Amplified Leicester – deadline for applications 11 September 2009
Amplified City Leicester – a collaboration between NESTA and the Institute Of Creative Technologies at De Montfort University – aims to encourage innovation in Leicester by using social media to connect people across the city’s diverse communities.
The project will select a group of 20-30 people living or working in Leicester, and teach them new skills which are fast becoming essential in 21st century workplaces and communities.
Learn more about Amplified City Leicester and find out how you can get involved at
http://amplifiedcity.typepad.com/leicester/
Judy Malloy – Poet on Crutches blog
http://www.well.com/user/jmalloy/blog/poet_blog.html
Judy’s blog ‘Poet on Crutches’ is well worth a visit, and she has recently documented the creation of her new hyperfiction ‘_when the foreground and the background merged_’ and a new series of visual books.
Open Call for Art Projects/Residencies – PAIVASCAPES #1 – deadline 30 September 2009
PAIVASCAPES #1
Structure, Process and Perception of a River
International Open Call for Art Projects
Selection of 12 art projects to be developed during several 2-week residency modules to take place between February and October 2010.
Closing date for the open call: 30 September 2009
Art disciplines: Phonography; sound installation; vocal performance; sound poetry; acoustic, electroacoustic or electronic improvisation / composition.
The Nodar Artist Residency Program for 2010 will have a single aggregating subject: the Paiva River. Throughout the year, from winter to autumn, several multidisciplinary art projects (having sound as a central element) will be developed in a context-specific perspective, interacting with the river’s different geographical areas, from its spring to its mouth. A tribute to a small river that is a symbol of a region that (still) can live in a well-balanced interaction with nature. Following the relationship that exists between the village of Nodar and the Paiva River, which already motivated the development of several art works, it was now decided to spread this interaction to the whole course of the river, giving a sense of coherence and plurality to the reflection, tracing continuity and rupture lines, patterns, densities and transitional zones, either related with geographical and human elements.
In the beginning of 2011 the several art works will be presented to local audiences, in the context of an event that will include conferences, concerts, video screenings and a retrospective exhibition of the whole project. This exhibition will later follow an itinerancy through several towns along the course of the Paiva River and will have an underlying program of educational activities intended for children and youths.
Click here for additional information on this open call.
About Nodar Artist Residency Center
The Nodar Artist Residency Center, run by Binaural and Associacao Cultural de Nodar and located in a rural mountain community of northern Portugal, organizes and produces the development of multidisciplinary artistic projects (mainly in the areas of sound and intermedia arts) from both local and international artists, followed by public presentations in the region. The resident artists are encouraged to establish interactions with the place, its inhabitants, geographic space and memory.
Creative Director, Phoenix Square Film & Digital Media, Leicester, UK – deadline 14 August 2009
Phoenix Square Film & Digital Media, Leicester is recruiting for the post of Creative Director.
All applicants should apply by ‘midday’ on Friday 14th August. Please see attached for application pack for more details.
For an application pack or further enquiries please contact
Brenda Cooper
tel: +44 (0)116 257 7384
email: bcooper [at] dmu.ac.uk
13th Japan Media Arts Festival call for applications – deadline 25 September 2009
Invitations are now open for submissions of work using new media technologies such as computer, video and the Internet.
16 July to 25 September
Check out more info at
http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2009/entry/guideline.php
The London Churches project, by Edward Picot
[From Edward]
All my life I’ve lived within a train-journey of London, and all my adult life I’ve visited the capital several times a year. On those journeys I invariably find myself looking out of the train window and wondering what it would be like to stop and explore the places going by outside – especially the churches. My father was an extremely religious man and my grandfather was a bellringer, and perhaps because of these factors, although not religious myself, I do find that churches tend to catch my attention, in any fleeting glimpse of a village, a town, a suburb or a city.
Out of these feelings, in the course of the last few years, the plan for the London Churches project has emerged. The idea is to visit every church in the City of London – and probably a few outside – and use the visits as the basis of an online work. This isn’t a blog, and it certainly isn’t a historical or architectural guide. It’s a work of hyperfiction, but derived from real places, real experiences, real observations and real conversations. In many ways it isn’t about the churches themselves, but the experience of visiting them.
