Call for applications: Ars Bioarctica art&science residency in 2012 – deadline 31 January 2012 #artopps

Ars Bioarctica is long term art&science program by the Finnish Society of Bioart together with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station.

Since 2010 it is organizing an artist-in-residency program at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the University of Helsinki in the sub-Arctic Lapland.

The emphasis of the residency is the Arctic environment and art&science collaboration and is is open for artists and art&science research teams.

The residency takes place in the facilities of the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station. It provides the residents with a combined living and working environment, a basic laboratory, internet connection and sauna.

The Kilpisjärvi Biological Station offers to the visiting artists the same possibilities and infrastructure as its scientists and staff. This includes access to all scientific equipment, laboratory facilities, the library and seminar room as well as the usage of field equipment. A dedicated contact person in Kilpisjärvi will familiarize residents with the local environment and customs.

The basic costs of a residency period which have to be covered by the applicant include:
* travel to Finland
* travel within Finland to Kilpisjärvi
* accommodation and provisions at the Station.

Applications have to include the desired residency duration, a work proposal, a working plan with time schedule, the desired residency outcome, a list of necessities for the work to be carried out and the artists CV.

The application deadline is 31st of January 2012.

The evaluation of the applications emphasizes the quality of the proposal, its interaction of art&science, its artistic and or scientific significance, the projects relation to the thematic focus of Ars Bioarctica, and its feasibility to be carried out at the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in the given time.

For applications or questions please contact Erich Berger:
erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi

More info:

http://bioartsociety.fi/

http://www.bioartsociety.fi/residency/

http://www.helsinki.fi/kilpis/english/index.htm

Curator needed for Transart Institute in Berlin – deadline 1 January 2012

Thesis Exhibition Curator For Transart Institute in Berlin

Local Berlin curator sought for MFA exhibition summer 2012. Transart Institute, an international MFA/PhD art program will hold a summer MFA thesis exhibition at the Atelierhof Kreuzberg in Berlin from July 28 – August 11, 2012 for eleven artists working in a range of media, including video, performance, sculpture, and sound. The exhibition curator will conduct “studio” visits via Skype in the spring giving editing and installation input and meet up with the students on site the week prior to the exhibition for installation giving the students insight into the curatorial process and instructions on professional development.

You will have access to architectural plans and may visit the space prior for planning. Supporting input will come from two Transart faculty. In addition to the installation period, you will be asked to give an introduction to the exhibition for the catalog as well as the vernissage and be responsible for organizing signage. The honorarium for this project will be $3,000. For more information about Transart Institute please visit our website. Please send letter of interest including CV and project web links to: cella@transart.org by January 1, 2012.

Call for conference papers – E-literature in/with Performance – deadline 30 December 2011

Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity in Practice (ELMCIP) Seminar.

Arnolfini Bristol, May 3rd/4th 2012

As part of the ELMCIP research project, (www.elmcip.net <http://www.elmcip.net> ) and under the aegis of University College Falmouth, a conference is being held at Arnolfini Bristol to investigate the relationship between e-literature/digital text and performance. Members of the ELMCIP project, international speakers and practitioners will discuss the function and understanding of performativity and its relationship to digital literature through a series of papers, presentations and practical engagements.

Although the field of e-literature is rife with references to performance, they have tended to remain relatively untheorised. In the main, analysis or investigation of performance is restricted to the relationship between the text output (on the interface or projected into a performance space) and the live body responding performatively to that text, or else generating text through performance. There has been little attempt to fold digital text performance into the wider context of the ‘turn to performance’ among the humanities in recent decades. It is against this background of performance studies, ordinary language philosophy and speech act theory, the ethnography of ritual, performance of self and gender, performance writing, etc, that the conference will take place. While continuing the investigation of live performance, we will be seeking to broaden the scope to include; interactivity, the performative gesture of the hand and fingers (digital text) on the interface, the performativity of language itself on the screen, social performance or how digital texts ‘perform’ us, the performance of codes and scripting, and the performance of the machine itself, ie what does an engineer mean when s/he talks about performance. In other words, we will be looking at the different modes of performance as they are manifest across the whole digital environment (dispositif) and, in order to give a fuller account of this complex of performative modes, we will also be investigating how they interact and collaborate with each other.

Conference proceedings, along with artist’s pages, will be published in a dedicated issue of Performance Research Journal (2013)

Call for papers: If you are interested in taking part in this event, please send an abstract (250 words) for a paper of 20 mins plus 10 mins addressing aspects of the ideas outlined above, or a proposal for a digital text performance/workshop, to Jerome.fletcher@falmouth.ac.uk

Invited artists (thus far) : Annie Abrahams (Netherlands), Donna Leishman (UK), Cris Cheek (UK), J.R. Carpenter (Canada), Joerg Piringer (Austria).

Closing date for abstracts: Dec 30th.

Call for submissions, Subtle Technologies Festival – deadline 15 December 2011 #artopps

15th Annual Subtle Technologies Festival.

Toronto, Canada
Festival dates: May 24-27, 2012
Submissions deadline: December 15, 2011

http://subtletechnologies.com/submissions

In 2012, Subtle Technologies celebrates our 15th anniversary with our annual Festival.

