversation.

Eyelevel Gallery accepts proposals on an ongoing basis.
Proposals are reviewed by a peer committee once a year and
reviews for the upcoming programming year will be accepted
until October 31, 2009. Eyelevel Gallery pays fees that meet
CAR/FAC guidelines. Special projects may have other
deadlines throughout the year. These will be updated on the
website.

Please include in your submissions:

-10-20 images or audio/visual samples on CD-Rom or DVD
(please edit appropriately for viewing). Please note we will not
review slides.
-current CV (maximum three pages)
-artist statement
-detailed exhibition proposal
-copies of catalogue texts or reviews (if relevent)
-a self addressed stamped envelope (for return of proposal)

Attention: no sticky labels on disks submitted please!

Please note that we do not accept email proposals for our main
space.

All submissions can be sent to:

Eyelevel Gallery – Programming Committee
c/o: Michael McCormack
2063 Gottingen Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
B3K 3B2
p: (902) 425 6412

For further information about Eyelevel Gallery, please visit
www.eyelevelgallery.ca or contact director [arobas] eyelevelgallery [point] ca
or (902) 425 6412.
http://www.eyelevelgallery.ca

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SAVAC | Call for Submissions: MONITOR 6

Deadline: November 16, 2009

SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) invites submissions for
its sixth annual experimental short film and video screening
program, MONITOR 6.

MONITOR 6 is dedicated to the presentation of experimental
short films and videos by and/or about South Asians from
Canada and around the world. We invite independent and
innovative short films and videos that explore the aesthetic and
form of the moving image and its relation to narrative.
MONITOR 6 encourages new experimental work that takes risks
and beckons the viewer’s active engagement.

Selected works will be screened at the sixth annual short film
and video program, MONITOR 6 in Toronto, Canada in March
2010. MONITOR 6 will be curated by Toronto-based video artist
and cultural critic Richard Fung in collaboration with a jury
(TBA).

Works must be under 30 minutes and produced between 2007–
2009.
Submissions from first time directors are welcome. Artists’ fees
will be paid.

Submissions should be sent on DVD (PAL, NTSC) enclosed with
the following:

* Name artist or director
* Full contact information (address, phone, fax, email)
* Title of work
* Date of production
* Brief synopsis of the work
* Brief biography of the artist
* High-resolution production stills

Send all materials to:
SAVAC – MONITOR 6
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 450
Toronto, ON Canada M5V 3A8

Inquiries can be sent to info [arobas] savac [point] net

All deliveries from international participants must be marked:
« NO COMMERCIAL VALUE » Please do not claim any monetary
value over $50 on your package for insurance or otherwise or
you will be charged customs, duties and taxes.

All submissions must be sent prepaid. SAVAC will not accept
collect or C.O.D. shipments and will not accept shipments
incurring expenses for duties, taxes or customs brokerage.
Submissions will only be returned with a self-addressed stamped
envelope (in Canadian postage) or send a cheque payable to
SAVAC for the return postage amount.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: ELEMENTS OF WATER, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS

Deadline: November 17th, 2009
Centre for Fine Art Photography

Un Rêve à Travers la Glace ©Samuel MoulinWater is both physical and symbolic. Water can be a solid, liquid or gas. It covers 71% of the earth’s surface. Water fascinates us with the way it moves and transforms. It can be a destructive force or life giving element.

Juror: John Paul Caponigro
John Paul Caponigro is an artist, author, educator, and digital pioneer. John Paul is one of Canon’s Explorers of Light and an Epson’s Stylus Pro. He is a contributing editor for Digital Photo Pro and a columnist for PhotoshopUser.

For details, please visit the Centre for Fine Art Photography website.

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VISUAL ART RESIDENCY: EPCOR CENTRE, CALGARY

VISUAL ART RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITY 2010/11
LEDGE GALLERY, EPCOR CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, CALGARY

Deadline: 4:30 pm, November 18, 2009

The EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts will select one local visual artist to create new work in the Ledge Gallery throughout the months of June and July. The artwork will then be exhibited for the month of August. An artist exhibition fee of $1500.00 as well as financial support of to cover art material costs will be provided.

Please note that the Ledge Gallery is located in high traffic areas, members of the public from all ages and backgrounds will be viewing the artwork. The space is most conducive to sculptural, performing/installation works.

