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Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennale

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Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennale

Proposals invited for 2nd Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennale


NEW LISTINGS
18.06.03 Brett Kebble Art Awards
18.06.03 2nd Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennale - Deadline extended
18.06.03 Studio space at Greatmore Studios
18.06.03 Space to let in Woodstock studio
18.06.03 V&A Waterfront Outdoor Sculpture Festival
18.06.03 Call for entries VIPER Basel 2003

SERVICES & COURSES OFFERED
01.05.03 International masterclass on Creation and Design for Interactive Systems
15.03.03 Introductory Writing Course for Arts Writers
01.03.03 Documentation of artwork
15.11.02 New Post-graduate Courses in Media Art & Design in Spain

CALLS FOR SUBMISSION
01.06.03 Open Invitation to Participate in a Christian Boltanski Project
01.06.03 Annual call for submissions from Galerie Saw
01.06.03 Proposals invited for Walking the Streets 2
01.06.03 Call for artists: 'Endowment/ Ezamandulo' at DAG
01.05.03 Southern African New Media Art Practices
01.05.03 London Calling Sound/ Sonic Artists
01.04.03 Annual Sasol Wax in Art competition
15.03.03 Participants Sought for The Golden Calf Project
16.02.03 UNESCO-Aschberg Artists' Bursaries
16.02.03 Constitution Hill Building Commissions
16.01.03 Remembering Africa's Media Art Pioneers
16.12.02 Want to exhibit in Durban?
01.12.02 Submissions invited for exhibition space on Long Street
01.10.02 1st Biennale of Eco-Art
01.06.02 Curators and ideas wanted for Tirana Biennale in Prague
21.09.01 Fortis Graphix animated gif contest
05.06.01 Proposals for the Museum of Temporary Art

RESIDENCIES
01.12.02 Atlantic Center For the Arts Residency Programme
17.06.02 Nagasawa Art Park Residency Programme
31.07.01 Artists' residency at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Norway
05.06.01 Surreal Estates residence in Sacramento, California

SUNDRY
01.12.02 Partners sought in AfricanAperture
15.11.02 Opportunities for artists to teach in Colombia
12.06.01 Space for hire at João Ferreira Fine Art
08.05.01 The new Michaelis Art Shop
NEW LISTINGS

Brett Kebble Art Awards

Entrepreneur Brett Kebble has created the most exciting art awards in South Africa. Kebble has been an enthusiastic art collector since he bought a small painting to celebrate his first pay cheque and over the years has acquired a significant collection of South African art.

The idea for the Brett Kebble Art Awards was born two years ago when Kebble was pondering how wonderful it would be to somehow assist South African artists living in the 21st century. Kebble recalls the defunct Cape Town Triennial as a wonderful showcase for South African artists before it collapsed. Thus he decided to create his own art awards.

"South Africa has wonderful artists but they are often, sadly, unrecognised and I thought if I could help with substantial awards it would provide a showcase for established artists and help those less-known attain recognition," comments Kebble. "I thought this could be a way in which art will help us build a non-racial bridge into the 21st century."

The result is the Brett Kebble Art Awards. Any artist living and working in South Africa, who is over 21, may submit works in the disciplines of Painting and Mixed Media, Sculpture, Craft, Photography, Printmaking and New Media. "I tried hard to avoid giving the awards the flavour of a competition," says Kebble. The generous prizes seek to both finance emerging artists and to give even well-known high-priced artists an incentive to submit their work.

One submission will receive R100 000, and one artist from each remaining discipline will receive R30 000.

The Brett Kebble Art Awards will be based in Cape Town. Kebble has chosen as curator Richard Smith, a man with a deep knowledge of SA art and reputation for exacting standards. SEE NEWS

Entries must be submitted by July 28. Submission forms with full terms and conditions are available from:

Tel: (021) 710 1712
Email: art@barritt.co.za
For more information call David Barritt (083) 603 3981


Studio space available at Greatmore Studios

Greatmore Studios, based in Woodstock, Cape Town, responds to the needs of the art community in Cape Town by providing, to a cross section of artists who have chosen art making as their career, individual studios within an interactive environment. In addition, a residency programme facilitates cultural exchange and dialogue internationally and locally by bringing together artists from diverse cultural backgrounds in a working environment where the flow of ideas stimulates professionalism, creativity and productivity.

We have studios for rent as from July 2003. Deadline for applications is June 18. Successful applicants will be informed by June 23. For further information please contact Alex:

Tel: (021) 447 9699
Email: artmore@mweb.co.za
Website: www.greatmoreart.org


Studio space to let in Cape Town/ Woodstock

Studio space to let in large communal space on top floor of a converted factory building on the border of Cape Town and Woodstock. The well-established studio is shared by a collection of artists, musicians, architects and others and is industrious but congenial. The building is part of a secure complex with 24-hour access, parking and a goods lift.

Tel: (021) 462 2095
Email: heapau@iafrica.com


Waterway: The V&A Waterfront Outdoor Sculpture Festival - Site walkabout and call for proposals

As the outdoor sculpture festival in the Jan Marais Nature Reserve functioned as a satellite event to the 1st Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennale organised by Public Eye, Cape Town's V&A Waterfront will host a satellite event to the 2nd Spier Biennale. The two events will provisionally be known as 'Waterway'.

The V&A Waterfront site runs along the new canal, starting at the bridge near the Waterfront's entrance, running downstream past the new residential area and ending in the yacht basin. A balustraded walkway runs along one bank and tourists, workers and pedestrian visitors to the Waterfront are increasingly using this. Ranging in depth from 1.4 to 2 metres, the canal is presently only partially filled with water but will be complete later this year. Currently the water is fresh, flows steadily into the yacht basin and is regularly flushed. The site encompasses a number of interesting features including floating jetties, a series of small overflows and an amphitheatre space to the side.

