[artinfo] Daniel Langlois Foundation - 3rd DOCAM Annual Summit, Research Grants and Residencies

[Adele Eisenstein]

From: "CR+D" <crd at fondation-langlois.org>


3rd DOCAM Annual Summit: Montreal, September 27, 2007

The Daniel Langlois Foundation is pleased to announce that the third annual
Summit of the DOCAM Research Alliance (Documentation and Conservation of the
Media Arts Heritage) will be held at The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on
September 27, 2007.


DOCAM is a major multidisciplinary research endeavour initiated by the Daniel
Langlois Foundation in collaboration with numerous national and international
partners and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada.


The third annual international Summit will provide an opportunity for members
of the DOCAM research committees to begin presenting their research results
delving into the challenges of preserving and documenting technology-based
works of art.


Among the guest speakers slated to appear at the Summit are Richard Rinehart
of the Berkeley Museum and Pacific Film Archives & Rina Pantalony from the
Department of Justice Canada, Dieter Daniels, director of the Boltzmann
Institute, and Canadian artist Stan Douglas.


For more information and the complete Summit program, please consult the
Alliance's Web site at: 
http://www.docam.ca/



e-art: New Technologies and Contemporary Art

An international symposium organised by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in
collaboration with the Daniel Langlois Foundation will be held on Friday,
September 28, 2007, in the Maxwell Cummings Auditorium at the museum: 
http://www.mmfa.qc.ca/pdf/colloque_en.pdf 


This symposium takes place during e-art : New Technologies and Contemporary
Art - Ten Years of Accomplishments by the Daniel Langlois Foundation, an
exhibition co-produced by the Foundation and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
and running from September 20 to December 9:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Lstsrv=200709&NumPage=2080




Grants for Researchers in Residence: Deadline September 30, 2007

The deadline for submission of research proposals for the Grants for
Researchers in Residence Program is September 30, 2007.


The two research components include: CR+D documentary collections and archival
fonds and Information architecture and online publishing. As in previous
years, the Daniel Langlois Foundation will award two research grants for 2008.
The proposals selected will allow researchers to work at the Foundation's
Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D).


An online application form is available on our Web site and must be used by
all individuals wishing to apply for this program :
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Lstsrv=200709&NumPage=121


To view the list of researchers supported by the Foundation :
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Lstsrv=200709&NumPage=148




Research Residencies at OBORO: Deadline September 30, 2007

The project proposal submission deadline for Research and Experimentation
Residencies in Montreal for Professional Artists from Emerging Countries or
Regions is September 30, 2007.


The Daniel Langlois Foundation offers this program in collaboration with
OBORO, an artist-run centre in Montreal. Two residency grants will be offered
to professional artists from emerging countries. These grants aim to help the
successful applicants in their research, experiments and project development,
while allowing them to work in a different environment than their region or
country of origin. 


An online application form is available on our Web site and must be used by
all individuals wishing to apply for this program:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Lstsrv=200709&NumPage=516