Call: A DIAMOND IN THE MUD seeks artists for "A Miniature Audio Exhibition of Stereophonic Soundscape & Horspiel Works"

A DIAMOND IN THE MUD


A Miniature Audio Exhibition of Stereophonic Soundscape & Horspiel Works

Call For SHORT STEREOPHONIC SOUNDSCAPE & HOERSPIEL WORKS: A DIAMOND IN THE MUD
Deadline: September 15, 2008

PROJECT CONCEPT: It is an Asian concept rooted in Buddhism that self-cultivation can be developed at home as a householder and is not merely confined to a temple or monastery. Buddhist believe that enlightened beings are those who "grew" out of the "mud" of the material world. So, like the lotus flower, which penetrates through sullied mud and water, but emerges unspoiled, enlightened beings are beautiful and pure even though they grow up in the material world. The phrase "a diamond in the mud" is an analogy for this and in keeping with it the Digital Art Weeks would like to issue this call to artists and to submit pre recorded works (Soundscape, Horspiel, Poetry) in regard to the beautiful and the sullied. The works will be chosen on their ability to transcend the listeners into a "moment of tranquilly" and out of the confines of the everyday, or as expressed in the Diamond Sutra: "Dwell upon nothing and produce the pure mind."

PLAYBACK SYSTEM: Constructed as a dock for Apple's famed iPod, the iCarta stereophonic audio playback system will be used to play back all of the selected works. The system not only offers an interesting solution for public pod-casting, but it also acts uniquely as a bathroom dispenser for the indispensable: Le papier toilette. - Art Clay, DAW, Artistic Director (c) 2008


DEADLINE: Monday, 15th September 2008. Notification of acceptance of proposals will be sent out on or before Monday, 22nd September 2008.

APLLICATION FORM: http://www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch/web/DAWPlus/SoundScape08

For more information regarding the call please write directly to: arthurclay@mac.com; for more on past Digital Art Weeks, please see: www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch; for technical information on the iCarta, please see: http://www.atechflash.com http://rhizome.org/announce/view/51857#comment

Call: Orford 3rd International Sound Creation Workshop seeks audio artists

Orford 3rd International Sound Creation Workshop

from August 4 to August 16

Application Deadlines

February 29th, 2008 to be eligible for financial aid

April 4th, 2008 to be considered for general admission


Open to composers and sound artists of all genres wishing to benefit from a unique and professional experience at the Orford Arts Center:

- to work on the composition/development of a personal project acousmatic work, mixed music, installation, music video or other)
- to improve their technical knowledge
- to fine-tune their creative process

Teachers : Natasha Barrett, Paul Rudy, Alexandre Burton Yves Daoust

(The focus will be put this summer on mixed music)
www.arts-orford.org/en/academy

For information :

Yves Daoust, workshop director, yvdaoust@videotron.ca

http://www.electrocd.com/en/bio/daoust_yv/

http://www.conservatoire.gouv.qc.ca/cv/cv.asp?ordre=&idProf=184

Call: "Ai-maako" Festival by the Electroacoustical Chilean Community seeks piano and electronic sound artists

Ai-maako: Call for submission

Sat May 31, 2008
(Timezone: Eastern Time - Montreal)
www.cech.cl (map)
Calendar: Audio Calls

The Electroacoustical Chilean Community (CECh) annually organizes the
International Electroacoustic Music Festival of Santiago de Chile, "Ai-maako".

The eighth edition of the festival will take place between the 11th and the
19th of October 2008. During its existence, more than 500 works by creators
from diverse countries have been performed.

CECh invites the electro-acoustical community to participate in our festival. A
special concert for piano and electronics will take place this year.
Submissions must be sent before May 31, 2008 (the post office stamp will be
valid as a reference) to the following address:

José Miguel Candela (CECh)
Casilla 104
Correo Villa La Reina
La Reina - Santiago de Chile
Chile

The works sent must fulfill the following conditions in order to be eligible:

a) Acousmatical or tape pieces (only 1 work)
- Format: Audio CD or DAT.
- CD-data and technical notes or diffusion score, in case of multi-channel
pieces
- Pieces of a duration no longer than 10 minutes
- Biography of the composer and program notes. Spanish translations are
welcomed (Paper and word document). No more than 100 words each one.

b) Mixed Pieces (depending on the organizers' possibilities of available
soloists; only 1 work):
- Works for soloist and electronics
- Works for piano and electronics are encouraged
- Duration no longer than 10 minutes
- Format: Audio CD or DAT
- CD-data and technical notes or diffusion score, in case of multi-channel
pieces
- The instrumental score must be sent by regular or registered post
- Please include a recording of the electronic part alone as well as another
one with the piece as a whole (electronics + acoustic instruments)
- Biography of the composer and program notes. Spanish translations are
welcomed (oaper and word document). No more than 100 words each one.

