Video Channel calls for proposals
VideoChannel is looking for video works on the themes 'Self-portrait' and 'Totalitarianism' to be included in its online collection on www.cinematheque.le-musee-divisioniste.org and the offline DVD collection to be presented in the framework of the interactive installation of 'www.rrf2005.newmediafest.org [R][R][F]2005--->XP - global networking project', as well as in selection for presentation on media festivals and exhibitions. It is planned to select a maximum of six to ten video works.
The thematic context 'Self-portrait' and 'Totalitarianism' operates in a narrow and wider sense. The videos have to be submitted as digital files - Quicktime, Real Video or .aviDIVX compression for preview, or URL for preview or download, and the selected works will be required to send as high quality videos as Quicktime or mpeg2DVD (PAL/NTSC) on CD or DVD (data) by snail mail. The videos may have a running time between one and five minutes, with possible exceptions. One submission per artist on each theme only.
Please use this form for submitting:
1.name of artist(s), email address(es), URL(s) (in case of an artists' collective please credit all participants properly)
2. short biography/CV (not more than 300 words each)
3. 1 work/project only with title, year of production
a) type of media file
b) URLof the posted work online
and/or
c) URL from where the projectfile(s) can be downloaded
4. work description (story included, not more than 500 words)
5. screenshot (.jpeg, max. 800x600 px)
Confirmation/authorisation:
The submitter/s declare/s and confirm/s that he/she/they is/are holding all rights on the submission and give permission to include the submitted work in 'Cinematheque' online/offline environment until revoke.
Signed by (submitter)
Please send the complete submission to mediacentre@le-musee-divisioniste.org
with VideoChannel 'Self-portrait' or 'Totalitarianism' in the subject line.
Cape Town Spring Art Fair
VEO gallery in Cape Town is hosting the Cape Town Spring Art Fair over the weekend of the September 2, 3 and 4, 2005.
The Fair will be styled along the lines of the Affordable Art Fairs in London and New York, with a variety of exhibitors showing artwork for sale to the general public. VEO will be handling the venue, logistics and marketing and advertising of the event.
We hereby extend an invitation to individual artists (painters, photographers and sculptors) as well as art dealers and galleries to apply for participation in the VEO Cape Town Spring Art Fair.
Any organisation, company or individual wishing to participate in sponsorship of the event can contact VEO for further information.
We have extended the application deadline to May 25 to accommodate those who have not had the opportunity to view the information until now. For more information, contact glynis@veo.co.za
ArtExpo 2005 Video and Exhibitions calls for entries
Submissions of video/short.films to be included in the next ArtExpo 2005 Video.Exhibitions, including an event at the 1st Festival of Electronic Media.
- prog:ME (programa de moda eletronica) is the 1st Festival of Electronic Media of Rio de Janeiro which will be an annual event in the city. Organised by Carlo Sansolo and Enrika Fraenkel, the festival will take place from July 19 - September 18 in the Centro Cultural Telemar, in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Cultural Partner: International ArtExpo Group.
- BAC! 06 - International Contemporary Art Festival in Barcelona, the sixth edition of the International Contemporary Art Festival BAC! will take place in November and December 2005 in Barcelona, Spain, at CCCB Centre de Cultura Contempor�nia de Barcelona and at La Santa Proyectos Culturales, Barcelona. Theme: Violence, the language of the 21st century.
All works must be on DVD (PAL or NTSC), no matter what the original source medium. Work may be of any duration, but preference will be given to work of a max length of 15 minutes. The deadline for applications is May 15, 2005. If you are interested, please send your video submissions, with a CV/biography, videography and an introduction about the piece to:
Luca Curci
via Casamassima, 75
70010
Capurso (Bari)
Italy
Please provide the following information:
Name/Surname:
City/Country:
Film title:
Running time:
Brief film synopsis:
For more information, email: lucacurci@lucacurci.com or visit www.lucacurci.com/artexpo
VellanoArte 2005 calls for submissions
The artist's association of Val di Nievole once more invites international artists to participate in a symposium and art happening in Tuscany, Italy. Vellano, a small medieval village, becomes an open air studio, theatre, stage or gallery for this event. Visual artists in all media, performing artists and musicians are invited for interaction, work, communication and representation.
