Chris Joseph

The Division of Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles, will appoint one Postdoctoral Fellow for the W.M. Keck Foundation Undergraduate Program in Digital Cultural Mapping for a one-year term beginning in the Fall of 2008, with the intent of extending the appointment for up to two additional years. The Fellow must have earned a doctoral degree no earlier than June 2003 and no later than June 2008. The postdoctoral appointment provides $50,000 per annum as combined fellowship and instructional pay prior to tax withholding, as well as standard fringe benefits, a one-time moving allowance of up to $1,500 and a research budget of $1,000. The main task of the Postdoctoral Fellow will be to coordinate and teach in the W.M. Keck Undergraduate Program of Digital Cultural Mapping. The postdoctoral fellow will be appointed in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, the home department of the principal investigator of the Keck Foundation grant. Applicants should have demonstrable excellent communication and organizational skills, an ability to work independently and prioritize assignments, have experience working in a team and developing digital educational materials. Candidates with experience in grant/report writing, proposal preparation, and the use of Geographic Information Systems are preferred. For more information, please visit: http://www.idre.ucla.edu/hasis/keck.

Applicants should send an application letter and a CV, as well as three names of persons who are willing to provide recommendations, by September 30, 2008 to: Kathryn Roberts, Assistant to the Dean of the Humanities at kroberts [at] college.ucla.edu. UCLA is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

The New River is a journal of digital writing and art, created and edited by Ed Falco. The managing editors for the Fall ‘09 issue, Manisha Sharma and Nick Kocz, are interested in receiving submissions of original and unpublished digital writing and art that merges place, history, and culture. However, we are open to considering other pieces as well. Surprise us!

Please check The New River’s submission guidelines for further information (http://thenewriver.us). The deadline for consideration for our Fall ‘08 issue is November 5, 2008. 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. To view the Spring 2008 issue, as well as archives, visit us at http://www.thenewriver.us

Project: Connecting Across Difference
Organisation: Drake Music in partnership with Furtherfield.org
Role: Visual Media Artist
Approx 9 days
Start date – November 2008
End date – March 2009
Fee 1,700

Application deadline: Midday October 15th 2008

Drake Music and Furtherfield.org are seeking to commission a visual media artist as part of a season of workshops on the theme Connecting Across Difference. The artist will work closely with a composer and a technologist to devise and facilitate a week of workshops with young disabled musicians at the Roundhouse in Camden, London, UK.

This project is part of a larger season of work with to culminate in a mixed media performance at Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, co-created and performed by all participants in March 2009. With this in mind it is envisaged that the visual work will take the form of a live, generative or recorded video work to be projected as part of the final performance.

This role would suit an accomplished media artist who is excited by the creative possibilities of the crossovers between audio and visual expression and of exchange and collaboration between participants with a range of abilities and experience.

The following skills and experience are highly desirable:

- Strong artistic vision and engagement with new media.
- A good grasp of digital media and working collaboratively.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience of working in an outreach/ education setting, ideally with disabled people
- The ability to work creatively, imaginatively, flexibly and appropriately depending on the needs of different individuals and situations

We strongly encourage applications from disabled people as they are currently under-represented in our organisations.

Interested parties should send a CV, and a letter stating how they would contribute to this project along with examples of their work by: midday on the 15th October The full project brief can be
downloaded here: www.drakemusicproject.org

For any queries please contact Miranda Peake -
furtherfield [at] drakemusicproject.org

http://furtherfield.org
http://drakemusicproject.org

http://www.80plus1.org/proposal_text.php?lan=en

“80+1” would like to invite artists and scientists (participants may be individuals, groups, institutions, companies etc.) to submit proposals in order to exchange and connect two different locations (Linz and a place in the world). The goal is to expand and explore meaningful exchange between remote groups of people. Proposals’ one essential requirement is an element of “live bits” – real-time, two-way communication – of any viable quantity and in any modality. Though symmetrical two-way communication is preferred, asymmetrical two-way communication and even one-way communication will be considered as long as a live component is present. Other media, such as pre-recorded data and physically shipped material, may also be incorporated. Please, find a list of our 20 selected locations and associated themes at www.80plus1.org. Proposals may focus on specific locations or themes, otherwise the “80+1” team will seek a best match. “80+1” plans to award several commissions, EUR 10,000 each. This budget shall include all associated costs: research, production, technician support, travel related to the production and presentation, rentals of equipment and facilities, project materials, artist fees, installation and documentation. Commissioned projects will be deployed and exhibited during “80+1” on the Hauptplatz Linz (main square) in the framework of Linz 2009 European Capital of Culture.

