Cimatics - Brussels International Festival for Live Audiovisual Art & VJing - invites all artists, creatives and producers to send their submissions for the next Cimatics festival.Cimatics festival takes place from 20th - 29th November 2009 at various locations in the centre of Brussels.Festival theme: New CitiesCimatics is an audiovisual festival that is closely connected to contemporary digital and urban practice. Cimatics 2009 aims at encouraging all projects that focus on the relation of both cultures. This theme is not a statement but utters the question of how to approach digital and urban culture not as 2 separate layers, but as a single given. Send us your ideas, lectures, performances or videos for 'New Cities' by using the form below. Note that also non-audiovisual work is highly appreciated.Pre-selectionAccepted media: DVD, Blue-Ray, HD DVD, Mini-DV, CD (please don't send any original/master work, only copy of good quality or first gen, also don't send data DVD with movies on: DVD's should play on a consumer DVD player & CD-ROM's should play on a Mac/PC)Mailing costs will be borne by the entrant. Hard copies will NOT be returned.LanguageWorks submitted must be in French, Dutch or English or have subtitles in either of these languages. Works in other languages must be accompanied by a text list in English.Deadline: 31/07/09Contact:CIMATICS 09c/o Cimatics vzwOnderwijsstraat 51B-1070 BrusselsBelgiumPhone: +32 [0] 2 520 07 82Fax: M: +32 [0] 475 497 110E-mailinfo@cimaticsfestival.comURL: www.cimatics.com/entriesRead more…
23 - 24 November 2009Taking place over two days, the Super Human symposium will present an invigorating and inspiring mix of keynote speakers and collaborative research projects engaging with one or more of the symposium themes: Augmentation, Cognition and Nanoscale Interventions.Questions that the symposium will address include, but are not limited to:How do scientific and artistic bodies of knowledge intersect with human, social bodies?Does art serve simply as a representational tool for the sciences or is there more to the picture than that?Does research into bodies and their systems offer an insight into aesthetics, or is it confined to the purely functional?More: ANAT - Australian Network for Art & TechnologyRead more…
International Workshop-Seminar on Public Data Visualization will take place in November 12 - 27, 2009 at Medialab-Prado (Madrid, Spain).Deadline for projects and papers: October 5, 2009Call for collaborators: October 16 - November 11, 2009http://medialab-prado.es/visualizarDirected by José Luis de Vicente. Teachers: Ben Cerveny (Stamen) and Aaron Koblin. With the support of Bestiario.This new edition will focus on the implications of using data structure visualization to aid in public processes of decision-making. Selected projects and papers will tackle the topic of Open Data and Visualization for Government Transparency and Civic Engagement.Visualizar'09 includes an international seminar and an advanced project development workshop. Both activities will tackle the topic of transparency of data to make public discussion and debate possible, regarding the political, social, and scientific processes. Consequently, one of the objectives of Visualizar'09 will be the development of new strategies for communicating these data and returning them to the public domain.All those interested in collaborating in one of the selected projects can sign in from October 16 to November 11.Submission of databases:Public databases of institutions or research groups interested in sharing them and making them more available to citizens can be sent to visualizar[arroba]medialab-prado.es or through http://medialab-prado.es/visualizarSubmitted databases could serve as work material for data visualization projects selected for this workshop.More information:http://medialab-prado.es/article/convocatoria_de_proyectos__visualizar_09_datos_publicos_datos_en_publicovisualizar(arroba)medialab-prado.esWith the support of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology - Ministry of Science and Innovation (FECYT - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)Nerea García GarmendiaComunicación / PressMedialab-PradoÁrea de Las Artes, Ayuntamiento de MadridPlaza de las LetrasAlameda, 15 28014 MadridTfno. +34 914 202 754difusion@medialab-prado.eswww.medialab-prado.esRead more…
