Call: Dare-Dare is seeking public art works for their Off-Biennial Project

Call for projects for the DARE-DARE Off-Biennial Project

Submission deadline: January 30, 2009

Off-Biennial date: May 22nd - 31st, 2009

To compliment the upcoming Montreal Biennial with its theme of “Open Source” DARE-DARE has chosen to organize the Off-Biennial Project event. This event will celebrate diverse artistic practices in non-traditional venues through a series of small projects installed or performed throughout a ten-day program.

The mandate of DARE-DARE, Dis/location, a project of urban articulation, is to promote artistic interventions within the urban environment. In July 2008, DARE-DARE launched the third Dis/location site by moving its administrative office into two mobile trailers within Cabot Square (corner Atwater and Ste-Catherine Streets). This busy public park is located in the west-end of downtown Montreal. (For more details on the park the environs and the center check out the DARE-DARE website at www.dare-dare.org)

Off-Biennial Project is looking for projects that integrate the surroundings of the Cabot Square, which include non-traditional venues in the neighbouring locations of the Montreal Children's Hospital, AMC Forum, Alexis Nihon Plaza, Atwater Library, Evangel Pentecostal Church, the Inuit Center, YMCA, Dawson College, Westmount Square and/or the DARE-DARE Documentation Centre. The park is also utilized by diverse populations including staff and visitors to the above venues along with the local homeless population that claims the park as their own. These locations, organizations and people could be considered as themes or suggested points of departure for your project.

Projects should be simplified, spontaneous, small: thoughts and ides with an eye to public and commercial spaces and a hunger for locations with potential yet to be tasted. These interests will translate into proposals of all kinds including, but not limited to and even combinations of, relative, time based, public interventions, interactive workshops, performance, manœuvre, web, video, installation, sound, photography, painting, sculpture, poetry, text-based, music, etc. The projects may be of specific or of variable duration or be repeated throughout the program (ten minutes or ten days). Note the program committee will make every effort to liaison with specific venue locations to realize your project.

Your proposal should include the following:
• a brief statement describing your project intention (max 250 words)
• a curriculum vitæ,
• documentation of your work:
o maximum 10 numbered images (max 5 Mg)
o audio/video (VHS/DVD, NTSC, ou Quicktime) (max 5 min.)
• descriptive list of images

Please address your proposal to “Off-Biennial project” and, if desired, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope for the return of your documentation (DARE-DARE does not keep unclaimed dossiers). The center does not accept submissions by email. The center pays CARFAC rates.

Mandate
DARE-DARE Centre de diffusion d’art multidisciplinaire de Montréal offers flexibility and openness and is devoted to research, experimentation, risk and critical inquiry. The artist-run centre supports emerging practices and demonstrates a sustained interest in exploring diversity in modes and contexts of presentation.

DARE-DARE
Off-Biennial Project
Centre de diffusion d’art multidisciplinaire de Montréal
Casier postal 20 Succursale H
Montreal, QC, H3G 2K5
t: +1.514.878.1088 art@dare-dare.org www.dare-dare.org

Job: Common Weal seeks a Project Assistant

Common Weal Community Arts Inc. is seeking an energetic, self-motivated and experienced individual for the contract position of Project Assistant. Working under the supervision of the Southern Artistic Coordinator in our Regina office, the successful candidate will assist in the successful delivery of Common Weal projects and events. Duties will include: supporting project artists, communications, and ongoing project and event support.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have excellent communication, organizational and research skills, the ability to work both independently and cooperatively with a diverse group of people and to be culturally sensitive. A valid drivers license is necessary. Previous experience in the arts and having own vehicle would be assets.

Salary: 20 hrs a week at $13/hr
Duration: 16 weeks
Application closing date is 4:00 p.m., Wednesday June 11th, 2008

Apply in writing stating experience and qualifications to:

Common Weal Community Arts Inc.
2431 8th Avenue
Regina, SK
S4R 5J7
Email: ac@commonweal-arts.com

This position is funded through the city of Regina’s Urban Aboriginal Community Grant Program, which provides opportunities for aboriginal people to participate in arts culture, recreation or sport. As Common Weal promotes employment equity, we encourage candidates to voluntarily self-identify if they are an Aboriginal person, a member of a visible minority group or a person with a disability. Only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

Common Weal Community Arts links artists and communities to animate long term and positive social change. Common Weal facilitates the production of participatory arts projects, based on creating partnerships between communities and artists, through a philosophy of inclusion and cooperation, and in order to create opportunities and choices for individuals and communities.

