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2 May 2007
3 April 2007
4 March 2007
5 January 2007
6 December 2006
7 November 2006
8 October 2006

June 2007

May 2007

April 2007

April 1 : OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: NF 07: RE.USE

Online Submmission : http://www.newformsfestival.com/submissions/submission.php

http://www.newformsfestival.com/nff06/

The New Forms Festival is an annual cross-disciplinary festival exploring installation, performance, music, film, and electronic arts.

March 2007

March 31 : Juried International Networked Art Competition Call for Proposals

http://transition.turbulence.org/comp_07/guidelines.htm

CONCEPT: MIXED REALITIES calls for proposals that challenge our preconceptions of what constitutes "reality." It asks producers to create environments that invite participants to act/perform in multiple spaces.

Information and telecommunications technologies allow us to be continuously connected via the Internet or mobile networks. We engage one another via e-mail, chat, the interlinked pages of the World Wide Web, and SMS. We create identities, and forge relationships and communities. Boundaries between real space and virtual space blur; near and far reverse themselves. Passive consumption of art is replaced by the performative--art that requires (inter)action, and involves time and space.

March 9 : Prix Ars Electronica 2007 Entry Deadline

http://www.aec.at/en/prix/registration/index.asp Main Categories http://www.aec.at/en/prix/cat_overview.asp

Computer Animation / Film / VFX
Interactive Art
Digital Musics
Hybrid Art
Digital Communities
u19 – Freestyle Computing
[The Next Idea] Art and Technology Grant
Media.Art.Research Award

March 1. Call for Proposals

http://www.oboro.net/appel/index_e.html

OBORO welcomes original projects that promote critical thinking and artistic practices. We accept proposals from artists, artist collectives, and independent curators who are looking to present exhibits, events and conferences as well as to produce publications or do a residency. OBORO also hosts media art related residencies throught its New Media Lab (for more information please visit: http://www.oboro.net/lab/activities.html).

The programming committee looks at artistic vision, Montréal context, diversity and budget when considering a proposal. Before submitting your portfolio please look at our website carefully. It provides a good overview of past artistic content. In terms of work requiring the use of technology, please contact us to make sure we have the resources you need. OBORO pays artist fees in accordance with standards set by representative organizations and bodies responsible for collecting royalties.

January 2007

January 12 Call for Work in progress, CHI 2007

January 19 Call for Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH 2007

January 19 Call for Emerging Technology, SIGGRAPH 2007

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31 January Second Call for Abstracts for MutaMorphosisA Leonardo 40th Anniversary celebration http://mutamorphosis.org/

MutaMorphosis: Challenging Arts and Sciences 8-10 November 2007, Prague, Czech Republic

The international conference will concentrate on the growing interest -- within the worlds of the arts, sciences and technologies -- in EXTREME AND HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS. These environments appear as symptomatic indicators of the mutations that are taking place. They are potential vectors that make possible an awareness of the different problems at the origin of the disturbances that threaten the ensemble of the Earth's eco-systems.

We invite practitioners in the arts, sciences, engineering and humanities to submit abstracts that explore the limits and extremes within the following streams of interest:

1. LIFE
How do the arts and sciences deal with new ideas about strategies of life in extreme conditions?

2. SPACE
How do the arts and sciences face radical scales and extreme environments?

3. COGNITION
How do the arts and sciences address evolving ideas about cognition in extreme environments?

500-word abstracts required by 31 January 2007 via email to mutamorphosis@ciant.cz

All submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed by the members of International Advisory Committee including Marc Battier, Nina Czegeldy, Michele Emmer, Machiko Kusahara, Lubica Lacinova, Michael Punt, Sonya Rapoport, Nicolas Reeves and others.

Submissions accepted and presented at the conference will be published in the conference proceedings. The conference is organised by CIANT as part of the ENTER festival in the framework of the Leonardo 40th anniversary celebrations. The festival will feature also the first retrospective exhibition of Frank J. Malina.

Conference Honorary Panel includes: Rudolf Arnheim, Ivan M. Havel, Jasia Reichardt, Itsuo Sakane, Sonia Sheridan

Join us in Prague 8-10 November 2007.