The event aims to:
- to culturally enrich the Vellano environment through artworks or projects.
- to encourage research and bilateral cultural exchange through art and communication.
- to foster interaction between local and international artists and the residents of Vellano
This event will be promoted by the residents, the Proloco (a volunteer association),
the Circolo Arci (recreational centre) and local businesses of Vellano and the city of Pescia. Vellano di Pescia, Tuscany is a hilltop village with 600 inhabitants, the
largest of the '10 Castella' in the valley of Nievole, between Pisa and Florence, in the province of Pistoia, near Pescia. These villages have managed to maintain their typical medieval architecture for over 1000 years. The regional agricultural products, olive oil, wine, chestnuts, wood and stone as well as paper manufacturing, metal work, leather production and the flower industry has shaped the culture of the area around Vellano.
Deadline for applications is July 3, and the festival takes place from September 1 - 11. Chosen artists will be informed before July 10.
For more information email bauerundbauer@vellanoarte.com or visit www.vellanoarte.com
Images sought for South African tourism book
Struik Publishers is looking for 200 fresh new images that represent the spirit of South Africa. Do you have photographs that fit the bill?
A survey of departing international tourists showed that these visitors left
the country impressed with far more than just the beautiful scenery. They spoke
too of friendly hospitable people, of mineral wealth, of wildlife riches, of
excellent cuisine, of inspiration... Struik is looking for images that represent
this kind of diversity and beauty. Selected images will be used in a mainstream
tourist souvenir to be published in November 2006.
The picture quality must obviously be appropriate for use in such a coffee table book: pin-sharp transparencies that are up-to-date, have not been used extensively elsewhere, and that clearly illustrate the places/events described.
So, can you see your country through the eyes of a traveller? While we're not quite going for the warts-and-all approach, or for a wildly artistic take, we are looking for images with a certain freshness to them - images that accurately portray a bright country full of hope, colour and inspiration.
All images must be clearly labelled with the destination and your name. Transparencies are preferable to digital images.
For more information, contact colettes@imagesofafrica.co.za
Enjin Museum of Dead Media
Enjin in collaboration with The Trinity Session is embarking on the development of a Museum for Dead Media. The purpose is to call the public's attention to the significance of collecting or preserving one's redundant or dated technology, reflections on ways in which these tools are still applied in creative processes and of course to reflect on the advancements in new technologies and media. Key to this project are questions around what shape and form a museum of dead media could take. Is it a building, a collective networked data system, a discussion forum or a series of presentations and features in future issues of the magazine and dvd supplement. The first steps towards this project manifest in the Hobbs/Neustetter installation at Design Indaba and the call for interest and ideas on creative uses of dead media, and concepts for the 'museum'.
Who is involved?
Enjin is South Africa's leading resource for creative professionals, brings you comprehensive coverage of the art of design, 3D, animation, video, effects, web and interactive design. Enjin addresses the needs of those within the digital media market by providing relevant and forward-thinking content. Now in its sixth year, Enjin Creative Magazine consistently delivers the content that people want to read.
The meeting of Stephen Hobbs and Marcus Neustetter as an artist collaborative fuses their interests in urban social change and virtual culture. Over the years their artistic practices have resulted from experimentation with the juxtaposition of high and low tech, dead and new media interventions. These experiments manifest in public space, galleries and museums and in the arena of their artist lab: the Trinity Session. Taking into consideration the exclusivity of the museum and gallery context, current projects focus on social research and mobile platforms enabling their artistic expression.
Directed by Hobbs and Neustetter, The Trinity Session is a contemporary art production team that investigates the strategies and relationships between art and business, collaborative practice, network development and creative contextual response. As Hobbs' personal artistic interest is the urban environment and Neustetter's the digital and virtual, the thematic focus of The Trinity Session revolves around these subject areas. Heavily informed and influenced by context, The Trinity Session defines its approaches from a position within Johannesburg, South Africa, thusdetermining its attitude tolocal and global debates, networks and partnerships for survival and sustainability of the visual arts industries. By acting as correspondents and consultants, and approaching the work process from a network and 'accommodation and exchange of information' angle, the purpose of the working dynamic is to produce in a cross-platform multidisciplinary way with artists, institutions and corporate brands and services. Interests lie in interdisciplinary working methods, conceptualising and interacting with like-minded partners.
