Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2007

To bring media arts into the City, Microwave is introducing “Microwave x Project Canvas” in Festival 2007. “Microwave x Project Canvas” is a pioneering screening programme in collaboration with JM Network, the leading LED display network company in Hong Kong. We are now open calling for submissions. Selected videos will be broadcasted on the outdoor LED screens of JM Network, which are located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok, Causeway Bay, etc., a total of 8 hit local spots with over 200 million audiences per day.

ASPECT Volume 12

ASPECT: The Chronicle of New Media Art, an international biannual dvd publication, is currently accepting submissions of work best documented in a time-based format for Volume 12: Vital. This issue will explore that which is essential, grave, indispensable, and/or critical to existence.

EMPAC 2008 - DANCE MOViES

EMPAC – The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY- announces the 2008 guidelines for the DANCE MOViES Commission. This is an open call for artists, choreographers, dancers, filmmakers based in the Americas working in the genre of dance for the screen.

zemos98, 2008

Rules of participation for international call for works ZEMOS98 10th edition.

Zaragoza 08 - French pavilion

The next International Exhibition will take place in Zaragoza in Spain from 14th June to 14th September on the theme ‘Water and sustainable development’.

CAE: press release October 11, 2007

Buffalo, NY – Today in Federal District Court, Dr. Robert Ferrell, Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, under tremendous pressure, pled guilty to lesser charges rather than facing a prolonged trial for federal charges of “mail fraud” and “wire fraud” in a surreal post-PATRIOT Act legal case that has attracted worldwide attention.

IDEODROME 2007 - press release

IDEODROME 2007 presents seven digital videos by Cypriot artists with the concept “Invisible Spaces”.

Test! 8

The annual student Theatre and Multimedia arts festival TEST takes place again this October. The student organisation “Test – theatre to students” in cooperation with the student Centre in Zagreb created TEST in 2000, the festival is held on the premises of the student Centre. It originally began as a festival of works for Theatre, but by the 5th TEST, Multimedia art was incorporated into the programme. It has shown a number of works by international students, which have enriched the programme. TEST’s goal is to create exchange and interest for students within the region as well as introducing new ideas from international students, with emphasis on the performing arts and Multimedia.

ELO 2008

In conjunction with the ELO 2008 Conference, there will be a juried Media Arts Show, held from Wednesday, May 28-June 2, 2008 at Northbank Artists Gallery in downtown Vancouver, Washington, just a short walk from the conference hotel.

Dreaming a New Real

Loop Sanctuary IV, a recurring art/performance series at The Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer, is accepting entries for a one-night presentation of projected film, video and multimedia works on the subject of dreams and the perception of reality. Accepted entries will be presented on January 11, 2008 at 7:00 pm at the Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer, Troy, NY, USA.

Palestine Film Festival 2008

The 2008 Palestine Film Festival in London will open in April 2008 at London’s Barbican Arts Centre. The festival, the largest of its kind in the world, showcases an engaging selection of feature films, shorts, experimental work, animations, and documentaries of social, cultural and political themes related to Palestine.

Asian Art Biennial 2007 - Have You Eaten Yet?

The question “Have you eaten yet?” is a common salutation among various Asian populations as well as a greeting when initiating conversation, communication, and interaction. In an age of material scarcity, asking someone if they’d eaten was a projection of one’s own state of being and thus conveyed caring and good will, as if saying, “I hope you are not enduring hunger and have had a meal.”

PERFORMA 07

PERFORMA07, the second biennial of new visual art performance, opens on October 27 in New York City, launching a four-week program of performances, exhibitions, screenings, symposia, and live events including ten major PERFORMA Commissions by Carlos Amorales, Sanford Biggers, Nathalie Djurberg, Japanther, Isaac Julien, Daria Martin, Kelly Nipper, Adam Pendleton, Yvonne Rainer, and Francesco Vezzoli. PERFORMA07 features the work of over ninety international artists at more than fifty leading cultural institutions and venues throughout the city, with the participation of more than thirty curators, and is organized under the artistic direction of its founder, RoseLee Goldberg.

Festival d'Angers

The eligible films must have been completed after January 1, 2006 and have the following characteristics…

About the Manifesta 7 curators

he International Foundation Manifesta is delighted to announce the selection of the newly appointed curators of Manifesta 7, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art: Adam Budak (Krakow/Graz), Anselm Franke (Antwerp/Berlin) / Hila Peleg (Berlin) and the members of the Raqs Media Collective (New Delhi). Manifesta 7 will take place in the region of Trentino – Alto Adige / Südtirol, Italy from 19 July to 2 November 2008. The curators were appointed by the IFM board from a shortlist of more than 20 candidates.

Loukia Alavanou wins The DESTE Prize 2007

The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art is delighted to announce that the winner of DESTE Prize 2007 is Loukia Alavanou.

The winner was decided by this year’s Jury, consisting of Dakis Joannou-President, The Deste Foundation, Pawel Althamer (Artist), Laura Hoptman (Curator), New Museum of Contemporary Art, Hans Ulrich Obrist (Co-Director Exhibitions & Programmes and Director of International Projects), Serpentine Gallery and Amanda Sharp (Publishing Director, Frieze Magazine & co-Director, The Frieze Art Fair).

ISEA 2008

We cordially invite submissions to the conference of the International Symposium on Electronic Art 2008 that will be held in Singapore between 25th & 30th July 2008. The conference is held alongside workshops, courses, exhibitions, performances and other in-conjunction events that will be held for the duration of ISEA2008 from 25th July to August 3rd 2008.

Media Arts for the ICA Web Site

The ICA is launching a call for submissions of web-based Media artworks to be shown on the ICA website: submissions are currently open until 24 Oct.

11th international video festival videomedeja

All the works within festival categories produced in last 2 years could be nominated for the competitive selection which is curated by selection committee.

mal au pixel 2008

The Mal au Pixel festival further supports ongoing electronic art practices and research in the field of new media and technology. The festival presents experimental installations, audiovisual performances, practical workshops and public debates.