Leonardo/ISAST is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible in the U.S. To learn more about Leonardo/ISAST's projects, programs and activities, visit http://leonardo.info

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December 2006

Dec. 1 TERMINAL01 :: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline: December 1st, 2006

Year Zero One is seeking submissions for Terminal01 (T01), an interactive networked art exhibition to be lauched at Toronto Pearson International Airport in the spring of 2007. T01 will consist of a custom made kiosk housing a touch-sensitive screen, an audio-video output, an embedded web camera, sensors and projection screen. Artists will be invited to create site-responsive computer generated work based on their experience and interpretation of air travel environs, airports, mobility, flight data and networked communities. Emphasis will be given to works with a generative component or works dealing directly with themes relevant to travel (space-time).

For information, please go to: http://www.year01.com/terminal01/submit.html.

Dec. 12 EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL

April 25–29 2007 Exhibition April 25 - May 20 2007

// CALL FOR ENTRIES

The European Media Art Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2007!

Ever since its establish- ment, the EMAF has been one of the most influ- ential Media Art forums. As an international meeting point for artists, curators, gallery owners and an audience of specialists, the festival has had a great impact on topics and aesthetics of Media Art. Every year the festival offers a current overview of experimental films, in- stallations, performances, digital formats and hybrid forms, ranging from popular subjects and formal experiments to provocative statements.

// WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO SUBMIT YOUR FESTIVAL ENTRIES FOR PARTICIPATION BY DECEMBER 12 2006 At the festival an international jury will present the ›EMAF Award‹ for a trend-setting work in Media Art and the ›Dialogpreis‹ of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the promotion of intercultural exchanges. Also the jury of the German Federal Association of Film Journalists will be awarding the prize for the best German experimental film. Not only the latest productions will be presented – inventories and perspectives will also be a focal point of the anniversary in 2007. How has digi- talisation changed artistic production? What effects does this have on distribution and market- ing – and also on reception? What are the inter- dependencies between artistic and commercial media production? Have these processes affected aesthetics and contents? We warmly invite you to discuss these and other questions at the festival, to celebrate our anni- versary with us in April 2007 and to discover the fascination of the experimental with us.

// INFORMATION AND APPLICATION FOR YOUR PROJECT UNDER

Call for Entries 2007

// CINEMA Experimental shorts and feature films, music videos, new forms of narration and documentation as well as special programmes

// EXHIBITION The latest installations from April 25 to May 20 2007 at the art gallery ›Dominikanerkirche‹

// EXPANDED MEDIA Performances, music and sound projects, live acts, veejaying and the latest concepts of expanded cinema

// D-FLUXX Artistic projects of digital media action and inter- action

// INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FORUM The contact and project exchange for new schemes, tendencies and training concepts from the media universities, academies of art and design colleges

// CONGRESS Panels and issues covering the various elements of the festival in talks, workshops, artist presentations and panel discussions

Dec. 15 Call for Submissions: Creativity & Cognition Conference 2007 (CC2007)

This is the first call for the Creativity & Cognition Conference 2007 (CC2007), which will be held in Washington DC, June 13-15, 2007.

We believe that creativity is a fundamental topic to address the important challenges of knowledge-based societies of the future - and hopefully, CC2007 will make a major contribution in bringing researchers, practitioners, and educators together to advance an understanding of this conference topic, find common themes, and produce rigorous research at the convergence of technology, science, and arts.

The important dates are:

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2006

Author Notification: February 19, 2007

Final formatted papers due: March 19, 2007

A copy of the call for papers is attached to this message, and a conference website is available at:

http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007/

Access to previous Creativity and Cognition Conference materials can be found at:

http://www.creativityandcognition.com/

November 2006

November 1. CAFKA.07 Call for Proposals

Our physical connection to objects and spaces is essential to our being in the world: in the environments we inhabit, in the ways we relate to one another, and in the products we create. We ask artists to consider actual or metaphorical possibilities enabled by the haptic connection, whether achieved through exceptional handling of traditional materials or of new media. The exhibition will take place in and around Kitchener City hall for 11 days at the end of September, 2007.