For 15 years Subtle Technologies has been bringing people together to promote wonder, incite creativity and spark innovation across disciplines. Our symposium, performances, workshops, screenings, exhibitions and networking sessions provide a forum to explore ideas and pose questions at the intersection of art, science and technology. Subtle Technologies is known internationally for presenting work by artists and scientists at the leading edge of their respective disciplines.

Our 2012 festival takes place from May 24 to May 27 2012 at various venues throughout Toronto. Our annual open call accepts submissions that bridge art, science and technology. This year we are also accepting submissions for a themed session which explores work inspired by biology, as outlined below. For both streams we are soliciting proposals from all disciplines and also welcome topics that explore ways of knowing that are outside of the western framework.

We are interested in receiving submissions from individuals as well as interdisciplinary teams and collaborative projects. We would like to present successful stories from artists and scientists working together. We are equally interested in hearing about the issues that inhibit disciplines from collaborating. What approaches can we take to foster inter-cultural exchanges when it comes to science or technology based work? How do we make scientific systems more accessible to artists as tools for creating new work?

Possible areas to be explored in this year’s Festival from either an artistic or scientific approach include:

Acoustics
Alternative energy
Artificial intelligence
Astronomy
Bioengineering
Bioethics
Chemistry
Complexity
Computer science
Consciousness
Environmental science
Ethnobotany
Funding strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration
Hacking and DIY culture
Imaging techniques and systems
Interactive systems
Indigenous science
Mathematics
Nanotechnology
Network Theory
Neuroscience
Pharmacology
Psychology
Physics
Robotics
Science and society
Systems theory
Virtual worlds

In 2012 Subtle Technologies is also presenting a special session at our symposium that focuses on work inspired by, utilizing or hacking biological systems. This special session will include work by artists who are using live tissues, bacteria and other biological process in their work. We are also interested in submissions exploring enhancements or modifications to the human body through transhumanism. Projects which use concepts of biomimicry, genetic engineering and synthetic biology will also be considered for this special session. We are interested in both technical and ethical issues surrounding this work.

The above topics are only suggested ones for inclusion in the Festival. Other relevant topics within the realm of art, science and technology will be considered.

To have your submission considered for either the symposium, poster session, exhibition, screenings or a workshop please visit our submissions form at http://subtletechnologies.com/submissions .

CAFKA.13 – The Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area, Canada – deadline 30 December 2011 #artopps

CAFKA wants to hear what artists are thinking about and what drives their practice. The theme of the Spring 2013 biennial exhibition will therefore be determined by the topics and content identified within the proposals. Further, CAFKA seeks artists who are able to respond to the specific features of the local urban landscape and culture as sites of critique and reflection from a global perspective.

CAFKA is inviting proposals for new or existing works that engage the public and a diverse audience. Works in all media will be considered including sculpture, performance, video, audio, installation, photography, painting, drawing, and digital media.

Artist Fees paid for Visual and Media Art Projects: $2,000 CAD, plus travel expenses. Wherever possible CAFKA will work with artists to source the donation of materials to help offset production costs. Video and one-time performance fees are paid in accordance with CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation/le Front des Artistes Canadiens).

Your application must include*:
// Cover page including: Name, Address, City, Postal/Zip Code, Country, Telephone, Email, Website, Project Title, and 25-word synopsis of project**
// 10 images and/or video of your previous work following these guidelines:
Digital images:
- JPEG format
- Maximum of 1MB file size
- Maximum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels
- RGB or greyscale colour mode only
Video:
- Viewable with Quicktime or Windows Media Player
- Maximum 1GB file size
- Maximum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels

All submitted content must be compressed into one folder titled YourName.zip (First name, Last name) and emailed to submissions@cafka.org. Alternatively, the folder can be saved to a public file share service (i.e. Dropbox, MediaFire) with the invitation sent to the same address.

Further information:

http://re-title.typepad.com/opportunities/2011/11/cafka13-the-contemporary-art-forum-kitchener-and-area-canada.html

http://cafka.org/

Catalyst Award 2011 – deadline 30 November 2011 #artopps

The nomination is open to everyone and is until November 30, 12pm.
The Catalyst Award consists of a prize of HUF 500,000 per project, and a prize designed by an artist.
The award ceremony: December 5, 2011, FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture

Please find here more information about the nomination and jury members:

http://hu.tranzit.org/en/project/0/2011-12-05/catalyst-award-2011

http://katalizatordij2010.blog.hu/

This year, for the second time, the Catalyst Award, founded by tranzit. hu, will be handed out.

The award is given to individuals, projects, and initiatives which, directly or indirectly, have an impact on the contemporary art scene – they contribute to the presentation, discussion and mediation of art with their progressive approach of form or substance. The award equally recognises progressive initiatives without institutional background or support, as well as initiatives emerging within an institutional framework.

The goal of the Catalyst Award is to enhance the appreciation, and its collective character, of inspiring artistic initiatives.

In 2011, the founder invites nominations for the Catalyst Award in two categories:
1. motor (initiatives which have been active for a long time, but function, or functioned, as a catalyst);
2. novelty (initiatives of the recent past which are considered to be catalysts).