[artinfo] transmediale.03 - play global! - Call for proposals
Adele Eisenstein
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Subject: [spectre] transmediale.03 - play global! - Call for proposals
transmediale.03
international media art festival berlin
1 - 5 February 2003
Call for Entries
Entry form: PDF download from http://www.transmediale.de
Deadline: 8 September 2002
transmediale
Klosterstra=DFe 68-70 \ 10179 Berlin \ Germany
Fon ++49 (0) 30 / 24 72 19 07
Fax ++49 (0) 30 / 24 72 19 09
info@transmediale.de \ www.transmediale.de
transmediale is a festival for art and the creative usage of digital media.
The festival shows new and significant projects of digital culture and
offer reflections about the role of digital technologies in contemporary
society. It is a forum of communication for artists, media workers and a
broad public interested in the arts.
transmediale award
Prizes worth EUR 5,000 will be awarded in each of the three categories
Interaction, Image and Software. The transmediale.03 invites the submission
of artistic projects developed since 2000 in these three fields. The award
winners will be selected by three separate international juries. The award
winning works and others will be invited to transmediale.03 and will be
presented, circumstances permitting, in the exhibition, screenings, the
media lounge or on stage.
INTERACTION > Interactive Systems
The Image category covers artistic productions focusing on human
interaction with and through digital media. Interactive systems consist of
several components which combine to create an artwork that can be
experienced individually or collectively and whose outcome is relatively
open and dependent on the recipient's participation. These can be locally
based systems like installations or performances, as well as open,
networked processes or action. The evaluation of these works hinges on
their reflection of current social and cultural conditions and on the
choice of adequate media and components which articulate the intention of
the project.
IMAGE > linear and non-linear moving images
The category Image includes works that deal with the aesthetics of moving
images and that reflect the role of the image in the age of digital,
interactive and network media. Such works can deal with the transformation
of visual languages and the emerging, non-linear forms of narration, as
well as with innovative forms of presentation and reception and with the
combination of images with sounds and other forms of artistic expression.
Going beyond the by now classical video format, the Image category also
covers projects in areas like video performance, Internet movie or
interactive story telling.
SOFTWARE > Generative Art
The Software category includes projects whose main artistic material is
program code, or which deal with the cultural understanding of Software.
Thus, software is not understood as a functional tool serving the 'real'
artistic work, but as a generative means for the creation of machinic and
social processes. Software art can be the result of an autonomous and
formal creative practice, but it can also refer the cultural and social
meaning of software, or reflect on existing software through strategies
like collage or critique.
Conditions of Entry
Arrival no later than: 8 September 2002
Pre-Selection
Accepted media: S-VHS and VHS-tapes, Mini-DVs (Pal), DVDs, CD-ROMs, Zip
cartridges, Floppy Discs (3.5), Web-sites. No demo versions - only finished
works!
The evaluation by the jury requires good documentation of submitted works
(especially in the fields of Software and Interaction). Where appropriate,
an explanation should be given as to which aspects of the works the jury
should consider in particular.
Mailing costs will be borne by the entrant. Submissions will be returned on
request only, subject to the following conditions:
- submissions from Germany must have a stamped and self-addressed envelope
enclosed
- submissions from abroad must have a US $ 10 or EUR 10 bill (cash only)
enclosed.
Insurance
There will be no insurance cover for the material received. Should a work
be damaged through the fault of the transmediale only the material value
will be reimbursed.
Language
Works submitted must be in German or English or have subtitles in either of
these languages. Works in other languages must be accompanied by a text
list in German
or English.
Customs Declarations
The transmediale will only accept packages from abroad whose customs
declaration forms have been completed correctly. Packages dispatched from
outside the European Union must bear the following information: indication
of the content plus the note "Not for trade - temporary loan for festival.
Value =3D 0".
transmediale.03
Theme: play global!
transmediale.03 deals with the artistic and cultural effects of
globalisation. The competition for the transmediale award is an independent
part of the festival, so that submissions for the competitions can, but do
not have to relate to the festival theme 'play global!'.
Globalisation is a process through which the possibility of world-wide
relations extends across the entire field of social relations. In the
course of this process, we do not only see the expansion of economic,
political and military constellations. The world is turning into a
multi-layered social space for which new cultural concepts have to be
developed in order for individuals and groups to be able to act. Mobile
communication, telematic tools, world-wide collaborative structures and
global political alliances create a new cultural landscape whose rules will
have to be learned and worked on.
