Call: Luc Ferrari radio art biennial competition is seeking entries

*Concours Luc Ferrari*


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*Concours Luc Ferrari*
Concours international de création radiophonique

Every other year, La Muse en Circuit organizes an international competition of radio music composition open to young artists, in partnership with the Archipel Festival, the SACEM, Radio France, and foreign radio stations (Radio Suisse Romande / Espace 2, Deutschland RadioKultur).

The 8th biennial competition created by Luc Ferrari is inspired by a piece from his work, Madame de Shanguai for a flute trio and pre-recorded track.

Both a way of paying tribute to Mr. Ferrari as well as a means of stimulating the imagination of composers, the current competition asks participants to write a piece that develops the principal of the Horspiel.

The entries should resemble mixed music but without any interaction other than the synchronization of an instrument with stereophonic or 5.1 support. The instrumental score will be able to be amplified and transformed except for computerized real time processing. The final piece, with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, will be performed in concert.

The winning entries as well as the piece written by Luc Ferrari will be featured on disc as well as in concerts associated with the competition.

We hope that this tradition of honoring Mr. Ferrari will be stimulating and likely to give rise to new talents and not just epigones. You will thus find attached the application form. We hope that it will be possible for you to leave them at disposal of musicians. You can also contact us by email to have more informations :

arthur.lassaigne@alamuse.com
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Call: 2008 World Telekinesis Competition

http://www.noxioussector.net/wtc/call.html

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2008 World Telekinesis Competition
Deluge Contemporary Art

Victoria (BC) Canada. May 16 - June 14, 2008

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Noxious Sector Artist Collective (Ted Hiebert, Doug Jarvis and Jackson 2bears) -- in collaboration with Deluge Contemporary Art -- is currently inviting submissions for the 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION, a curated performance initiative to be held at Deluge Contemporary Art from May 16 - June 14, 2008 in Victoria, BC (Canada).

DEADLINE: February 29, 2008


THE WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION

THE 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION is a first of its kind event, in which teams from around the world will compete to psychically influence the behavior of a candle. Players are not expected to be physically present during competition, but rather will compete remotely from their home locations around the world. The World Telekinesis Competition is an open event, and all teams who satisfy the submission requirements will be included in the competition.


PROJECT STATEMENT

The 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION will organize teams from disparate geographic locations to enact their own visions of telekinetic potential in competition with one another, with the ultimate aim of crowning a singular winning team. The winning team will receive a trophy as well as bragging rights, both of which will -- eventually -- be returned for the subsequent year's competition. The first of a yearly series of competitions, the 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION is also a first-of-its-kind international event, open to artists, psychics, and otherwise interested parties who are willing to engage with the competitive framework according to which this competition will proceed.

Telekinesis -- the remote psychic influence of object behavior -- has a history of controversy and provocation. Neither proven nor dis-proven, the possibility of remote psycho-kinetic influence remains active as a potentially relevant force within our current modalities of understanding. We invite explorations into possible strategies for telekinetic influence -- not stated, but enacted through competitive interaction with other like-minded teams. Stated otherwise, our mission is not to explore rhetorical strategies for telekinetic participation but rather to assess the relative merit of any given method of psychic influence by its equally relative efficacy in a competitive setting.


COMPETITION STRUCTURE

The 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITON will follow basic competitive rules for multi-team events. Based on an assessment of the number of participating teams, a preliminary competitive structure will be randomly determined, in which 2 teams will compete to psychically influence the behavior of a remotely-located game candle. The winning team will advance to the subsequent round while the losing team will be eliminated. This competition structure will continue until only one team is remaining. This team will be crowned the winner of the 2008 World Telekinesis Competition.


PARTICIPATION

In order to qualify for participation, teams must satisfy the following criteria:

1. Teams must be comprised of three (3) individuals.
2. Teams must compose or design or appropriate a team logo for inclusion in the 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION competition schedule.
3. Each team member must provide a personal photograph and biographical statement for inclusion in the 2008 WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION competition schedule.
4. Teams must agree to abide by the rules of the competition, as articulated at the following URL: noxioussector.net/wtc/rules.html


SUBMISSIONS

In order to qualify for competition, teams must submit the following:

1. A statement of interest and/or method addressing the concept of telekinetic competition;
2. A list of the three (3) members who comprise the team, as well as a concise (max 200 words) biographical statement for each team member;
3. A web-resolution (max 2MB) image of each team member;
4. A team name and an associated team logo for inclusion in the competition schedule and related publicity material;
5. A statement of availability for competition -- articulating weekend availability between May 16th and June 14th, 2008.

