[Reader-list] Eyebeam Fellowship Applications online!

[amanda mcdonald crowley]

Overview of Eyebeam Fellowships

The application process for Eyebeam's 2007/08 Fellowship program is  
currently open. The deadline for applications is August 6, 2007. All  
applicants will be informed of their application status by October 1,  
2007. The program duration is for 11 months, running from November to  
September.

Fellowships will be offered in the R&D OpenLab, the Production Lab  
and the Education Lab. The focus of the Fellowships varies depending  
on the tools and skills available and the creative objectives and  
philosophy of each Lab. Up to five Fellowships will be granted for  
2007/08.

http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=felcall

For all of the Fellowships we are seeking applications from artists,  
hackers, designers, engineers and creative technologists to come to  
Eyebeam for a year to undertake new research and develop new work.  
The ideal Fellow has experience working with and making innovative  
technological art and/or creative technology projects and has a  
passion for collaborative development. Fellows will bring this  
experience and working approach to their own independent projects,  
projects initiated by other Residents or Fellows and projects  
conceived collaboratively during the Fellowship period.

Fellows are selected from an open call. International applicants are  
welcome to apply although we do not have the resources to provide  
travel or accommodation. We are happy to work with selected  
applicants, where required, to help them to secure funds to cover  
these expenses. International Fellows are responsible for securing  
their own visas for the Fellowship period.
Fellows receive a $30,000 stipend and health benefits during their  
stay. They are able to take on additional external teaching or  
consulting work, but there is an expectation that Fellows will be  
working at Eyebeam a minimum of four days a week.

Collaborative partnerships at Eyebeam will be fostered though group  
critiques, discussions and projects, within and between the lab  
environments and residency programs. Fellows also benefit from  
critiques, lectures and workshops by external practitioners chosen  
for their relationship to subjects and projects being worked on in  
the Labs.

All Fellows are encouraged to share their skills and knowledge with  
the larger Eyebeam community by conducting formal and/or informal  
workshops with others in the Labs as well as possible workshops open  
to the public. There are also opportunities to develop work for  
performance, events, seminars, exhibition or other public programming  
in the Eyebeam galleries (and beyond) during the term of the  
fellowship. Core to our principle at Eyebeam is the brokering of  
relationships between artists, hackers, coders, engineers and other  
creative technologists and the contexts we provide. The intention is  
to foster and facilitate relationships whereby technologists and  
artists can come together to germinate and hothouse their ideas,  
develop new processes and create new works through a period of  
immersion in a social context which is rich in technology, expertise  
and ideas.

Research Themes
We also support research groups to bring together creative  
practitioners working at Eyebeam as well as expert external  
participants. New research leads to possible public outcomes  
including seminars, public discussion and exhibition.

Research themes for 2007/08 include (though will not be limited to):
* Energy, Technology and Sustainability
* Urban research, urban interventions and media in public space
Artists and creative technologists interested in these research areas  
are particularly encouraged to apply for 2007/08 Fellowships.

Application Requirements
Applications received after the deadline of August 6, 2007, will not  
be accepted. All applications and work samples must be submitted  
through the online form. No exceptions will be made. You can create a  
user/password during the application process and log back into the  
server to update your application before the final deadline.

Complete applications must include the following information:
* Contact Information
* Resume or CV (rtf or pdf doc)
* Work samples in the form of URLs or uploaded media
    * Include a project description with your work sample that  
explains your contribution to the piece, how it was meant to be  
viewed and how it relates to your proposed project(s).
* Concise responses to all application questions

Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Please read the guidelines for each of the Fellowships carefully.  
Each working environment has different sets of tools and different  
mentors/trainers for these tools, so applicants should consider which  
environment will best suit their own needs and experience. However,  
all artists, technologists and residents have access to resources  
across all three labs and programs.
If you have any questions, please email fellowshipinfo at eyebeam.org.

Thanks, we are excited to hear from you!

http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=felcall

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