Call: 7a*11d International Performance Art Festival

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 7a*11d International Performance Art Festival
Date: Submissions due January 15, 2008; Source: 7a*11d Collective

This is the call for submissions for 7a*11d's 7th International Festival of Performance Art in 11 years, taking place in Toronto from October 22 ñ November 2, 2008. Organized by an unincorporated non-profit group of artists, 7a*11d presents a series of performance art events and artist projects in a festival setting. Our purpose is to offer a professional showcase for new and progressive performance
art works. Artist organizers will select emerging and established artists of the highest quality from around the world that showcase the breadth and depth of performance art as a genre. We pay artist fees and try to subsidize travel, but please note that our budget is limited and not adequate to support troupes or companies.

PLUS:
D2D Direct to Documentation: A video program of performance documentation. Can't come to the Festival? We still want to see your work! Send us an edited tape [five minutes or less on NTSCVHS, Hi-8,
mini-DV, CD or DVD] of your performance documentation or performance for camera. (No PAL or SECAM tapes, please!) Selected tapes will be curated into a screening program. Artist fees will be paid
for those selected for screening.

For pdf and html versions of the full application, see http://www.7a-11d.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: Interaccess seeks media artists for their new "beta" programme

A Strategic Plan for Increased Involvement at InterAccess:


be bold. be beautiful. be in beta.

InterAccess introduces beta, and its first call "BETA in beta:
unseen, unshown, & untested" an exhibition to be held the weekend of
July 4-7, 2007.

Deadline: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 5pm

InterAccess is proud to announce beta, a new exhibition programme
dedicated to membership production and exhibition.

beta is a pilot project that showcases member activity and work and
strengthens the connection between the production and exhibition of
new media art at InterAccess. beta fosters a sense of community and
encourages the growth of our members by providing a forum for
expression and experimentation.

Studio members are invited to submit applications of new work, or
work that is still in progress.

All submissions must include:
- A proposal of up to 750 words detailing your ideas and research
- A list of artworks, equipment, materials and other resources to be
supplied by the artist, including a list of technical requirements
directly related to the presentation
- Your CV
- You may submit up to 10 images or 2 CDs or DVDs (NTSC), and 1 URL address
- A detailed list of all support materials included

Send submissions to:
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
9 Ossington Avenue Toronto, ON, M6J 2Y8 Canada
RE: BETA In beta

All submissions will be reviewed by a jury composed of InterAccess
staff and members. Applicants will be contacted by Friday, June 15,
2007. Please include a self-addressed, sufficiently stamped envelope
if you want your work returned.

Questions? Please email beta at: beta@interaccess.org or call Dorian,
or Jennifer at (416) 599-7206.


Wanna be beta? Then become a member at InterAccess!

We have many opportunities for different levels of participation at
InterAccess. For individuals, the highest is our Studio Membership,
which gives access to programs such as beta. To take yourself to the
next level, please check our website (www.interaccess.org) for more
details.

Once you're a member, get access to the gear, or space you need to
make your (beta) dreams come true!

As a centre for the production of new media art, InterAccess offers
equipment and facility rentals at a discounted rate for Studio
Members. For a complete list of available equipment, please go to:
http://interaccess.org/studio/equipment.php . For more information on
facilities rentals, please go to: www.interaccess.org .

beta test THIS! (seriously, become a member, make stuff, apply to beta.)




InterAccess Hours of operation:
Wednesday 12- 5pm
Thursday 12- 5pm
Friday 12- 5pm
Saturday 12- 5pm (during exhibitions only)
Phone: (416) 599-7206
Fax: (416) 599-7015
www.interaccess.org

InterAccess is a non-profit artist run center that enables artists
and the general public to explore the intersections of art and
technology. Both a gallery and production facility InterAccess is
devoted to the conception, construction, exhibition and discussion of
electronic media art.

Call: ((AUDIENCE07)) - an immersive sound art biennial - New Delhi, India - seeks sound art

Call for entries
Deadline: 1 June 2007

((AUDIENCE07)) - an immersive sound art biennial
New Delhi, India

AUDIENCE07 will be an international exhibition of cinematic sound art.
The festival will be presented in a darkened movie hall in New Delhi, India, in October 2007. A New York preview is scheduled for September. (Venues TBC)

We are now accepting submissions for audio art compositions with an emphasis on narrative, temporal and spatial experimentation. We are especially interested in artists that treat cinema as a distinct form for the organization of time. Accepted formats include:

DVD (Quad, 5.1, 7.1)
CD (Stereo)
¼” inch tape (Quad)

Submissions will not be returned. Stereo samples of larger works are welcome, but final works must be provided in a standard surround sound cinema format.

