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the 10 second conversation
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Call for Participation in Tajikistan:Mon Oct 12 (noon) to Wed Oct 14 (noon), 2009
Many Tajiks are aware that for those cell phone users who have a plan with the Central Asian telecommunications company named Babilon, the first ten seconds of any phone call are free. To take advantage of this freebee, strategic users have developed a new art form – the ten second conversation.
Inspired by this contemporary cultural form and the Tajik tradition of 2-verse poetry (or ‘Bayt’), REV-, a New York-based art organization (www.rev-it.org) is initiating a competition for the best ten second poems. You are invited to participate; newcomers to Tajik poetry are invited to try their hand.
The project’s title, ‘Bayt’ (pronounced ‘bite’ in English), refers to both the Tajik word for the short 2-verse poem popularized to Western audiences by the Rubayat, written in the 12th century by poet Omar Khayyam. ‘Bayt’ also resembles in sound the English noun that means, ‘a small piece’ (as in, “Just a bite”), and the ‘byte’, an internationally recognized unit used to measure quantities of digital data.
Open Call: The Tourist Syndrome Summer Camp
Open Call: The Tourist Syndrome Summer Camp, Palanga, 3 – 11 September 2009
Schwedenstrasse 16
13357 Berlin
Germany
Phone: 0049 30 46069107
Contact:
transientspaces [at] uqbar-ev [dot] de
www.transientspaces.org
Application deadline: 30 June 2009
Open Call for Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2009)
Transient Spaces – The Tourist Syndrome is an interdisciplinary project on the symmetries and asymmetries between contemporary tourism and migration, encompassing research, theory, practice, workshops, seminars, conferences and art exhibitions in Italy, Lithuania, Romania and Germany in 2009 and 2010.
The Tourist Syndrome Summer Camp, 3 – 11 September 2009
An integral part of the two-year project Transient Spaces – The Tourist Syndrome is the upcoming Tourist Syndrome Summer Camp held in Palanga (Lithuania), a renowned seaside resort on the Baltic Sea coast, from 3 to 11 September 2009.
The Tourist Syndrome Summer Camp invites artists, architects, cultural producers, theorists, and academics to an interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange on new forms of mobility today, with a special focus on the relationship between tourism and migration. The eight-day summer camp will offer a diverse programme of workshops, lectures and presentations, and will be open to a maximum of fifty participants to be selected through this Open Call.
The summer camp programme includes three main workshops held by international artists, practitioners and academics Cesare Pietroiusti (Rome/Venice), Krystian Woznicki (Berlin) and Michael Zinganel (Vienna/Graz), and an intense program of presentations, screenings and events by artists already involved in the project, and by the artistic directors and curators of Transient Spaces – The Tourist Syndrome. The workshops will highlight the many aspects of the tourism-migration relationship that exist in different European and non-European contexts and offer the opportunity to explore individual and subjective, as well as socio-political themes, with the goal of developing works of art and projects to be presented at the conclusion of the summer camp in Palanga and at the final, comprehensive exhibition in Berlin in 2010.
Structured as a collective brain storming session on the topics of tourism and migration, the Tourist Syndrome Summer Camp will also offer convivial and informal moments, drawing from the tradition of Socialist plein air symposia, combining work (artistic and intellectual production) and leisure. The summer camp is organized in cooperation with Lithuanian art organization Meno Parkas (Kaunas).
Participation in summer camp activities is free of charge.
The selected participants will be responsible for their individual journeys to the workshop location of Palanga. Basic accommodation (double or triple room) is provided to the summer camp participants by the organization.
Once selected, participants will need to transfer a registration fee of 50 Euro to the organization by 30 July (bank details will be provided).
The summer camp group will be limited to a maximum of fifty participants. The course language is English.
Free-form applications (in English) should include:
– statement / motivation letter (max 300 words)
– curriculum vitae
Supporting material, such as a portfolio, articles, publications, etc. can be included with the applications. The materials will not be sent back to applicants. Online applications are welcome.
Please specify in the application how you found out about this open call.
Applications for The Tourist Syndrome Summer Camp can be sent electronically or via post to uqbar by the deadline of 30 June 2009 (postmark) to the address:
uqbar e.V.
Transient Spaces – The Tourist Syndrome
Schwedenstr. 16
D – 13357 Berlin, Germany
Urban (R)evolutions
Urban (R)evolutions: submissions until 15/5/2009
A collective screening project by Video Art Festival Miden
Video Art Festival Miden this year invites all artists and creators to contribute to a collective screening project, submitting digital images.
In the context of the “Urban (R)evolutions” thematic showcase, along with video screenings we invite all artists to submit still images (photos, digital images, photo-montages, collages, drawings, 3D graphics, architectural proposals etc) which transform and alter creatively the urban landscape. Each participant can submit up to 10 images. All submitted works will be screened in the form of a slide-show in open spaces of the Historic Centre of Kalamata. Submitted works must be original. Minimum image size 800x600pixels, 72dpi, tiff, jpg or bmp format. Please send your images along with a short cv via e-mail at festivalmiden [at] gmail [dot] com with the indication “Urban-stills”.
