Call: LOSS Livecode Festival

> Call for participation
> LOSS Livecode Festival
>
> in association with Access Space, Toplap and lurk.
> Sheffield, UK 20-22 July 2007
>
> A small festival bringing together some of the most dynamic and exciting
> digital musicians in the Uk and beyond. Over the 2 days, it will include
> workshops, presentations, impromptu performances and a special live event.
>
> Livecoding is dynamically creating audio or video by changing software or
> code as it executes. It began during the 1980s, primarily with FORTH and
> Lisp. In recent years new live coding environments and languages such as
> Chuck, Fluxus, Impromptu and SuperCollider 3 have appeared, with
> enthusiastic communities growing around them. Live Coding performances
> have also used PureData, Scheme, Perl, Haskell, Ruby, Python...
>
> Further information and background can be found at
> http://livecode.access-space.org
>
> **Call for Participation**
> Calling all Livecoders and those who are interested. We want your:
> *peformances
> *presentations
> *workshops
> *Input
> to help make this a superb and exciting meeting of livecoders. We have
> some small bursaries availableto contribute towards travel and
> accomodation and we will do our best to help get as many people here as
> possible. Money is however short and
>
> **Call for Commissions**
> We have a limited pot of money for commissioning new works for the
> festival. If you would like time or resources to develop a new way of
> performing, some new language or software feature, or something else
> interesting then please include a short estimated budget in your brief,
> which may include an artist fee. Note that due to funding constraints the
> project should have a strong audio component. The maximum commission will
> be of £1000 (about 1470 euro).
>
> For more information and application details please refer to
> http://livecode.access-space.org
>
> Access Space is the UK's first "Free Media Lab" - a community space
> equipped with locally recycled computers running free, open source
> software. We provide a framework, resources and support for
> self-directed learning, arts and creativity. Taking part is totally free,
> and anyone can walk in and contribute. http://access-space.org
>
> TOPLAP is the Transnational Organisation for the Proliferation of Live
> Algorithm Programming, formed in 2003 to discuss and promote livecoding.
> This will be the third TOPLAP associated international meeting of
> livecoders. http://www.toplap.org/
>
> LOSS Livecode is funded by Arts Council England, Yorkshire, The PRS
> Foundation and Access Space.
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jim Prevett | 1 Sidney St
> Digital Arts Programme Manager | Sheffield, S1 4RG
> |
> ACCESS SPACE | t: +44 (0)114 249 5522
> Reg. Charity 1103837 | w: www.access-space.org
>
>

Call: Rhizome Annual Commissions

Rhizome News

February 23, 2007
Rhizome 2007 Commissions: Open Now!
Rhizome is pleased to announce that in 2007 we will commission eleven
new works of Internet-based art with awards ranging from $1000-3000.
The deadline for proposal submission is April 2! This year, we are
funding in two categories: (1) New Works of Internet-based Art and (2)
A Community Project. In the first category, the works may manifest
offline, in an exhibition space, on a handheld device, or on other
media, but must use the Internet as a primary source. The second
commissions category is new this year and will be awarded to one artist
or group whose project will benefit our community by enhancing
communication, participation, or the user experience on the Rhizome
website. The commissions are awarded both by jury and by Rhizome
Members through a community voting process. In addition to receiving an
award, the commissioned art works will be exhibited on Rhizome.org,
installed at the New Museum of Contemporary Art for a celebratory
event, and archived in our ArtBase! archive of digital art. We
encourage you to get involved and spread the word! - Rhizome.org

http://www.rhizome.org/commissions

Callout: PureData Convention seeking papers and demos

PureData Convention '07 - Call for Proposals

* August 21st-26th, 2007, Montréal Canada

* Deadline for artworks/performances and workshops: February 28th 2007
* Deadline for papers: March 31st 2007

http://convention.puredata.org

The PureData Convention Steering Committee is now accepting proposals
for participation in L'oeuvre ouverte (the Open Work), the 2nd
International PureData Convention. L'oeuvre ouverte invites an open
relation between the artwork and the public as well as open attitudes
and practices in the fields of programming, artistic creation and
scientific research. It will bring together artists, developers and
writers who develop, use and reflect on PureData.

The Convention will acknowledge the broad range of artistic and
technical disciplines that make use of the software and will address
questions of openness and accessibility. It will provide a theoretical
and artistic context for the understanding of the aesthetics and
politics of Free / Open Source Software culture.

Selected proposals will reflect varied perspectives and outlooks on
the artistic possibilities of free software and hardware that emanate
from a wide-ranging community. These include, but are not restricted
to connections to art, science and society as well as demonstration of
innovative and intuitive interactions. We encourage a wide range of
submissions from all levels of proficiency with the software as well
as from emergent and diverse PureData communities. Submissions will be
evaluated by peer review committees.

Proposals are sought in the following categories:

Artwork/Performances:
The selected artworks should make use of PureData. All forms of audio
and visual art including real-time interactive works, improvisations
with technology, instrumental/electroacoustic mixes, sound
installations, performances, network art, robotics, software art and
interdisciplinary work are welcome.


Papers and posters:
We are accepting papers that offer varying perspectives on technical,
social, cultural as well as art theory/historical aspects of PureData
or the aesthetics and politics of Free / Open Source Software (FOSS)
culture.

Demos:
Externals, Performance patches, Packages of abstractions, sensors and
physical computing interfaces, etc.

Workshops:
Beginner to advanced level hands-on workshops, installation
help, DIY etc.

::applicants are invited to submit in multiple categories::

please read the application guidelines:
http://convention.puredata.org/guidelines