e-MobiLArt: European Mobile Lab for Interactive Artists
Call for artists and scientists
http:// www.media.uoa.gr/emobilart
Deadline : March 16th 2008
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It is strongly recommended to check the full call online on
the web site of the project.
All inquiries should be done to : emobilart@gmail.com
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European Mobile Lab for Interactive Media Artists
(e-MobiLArt) is a project tailored around the process of
creating collaborative interactive installation artworks.
Such interactive mediated environments may involve the use
of multimodal interfaces, ubiquitous computing and mobile or
locative media technologies.
The e-MobiLArt project aims to provide selected participants
with an ideal context, that will allow them to travel,
collaborate and exhibit their work. During this project,
artists and scientists who are active in creating
interactive media art or pursuing innovative
interdisciplinary research will have the opportunity to:
- create interactive installation artworks
- collaborate with other artists and scientists from
different countries
- get technical support and tuition from experts on using
innovative technologies for creating interactive art
- meet, discuss and collaborate with curators and museum
organizers
- exhibit their work in at least two different European
countries
- document their work in a special issue of Leonardo
Electronic Almanac and the exhibition catalogue
- participate in an international network of artists,
researchers, academics and theorists
Eligibility / requirements:
Artists from all disciplines are encouraged to apply to
e-MobiLArt: interactive installation artists, video artists,
visual artists, net artists, as well as musicians,
choreographers, performance artists and others who wish to
experiment with the use of the interactive technologies.
Individuals with a scientific background and the willingness
to experiment in a collaborative artistic project, as
described above, are also eligible.
Selected participants will attend three (3) workshops.
During (and in between) the workshops, participants will
work in groups in order to develop their projects by:
- Following an open process of artistic creation and
experimentation
- Getting support on technical and theoretical issues
- Complementing each other’s skills within a
interdisciplinary collaborative creative process by
- Enhancing their technical skills through hands-on creative
activity
- Creating artworks that will reflect the process of
intercultural dialogue
- Participating in an on-line network of communication
Dates of the workshops: (precise dates will be announced
till the end of February)
- 1st Workshop: Athens June 2008
- 2nd Workshop: Rovaniemi August 2008
- 3rd Workshops: Vienna February 2009
Exhibitions:
After the workshops, the resulting interactive installation
artworks will be exhibited in at least two museum / gallery
spaces: the State Museum of Contemporary Art in
Thessaloniki, Greece (possibly during the 2009 Biennale) and
the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland.
These exhibitions will take place in autumn 2009.
Deadline for applications: Sunday, March 16^th , 2008.
Project partners and sponsors:
The e-MobiLArt Project is under the support of the CULTURE
2007 Programme of the European Union.
It is co-coordinated by the University of Athens (Greece).
Co-organising partners are: the University of Applied Arts
Vienna (Austria) and the University of Lapland (Finland).
Associate partners are: Leonardo/OLATS (France), Group Haute
Ecole ICHEC Saint Louis (Belgium), State Museum of
Contemporary Art – Thessaloniki (Greece), The Academy of
Fine Arts - Katowice (Poland) and Cycling74 (U.S.A.).
More information and the full application form for
participation can be found at:
URL: http:// www.media.uoa.gr/emobilart