Deadline: 15/05/2009
For any extra information contact us at: info [at] festivalmiden [dot] gr or festivalmiden [at] gmail [dot] com
Bumpkin Island Proposals Due May 4, 2009
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ARTISTS ANNEX AN ISLAND?
In collaboration with the Boston Harbor Island Alliance and Studio Soto, the Bumpkin Island Art Encampment invites proposals for a unique opportunity to live and work in a temporary artist community in Boston’s largest national park area. Starting Thursday, July 30 and continuing through Monday, August 3, 2009, eight artists/artist groups will each be awarded one plot of prime, arable land.
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Interdisziplinäres Produktionsstipendium 2009
deadline september 30th 2008
EMAF: CALL FOR ENTRIES: DEADLINE December 10th
EUROPEAN ART FESTIVAL OSNABRÜCKSie können Arbeiten zu folgenden Bereichen einreichen:// CINEMA Experimentelle Kurz- und Langfilme, Musikvideos, neue Formender Narration und Dokumentation sowie Sonderprogramme// EXHIBITION Aktuelle Installationen vom 23. April bis 25. Mai 2008in der Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche. Eingeladen sind neue installative Arbeiten, die das aktuelle Spektrum der Medienkunst wiedergeben. Eine Ausstellung des Festivals wird den Themenbereich “Jugend und Identität” präsentieren. Gesucht werden hierfür künstlerische Positionen zu und Blicke auf jugendliche Realitäten verschiedener Regionen und Kulturen.// EXPANDED MEDIA Künstlerische Projekte der digitalen medialen Aktionund Interaktion sowie Performances, Musik- und Klangprojekte,Live-Acts, VeeJaying und aktuelle Konzepte des Expanded Cinemahttp://www.emaf.de/
THE CARTIER AWARD 2008: CALL FOR ENTRIES
Betreff: FW: The Cartier Award 2008: Call for applications> The> Cartier> Award 2008: Call for applications>> http://www.frieze.com>>>>> The Cartier Award for emerging artists living outside the UK is a majorinitiative by Frieze Projects, the curatorial programme of Frieze Art Fair, incollaboration with Gasworks and sponsored by Cartier. Artists are invited topropose a new work to be realised at Frieze Art Fair 2008 which will be producedunder the auspices of Frieze Projects. Projects may take the form ofsite-specific installation; performance; film; video and print work.>> The Cartier Award includes:> - 3 month residency at Gasworks from mid September to mid December 2008including accommodation, per diems and travel expenses> - Project production costs of up to 10,000 pounds> - An artist's fee of 1,000 pounds>> The selection committee for 2008 is:> Neville Wakefield (Curator, Frieze Projects)> Hervé Chandès (Director, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art)> Mia Jankowicz (Residency Curator, Gasworks)> Richard Wentworth (Artist)>> The Cartier Award is open to non UK based artists within 5 years of graduatingfrom an undergraduate or postgraduate degree.>> Please visit http://www.frieze.com for more details and access to the onlineapplication form. The deadline for applications is Friday 7 January 2008.>> Gasworks is a contemporary arts organisation in South London housing 12artists' studios and presenting a programme of exhibitions, residencies,international fellowships and educational projects.>> Cartier has a long-standing relationship with contemporary art. Twenty twoyears ago the company established the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art inParis -- a unique example of corporate patronage for contemporary art.>> Cartier is the Associate Sponsor of Frieze Art Fair supporting Frieze Projectsand the Cartier Award.>> Frieze> 3-4 Hardwick Street, London, EC1R 4RB, UK> http://www.frieze.com>>>>>>>> [http://www.e-flux.com/img/px.gif]> [http://www.e-flux.com/img/px.gif]>> [http://www.e-flux.com/img/logo_eflux_small.gif]>> 53 Ludlow street> New York, NY 10002, USA
Rhizome Commission Proposal 2007
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Remix Your Blogroll
Is your blogroll getting stale? Do you need to pump some bass into your RSS feeds? You might consider adding Remix Theory, a relatively new blog maintained by media artist, writer, and curator Eduardo Navas. While Navas has written on the contemporary climate in essays such as ‘Regressive and Reflexive Mashups in Sampling Culture,’ he makes a distinction between remix culture, and remix proper, and focuses directly on the latter creative act. This inquiry has been addressed by the prolific critic in a number of projects, including his essay on The Blogger as Producer; his curatorial project, The Latency of the Moving Image in New Media, at Los Angeles’ Telic Art Space; and his recent interview with Yto (Isabel Eranda) in the Chilean magazine, Escaner Cultural. Remix Theory aggregates Navas’s work, alongside excerpts and projects from others. In addition to coverage of various manifestations of the principles of remix, one essential goal of the blog is to define the ter!
m, itself. Navas insists that this effort must begin with the study of remixed music, before branching out. Offering copious historical and bibliographic resources to that effect, the site is stimulating on several levels, offering insight into new art works and new means of discussing them. – Elizabeth Johnston