For more information visit: http://www.contemporaryartforum.ca

November 3. Call for Works : Image Festival 2007

Film + Video early deadline

For more information visit : http://www.imagesfestival.com/index-iF.php

November 30. NANOART 2006 Competition

Open to All Artists – Original Electron Microscope Working Image is provided

This is the first ever on-line NanoArt worldwide competition open to all artist 18 years and older. The purpose of this competition is to promote NanoArt as one of the new art disciplines of the 21st Century. NanoArt is a new art form where micro/nanosculptures created by artists/scientists through chemical/physical processes and/or natural micro/nanostructures are visualized with powerful research tools like Scanning Electron Microscopes. The monochromatic electron microscope images are processed further to create a piece of art that can be showcased for a large audience to educate the public with creative images that are appealing and acceptable. To read more about NanoArt and Nanotechnology please visit www.nanoart21.org.

In these days, anyone could have access to these advanced tools at universities or independent labs for an hourly rate. For this competition, the sponsor, nanoart21.org founded by artist/scientist Cris Orfescu (www.absolutearts.com/nanoart), will provide a high resolution monochromatic electron scan. The participating artists will have to alter this image in any artistic way to finish the artistic process and create a NanoArt work.

Submission deadline is November 30, 2006.

The artworks entered this competition will be displayed on-line for voting starting December 1, 2006 through January 31, 2007. Judging is via the Internet and decided by our site visitors. The sponsor reserves the final decision. Winners will be notified and published on-line on February 15, 2007.

One entry is allowed per artist. The Entry Form and the image file for web presentation should be sent by email to nanoart2006@nanoart21.org. The web image file must be .jpg or .gif with the longer dimension of maximum 600 pixels at a resolution of 72 dpi. A Working Image of approximate 3000 x 2300 pixels at a resolution of 72 dpi will be provided by sponsor. This will be the original image (the scanning electron microscope image above) that should be converted by artist in a piece of art. This image will be used by artists for this competition only and is a working vehicle for the artists to exercise their talent and creativity. Copyright for this image remains with the nanoart21.org. Copyright of entered artworks remains with the artist who agrees to grant permission to nanoart21.org to use the submitted material in exhibits on the nanoart21.org web site and other media for marketing and printing. For complete competition details and to download the Entry Form and Working !

http://www.nanoart21.org/nanoart_2006.htm

October 2006

October 1 Call for Participation: chico.art.net v.3

chico.art.net is an annual international juried online exhibition that is currently looking for exciting and provocative interactive artwork made for the internet arena. Projects must be made between 2005-2006.

Please no commercial, design, portfolio or traditional media sites.

Deadline: October 1, 2006

E-mail submissions to chicoartnet@gmail.com

Please include project URL, brief description (no more than 100 words), artist statement and browser/technical requirements in the body of the e-mail. No attachments please.

Selected projects will be expected to stay live at the submitted URL through May 2007.

Exhibition opens December 13, 2006.

http://www.csuchico.edu/art/net

chico.art.net v.2 featured works by babel, Shawn Bailey & Jennifer Willet, Jillian McDonald, Dylan Davis, Brian Judy, Juliet Davis and Nicolas Clauss

Produced by The Electronic Arts Program, California State University Chico Department of Art & Art History

Originally from Rhizome.org Raw at September 6, 2006, 14:58, published by nicholas economos Type announcement Genre net, show Keywords interact, exhibition, digital, Internet

October 15 call for submissions net_sight 2006

http://mur.at/verein/net_sight

Idea

Since 1998 mur.at has been working on a virtual NetSculpture which is constantly growing and branching out. This widely ramified Net – the leased line net – offers a democratic and unbureaucratic access to new communication and information technologies to people engaged in the artistic and cultural sector in the area of Graz apart from e-business and e-commerce. The NetNodeSculpture includes an infrastructure which allows continuous work of art organisations and people engaged in the cultural sector.

In order to be able to experience the virtual space in real public space, mur.at initiates a contest for making this virtual sculpture - which is spread over Graz like a network - visible for all.