The list of selected works will be published by July 31, 2008. Selected
composers will be notified by e-mail.

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: Sound art wanted for Futuresonic 2008's "The Comfort of Strangers" project

'The Comfort of Strangers'

http://soundnetwork.omweb.org

'The Comfort of Strangers'
at SoundNetwork's Autonomous Village, Futuresonic 2008, Contact
Theatre, Manchester, UK
1-4 May 2008

Open call for submissions of audio art works: closing date - 28th March

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At Futuresonic 2008 in Manchester, 1-4 May, SoundNetwork will be
creating a brand new kind of social space close to the centre of the
festival where artists and visitors alike can meet, relax and
experience sonic art. Our cafe will be an exhibition and an exhibit.
Where ever you sit to drink your coffee, eat your cake, and talk
there will be access to audio work (by means of headphone outlets
inserted into the furniture) or a local network that allows you to
experience and interact with sonic art work on your own laptop. In
addition there will be live performances at our Binary Jam event
showcasing some of the best emerging talent in live sound art and
experimental music.

SoundNetwork are inviting submissions of stereo (and mono) audio work
to be shown as part of The Comfort of Strangers headphone exhibition.

With respect to the theme of the festival, The Social, we are only
seeking work created by collectives, groups, ensembles or any other
kinds of collaborations from anywhere around the world. We especially
welcome submissions from registered members of the network and would
encourage you to register with us on our website. Work made by
individuals will not be accepted for this exhibition.

You can download an application form at: http://
soundnetwork.omweb.org and find out more about how to send us your work.

The closing date for this call is 28th March 2008.

http://www.futuresonic.com
http://soundnetwork.omweb.org

Call: "Surveillance City" Themed call for new media and performance works

TRAMPOLINE, YEAR 10

Mon Nov 12, 2007
(Eastern Time - Montreal)
www.trampoline.org.uk/TrampolineUK/ (map)
Calendar: Audio Calls

TRAMPOLINE, YEAR 10

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS


29th November 2007, Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham

7.00p.m. - Late


DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Mon 12th Nov 07

EVENT TO BE HELD ON: Thur 29th Nov 07


Trampoline celebrates over 10 years in new media art...


THE THEME: THE SURVEILLANCE CITY

If we are not to be played and lost like Pawns scrabbling on the surface of
a chessboard we need to understand the rules of the game we are engaged in.

As developers buy up our city centres for regeneration into 'desirable
properties for the market', a similar appropriation is taking place within
the spectrum that lies above. The air we breathe is itself becoming digital
real estate, an intangible landscape carried on radio waves, filling the
voids of our cities like Dark Matter.

The new city is coming – a city whose spaces are connected by hidden
electronic passages and data crawl-throughs, spaces where our movements are
traceable, recordable and identifiable by the litter of data we carelessly
drop and the Web 2.0 we unwittingly spin in the chatter of our networks.

Trampoline celebrates over 10 years in new media art in November with a look
at how artists are teaching themselves the game plan for this wireless,
super conductive urban landscape that is emerging around us.


Trampoline is calling for submissions in 2 areas of interest:

1. SURVEILLANCE CITY
>From video, animation, installation, sculpture, performance, live music, and
web streaming Trampoline welcomes all forms of artistic expression with a
critique of digital culture.

2. NEW MEDIA PERFORMANCE
In addition to this, Trampoline will curate a programme of new media
performance celebrating the diversity of 10 years in this area. Of
particular interest are performance video, live streaming, audio tours and
participatory, mobile projects.

For further details on how to submit work, please go to
www.trampoline.org.uk/TrampolineUK/


A Trampoline project with financial support by Arts Council England

Call: The Spatial Audio Creative Engineering Network seeks to commission surround sound audio art

The Spatial Audio Creative Engineering Network (SpACE-Net) is pleased to
announce a unique collaborative opportunity for composers, sound
artists, and sound designers working anywhere in the audio industry.