Wand 5 invites you to submit your entry for the competition of the 23rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter in the categories Film/Video, New Media or Installation.Requirements:FILM & VIDEOContributions to the film/video competition must include a preview DVD or VHS tape (PAL or NTSC). Films and videos submitted to the »International Short Film Competition« can't be longer than 30 minutes.Submitted films and videos being longer than 30 minutes may run in a special programme outside the competition.MEDIA IN SPACE (INSTALLATION), PERFORMANCES, WORKSHOPSPlease enclose detailed plans, information, technical specifications and a calculation.There is no fee for works selected for the competition programme.ON-/OFFLINEOn-and Offline works on software, net-art and virtual communities may be submitted for this section. Online work can also be submitted via www.filmwinter. de.Prizes:TEAM-WORK-AWARD RITTER SPORT endows an award amounting 2.000 Euro for a film and video production realized by a team.NORMAN 2010 Award of the jury for film and video of 4.000 EuroAWARD FOR MEDIA IN SPACE Award for Media in Space (installations)AWARD FOR ON-/OFFLINE This award goes to an independently produced work in the field of software, net art or virtual communities.WAND 5 AWARD Our legendary Wand 5 team special price award!AUDIENCE AWARDS The prizes for the best short film and the best media-installation in the international competition will be awarded by the audience.We kindly ask you to send us a printed and filled copy of the application form along with the preview material of your work. Application shall be mailed to our address.Application formDeadline: 01/09/09Contact:Wand 5 e.V.Friedrichstr. 23 A70174 StuttgartGermanyPhone: 0049-711-99 33 98 0Fax: 0049-711-99 33 98 10E-mail: wanda@wand5.deURL:www.filmwinter.deRead more…
Workshop:Data Workshop 5.0: “Sound Dig”Location:This workshop will be hosted by IMOCA at Plane / Site Galleries on Lad Lane,Dublin 2, just off Baggot Street.Cost:30 EURO (for basic materials, etc..) - 25 EURO for StudentsWhen:30th of August from 10.30 to 17.30Instructors:Lead by Dave Lawrence (UK)Dave Lawrence sound artist/performer, and specialising in digital creativity at Middlesex University (London UK) - someone that ’meddles’ with objects and devices (analogue/electrical/electronic/digital) as part of the practice of exploring sound, its science & nature, composition aesthetics, and the technology & interaction issues involved. Dr Dave, aka Sponde, has created numerous collaborative installations and performances in the UK, and across Europe in Germany, Finland, Portugal, Poland, Greece, and Denmark, and soon to be in The Republic of Ireland.Workshop Description:If you are interested in sound itself and the prospect of prospecting for sound amongst relics of technology and in the physical structures that carry technology, then this workshop might be for you. Its going to be like an archaeological dig – but it’s a delicate search through the architecture and workings of whatever items of technology we can find – almost new, retro, and totally archaic – a search for sound.Bring some things with you to investigate (anything electronic, or something with a motor or some electrical components – any technology really … steam powered would be great.. or mechanical..) – preferably items that hardly ever get used or are gathering dust on the bottom shelf in the kitchen, or in the garage…. and lets explore the possibilities of finding and making interesting sounds. Also, if you have a device to collect and record sounds it might be helpful to bring that along too – but we will have some equipment to share.We will be using custom made contact mics, air mics, picups, an MI5 telephone surveillance device, a VLF receiver, and maybe special vibrating devices here and there too (pending airport security approval…). It will almost certainly involve a degree of surgery (intrusive and non intrusive) to make physical and non-tactile connections to draw out the sounds. Its about caring for the technology, and being respectful of its history, construction and design – being imaginative about sonic potential, and nurturing the new life (sonic and creative) that you can give to that archaic piece of technology.We will use the sounds made and captured to make composition recordings, and also design how our ‘sound dig’ interventions could be used in live performance. As we are working with real objects and technology, there is a sculptural element to what we will be doing too. We hope to make a live public performance on the evening of the workshop, and if you are interested you could take part. The emotional impact of sounds made or captured from physical and real objects/devices can be immense, and that will hopefully be experienced in the workshop. The sounds carry with them the history and nature of that object.To take part in the workshop, you don’t need to be a skilled musician or technician, or experienced in making music in any way (but its fine if you are!) – but you definitely do need to like sound itself, …. and have some time on Sun 30th August 2009,….. and be in Dublin.Registration hereRead more…