Enjin is building a museum and we need your help. Create a visual piece in any format or material. Submit your personal or professional interpretation of dead media to Enjin magazine for inclusion in the Enjin Museum of Dead Media. Works will be selected to feature in future editions of Enjin magazine, and for pride of place in the Museum. There are no entry restrictions - all visual comments on the theme of dead media are accepted and encouraged.
For more info, download the emodm brief and submission form from www.enjin co.za.
Send your museum piece concepts and proposals to modm@onair.co.za . Call (011) 339 2785 or 381 7711 for further information.
Position available at ArtThrob
ArtThrob currently has a vacancy for the position of KwaZulu Natal Editor.
KwaZulu Natal Editor:
We are looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position of KwaZulu Natal Editor, which is currently vacant. The position is ideally suited for a recent graduate and/or a working artist looking to become established as an emergent voice in the local art scene.
The position requires the successful candidate to manage the relevant provincial listing (i.e. KwaZulu Natal), write at least two critical reviews per monthly update, as well as submit newsworthy articles for the News section (from time to time). The position requires diligence, excellent writing and editing skills, an ability to work to strict deadlines and passion for the local arts scene. ArtThrob is a not for profit publication and relies on the generosity of sponsors and practicing artists who donate their work through the Editions for ArtThrob programme to fund and sustain itself. As such the position will be remunerated through a fixed rate in keeping with our funding structure.
Please send letters of interest (in email form), a CV appropriate to the position and at least two samples of �writing (1200 � 4000 words total) to Andrew Lamprecht at alamprec@hiddingh.uct.ac.za
Deadline: Wednesday, February 23
The Statue of Freedom
We wish to make designers and artists all over the world aware of a competition to design 'The Statue of Freedom' in South Africa. The statue will be the most significant piece of public art in Africa since the pyramids.
The statue will be erected in Mandela Bay in the Port Elizabeth harbour precinct and will commemorate the freedom miracle that has occurred in South Africa.
The competition will be officially launched early in January 2005, but you can
visit the website at www.thefreedomstatue.com and register your interest. The competition is open to
'all creative South Africans as individuals or in consortia and involving associates
from elsewhere in the world'.
Both the competition and subsequent project are under the auspices of the Mandela Bay Development Agency.
Traveling Magazine Table by Nomads&Residents
Nomads&Residents is a forum for visitors in the arts: making connections, supporting networks, setting up meetings.
This is an open call for magazines or periodicals published by non-profit and
alternative spaces, independent groups, artists, and artists' collectives to be part of the 'Nomads&Residents' Traveling Magazine Table'. This collection of materials will be on view at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT, Boston, this winter and spring. If you would like your magazine or periodical to be included in the collection, please send two copies of your latest issue(s) to:
The Center for Advanced Visual Studies
Attn: Traveling Magazine Table
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue N52-390
Cambridge MA 02139
USA
For more information:
Tel: 617 452 2484
Email: lrharris@mit.edu
Send materials to:
nomadsresidents@hotmail.com
About Nomads&Residents
Big cities are in a continuous flux, with a coming and going of people who settle in, stay temporarily or move through. Newcomers enter this flux, become part of the life of the city, and make connections with others. The city, as a space, contains possibilities through the dynamic relationships between people, which may provoke an active engagement. Strangers become friends, ideas become practice, models are being transformed into action. Nomads&Residents originated in New York, yet also bases its activities on the coming and going of people who settle in, stay temporarily or move through cities such as Los Angeles, Rotterdam, Munich and Amsterdam.
To read more about Nomads&Residents and browse through its archive and
calendar of events please visit: www.nomadsresidents.org
Tsunami - call for submissions
The current Asian tsunami disaster made it again evident: the human being cannot control the destructive powers of nature.