Call: Euroepean Sound Delta seeks audio art submissions

Sound Art - Call for projects & residencies - summer 2008
--> Deadline 15th of March 2008

EUROPEAN SOUND DELTA is a mobile project on the Danube & Rhine Rivers
focusing on radio-art using sounds of European cities. Two teams will be
travelling on both rivers this summer, recording sounds, producing live
performances and radio broadcasts with local sound-artists. A final
exhibition is scheduled in Strasbourg-F by the end of September 2008 as
part of http://www.ososphere.org International sound artists are invited
to apply with a project meant to be created on one of the trans-European
floating labs.
>> keywords : radio, sound art, media art, field recordings

Main Objectives:
--> To give young people the experience of a professional mobile project
--> A documentary artistic research on cultural identities of
European cities
--> Built a new european network in the field of sound art
--> Experiment ICT via innovative artistic practices

Participating countries:
--> Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary,
Netherlands, Romania, Serbia & Slovakia

Associated curators:
Valérie Vivancos (www.vibrofiles.com) and Joachim Montessuis
(www.autopoiese.org)

Participating artists & residents (list not closed) :
Aymeric De Tapol, Tonic Train, Dinahbird, Jopo Stereo, SIC: Hori Cosmin
Samoïl, Ewen Chardronnet, Alejandra Perez Nunez, Julien Ottavi, Chris
Watson, Vincent Epplay, Alejandra & Aeron, Robert Hampson, Kassel
Jaeger, AGF, Jörg Piringer, Yannick Dauby, Christian Zanesi, Phil
Niblock, Charlemagne Palestine, Jean-Philippe Roux, Gaël Segalen, Philip
Griffiths, Joachim Montessuis

Full project Description & Application Form : www.sound-delta.eu

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Thanks for all
Don't hesitate to contact us for any question.

Sincerely

Collectif MU
contact@sound-delta.eu

Call: Audio art sought for Canadian Electroacoustic Society's 60x60 Project

Call for Works for the first Canadian 60x60 Project (2008)*

Vox Novus, in collaboration with the Canadian Electroacoustic Community
(CEC), is inviting composers to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less
in duration to be included in the first Canadian version of the annual
60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played
continuously in a one-hour concert. The Canadian 60x60 concert season
will begin with a debut in Montréal and continue throughout Canada in
venues to be announced. Concerts may also include a visual component (a
clock, video clips, spectrographs, dance, etc.). The works will also be
broadcasted on radio stations and featured on a Sonus.ca dedicated
gallery. Please submit your recorded work(s) and submission form(s)
before 31 March (postmarked). You may submit your works online or on a
CDR; see submission guidelines below. Your work may be selected for
both the Canadian and the International 60x60 projects.

During the concert each of the 60 pieces selected will begin precisely
at the beginning of the minute, this will mark the end of one piece and
the beginning of another. There will be no pause between the pieces.
Works may be less than 60 seconds in length, but may not exceed 60
seconds. Selected works that are shorter than 60 seconds will be
"padded" with silence either before, after, or surrounding the
composition. Please note that the total duration of the work including
silence may NOT exceed sixty seconds.

Eligibility:
The call is open to composers of all ages and career stages who live in
Canada, and to Canadian composers living in Canada or abroad. All other
composers may participate in the international 60x60 project (see below).

Eligible works:
Any sound or music captured on recorded media, which does not require
live performers for its presentation in concert. The piece may be of
any style and may comprise electronic sounds, field recordings,
recordings of voice or musical instruments, or other sound sources.
Recordings of acoustic compositions SHOULD NOT be accompanied by musical
scores. Works submitted should be created specifically for this project
and must not have been previously performed or broadcasted.