In partnership with leading audio company and soundcard designer
Creative, SpACE-Net would like to commission a specific piece of
sound design/sound artwork which has interactive spatial audio
considerations at the core of its composition, design and delivery
process. The piece should have broad aesthetic appeal and should be
able to serve as an advertisement of the creative possibilities
offered by spatial audio (i.e. it should sound good and be novel and
exciting).

The selected partnership/group will be supplied with a Creative Sound
Blaster(r) X-Fi Elite Pro Sound, a set of Creative(r) GigaWorks S750 7.1
loudspeakers and Creative¹s custom Interactive Spatial Audio
Composition Tool (ISACT ) software. The work should be produced,
delivered and presented using this technology, which will be the
artist¹s to keep. In addition SpACE-Net will contribute towards
artist¹s fees and expenses related to the completion of this work.

Full details of the call can be found at www.space-net.org.uk


--
Jude Brereton
Research Assistant
Audio Lab - Dept. of Electronics
University of York
tel. ++ 44 (0)1904 432407

www.space-net.org.uk

Call: Son Par Là seeks audio art submissions

1 SON PAR Là


http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=146#more-146 (map)


CALL FOR SOUND WORK
1 SON PAR Là
Music of today Festival > Carré d'Art - Nîmes - France - December 1st, 2007

This international call for projects is open to all. It is meant to replace extracts of the soundtrack of "Lemming" of Dominik Moll (Harry, a friend who ...) by a new sound creation. Everything is allowed, deepen the sense or the contrary, making new dialogs, parody, do it seriously (or not), creation of a musical arrangement. All types are accepted (Electroacoustic, Electro, Classic, Jazz, dubbing, remix...). Use your imagination, there is no limit!

The best offers will be publicly broadcasted during the "1 SON PAR Là" festival. They also will be sent to the film director Dominik Moll and to Diaphana Production/distribution (producer and distributor of the film).

To participate in this call for projects, you have to send us a mail with your coordinates and your age. We will send you the film extracts, the enrollment sheet as well as our coordinates by mail.

Your sound extracts need to be returned on DVD/CD or DV Digital Cassette, or MP3 marked with your last name, first name and the enrollment sheet correctly filled in.

More information
unsonparla@free.fr
+33(0)9 52 80 03 53
http://www.myspace.com/1sonparla

Call: 3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina seeks submissions

3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina

Sun Oct 7, 2007
(Eastern Time - Montreal)
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=137#more-137 (map)
Calendar: Audio Calls

3rd International Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina
15, 16, 17 November 2007

The International Art Digital Festival will be realized in 2007 in Rosario for the 3rd time since 2003, intending to create a space for the interaction and interchange between students and professionals of digital art, design, video, photography, music and every practice related to experimental practice, such as VJ, DJ, audio-visual productions and live performances from Argentina and abroad.

For the 2007 festival a theme was chosen which is dealing with the protection of the natural environment. Artists are encouraged to submit works related to this subject, however it is not mandatory.

The Festival was founded and is organised by Rattlesnake Multimedia, an independantly working design company run dealing with video works, digital photo, web designs, net art, VJ and and other activities in the field of digital art.

The 1st festival took place in 2003 at CEC - Center for Contemporary Cultural Expressions located in the big store houses of the former harbour of Rosario which will be also the festival location in 2007, and became a big success including more than 600 from Argentina and abroad.

The Festival invites special guests: in 2003 it was ORLAN, the famous French contemporary artist, and the Argentine group around Vera Baxter.
In 2006, the 2nd festival, the special guest were the Canadian experimenatl media artist Nancy Nisbet and German media artist and New Media curator Wilfried Agricola de Cologne from Germany.

An comprehensive festival program included numerous lectures, live performances, installations, exhibitions and screenings of programs of invited festivals like ->"Experimenta" (Colombia), "Festival Chroma 7" (Mexico), "Alucine" (Canada), "Cologne Online Film Festival" (Germany), "Festival Rojo Sangre" (Buenos Aires) y "Havanna Digital Art Festival" (Cuba).

The festival is a cooperation with the Cultural Department of the City of Rosario.