A Virtual Memorial www.a-virtual-memorial.org and [R][R][F]2005---XP www.newmediafest.org/rrf2005 initiate on occasion of this disaster and in solidarity with all affected people in this human tragedy a net-based art project environment, entitled 'Tsunami'.
The title 'Tsunami' does thematically not only refer to this or similiar disasters in present or past,
but beyond that 'Tsunami' is primarily also understood as a symbol for the inevitable, the immutable, for powers of nature, powers of destiny which cannot be controlled by the human being, situations of helplessness of which the human being is irrevocably at the mercy. Has he any chance to escape or take influence?
Nearly everybody wherever he may live has had experiences of that kind in one or the other way already. Artists around the globe are invited to reflect on these traumatic conditions of human life and submit art works, documents, texts or any other material which can be submitted as digital file.
'Tsunami' - this collaborative project will be published and featured on www.a-virtual-memorial.org and www.newmediafest.org/rrf2005 simultaneously and will take part
in all coming physical events of [R][R][F]2005--->XP, global networking project by Agricola de Cologne.
Following file types are accepted:
Text: .txt, .rtf, plain email
Image: .jpg,.gif., png
sound: .mpg3
movie: .mov, .avi, wmv, .swf, .drc, .mpeg2
The submission can consist of different parts, works or documents but must not exceed 5MB.
All serious contributions will be accepted.
First deadline is March 31, afterwards ongoing, but the project will be launched on February 1 and from then on continuously updated.
Please use this form for submitting
1. Name, Email, URL
2. Brief bio (not more than 50 words/English)
3. Work(s) (number of entries, titles, year of origin, medium of original work, submitted media file types)
4. Short description for each submitted work (not more than 50 words/English)
Please send the submission as individual files attached to info@a-virtual-memorial.org with
'tsunami' in the subject line.
Exhibitions and workshops for the 2006 Commonwealth Games
'Ubuntu - To Make a Place' is an exhibition to be staged as a highlight of the Commonwealth Games cultural programme. It will be located in the Melbourne Museum in association with the Spirit of the Games exhibition. 'Ubuntu' will offer visitors an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the cultures gathered in Melbourne for this event. They will see thought-provoking objects made with creativity and skill from materials local to the makers. Outside the exhibition, communities in Melbourne and regional centres will be able to interact with the makers through a series of satellite residencies in schools and galleries. The exhibition will help us understand the differences between cultures, while appreciating the shared creativity of their makers.
In July 2004, representatives from 14 southern countries met for the first time to discuss what it is that they might have to say to each other. This gathering marked the initial phase in a four-year journey designed to develop south-south dialogue that realises the new energy and potential of southern countries emerging from shadows of colonialism. The 'Ubuntu' project, administered by Craft Victoria, arises from this meeting.
The focus of Craft Victoria is to celebrate the 'world at hand'. This involves an appreciation of the skills and materials in our midst, both as an expression of local identity and as a means of adding value to our work. Craft Victoria manages the South Project, which is designed to find ways of giving expression to what it means to live in the south - 'Think global, make local' is one of its core principles.
At this stage, Craft Victoria is seeking expressions of interest from organisations and individuals who might be part of this project. In particular, we are looking for support in:
- distributing information about the opportunities of this exhibition for makers
- assisting makers travelling to Melbourne for the event
- professional development opportunities
- interest in being part of the discussion about the meaning of 'Ubuntu' and its relevance beyond South Africa
The South Project is a three year journey leading towards a Festival of the South in 2008. This journey entails four meetings where artists and writers can continue the exchange about what it means to live in the south. The first was in Melbourne, July 2004. 2005 will be in Auckland/Wellington (New Zealand), 2006 will be Santiago (Chile) and the final gathering in 2007 will be in South African (location to be confirmed).
'Ubuntu - to make a place' is one of many projects based on collaborative possibilities. Countries of the south are conditioned to be gazing northwards. This is an opportunity to look to each other and see what we can achieve together.
For more information, contact:
Kevin Murray
Director
Craft Victoria
31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
Tel: 61 3 9650 7775
Email: kmurray@craftvic.asn.au or info@southproject.org
www.southproject.org
The Surface-online invites contributions
The Surface-online is a Scottish-based international chronicle of observation and comment - a shop window for aspiring writers, poets, illustrators, photographers and journalists. We offer no fee.
