Chris Joseph Electronic writer and artist

MediaArtLab, Moscow: Media Forum 2009 – deadline 5 May 2009

Call for entries:

X Media Forum
in the frame of ???I Moscow International Film Festival
23-28 June 2009

Organizers: Centre for art and culture MediaArtLab, MediaFest, Moscow
Venues: “October” Cinema hall, “GazGallery”, Central House of Cinema, “Era” Foundation

Please find everything in: www.mediaforum.mediaartlab.ru

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MediaArtLab
Elena V. Rumyantseva, MediaArtLab program director
Nikitsky blvd, 12A, of. 736
119019, Moscow
Russian Federation

cell: + 7 (916) 358 67 52
Tel: + 7 (495) 291 88 93

Call for Applications: Rhizome Curatorial Fellow – deadline 15 April 2009

Rhizome is a leading arts organization dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology. Through open platforms for exchange and collaboration, our website serves to encourage and expand the communities around these practices. Our programs, many of which happen online, include commissions, exhibitions, events, discussion, archives and portfolios. Rhizome is an affiliate of the New Museum of Contemporary Art. For more information about Rhizome, visit:
http://rhizome.org/info/

Rhizome seeks a Curatorial Fellow from late April through August 2009. The Fellow will support the curatorial and editorial departments at Rhizome through research, writing and administration. This position is a unique opportunity for a person interested in pursuing a career in contemporary art to further their engagement with the field and hone their professional skills.

The Curatorial Fellow must be based in New York and must be able to commit to 16 hours of work per week, for 6 months, beginning in Spring 2009. This position is unpaid, but academic credit may be arranged. The Curatorial Fellow will work directly with artists and be overseen by the Director and Senior Editor.

The Fellow’s primary responsibilities include:

* Coordination, and development of the Rhizome ArtBase, including managing submissions and reaching out to artists
* Curating sections of the Rhizome website
* Researching topics for editorial coverage
* Writing articles for Rhizome’s blog and publications
* Administrative support of programs, such as Rhizome’s monthly New Silent Series at the New Museum
* General support of the organization

QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates should have a level of familiarity with contemporary art and particularly new media and its history. Education or advanced experience beyond the undergraduate level is preferred. At a minimum, the candidate should have very strong writing, editing, and analytical skills, and very high internet literacy. Knowledge of Microsoft Office software is also required and basic Photoshop skills are preferred.
TO APPLY: Please email a cover letter, resume or c.v., three references, and three writing samples (url’s or attachments) to Ceci Moss at editor(at)rhizome.org. Review of applications will begin immediately. Deadline is April 15, 2009.

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Ceci Moss
Senior Editor
Rhizome
at the New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
212-219-1288 ext. 258
http://www.rhizome.org

Call for submissions – 6th World’s Poetry Festival 2009 – deadline 31 May 2009

[from Keyla Holmquist]
http://www.holmquistartecorreo.blogspot.com/

The 6th World’s Poetry Festival 2009 will take place on june and july as a tribute to a venezuelan Poet named Juan Calzadilla (National Prize of Plastic Arts 1996).

This event will be sponsored by Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura and Casa Nacional de las Letras Andrés Bello, so my art archive willheld:

THE 5th INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER OF VISUAL POETRY
OPEN NOTIFICATION – NO SELECTION – NO JURY
Everything received will be exhibited – Documentation [to all of you].
NO RETURNS.
Everything sent will be part of the MAIL ART ARCHIVE KEYLA HOLMQUIST.

All the material has to be mailed to:

Keyla Holmquist
ARCHIVO DE ARTE CORREO
Apartado Postal 326
Maracay 2101
Estado Aragua VENEZUELA

DEADLINE MAY 31 st, 2009

All the material should be sent perfectly packed in order to prevent damage and with a copy of a data card, stuck on the back of the package.

CATEGORIES:

DRAWING, PAINTING, GRAPHIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, ARTIST SEALS, COPY-ART, EXPERIMENTAL ART.

OBJECTS/ARTIST’S BOOKS:

Measures UP TO A4 MAXIMUM. The base or pedestal needed should be provided by the artist.

POETRY, FREE VERSE OR RHYME, PROSE, NARRATIVE, ESSAY, STORIES.

VISUAL POETRY:

Collage, visual poems, process poetry, illustrated poetry, labyrinth poems, phonetic poems, audible poems, semiotic, palindrome, holopoems, concrete poetry, video action, photo action, object poem, pseudovisual poetry, braille poetry.

VIDEO, SHORTFILM, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION:

All videos will be admitted, shortfilms, photography, documentaries, animations that do not exceed 8 minutes of length and they must be delivered on CD or DVD format ready for its presentation.

MULTIMEDIA EXPRESSION:

They will be admitted on CD or DVD format ready for its presentation including the credits, the photography, the list of the soundtrack that was used and the name of the author.

AUDIO FORMAT:

the audio format admitted has to be:
Wave 44,100 Hz 16 bit stereo
Mp3 from 96 ‘til 320 KPSS
If the expression is audible, high fidelity required.

Call for works, ASPECT Vol 14 (‘Middle East’) – deadline 15 April 2009

OPEN CALL—VOLUME 14: MIDDLE EAST

ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art, a biannual DVD publication, is currently accepting submissions of work for Volume 14: Middle East. From ancient times to the contemporary moment, this region is a crucible of cultural, religious, economic, political and strategic import. We seek new media work focused on any aspect of this sensitive region, and are specifically interested in work generated in the Middle East, but will consider all work focused on the topic. We will review installation, video, performance, sound, and any other work best documented in time-based format.

The staff of ASPECT is asking artist/commentator pairs to submit proposals of time-based work made in, or focused on, the Middle East. Commentators may be curators, historians, critics, or educators who can offer a distinct perspective on the work. Due to the format of the publication, the criteria for selection will include both the qualifications of the commentator and the quality of the work submitted. Audio recordings of the commentary will be assembled after the submissions have been selected.

Submissions should include:
- Video documentation of a work or small group of works by a single artist
(no more than 15 minutes in length)
- A brief (100 word) statement regarding the submitted work
- Resume of the artist
- Contact information for the commentator and artist
- Resume of the commentator
- Brief notes outlining the proposed commentary w/ respect to theme

Submissions must be received by APRIL 15, 2009 and sent to:
ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art
46 Waltham Street, suite 103
Boston, MA 02118
617.695.0500

All artists will be contacted via email regarding their submission no later than May 15, 2009

For more information see our FAQ:
http://www.aspectmag.com/contact/faq.cfm

Company Information —The mission of ASPECT is to foster a deeper and more intimate understanding of contemporary new media art by expanding access, education, and distribution of the genre. ASPECT pioneered DVD distribution of artworks and continues to set the standard for new media art publishing and distribution. ASPECT Magazine is a biannual DVD magazine of new media art. Each issue highlights 5-10 artists working in new media whose works are best documented in video or sound, including in-depth information on the artists and commentary by distinguished curators and critics. Individual issues and subscriptions are available directly from the ASPECT web site.