***Your submission for the residency must include:

* Artist Statement: (maximum of 1 page).
* Proposal (maximum of 2 pages): Clearly outline what project(s) you will be completing or concepts that will be explored throughout the residency. Give a brief work schedule (how often will you use the space) throughout the months of June and July.
* Image list.
* Curriculum Vitae: (maximum of 3 pages).
* Self-addressed stamped envelope: submissions will not be returned without the SASE. Postage must be valid for mailing from within Canada.
* Support Material: A CD with no more than 15 JPEG images (300 dpi and sized to 800 pixels maximum) and/or a DVD for video (no longer than 5 minutes in length). All images must be numbered and labeled to match the corresponding image list.
* Application form:
http://visualartsalberta.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/application-form-ledge-window-2010.pdf

All Submissions must include the following information to be considered (plus the information for the residency listed above):

1. Application form (PDF attached to call for submissions).
2. Proposal (maximum of 2 pages): Clearly outline your proposed exhibition or project. Include any special installation requirements. PLEASE INDICATE WHICH SPACE/PROGRAM YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.
3. Artist Statement: (maximum of 1 page).
4. Curriculum Vitae: (maximum of 3 pages).
5. Image list (included on the application form).
6. Support Material: A CD with no more than 15 JPEG images (300 dpi and sized to 800 pixels maximum) and/or a DVD for video (no longer than 5 minutes in length). All images must be numbered and labeled to match the corresponding image list.
7. Self-addressed stamped envelope: submissions will not be returned without the SASE. Postage must be valid for mailing from within Canada.

Please ensure that your name and title of the proposed project is clearly marked on each part of the submission, including all support material. DO NOT SEND ORIGINALS, PROPOSALS WITH STAPLES OR FOLDERS. Note that the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is not responsible for the loss or damage, however caused, of materials submitted in support of an application. PLEASE NOTE: Slides, website address, printed images and VHS tapes will not be reviewed.

Please address your submission to:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts
c/o Tammy McGrath: Visual & Media Arts Programming
205-8th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0K9

Application Form, LEDGE Gallery & Window Galleries, 2010/11
http://visualartsalberta.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/application-form-ledge-window-2010.pdf

For more information please email: tmcgrath [arobas] epcorcentre [point] org.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: WINDOW GALLERIES, EPCOR CENTRE

WINDOW GALLERIES, EPCOR CENTRE (CALGARY, ALBERTA)
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 4:30PM, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009

These seven window spaces are located across from the Max Bell Theatre. Four of the windows are conducive to sculptural/installation work, three of the windows are more suited to 2D artwork. Each window is painted theatre black, they all have different measurements, with some equipped with lighting and power sources. Exhibitions will run in 4 – 12 week intervals depending on the needs of the Calgary art community. Artist groups and collectives are strongly encouraged to apply for these spaces. Artist honorariums are paid for the Window Galleries. Please note that both the LEDGE and the Window Galleries are located in high traffic areas, members of the public from all ages and backgrounds will be viewing the artwork.

Submission must include the following information to be considered (plus the information for the residency listed above):

Application Form, LEDGE Gallery & Window Galleries, 2010/11
http://visualartsalberta.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/application-form-ledge-window-2010.pdf

Please address your submission to:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts
c/o Tammy McGrath: Visual & Media Arts Programming
205-8th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0K9

For more information please email: tmcgrath [arobas] epcorcentre [point] org.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 2010/11 LEDGE GALLERY

LEDGE GALLERY 2010/2011 (CALGARY, ALBERTA)
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 4:30PM, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009

This unique space is located in the +15 and overlooks Centre Court from the second floor of the Centre. The gallery has windows on three sides, a cement floor and new track lighting. The LEDGE is most conducive to sculpture, installation and performing pieces – please note that the work is viewed from outside of the windows looking in. Exhibitions in this location will run for three month intervals.

Area Specifications:
There are two power outlets. The longest length of the space is 24 ft 11 inches (connects both spaces), the shortest length is 10 ft 6 inches (the space is constructed into two boxes that are connected to create one space, the second box is 13 ft 10 inches). There is also a balcony space that overlooks the downstairs hall near Arts Learning.

Submission must include the following information to be considered (plus the information for the residency listed above):

1. Application form (see below- PDF attached to call for submissions).
2. Proposal (maximum of 2 pages): Clearly outline your proposed exhibition or project. Include any special installation requirements. PLEASE INDICATE WHICH SPACE/PROGRAM YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.
3. Artist Statement: (maximum of 1 page).
4. Curriculum Vitae: (maximum of 3 pages).
5. Image list (included on the application form).
6. Support Material: A CD with no more than 15 JPEG images (300 dpi and sized to 800 pixels maximum) and/or a DVD for video (no longer than 5 minutes in length). All images must be numbered and labeled to match the corresponding image list.
7. Self-addressed stamped envelope: submissions will not be returned without the SASE. Postage must be valid for mailing from within Canada.

Application Form, LEDGE Gallery & Window Galleries, 2010/11
http://visualartsalberta.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/application-form-ledge-window-2010.pdf

Please address your submission to:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts
c/o Tammy McGrath: Visual & Media Arts Programming
205-8th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0K9

For more information please email: tmcgrath [arobas] epcorcentre [point] org.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: PSi 16 PERFORMING PUBLICS

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 07:49 AM PDT

PAPER PROPOSALS DUE NOVEMBER 15
PANEL PROPOSALS DUE NOVEMBER 15
SHIFT PROPOSALS DUE NOVEMBER 1

Annual Conference of Performance Studies international
Toronto, 9-13 June 2010

PSi 16, Performing Publics, will take place in Toronto as part of a collaboration between York University’s Faculty of Fine Arts and the Ontario College of Art & Design. The conference will investigate the power of performance to intervene in, reshape, and reinvigorate the public sphere at the beginning of the twenty-first century. We invite proposals that take up notions of “public” in a variety of ways, pointing to the critically generative and fraught aspects of the term as it has been adopted within performance studies.