'Play global!' is meant as a challenge to artists and creative
practitioners to propose concepts and ideas for this new, global field of
action and interaction. Is there a new artistic language of the global?
What is the relationship between an individual's local existence and his or
her social environment, which is less and less locally determined and which
can today include collaborators, partners and friends working at the other
end of the world?
Obviously, the challenge to participate in the 'global game' is not without
irony. The so-called 'global players', companies and conglomerates, use
their extensive networks and huge masses of capital to transgress national
borders, viewing the entire world as their playground. The festival will
present critical and self-conscious as well as playful responses to this
scenario.
We therefore invite the submission of concepts, project proposals and
materials relating to the festival theme, independent from the competition.
transmediale.03
Hosted by Berliner Kulturveranstaltungs-GmbH
in cooperation with Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds
Senate of Berlin
and Sponsors
The transmediale.03 award is supported by AVM Computersystems.
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transmediale.03 - Play Global! - 1-5 february 2003
international media art festival berlin
------------------------------------------------
info@transmediale.de
transmediale - Klosterstr.68-70 - 10179 Berlin
tel. 030-247219-07 (fax -09) www.transmediale.de
------------------------------------------------
Member of the European Coordination of Film Festivals.
______________________________________________
SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe
Info, archive and help:
http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
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From: transmediale <info@transmediale.de> <br>
Subject: [spectre] transmediale.03 - play global! - Call for
proposals<br><br>
transmediale.03 <br>
international media art festival berlin <br>
1 - 5 February 2003<br>
Call for Entries<br>
Entry form: PDF download from
<a href=3D"http://www.transmediale.de/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font color=3D"#0=
000FF"><u>http://www.transmediale.de</a></u></font>
<br>
Deadline: 8 September 2002<br><br>
<br>
transmediale <br>
Klosterstra=DFe 68-70 \ 10179 Berlin \ Germany <br>
Fon ++49 (0) 30 / 24 72 19 07 <br>
Fax ++49 (0) 30 / 24 72 19 09 <br>
info@transmediale.de \ <a href=3D"http://www.transmediale.de/"=
eudora=3D"autourl"><font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>www.transmediale.de<br><br>
</a></u></font>transmediale is a festival for art and the creative usage of=
digital media. <br>
The festival shows new and significant projects of digital culture and <br>
offer reflections about the role of digital technologies in contemporary=
<br>
society. It is a forum of communication for artists, media workers and a=
<br>
broad public interested in the arts.<br><br>
transmediale award<br>
Prizes worth EUR 5,000 will be awarded in each of the three categories <br>
Interaction, Image and Software. The transmediale.03 invites the submission=
<br>
of artistic projects developed since 2000 in these three fields. The award=
<br>
winners will be selected by three separate international juries. The award=
<br>
winning works and others will be invited to transmediale.03 and will be <br>
presented, circumstances permitting, in the exhibition, screenings, the <br>
media lounge or on stage.<br><br>
INTERACTION > Interactive Systems <br>
The Image category covers artistic productions focusing on human <br>
interaction with and through digital media. Interactive systems consist of=
<br>
several components which combine to create an artwork that can be <br>
experienced individually or collectively and whose outcome is relatively=
<br>
open and dependent on the recipient's participation. These can be locally=
<br>
based systems like installations or performances, as well as open, <br>
networked processes or action. The evaluation of these works hinges on <br>
their reflection of current social and cultural conditions and on the <br>
choice of adequate media and components which articulate the intention of=
<br>
the project.<br>
IMAGE > linear and non-linear moving images <br>
The category Image includes works that deal with the aesthetics of moving=
<br>
images and that reflect the role of the image in the age of digital, <br>
interactive and network media. Such works can deal with the transformation=
<br>
of visual languages and the emerging, non-linear forms of narration, as <br>
well as with innovative forms of presentation and reception and with the=
<br>
combination of images with sounds and other forms of artistic expression.=
<br>
Going beyond the by now classical video format, the Image category also <br>
covers projects in areas like video performance, Internet movie or <br>
interactive story telling.<br>
SOFTWARE > Generative Art <br>
The Software category includes projects whose main artistic material is <br>
