Chris Joseph

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buchsenhausen.air 2008/2009
International Fellowship Programme For Visual And Media Arts
Call For Submissions
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Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen invites visual and media artists, art critics and theorists to apply for a fellowship in the winter semester 2008/2009 or the summer semester 2009.

The closing date for submissions is October 19, 2007 (postmark).

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Institution
Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen is an international centre for production, research and discussion in the fields of visual and media arts. The Kunstlerhaus provides a plattform that facilitates the development and production of artistic and theoretical projects in a critical environment. It builds also a forum for direct exchange between artists, theorists, art critics and curators from the region and abroad. Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen is affiliated with the “Tyrolean Artists’ Association”.

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Programme
With its International Fellowship Programme For Visual And Media Arts “buchsenhausen.air”, Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen actively promotes an internationally pertinent art production, research and discussion in the region of Tyrol. In the framework of the programme, every year 4 visual / media artists and 2 theorists / art critics receive a fellowship and reside in Innsbruck for a period of 5 months. The fellows selected by expert jurors find excellent working conditions in Buchsenhausen, while the City of Innsbruck and its surrounding area offer an interesting setting in terms of art, culture and landscape. The grant and the residency allow fellows to work on the proposed project but also give them the chance to experiment and to reconsider their current practice. Furthermore, they have the opportunity to directly familiarise themselves with the work of other fellows and professionals from the region and abroad, to exchange plans and ideas and to also carry out joint projects. Usually there are 3 fellows (2 artists and 1 theorist/art crtitic) and 6 Tyrol-based artists working in Buchsenhausen at the same time.

For former and current fellows and their projects please visit http://buchsenhausen.at.

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Organisations: Rhondda Cynon Taff Community Arts & University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)
Location: South Wales, Treorchy
Salary: £17,500 rising to £18,500 in second year
2 Year fixed term contract
Closing Date: 22nd October

We are looking for a recent graduate to develop and co-ordinate our New Media Community Arts strategy. You will work with RCTCA supported by Cardiff School of Art & Design, UWIC as a New Media Community Arts Co-ordinator. This exciting post will involve delivering a 2 year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme. The aim of the programme will be to develop an inspirational New Media Community Arts Strategy that will inform artistic policy and development within RCTCA and to establish New Media as a core area within RCTCA’s policies and development. You will have support in sharing your skills, developing your practice and gaining specialist management and coordination capabilities vital to this field.

Rhondda Cynon Taff Community Arts (RCTCA) is a registered charity established in 1983. Based in Treorchy, South Wales, it is a multi disciplined professional organisation providing a comprehensive programme of community art workshops and projects in Dance and Performance Art, Public Art and some Digital media for all ages and abilities through the South Wales region.

For further information and to request an application pack please contact Yvonne Morgan on 029 2041 7140, ymorgan@uwic.ac.uk

www.uwic.ac.uk
www.csad.uwic.ac.uk
www.ktponline.org.uk

New River Journal - http://www.cddc.vt.edu/journals/newriver/

Submission Guidelines

The New River is a journal of digital writing and art, created and edited by Ed Falco. The managing editors are graduate students from Virginia Tech’s MFA Creative Writing Program. We are interested in receiving submissions of original and unpublished digital writing and art.

To submit to The New River, just send a URL to our managing editor, Lauren Goldstein (writer@vt.edu), where we can find and review your work. If accepted, you will be asked to upload all files to our server so we can host it locally. If you have any questions, feel free to email us. Send all inquiries and submissions to newriver@vt.edu.

To view the Spring 2007 issue, as well as archives, visit us at
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/journals/newriver/07Spring/index.html

http://www.nesta.org.uk/mediaplayer/index.aspx?channel=17

I was fortunate to be at this fascinating discussion, but if you missed it and are interested in these topics you can now see the webcast at the above address. Official description below:

On 11 September, NESTA Connect hosted this event about the tools, techniques and foundations that are important for mass collaboration.

Howard Rheingold and Mark Earls, writers who examine and challenge traditional perceptions of mass behaviour change and cooperation, spoke eloquently and passionately about the extent and nature of human co-operation.

Roland Harwood, Head of NESTA Connect, followed these speeches by chairing a lively Q&A session with the authors and invited audience.

www.philly.com/inquirer/currents/20070930_Multimedia__The_more_the_merrier.html

A short interview I had with Katie Haegele at the Philadelphia Inquirer was published yesterday as part of the article ‘Multimedia: The More The Merrier’, where Katie discusses collaboration in multimedia art. She looks at my children’s interactive poetry collection Animalamina which was created with 12 visual artists, and the wonderful collaborative digital art/literature site Born Magazine.

Coincidentally, I’ll be discussing collaboration in new media with my regular collaborator Kate Pullinger at this week’s Creativity Conversation at De Montfort University. The event runs from 5.30-6.30pm and is free and open to the public.