Target of the contest

For the promotion of NetArt and NetCulture mur.at offers the possibility to deal with the community in an artistic way and to implement the winning project. The virtual sculpture will be transferred to a tangible space in order to be visible also as real locality. Therewith the virtual sculpture becomes a sculpture that can be conceived with all senses in the public space of Graz. The sculpture shall be developed and implemented in various media.

Desired form of submitted projects

desired are...

..artistic projects, which refer and use the contents and infrastructure of mur.at, the nodes and/or the mur.at-community.

..artistic projects which excel at using unconventional ideas of „Visualization“.

..unrealised projects from the various areas of art; projects which deal with the subject of a NetSculpture. This can be projected in form of media- and space- installations, sound projects, memorial tablets, photo or video projects, as long as it appears meaningful with regard to the subject. The expression „Visualization“ shall be considered a metaphor and the type of realisation shall not be limited to a specific medium.

Prize money / Implementation

First prize The project which is ranked first by the jury will be implemented from December 2006 to end of May 2007. The budget for the implementation (incl. remuneration) is € 10.000,-. The project will be showcased during a ceremony.

Appreciation prize The most innovative, but not realizable project will be awarded with an appreciation prize amounting to € 300,-.

Exposition During an exposition opening on December 1, 2006, the 10 best projects will be presented to the public. The budget for the presentation of the concepts is € 200,- each, whereas the form of presentation (choice of media, etc.) is up to the presenters.

There is no splitting of the prizes.

Jury

Members of the Jury:

1 representative of the mur.at team: Johannes Zmölnig: financial treasurer of the mur.at executive committee; artistic-scientific assistant at IEM (Institute for Electronic Music) (Graz, A).

1 representative of the nodes: Reni Hofmüller: media artist and artistic director of ESC im labor (Graz, A).

1 vote of the mur.at-community: every mur.at member has the right to vote. The resulting ranking counts as the community-vote.

Katharina Gsöllpointner: Culture- and mediatheorist (Vienna, A) (to be confirmed).

Inke Arns: Artistic director of hartware medien kunst verein Dortmund. Since 1993 free curator and author with focus on MediaArt, NetCultures, Eastern Europe (Dortmund, Ger) (to be confirmed).

The meeting of the jury is open to the public.

When: Friday, November 3, 2006 at 10:00 hrs Where: mur.at, Leitnergasse 7, A-8010 Graz

Submission

The Call for submissions is open to the general public. The target group consists of people engaged in the artistic and cultural sector with the focus on the community of mur.at. There are no limits of age, education or nationality of the submitting persons.

Please note

Final date for submission is October 15, 2006. The submission may only be made online by filling out the submission form.

All informations for the submission at http://mur.at/verein/net_sight

In addition to the personal data (not visible for the jury), please upload (in pdf format) an abstract (max. 3000 characters) as well as a detailed project description incl. a rough estimate of cost and a time scedule (Attention: only one pdf-file can be uploaded). The submitted projects may not exceed a cost frame of € 10.000,-. Any maintenance activities of the projects must be included in the cost estimate.

Due to the fact that the submitted projects will be handled anonymously, please do not mention names nor logos in the project descriptions. We can only accept submissions which are complete and made anonymous.

We do not assume any liability for the submitted concepts. In case of a refusal of a project, its authors are not entitled to raise any claims upon mur.at or persons acting on behalf of mur.at. mur.at reserves the right to use the submitted material for the purpose of documentation.

Notification

The winners (first prize, appreciation prize, the 10 best projects) will be informed about the results by e-mail until November 10, 2006. In their own interest, the participants in the contest shall strive to be reachable at the e-mail address contained in the submission form during the whole period of notification.

Awards Ceremony / Presentation

When: December 1, 2006 at 19:00 hrs Where: to be defined

The awards ceremony of the contest will be held on December 1, 2006 during the exposition of the 10 best project concepts. The artists are not obliged to present their concepts. The winners (first prize, appreciation prize) commit to personally receive the prizes and present their projects during the exposition. Groups and institutions are requested to nominate one or max. two representatives. Any travel expenses of the winners for the journey to the exposition / presentation will be compensated by mur.at (train: 2nd class; plane: economy class).