The Surface is completely and fiercely independent and involves no charge at any time to either reader or contributor. The Surface is self-funded through donations. If you would like your work showcased to literary agents, art directors and editors worldwide then please feel free to contribute.
Each edition of The Surface will be hung on a theme, each theme broad and open to interpretation - your interpretation. We are open to suggestion on future themes.
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions should be made to the editor of the specific section. Please read and follow the guidelines at www.surfaceonline.org/submission.htm
Visual Arts -
visual-arts@surfaceonlie.org
Photography -
photography@surfaceonline.org
Strip Cartoons -
cartoon-strip@surfaceonline.org
For all other communications please contact the editor at editor@www.surfaceonline.org
The Surface represents the diversity and talents of creative people. Submissions should reflect the interests of an international readership.
2004/05 - Themes
America - Following the USA elections we reflect on America. Despotic Empire or land of the free? America has established itself as a sole superpower - but to what purpose? There seem to a lot of people either side of the fence when it comes to loving or hating America. Does size matter? What does America mean, politically, economically, demographically, etc.? Does everyone believe the ideals that America holds dear - freedom, democracy? Are there truly any things which are self-evident? The deadline for copy and artwork is December 10, 2004.
Language - Reflections and explorations of the English language in its many forms and variations.
In examining language are we looking at how our language shapes how we think, and therefore who we think we are? What would it mean for humanity to have a truly global language, should it
ever occur? The deadline for copy and artwork is February 10, 2005.
Rise and Fall of God And the Devil - the inspirations of the sublime and the profane. Is God particularly relevant to the age in which we live? Secularism; do we actually need God any more? Have we grown up? The deadline for copy and artwork is April 10, 2005.
Second Generation - the impact of being the children of emigrants, (political, economic, nomadic), born in lands foreign to your parents, but so familiar to you. The tensions of the two cultures and values, the Old Ways contrasting with the New Ways, the irony of parents emigrating to provide a
better life for their children, but still wanting their family to follow the old traditions, culture, values, language even, and religion, and the fabulous art forms that evolve from the melting pot of humanity the Global Village can and does produce. The deadline for copy and artwork is June 10, 2005.
Games - from the social games we play: white lies, flirtation, roles in society; to actual
contests of strength, intellect or guile between people and countries. Olympian feats to drawing room farce - the world as the artist's game board. The deadline for copy and artwork is August 10, 2005.
Degrees of consciousness -The subtlety of consciousness and the scales on which it occurs. Sentience; self-awareness. From a single neuron to a whole universe. Where does it come from and can it be reproduced artificially? Is it just an illusion? What does it actually mean, if anything, to be able to reason about one's existence? The deadline for copy and artwork is October 10, 2005.
'Etcetera' - a new section edited collectively by the editorial team, it will contain approaches and material that don't fit into the more formal areas of The Surface: we want to highlight Internet-based installations, films, music, avant garde work, new projects online; in fact, anything that feeds our theme and provides surprise. This section will be accumulative with material, links and
other media being retained and compacting as the issues proceed.
'Postcards from the edge' will be our own central pivot to this new section - it could be seen as artistic form of Bogging where artists and writers are connected from the same location - the writer
produces a short piece of prose/poetry/text as the message of the postcard and the rtist/photographer creates an image. It will be about a specific place - in a one off production or as a series.
For more info, contact thesurface@mac.com
Gallery in Georgia,
USA seeks South African artists
Fine Art Gallery in Roswell, Georgia (USA) seeks talented artists
from South Africa. The gallery is located in an affluent part of
the city, surrounded by other galleries, bookstores and fine restaurants.
Please submit work and resumé to:
Laramee Fine Art
984 Canton St.
Roswell, Georgia (USA) 30075
Email submissions should be sent to: larameefineart@charter.net
Remembering-Repressing-Forgetting
Newmediafest 2004
www.newmediafest.org/rrf2004 global networking is preparing a feature
related to Iraq - the war and the period afterwards, and is looking
for proposals of net-based art works, papers, articles, comments,
links etc which fit in this spectrum.
