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Submissions Art Residency/Programming
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artists interested in participating in the International Festival
of Art 2005
>> Call for
submissions: Acoustic Space – MAX Workshop
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>> Questionnaire
du CQAM
>> Line Producer
- IPL/WIDC (work study) CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
>> The IMAGES
FESTIVAL is seeking submissions
Here it is, new from Studio XX, an online review
that is feminist, critical and current, that promotes exchange
and considers issues about both women and technology. .dpi is
socially and artistically committed, allowing unconventional voices
to be heard. We encourage .dpi readers to share their reactions,
visions and contributions helping to make it the lively, plural
and inspiring forum we want it to be. We invite the enticed writers
and art-lit-techno-ladies amongst you to express their interest
in participating by contacting Sarah Brown at info@dpi.studioxxorg
with “I love .dpi” written in the subject line.
For a sneak preview of the first issue, visit http://dpi.studioxx.org
and click on volume 1.
Included in this first issue are: Heard But Unscene, an article
by Anna Friz that examines the chronic under-representation of
women in DJ and laptop culture, interviews by Karen Wong with
recent Meta Femmes Branchées guest Kathryn Smith of South
Africa and by Leila Marshy with Studio XX’s last artist
in residence, Sylvie Chenard. Don’t miss Tech Talk by cyber-columnist
Val Walker and Meduz – Sarah Brown’s special illustration
for this inaugural issue of .dpi
Call
for Submissions
Art Residency/Programming for the Art's Birthday 2005: ART NETWORK,
ARCHITECTURE AND VIRTUAL CITIES
Studio XX is offering artists a unique opportunity
to experiment and create new works in a dynamic, open, and stimulating
environment. In the course of next November, December, and January,
Studio XX will invite an artist to realize an art network project
involving programming at their new laboratory Open Source. This
residency not only falls within the framework of this year’s
annual theme of science fiction (or, the invention of space-time),
but will also be developed with the idea of exhibiting it as part
of the Art's Birthday Art Network event, which finishes on 17
January 2005.
The Western Front Gallery’s worldwide invitation
to twenty centres of art production was inspired by the science
fiction novel The Artificial Kid by Bruce Sterling and proposes
the construction of an imaginary metropolis from a critical point
of view, with special importance being given to acoustic works.
Studio XX is interested in receiving resident project submissions,
which apart from being technically innovative also explore current
feminist issues and contemporary themes and realities relating
to women. XX favours an interdisciplinary approach and welcomes
projects by groups composed of artists collaborating with other
professionals such as programmers. At the heart of this is the
idea of sharing technical expertise and autonomous learning. The
artists will be chosen by the program committee composed of members
of the board of directors, media artists and media art representatives,
as well as the program coordinator.
Studio XX will provide accepted projects with:
- A separate space reserved for the artist and respective instructor
for a period of eight (8) weeks
- 30 hours of technical support (at a value of $750)
- Access to the centre’s equipment (at a rental value of
$2,500)
- Possibility of attending certain group workshops (at a value
of between $200 - $300)
- A financial contribution of $750
The Studio also commits itself to diffusing the
artist’s project on their web site and at a public event.
Deadline for submissions: Friday, 17 September
2004
Residency Dates: next November, December and January
**
On-line application form
->
Should you have any questions, please contact
production@studioxx.org
Call
for Submissions
Performance artists interested in participating in the Art's Birthday
2005
Studio XX would like to express their immediate
interest in receiving proposals for performances that integrate
technology under the theme of the virtual city.
Please contact
programmation@studioxx.org
Call
for submissions:
Acoustic Space – MAX Workshop
Studio XX is looking for audio projects to be developed
within the framework of a professional development workshop aimed
at female media artists.
MAX is a useful if not essential tool for interdisciplinary and
tech artists alike.
The general objective of the training is to give ten female artists
(5 beginners and 5 advanced) the opportunity to develop everything
from the technical language to mastering basic tools by creating
a multimedia project using MAX software.
MAX is an extremely user-friendly programming environment that
enables users to conceive their own computer programmes in order
to carry out specific tasks. Instead of using text language (such
as C++ or BASIC), objects and functions are represented by a graphical
interface.
Patrice Coulombe, instructor and electro acoustic
composer , will systematically teach how to use MAX software,
basic technical notions necessary for understanding sound, as
well as answer questions, on formatting or composition for example,
which may arise as participants use the software. The artists
will have access to free time in the laboratory to develop their
own creations. At the end of the workshop, the artists will be
able to master the necessary tools to fully develop the acoustic
components of their work.
Studio XX will circulate the resulting creations within the framework
of a salon
Femmes br@nchées.