More information can be found at:
http://www.60x60.yaeldad.com (Canadian 60x60)
http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60.htm (International 60x60)
http://cec.concordia.ca (Canadian Electroacoustic Community)
http://sonus.ca (SONUS, the CEC's online electroacoustic Jukebox)

Call: FutureSonic 2008 Urban Festival of Art, Music & Ideas seeks artists

FutureSonic 2008

Thu Feb 7, 2008
(Eastern Time - Montreal)
http://www.futuresonic.com/getinvolved (map)



FUTURESONIC 2008
Urban Festival of Art, Music & Ideas
1-4 May, Manchester, UK

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Futuresonic now invites artists, thinkers and makers to submit
proposals to its Art, Music, Ideas and EVNTS strands. Join us
for one of the biggest Social's of the year.

A GBP 5000 commission plus many other opportunities are available:
Art and Conference deadlines -- 5pm 18th December 2007
Music and EVNTS deadlines -- 5pm 7th February 2008


THE SOCIAL - SOCIAL NETWORKING UNPLUGGED

The Futuresonic 2008 theme is The Social - Social Networking Unplugged.
Digital culture burns bright with a vision of being not in isolation
but in
groups, placing the relations between people first. Beyond the hype
lies ever greater isolation and conformity. Join us as we go in
search of the social.

http://www.futuresonic.com/getinvolved

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FUTURESONIC ART - SUBMIT NOW

A commission valued at GBP 5000 is available to create a new artwork,
plus Futuresonic can support a limited number of other projects,
addressing the Social Networking Unplugged theme. Futuresonic's art
strand focuses on social and participatory artworks which re-imagine
the city.

Art Submissions deadline -- 5pm, 18th December 2007

http://www.futuresonic.com/getinvolved

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FUTURESONIC IDEAS - SUBMIT NOW

The Futuresonic international conference and the Social Technologies
Summit invite proposals for talks, presentations, workshops and
session themes. Submissions of innovative formats for social
interaction and experimentation are encouraged. Conference theme -
Online, Mobile and Unplugged Social Networking.

Conference Submissions deadline -- 5pm, 18th December 2007

http://www.futuresonic.com/getinvolved


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FUTURESONIC MUSIC - SUBMIT NOW

In 2008 we invite musicians to share their take on innovative,
original and daring 21st century music with our audience.
Futuresonic's roots are in post-dub electronic music, and it
showcases genre defying great live music. Futuresonic will be able to
support a limited number of performances.

Music Submissions deadline -- 5pm, 7th February 2008

http://www.futuresonic.com/getinvolved


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FUTURESONIC EVNTS - SUBMIT NOW

Futuresonic now invites any programmer, curator, promoter, label or
artist group anywhere in the world to take part in EVNTS 2008, a city-
wide showcase of affiliated events. EVNTS has grown into a community
of people who each year return to give the festival an extra edge.
Awards of GBP 1000 and GBP 500 are available via the EVNT Competition.

EVNTS Competition deadline -- 5pm, 7th February 2008
EVNTS 2008 showcase deadline -- 5pm, 20th March 2008

http://www.futuresonic.com/getinvolved


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TICKETS

CONFERENCE PASS

Early Bird Delegate Pass
GBP 60 (must be bought by February 1 2008)
Advance Delegate Pass
GBP 100
Delegate Pass (on the door)
GBP 150
Students/Concessions
GBP 30

Further discounts available for group bookings.

A limited number of pay-what-you-can Day Passes will be available on
each day of the conference.

The Conference Pass includes access to all festival events.

Email your name, address and contact details to
ideas2008@futuresonic.com and we will send you full details on
Futuresonic Conference 2008 as well as priority booking options.

OTHER FESTIVAL TICKETS

Details of Weekender Wristbands and Events Tickets available soon.

http://www.futuresonic.com


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FUTURESONIC 2008

Futuresonic has 4 strands: Art, Music, Ideas and EVNTS. Currently in
its 12th year, the festival occupies the orbits of both music and
digital culture.

A focus in recent years has been presenting artworks in unexpected
city spaces, and on social art and social technologies.

Futuresonic now invites artists, thinkers and makers to get social
and present new types of collaborative social experience at
Futuresonic 2008.