Emphasis will be placed on site-specific work which is accessible to a diverse audience and which can last for the exhibition's three-month duration. Initial proposals must not exceed a single A3 sheet. Judges will consist of two Public Eye members and one other expert in the field. 15 proposals will be accepted and successful applicants will receive money for the production of their works. The event is to take place in January 2004.

Kevin Brand will conduct a walkabout of the site at 10 am, Saturday June 28. Meet at the square in front of the Clocktower at 11am. A map of the entire Waterfront is available at www.waterfront.co.za. Pictures of the site will be posted on www.artthrob.co.za following the walkabout.

Proposals must reach Public Eye by Friday July 25.

Public Eye
All Star Studio
4th Floor, The Armoury, Buchanan Square
160 Sir Lowry Road, Cape Town, 8001

Tel: (021) 465 5022
Fax: (021) 465 5023
Email: info@public-eye.co.za
Website: www.public-eye.co.za

Established in 1999 by a collective of artists and cultural activists, Public Eye is a Section 21 company committed to facilitating art-based projects, to exploring public space as a place in which to initiate these projects and, in so doing, to develop the profile of and develop an audience for public art in South Africa.


Call for entries VIPER Basel 2003

VIPER Basel, the International Festival for Film Video and New Media, is an inspiring and high-quality international forum for the presentation and discovery of innovative tendencies. During its 20 year-old history VIPER has developed from an avant-garde event to the most important Swiss festival in the field of film, art and new media. Attracting more than 15 000 visitors, VIPER Basel is focussing on concepts and analysis of phenomena in society and culture challenged by the contemporary potential of analogue and digital media.

VIPER Basel 2003, held November 21 - 25, will scrutinise aspects of the current culture and media industry under the motto "Ready Made Custom Made". VIPER Basel has revised its competition. Works and projects can be submitted to the following categories: Imagination, Processing and Transposition.

IMAGINATION: open to works and projects dealing with traditional and/or future forms of the moving image. Analogue and digital films/videos, experimental films (including sound/video), 2D and 3D animations, extended forms of traditional cinema, linear and non-linear narrative pictorial sequences, scaled displays and split or multiple screen arrangements can be entered. If desired, these can be complemented by modes of individual and collective interaction.

PROCESSING: open to works and projects the character of which is related to a process or situation. Systems and installations specially conceived with a view to a local situation and/or to the inclusion of individual or collective action can be entered. These include immersive and hybrid (real/virtual) settings, performances. play and social software applications, smart objects, intelligent and ambient systems, as well as interface and interaction design exhibiting competent direction and improvisation as important constants in the handling of digital information units.

TRANSPOSITION: open to works and projects devoted to action and communication in technologically defined networks. Applications, prototypes and concepts using or specifically implementing network architectures independent of time and/or place can be entered. These include, for example, locality-bound and distributed systems (LAN/WAN/WIFI etc.), mobile computing, GPS applications, infrared and blue tooth connections. Decisive here is an original and experimental use of the technologically defined topography as a communication territory.

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2003 (date of the official postal stamp)
Works and projects which are not ready by the closing date for entries can be entered in the form of indicative documentation material or as a concept description.
Acceptance decision: August, 2003
Master Setting due: October 10, 2003
Festival dates: November 21 - 25, 2003

Submission Guidelines: Entry is free of charge.
Regulations, registration form, and further information can be downloaded from www.viper.ch/index_e.html

SERVICES & COURSES OFFERED

International masterclass on Creation and Design for Interactive Systems

Applications are open for the 2004 edition of the International Masterclass on Creation and Design for Interactive Systems, organised by MECAD/ Media Centre of Art and Design of the Superior School of Design ESDi. The masterclass will train designers, creators and producers in digital interactive systems within the fields of culture, interactive art, corporate and institutional production, education and other related fields.

The masterclass takes place with professors of international prestige and with the collaboration of two other prestigious centres: ZKM - Centre for Art and Media, Germany, and KHM - Media Art Academy in Cologne, Germany. The masterclass takes place from February 16 to July 9, 2004.

The masterclass will be held at Passeig de Gr�cia, 114, pral., Barcelona, Spain.

For more information:
MECAD\Media Centre d_Art i Disseny de ESDi
Passeig de Gràcia, 114, pral.
08008 Barcelona (Spain)

E-mail: info@master.esdi.es
Website: www.mecad.org
Tel.: (+34) 93 416 00 00
Fax: (+34) 93 237 74 74


Introductory Writing Course for Arts Writers

David Krut Publishing is hosting an introductory 10-week course, aimed at post-graduate students, junior journalists, or arts practitioners who have a particular interest in writing on visual art specifically and the arts in general. The course will give particular preference to those from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.

The course will be led by Sean O'Toole. An experienced arts journalist, he has written on arts and culture for a number of publications, including the Mail and Guardian, Blueprint, Kyoto Journal and Dazed & Confused. He is also a former editor on SL magazine and contributing editor to the UK photographic publication Exit. In 2001 he edited an issue of the controversial Italian publication Colors.

The course will be limited in size to eight or 10 students, to ensure a high degree of one-on-one interaction. The approach will be practical, involving trips to view current exhibitions and installations, followed by individual assessments of the resulting written work. It will aim to make students more aware of their visual surroundings and more secure about their visual literacy. On completion of the course students should be able to write confidently on a variety of art topics and relate them to current social issues as appropriate.

The course will consist of weekly two-hour sessions on Saturday mornings, to accommodate those in full-time employment. The location will be David Krut Fine Art in Parkwood, Johannesburg, which consists of an intimate gallery space where works by contemporary South African artists are exhibited and a thriving print workshop for young and established artists. David Krut is also publisher of the respected TAXI art books series, which provides exposure for contemporary South African artists and their work. It is envisaged that a number of the TAXI artists and writers will be visiting tutors on the course.

A minimal fee of R10 per session will be levied from each participant, to cover the cost of photocopying, tea and coffee, etc.