The conference will theorize the relationship between performance, “official” public culture (public culture framed and sanctioned by state and/or corporate institutions), and the production of what Michael Warner calls “counter-publics” (social formations developed in opposition to the discourses and interests of the official public sphere). As such, it will explore the coming together of individuals as a social totality – as a community, nation, organization, etc. – and the enactment of public as a form of social activism, as a means of rehearsing, querying, and producing alternative forms of local and global citizenship. In both contexts, performance has the potential to frame affective and critically nuanced responses to public events, issues and crises and thus to model politically and ethically engaged forms of public life. The conference also seeks to problematize the idea of “publics” as it has been applied to performance by exploring the limitations of this term and the kinds of social exclusions that it often has been used to rationalize.

Guiding questions will include: How are we hailed by various publics, and how does this shape our behaviors and social interactions? How are publics spatially and temporally constituted? In what ways do publics participate in forms of activism, civic engagement, and “poetic world-making” (Warner)? What affects and effects are produced by such utopian interventions? Our discussion of these issues will reflect the vibrant history of urban intervention and “public spacing” movements in Toronto in which artists and activists have worked together to change the shape of our shared local and civic spaces.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT THE PSi16 website.
http://psi16.com/about/theme/

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Call for submissions – A Portrait of the Artist

arts&architecture, a photographic gallery located in Ottawa, Ontario, requests submissions from both emerging and established photographic artists for an upcoming group exhibition.
We are planning an exhibition of self-portraits by, and of, emerging and established fine art photographers. Throw all caution to the wind – portray that famous character or work of art you’ve always admired; introduce us to your alter-ego; present yourself in a way that you’ve never had the courage to do before. For more information, view our Calls To Artists blog at http://www.artsandarchitecture-calls.blogspot.com.

Digital, silver or traditional processes are welcome – just send us an e-mail at info [arobas] artsandarchitecture [point] ca and include the following:

• a max. of 5 images of 100KB size which are representative of your current work (in .jpg format)
• your contact info and CV, together with a description of your proposed approach to the subject (in .doc or .pdf format)
• a link to a website, if available

Send us your submission by December 1, 2009 – shortly thereafter we will contact a selection of artists with an invitation to participate in the exhibit. Whether selected or not, we will respond to all submissions. Those selected will be asked to complete their self-portrait and submit it printed and framed for exhibition early in 2010. It is our intention that the exhibited works would be available for sale at the gallery on a commission basis. Contact us for more details!

arts&architecture
1181 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
613-737-7300

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Call for submissions – The New Pictorialism

arts&architecture, a small photographic gallery located in Ottawa, Ontario, requests submissions from both emerging and established photographic artists for an upcoming group exhibition on the subject of pictorialism.

We are looking for work that revives, pays tribute to, or presents in the style of the photographers of this important and formative stage in the development of photography as an accepted art. While work of any photographic process may be submitted, we are especially hoping for pieces produced using the traditional processes of the period – platinum/palladium, cyanotype, carbon, albumen, gum bichromate, etc. For more information, view our Calls To Artists blog at http://www.artsandarchitecture-calls.blogspot.com.

Whether you are channeling Alice Boughton or Alvin Langdon Coburn, or pursuing a contemporary interpretation of the pictorial aesthetic, send your proposal to .

Include in your e-mail:
• max. 5 jpg images of 100KB size which are representative of your current work
• contact info, CV and artist statement, a brief outline of your proposed approach to the subject and of the nature of the images you propose (in rtf or pdf format)
• a link to a website, if available

Send your submission by December 1, 2009, after which we will contact a selection of artists regarding possible inclusion in the exhibit. Whether selected or not, we will respond to all submissions. It is our intention that the selected work, to be exhibited early in the 2010, would available for sale at the gallery on a commission basis. Contact us for details.

arts&architecture
1181 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
613-737-7300

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call: Media City Film Festival 2010

Call for entries Deadline: 19 February 2010
MEDIA CITY FILM FESTIVAL 2010  16th International Festival of Film and Video Art. May 26 – 29, 2010 – Windsor, Ontario

Each year the festival screens approximately fifty new films and videos in all formats and gauges in its international competition programs. Media City also hosts retrospective screenings and discussions with featured artists, and exhibits installations in the Art Gallery of Windsor and other venues in Windsor, ON and Detroit, MI.
Absolutely no entry fees. Screening fees paid for all works exhibited. Eligibility criteria: Works must have been completed since Jan. 01/2008.
Visit: http://www.houseoftoast.ca to download the entry form
Media City Film Festival 309 Chatham Street West Windsor ON N9A 5M8 CANADA
http://www.houseoftoast.ca/mediacity

3. appels d’ailleurs

CAN SERRAT VISUAL ARTS RESIDENCY–FULL STIPEND, SPAIN

Where: Barcelona, Spain
When: 2010
Deadline: Oct 31, 2009

Can Serrat is pleased to announce our Full Stipend for visual artists for the Year 2010. The residency is open to artists in all fields regardless of nationality or age.

