[Reader-list] Thailand New Media Art Festival 20-28 March 04, Bangkok

Wed Jan 7 17:44:42 IST 2004

Thailand New Media Art Festival, Bangkok

- CALL FOR PROPOSALS -
http://thailand.culturebase.org/MAF04/

Date: 20-28th March
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Main venue:  Sinakarinwirot University (on multiple locations) and several other locations downtown Bangkok.

Themes:

1. Product of Artist is Art

2. New Media art [Unrestricted]

3. Kid proof media art

Deadline for submissions: 28 February 2004 

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Introduction: 
ICECA Thailand, in collaboration with Sinakarinwirot University, Faculty of Fine Arts, is organizing the second New Media Art Festival in Thailand. The festival's exhibition is presented on the occasion of the renewal of ICECA's activities in Thailand and its collaboration with SWU. A series of a week long exhibition, workshops with visiting artists and film screenings will open for the public from 20 - 28th March 2004. This year ICECA attempt to install a special section for kids called 'kids proof media art' with the attempt to bridge barriers of language and culture and being artistic, communicative, interesting and appealing to a large range of audience. Other sections of the festival welcome lectures, conceptual or abstract media artworks too.

Submission information: 
Works should contain, but are not limited to, digital works of the artist's choice. Acceptable digital formats include:

-video/animation/movie: VHS, DV, VCD, mpeg, mov, avi, qt, swf, etc. 
-audio: .mp3 .wav .mid .aiff , audio tape, audio cd, or any of the above video formats
-executable PC or Mac (for software art)
-media files on CD-ROM (DVD not recommended due to compatibility issues but possible) 
-webpage (URLs or web pages on CD-ROM) 
-image: .jpg .gif .png, pdf etc. (no max. dimensions) 
-small/lightweight installation/ electronic sculpture etc. 

VERY IMPORTANT: clearly mark any postal submission "NO COMMERCIAL VALUE / Value $0.00" - if you forget, import tax will be automatically assigned and ICECA will not be able to retrieve your materials!

In preparing for this exhibition, please note that ICECA can provide only equipment for exhibition of works, and is extremely limited on financial assistance in case of special hardware required. Therefore the Festival will generally only accept works which it can accommodate using available equipment (PCs computers, video projectors, sound equipment, video/web cameras, vcd/dvd/cdrom players, still cameras and alike.

One of our sponsors is providing international airway transportation for selected works. In case your work/installation requires such transport please mark clearly: "support in transport required" and include detailed information about the cargo (detailed description, dimensions, value and several images of the equipment being part of the work).

Many media installations require complex installation and custom hardware, in case you wish to submit a work which requires special setup please mark your proposal clearly and please include technical specs advance (in Thai or English) together with videos of exhibited works. These videos will be presented in lieu of the work itself in case the festival is unable to find the financial/technical solution to present the work itself. 

ICECA also requests your (the artist's) permission, to include a copy of the submitted work in ICECA's Digital New Media Art Library (already including nearly 100 international works from previous events). 

Submissions will be reviewed by the advisory board of SWU Faculty of Fine Arts with the help of volunteer art students. A final decision will be made by artistic director of the Festival Francis Wittenberger. The Festival reserve the right to reject works, yet a detailed note will be issues to each artist both in case of acceptance or rejection.

Dear artist, 

We cordially invite you to participate in this second annual New Media Art Festival in Thailand and contribute to the growing media art scene in Thailand and South East Asia by submitting your works for this public exhibition. 

ICECA and SWU also invite you to contribute in our seminars and workshops given free of charge to interested audience about forms of media art reflecting the subject of your expertise and choice. Please keep in mind that ICECA can provide invitation letters for 'visiting artists' but is very limited in providing financial assistance. For the seminars the Festival will provide ordinary equipment, such as light, video player/recorder projector, PC, sound system, translating handouts and occasionally help with accommodations. If your proposed workshop require special purpose equipment, such as special computer interfaces, multiple projectors or extra hardware that you are unable to bring with you from your home country please describe these items in detail on your submission. We will consider how to accommodate your needs.

Applications will only be accepted by E-mail, artists should submit their applications first via e-mail using attached files in the formats suggested above. After your submission is accepted we will provide you with a mailing address for sending CDROMs, videotapes etc. 

Please send your application together with any media files to iceca at culturebase.org. Those accepted will be notified by e-mail. Please fill in the Entry Form 

Entry form
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Use this link to mail the submission form               (copy and paste form into email body as text only)

      artist name:                                    

                                                                               country: 

      work title:                                                                                

                                                                               year:

      type of work:   [ ]video   [ ]web   [ ]electronic  [ ]animation  [ ]software   

                            [ ]Other - please specify: 

      type of work - web or interactive: 

                            please mark: [ ] online Only  - [ ] offline version available

      e-mail:

      project URL:

      short description of the work (not more than 300 words, in English)

      Please attach several screen shots as .jpg images

      short bio (not more than 300 words in English)

      personal URL:

      *Confirmation/authorization: 

      [ ] I confirm that I hold all rights on the submitted work and agree that it can be included in the Thailand 2nd New Media Art Festival 2004

      [  ] I further agree to include my work in a future ICECA Festival in Thailand 

      [  ] I also agree that a single copy of my work will kept in ICECA media library

      Full name and Contact address: (optional) 

      [  ] My work was included in Thailand New Media Art Festival 2003

      For visiting artists only:

      [  ] I am interested to accompany my work and present it on a workshop. 

      [  ] Please provide me with an official invitation so I can apply for travelling funds in my home country.

      * remarks

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 Deadline 20 February 2003. 
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notes:

* ICECA has moved its centre of activity to Thailand's Capital - Bangkok and has nothing to do with the pretentious "Supernatural Media Festival" which is organized by those who forced ICECA to quit its non-profit activity in the northern city Chiang-Mai. This therefore, and no other is the only authentic call for proposals for "Thailand New Media Art Festival 2004 - Bangkok"

* a single e-mail attachment should not exceed 1 Mb;

With Best wishes for the New Year,

Francis Wittenberger 

Founder

ICECA | Thailand New Media Art Festival - 2004

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Thailand New Media Art Festival - CALL FOR PROPOSALS ONLINE
http://thailand.culturebase.org/MAF04/Entry_form.htm

http://culturebase.org/home/thailand/MAF04/submissions.htm

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