Tutor: Sean O'Toole
Location: David Krut Fine Art, 140 Jan Smuts Ave., Johannesburg
Duration: 10 weeks from May 3
Dates: Saturdays, 10 a.m - 12 noon
Cost: R10 per session

Please phone Fiona or Bettina on (011) 880-4242 or email fiona@taxiartbooks.com


Professional documentation

If you need any professional art documentation done for reproduction or electronic purposes, please contact me for artist friendly quotes.

I work from a studio I hire in Rosebank, Johannesburg. It�s very secure and there is a lock-up space if works needs to stay for documentation. I am also available to do location documentation for large/ permanent installations. I work on transparency, mostly medium format, but also 35mm upon request. High-resolution drum scanning can also be arranged. References are available if you're not familiar with my work.

Hannelie Coetzee
Tel: (011) 447-1529 or 082 810 1835
Email: hannelie@hanneliecoetzee.co.za
Website: www.hanneliecoetzee.co.za


New Post-graduate Courses in Media Art & Design in Spain

MECAD, or the Media Centre of Art and Design, is accepting applications for its new Master, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificates courses in the areas of curatorial and critical practices, organization of cultural events and art management. Based in Barcelona, Spain, the focus on these courses is on media art (electronic art, multimedia, Internet, etc.). MECAD offers four academic programmes:
Master on Curatorial and Cultural Practices in Art and New Media This course offers a complete and solid training in the above-mentioned areas. It is aimed to superior graduates and professionals looking for highly specialized knowledge. The course runs from March to September 2003, with the possibility of taking the course in 2 years
Postgraduate Diploma on Curatorial and Cultural Practices in Art and New Media This course offers extensive training in curatorial practices and art management focused on art and new media. Course runs April to July 2003 (part time).
Postgraduate Certificate in Electronic Arts Communication and Criticism This course offers intensive training in journalism and criticism focused on electronic arts. It is not necessary to have a degree to apply. Course runs March to May 2003.
Postgraduate Certificate in Electronic Arts History and Aesthetics Offering specialised training in the areas of electronic art history, theory and aesthetics, the course runs from April to June 2003.

For more information:
Web: www.mecad.org/master2.htm
E-mail: info@master.esdi.es
Tel.: (+34) 93 745 70 40 Fax: (+34) 93 726 81 83

CALLS FOR SUBMISSION

Open Invitation to Participate in a Christian Boltanski Project

Artist Christian Boltanski is inviting any fellow artist who wishes to participate in 'Independence', arguably the most ambitious and experimental exhibition ever staged at the South London Gallery, to fax through a work to the South London Gallery.

In July 2003, the South London Gallery will separate from Southwark Council, of which it has been a part for nearly a century, and will operate as an independent charitable trust. To celebrate this newly independent status, more than one hundred artists, from Barbara Kruger and Tracey Emin to Keith Tyson and Lawrence Weiner, are contributing work to 'Independence'.

Taking the subject of independence as a point of departure, local, national and international artists who have been involved in the gallery over the past ten years have been invited to exhibit works relevant to the theme. Ranging from the political to the personal, issues raised in this exhibition span international, national and individual liberty, cultural and sexual identity, individuality, democracy and freedom of expression.

In the recently vacated gallery offices, a project by Christian Boltanski opens the exhibition out to any artist who wishes to participate. Relying on the principle of starting a rumour, artists from all over the world have been invited to fax through a work during the show on the basis that all those received will be exhibited and then offered for sale as photocopies at �1 each.

'Independence' will take place from June 3 to August 3, 2003.

For further details contact the South London Gallery at:
65 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH
Tel: 020 7703 6120
Fax: 020 7252 4730
www.southlondongallery.org


Galerie Saw annual call for submissions

Galerie SAW Gallery:

- promotes contemporary Canadian and international artists, emerging and established, from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- presents a contemporary art programme with a strong focus on performance and media art, with bilingual interpretative material produced for each exhibition.
- adapts to the changing nature of the contemporary arts by maintaining an evolving interdisciplinary presentation space comprised of SAW Gallery, Club SAW and the SAW outdoor courtyard.
- serves the needs of diverse communities through audience development initiatives.
- engages in collaborations with other arts organisations to increase opportunities for exhibiting artists and to outreach to new audiences.
- commits to paying artist fees above CARFAC recommendations.

Submissions should include: an artist statement, a project description, a current CV, 10 - 20 slides or two VHS tapes, and a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Apart from the general call for submissions for our 2004 programme, artists are encouraged to send proposals for our special calls for submissions for:

International Geographic (spring 2004): An experimental ethnographic film and video series

Test Sites (fall 2004): An off-site performance art festival

Art Star Video Art Biennial (summer 2005): Screenings of single-channel videos

Deadline for applications: June 15, 2003

Please forward your submission to:

Artistic Directors
Galerie SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa ON, CANADA K1N 7B9
Tel: 613 236-6181
Fax: 613 238-4617
Email: sawgallery@artengine.ca
Website: www.artengine.ca/saw


Walking the Streets 2 - submissions invited

'Walking the Streets 2' is a reprisal of the suburb-wide art exhibition that turned every Observatory business into an art gallery for two weeks, giving hundreds of artists an opportunity to exhibit their works at the same time. The event takes place in October this year, and the deadline for submission is September 12.

Submissions must comprise an A4 folder containing a one page motivation/ description of proposed exhibition/ project; biography/ CV and six photographs of recent works. A4 sketches will also be admissible, but shouldn't number more than six.

Submit with contact details to: Catherine Moss, Art Source, 44 Lower Main Rd. Observatory

Tel: (021) 447-1325
Email: zebragrafix@absamail.co.za


Call for artists: 'Endowment/ Ezamandulo' at DAG

The Durban Art Gallery is getting the call out early for artists to contribute to and participate in the 'Endowment/ Ezamandulo' exhibition celebrating Heritage Day 2003. Heritage Day falls annually on September 23 and over the last seven years the Durban Art Gallery has celebrated this day with an exhibition dedicated to KZN's cultural diversity.