Candidates are asked to e-mail:

* Visual documentation of recent work (10 jpg images).
* Cover letter introducing yourself and stating preferred residency months.
* Curriculum Vitae
* A short summary of the project/work planned for the residency
* period.

Please email applications to stipend [arobas] canserrat [point] org. Please, don’t send applications by mail unless you have to send a video. Note that we do not send materials in return. There is no official application form.

Applications must be received by the 31st of October, 2009. Late applications will not be reviewed.

* The selected Artist will be notified in late November, 2009.
* The selected Artist will be provided with living/working space and meals for a one month period and the opportunity to give a presentation at the centre.
* Travel expenses and other incidentals are not covered by the stipend award.
* All applicants for the full stipend will automatically also be considered for a support stipend.
* Stipends are available to the recipient for one year.

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AICHI TRIENNALE CURATORIAL COMPETITION 2010

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30, 2009
WHEN: August 21 to October 31, 2010
WHERE: AICHI, JAPAN

Aichi Triennale 2010 will be based on the theme of “Arts and Cities”. This international arts festival announces its curatorial competition open call for proposals. Individual artists, artist collectives and curators are encouraged to submit proposals for inspiring programs of contemporary art exhibition. Nine winners will be selected to hold their exhibitions in the art spaces G, H and X in the Aichi Arts Center. Subsidy grants of up to one million yen are available. MORE INFORMATION >>
http://aichitriennale.jp/kikakucompe/en/

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ARTIST RESIDENCY: BABAYAN CULTURE HOUSE, TURKEY

Where: Cappadocia, Turkey
When: Fall, 2009
DEADLINE: UNTIL FILLED

There are two open spaces:

Tandir studio apartment: from 20 October – untill 23 December = 9 weeks (two residencies possible).

Please call: +90 (0)384 3626231 or look at www.wbouman.com/turky_en.html

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Appel à candidature pour photographe : PLATEFORM Magazine

PLATEFORM Magazine lance un concours photo sur le thème de : « Paris, le 12ème arrondissement, version noir ». Le magazine retiendra la série de photo qui illustrera le mieux une ambiance de polar et le 12ème arrondissement de Paris.   La série sera publiée dans le numéro de Décembre 2009 de PLATEFORM Magazine avec votre interview et le roman Six pieds sous les vivants d’Antoine Chainas sera offert au lauréat.  Vous pouvez faire parvenir une série de 12 à 15 photos en basse définition avant le 5 novembre 2009 sur redac [arobas] plateformag [point] com  Le site de Plateform Magazine : http://www.plateformag.com

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call: Open ev+a 2010

Call for entries Deadline: 27 November 2009
ev+a OPEN e v+ a 2010
Since its inception in 1977, OPEN e v+ a remains an open submission exhibition that encourages all artists worldwide to enter work in any and all materials, media, design practices and representational styles and genres.

e v+ a seeks diverse and ambitious submissions from artists involved in all areas of arts practice and encourages proposals that aim at siting work within the widespread fabric of a modern urban environment.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURES AND DATES:
Artists may submit their works, proposals and documentation in the following ways:
1. Directly in Ireland at the specified collection drop points, dates and times indicated in the application form.
Artists may submit their work/ proposals and documentation directly, with the completed application form and entry fee enclosed, at the specified collection points and on the dates and at the times indicated on the above schedule. Please note: the co-operation of the various drop centres depends on work being submitted and collected only on the dates and at the times specified. The centres will not and cannot be expected to handle artists’ work before or after these dates and times. Artists themselves must arrange for the timely delivery of their submissions to and from these centres.
2. By post/courier only to the e v+ a administration offices:
e v+ a: c/o THE BELLTABLE ARTS CENTRE, 69 O’Connell Street, Limerick, Ireland e v+ a: c/o THE LIMERICK CITY GALLERY OF ART, Pery Square, Limerick, Ireland
Artists choosing to submit works/proposals/documents by post or courier may send them with a completed entry form (with the proper entry fee enclosed) directly to either of the e v+ a contact addresses given below. To be eligible for adjudication such submissions must arrive on or before the final closing date. Artists are responsible for insuring such work while in transit.
PLEASE NOTE: NO SUBMISSIONS MAY BE MADE OR ACCEPTED BY MEANS OF FAX OR EMAIL.
APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE WEB SITE www.eva.ie BUT MUST BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY BY HAND OR BY POST/COURIER.
SUBMISSION / ENTRY FEES An entry/handling fee of €20 per submission (€30 for two submissions) must accompany the submissions and the completed application form.
Contact: e v+ a c/o Belltable Arts Centre 69 O’Connell Street Ireland  phone: +353 (0)61 318240 fax: +353 (0) 61 318241 info [arobas] eva [point] ie  http://www.eva.ie/

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Call for proposals ongoing from 1 September 2009 – 1 September 2010
Celebrate!
2010 – 10 Years JavaMuseum - JavaMuseum – Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010, but that’s not all –> in addition [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010, as well.
On this occasion, JavaMuseum is planning a big show online, entitled: “CELEBRATE!”