Submissions for 2007 are due by June 1st, 2007. Late submissions will be kept for consideration in future AUDIENCE events.

Submissions should be mailed to:
Nadalex
39 Avenue A – Box 103
New York, NY 10009
ATTN: Audience

For further guidelines, submission information, and updates please visit audience.nadalex.net.

AUDIENCE07
Curators: Alexis Bhagat, Dylan Gauthier and Lauren Rosati
Produced in cooperation with Pooja Sood and Khoj International Artists Association, New Delhi.

Call: Biore offeres $20 000 to emerging female artist

From Blog "Art Fag City"

http://www.artfagcity.com/2007/03/30/biore-announces-20000-grant-to-go-to-top-female-emerging-artist/

"I suppose you’ll just have to get past the fact that Biore titles
their new grant program for women artists the “Uncover Discover
Program“, as they’re offering $20,000 and a trip to New York to the
winners in each category film, fashion, music, and art. According to
the entrance requirements, artists can not be represented by a major
gallery in a top five U.S. market, (so for example, those who show in
New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and LA at a major gallery do
not qualify,) and must make wall mountable work in the mediums of
photography, painting or mixed-media. This unfortunately eliminates
sculptors and most new media artists, a common problem for those
working in the field. For the rest of you wishing to apply, I
encourage it, but note two potential caveats. One, I spoke to their
publicist and asked them who was on their review panel, and was told
it wouldn’t be confirmed until after the submissions had been
received. This doesn’t make much sense to me since most artists want
to know who will be looking at their work prior to applying. It
indicates the level of seriousness of the competition, and helps
applicants put together submissions. Two, upon entering, artists must
agree to give Biore the right to cut, edit, and reformat their work.
I suspect this clause was meant to be applied to those entering the
film category, but I can’t help but be wary of anyone who wants to
edit a painting for the purposes of presentation.

With that said, the competition looks like a great opportunity for
emerging female artists. $20,000 can really make a lot of difference,
particularly early on in a career, so my advice is to apply."

More info about the contest:
http://www.bioregenart.com/

Call: University of Regina's soundscape conference seeks participants

We are pleased to announce a SSHRC-funded Summer Institute and Conference, to be held from June 9-22, 2007 at the University of Regina. Hosted by Dr. Pauline Minevich (Department of Music) and Prof. Charles Fox (Department of Media Production & Studies), these creative and theoretical forums will provide a unique opportunity for students, artists, musicians, composers, and researchers to participate in an intensive programme devoted to soundscape art forms.

The formal and informal venues of ais2 will take place in an atmosphere of collegiality and discourse between artists and academics. Theorists will directly experience creative practices and artists will have an opportunity to display and validate their current developments amongst peers.


The Creative Forum

Building on the success of the Summer Institute held at the University of Regina in July 2004, The Art of Immersive Soundscapes 2 will attract Canada's leading artists and academics to contemplate, compose and create immersive soundscapes. The opportunity for presentation of complex three dimensional soundscapes will be given the best of possible venues, through high quality presentation facilities, engaged inquiry and enthusiastic, receptive audiences: artwork that is on the leading edge of technology and artistic expression.


The Creative Forum's program is diverse, including:

Master Classes For the advanced student or practitioner: be exposed to new methods and theories.
Audio Basics For those new to audio art: become grounded in audio and composition practices through classes presented by leading artists.
Collaborative exploration State-of-the art multichannel audio studio facilities will enable a creative setting for the creation and presentation of new, challenging methods, ideas and artworks.
Presentations Nightly artist talks and presentations of audio compositions, plus an off-site visit to a special prairie setting.