Artists may work in any media and are encouraged to think creatively around the area of heritage, both traditional and contemporary. Please note works must be submitted by Friday August 15 to the Durban Art Gallery. Works cannot be accepted after this date.

For further information contact the curator, Pat Khoza 031 3112275 or leave a message at (031) 311 2264.


Call for proposals: 2nd Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennale

Public Eye invites proposals for works for the 2nd Spier Outdoor Sculpture Biennale opening in January 2004.

Once again, the event takes place on the Spier Estate, situated on the R310 close to Stellenbosch. Works will be confined to the immediate environs of the river that passes through the Estate. You can visit the site by parking at the Spier farm stall and proceeding past the lake to the vehicular bridge. Starting within viewing distance upstream from this bridge, the site extends about 500 metres downstream, under the pedestrian bridge, ending in front of the viewing platform adjacent to the Spier Outdoor Amphitheatre (see attached pictures).

Unlike the previous event, where some of the work was studio-produced and simply presented in an outdoor context, this event requires entrants to produce works that respond to and are inextricably connected with the topography and features of the site. Care must be taken not to damage or irreversibly alter the landscape. At the same time, works must be able to sustain themselves for the period of three months over which the Biennale runs. Curator Kevin Brand will in the near future conduct a second walkabout of the site.

Proposals, in the form of drawings and supporting text, should not exceed one A3 sheet. Successful applicants will be informed in the first week of July. Funding will be made available for production of works, although participants are encouraged also to seek personal sponsorship. A catalogue will be produced.

The panel of judges will be appointed by Public Eye, and will include two members of the organisation as well as other experts in the field.

Closing date for submissions: Friday July 25

Send or deliver proposals to:

Public Eye
All Star Studios, 4th Floor, The Armoury, Buchanan Square, 160 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock,7925,Cape Town
Tel: 465-5022
Fax: 465-5023
Email: info@public-eye.co.za
Website: www.public-eye.co.za

Just as in the first Biennale, there will be a satellite event, this time probably taking place at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Details of walkabouts and requirements will be made public in due course.

Founded in 1999, Public Eye is a Section 21 company, formed by a collection of Cape Town-based artists and cultural activists to initiate and manage art projects in the public arena with the aim of enriching the cultural life of the city and the country as a whole.


Mapping Southern African New Media Art Practices - We Want You!

The last six months have seen much activity in the form of exposure and exchange for South African artists working in digital and electronic media. From an international interest area some of the important events were the 'Ars Electronica Festival 2002' inviting a team of participants to the festival to address concepts of networking and connectedness in Africa, and its affiliated event, 'Radiotopia', exposing sound artists and sound art workshops on an international exchange platform hosted with The Trinity Session in South Africa.

Currently the Walker Art Centre (Minneapolis, USA) is profiling 15 hours worth of new media art from southern Africa on their 'Translocal Channel' for the exhibition 'Translocations/ How Latitudes Become Forms'. The Translocal Channel runs from February 8 to the end of May. After that, the archive of the channel will be presented in future venues. '+27 Sessions', the South African component of this event, will profile local artists and hopefully generate opportunities and exposure (content is still being compiled for this programme).

These opportunities, coupled with the current activities of local competitions and exhibitions, such as the Construction New Media Awards (hosted by the Design Indaba crew) and the New Channels Digital Art Competition and exhibition, are developing platforms for local creative activity in the field of creative uses of new technologies.

Digital art activity in South Africa has also been a focal point for much research and investigation for the ISEA 'Inter-Society of Electronic Arts' newsletter (February 2003), looking at a range of activities in the local context (articles by Stacy Hardy, Kathryn Smith, James Webb, Deirdre Pretorius, Nathaniel Stern, Marcus Neustetter) and a feature article in 'Rhizome' (by Nathaniel Stern) about the new MA course in digital multimedia at Wits University.

Currently there is a research programme by UNESCO called 'DIGIARTS' that is gathering information on digital artists from around the globe and looking to find not only databases and individuals, but equally important for the UNESCO 'DIGIARTS' portal and library, works and theoretical content.

In light of these activities and interest, which is growing every month as local content is being exposed, a need to update the existing network database of digital electronic art practitioners is of utmost importance. Currently _sanman (Southern African New Media Art Network) has a broad database gathered through its exhibitions and projects in the field of new media art. It is the intention of the network to expose itself to the UNESCO programme and allow the network participants to benefit from this process. For this the network is aiming to include as many individuals, organisations, institutions and events that feel they would like to be part of this exchange in the programme.

Therefore the following call!

Seeking African new media art activity:

There is a range of opportunities to profile digital/ electronic art/ new media art activity in southern (and central/ western/ eastern) Africa and therefore we are currently compiling a list of active individuals and organisations working in new media/ creatively engaging with new technologies. This networking process also serves to look at developing localized projects and resource sharing and exchange possibilities that could give the new media art scene in this region a much needed boost.

If you are in Africa (or currently abroad but maintain an active relationship to Africa) and:

- producing artworks in new media (video/ sound/ CD/ web/ interactive/ tech driven installation/ web/ email/ mobile/ DVD/ radio/ TV/ ...)
- experimenting with new media art and design
- writing about new media art
- lecturing/ teaching new media art
- curating/ organising new media art events and exhibitions
- facilitating new media art production
- learning about new media art

please send me your information - mn@onair.co.za or m_n@mweb.co.za: (if we have had contact with you already, please send your information again to avoid confusion)

01. name:
02. types of new media activity:
03. email:
04. web-address:
05. special interests:
06. organisation or company affiliated:
07. position or job:
08. country:
09. city:
10. phone:
11. comments:
12. the resulting information will be available on request to those that have contributed. Would you like to be part of this public list?