SUBMISSIONS should be sent by email to: noxious@noxioussector.net with ATTN: WORLD TELEKINESIS COMPETITION as the subject line.

DEADLINE: February 29, 2008


CONTACT

Formal submissions should be directed to: noxious@noxioussector.net

Informal inquiries can also be sent to the individual members of the Noxious Sector arts collective:

* Jackson 2Bears: mail@jackson2bears.net
* Ted Hiebert: ted_hiebert@yahoo.com
* Doug Jarvis: dougjarvis@gmail.com


ABOUT US

NOXIOUS SECTOR is a formalized forum for informal inquiry. Dedicated to the exploration of questions of the imaginative, the paranormal and the absurd, Noxious Sector attempts to redefine the meaning of artistic possibility through extended propositions that challenge consensual norms while also provoking stimulating forums for dialogue and discourse. Our past projects can be viewed at noxioussector.net.

Call: Open Space seeks audio artists

AUDIOSPACE – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – DEADLINE JUNE 15, 2007

http://www.openspace.ca/audiospace/2007/2007-call-for-submissions.html

Open Space Artist-Run Centre in Victoria, BC, Canada, announces a
Call for Submissions for Audiospace, a web-audio site on the Open
Space website openspace.ca.? In its 35 years of supporting and
promoting experimentalism in the arts, Open Space has a long
tradition of discussing and exploring the practice and impact of new
media and new methods of audio dissemination.? We continue the
adventure with the 3rd edition of Audiospace and a Call for
Submissions, Where Does It Begin? developed by sound artist Chantal
Dumas.



Where Does It Begin?


For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be

- Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

"The question of how a work of art comes into being is a fascinating
one. At one time or another, we have all had the experience of being
struck by a piece of art. We ask ourselves: were did that idea come
from? In general, we all agree about the elusive nature of the
creative process, and confronted with our inability to define how it
works, we choose to talk of mystery.

The creative process allows the passage from the unconscious to the
conscious and to the visible. I am interested in understanding where
it all begins -- the internal movement, and its materialization:

What is the starting point of the creative act? What is it that
generates an emotion, a turbulence so strong that it provokes the need
within us to create something? At what moment does a piece of art
start to be «written»? What path does it follow? What is it that
allows it to pass from inside to outside? What is it that leads to
its materialization via sound, paper, color, or movement?

These questions are at the core of sound art. I am inviting you to
reflect on them by creating a short sound piece of your own.

Here is a starting point from which I suggest you work. The rest is
up to you.

ATMOSPHERE: spicy. STYLE: confined. COLOR: elegant.

Duration: 7 minutes maximum
Dynamics: as necessary
Please attach to your submission a short text answering these two
questions:
When did you feel that the work was starting to be «written»?
How did that first become evident to you?"

-Chantal Dumas, March 2007



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
By June 15, 2007 please submit your project electronically to Open
Space New Music audiospace.openspace@gmail.com with the subject
heading SUBMISSION and include the following:

- MP3 format audio file (192KBit/sec)*, between 5 and 7 minutes
- One paragraph Bio
- Description of the work

(* Other file or streaming formats are acceptable, but becomes the
responsibility of the submitter to provide support for users.)


All submissions will be open to public listening, discussion and a
jury selection process via the openspace.ca site from June 16 to
September 14, 2007.? Submitting artists are invited to maintain a
virtual presence on the openspace.ca site through the duration of the
contest through forums and other forms of interaction with Chantal
Dumas, other participants and site visitors. All submitted works will
be featured during a Virtual Live Audiospace event September 15, 2007
at Open Space and remote locations TBA, during which the results of
the public jury process will be announced. All submitted works will
become permanent additions to openspace.ca and will be featured until
the next Audiospace edition.

$600 will be distributed amongst winners of categories to be
determined by the participants through the contest. This year's
edition of Audiospace is intended to explore the connection between
artists and the jury process by involving them directly, and also
with the nature of digital audio and new forms of audio consumption.
Artists will be encouraged to discuss these topics amongst themselves
and with visitors to openspace.ca

For questions and comments about audiospace, please direct emails
with Audiospace in the subject heading to:
audiospace.openspace@gmail.com

Open Space
510 Fort Street
Victoria, BC
www.openspace.ca
250.383.8833