The nine Artists-in-Residence for ais2 are among Canada's most innovative composers, acoustic designers and audio artists:

Darren Copeland (Toronto): Independent audio artist and Director of New Adventures in Sound Art, Toronto.
Dr. Christos Hatzis (University of Toronto): Distinguished multi-award-winning composer, whose music utilizes multimedia and sound art.
Stephen Heimbecker (Montreal): independent audio artist, with exhibited installations in Europe and North America.
Wade McGregor (North Vancouver): Senior consultant, MC Squared Systems Design Group, specializing in acoustic design; has published over 250 technical papers, awarded patent for design of modular microphone (with Charles Fox).
Ellen Moffat (Saskatoon): Independent audio artist, with sound installation presentations across Canada.
Gordon Monahan (Berlin): Independent audio artist, with exhibitions and performances across Europe and North America.
Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University): Internationally celebrated pioneer and teacher in audio art, technology, and electroacoustic composition.
Dr. Ellen Waterman (University of Guelph): Creative sound artist, music performer and improviser.
Hildegard Westerkamp (Vancouver), Independent audio artist, former faculty member at Simon Fraser University, with exhibitions world-wide.


The Conference

"IAS2 Intersections: Soundscapes and Music; Soundscapes and Identity "
An International Conference held at the University of Regina, June 20-22, 2007

Dr. Pauline Minevich (University of Regina) and Dr. Ellen Waterman (University of Guelph), co-chairs.

Keynote speakers will be the distinguished Canadian audio artists and composers Dr. Christos Hatzis (University of Toronto) and Prof. Barry Truax (Simon Fraser University).

Call for Papers
Proposals are invited for papers, performances, and presentations that address aspects of relationships between different kinds of soundscapes, musics, and concepts of identity. Topics may encompass identity in personal, national, political contexts; musics ranging from traditional acoustic to electronic and computer-generated; and varieties of soundscapes, from environmental to electronic. Multi-media presentations are welcome. Papers/presentations are limited to 20 minutes in length. We are currently pursuing opportunities for publication of the proceedings.

Abstracts should be 250-500 words long and can be submitted by e-mail, by April 15, 2007, to the address listed below. The abstract should be included in the body of the e-mail, as should the author's name, telephone number, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation. Identifying information will be removed before evaluation by the program committee. E-mail notifications will be sent by May 1, 2007.

Contact Address: Dr. Pauline Minevich
Pauline.Minevich@uregina.ca
Department of Music
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4S 0A2 Canada
Tel.+ (306) 585-5525
Fax: +(306) 585-5549


ais2 Registration - visit http://uregina.ca/soundscape

Creative Forum: Two weeks enrollment, including master Classes, is limited to 25 participants. The fee for the two-week workshop is $300 regular, $200 students; includes the Conference fee.

Audio Basics: One-week (five two-hour classes) - $100 reg., $50 students.

Conference: $100 regular, $50 students.

All amounts in Canadian dollars

Low-cost accommodation is available on-campus in student residences.
Some financial assistance will be made available for students; please inquire.

For more information please contact:
Creative Forum: Prof. Charles Fox
charlie.fox@uregina.ca

Conference: Dr. Pauline Minevich
pauline.minevich@uregina.ca


ais2 website http://uregina.ca/soundscape

Please note: the website will be updated with current Creative Forum and Conference information beginning March 15, 2007

Call: Ottawa Community Project Funding Available

Applications for 2007 Community Project Funding and

Crime Prevention Ottawa Project Funding now available

Ottawa - Non-profit community organizations in Ottawa are invited to
submit applications for new projects that address Community Project
Funding Priorities & Community Initiatives in Crime Prevention.

Community Project Funding is available for projects that promote:

· Participation in community activities for families with
children
· Healthy development of children & physical activity for
all ages
· Access to literacy programs & participation of seniors in
community life
· ** Participation of low-income families in cultural
programs **
· Safe behaviour and injury prevention
· Neighbourhood-based social programming and planning
· Finding and maintaining employment for low-income
individuals and families and
· Conditions of equality, regardless of differences

Crime Prevention Ottawa Funding is available for projects that:

· Contribute to the actualization of Crime Prevention
Ottawa's strategic plan (available at Ottawa.ca) and
· Target specific crime issues or specific neighbourhoods
and
· Address risk factors associated with crime (e.g. family
conflict or violence, school drop-out, youth-at-risk, addictions,
social or economic exclusion) and

· Are designed based on research and effective practices

Program Guidelines and Applications for 2007 Community Project Funding
and Crime Prevention Ottawa Project Funding are available at municipal
Client Service Centres and online at: ottawa.ca/funding

Applications must be postmarked or received by 4 p.m. Friday, April 20,
2007.
Information Sessions are scheduled across the city:

Central / East (French) East (French)
Monday, March 26, 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

South (English) West (English)
Wednesday, March 28, 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 30, 10 a.m. - noon

For session locations and to reserve a seat, please RSVP by e-mail:
Melanie.gleason@ottawa.ca or by leaving a message at: 580-2424 ext.
25688. If you require special needs accommodation, please advise upon
registration.