Please could you forward this e-mail to anyone you feel might fit the above descriptions. If you have an existing database/ list or similar processes that you would like to share, please contact New Media Art Research - sanman (southern African new media art network) at:

Stephen Hobbs: sh@onair.co.za / +27 11 403-8358/ (0)82 897-7498
Kathryn Smith: ks@onair.co.za / +27 11 339-2679/ (0)82 773-7033
Marcus Neustetter: mn@onair.co.za / +27 11 339-2785/ (0)82 929-1569
Fax: +27 11 403-9877
Website: www.onair.co.za
Address: PO Box 31900, Braamfontein, 2017, South Africa
Johannesburg Civic Theatre, Loveday Street, Braamfontein, South Africa


London Calling Sound/ Sonic Artists

Dosensos is a bilingual art radio programme on Resonance 104.4FM in London. For a programme curated by Mark Schreiber (Cape Town), Dosensos is inviting South African artists to submit a short (2-6 minute) audio art piece, as well as any relevant biographical information. If selected, the work will be broadcast in one of Dosensos's upcoming weekly broadcasts.

For further information contact:

Dosensos Art Projects, London
Tel: 00 44 (0) 207 682 0879
Email: info@dosensos.org
Website: www.dosensos.org / www.resonancefm.com
Archives: www.dosensos.org/radioshows.htm


Sasol Wax in Art Competition

Call for entries:
Artists, the general public and the media greeted a unique concept, the first 'Sasol Wax in Art' competition, held in 2002, with overwhelming enthusiasm. The exhibition was sponsored by Sasol, one of the world's largest producers of wax, and was conceptualised as a vehicle to explore the many and varied applications of wax in the art-making process. Approximately 2500 people came to view the exhibition last year over the two-and-a-half days it was open to the public.

Due to its unprecedented success in 2002, Sasol have expanded the scope of the 'Sasol Wax in Art' to accommodate entries from other parts of the country. Regional selections will take place in KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape and Gauteng. In June, selected works will be sent by Stuttafords Van Lines to Sasolburg and exhibited at the WAM! Festival from August 28 to September 1. The winners will be announced at an award function in Sasolburg.

Prizes
- One main prize in each category of R 45 000
- Three merit prizes of R10 000ea

Categories
The competition is divided into two categories:
- Wax as part of the Process: where the use of wax is not immediately apparent to the viewer but was an integral part of the process of making the work. Such examples would include batik, etching and bronze casting.

- Wax as the Medium: where the use of wax is immediately apparent to the viewer. This includes wax sculpture, wax crayons, encaustic painting and installations utilising wax.

This competition is unique in that it does not only focus on young artists by placing an age limit on those who may enter. Any artist over the age of 21 may enter. (In the case of students, they have to be in their final year of study and meet the age requirements.)

All entry details are available at www.wamfestival.co.za

Tel: (011) 726-2502 or 083 671-5139
Fax: (011) 482-6355
Email: taryncohn@metroweb.co.za
Website: www.wamfestival.co.za or www.wamfees.co.za


Participants Sought for The Golden Calf Project

Johannesburg-based artist Christian Nerf is currently is search of divorc�es. "Give me your defunct gold wedding band. I am currently working on a project entitled Golden Calf. A sculpture will be made of recycled gold wedding bands; the size of the sculpture will be determined by the amount of rings I acquire. Currently I have sourced 3 rings; if you are a divorc�e and feel unattached to your now defunct gold wedding band- give it to me and let it be reborn as part of this artwork."

Persons interested in participating in this project are asked to contact the artist directly at:
Email: goldencalf@christiannerf.info


UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists

The Programme UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists was created in 1994 to open new career prospects for young artists in all disciplines. The programme affords them the opportunity to continue their training in specialised institutions. This programme functions under the aegis of UNESCO's International Fund for the Promotion of Culture (IFPC).

At the beginning of the 1960s, the Swedish philanthropist couple Aschberg, donated a mansion located in Ile-de-France to UNESCO, which was eventually sold in 1992. In memory of the patrons and in keeping with the spirit of their donation, the governing bodies of UNESCO decided to allocate the money from this sale to the creation of the UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists. The fellowships are co-financed by the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture and an international network of partner institutions specialised in the training of artists.

Since its creation, the programme has seen the number of fellowships granted and applications received regularly increase. Hundreds of young artists have already benefited from the programme. For 2003/2004, the programme proposes 57 fellowships offered by 50 partner institutions in 26 countries. The growing success of UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists has encouraged six new institutions to join the network. Simultaneously certain partner institutions have taken the decision to increase the number of fellowships proposed and to expand their co-operation to include new disciplines.

Selection is shared by an International Artistic Committee, which meets annually from June to July under the supervision of the IFPC, and the host institutions. The announcement of each fellowship has been examined so that the residency be presented as thoroughly as possible, and to give sound information on the host institution, the nature of the fellowship, the profile of the artist required and procedures to be followed to submit one's application.

The UNESCO-Aschberg Brochure is available on UNESCO Internet site: www.unesco.org/culture/ifpc and is regularly updated. The results of the final selection are announced in July every year. The list of host institutions, from Australia to Thailand, as well as candidate requirements are posted on the website.

UNESCO-IFPC
1, rue Miollis 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France
Fax: (33 1) 45 68 55 95
Email: dir.aschberg@unesco.org
Website: www.unesco.org/culture/ifpc


Artists invited to submit work for new court building at Constitution Hill

Talented artists have a chance to prove their mettle by having their works showcased at the new Constitutional Court building through a competition launched by Justice Albie Sachs this week. The aim of the competition is to discover talented artists and crafters for the design of identified artwork sites in the new court building at Constitution Hill.

Addressing the media at the launch, Sachs called on all South African artists to submit their works or proposals for any of the approximately 30 sites earmarked for development. 'We are encouraging everyone to enter in order that the artwork finally included in the building will glow with the diverse imaginations of artists from all over the country,' stated Sachs.