JavaMuseum, founded in 2000 and active since 2001 as a corporate part of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork:||cologne – www.nmartproject.net, the experimental platform for art and New Media, belongs to the relevant platforms for Internet based art on the net. Under the direction of Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, JavaMuseum realised more than 20 showcases and competitions of netart in a global context between 2001 and 2009 and is hosting a comprehensive collection of netart since the year 2000 including more than 400 artists and 1000 art works. In 2006, JavaMuseum launched JIP – JavaMuseum Interview Project, a context for spotlighting the background of the artists creations, containing meanwhile more than 80 interviews with expersts and artists in the fields of digital and electronic art.
On occasion of its 10th anniversary, JavaMuseum is planning to launch in autumn 2010 a netart show, entitled: Celebrate! in order to celebrate netart as an exciting, but anyway yet widely underestimated art genre.
This represents the best reason for inviting artists active on the fields of new, digital and electronic media to submit their latest or aöso their older excellent netart art projects.
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1. Only works are elegible to be submitted which are not part of JavaMuseum already 2. The artist may submit as many proposals as he/she wants 3. Only netart works which are published online on an URL of itsown with a free access for all users are elegible to be submitted. 4. The works may originate fom the years 2000 until 2010 5. A jury will select the best works for the show 6. The works maybe executed in any Internet based technology 7. The works must remain online at least for two years after the exhibition launch in autumn 2010 8. only works are accepted which can be cross-browser displayed online 9. The author of a netart piece may be an individual artist or a group / collective of artists 10. works can be submitted on an ongoing basis between 1 September 2009 and 1 September 2010, and can be featured in addition after the acceptance during the year 2010 on JavaMuseum.
——————————————————–< Please use this entry form, cut and paste it and send it completed via email to info [arobas] javamuseum [point] org subject: JavaMuseum 2010 – Celebrate! All items are mandatory! artist/group name (a group has to list the names of all group members) first name address Email URL homepage short bio (max 300 word, English) portrait photo (max 800x600px, .jpg work title work URL year of production used technology (software etc) required plug-ins short work description (max 300 words, English) 2 screen shots (800x600px, .jpg) Please use this entry form, cut and paste it and send it completed via email to info [arobas] javamuseum [point] org subject: JavaMuseum 2010 – Celebrate!  JavaMuseum – Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art www.javamuseum.org info [arobas] javamuseum [point] org powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne www.nmartproject.net - the experimental platform for art and New Media from Cologne/Germany. ••••• Call for entries extended Deadline: 31 December 2009 2010 – 10th anniversary of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne SoundLAB – sonic art project environments is happy to launch the call for its next edition to be part of this anniversary celebrations, entitled: SoundLAB VII – soundCELEBRATION sound compositions made for the 10th anniversary! About SoundLAB http://soundlab.newmediafest.org In 2004, SoundLAB was launched as a corporate part of the global networking project [R][R][F]200x—>XP – http://rrf200x.newmediafest.org on occasion of BEAP – Biennale of Electronic Art Perth/Australia 2004 but started soon also acting individually as an environment for sonic art.
Edition IV was launched in October 2006 under the title “memoryscapes” – incorporating 144 artists and 235 soundart pieces dealing with “memory and identity” in most different ways, and it became corporate part of the media art show ://selfportrait – a show for Bethlehem – a show for Peace http://self.engad.org – presented in Palestine, Poland, Italy and Argentina, as an individual project it participated 2007 in FILE Hipersonica Sao Paulo and FILE Rio 2008.
Edition V – soundSTORY – sound as a tool for story telling was launched 2007 in the framework of NewMediaFest2007 presented online and on Int. Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina 2007 and DIGITAL MEDIA 2008 Valencia/Spain
Edition VI – soundPOOL – sound compositions – a challenge for imagination was launched in 2009 and was presented on FILE – Hipersonica Sao Paulo 2009
SoundLAB Editions I – VI – can be visited on http://soundlab.newmediafest.org
For its 7th edition, planned to be launched in March 2010, SoundLAB would like to celebrate the power of sound as a tool for artistic creations and communications on occasion of the 10th anniversary of the global network it is embedded in and invites soundartists, musicians and composers to create for the 10th anniversary a special sound composition.
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Please download the regulations and entry form as PDF http://downloads.nmartproject.net/SoundLAB7_entry2010.pdf
Regulations for sound compositions to be submitted
1. Theme: soundCELEBRATION – sound compositions made for the 10th anniversary 2.. one single piece of soundart may be submitted 3. exclusive soundformat: mp3 4. duration: minimum 3 min, maximum 15 min (longer works possible, but only on request) 5. each submission has to accompanied by an artists statement about the creation of the sound work, used tools & concepts 6. the artist/author keeps all rights on the submitted soundwork and statement 7. the work to be submitted has to be posted on a webpage for download, including artist bio and statement 7a. –> if no own website is available, alternatively the film can be submitted via an upload/download service, for instance, SENDSPACE – www.sendspace.com – a free service, after upload send the link, and soundLAB downloads the file then. 8. the complete entry form including the requested info material has to be submitted via email ___________________________________________ Entry form ___________________________________________
artist/author
full name email URL short biography/CV (not more than 300 words in English)
Work
title (one work only) year duration URL for download statement (no more than 1000 words in English) . Confirmation/authorization: The submitter declares and confirms that he/she is holding all author’s rights and gives permission to include the submitted work in “Soundlab” until revoke. Signed by (submitter) ___________________________________________
Please cut and paste this form and send the complete submission, including artist bio and statement in plain email, RTF file format or WORD. doc
to soundlab [arobas] newmediafest [point] org subject: Soundlab edition VII . ————————————- SoundLAB – sonic art project environment http://soundlab.newmediafest.org is a corporate part of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne, the experimental platform for art and new media from Cologne/Germany