Participation rules

a) Artists from all over the world with no age limit will be able to participate.

b) Registration is free.

c) Works realised by more than one author should be registered just by one group member.

d) Artists can submit to different catagories, but to each category just one work

e) Only works can be submitted which had not been participating already.

f) Only works will be accepted which fulfill the requirement of the respective category

g) the artists/authors of a selected work give the permission to Rattlesnakes Independent Productions to use still and moving images for the promoton of the works and the festival,
whereby all right are kept by the author.

h) Selected material will be not returned and becomes part of the festival archives of
Rattlesnake Productions, but it will be used for cultural prurposes only, commercial use is expressively excluded.

k) The festival organisation takes care for the submitted material the best way possble, but does not take responsibility for any loss or unpredictable damage.

Categories:

There is a free theme in any category; however ,this year the festival propose as optional a theme related to the environmental unconsciousness: the human attitude as an enemy of our habitat, that we believe it can be thought through the art.

1. Digital video

On /off line
Sub categories: fiction, experimental, animation, 2 D, 3D, comic, VJ reels

2 DVDs with the printing of name and category/ PAL no more than 30 minutes.

2. Digital photography
On /off line

A) digital cameras
2 CDs, a copy on paper print of 20*30 cm of each work.

B) cell phone cameras
2 CDs, a copy on maximum resolution paper print.

3. Modified games
On /off line
2 CDs or 2 DVDs

4. Net art

On /off line
Link to the website with no weight limit. 2 CDs or VDs.

5. Interactive CDS

On /off line
Windows XP/pc compatible format. Fla . Swf / Flash 8
2 CD or 2 DVD

6. Installation/ performance
Send project synopsis, pictures, scale models, videos, sizes and every relevant information.

7. E-music

On /off line

DJ demos, musicians, bands, etc. and everything related to E-music.
Neither covers or band covers are accepted.

Awards:

The digital video and digital photography categories are competitive, the selected works in both categories could get the following awards:

♣ Digital video. Award: a digital video camera.
♣ Digital photography (camera) Award: a digital photo camera.
♣ Digital photography (cell phone) Award: a camera cell phone.

The winners will be chosen by a jury and announced on the final day of the festival, 17 November 2007

Registration/submission

On line and off line registration: until October 7th 2007 (deadline/poststamp)

On line register is mandatory for the participation on this contest.

Before October 7th 2007 (deadline for receiving the submission) the registration form should have been already completed and the delivery already done.
The regitration will be confirmed via email.

The registration form has to be completely filled in, the printed form should be sent together with the submitted work
All material sent must be received on a closed and labeled envelope specifying in detail the category in which it is enrolled.

The form can be downloaded from the website

http://www.rattlesnakeproductora.com/eng-form.doc

local participants would be able to hand-in their works from Monday to Friday, from 9 to 12; and from July 7th up to October 7th 2007 to :

Rattlesnake Productions
3rd International Digital Art Festival
Category: (specify)
Dorrego 1394 (up floor)
Rosario (2000) - Santa Fe
Argentina

Sender:

Name, Last Name, Address, Zip Code, Nationality.

Notes:

The poststamp should not be dated later than the entry deadline of 7 October

International participants write on the consigment, please:
"For cultural purposes only! Not for trade! Value = 0 "

The festival does not cover any shipping charges.

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Entry Form
please complete and send it online via email
&
print a copy of the form and add it to each submission

Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Country:
Zip code
Home phone number:
Cell phone number:
Work website:
Work category:
Work name:
Applied technology:
Creation date:
Work synopsis:
E-mail address:
Brief CV/artist biography:
Nationality:
Artist website:

I do accept the participation terms

date
signed by

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Contacts

Rattlesnake Productions
URL: http://www.rattlesnakeproductora.com/
Gabriel Otero: (0341)155-937192

E-mail: oterogabo@hotmail.com

Call: Saskatchewan Arts Board seeks resident musician in Swift Current

Musician in Residence opportunity
Saskatchewan Arts Board

There is an opportunity for a Musician in Residence in the Swift Current Area. The focus of this residency will be professional development of the existing local music talent pool and introducing/developing diverse music genres and experiences.

