SIGGRAPH Asia 2012

The duality of real and virtual existence, seemingly, leans to its virtual side exponentially in this media era. Can an absence from the physical world resonate with the virtual presence, or vice-versa? Through an interdisciplinary perspective, SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Art Gallery: Echo is seeking evidence of digital activities in the physical world and the impact of natural phenomena in cyberspace. Artistic and scientific explorations will “echo” between digital and analogue spaces and fabricate a hybrid model, in which, the duality merges into a uniformed and ubiquitous state.

The European Independent Film Festival 2013

Whether imagined or real, stories are created everyday, and the world is always in need of a good story. Character-driven, plot-driven, or just plain driven, ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival continually searches for the most talented storytellers and cinematic visionaries that make their stories a reality.

Festival international Nouveau Cinema Nouveaux Medias de Montreal 41

The Festival du nouveau cinéma is committed to the exploration and development of new practices in cinema and new media. It is a premiere showcase for original and brand-new works, particularly in the fields of independent cinema and digital creation.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (in Beirut)

Everybody Knows this is Nowehere stemmed from the desire to create a collaborative work by an artist, a curator and a filmmaker. The roles of the collaborators have become intertwined and blurred, making the designations of each somewhat obsolete, where all three turn into the main audience of the work. “Everybody Knows this is Nowhere” is a video piece thought by Ghassan Salhab and probed by Mayssa Fattouh and Nesrine Khodr for the project Through the Roadblocks which invited curators throughout the Mediterranean region to explore issues revolving around cultural production and its movements, in its interweaving and overlapping beyond geographical borders imposed by political mapping.

Milano Film Festival

The feature film competition is open to first and second films of any genre (fiction, documentaries, animation films, experimental works), language, and format. The films must be over 45 minutes and completed after January 1st, 2011.

SCREENGRAB 2012

The 2012 Screengrab New Media Arts Award and associated exhibition is looking for challenging creative works by media arts practitioners working in screen based media to submit works on the theme of CONTROL.

Istanbul Design Biennial 2012 - call

The first edition of the Istanbul Design Biennial will be realized between 13 October-12 December 2012 by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), and will comprise a wide range of events, workshops, conferences and screenings centred around its exhibitions program.

Prospectives '12 International Festival of Digital Art

Prospectives ’12 International Festival of Digital Art highlights the work of graduate and Phd candidates working across all disciplines utilizing experimental digital media in their creative endeavours.

Bound & Inter Alios (in Athens)

OpenShowstudio Space invites you to two parallel exhibitions, Βound, co-curated by Sofia Touboura, Maria Lianou, Nana Sachini and Inter Alios curated by Artemis Potamianou.

AND - open call for moving image

Each year AND makes an open call for moving image submissions for inclusion in the festival programme and this year is no exception. We are seeking feature films, short films and artists moving image, there are no restrictions on genre, style or duration; we welcome narrative, documentary, live action, hybrids and all shades in between.

LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images 2012

The inaugural LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images is a four-day celebration of contemporary artists’ moving image launched by LUX and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. It is the only biennial of its kind dedicated to artists’ moving image in the UK; consisting of screenings, unique expanded cinema events and performance commissions, and a series of talks and panel discussions encompassing a wide-ranging and diverse perspective on contemporary moving image practice.

Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival

The LUFF is dedicated to show and promote innovative films and music that have not access to a wide distribution.It is the only cultural event of its kind in Switzerland.

Split Film Festival 15

Split Film Festival / SPLIT FILM FESTIVAL / International Festival of New Film will take place from 15th to 22nd of September 2012.

All submissions must include a preview dvd as applicable accompanied by the essential documentation. An online entry form should be completed in croatian or english (it could be printed and included with the dvd). There is no entry fee.

PLATFORM3 - call for videos

PLATFORM3 – Spaces for Contemporary Art is an experimental art location in Munich. Since March 2009 it has been offering space for local as well as international exhibitions and discourse projects. It is a production location as well as experimental field for artists, young curators and culture managers. In the summer of 2012 PLATFORM3 is organizing a series of events on the topic of occupying strategies in art. Besides lectures by experts and panel discussions, there will also be a screening on the topic of art in urban space.

BWPWAP - transmediale 2013

Can impossible and unrealistic uses and abuses of technology be translated into new cultural imaginaries? Into networks out of place and out of time? Like BWPWAP!?

VITAL SIGNS

ASCI’s annual, juried, art-sci competition exhibition will be held at the New York Hall of Science, September 1, 2012 – February 3, 2013.

Interactivos?'12 Dublin: Hack the City

Science Gallery (Dublin) and Medialab-Prado (Madrid) are issuing an Open Call for projects to be collaboratively developed and presented during Interactivos?‘12 Dublin: Hack the City. Current and Future Needs International Workshop (Dublin, Ireland, July 11 – 26, 2012), with the participation of advisors and technical assistants.

Vida 14

Over the last decade, in the same formal space, VIDA has been bringing together inter-disciplinary projects that respond to new development in Artificial Live. By means of formal strategies that defy the boundaries between existing practices, these projects offer new ways of reflecting on what we understand by life.

Liberated Words

Submissions are invited for video narratives of 3 minutes or less to be exhibited at The Pound Arts Centre, as part of the MIX Conference at Corsham Court, Bath Spa University, July 16th – 18th, 2012.

Faena Prize

The objective of the Faena Arts Center is to provide a space for the most cutting-edge expressions in contemporary art through a program of exhibitions with a strong interdisciplinary focus.