Collider :: C4

Call to Artists for Kinect Based Artworks
Deadline: February 1, 2012 at 11:59 P.M.

The Collider Exhibition Series examines the impact, implications and inspiration of the phenomenon generally categorized under the umbrella term New Media within the design practice and fine arts.

The theme for Collider :: C4 this year is spectacle.

The Collider :: C4 Exhibition will have an area we will call the Kinect Cube. The Kinect Cube setup will contain a computer (PC and Mac) with a projector and speakers setup to showcase Kinect Based Artworks.

Spectaclerefers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates.

Spectacle operates in two contexts simultaneously. On the one hand, it refers to high culture (drama, movies) performances where the draw for an audience is the impressive visual accomplishment. On the other hand, it refers to low cultural shows operating in a folk environment. These can range from the freak show to folk drama to tableau and beast-plays.

Submissions via email must include:
· Artist’s name
· Artist’s address, phone and email
· Title and date of artwork
· Software setup needed to run your artwork
· Small paragraph describing the artwork and how it functions
· Link to a video showing the piece working. Please send the link to a private/public video on either Vimeo or YouTube in your email.

A selection panel will review all applications and select up to 12 pieces for exhibition during C4 in the Kinect Cube. Selected artists will be notified via email/phone. If selected, all artwork delivery will be made via digital transfer.

Links to the collider exhbition series can be found here: 2009 | 2010 | 2011

The Collider :: C4 exhibition will open on Monday, March 19th, 2012 and runs through Friday April 13th, 2012 at the Emily Davis Gallery, Myers School of Art at The Univeristy of Akron.

Submit your work here: Kinect C4 Submissions

Borders Orbits

Competition for contemporary art and young artists by Siemens Sanat
Deadline: 9th March 2012

The “Borders Orbits” competition which was organized for the first time in 2007 in order to support contemporary art and young artists by Siemens Sanat, one of the significant addresses of contemporary art, will be held this year for the sixth time. Applications for the “Borders Orbits 11-12″ competition starts on 16 th January 2012.

It is possible to take part both individually and with group actions in the competition which is open for all undergraduate and postgraduate students regardless of their field of study. The applicants can apply for the competition with the works and suggestions representing themselves. The applicants are required to fill in the application form for the competition on the web site of Siemens Sanat and then convey their application files to Siemens Sanat until 9th March 2012 Friday at 5 pm.

Turan Aksoy, Canan Beykal, Mürteza Fidan, T. Melih Görgün and Dilek Winchester will be in the Jury of the competition which is organized to support young talents and contemporary art.

The artworks of the young artists which are decided to be exhibited after the “Borders Orbits” competition will meet their audience at Siemens Sanat as of May 2012.
Detailed information, the specification of the competition and application form can be obtained from http://www.siemenssanat.com/  soon.

Siemens Sanat
Meclisi Mebusan Cad. No:45
Fındıklı – İstanbul
Tel: +90 (0212) 334 11 04
http://www.siemenssanat.com
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http://www.twitter.com/siemenssanat

For further information
Global Hill&Knowlton +90 (0212) 270 52 32
Elif Kupa elif.kupa@hillandknowlton.com

call for curator

Gdansk 2016 and Gdansk City Gallery announce the international open call for the curator of NARRACJE Festival (scheduled for 15-18 November 2012).

Narracje Festival is a presentation of large scale projections on buildings and all kinds of creative, innovative and unusual artistic activities taking place in public space within the Festival map.

More info about the Festival: http://www.narracje.eu

Candidates are welcome to visit Gdansk and inquire about its historical, political and cultural context prior to submitting their entries.

Requirements:
- minimum 5 years of documented experience as a curator having organized international artistic festivals or other artistic activities in open public space, or having organized at least 3 international festivals or other artistic activities in open public space during the last 10 years,
- ability to visit Gdansk during preparations for the Festival from March to November 2012 and constant presence in Gdańsk during the Festival,
- fluent command of English.

Entries will be accepted from individual candidates or curatorial collectives by 21 February 2012 via e-mail to: konkurs@narracje.gdansk2016.eu or regular mail to the Organizer’s address: Gdańsk 2016, Długi Targ 39/40, 80-830 Gdańsk, Poland.

The competition Rules and Regulations, additional information about the requirements towards the candidates and documents to be attached to the candidate’s entry are available on the Organizer’s website http://www.gdansk2016.eu/konkurs

FotoFocus

A Competitive Annual Publication of Works of Contemporary Photography and Lens-based Art
(and writing about photography and/or light)
Deadline April 1, 2012

more info: http://www.manifestgallery.org/inpha1/

The INPHA 1 book will be released to the public In conjunction with FotoFocus*, a city-wide month-long 50+ venue celebration of the photographic arts to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio (and surrounding region) in October 2012. The goal of Manifest’s Annual International Publication of Contemporary Photography and Lens-based Art is to support the recognition, documentation, and publication of excellent, current, and relevant photographic art on an ongoing basis. INPHA will become the third in a suite of annual Manifest books charting contemporary art around the world. It joins the International Painting Annual and award winning International Drawing Annual as an important new product of Manifest Press. This project represents a further expression of Manifest’s unique process for assembling diverse and compelling multi-national projects, as well as its commitment to a wide variety of methods fo r visual creative expression. Upon its release INPHA 1 will be the tenth such major volume in the Manifest Press library. It will be formatted to complement the INDA and INPA series, and is expected to weigh in at approximately 200 pages full color.

learn more about FotoFocus
http://www.fotofocuscincinnati.org/

ANTI

Call for Proposals 2012 – Wanted: Live Art for Children!
Deadline: February 17th 2012
Application Fee: None

ANTI is an international contemporary arts festival presenting site-specific works made for public space. Over the past 10 years ANTI has presented live, sonic, visual and text-based art from today’s most exciting and innovative artists. A truly international festival and Finland’s foremost presenter of Live Art, ANTI is a meeting place for artists and audiences fascinated by how art shapes the spaces of everyday life.

We are looking for innovative and exciting live art works for children. ANTI has a long history of presenting ground breaking projects for children and this year our annual call out is focused on finding something truly inspiring. We especially invite proposals from contemporary performance makers who have not made. work for children before but would like to produce something for a young audience. In previous years companies and artists like Gwendoline Robin, Lone Twin and Mammalian Diving Reflex have presented outstanding work for children at ANTI. That’s the tradition we want to continue: great work made by great contemporary artists for children.

Your project can take any form – it may be participatory and children do something with you, or it might be something a young audience encounters by surprise, or anything in between. Your project may last 30 minutes or seven days. It may be for an audience of one, or hundreds and projects should be targeted at specific age groups – from new-borns to teenagers.

ANTI is a site-specific festival – we do not show work in traditional art spaces, neither do we show touring street theatre: all our projects have a direct relationship with the spaces and places they are shown in. When proposing a project please make it very clear where your project would ideally be located, and why.

Before making your proposal please visit http://www.antifestival.com
and spend some time with the archive to get a sense of the festival and Kuopio.

The proposal process
All proposals must be sent using the electronic form on the festival’s website:

http://www.antifestival.com/2011/eng/info/proposals/

The form allows a link to be made to any online documentation artist’s may have of previous work and for artists to attach their CV and three images of their work. Any proposals that do not conform to these guidelines will not be considered.
The proposal deadline is February 17th 2012.

Further information: info@antifestival.com