The implementation budget and the remuneration for the best project are dedicated to its implementation. mur.at assists in the whole period of implementation and reserves the right to ask for a proof of the adequate utilization of the prize money.

Documentation

It is the intention of mur.at to document the entire contest (incl. all submitted concepts and the finally implemented project) in an online archive.

Contact

For general questions please contact: Andrea Schlemmer (Project Coordinator) mur.at, Verein zur Förderung von Netzwerkkunst Leitnergasse 7, A-8010 Graz tel: ++43/316/82 14 51 ext. 26 cell: ++43/699/126 05 795 fax: ++43/316/82 14 51 ext. 26 e-mail: andrea_at_mur.at (Subject: „net_sight“)

For technical questions please contact the noc-team: Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 16:00 hrs. tel: ++43/316/82 14 51 ext. 55 e-mail: noc_at_mur.at (Subject: „net_sight“)

Oct. 16. VIDA 9.0

http://www.telefonica.es/vida

VIDA 9.0 is the eighth edition of an international competition created to reward excellence in artistic creativity in the fields of Artificial Life and related disciplines.

In previous years prizes have been awarded to projects that included autonomous robots, avatars, recursive chaotic algorithms, knowbots, cellular automata, computer viruses, virtual ecologies that evolve with user participation, and works that highlight the social side of Artificial Life. Applicants should refer to awards previously granted at VIDA’s web page (http://www.telefonica.es/vida) to determine suitability of their project.

Some of the issues explored may include, but are not limited to:

- How autonomous agents shape and interpret our data-saturated environment. - How artifacts (robotics, artifitial intelligence, wetware, etc) challenge pre- - How empathy is created between artificial entities and ourselves. - The anthropomorphization of the datasphere and its inhabitants. - How interactive systems may be designed to spark interest in emerging phenomena involving Artificial Life.

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October 20 Call for Proposals:Beall Center for Art and Technology

The Beall Center for Art and Technology seeks projects of high artistic merit that use technology in innovative ways. We offer honorarium and project costs of up to $20,000, to realize the project in our 2500 sqf space. We are also interested in collaborating with other institutions to fund projects of larger scale. We are currently soliciting proposals for exhibition years 2007 and 2008. The proposals will be reviewed in November of 2006 by the Beall Center Curatorial Review Committee, and artists notified in early Winter of 2007.

The Beall Center produces exhibitions and performances in the visual arts, theater, dance, and music, and particularly seeks works that successfully integrate new forms or uses of technology with artistic production or performance. In addition, as the Beall Center has an exceptionally well- developed and flexible infrastructure, and knowledgeable staff that is found in very few art and technology centers, preference will be given to works that can not easily be displayed or performed elsewhere.

Eligibility Artists, curators, or institutions are eligible to submit proposals. Priority is given to cross-disciplinary projects. Artists or organizations that have previously received funding from the Beall Center must wait at least two years before reapplying. Women and artists of color are encouraged to apply.

Available Facilities The Beall Center is a 2500 square foot black box with a highly configurable network grid, and connectivity to gigabit speed Ethernet. See ÒFacilityÓ http://beallcenter.uci.edu for additional information.

Deadline for Application:October 20, 2006 Award Notification: Winter 2007

Proposals Proposals should be submitted only in electronic format (pdf) and should include : 1) Contact Information (name of lead applicant, address, email, phone) 2) Project abstract: 100 words 3) Project description (500 word max.) 4) Resume or curriculum vitae for applicant and all participants. 5) One page itemized budget. 6) List of equipment and other resources required. If you will require technical assistance, please outline the nature of that support (hardware, software, expectations of personnel, and programming skills that will be required). 7) Copy of any matching awards or copy of funding request for external and internal sources.

Priority will be given to projects with supplemental funding. 8) Preliminary visual diagrams indicating installation concepts, in electronic format (pdf).