program code, or which deal with the cultural understanding of Software.=
<br>
Thus, software is not understood as a functional tool serving the 'real'=
<br>
artistic work, but as a generative means for the creation of machinic and=
<br>
social processes. Software art can be the result of an autonomous and <br>
formal creative practice, but it can also refer the cultural and social <br>
meaning of software, or reflect on existing software through strategies <br>
like collage or critique.<br><br>
<br>
Conditions of Entry<br>
Arrival no later than: 8 September 2002<br>
Pre-Selection <br>
Accepted media: S-VHS and VHS-tapes, Mini-DVs (Pal), DVDs, CD-ROMs, Zip <br>
cartridges, Floppy Discs (3.5), Web-sites. No demo versions - only finished=
<br>
works!<br>
The evaluation by the jury requires good documentation of submitted works=
<br>
(especially in the fields of Software and Interaction). Where appropriate,=
<br>
an explanation should be given as to which aspects of the works the jury=
<br>
should consider in particular.<br>
Mailing costs will be borne by the entrant. Submissions will be returned on=
<br>
request only, subject to the following conditions: <br>
- submissions from Germany must have a stamped and self-addressed envelope=
<br>
enclosed <br>
- submissions from abroad must have a US $ 10 or EUR 10 bill (cash only)=
<br>
enclosed.<br>
Insurance <br>
There will be no insurance cover for the material received. Should a work=
<br>
be damaged through the fault of the transmediale only the material value=
<br>
will be reimbursed.<br>
Language <br>
Works submitted must be in German or English or have subtitles in either of=
<br>
these languages. Works in other languages must be accompanied by a text <br>
list in German <br>
or English.<br>
Customs Declarations <br>
The transmediale will only accept packages from abroad whose customs <br>
declaration forms have been completed correctly. Packages dispatched from=
<br>
outside the European Union must bear the following information: indication=
<br>
of the content plus the note "Not for trade - temporary loan for=
festival. <br>
Value =3D 0".<br><br>
<br><br>
transmediale.03 <br>
Theme: play global!<br>
transmediale.03 deals with the artistic and cultural effects of <br>
globalisation. The competition for the transmediale award is an independent=
<br>
part of the festival, so that submissions for the competitions can, but do=
<br>
not have to relate to the festival theme 'play global!'.<br>
Globalisation is a process through which the possibility of world-wide <br>
relations extends across the entire field of social relations. In the <br>
course of this process, we do not only see the expansion of economic, <br>
political and military constellations. The world is turning into a <br>
multi-layered social space for which new cultural concepts have to be <br>
developed in order for individuals and groups to be able to act. Mobile <br>
communication, telematic tools, world-wide collaborative structures and <br>
global political alliances create a new cultural landscape whose rules will=
<br>
have to be learned and worked on.<br>
'Play global!' is meant as a challenge to artists and creative <br>
practitioners to propose concepts and ideas for this new, global field of=
<br>
action and interaction. Is there a new artistic language of the global? <br>
What is the relationship between an individual's local existence and his or=
<br>
her social environment, which is less and less locally determined and which=
<br>
can today include collaborators, partners and friends working at the other=
<br>
end of the world?<br>
Obviously, the challenge to participate in the 'global game' is not without=
<br>
irony. The so-called 'global players', companies and conglomerates, use <br>
their extensive networks and huge masses of capital to transgress national=
<br>
borders, viewing the entire world as their playground. The festival will=
<br>
present critical and self-conscious as well as playful responses to this=
<br>
scenario.<br>
We therefore invite the submission of concepts, project proposals and <br>
materials relating to the festival theme, independent from the=
competition.<br><br>
transmediale.03 <br>
Hosted by Berliner Kulturveranstaltungs-GmbH <br>
in cooperation with Haus der Kulturen der Welt <br>
Supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds <br>
Senate of Berlin <br>
and Sponsors <br>
The transmediale.03 award is supported by AVM Computersystems.<br><br>
------------------------------------------------ <br>
transmediale.03 - Play Global! - 1-5 february 2003 <br>
international media art festival berlin <br>
------------------------------------------------ <br>
info@transmediale.de <br>
transmediale - Klosterstr.68-70 - 10179 Berlin <br>
tel. 030-247219-07 (fax -09) <a href=3D"http://www.transmediale.de/"=
eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>www.transmediale.de</a></u></font> <br>
------------------------------------------------ <br>
Member of the European Coordination of Film Festivals. <br>
______________________________________________ <br>
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