For more information, go to: http://www.artsboard.sk.ca/News/news_musician%20in%20residence%202007.htm

Call: ArtCast has an open call out for sound art

ArtCast: open call for sound art

folly, a leading digital arts organisation working in Lancashire,
Cumbria and online, is developing ArtCast, an ongoing series of
podcasting programmes at www.folly.co.uk, as a platform for public
access to new and innovative sound art.

Building on the success of OWN [SOUND] ART (2007) at www.folly.co.uk/
soundnetwork, a series of podcasts specially commissioned in
partnership with SoundNetwork, folly intends to deliver a quarterly
series of podcasts exploring the possibilities of the medium, and
will launch the first in this series as part of VELOCITY, folly's
second Festival of Digital Culture:

VELOCITY Festival of Digital Culture - See the Bay differently
12th October - 3rd November 2007

VELOCITY is ground-breaking new arts festival where you can explore
digital art in the sublime context of the coastal rail route between
Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness. Presented in and around train
stations, online and for download at www.folly.co.uk

VELOCITY is folly's second annual Festival of Digital Culture and
builds on the success of the f.city festival held in Lancaster city
centre in 2006 which resulted in over 55,000 people engaging with new
media art practice.

VELOCITY will open up new ways of seeing life around Morecambe Bay,
engaging with the vibrant communities that line the coast and
furthering the role that the arts has in sustaining the spectacular
landscape of the South Lakes and North Lancashire.

VELOCITY... celebrating the role of creative technology in connecting
people to places.

folly is calling for open submissions of existing audio work, from
the broad spectrum of contemporary sound art practice. Submissions
should address themes and subjects broadly relating to the ethos of
VELOCITY, including but not limited to: travel, movement, landscape,
engagement with communities, rural sustainability.

VELOCITY will take place on and around the rail route from Lancaster
to Barrow-in-Furness in the North West of England, so folly is
looking for podcastable content which can be downloaded and
experienced on journeys through and around this area. As part of the
festival, folly is also keen to broadcast selected works via the loud
speaker systems at stations along the rail route.

Submissions are welcome from all artists working with sound,
experimental musicians and composers, writers and performance artists
etc, basically anyone who has created work which they consider to be
suitable for an audio podcast.

folly welcome submissions from international artists

The deadline for submissions is 14th September 2007

Sonic Arts Network, www.sonicartsnetwork.org, will join folly in the
selection of works in late September 2007

Successful submissions will be published as podcasts from 1st October
2007

Please note that there is no fee available for selected works

For more information contact Jennifer Stoddart, folly Programme
Coordinator on jennifer.stoddart@folly.co.uk or +44 (0)1524 388550

How to submit:
Files should be mp3s, no larger than 32MB. Submissions should be
accompanied by a submission form and equal opportunities monitoring
form, obtainable from jennifer.stoddart@folly.co.uk or phone +44 (0)
1524 388550

Please send your submissions by email to jennifer.stoddart@folly.co.uk
Or on CD by post to Jennifer Stoddart, Programme Coordinator
folly, 6.4.4 Alston House
White Cross
Lancaster UK
LA1 4XQ

folly is committed to Equal Opportunities in our employment,
programme and services

