| Andreas Broeckmann on Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:19:10 +0100 |
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| Syndicate: deadline approaching - Virtual Revolutions - workshop series |
Dear friends,
applications for one of the workshops in the Virtual Revolutions series
which will be held in Sofia, Rotterdam, Tornio/Lapland and Manchester over
the coming six months have to be sent
by this coming Friday, 20 March.
Instructions and contact addresses below.
greetings,
abroeck for the vr-team
VIRTUAL REVOLUTIONS
[vr]
open call for participants
---==> VR IS <==---
- a series of 4 media art workshops with a specific
on-line follow-up process
- delivered at various venues across europe in sofia,
rotterdam, tornio and manchester
---==> VR IS ABOUT <==---
- bringing diverse and international teams of artists/writers
together to work and enjoy each other's experiences at
different times & locations
- producing a cd-rom & an accompanying web-docu-narrative
which are to be presented at isea98 in liverpool &
manchester
- exploring the metaphor of revolution
- getting beyond the former east/west divide of europe
- testing the creative potential of translocality & virtuality
---==> VR IS FOR YOU IF <==---
- you are a media artist/writer who needs critical
discussion, collaborative environments and exposure more
than any instructions, or pre-defined concepts
- you would like to work in an international context and to
challenge your assumptions with other fellow artists in an
open-ended & active way
- you could sustain good working contacts in your vr
teamwork both from an on-line distance and at the workshop
venue in the period between march-october 1998
- you can communicate well in english
---==> VR COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH <==---
- new working & artistic insights
- further development of your existing projects
- partial mobility grants for vr workshops
[to be arranged]
- a set of cd-roms
- artworks copy-rights arrangements
- acknowledgements, credits & publicity
-----====##====-----
HOW TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THE VR WORKSHOPS?
- deadline for applying: friday, march 20, 1998
- no formal application needed
- e-mail your brief vr statement on what you would
like to achieve through participating in vr
[max 200 words] + your cv to [email protected] or
fax it to +0044 [0]151 707 2150 [c/o: illie nedkova]
- your application will be assessed through an open
submission on first come first considered basis by
the end of march 1998
- please indicate which are your first/second/third
choices regarding locations & dates. [see the vr
schedule below]
-----====##====-----
THE VR WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
[1]
######## -----====# [1]vr1/4 #====-----########
#
# profile: electronic arts at the doorstep of the communication
# revolution, aspiring to challenge the skeptic
# vision of artistic teamwork channelled
# through the means of internet remote communication
# + broad media coverage of the communication process
# by tvs, magazines, vr1/4 website, e-mail
# exclusive: availability for virtual communication &
# work from your current area of living in between
# march & october 1998.
#
# capacity: a core group of 6:
# preferably a photographer;
# video operator/director/actor; sound
# master/composer/musician; internet specialist;
# visual artist/graphic designer;
# writer/theoretician/editor
# [vr1/4 is wide open to on-line observers]
#
-----====> vr1/4 seminar@sofia
# time: end of april, 1998 [dates to be fixed by vr1/4 team]
# place: sofia, bg
#
# format: informal get together meeting rather than hard work +
# cultural visits in & around sofia
#
# facilities: to be arranged to meet the demands of vr1/4 team
# organiser: soros center for the arts, sofia
# vr coordinator: javor raitchev [[email protected]]
#
########
[2]
########-----====# [2] vr@v2_ #====-----#######
#
# time: june 29 -july 5, 1998
# place: rotterdam, nl
#
# profile: the doppelgaenger revolution - selves, others,
# avatars and agents in virtual environments;
# experimenting with networked environments as
# sites of agency and of collaboration
#
# format: hands-on brainstorming sessions & workshop,
# treading the line between high & low tech
#
# location: v2_lab, rotterdam
# facilities: pc & mac workstations, digital video & audio,
# network facilities
# capacity: 6 - 8
# organiser: v2_organisatie, rotterdam, nl
# vr coordinator: andreas broeckmann [[email protected]]
########
[3]
########-----====# [3] [email protected] #====-----#######
#
# time: between july 1-30, 1998
# place: tornio, lapland, finland
#
# profile: [email protected] blends in to the social environment of
# about 25 writers and artists who work and enjoy with
# 24 h sunlight and media access. the theme of doppelgaenger,
# your other selves, or fake selves in the media, was
# proposed by polar circuit participants in 1997. this theme
# is now processed simultaneously in rotterdam and lapland.
#
# format: vr sub workshop within polar circuit is an open forum; each
# participant comes with her or his own baggage of themes,
# critical questions, and audiovisual materials. independent work
# and critical dialogue are the key words, and good dinners.
#
# location: tornio polytechnic
# capacity: 6
# facilities: 50 Mac PowerPCs, 12 pentiums, 5 integraph
# workstations, nt server, good net connection,
# 3 avid mcx & 1 avid composer edits, sound edits
#
# organiser: polar circuit association, tornio/rovaniemi, finland
# vr coordinator: tapio makela [[email protected]]
########
[4]
########-----====# [4] vr@revolting_&_isea98 #====-----########
#
# time: august 24 - september 7, 1998
# place: salford, manchester, uk
#
# profile: virtual migration, digital nowhereness/
# translocality & the shift of geopolitical
# centres/peripheries; the impact of digital art &
# criticism dislocated from established art venues
#
# format: both work at media lab at salford university &
# public workspace in manchester as part of the 'fluid'
# residencies of 'revolting'
#
# capacity: 15
# facilities:
# media lab at salford university: workstations: MAC, PC and
# Silicon Graphics; limited sound possibilities, video:
# 1 S-VHS linear edit suite, 3 digital edit suites.
#
# revolting public workspace in manchester: consumer
# electronics for video and audio [incl. DAT, VHS, normal
# tape, DJ deck & mixer, mini-FM transmitters]
#
# organiser: fact, liverpool
# co-organiser: department of arts & design, salford university
# vr coordinator: illie nedkova [[email protected]]
########
-----====> FOR FURTHER VR INFO:<====-----
- please feel free to contact one of the 4 vr
coordinators:
illie nedkova [[email protected]]
at fact, liverpool, england
tapio makela [[email protected]]
at polar circuit, tornio/rovaniemi, finland
javor raitchev [[email protected]]
at sca, sofia, bulgaria
andreas broeckmann [[email protected]]
at v2_, rotterdam, the netherlands
- for further vr cd-rom info please refer to:
clive gillman [[email protected].]
as vr cd-rom master
&
illie nedkova [[email protected]]
as a vr cd-rom editor
- or check the vr website at:
www.fact.co.uk/vr
-----====> VR IS FUNDED BY <====-----
- the internet program of the open society institute, new
york
- european culturual foundation, amsterdam
- is to be supported by various local partner
organisations
- is to be supported by various mobility grants giving
bodies
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