9) Samples of work: For ease of presentation it is best to submit images within the PDF proposal document. Include detailed explanations about the work samples. Time-base should be submitted in QuickTime mov files on cd or dvd media only (NO DVDÕs); and for sound works, submit audio files in mp3, refer to your video or audio files in your proposal, with a describtion.

10) Please be prepared to provide two references; you may be contacted during the review process to provide these.

Award Criteria Criteria used to select proposals include the following: 1) Intellectual and artistic merit in the proposed project 2) Degree of technological innovation 3) Feasibility of the project under sponsorship of the Beall Center 4) Extent of collaborative and interdisciplinary activity 5) Possibility of subsequent installation or performances outside UCI 6) Presence of matching funds

For a list of previously funded projects (2000-2006), see http://beallcenter.uci.edu/calendar/calendar.htm

Methods of Submission The preferred submission method (but not required) is to post your proposal and work samples on your website

1. Mail proposal cd, or dvd media (not as dvds) only to: Beall Center for Art and Technology Exhibition Grant Proposal HTC 101, University of California Irvine, CA 92697-2775 Attn: Eleanore Stewart

2. Email proposal to estewart@uci.edu or dfamilia@uci.edu

Contact Information

Eleanore Stewart, Director (949) 824-8945 estewart@uci.edu

David Familian, Associate Director (949) 824-4543 dfamilia@uci.edu

Oct. 20. CFP, Tangible and Embedded Interaction 2007

http://tangviz.cct.lsu.edu/tei07/

TANGIBLE AND EMBEDDED INTERACTION 2007

held as the 14th Annual Mardi Gras Conference

15-17 February 2007, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Oct. 20 Japan Media Arts Festival

Japan Media Arts Festival is a festival of media arts where works of media arts created using new ways of presentation and distinguished artistic expressions are recognized and creative activities of leading-edge media arts are introduced to a wide audience. Now that a lot of international attention is given to Japanese media art works such as arts, mangas, animations and games, Japan Media Arts Festival, which attempts to establish a new axis of recognition without being constricted by a conventional framework, has received increased attention not only from Japan but also from overseas. The Festival will accept applications from every sphere and will not make distinctions between professional, amateur, independent productions, commercial productions, etc. Beyond the established conventional framework, how far can the potentialities of media arts expand? The Festival requires new creativeness and representational power.

http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/gaiyou/index.html

Oct. 20 Call for Projects : STRP - Eindhoven, Netherlands

After a successful first edition, the STRP festival, which took place in Eindhoven, Netherlands at the end of March 2006, is launching a call for projects for its next edition, which will be taking in late April of 2007.

The focus of the festival is the common ground created at the intersection between art, popular culture and technology. The first edition which welcomed over 10 000 visitors, and received very positive attention from the press, made use of performances, installations, lectures, films, etcetera in order to convey this crossroads.

STRP takes place on Strijp-S, the 'holy' ground of the forbidden city of Philips, where in the 20th century numerous technological innovations were made which changed the world. A place where Einstein once worked, the first complete electronic music album was created and the collaboration between le Courboisier and Varese resulted in one of the most interesting amalgamations between art and technology, Le Poeme Electronique for the World Expo in Brussels (1958).

FOR THE 2007 EDITION

STRP is looking for projects, installations, or proposals that concern themselves with interactive art, robotics and/or Live Cinema (in the live cinema category we are looking for projects that rely on both performance and technology in order to become an audio-visual whole). All of the above in a context in which the artistic side is furthered by technology. This year we will also be paying special attention to projects, which involve light in their concept, composition, and/or execution.

The application forms are available in PDF format - http://downloads.strp.nl/strp-call06.pdf RTF format ? http://downloads.strp.nl/strp-call06.rtf

To find out more about the 2006 edition of the festival, including a full line-up, press-releases and photographs please take a look at: http://www.strp.nl

If you have further questions please contact us at info at strp.nl

Oct. 20 Art & Technology Festival CALL FOR PROJECTS

FOR THE 2007 EDITION

The application forms are available in PDF format - http://downloads.strp.nl/strp-call06.pdf RTF format ? http://downloads.strp.nl/strp-call06.rtf

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