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For more information:
Media contact
613-580-2450

Public inquiries
3-1-1

Call: Cube Gallery seeks 2007 submissions

Submission call out for Cube Gallery Fall 2007

The following group shows will make up the fall season at the Cube
Gallery in Ottawa. Shows will feature 2 - 7 wall-based artists and 1 -
2 sculptural artists for each show (any genre: representational or non,
figurative or photo-based). The wall based artists will have aprox.
30X12 ft. spaces to work with. The floor space for sculpture is aprox.
1600 sq ft. See the
floor plan at the link:
http://cubegallery.ca/Main%20Pages/submissions.html

Proposals for inclusion will preferably be in the form of links to html
sites. However, small .jpgs, CD's and slides will also be considered.
You are welcome to submit for more than one show. The dates are draft
only, they may be changed.

cube gallery, 7 Hamilton N. Ottawa, K1Y 1B4, 613 728 1750,
www.cubegallery.ca , info@donmonet.ca

The Deadline for submissions is Saturday June 2, 2007

Call: Open Space seeks submissions

At Open Space we strive to provide an arena where artistic meanings aren’t fixed or absolute, and where exhibitions, performances and individual works of art encourage reaction, dialogue and debate. The interaction and cross-pollination that occurs between visual art, performance, new music, new media, literature and contemporary thought continues to be a primary focus of our programming. This is the mandate which defines Open Space.

Programming Advisory Committee

Programming is set by the Director and Curator in consultation with the Programming Advisory Committee members.

The Programming Advisory Committee (PAC) is composed of Open Space members. The PAC provides the conceptual direction for decisions regarding proposals and solicitations from specific artists, performers, curators and musicians. Once a proposal is approved, the commitee works with staff and the Director to arrange resources and publicity for the production of the event. Accepted proposals are supported by an exhibition monograph or catalogue, and extensive publicity.

Programs and Submission Deadlines

Open Space presents solo and group exhibitions produced in-house or through independent curatorials, performance based art, readings, concerts and multi-disciplinary events.

Programming opportunities beyond curated exhibitions include:

* PERFORMATIVE presents individual works and thematic series of performance-based works;
* COLLABORATORY combines an exploratory research sensibility (i.e. laboratory) and collaborative efforts, to open new territories for artists and their relationship with their peers and audience;
* ROVING PROJECTS presentations act as a counterpoint to exhibitions and scheduled performances. Uually Roving Projects are usually short in duration (one week), experimental, multi-disciplinary works situated inside and outside the main gallery.
* MONDAY NIGHTS@OPEN SPACE as a monthly event of performative based activities that subvert the traditional notion of art production. MONDAY NIGHTS encourages a range of projects that include: performances, new music, workshops, artist talks and meetings, small installations and site-related work where activity takes place outside conventional art domains.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions from artists and curators for exhibitions are accepted on an ongoing basis.

For all submissions, include the following:

* a one page description of your exhibition, project or proposal,
* a recent curriculum vitae,
* slides, VHS (NTSC) format videotapes, CDs or other appropriate documentation of your work,
* a list of any special equipment required (see our equipment list and floorplans), and
* sufficient postage for the return of your submission.

Mail or courier your proposal to:

Programming
Open Space
510 Fort Street, 2nd Floor
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
V8W 1E6

Open Space does not accept submissions by email or fax.

CARFAC fees

Open Space pays artist fees for all exhibitions, performances and other presentations. In all cases, these fees are equal to or above the minimum copyright fees as recommended by CARFAC (Canadian Artist's Representation). Open Space also pays one-way shipping for artworks, covers the cost of in-house production of an exhibition monograph, digital photo documentation and appropriate publicity.