Share Festival announces that the deadline for the online application to Share Prize 09 is moved till the 10th of October 2008.

A short list of no more than six finalists will be announced within November 2008.
The award candidates are invited to participate to the 5th edition of Share Festival in Torino that will be from 24th till 29th march 2009.

A Jury will award a prize of Euro 2,500 to the work (published or not) that best represents experimentation of arts and new technologies.

The jury is:
Andy Cameron (creative director department Interactive Design Fabrica) - president of the jury
Bruce Sterling (writer and journalist, Austin)
Emma Quinn (curator at Institute of Contemporary Arts, London)
Giovanni Ferrrero (president Accademia delle Belle Arti, Torino)
Rosina Gomez-Baez (director Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijon)

Guest curator of Share Festival 2009 is Andy Cameron.

http://www.toshare.it/eng/share-prize

Window CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline September 26

Send us your proposal idea, please include all information on the checklist below:

1) Your name, email address, mobile phone number
2) Preferred dates for your show
3) Your proposed show, and how it relates to your practice.
4) Whether your proposed show is Online / Onsite / or both
5) CV
6) Images or other documentation of your work. (JPEG or PDF format is great for images, and for video and audio works we prefer links to websites where we can watch / listen to the work.)

Please email proposals to Nell May ( n.may [at] auckland.ac.nz )

Alternatively, a hard copy can be delivered in person to:
Faculty Reception, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries,
Conference Centre Building,
Symonds Street, Auckland

We respond to all proposals, but both our Onsite and Online programmes have a limited number of slots.

If you would like more information about Window please don’t hesitate to contact us

Window
www.window.auckland.ac.nz

International Competition for Web Animation on HAFFTube

For the first time the Holland Animation Film Festival 2008 launches an international competition for web animations. The web competition will be open for entries from Monday September 8 onwards.

On HAFFTube you will find a link to the entry form for the web competition. Please read the regulations and note that your film should be uploaded on YouTube before submitting the entry form. HAFFTube will gradually fill up with animated films from all over the world.

The Holland Animation Film Festival will rate the films that have been entered for competition. When we have reached our set limit of 50 films, the voting begins. Every week, films will be voted out to make room for the new entries. Deadline for entries: Wednesday October 22.

An international jury of filmmakers selects the winner out of the final 50 titles.

The winner will be revealed on the opening night of the festival at November 5.

Check www.haff.nl and HAFFTube for more details.

~ Motion Graphics Festival 2009 Call For Entry ~

3 Ways to Enter!

[ Easy ]
Simply enter a link to a video you think is really good!
http://www.mgfest.com/09/easy/

[ Medium ]
Send us a DVD of a video you made.
http://www.mgfest.com/09/medium/

[ Hard ]
Suggest a presentation topic, performance or installation you would like to deliver.
http://www.mgfest.com/09/hard/

~ Motion Graphics Festival announcing a 5-City Tour in 2009 ~

In its 6th year, MGFest presents a year-long, regionally focused program of events which expands to 5 US Cities: Chicago, Boston, Austin, Atlanta and Washington DC. The 5-city tour focuses on motion design, sound design, and film & video technology by hosting: art showcases, exhibits, workshops, classes, panel discussions, studio tours, theater screenings and industry mixers.

Stay Tuned while periodic updates happen to the Official Website as the Motion Graphics Festival expands:
http://www.mgfest.com/

Festival Sponsorship Opportunities - send us a shout… http://mgfest.com/contact.php …& we’ll reply w/ the Advanced Info Kit

Call for Applications

The residency periods in Sumu (Turku, Finland) are from one to three months. We offer to the artist a studio and accommodation, the artist has to pay his living and transport expences. The studio, meant for new media artists, is adjoined to our gallery Titanik.

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