This is a time when we see how electronic communication can isolate
us, as more and more people drown in a deluge of email that generates
stress, even reducing IQ; and it is 40 years since people took to the
streets of Paris in 1968 calling for society to be abolished.

Join us as we go in search of the social today.

Web 2.0...
I take part
you take part
he takes part
we take part
you all take part
they profit.
(Slogan from Paris '68, remixed)

http://www.futuresonic.com

Futuresonic is supported by Arts Council England North West and
presented in association with Imagination at Lancaster.

Call: Artists In Residence sought at AS220

Artists-in-Residence

AS220 has an Artist-In-Residence program that has been utilized by artists from all over the world. We have monthly residencies where an artist is expected to propose a project and complete it over the period of their residency. At the end of their time spent here at AS220, their project is performed or exhibited. Below are some examples of artists who have lived and worked here at AS220. For information about becoming an AIR, please contact Arley-Rose Torsone at arleyrose@as220.org.

http://www.as220.org/as220/weblog/access/artistsinresidence.html?seemore=y

Call: Media Arts Residency Program: The Western Front

Call for Project Proposals

Media Arts Residency Program: The Western Front



The Media Arts Residency Program at the Western Front promotes
experimentation and innovation by inviting local, national, and
international artists to research and produce new works in media arts.
In keeping with the Western Front's emphasis on the interdisciplinary,
this program forefronts unique explorations of undefined creative
arenas including, but not limited to: site-specific gestures,
experimental projects, process pieces and unusual initiatives in media
art practice today.

The Media Arts program seeks to present a range of artists: artists
of all levels of experience are strongly encouraged to apply, as are
artists from diverse sexual orientations and cultural backgrounds.
Applications from artists from other disciplines who wish to expand
their creative practices into media arts are welcomed.

Projects are made possible through access to production facilities
and technical support from an expert team of qualified staff and
volunteers. Financial support is available in the form of travel
expenses and artist fees. Residency length varies according to
personal needs and can range in duration from one week to six weeks.
For further details, visit www.front.bc.ca or contact
media@front.bc.ca .

Artists wishing to be considered for the 2008/2009 programming year
are invited to submit proposals to Western Front's Media Arts
Residency Program on or before September 5th, 2007.

Candidates should send a project description, expected timeline and
CV by email or post to:

Alissa Firth-Eagland
Director and Curator of Media Arts
The Western Front
303 East 8th Avenue
Vancouver BC, V5T 1S1

media@front.bc.ca

604-876-9343

www.front.bc.ca

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: The Youth for International Development seeks young media artists

Dear friends,



We are very excited to be sending you the promotional materials for a brand new programming initiative that we are introducing this summer in Saskatchewan in which you, or someone you know, might be interested.



The Youth for International Development – Do It Yourself (YID-DIY) project is designed to help youth who are interested in media, international issues, or both, learn to practice their writing and art skills to make their own creative media (comic books and zines) on global issues. Two three day trainings will be held. One for post-secondary ages 18-25 from August 18 to 20 and one for secondary students ages 13 to 17 from August 24 to 26. No experience is necessary. There will be follow-up after the trainings and the participants will be strongly encouraged to complete and publish their work.



Transportation to the site for ALL participants will be provided from Regina or Saskatoon. Limited travel subsidies are available to help participants get to Regina or Saskatoon.



The attached promotional brochures (in pdf and word) contain more information about the program as well as application forms for interested participants. Apply soon as the sessions are expected to fill up. Please pass on these brochures to anyone who may be interested. Please feel free to contact us for more information.



In creative, internationalist and youthful spirit,



Tracey, Ryan and Elizabeth

SCIC Youth Program Staff

Saskatoon Office

Phone: (306) 956-0622 Email: scicyouth@earthbeat.sk.ca

Call: Bhatboy seeks artist to make an indoor forest

I am looking to bid on a commission for the city of Ottawa to create an
indoor forest.
I am looking for an artist to share the project with me that will
create a light and sound element to the project.
There will be several thousand dollars in artists fee's paid.
Is there anyone you know of that may be interested.
The deadline for the project is Monday the 16th of April, if anyone is
interested in working on this project with me please let me know by the
first week in April (thats next week)
Thank you,
Bhat Boy

bhatboy@rogers.com