Call: ArtCast seeks audio art submissions

ArtCast: open call for sound art folly, a leading digital arts organisation working in Lancashire, Cumbria and online, is developing ArtCast, an ongoing series of podcasting programmes at www.folly.co.uk, as a platform for public access to new and innovative sound art. Building on the success of OWN [SOUND] ART (2007) at www.folly.co.uk/soundnetwork, a series of podcasts specially commissioned in partnership with SoundNetwork, folly intends to deliver a quarterly series of podcasts exploring the possibilities of the medium, and will launch the first in this series as part of VELOCITY, folly's second Festival of Digital Culture: VELOCITY Festival of Digital Culture - See the Bay differently 12th October - 3rd November 2007 VELOCITY is ground-breaking new arts festival where you can explore digital art in the sublime context of the coastal rail route between Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness. Presented in and around train stations, online and for download at www.folly.co.uk VELOCITY is folly's second annual Festival of Digital Culture and builds on the success of the f.city festival held in Lancaster city centre in 2006 which resulted in over 55,000 people engaging with new media art practice. VELOCITY will open up new ways of seeing life around Morecambe Bay, engaging with the vibrant communities that line the coast and furthering the role that the arts has in sustaining the spectacular landscape of the South Lakes and North Lancashire. VELOCITY... celebrating the role of creative technology in connecting people to places. folly is calling for open submissions of existing audio work, from the broad spectrum of contemporary sound art practice. Submissions should address themes and subjects broadly relating to the ethos of VELOCITY, including but not limited to: travel, movement, landscape, engagement with communities, rural sustainability. VELOCITY will take place on and around the rail route from Lancaster to Barrow-in-Furness in the North West of England, so folly is looking for podcastable content which can be downloaded and experienced on journeys through and around this area. As part of the festival, folly is also keen to broadcast selected works via the loud speaker systems at stations along the rail route. Submissions are welcome from all artists working with sound, experimental musicians and composers, writers and performance artists etc, basically anyone who has created work which they consider to be suitable for an audio podcast. folly welcome submissions from international artists The deadline for submissions is 14th September 2007 Sonic Arts Network, www.sonicartsnetwork.org, will join folly in the selection of works in late September 2007 Successful submissions will be published as podcasts from 1st October 2007 Please note that there is no fee available for selected works For more information contact Jennifer Stoddart, folly Programme Coordinator on jennifer.stoddart@folly.co.uk or +44 (0)1524 388550 How to submit: Files should be mp3s, no larger than 32MB. Submissions should be accompanied by a submission form and equal opportunities monitoring form, obtainable from jennifer.stoddart@folly.co.uk or phone +44 (0) 1524 388550 Please send your submissions by email to jennifer.stoddart@folly.co.uk Or on CD by post to Jennifer Stoddart, Programme Coordinator folly, 6.4.4 Alston House White Cross Lancaster UK LA1 4XQ folly is committed to Equal Opportunities in our employment, programme and services

Call: Plac.Art.X [the placard headphone festival]

from http://transition.turbulence.org/networked_music_review/

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Call for Participants: Plac.Art.X [the placard headphone festival → 2007
→ Plac.Art.X]: FOUND SOUNDS - experimental, electronic and acoustic sounds.

On the 18th August Plac.Art.X is taking place at Leerer Beutel in
Regensburg, Germany. This will be a 12 hour festival, starting in the
afternoon at 3 PM (CET) and ending 12 hours later in the night at 3 AM
(CET). Plac.Art.X will be a mix of on location artists and virtual
remote artists. The theme of this placard is “Found Sounds” (including
field recordings), but don’t let that keep you from doing what you want.
If you play the nose flute or the cither - please go ahead! We are now
accepting applications and suggestions. Please email us: miulew at gmail
dot com or just sign up and login here.

Details about audio servers and patches will be sent after confirmation,
so please leave your e-mail address so we can have contact with you. The
Plac.Art.X will happen in in Regensburg as part of the art.xxXtenxion
happenings August 9 -September 2, by the media art group Pomodoro
Bolzano. The mix of local artists and remote artists on the same event
goes very well with the ongoing themes at art.xxXtenxion including other
mixed reality happenings that Pomodoro Bolzano is working with.

Call: NAISA (New Adventures in Sound Art) seeks audio and video submissions

---------- Forwarded message ----------

New Adventures in Sound Art
2007 Call for Submissions on the theme
"A Sonic Portrait"
Categories: Radio Art, Electroacoustic Music, Videomusic and
Installation Art
Deadline: September 30, 2007
New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) invites artists of all ages and
nationalities to submit works on the theme _A Sonic Portrait_ for
consideration in 2008 programming for the annual Deep Wireless, Sound
Travels, and SOUNDplay festivals, produced by New Adventures in Sound
Art in Toronto, Canada. Artists may submit works in one or all of the
following four categories: 1) Radio Art, 2) Electroacoustic Music, 3)
Videomusic and 4) Installation Art (Note: please send separate
submission forms for each entry).

Individual interpretations or variations on the theme are encouraged:
_A Sonic Portrait_ could be a portrait of a person, place or thing
done entirely in sound, an audio journal, a soundscape portrait,
sound mapping, a visualization of a sound and so on.

All submitted works must respond in some way to the theme _A Sonic
Portrait_ in order to be considered for 2008 NAISA programming.