It is believed the artworks will help complement the architectural finishes of the building and 'the integrated nature of the artworks will also create a permanent testament of collaboration between artists and architects'. The front door to the court building, metal security gates, sunscreens, signage, drinking fountains, light fittings as well as decoration of concrete columns are some of the examples of the building elements to be designed. The design of the eleven-artwork chimneys, required for the building's natural cooling systems is the biggest artwork site.

The Constitutional Court is the first civic building being built in the post-apartheid era in Gauteng and is being constructed on a 100-acre site housing the Old-Fort, renowned for jailing anti apartheid activists like Mahatma Gandhi and Nobel Peace Prize winners Chief Albert Luthuli and Nelson Mandela. 'This site will not only become an important symbol of our constitutional democracy but will also house libraries, archives, museums, commercial offices, shops, restaurants, heritage sites, exhibition performance spaces and other tourists facilities,' said Blue IQ CEO, Pradeep Maharaj.

Interested artists wanting more information about the competition should contact the Johannesburg Development Agency on (011) 688-7853. Individuals and teams are allowed to enter.

The Constitutional Court Architectural Artworks Competition document can be obtained from:

- The offices of the Johannesburg Development Agency, 3rd Floor, 90 Market Street, Johannesburg from 9am - 4pm
-The JDA website www.jda.org.za

For further information contact Adam Goldsmith
Tel: (011) 688-7853
Fax: (011) 688-7899
Email: agoldsmith@jda.org.za


Remembering Africa's Media Art Pioneers

MECAD/ESDI, in conjunction with UNESCO, is researching the international history of Media Art. "Our objective is focused, in its first stage, on artists of Africa, Asia and Latin America, who played a significant role in the development of the initial stage of Media Art, from end of the 1950s to the beginnings of the 1980s," explains Eduardo de Jesus of MECAD/ESDI.

"The general research objective is to generate new knowledge and documentation, which extend the historical point of view of Media Art," he explains. The intention is to include artistic contributions from countries outside the geographic scope of developed economies of North America and Central Europe. The project aims to collect and later disseminate basic information on artist's not generally or widely known.

"We are looking for Media Art pioneers in Africa and are calling on interested parties to collaborate with us in supplying basic information about pioneering media artists." MECAD/ESDI are requesting any relevant information, including names, websites, bibliographical references, etc. related to media. MECAD/ESDI and UNESCO's objective is to present a worldwide body of work that traces a panorama of Media Art and Electronic Music through a multilingual, public access portal.

After this initial enquiry is completed, MECAD/ESDI hope to research contemporary media artists, individuals who came to prominence after the 1980s. The deadline for any submissions is February, as in early March MECAD/ESDI have to start the translations to send to UNESCO.

Anyone interested in participating is asked to contact:

Eduardo de Jesus
MECAD/ESDI
Email: ejesus@master.esdi.es
Website: www.mecad.org
www.esdi.es


Want to exhibit in Durban?

Durban's NSA Gallery is inviting proposals for exhibitions by artists. The NSA Gallery has received funding from the National Lotteries Board for the 2003/2004 financial year, to be used for subsidising exhibitions at their venue. Artists and curators are invited to apply for exhibitions at our venue in three different categories: A committee, comprising professionals in the visual arts field, reviews incoming proposals on a monthly basis.

Application procedure include the submission of a portfolio of works (either slides or photographs), a detailed CV, an artists statement, an exhibition concept or letter of intent and a detailed description of the proposed exhibition.

For further details contact Storm Janse van Rensburg or Nathi Gumede.

NSA Gallery, 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, Durban 4001
Tel: 031 202 3686
Fax: 031 202 3744
Email: iartnsa@mweb.co.za
Website: www.nsagallery.co.za
Hours: Tues - Fri 10 a.m - 5 p.m, Sat 10 a.m - 4 p.m, Sun 11 a.m - 3 p.m


Exhibition Space on Long Street

Ariel Cohen, whose second photographic exhibition Push opens this month in Cape Town, is looking to manage this unconventional space as an exhibition venue. Situated on an exterior wall, set slightly back from the street and enclosed by a fence, the space has been provided by the Saint Martini Church at the top of Long Street and is adjacent to the popular Marvel bar. Cohen is particularly interested in showing socially aware and relevant work in this space and invites proposals and ideas from similarly concerned artists. Cohen's latest body of work concerns Cape Town's homeless people who earn a meagre living from recycling scrap, which they transport in seconded shopping trolleys. His previous show Smashed focused on the faces damaged and disfigured by life on the city streets.

The venue is situated at 240 Long Street Cape Town, adjacent Marvel Bar.

For more information, contact Ariel Cohen at 082 406-4699 or ariel@absamail.co.za


Israeli Forum for Ecological Art call for artists/ ecologists/ decision makers of the world

* Investigate environmental issues in your next artwork wherever you are
* Be part of the 1st Biennale for Eco-Art in Israel in 2005

This is a call for artists to initiate creative social change, a call for scientists/ ecologists to collaborate with artists on environmental issues, a call for official incorporation of artists in decision-making processes.

It is time we take an inspiring role in the shaping and safeguarding of our natural spaces. Be a decision- maker regarding the quality of life. Release people from their environmental indifferences using visual language to raise environmental awareness and be involved in the physical/ spiritual reclamation of damaged areas.

For more information please contact:

Shai Zakai, Israeli Forum for Ecological Art, Lion-Srigim P.O.B. 93 Emek-Haela 99835 Israel

Tel: 972 2 991-2101
Fax: 972 2 991-2153
Email: shai-stu@inter.net.il


Curators and ideas wanted for Tirana Biennale in Prague

The Tirana Biennale 2 is looking for curators and ideas in order to create a real contemporary art event.