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call: Oberhausen Shortfilm Festival

Call for entries Deadline for international productions: 15 January 2010  Deadline for German production: 15 February 2010
56th Oberhausen Shortfilm Festival 29 April – 4 May 2009 – Oberhausen/Germany

Oberhausen once again invites those with the courage to venture something new to submit their films. The organizers are on the lookout for exceptional works to present at the 56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, taking place from 29 April to 4 May 2010 in Oberhausen.
The entry form and regulations of the 56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen can be downloaded here. http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/fileadmin/Kurzfilmtage/Kurzfilmtage_2010/Call_for_Entries/Call_for_Entries_2010_D-GB_interactive.pdf
http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/submission.html
The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is one of the major international crossroads for the short form, unique in the range of forms and genres it presents to the public, and particularly well known for its spotlight on experiments.
In short film, anything is possible: formally, content-wise, or aesthetically. Hard to pin down, extremely open – and for that reason endlessly fascinating – short film remains an inexhaustible reservoir from which cinema, television, Internet and even the museum cull new visual languages. Oberhausen’s competitions are equally open to artistic and cinematic trends, they are exhibitions as well as film programmes. The festival is always looking for works that defy tradition, that have the courage to try out something new.
Oberhausen stands for short distances, intensive discussions, sold-out theatres and plenty of opportunities to make contacts. The four competitions, featuring some 140 new films and videos from all around the world, attract television programme editors as well as curators, festival representatives and journalists. Films vie for some 40,000 euros in prize money. The main award of the festival is the Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen, which includes a grant of 7,500 euros, in the International Competition. A 5,000-euro prize awaits the winner of the German Competition. Other honours include the 2,500-euro ARTE Award for a European short film and the 3sat Promotional Award, likewise for 2,500 euros.
Contact: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen gGmbH International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Grillostr. 34 D – 46045 Oberhausen Germany
Fon +49 (0)208 825-2652 Fax +49 (0)208 825-5413 eMail: info [arobas] kurzfilmtage [point] de  Internet: www.kurzfilmtage.de

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call: Oudeis – Trapped in Freedom

Call for entries Deadline: 7 November 2009
Oudeis  Digital, Electronic and Media Art Symposium: “Trapped in Freedom” 5.-12 December 2009 – Le Vigan , France

Call for: a video exhibition and a temporary and free editing workshop It is by chance, in a dead street’s far end that we faced a white padded door, opaque windows secured by bars and a turned off neon. Trapped in Freedom, the inscritpion was unlit, we could imagine it shining in the night a deep red and evocative light. This sentence questionned us all the more we didn’t know this place’s nature. A one evening peculiar cabaret drawn from a David Lynch imagination, a libertine meeting place, rare liquors and cigars club… Anyway, this place seemed contained in its wording an entire paradox, one of a sensual pleasure, assumed, shown and restrained to this area, condensed behind the walls and hidden from prying eyes. This paradox was for the more obvious that the street was isolated, empty, but close to a wide and passing road. As if the answer or possibility for an emancipated freedom was actually just before our eyes. An obvious fact so strong that it cannot be assumed or seen as real.
It is this exact feeling which this place was emiting, an unrealistic atmosphere, a suspended time, a breach given to the onlooker in an innocent way, still tantalizing. No way between an assumed freedom, the idealized one, the return to nature, the emancipation from the powerful, the ethical, racial, social and political conflicts anihilation…
Live freedom as a release of burdens due to our environment. To focus on a will, a space peculiar to oneself, to individualities… To adopt freedom, take it fully, means to seize new spaces, to make new choices…
And yet the idea is not that simple. Freedom is a delicate notion and value, fascinating, unpredictable. As for who takes some liberty may take it off others, who enjoys freedom may loose a secured framework, a set of references and foundings, who wants to be free may be put in danger because of his/her own choices. Trapped in Freedom synthesizes the paradox of a dear and desired state at the same time feared and mostly let in an utopic idea condition.
Any social project is based on consensus and thereof asks for new definitions of individual liberties while arising new ones relative to a global, general and becoming homogenic corps.
Oudeis, a cultural organization in Le Vigan (France), has decided to dedicate its coming Digital, Electronic and Media Art Symposium on this issue. Thus, several exhibits will take place in town in different places from the 5th to 13th december 2009. There are two types of
call for proposal for two specific projects.
First, a video exhibition. Oudeis invites all artists interested in the issue Trapped in Freedom to send us a proposal and short bio.
The second project open to participants is a temporary and free editing workshop. Temporary because it will last only the time of the Symposium, free because it will be nomad and will be moved from place to place to mix contents. A silkscreen printing workshop will be set and an edition will be publish, with critical contents, poems, analysis and esthetics statements, drawings, photographies, collages…
All produced in real time, in the manner of performance, in front of the public.
Contact: Oudeis Sandra Bébié-Valérian Place Quatrefages de Laroquête (mairie) 30120 Le Vigan France  phone: 06 84 86 06 06 info [point] oudeis [arobas] gmail [point] com oudeis.fr