1) Radio Art (for Deep Wireless)

The Radio Art category is for works conceived for radio or that use
radio and other wireless technology in their creation or that plays
with the idea of radio or wireless technology. Works submitted to
this category must be less than 60 minutes in duration. Special
consideration will be given to 1 minute radio art pieces for
broadcast as well as 1 page proposals for collaboration on translocal
broadcast performances.

Pieces will be selected for broadcast within Canada and on several
international radio stations in May 2008 as part of the Deep Wireless
festival of radio and transmission art.

Both Canadian and International radio art submissions will be
considered for inclusion in the following:

-The Deep Wireless 4 radio art compilation CD
-The radio art interventions (1 minute pieces played guerilla-style
on radio stations during the Deep Wireless festival)
-The Radio Art Salon - a listening gallery of radio art works
exhibited for the month of May.

A small number of Canadian artists will be chosen from the
submissions to be part of the Deep Wireless/CBC's Outfront
Commissioning Programme in 2008 with residencies at Charles Street
Video in Toronto.

2) Electroacoustic Music (for Sound Travels)

The Electroacoustic Music category is for multi-channel and stereo
works less than 20 minutes in duration and conceived for concert
performance or presentation in the Sound Travels festival of sound
art on Toronto Island. Preferred formats for performance presentation
include 5.1, octaphonic and 12 channel formats in both acousmatic
(tape), live and mixed formats. Please indicate in the notes the
intended format of presentation and any required instrumentation or
specialized equipment.

3) Videomusic (for SOUNDplay)

The Videomusic category is for works that explore non-narrative
abstraction with equal emphasis on sound and image. Submitted works
will be considered for video screenings with either stereo or multi-
channel playback. Submitted works will also be considered for
screenings in either a performance venue or a small-size gallery
alongside other works selected from this call for submissions.

4) Installation Art (for Deep Wireless, Sound Travels or SOUNDplay)

Installation proposals of previously realized works for site-specific
and gallery installations with no fixed duration will be considered
for presentation as part of Deep Wireless, Sound Travels or
SOUNDplay. Site-specific works can be for indoor or outdoor
locations. Works can use multichannel or single channel playback and
may incorporate any number of media, but must feature original sound
as a primary element. Please attach a list of the necessary equipment
required to mount the installation and which of these items can be
supplied by the artist. Submissions should include audio, video or
audio-video documentation of previously realized versions of the work.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit a completed application form (in digital format if
possible) along with the proposed works on CD or DVD. To download
the submission form please go to opportunities.html#calls>

For multichannel works, please include a stereo reduction for
reference purposes only. For video works, please include a DVD copy
for reference only. Screening masters will be requested later if the
work is to be programmed. For installation works, please attach a
list of required equipment with indications of equipment that can be
supplied by the artist.

Materials not submitted with a self-addressed stamped envelope will
remain in the archives of New Adventures in Sound Art and will not be
returned. Please don't send original copies.

Submissions must be postmarked no later than September 30, 2007 and
mailed to: New Adventures in Sound Art, 401 Richmond Street West
#358, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8.

Nadene Thériault-Copeland
Managing Director
New Adventures in Sound Art

http://www.naisa.ca

Call: ctrl_alt_del festival in Istanbul seeks audio artists

OPEN CALL
for ctrl_alt_del

project-ctrl-alt-del.com/opencall_07.htm
project-ctrl-alt-del.com

In 2007, ctrl_alt_del will be realized by NOMAD in corporation with Istanbul
Technical University ­ MIAM and Kadir Has University. The base of the
project will be Kadir Has University which is located on Golden Horn. This
year ctrl_alt_del will include Opening Concert, Performance Series (live),
Workshops, Panels, Presentations, Open Call, Field Studies/Workshops,
Exhibition, Radio Programmes, Publication and CD release. The theme of
ctrl_alt_del in 2007 will be ³remote orienteering². As the first dedicated
sound art festival in Turkey, ctrl_alt_del enjoyed a great deal of
international publicity in 2003 and 2005. For the third ctrl_alt_del to be
held in September 2007, we are now looking for interesting, provocative,
subversive, experimental and sophisticated works. 5 pieces will be selected
by the jury and will be presented during ctrl_alt_del.

THEME
The practice of ³remote orienteering² suggests generating content and
schematics in our conduct. Equally applicable for radical means of urban
subversion, ³remote orienteering² is the key process which the entries of
ctrl-alt-del should be directed.