Dear friends,

I am currently working on the second edition of the Tirana Biennale that will take place in Prague next July 2003 at the beautiful site of Contemporary Art Museum of Elektrisny, a massive rationalist structure that is one of the most fascinating buildings in the world. I feel my extraordinary experience with the city of Tirana is exhausted. The Tirana Biennale 1 was made possible thanks to an enthusiasm and energy that is without equal, and in spite of the stress and the conditions of absolute emergency. The logistic difficulties (a non-existent budget, frequent lack of power and materials to install the show) was brilliantly overruled by the spirit of co-operation between artists and curators. The fact that Tirana Biennale 1 opened last September 14-15 - three days after the WTC attack - didn't prevent the participation of large number of artists, curators, and visitors from the whole Europe, but the trauma of those days limited the great flux expected from the every corner of the world.

At the moment we are working on this new TIRANA BIENNALE IN PRAGUE, that will be realized with a brand new formula in comparison to all the other international big art events. You know well my interest and passion work only when pressured by hard times. The Presidents of the second edition of the Tirana Biennale will be Milan Knizak, director of the Contemporary Art Museum, and me, Giancarlo Politi, publisher and editor of Flash Art. We will probably nominate a director and team of curators, who will have the duty of conceiving and designing this biennale. The Biennale will open during the first week of July 2003. At the moment we are forced to work within a very low budget (though it will increase to acceptable limits), but we feel the TIRANA BIENNALE IN PRAGUE will be the greatest cultural event in 2003. The formula will certainly be in tune with the times and the cultural changes currently on course - unlike all the other events. Further information will follow shortly.

Best wishes,
Giancarlo Politi
email: giancarlo.politi@tin.it

* Meanwhile, all those who wish to submit non-expensive and new curatorial ideas are more than welcome. You could be part of our curatorial staff. A big exhibition today can take place only with different ideas and diverse input, and not with a show-off referee and a little one-idea oriented staff. That's why I'm here. I am looking forward a confrontation of ideas with you.

The best proposals we will receive, even if not considered for the exhibition, will be published on the catalogue.


Fortis Graphix animated gif contest

This an international, juried, bi-monthly event. The goal of the contest is to provide a forum for gif animators to show off their handiwork. The animation must be an original created by you. Higher scores are awarded to those animations which use original artwork. Judges look for originality, creativity, humour, download time, visual impact and technical proficiency. Animations must not exceed 100k. You may submit up to four animations per month. First prize is $20 and the entry deadline is the 25th of each month.

Email: wooster@fortisgraphix.com Website: http://fortisgraphix.com/Acontest.html


Proposals for the Museum of Temporary Art

The Museum of Temporary Art, Cape Town - we take the "con" out of contemporary art.

The Museum of Temporary Art invites you to propose an installation in the unique exhibition space in Observatory.

Send your proposals to curator Barend de Wet - barend123@mweb.co.za

RESIDENCIES

Atlantic Center For the Arts Residency Programme

Since 1982, Atlantic Center's residency programme has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three-week residencies. Located just four miles from the east coast beaches of central Florida, the pine and palmetto wooded environment contains six award-winning studios that include a resource library, painting studio, sculpture studio, music studio, dance studio, black box theatre, writer's studio, and digital computer lab. Each residency session includes three master artists from different disciplines. The master artists each personally select a group of associates - talented, emerging, mid-career artists - through a formal application process administered by ACA. During the residency, artists participate in formal sessions with their group, collaborate on projects, and work independently. The relaxed atmosphere and unstructured programme provide considerable time for artistic regeneration and creation. Room and board is free to accepted artists.

For more information on how to apply, please telephone (386) 427-6975 or (800) 393-6975 or visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org

The following artists will be in residence at Atlantic Center for the Arts in 2003:

January 20 - February 9, 2003
Lewis Hyde, writer
Zoe Leonard, visual artist
Lewis Spratlan, composer
Application deadline: December 2, 2002

March 3 - 23, 2003
Dave Hickey, arts writer
David Parsons, choreographer
Steven Pippin, visual artist
Application deadline: January 10, 2003

May 19 - June 8, 2003
Mark Adamo, composer
Gillian Wearing, visual artist
John Yau, poet
Application deadline: March 3, 2003

September 8 - 28, 2003
Katsutaka Murooka, aerial kite photographer
Marc Ricketts, kite maker / kite theatre
Tal Streeter, kite maker
Application deadline: June 2, 2003

October 6 - 26, 2003
Eric Bogosian, playwright
Vik Muniz, visual artist
Olly Wilson, composer
Application deadline: August 1, 2003


Nagasawa Art Park Residency Programme

2003 Nagasawa Art Park Residency Programme application forms will be available from end of June at http://endeavor.or.jp/air.

You can also access our new woodblock printmaking online shop. This has been established by ARTQUEST Co, Ltd, (the organizers of the Nagasawa Art Park Residency Programme). The online shop, which currently includes carving toools, burins and brushes, will be expanded in the future. See http://endeavor.or.jp/wb-shop.

Nagasawa Art Park Pilot Project Committee Tokyo Office / ARTQUEST Co, Ltd
4F Ichinose Bldg, 3-5 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083
Tel: 03-5216-7908
Fax: 03-5216-7906
Email: ars@endeavor.or.jp


Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway

Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (LKV) was established in 1993. The name means "artists' workshops in Lademoen" (Lademoen is the name of a part of Trondheim). LKV contains 34 artists' studios, 6 workshops and 2 guest studios. The studios and workshops are located in an old school building dating from the turn of the century. The five-storey building has a total floor area of 2 264m2. In addition to 34 private studios the facility also includes two project rooms at 90 and 55m2 respectively. Over the last 6 years we have built up a printmaking workshop, photographic dark room, metal and welding workshop, carpentry, a computer room and digital video editing suite. LKV is run as a foundation.

LKV offers two guest studios (50m2, headroom 3,8m). The studios contain some basic tools (hammer, screwdrivers, stapler etc). The studio flats (30m2, fully furnished accommodation includes bedroom/living room, kitchen and bathroom) are located in a connected building. Both the studios and the flats are provided free of charge to artists from all over the world for a duration of 1 to 3 months. Longer residency can be negotiated in special circumstances. The rent for the studios is paid by the local authorities.