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Call for entries Deadline: 28 February 2010
Arse Elektronika 2010 == SPACE RACY == Call for Papers, Performances, Films and Machines

Love hotels. Swinger club design. Phallic architecture. The gentrification of Times Square, kicking out all the peep shows, and similar anti-sex gentrifications and battles. Kids making out in the back seats of cars, and people fucking in parks. Housing for unconventional family units. Augmented reality sex spaces. Furniture for sex. Room design. Creating new environments. Gendered spaces, and gender in the creation of space. Architecture by women, and the potential for the construction of a feminist architecture. Actively gender-segregated spaces, as both empowering and oppressing. Queer-segregated spaces, similarly. The acts of human intimacy, sexual intercourse, and procreation in weightlessness and the extreme environments of space. Erotic space tourism. The visibility of sex, genders, and relationship structures in various spaces. Spaces of sexual control and permissiveness. Sexual subcultures as spaces of social division. Spatial enforcement of relationship structures and gendered power structures. Geotagging as an expression for kinks. The sexual reading of architecture, especially around historical and modern styles and concerning ornament and detail. The eroticization of buildings — architecture for whorehouses, the Las Vegas strip, people who want to sleep with buildings. What makes design “sexy” and the construction of “sexy” as an architectural category as a comment on late heteronormativity. The terabyte gloryhole. The space in which the male gaze occurs and the space it defines.
Heterosexism, misogyny, and heterocentrism reinforce the dominant cultural structure and contribute to the oppression of large sectors of society. Sexuality, sex, gender, and related constructs are heavily implicated in and reproduce space, and are also constrained and restricted by it and by heterosexism. Let’s explore this space of interactions — send us your ideas for talks, performances, films and machines.
Deadline: February 28, 2010. Contact: arse2010 [arobas] monochrom [point] at
http://www.monochrom.at/arse-elektronika/

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Call for entries Deadline: 26 February 2010
Crosstalk Videoart Festival June 2010 – Budapest/Hungary

Media and video artists from all over the world are invited to submit their works for Issue 3 of *crosstalk** video art festival* that will be held in June 2010 in Budapest.
*crosstalk** video art festival *is looking for video pieces that are critical, analytical or showing their subject from new perspectives. There is no criteria as to the subject/theme of the works.
Artist from any age, gender, nationality, religion can submit works up to 3 pieces. Films and videos submitted must: - belong to the category of video art , - have been completed on or after 1 January 2007, - be single channel works - be copyright controlled by the artist.
We are interested in screening videos in the category: video art. There are no entry fees!
crosstalk video art festival http://www.crosstalk.hu

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call for entries Deadline: 16 November 2009
AV Festival is an international festival of electronic arts featuring visual art, music and moving image. A biennial event, the festival takes place in the urban centres of Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough in the North East of England. The next AV Festival will take place 5-14 March 2010 and will be based around the theme of Energy. The festival will explore energy as a force through which all of life is connected, transformed, renewed and destroyed.

This is an open call for moving image and short film works that relate to the festival theme of energy. The chosen works will be screened to members of the public on the Live Sites BBC Big Screen in Centre Square Middlesbrough opposite mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) during the festival. The designated screening times will be during three days of the festival: 5, 10 and 12 March. This project is a partnership between AV Festival, Middlesbrough Council and the Live Sites Big Screen team at the BBC.
For more information and to submit your work visit www.avfestival.co.uk
If you have any questions please contact: peter [arobas] avfestival [point] co [point] uk

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Call for entries extended Deadline: 23 October 2009
2nd SCREEN Festival  March 2010 – Oslo/Norway

Oslo Screen Festival began in 2008 with the aim of bringing together young emerging artists working with video to present their work to Oslo audiences. The purpose of the festival is to focus on experimental video works and to emphasise emerging poetics of the medium.
We are now open for entries to the festival’s second edition in March 2010 and would like to invite artists and filmmakers to send us their works. An award of €1000 will be given to the best video.
Please find regulation & entry form on our website www.screenfestival.no

