[artinfo] Building Interactive Playgrounds2nd edition, July

[Fabio Cionini]

BIP - BUILDING INTERACTIVE PLAYGROUNDS
2nd edition  Elettrowave, July 14-16 2006  Arezzo/Italy

We are currently accepting applications to participate in the second
edition of BIP, an International Competition for interaction design
projects for public events.

BIP will happen during Elettrowave, a three day festival of electronic music.
Elettrowave is part of Arezzowave, the biggest free music festival in Italy.

01  WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
If you want to play with space and time and people, if you like
crossing barriers and probing around in extreme situations, if you
fiddle around with the idea the space can be programmed, if you eat
social patterns for your breakfast, if you are not scared by a drunk
young audience, if you keep telling your friends that environments
are not passive wrappings but active processes, if your perceptions
keep shifting, if your projects are about interplay, exploration and
humor, if tinkering with technology is your obsession...
...then... this call for works is your unique chance to experiment
with interaction design within the context of an electronic music
festival. Nightlife, extreme characters, clubbing freaks,  a young,
unrespectuful and challenging audience. You know what we are talking 
about, don't you?

We are looking for projects. Not vague ideas. Real projects that can
substantially and meaningfully enrich the Elettrowave event and
strengthen involvement. Clubbing is the context, not the object, of BIP.
We're looking for something innovative, passionate and fresh that can 
make a difference.
Interactive installations, environments, sound and/or visual
projects, etc.
If your project is at an early stage we will consider it only if you
can prove you'll be able to produce it within the festival deadline.
We may offer production assistance if we fall in love with your
project proposal.
Please keep in mind that the projects should be able to stand 3
nights of extremely intense use, in a venue with thousands of people.

Please consider production feasibility and all possible setup constraints.

02  WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Participation is open to applicants from every country in the world,
to (interaction) designers, artists, researchers, architects,
students. Participation is free.

03  SUBMISSION DEADLINE
All project proposals must be postmarked by March 10th, 2006.
Late entries will not be accepted. By submitting a project, the
applicant warrants that it is his/her original design.

04  HOW AND WHEN ARE THE PROJECTS SELECTED?
In March 2006, a panel of jurors will select up to 3 projects.
Winners will be announced during a workshop/event in April. The event
will be hosted by Universita di Siena, Italy.

05  AWARDS
Selected projects will be installed for the three nights of
Elettrowave 2006. This is a precious opportunity to test your
interactive projects in the context of an electronic music festival.
The projects will benefit from a total budget of 10.000 euros offered
by BIP. The budget will be divided between the selected projects
according to production, transportation and setup costs. BIP will
consider supporting production costs of new projects that are being
presented to the public for the first time.
Commonly used technology (videoprojectors, screens, audio systems,
monitors, mixers, etc.) will be available to the selected projects if required.

06  HOW MANY PROJECTS CAN I SUBMIT?
Only one project may be submitted per entrant. Teams register with 
one name only.

07  SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The submission form is available for download at www.todo.to.it/bip/
bip_submission2006.pdf
Please fill out all the information required in the form. Send your 
submission to:
TODO - BIP 2006
c/o Mail Boxes Etc.
Box 294, Via Boucheron 16
10122 - Torino - Italy