The pieces are asked to be compliant with the following subjects in order to
create an intellectual climate of comprehension and discussion:

1. sounds for orientation, or sound as orientation.
2. distant sounds or sound in spatial contexts
3. sound and cultural subversion

SUBMISSION MATERIALS
1. Two audio CD¹s (original and a copy) of only ONE piece is the format of
the submission. Piece will not be more than 4 minutes long. Projects which
rely on specific visual documentation can be submitted on a DVD, but in any
case clip should not be longer than 4 minutes.
2. The name of the participant and the name of the piece(s) should be
written on this CD with a permanent marker.
3. An A4 size page with name, address, e-mail and telephone number of the
participant, and the names of the piece will be submitted.
4. An optional, separate A4 size page with a description, clarification or
reflection could be submitted depending completely on the desire of the
participant. These optional documents will not be used for evaluation, but
they could be used in later stages.

The works should be at the below mailing address before the 29th of June,
2007:
Basak Senova PK 16 Suadiye 34741 Istanbul, Turkey

ANNOUNCEMENT
Selected works and their owners will be announced in August 2007 on the
NOMAD website:
http://www.nomad-tv.net/

All of the submitted material will be kept in NOMAD archive

Call: audio artists wanted for "Noise Miniatures" project

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Noise Miniatures (Calgary)
Deadline: September 2, 2007; Source: Tammy McGrath

The Noise Miniatures miniature noise cdr record label is pleased to announce the launch a new series of
SMALL SONG 3" cdr compilations. Each volume will be dedicated to a single theme (sometimes very
broad, sometimes very specific), and will consist of variations on said theme. The artist is always
encouraged to interpret the theme as they see fit.

Tracks submitted must be no longer than 1 minute and 30 seconds, and no other restrictions apply.
Artists selected for inclusion will receive three (3) copies of the finished product. All copyrights will be
retained by the artists and all editions will not exceed a run of 150 copies.

The theme for small compilation VOLUME 1 is : Calligraphy

Deadline for submissions for volume one is September 2nd. 2007

For more info:

www.noiseminiatures.com
info@noiseminiatures.com

Call: Pantheon Experimental Sonic Art Festival (Nicosia/Cyprus) seeks sound art

Call for entries
Deadline: 31 July 2007

Experimental Sonic Art Festival Nicosia/Cyprus - 28 December 2007
is looking for experimental sonic artworks

WORD: http://www.pantheonxperimental.org/downloads/SonicApllication.doc
PDF: http://www.pantheonxperimental.org/downloads/SonicApllication.pdf

Pantheon Cultural Association Nicosia/Cyprus
http://www.pantheonxperimental.org



Pantheon Cultural Association invites you to Xperimental | Sonic Arts, an experimental music event of improvisation and sound-sculpture

Within the Xperimental program, Pantheon Cultural Association has begun a new effort of experimental creativity through the sonic arts. The aim of this effort is to support the young artists (composers, musicians) in the production but also promotion of their work.

While often supporting experimental artists in Cyprus we observed a developing interest for non-commercial, experimental music scene and considered it necessary to create a foundation for those interested (both artists and publics) under the name Xperimental | Sonic Arts.

While intending to present these new sounds to the public a team of experimental musicians are organized, playing together and introducing themselves to each other’s art. The event Xperimental | Sonic Arts aims to present the experimental music scene live. The artists present their music and the music scene they are involved in. These individuals have been involved with and worked in the music sector since their early youth, emphasizing their need for experimentation in their personal creations.

Considering the creation of a breeding ground for experimental musicians necessary, the Pantheon Cultural Association responded with ‘Sonic Arts’ consisting in the release of CDs compiling the work of musicians, supported by improvisational concerts. The launching of the collection is hosted on one of the grounds of the Pantheon Cultural Association (TRITOS). The CDs compiled by the event are then distributed and followed by an improvisational jam on the premises. The Association intends to promote the CD in Cyprus as well as in other European countries as a record of the local music scene.

Through its cooperation with the networkProject Studio, the Association aims to support the artists taking part in ‘Sonic Arts’, creating the best possible conditions for the live performances as well as providing, to those musicians without the necessary tools, an affordable means for them to record their music in the best possible environment.

Musicians taking part in the project are expected to support their entry with a live performance of some sort at the event, held at the TRITOS venue.