[artinfo] The Banff Centre Announces Media & Visual Arts Creative Residencies for 2004/2005

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The Banff Centre Announces Media & Visual Arts Creative Residencies for 
2004/2005  Informal Architecture A thematic residency for artists, 
architects, curators, writers, designers and theorists who create works 
related to the representation, interpretation and construction of space. 
Whether architectural, sculptural, virtual, image-based or conceptual, of 
special interest will be those representations or structures that exemplify 
a relationship to formlessness, the unbuilt or contingent. Informal 
Architecture will explore material concerns, theory, and fiction in visual 
and spatial culture and architecture. Revisiting the binary opposition of 
form versus content, Informal Architecture will explore new relationships 
to architectural history and modernism; the dissolution of boundaries and 
works or ideas that are temporary, nomadic, hypothetical, historical, and 
fictional conceptions of space.

Residency dates: September 13 to October 31, 2004  Application deadline: 
April 30, 2004 Notification date: June 2004  Sound + Vision Sound + Vision 
is a collaborative thematic residency between Media & Visual Arts and Music 
& Sound at The Banff Centre. This is an inter-disciplinary residency for 
visual and media artists, sound artists, composers, musicians, 
theoreticians, poets, writers, rock stars and anti-stars; exploring the 
intersection between visual art and sound. This unique residency will bring 
together sound and visual artists to share ideas, collaborate and produce 
new works.

Residency dates: Block One - April 11 to May 20, 2005 / Block Two - May 23 
to July 1, 2005  *Artists must specify whether they are enrolling for Block 
One, Block Two, or the entire residency from April to July.  Application 
deadline: June 1, 2004 Notification date: August 2004  New Works Residency 
New Works is a residency dedicated to the production of new specific works 
or projects with an existing confirmed venue for exhibition, publication, 
or another form of presentation.

Residency dates: January 10 to February 25, 2005  Application deadline: 
March 30, 2004 Notification date: June 2004  New Works Residency - Alberta 
Biennial of Contemporary Art 2005 This one-time only, dedicated version of 
the New Works residency is intended to assist artists in completing 
projects for the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 2005 in a 
concentrated residency environment. Participants must have resided in 
Alberta for at least one year.

Residency dates: January 10 to February 25, 2005  Application deadline: 
March 30, 2004 Notification date: June 2004  Aboriginal New Works Residency 
Aboriginal New Works is a residency dedicated to the production of new 
works or projects by Aboriginal artists. This residency is intended to 
assist artists in completing projects for upcoming exhibitions, 
publications, or other cultural activities within a concentrated residency 
environment.

Residency dates: January 10 to February 25, 2005  Application deadline: 
March 30, 2004 Notification date: June 2004  Self-directed Creative 
Residencies Self-directed Creative Residencies in Media & Visual Arts at 
The Banff Centre provide time and space for the artist to create new works, 
research innovative ideas, and experiment with different techniques and 
modes of production.

Residency dates: Vary according to need and availability  Application 
deadline: Ongoing Notification date: Eight weeks after 
application  Self-directed Residencies in Curatorial and Critical Studies 
Self-directed Creative Residencies in Curatorial and Critical studies at 
The Banff Centre provide time and space for the curator, critic, writer or 
artist to research innovative ideas.

Residency dates: Vary according to need and availability  Application 
deadline: Ongoing Notification date: Eight weeks after application  For 
more information about Media & Visual Arts residencies at The Banff Centre 
visit <www.banffcentre.htm>www.banffcentre.ca/mva  Or contact the Office of 
the Registrar E-mail: 
<mailto:arts_info at banffcentre.ca>mailto:arts_info at banffcentre.ca Phone: 
403.762.6180 or 1.800.565.9989 Fax: 403.762.6345 Website: 
<www.banffcentre.htm>www.banffcentre.ca