Part 1 is based on a visit made on Monday 6th April 2009, which took in the following:
St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Paul’s, Covent Garden
St Clement Danes
Temple Church
St Dunstan-in-the-West
St Bride’s, Fleet Street
St Martin, Ludgate
To view the London Churches project, go to http://edwardpicot.com/londonchurches/
artifact (rusted sergio mix)
for remixworx, from artifact ( bicycle – 2111 ) + bike stunt videos by sergio + rusted metal textures by Darren Hester
flash source: artifact.zip (965KB)
Call for applications: SUMU media art residence in Turku, Finland – deadline 30 September 2009
ARTISTS RESIDENCY SUMU
Arte Association’s Artists’ Residency SUMU offers one- to three-month residencies in 2010 to new media artists, working in the intersection of new technologies and contemporary art.
The residence is located in Turku, in the Southwestern coast of Finland. Artists are provided with free accommodation and studio, and a possibility of exhibiting their work either in Sumu’s studio which is adjoined to Arte’s gallery Titanik, or on Sumu’s website. The artists must fund all their living expenses including food and transportation. Arte can help the artists with material costs up to 200 euros depending on the application.
More information: http://www.arte.fi/sumu/sumu_main.html
23rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter call for entries – deadline 1 September 2009
Submit your entry for the competition of the 23rd Stuttgarter Filmwinter!
For the fields of short film, media-installation and offline projects there is an application form to download at www.filmwinter.de. Internet projects can be also submitted online. Applications should be mailed to the address below. Deadline is the 1st of September 2009. In the fields of film/video and new media (online/offline/media installation) prizes amounting 10,000 Euro will be given.
23. Stuttgarter Filmwinter zu Hause bei Wand 5
Friedrichstraße 23a | 70174 Stuttgart | Germany
Tel +49.711. 99 33 98.0 | Fax +49.711. 99 33 98.10
21.-24.01.2010 | http://www.filmwinter.de/
Phoenix Square (Film and Digital Media) vacancies, Leicester, UK
A new state of the art Digital Media Centre, Phoenix Square (Film and Digital Media) is being opened as part of Leicester’s Cultural Quarter in November 2009. Leicester Arts Centre Limited which previously operated Phoenix Arts will be the end user of this exciting facility in partnership with De Montfort University. The facility includes a multi-screen arts cinema, digital screen lounge, De Montfort University’s digital media showcase “The Cube” a video studio and fully fitted audio, edit and graphic suites.
The following vacancies are currently being advertised for, applications should be made to Andrew Jones, Acting CEO, Leicester Arts Centre Limited, 21 Upper Brown Street, Leicester, LE1 5TE – andy.jones [at] phoenix.org.uk
Creative Support (Part-Time, Interim position for 4 months, renewal monthly thereafter until the appointment of the Creative Director)
We are seeking an experienced professional to provide a part-time, interim, Creative Support role to liaise with the Film Programmer, Digital Programmers and De Montfort University’s Research Fellow to identify and implement a creative offering that positions Phoenix Square (Film and Digital Media) at the forefront of the public facing film and digital media arenas in readiness for launch in November 2009.
The candidate should have knowledge of digital art, cinema and the broadcast scenes, be aware of the “Digital Britain” government direction and be able to engage with the broader community through film and digital media.
It is envisaged that the role will require approximately 3 days involvement per week.
Creative Director (Part-Time)
We are seeking an experienced professional to provide a part-time Creative Director role working with the Film Programmer, Digital Programmers and De Montfort University’s Research Fellow to provide the creative vision for the organisation, drive innovation and new developments in the centre and oversee the programming and commissioning of all creative content. This will aim to position Phoenix Square (Film and Digital Media) at the forefront of the public facing film and digital media arenas – regionally, nationally and internationally, whilst helping to embed Phoenix Square (Film and Digital Media) in the local community.
The candidate must have knowledge of digital art, cinema and the broadcast scenes, be aware of the “Digital Britain” government direction and be able to engage with the community through film & digital media. The Creative Director will be the Public Face of Phoenix Square (Film and Digital Media).
It is envisaged that the role will require approximately 3 days involvement per week.
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