[Reader-list] [Announcements] Call for media artists in UK, Latvia, Bulgaria and Norway

Tue Nov 14 17:02:34 IST 2006

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Call for Applications for 4 International Residencies

European Culture2000 funding has enabled ISIS Arts (UK) and  
international project partners BEK (Norway), InterSpace (Bulgaria )  
and RIXC (Latvia) to have one international artist in residence in  
each of the four countries around the theme of European identity.

The overall programme is entitled ‘at Home in Europe’ and facilitates  
the movement and exchange of artists and media art in four countries  
with a very different take on Europe. This one-year project questions  
whether there is such a thing as European identity and how it relates  
to national identity.

Residencies

Professional artists from Latvia, Norway, Bulgaria and the UK are  
invited to apply for a three-month residency at one of the  
international media arts organisations listed below. Artists working  
in a variety of media including video, film, animation, interactive  
art, streaming media, digital photography, web-based art, sound art  
or (interactive) installation are invited to apply.
The outcomes will be made available through a website documenting  
work in progress.

All residencies are for three months between February 2007 and June  
2007. Each host organisation offers a studio space and living  
accommodation for these three months.

The successful artists will receive a fee of 5000 euro and there will  
be a small production budget which is administered by each host  
organisation. The artists will work creatively and innovatively with  
technology to produce work related to the theme.

As a small part of each residency, the artists spend 5 days to  
deliver and prepare workshops with young people which will be set up  
by the partner organisations in collaboration with the artist.

Please indicate first, second and third choice of the organisation  
where you want to do the residency.

To apply please send:

A project proposal, maximum 2 sheets of A4, clearly indicating  
technical requirements, including equipment/technical support  
provided by the artist.
Documentation of previous work (Audio, Video (DVD), max 10 minutes)
A filled in application form
A current CV
A stamped addressed envelope for the return of materials

Applications to be sent to: RIXC, 11 Novembra Krastmala 35 -201
  LV 1050 Riga, Latvia

Application deadline is the 7th of December 2006 for receipt of  
applications
Interviews will take place at the host organizations on the 15th of  
January 2007
(Short-listed artists will receive travel and overnight expenses)

Artists applying must demonstrate the following:

The ability to research, interpret and present ideas
An interest in working with the project theme
Experience of using digital media in the creation of art works
Experience of producing own work for public dissemination
Experience of working on fixed term residencies with deadlines

Information on host organizations:

ISIS Arts   http://www.isisarts.org.uk

ISIS Arts is a not-for-profit arts organization in Newcastle upon  
Tyne (UK) which was founded in 1991. ISIS promotes the making,  
presentation and exchange of experimental media art through  
residency, commissioning and training opportunities for artists.

ISIS programme seeks to address themes of identity and cultural  
understanding and we engage with artists to produce work that  
challenges and presents social issues within new contexts.

ISIS works creatively with digital media providing a city-centre  
studio space for regional and international artists. For this  
residency ISIS can offer some access to video and sound editing  
equipment, and multimedia and web based software (on Mac platform).  
For a full list of available software please check the website.

The residency at ISIS is open to any artist who creatively addresses  
the project theme.

For more information contact:
Adinda van ‘t Klooster, ISIS Arts, Phone number: + 44 - (0)191-2614407
Email: isis at isisarts.org.uk or  adinda at isisarts.org.uk

RIXC   http://rixc.lv

RIXC, Center for new media culture, was founded in 2000 in Riga,  
Latvia (on the base of E-LAB, since 1996).

RIXC's specific expertise & fields of interest include: Acoustic  
Space Lab (for streaming media, sound art, networked radio  
experiments and art/science collaboration), Media Architecture (for  
exploring intersection of post-modern architectonics and information  
networks), Locative Media (for collaborative mapping, location based  
art and mobile networking). RIXC would be like to receive residency  
proposals related to their fields of interest, but not necessarily  
limited to them.

In terms of resources RIXC can provide access to: RIXC's Mediatheca (for
research), Media Lab (for audio/video productions on Mac platform,  
internet
radio / streaming on Linux/Win/PC), Media Space (for public  
presentations),
and visiting/co-working opportunities in RIXC's partner places - i.e. at
the K at 2 center in Liepaja Karosta (http://karosta.lv)

For more information contact: rixc at rixc.lv / Rasa Smite (rasa at rixc.lv)
Tel. +371-7228478, Fax: +371-7228477

BEK  http://www.bek.no

BEK, Bergen Center for Electronic Arts, is a non-profit organization
situated in Bergen, Norway, providing resources and knowledge for  
artists
and others working in the field of arts and new technology.

BEK specialises in the development and distribution of open source  
software
and has a transdisciplinary approach to artistic practice, including
live art, sound art, theatre productions, electronic and electro- 
acoustic
music, installation work and performance. We can offer access to editing
and recording equipment for sound and video, a small electronics  
worklab,
and support in the use of open source software.

Phone number: +47 - 55233080 or email bek at bek.no

InterSpace http://www.i-space.org/

InterSpace is an artistic association based in Sofia, Bulgaria, which  
was founded in 1998 to foster creativity in the field of arts, new  
media and technologies. InterSpace works on the development of all  
areas where creativity in new media is concerned: education and  
research, production and distribution, building capacity and community.

InterSpace offers facilities for audio and video production, support  
in the use of free and open source software, web based and multimedia  
applications.
InterSpace is interested in hosting an artist working in the field of  
audio-visual productions, films, interactive works, or artistic  
projects using free and open source software.

For more information contact:
Galia Dimitrova, InterSpace
Phone number: + 359 – 2 9834843 or email home at i-space.org

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