Hz call for Articles and Net Art – deadline 10 June 2008

On-line journal Hz (http://www.hz-journal.org) is looking for articles on New Media, Net Art, Sound Art and Electro-Acoustic Music. We accept earlier published and unpublished articles in English.

Please send your submissions to hz-journal@telia.com

Hz is also looking for Net Art works to be included in its virtual gallery (www.hz-journal.org/netg).

Please send your URLs to hz-journal [at] telia.com

Dead-line: 10 June

Hz is published by the non-profit organization Fylkingen in Stockholm. Established in 1933, Fylkingen has been known for introducing yet-to-be-established art forms throughout its history.

Nam June Paik, Stockhausen, Cage, etc. have all been introduced to the Swedish audience through Fylkingen. Its members consist of leading composers, musicians, sound artists, dancers, performance artists and video artists in Sweden.

For more information on Fylkingen, please visit http://www.fylkingen.se/about or http://www.hz-journal.org/n4/hultberg.html

Sachiko Hayashi/Hz

Echo call for artists – deadline 30 May 2008

CALL TO ARTISTS
download call to artists (pdf)

M5 & The 86 Collective present: echo — celebrating visionary talent transforming the boundaries in fields of new media.

Echo is a curated competition solliciting the most radical examples of work being produced in all fields of new media. The project seeks to expand this dialogue by showcasing original and insightful interpretations of the hyper-reflective relationship between technology and reality. Established through a collaboration between M5 and the 86 Collective, the event will exhibit these efforts in a gallery setting for a limited period of time. A juried panel determines which projects best adhere to the specified requirements.

The selection criteria can include, but is not limited to:
video, animation, installation/interactive components, or content utilizing existing mediums such as sound and photographic footage that have been digitally re-worked

Awards and additional competition details can be found here www.the86collective.com/rules/illinois

Submission Requirements:
1. Participating artists must be 21 years of age or older
2. All video submissions must be submitted in the following format: NTSC 320×240 (letter-boxed at 16:9) and compressed as a quicktime movie. Please Burn to a CD / DVD and mail to the address below.
3. All installation concepts and video stills can be submitted as a pdf not exceeding 3mb if emailed. Installations must have illustrations and or diagrams with dimensions incorporated. Pdf’s can be emailed or mailed to the address below.
4. Please provide an email address and or mailing info so that we may confirm receipt of your work.
5. Include a brief description of the work or concept.
6. Resumes, bios or CV’s are recommended but not required.

Additional Submission Terms:
Your entry must be your own original work which cannot defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property rights or any other third party rights. Further, entries cannot include content that alludes to: over consumption or irresponsible drinking, obscene, offensive, disparaging, dangerous, defamatory, libelous, graphic, inapplicable, or sexually inappropriate images, including, without limitation, those depicting violence, nudity, profanity, employ politics or political themes, Santa Claus, religious themes, gambling or betting or any type of illegal activity. Work may not use or reference famous people, or celebrities. All persons appearing or depicted in the Work must be at least 25 years of age at the time that Work was produced.

Entrants must either (a) own all the intellectual property rights in respect of the design (and the 3-dimensional representation thereof, if applicable) or (b) obtain all relevant permissions from third parties as are necessary to submit the entry and to grant all necessary rights to the Sponsor. Entrants must declare the names of any third parties who may have intellectual property, moral, or other rights in any part of the entry or its design or development. Entrants must be able to demonstrate on demand that that any third party rights have been assigned, licensed, or waived as appropriate. Entrants agree that they will sign any document(s) which may be reasonably requested of them in order to effect the rights mentioned under these terms and conditions; and entrants further agree that they shall procure such documents from any applicable third parties.

Submission Mailing:
M5
845 West Fulton Market St., Suite #302
Chicago, IL. 60607

Email: submissions [at] mfive.org (pdf’s only)
Schedule:
Submissions Deadline: May 30th
Finalists Notification: June 6th
Finals Deadline: June 20th
Exhibit Dates: June 26th – July 2

Conflux Festival 2008 – deadline 31 May 2008

Conflux Festival 2008 Call for Proposals

Move 008, the new media show – deadline 13 June 2008

apply and be a part of move, the new media show. the indie pavilion 008 is now open to applicants [http://move2digital.net]

are you digital? are you sure? do you use the new media in a daring way? does your work explore digital dynamics though the results might not show it? are you one of those that can only live connected?

photo(info)graphy /video(info)graphy / code.art / robot-junk /environments/ presence

some of the works will come from guest artists directly invited by us, but the main part of the show will be made up by the chosen applicants.

how to participate in the independent new media move 008

-> digital works from any country made in 2007 onwards are accepted

+ pieces which include dialogues, texts or voiceover should be dubbed or subtitled in spanish.

-> formats:

+ photo(info)graphy
any format not bigger than 20mb when uncompressed (in format.tiff uncompressed)

+ video(info)graphy
film <00h07m00s in any digital format that can be played in a standard dvd player with proper resolution to view on a 42 inches plasma tv

+ code.art
either local, in any of usual executable formats, or online also known as net.art

+ robot-junk
any type of *objects* allowed in a dorkbot [http://dorkbot.org/]

+ environments
as with robot-junk and more

+ presence
anything you can think of which is not mentioned here

-> works can be sent from now until 13 june 2008

-> the organisation will pay for the copyright to the chosen artists for the period of the show.

The One Minute Film & Video Festival Aarau (Switzerland) – deadline 31 May 2008

The One Minute Film & Video Festival Aarau (Switzerland) is open to shortfilms up to 60 seconds!

You can submit films in 4 categories:

- Fiction/Documentary
- Animation
- Art/Experimental
- Youth/U18

The films can be sent online! No entry fees!

Our deadline is May 31th 2008

One Minute Film & Video Festival Aarau
P.o.Box 2761
CH-5000 Aarau
Switzerland
www.oneminute.ch