Project Schedule
_ Number of participants: 10 artists. Two groups of five media
artists (web, video or installation): one beginners/intermediate
(based on sound experience) and one intermediate/advanced
group (based on sound experience)
_ Total tuition time: 48 hours per group
_ 12 weeks’ training (4 hours per week) and access to Studio
XX production facilities
Beginnners class
_ Start mid-October 2004 through to December 2004
_ 15 January 2005: Presentation of work at a Femmes Branchees
_ Advanced class
_ Start mid-January 2005 through to March 2004
Media artists interested in this workshop should
send:
_ Name, postal address, telephone number and e-mail
_ CV
_ Detailed project description
_ Example of work
Deadline for receipt of portfolios (beginnners):
24 September 2004
Deadline for receipt of portfolios (advanced): 18 December 2004
Send submissions to:
Deborah Van Slet, workshop coordinator
ateliers@studioxx.org
This workshop has been made possible with the collaboration
of Emploi-Québec.
Cost of workshop: $50
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Detailed description of planned activities
Training syllabus:
Beginners level
Fundamentals of Sound: frequency (Hz), sound intensity
(dB), timbre, resonance spectrum, sound envelope. Harmony and
disharmony, white and pink noise, graphic representation of sound,
wavelengths, sound waves.
Digital Sound:
Digital conversion, bits, sampling rate frequencies. Digital support
and transfer.
Learning MAX
_ Principals of programming
_ Manipulating sound files
_ Sound synthesis (additional, modulation, overlap…)
_ MIDI standard
_ Automation, sensors, controllers.
_ Processing pitch: transposition, detuning, Doppler effect.
_ Processing time: reverberation, delay, stereo simulation, echo,
flange, stretch, feedback
_ Processing timbre: equalization/filtering
Learning format:
Group workshops, free access to the laboratory (equipment), individual
tuition.
Invited artist to present work to participants (advanced group
only).
Advanced level:
At this level, teaching will concentrate on programming-
as well as management-related problems: lists, databases, masters,
pro-sets. Other elements of audio processing, such as FFT, granular
synthesis, pitch tracking, user interface and ergonomics will
also be taught. Personal assistance appropriate to each individual
project will also be provided.
Questionnaire
du CQAM
Le CQAM demande à ses membres et aux artistes
de répondre à un questionnaire
qui a pour but de prouver, chiffres a l'appui, que les centres
d'artistes investissent dans la création des œuvres
réalisées dans leurs centres par le biais de toutes
sortes de programmes ou services - co-prods, bourses, résidences,
tarifs préférentiels (3 jrs pour le coût d'un
seul) etc. et que les artistes arrivent à mieux boucler
leurs budgets de création grâce à ces programmes
offerts par les centres.
Pour défendre le principe du centre d'artiste, pierre d'angle
de la production indépendante en arts médiatiques,
le CQAM a besoin de chiffres. C'est important pour vous, votre
centre et les arts médiatiques.
Téléchargez le questionnaire
: format
rtf (1.14 mo), format
pdf (196 ko)
Vous pouvez le retourner
par courriel : dg@cqam.org;
par télécopieur: 1-514-527-2076
ou par le poste :
3680 Jeanne Mance, bureau 430Montréal (Québec) H2X
2K5
Line Producer
- IPL/WIDC (work study) CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Call for applications for a Line Producer practicum
position that will be devoting part of her/his time to The Women
In the Director's Chair Workshop. The position will be based out
of The Banff Centre, Alberta. For more information about The Banff
Centre and this position please contact Tahira Baulackey (Tahira_baulackey@banffcentre.ca
or 403-762-6624).
WIDC 2005 Director Applications are due September 30,
2004.
Applications and more information are available on our WIDC presenting
partner web sites at: www.creativewomenworkshops.com
Or www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi
Or www.actra.ca
The
IMAGES FESTIVAL is seeking submissions
The 18th edition of the Images Festival will take
place April 7-16, 2005 in Toronto, Canada, and will showcase approximately
200 film, video, performance, installation and new media works
from Canada and around the world.
Submission deadlines are as follows:
FILM & VIDEO: November 5, 2004 (final deadline is
November 19 - higher entry fees apply)
INSTALLATION, NEW MEDIA, PERFORMANCE: September 17, 2004
Full guidelines and entry forms (in .pdf format) can be downloaded
from the SUBMIT page of our website:
http://www.imagesfestival.com/corp_site/main.html
If your computer is unable to download these files, you may request
a text version of these guidelines and forms (please specify whether
you need the FILM & VIDEO or INSTALLATION, NEW MEDIA &
PERFORMANCE forms) from submissions@imagesfestival.com
