Call: Photos needed for electronic dance music book

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:43:02 +0200
From: Graham St John
Subject: [Dancecult-l] Images for Technomad
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Since Berghahn have agreed to reproduce 20 B&W photos in my
forthcoming book with them (Technomad: Global Raving
Countercultures), this is a call out for images. I'm looking for
photos appropriate to the vast territory covered - see the
description below. If you believe you may have a suitable selection
or know someone who might, please get in touch with me or pass this
message on to interested parties.

Photos reproduced in the book will need to be at least 300 dpi B&W
tiffs (with owners supplying an emailed permission). I'm negotiating
for image owners to get a free or discounted copy of the paperback.

Thanks

Graham


Technomad: Global Raving Countercultures.

A cultural history of global electronic dance music countercultures
forthcoming with Berghahn (2008), Technomad offers a broad yet
detailed exposition of the pleasurable and activist trajectories of
post-rave. The book documents the emergence of a network of
techno-tribes, investigating their pleasure principles and cultural
politics. Attending to sound system culture, electro-humanitarianism,
secret sonic societies, teknivals and other gatherings of the
techno-tribes, intentional parties, revitalisation movements and
counter-colonial interventions, Technomad explores how the dance
party has been harnessed for transgressive and progressive ends, for
manifold freedoms. Seeking freedom from moral prohibitions and
standards, pleasure in rebellion, refuge from sexual and gender
prejudice, exile from oppression, rupturing aesthetic boundaries,
re-enchanting the world, minimising harm, reclaiming space, fighting
for "the right to party", and responding to a host of critical
concerns, electronic dance music cultures are multivalent sites of
resistance.

Drawing on extensive ethnographic, netogaphic and documentary
research, Technomad details the post-rave trajectory through various
local sites and global scenes, with each chapter attending to
important developments in the techno counterculture: e.g. Spiral
Tribe, teknivals, psytrance, Burning Man, Reclaim the Streets.
Significantly, the book offers a nuanced theory of resistance to
assist understanding of these developments. Written in an accessible
style, this cultural history of hitherto uncharted territory will be
of interest to students of cultural, performance, music, media, and
new social movement studies, along with enthusiasts of dance culture
and popular politics.
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Job: PLATFORM seeks a Director

PLATFORM Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
DIRECTOR

PLATFORM; a dynamic artist-run centre for photographic and digital art,
seeks candidates for the position of Director to begin as soon as possible.

The ideal candidate will have a strong and committed relationship to
artist-run culture, a sophisticated understanding of contemporary
lens/photo/digital based arts practices, and will be responsible for the
overall leadership, management and public representation of the
organization. The Director will build on PLATFORM's history as one of the
oldest artist run centres in Western Canada, developing the organization's
profile locally, regionally and nationally.


The Director reports to the Board of Directors and will work in tandem with
a part-time Administrative Coordinator.


The responsibilities of the Director include:


Implementation of PLATFORM's mandate and vision in conjunction with Board of
Directors and committees
Management and administration of the organization

Grant-writing with the support of Administrative Coordinator

Fundraising and resource development in collaboration with the Board of
Directors

Representation of the organization to arts institutions, community
organizations and funders

Direction of communications, visual identity, web presence and media profile

Membership liaison and development

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:


Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong organizational, interpersonal and supervisory skills

Management and administrative experience in artist-run centres and/or
cultural organizations

Experience with grant-writing, budgeting and financial statements in
non-profit organizations

Familiarity with artist-run culture, contemporary art and independent
photo/digital art practice

Experience working with Boards of Directors, member-based organizations and
volunteers

A salary of $27,000 will be offered for this position, based on a 30-hour
workweek.

Please submit applications in writing by 5:00 p.m., August 7, 2007
including:


A current Curriculum Vitae
A letter of introduction discussing your experience, qualifications and
motivations for seeking the position

The names, titles, addresses and daytime telephone numbers of three
professional references

A sample of writing: essay or grant application
Emailed or faxed applications will not be accepted. If you wish any support
materials returned, please include a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope.
Applications will be held in confidence. We thank all applicants in advance
for their interest. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Address applications to:

The Hiring Committee, PLATFORM: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts
121 - 100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg Manitoba, R3B 1H3

PLATFORM: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, was incorporated in 1981
as The Winnipeg Photographers' Group/ Floating Gallery and is an
incorporated, non-profit organization with charitable status. PLATFORM is an
artist run centre for the exhibition, promotion, and production of
photo-based art that fosters an environment of critical discourse for the
regional, national and international arts community. For more information on
PLATFORM, please visit our web site at www.platformgallery.org. PLATFORM is
an equal opportunity employer.


Questions about the position of Director or the application process should
be directed to Lisa Wood, Director at (204) 942-8183 or
info@platformgallery.org

Call: Artist Projects Wanted for 30th Anniversary Issue of FUSE Magazine

Call for Artist Projects for 30th Anniversary Issue of FUSE Magazine


--Please circulate widely--

FUSE magazine is pleased to announce an open call for artist projects to
be included in our 30th anniversary issue, on newsstands Fall 2007.

Our 30th anniversary issue is devoted to assessing the state of our
present, those intersections that we feel are critically in need of
address at this moment in history--indigeneity, occupation and settler
states; security and war; status and migration; the politics of identity;
the workings of institutions; and social and economic precarity. The issue
will consist of a series of conversations about these themes amongst
artists, activists, community organizers and academics internationally and
from across the country.

We are soliciting artists to create work in any medium that would be
suitable for reproduction as a poster and that speaks to one or multiple
themes listed above. Artist projects will be printed and displayed at the
launch event in October, 2007. Limited edition posters will be printed of
each artist project to be sold by FUSE as part of our fundraising drive,
with 50 copies delivered to the artist along with an artist fee of $150.

Technical information: Each poster will be printed at 11 inches wide x 17
inches high. Artists whose submissions are approved will be asked to
supply files as press-ready pdf files for a 4/0 colour printing process.
100 lb paper stock will be used with matte text and a varnish finish.

Submissions Guidelines: Poster submissions should be completed or nearly
completed and address one of key areas mentioned above (indigeneity,
occupation and settler states; security and war; status and migration; the
politics of identity; the workings of institutions; and social and
economic precarity).

By Canada Post:
please send a full-scale colour print of your poster and your
curriculum vitae to
FUSE Posters
454 - 401 Richmond St West
Toronto ON M5V 3A8
Canada

OR

By Email:
please send a 72 dpi jpeg of your design scaled no larger than 398
x 612 pixels and your curriculum vitae to

Deadline: June 30, 2007

About FUSE: FUSE is an arts and culture magazine that provides in-depth
critical analysis of the intersections of art, social change, activism,
politics and mass media.

Call: Blue Earth Alliance seeks photographers

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Blue Earth Alliance sponsors photography projects that educate the
public about threatened cultures and endangered environments and
matters of current social concern. We are a non-profit organization
with 501 (c) 3 status. This means Blue Earth Alliance is eligible to
receive contributions from private foundations and contributions by
individuals and other entities that are tax deductible. Blue Earth is
primarily interested in work that is educational and informational in
nature, and will consider proposals of any geographic scope,
involving the photographic medium.

Blue Earth accepts proposals twice a year. Deadlines are Jan. 21st
and June 1 (postmark date). International packages must be received
no later than January 31st and June 10th. The announcement of
recipients is made approximately two months later.


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