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Artist grant

Deadline: 5 February 2020

The Foundation of Lower Saxony grant at the Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art supports a wide spectrum of media art, from video art and net-based projects to audio works and audio-visual installations.
Each of the three grants will be awarded for the production of a new project in the area of media art.

The grant is valid for a duration of six months (July–December 2020). It cannot be prolonged and residency is compulsory; grant recipients can expect to stay in Oldenburg at least one month.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
- three Grants for Media Art of the Foundation of Lower Saxony (€12,500 each).
- possibility of using one of the guest apartments at the Edith-Russ-Haus

Details:
https://www.edith-russ-haus.de/en/grants/grants/current.html

Art contest

Deadline: 15 March 2020

This is an open call for artists to communicate what they see as the banality of evil in our daily lives. It poses a challenge to communicate that which has never been communicated before and create a platform for groundbreaking ideas to be brought into our collectivity.

Artists the world over are invited to submit.

Only one artwork per entry is accepted.

Winners of each category will be invited to Germany to be a part of the exhibition to receive the art award.

Top 10 artworks in each of the 4 categories will be exhibited at the final exhibition in Berlin, Germany.

Categories:
1. Painting & Drawing
2. Sculpture
3. Photography and Media Art
4. Performance Art

No entry fee

Prizes:
The winner of each category will receive US $2000.

Details:
https://www.boeart.org/

Open call for poets and filmmakers

Deadline: 3 May 2020


Poets, media artists, video artists, and filmmakers are called to submit their work to The 3rd Annual Film and Video Poetry Symposium!

Through the month of July 2020 this festival and symposium will screen a large scope of film and video projects developed through the medium of poetry. The symposium programmers also curate and present a 30-day gallery exhibit in conjunction with the film screenings. There are no restrictions regarding when films or video work are produced or if the work has premiered regionally or internationally. There are also no running time restrictions.

The Film and Video Poetry Symposium is accepting digital-poetry, poetry video, Cin(E)-Poetry, spoken word films, videopoema, choreopoems, visual poetry, poetry films, filmpoems, poetronica, and media poetry.

The Film and Video Poetry Symposium also encourages experimental film and video work that explores language and/or literature whether it be oral, written, visual, or symbolic. This includes the essay film or cinematic essay, non-narrative work, and the avant-guard. We strongly consider work that challenges traditional and current visual communication methods while continuing to function as a mode for experimenting with narrative and personal expression.

Performance material, virtual reality projects, video mapping, installation proposals, and video art presentations that hybrid text or contain strong aspects of poetry are encouraged.

entry fee:
20 USD


Details:
https://www.fvpsociety.com/2020-film-and-video-poetry-symposium

Art residency 2020

Deadline: 1 November 2019

3 types of residency

Artist In Residence Program
The Signal Culture Artist in Residence program offers time, space and studio access for artists in the field of experimental media art. The Artist Studio features a wide range of media tools, both new and old, for use in a real time audio/video/data processing system. Our philosophy is to create a space for experimentation and for artists to develop a dialogue with the range of tools available. As such, we do not expect artists to create finished works, rather we encourage our residents to spend time exploring conceptual and material practices. We do not accept undergraduate students or masters degree candidates.

Researcher In Residence Program
The Signal Culture Researcher in Residence program offers time, space and studio access for researchers in the field of experimental media art. Eligible applicants can be art historians, curators, critics, archivists, preservationists, writers who want to know more about media practices or artists who are spending time learning more about material or theoretical concerns surrounding media. This program also has access to the Toolmaker equipment, including a wide variety of electronic components, media devices, cameras and other items of interest.

In addition to time and space to conduct research, Signal Culture is building both online and on-site research centers to provide our residents with a variety of digital and printed materials. We provide free WiFi and computer access if you do not bring your own. We do not accept undergraduate students or Masters degree candidates.

Toolmaker in Residence Program

The Signal Culture Toolmaker in Residence program offers time, space and studio access for toolmakers in the field of experimental media art.

What is a toolmaker?

Eligible toolmaker applicants can include, but are not limited to hackers, circuit benders, software developers, engineers, and audio or visual instrument builders.

In addition, if you are an artist who is looking to figure out an interactive interface, design an installation environment, build a system of sensors or learn to program a specific piece of software for use in your art and you do not have a reason to use the artist in residence studio system, this is a good program for you.

The toolmaker studio offers access to a variety of spare parts, electronic components, IC’s, soldering equipment, Raspberry Pi computers, Arduino and Making Things boards, sensors, etc. There can be access to both Mac & PC computers available, but it is suggested that you contact us with specific questions if you require specialized equipment. We do not accept undergraduate students or Masters degree candidates.

Entry fee
There is no fee for the residency, but you are responsible for your own transportation, food, and for all your expenses

Residency offers:
- studios
– Shared kitchen, common area, dining room and deck
– A private bedroom and work space
– Private bathroom for researcher/toolmaker residents, shared bathroom for artist residencies
– Shared fridge, pantry, kitchen appliances & dishes
– Shared library of printed, digital and time based media
– Easy access to shopping and events in Owego

Details:
http://www.signalculture.org/residency.html#.XagtyeYzY_4

Art residency in Ukraine 

Deadline: 17 July 2019

Dream Projects with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation announces an  International Artist Residency Open Call within the framework of the SOUND iD Project, dedicated to the audiovisual heritage of Volodymyr Perzhylo – an audio missionare, ethnographer and folklorist, who devoted himself to the research and preservation of national traditions on the territory of modern Ukraine and beyond.



Between 1970-1990 he carried out several ethno-expeditions, from Lemkivshchyna to Slobozhanshchyna, to create for future generations an archive with unique examples of public history – audio and video recordings of meetings with representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora, separated with the borders and scattered around the world.

The SOUND iD Project is aimed to unite the efforts of media artists and researchers in various humanities to find new ways of presenting Volodymyr Perzhilo's ethnographic heritage through contemporary art.

We invite artists, researchers, thinkers and practitioners of all related disciplines to come to Ukraine to work at the intersection of interactive new media art and heritage.

We are looking for applications from Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine.

​Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Organizers provide:
- International travel costs (plane/train roundtrip in economic class)
- Travel insurance
- Transfer
- Accommodation in general rooms at CREATIVE RESIDENCE MC6 (Slavske)
- Meals
- Mobile and internet connection
- Basic technical equipment (discussed previously)
- Work space
- Mentoring and curatorial support
- Visibility of the artist in the communication channels of SOUND iD Project
- Promotion the art work produced in the framework of the residency through special presentations in Ukraine and abroad


No entry fee

Details:
https://soundid.wixsite.com/project