Residents may be asked to give lectures about their work for other artists in Trondheim. LKV does not have a gallery, any exhibition must take place in the studio, in one of our project rooms or outside LKV's premises. Guest artists may use the workshops by paying a fee. The guest artists are selected once a year by a committee of 3 professional artists on the basis of applications with slides or other documentation of work.

Trondheim is situated in the centre of Norway and lies on a fjord two hours from the open sea. The city is surrounded by a fine landscape of agricultural land, forests, hills and highlands with more mountainous regions to the south and east. Trondheim is the 3rd largest city in Norway. The city has throughout history been a cultural, spiritual, commercial and an educational centre including the University (NTNU) with institutes for film and drama, philosophy, anthropology, architecture, industrial design, construction technology and technical research. Trondheim has a rich cultural life with an art academy, music conservatory, symphony orchestra, concert hall, theatres, cinemas, clubs, bars and cafes.

For more information and application forms, contact Kjetil Krøvel (manager, LVK) at lademoen@online.no.

Tel: +47 73 51 3515 (Mon, Tues, Thurs 10am - 4pm)
Fax: +47 73 51 3372
Website: www.l-k-v.no


Surreal Estates Live/Work Community for visual artists, designers, mixed media artists and others

Surreal Estates, Ink, Sacramento, California, USA, invites visual artists, stage designers, mixed media artists and other artists interested to join their Live/Work Community in the Dixieanne neighborhood of Uptown Sacramento. Surreal Estates is a unique artist-owned project and invites visual artists to apply for ownership of a residence (500-700 square feet) and detached studio (800-1200 square feet).

The Uptown Art District, Surreal Estates' neighborhood, is the fresh, fertile and fascinating art scene in Sacramento. Opportunities abound for artists. Come be a part of Sacramento, and Surreal Estates!

For more information visit: http://www.surrealestates.org

SUNDRY

AfricanAperture seeks partners

"I'm a London-based photographer though I was born and lived in Kenya until adulthood and harbour a long interest in Africa and photography. I'm married to Christine, my most sure critic and site partner, with one daughter Carina. Besides publishing a couple of articles in the Czech magazine Koktejl, I spent the last few years in Prague working in IT to keep afloat while raising our daughter. I learnt about the web and since moving to London have now revived my photographic interest with this site. I'm a photographer for hire as well as a web designer but I am looking to expand the AfricanAperture idea as far as it can go. Anyone interested in forming a partnership or funding the idea behind this site please contact me. I would like AfricanAperture to represent quality photographers and to become a support centre, perhaps even providing funding for particular projects related to the themes of the site. I would also like very much to bring out some local photographers living and working on the continent. Enjoy the multiple talents presented on the site!"

Philip Cartland, designer and founder of AfricanAperture.

AfricanAperture: Founded August 2002.

Objectives:
To provide exposure and bring together the very best photographers who focus on Africa (we also have a small section devoted to notable photographers of the world). To grow into a support organisation that may provide funding for the commission and publication of specific projects related to the site's themes.

Themes:
Photography relating to environment, travel, culture and cultural diversity and humanity.

Method:
AfricanAperture provide easy access to the world of photography without excessive numbers of links. We do not want to waste your time so we choose the links very carefully making special effort to have no broken links and to provide only the best web sites. We have also collected a number of galleries presenting work by photographers we feel excel in their imagery and vision.

Email: home@africanaperture.com
Website: www.africanaperture.com


Opportunities for artists to teach in Colombia

The Centro Colombo Americano is a non-profit binational cultural centre, founded in 1947 by a group of interested North Americans and Colombians who wished to strengthen the relationships between their countries. The institution is dedicated to promoting human development through academic and cultural programmes with a multicultural perspective, fostering extensive exchange with the United States and the world. In the case of applicants who have a background in the arts, they will actively participate in our ABC programme, which is an initiative to bring the arts into the language-teaching classroom both for adults and for children. Practicing visual artists will also have the possibility to be considered for an exhibition in the centre gallery. For more information on our visual arts exhibition programme, visit our website at www.colomboworld.com, and click on English version, then Gallery.
Medell�n is a pleasant city in the heart of the Andes Mountains, with a year-round temperature of 74 degrees Fahrenheit. With more than two million inhabitants, it is known for its vigorous industrial development and its beautiful flowers. The people, called 'Paisas', are known for their friendliness and clearly spoken Spanish. You can read more about Medell�n and Colombia in www.paisas.com, www.todomedellin.com or www.nuestracolombia.org.co/
Should you have any questions, please feel free to email us and we will arrange to call you to speak personally. We are sure that you will find working with us professionally challenging and fulfilling. Please feel free to check our website for further information on the Center.
If you are interested, send your CV and a recent photo to:
The Academic Director
Centro Colombo Americano
Carrera 45 No. 53-24
Medell�n, Colombia, South America
Tel: (574) 513-4444 Ext.237, Fax: (574) 513-2666
E-mail: Lshem@colomboworld.com
Website: www.colomboworld.com


Space for hire at João Ferreira Fine Art gallery

João Ferreira Fine Art presents the ultimate venue for hire for functions, photo and film shoots, parties and launches. We offer NY loft-style architecture, spacious interior, live music, safe parking, catering and other facilities within the gallery space.

80 Hout Street, Cape Town

Tel: (021) 423 5403 or 082 490 2977
Fax: (021) 423 2136
Email: info@artjoao.co.za
Website: www.artjoao.co.za


The new Michaelis Art Shop

The Michaelis Art Shop has moved and reopened in a space adjacent to the school's gallery. The shop supplies a wide range of fine art materials and offers student discounts on presentation of a valid student card. The shop is competitively priced and now officially open to the public.

The Gallery, Michaelis Art School, Hiddingh Campus, 31-37 Orange Street, Gardens
Tel: (021) 426 1948
Hours: 9am to 5pm on weekdays

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