Call:Antimatter Underground Film Festival

Antimatter Underground Film Festival


Sept 21-29, 2007 Victoria, BC, Canada


Entry Deadline: April 15/07 (early); May 31/07 (final).

Tenth annual international festival seeks imaginative, volatile,
entertaining and critical films and videos. Dedicated to the
exhibition and nurturing of film and video as art, Antimatter is the
premier showcase of experimental cinema in the west, encompassing
screenings, installations, performances and hybrid media experiments.


Criteria: Independent productions, completed after Jan 1/05. Any style
or genre. Max 30 mins.
Formats: 16mm, Super 8, MiniDV, DVD, VHS.
Preview on DVD (NTSC/PAL) or VHS (NTSC/PAL).
Entry Fees: $10 (early); $20 (final).

Also accepting proposals for expanded cinema and media-based performance.

Contact: Antimatter, 636 Yates Street, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 1L3
250 385 3327; info@antimatter.ws; www.antimatter.ws


Complete entry form is attached as a pdf file. Also available on our
website at http://www.antimatter.ws --


Antimatter Underground Film Festival
636 Yates Street, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 1L3
(250) 385-3327 info@antimatter.ws
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Call: 11th Annual MadCat Women’s International Film Festival

11th Annual MadCat Women’s International Film Festival
The 11th Annual MadCat Women’s International Film Festival is seeking
submissions! Please spread the word. MadCat seeks films directed or
co-directed by women that are produced ANY year. MadCat accepts ALL GENRES –
experimental, documentary, animated, narrative, hybrid, etc. The Festival
favors work that pushes the genre and expands notions of visual
storytelling.

DEADLINES: March 23, 2007 (early), May 21, 2007 (late)

Info: www.madcatfilmfestival.org

Call: AXENÉO7 seeks artist submissions

Call: ALAXENÉO7 / Call for submissions
AXENÉO7 welcomes proposals in all media from artists and curators for its
2007-2008 programming. The AXENÉO7 has three large exhibition spaces, one
of which has a fully windowed facade facing the street. Proposals may
specify the preferred use of all three spaces, two spaces or only one. The
empty areas between galleries 1 and 2 and between the Salle Jean-Pierre
Latour Room and the offices allow access to projectors or other equipment
that can be hidden behind those walls. AXENÉO7 pays artist’s fees that meet
and/or exceed the RAAV and CARFAC rates. Exhibitions receive professional
technical support and are promoted through the printing and national
distribution of invitations and press releases. As well, a bilingual
booklet including images from the exhibition and a short critical text by an
invited author is produced for each exhibition. This publication is widely
distributed.

DEADLINE: March 30, 2007

Info: www.axeneo7.qc.ca/axefrmencours.htm

Call: Struts Gallery and Faucet Media Arts Centre seeks Mail Art

Subject: Sackville: Call for Submissions

call for submissions:
let the border, if any, be simple

Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Center will host a 10th annual Mail
Art
exhibition: let the border, if any, be simple in conjunction with
their 25th anniversary

The exhibition will take place between March 30th to April
28th.

All works submitted during that time will be exhibited.

The only restrictions are those placed on or by our postal system.

Our address is
Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre
7 Lorne Street
Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 3Z6

The exhibition will be organized by Lianne Zannier
For further information do not hesitate to contact us at the above
address or at lianne@strutsgallery.ca

Call: SIMULTAN03 festival seeks video and new media submissions

Subject: Call for Video Submissions - SIMULTAN03 | video and new media
art festival
Reply-To: artlist@lists.artengine.ca


SIMULTAN is an annual festival for video and new media art, which takes
place in May, in Timisoara, Romania.

Simultan is a platform for the development of audio-video concepts,
wishing to support and promote the new movements and trends in
contemporary culture, like the digital media, the video art and the
experiment in sound and electronic music.

Simultan03 exploits the idea of audio-visual and socio-cultural
Interference, the way in which technology and society give rise to new
forms of artistic expression by using the new media.

TERMS OF ENTRY
____________________________________________________________
SIMULTAN03 is open for submissions of innovative works which use
technology in a creative, ingenious way or are based on a peculiar,
unusual story.
The video section is open to all video artists and not only, who can
apply
with narratives, documentaries, animations, vj-ing movies and
experimental
motion graphics.

Those interested may apply with a maximum number of 2 video works, each
having a duration which must not exceed 5 minutes.