Accepted works and items must have a clearly defined copyright
note and will be included in the new Iraq module to be created. Besides
URLs of works or sources, certain media files are acceptable, see
specifications below.
Please use this form for submitting:
1. first name/ name of artist, email, URL
2. a brief bio/ CV (not more than 300 words)
3. title and URL or type of media file
4. a short work description (not more than 300 words)
5. one screen shot (max 800x600 pixels, .jpg)
Please send your submission to rrf2004@newmediafest.org with
'Iraq' in the subject line.
Only these types of media files are accepted:
1. text - plain email, .txt or .doc
2. image -.jpg
3. movie -.swf, .dcr, .mov, .mpeg
The deadline is ongoing and as soon as submissions are accepted,
they will be included and posted.
AVA invites submissions
The Association For Visual Arts (AVA) in Cape Town invites submissions
from visual artists who wish to exhibit at AVA from 2004 onwards.
The Selection Committee of the AVA meets every two months to review
submissions and the next meeting takes place on Wednesday, November
19. Selection meetings take place every second month thereafter.
Interested artists should bring to the gallery six to eight works
(these can be supplemented by visual material such as slides and
photographs), a CV and a short letter of intent or an artist's statement.
The committee is most interested in reviewing the work that the artists
wish to exhibit or else their most recent works. Artists can collect
their works the day after the meeting.
In addition, any curators wishing to curate exhibitions for AVA
should submit proposals to AVA's Selection Committee.
AVA is committed to the ongoing promotion of art and artists, both
emerging and established, both formally trained and self- taught.
For more information, contact Estelle Jacobs.
Association for Visual Arts
35 Church Street, Cape Town
Tel: (021) 424 7436
Fax: (021) 423 2637
Email: estava@iafrica.com
Website: www.ava.co.za
My Mission: call
for submissions
'{self}_representation 2003', the new show on Le Musee di-visioniste
curated by Agricola de Cologne and launched on September 30 2003,
invites artists to submit to the recently initiated project 'My Mission',
a collection of textual self-representations in form of artistic
statements.
Please send your statement as a short text in plain email format
(no more than 500 words), stating how you see your mission as an
artist.
'My mission' is an ongoing project with an open end, so you can
send your statement at any time, there is no deadline.
All serious entries will be immediately included.
Send submissions to info@le-musee-divisioniste.org with
'My Mission' in the subject line.
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org or www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/start1.htm
Donate your
art to AIDS orphans auction website
Last year the Art for AIDS Orphans auction raised over a million
rands for AIDS orphans. Organizer Nicci Bailey is currently setting
up a permanent charity website gallery, www.art4aids.co.za, and are
requesting that all artists who would like to donate a piece for
this worthy cause to log onto our site.
Contact: Nicci Bailey
Email: beezy@beezybailey.co.za
UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme
The Programme UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists falls under the aegis of
the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture (IFPC) of UNESCO. Visual
Artists can apply for residencies throughout the world. For the brochure with
a list of all residencies please contact UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists
at the address below or download it from www.unesco.org/culture/ifpc/. The
selection procedure is shared between an International Artistic Committee which
meets once a year under the supervision of the IFPC and the host institutions.
In general the deadline for applications for residencies in 2005/2006 is April
30 (please check the institution's closing date for applications).
UNESCO-FIPC
1, rue Miollis
F-75732 Paris Cedex 15 / France
Fax. 0033-1-45 68-55 95
Email: dir.aschberg@unesco.org
http://www.unesco.org/culture/aschberg
Brett Kebble Art Awards seeks input for its 2005 outreach programme
The Brett Kebble Art Awards is currently planning its outreach programme for 2005. We would greatly appreciate your input and recommendations regarding any rural art community projects, groups or individuals who are in need of assistance and support. I would really value your input as this will assist us in making informed decisions regarding the needs for development in rural South Africa arts communities.
Contact:
Deborah Weber, Media Liaison, Brett Kebble Art Awards
Tel : 083 519 5668
Email: media@barritt.co.za
www.thekebble.co.za