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Call for entries Deadline: 30 December 2009
New Zero Art Space Myanmar  Artist-in-Residence Program

New Zero Art Space, Yangon, Myanmar invites visual (and performance) artists from Asia, Europe and North America to the first Artist-in-Residency Program in Myanmar. Myanmar is a unique and old culture in the heart of South East Asia, famous for its stunning gold pagodas, its kind and gentle people and its strong Buddhist history.
The program is an exceptional opportunity to support artists from around the world who have a keen interest in Myanmar art and culture. The philosophy of the program also encourages an ongoing exchange with the art and culture from the artist’s host country.
The residency is one month in the heart of Yangon. New Zero Art Space will provide one round trip air ticket, accommodation and living expenses during the residency. The residency will also include a studio and exhibition space. The artist will be requested to exhibit his/her work at the end of the residency with promotional materials in the form of a brochure will be included, so that the work and artistic and cultural ideas can be shared and exchanged with a larger audience.
Applications are currently being accepted Deadline: 30 December 2009
Applications must include: - CV - Portfolio (min. 3 works submitted as jpgs) - Project description for the residency
The New Zero Art Space Advisory Committee consisting of artists from Myanmar and international advisors will select an artist based on the project and the quality of the work submitted.
For further information, please contact:
Aye Ko Executive Director New Zero Art Space No.54. E-1, Boyarnyunt Street, Dagon Township Yangon, Myanmar ayekoart [arobas] gmail [point] com
New Zero Art Studio and Office No.202, Alanpya Paya Road, United Condo, Dagon Township Yangon, Myanmar Phone: 095000802 newzero [point] org [arobas] gmail [point] com www.newzeroartspace.com

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call for entries Deadline: 15 November 2009
Zeppelin 2009 – Festival of Sound Projects  10-12 December 2009 – Barcelona/Spain

Zeppelin 2009 – Sounds of Power / Listening to Fear is dedicated to thinking about issues that have been insidiously encircling us for some time. We are concerned about signs that might suggest we’re going backwards in terms of hard-won social and intellectual achievements and freedoms. This concern led us to pose the following series of questions, which we hope will go some way to inspiring the pieces presented:
1. What does it mean to receive and/or give an order?
2. The verbs ‘obey’ and ‘hear’ are known to be closely linked. How, then, should we view a society that appears increasingly ready to obey without stopping to think? What link is there between obeying and believing?
3. Why do we have a need for absolute truths, even where we know it’s impossible? Why do we think we already know everything? Do we need to learn techniques or not? Why do we think anyone can do anything? Shouldn’t we respect the ability to do things? To what extent is the term ‘art’ relevant or not?
4. In what sense have we moved from alienation at work to alienation in every, or almost every, sphere in life? Are we losing our awareness of alienation?
5. What does it mean to talk about control in the name of security? Don’t we feel safe? Why do we allow things to be done in the name of democracy that we’d condemn in a dictatorship?
6. Does a welfare society mean a growth society? (Cage said: “I don’t know if life is characterised by progress.”) Why do we think we live in the best of worlds?
7. What role or roles do sounds play in a welfare society and a growth society? Are they related to a loss of privacy? To what extent have neighbours become a new system of control in the hands of the state?
8. How do we view the fact that our instruments for organising sounds are linked to instruments designed to control? Is there a relationship between organising and controlling?
9. At a time when words are being chipped away at until they have a new meaning set down by law, and people who disagree with the criteria of others risk being branded as intolerant, how can we unmask this warped language without discrediting things further?
We invite people interested in sound to think about these questions and send us their sound works.
The pieces will be played through a system of eight loudspeakers on 10, 11 and 12 December 2009 at the Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture.
Terms and Conditions
All works received will be accepted provided they meet the following conditions:
1. Pieces should be no longer than ten (10) minutes.
2. The format for the pieces should be WAV or AIFF at 44.1 kHz and 16 bits. Pieces may have up to eight tracks. Each track should be in a separate file (so a piece with eight tracks should have eight files each containing a single track).
3. The following documentation should be included: 3.1. Comments on the piece. 3.2. An artistic biography of the author. 3.3. A document signed by the author either giving or refusing explicit authorisation for the piece to be posted on the internet. 3.4. A document signed by the author giving authorisation for the piece to form part of the Sonoscop sound art archive.
4. The pieces and documentation should be sent on a CD/DVD by 15 November 2009 to:
caos/ZEPPELIN/convocatòria Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona C/Montalegre, 5 Barcelona 08001 Spain
For more information: www.sonoscop.net caos [arobas] sonoscop [point] net

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L’art de transmettre
Enseignement des arts, transmission, éducation populaire en analyse
A l’heure de jetabilité à outrance, il est urgent de refonder un art de transmettre. Alors que Mouvement consacre dans son dernier numéro un dossier à cette question, Mouvement.net vous propose de poursuivre la réflexion avec un ensemble de contributions en ligne.
http://www.mouvement.net/site.php?rub=2&id=a98de75520b06532

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