TECHNICAL DETAILS
_________________________________________________________
- 5 blank seconds must be recorded before the video.
- works must be sent in 720x576 Quicktime or avi format, with
dv-pal compression and 48kh sound, on CD/DVD (data) or mini DV tape.

APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION
________________________________________________
Works will be submitted by mail, together with:
- the filled in and printed application form (.doc or .pdf) - a separate
copy for each work.
The application form can be downloaded from:
http://www.simultan.org/en/2007/callforentry.htm
- 3-4 still images from each video, in jpg format, 720x576 pixels
dimension
- a CV and a photo of the artist

Please submit the material to the following address:
Asociatia Simultan - OP.1 - CP.571, Timisoara, Romania

The application form in Word format must also be sent by e-mail to:
application(at)simultan.org

The deadline for the submission of works and applications is April 10th,
2007 (postmark).

JURY
______________________________________________________________________
All works will be watched and selected by a jury. Only those accepted
will
become part of the screening programme. The decision of the jury is
final.
Members of the jury: Alexandru Patatics - media artist, Daniel Gontz -
media artist, Sorin Vreme - visual artist

DOCUMENTATION
_____________________________________________________________
After the event, a DVD/catalogue will be published and a documentation
will also be available on our website.
Each of the admitted participants will receive a DVD/catalogue by the
end
of 2007.

MENTIONS
__________________________________________________________________
- the organisers reserve the right to use the works in other
presentations
with the aim of promoting the Simultan Festival, but not for commercial
purposes.
- submitted works will not be returned, but stored in the Simultan
Association archive.
- the organisers reserve the right to make changes in the program.
- no entry fee!

For additional information please contact: Levente Kozma,
email: simultan(at)simultan.org, tel: +40-740.300.806, www.simultan.org

Call: Balcone Art Society seeks annual submissions

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Balcone Art Society

bal.co.ny

Pronunciation: ‘bal-ko-nE
Function: noun
One: a platform that projects from the wall of a building and is
enclosed by a railing
Two: an interior projecting gallery in a public building (as a theatre)
Etymology: origin of Old Italian word BALCONE, meaning large window


Balcone is a newly incorporated non-profit society for contemporary
art based out of Vancouver. Emerging Canadian artists working in any
medium and pursuing their practice on a professional basis are
invited to answer Balcone’s first annual call for submissions.

Our vision is to create a unique context - outside of traditional
frameworks - for the practice, curation, and exhibition of
contemporary art in Vancouver and beyond.

Our mission is to support and promote emerging Canadian artists by
focusing on curation, exhibition, research, criticism, and the
development of a professional practice. By programming a spectrum of
events which challenge conventional exhibition frameworks, we aim to
facilitate an engagement between contemporary artists and a diverse
audience - local and national - and secure a more prominent place for
art in the everyday. Twelve emerging artists will be accepted
annually to actively participate in Balcone programming in Vancouver.
An emphasis will be placed on the development of a meaningful
professional practice by exploring models of collaboration, through a
system of mentoring, and exhibitions of work in alternative spaces.

Twelve artists will be selected by Balcone's directors to participate
and collaborate in our first year of programming. Accepted artists
will have a hosted profile and portfolio on Balcone's website, will
participate in a series of workshops and plenary sessions with the
aim of accelerating professional development, and will be available
for a group exhibition of new work from Balcone artists in Vancouver
during September 2007. By mentoring, promoting and publishing these
artists and their works, Balcone’s directors aim to provide new
territory for the support and development of emerging artists in Canada.

To be considered for inclusion in our 2007-2008 programs please
submit the following information via email to submissions@balcone.org
with the subject line reading “2007-08”:

- curriculum vitae, recent, including full contact information and
weblinks to show archives, if applicable.
- artist statement, 500 words.
- 10–12 examples of work with descriptions, including title, date,
medium. We prefer weblinks pointing to the artist’s own hosted
portfolio, though where this is not possible we shall accept
attachments of low-resolution JPEG’s, Quicktime movies or AIFF’s to a
total of fifteen megabytes per applicant.

Full time students are not eligible. Only email submissions will be
accepted.

The deadline is May 1st, 2007, at 5:00 pm PST.

For more information, please visit our website at: www.balcone.org