[art+tech] RHIZOME.ORG NET ART COMMISSIONS--CALL FOR PROPOSALS

[Mark Tribe]

RHIZOME.ORG NET ART COMMISSIONS

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

+ Deadline for proposals: March 23, 2005 +
Rhizome.org is pleased to announce that with support from Greenwall
Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual
Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts, between eight and ten new net
art projects (works of art that are made to be experienced online) will be
commissioned in 2005.

The fee for each commission will range from $1,500 - $3,500.

Rhizome.org is an online platform for the global new media art community. We
are committed to supporting the creation, presentation, discussion and
preservation of art that engages new technologies in significant ways. We
emphasize innovation and inclusiveness in all of our programs and
activities.

Artists are invited to submit proposals for new works of internet art. There
is no required theme, but these works must be made to be experienced online,
thus viewers/participants/players should be able to access the projects
online, whether through a web browser, software, or some other use of
internet technologies.

When evaluating proposals, the jury will consider artistic merit, technical
feasibility, and technical accessibility. 
Although we will provide some technical assistance with final integration
into the Rhizome.org web site, artists are expected to develop projects
independently and without significant technical assistance from Rhizome.org.


+ How to Submit a Proposal +
The jury will only consider proposals from members of Rhizome.org. To sign
up for Rhizome membership, please visit:
http://www.rhizome.org/preferences/user.rhiz?action=1&new=user

There are two parts to proposal submission:

1. You must create a proposal in the form of a web site that includes the
following key elements:

+ Project description (500 words maximum) that discusses your project's core
concept, how you will realize your project and your project's feasibility.
If you plan to work with assistants, consultants or collaborators, their
roles and (if possible) names should be included.

+ You are encouraged, but not required, to include a production timeline and
a project budget, which should include your own fee. If you have other
funding sources for your project, please indicate this in your budget.

+ Your resume or Curriculum Vitae. For collaborative groups, provide either
a collective CV or the CV's of all participants.

+ Up to 5 work samples. Note: More is not necessarily better. You should
include only work samples relevant to your proposal. If your proposal has
nothing to do with photography, don't include images from your photography
portfolio. Please provide contextualizing
information (title, date, medium, perhaps a brief description) to help the
jury understand what they are looking at. The work sample can take any form,
as long as it is accessible via the web.

When designing your web-based proposal, please note that the jury will have
limited time for evaluations, so try to make your site clear and concise.

When your web-based proposal is complete, you are ready for Part Two of the
proposal process:

2. Submit your proposal for a Rhizome.org Net Art Commission via an online
form at http://rhizome.org/commissions/submit/.

We do not accept proposals via email, snail mail or other means. Proposals
will be accepted until 5:00pm EST (that's New York time) on Friday, March
15, 2005. The form at http://rhizome.org/commissions/submit/ requires the
following information:

+ Name of artist or collaborative group 
+ Email address 
+ Place of residence (city, state/province, country) 
+ Title of the project (this can be tentative) 
+ Brief description of project (50 words maximum) 
+ URL of web-based proposal


+ Jury +
Proposals will be reviewed by a jury consisting of Rachel Greene, Executive
Director of Rhizome.org and author of Internet Art (Thames and Hudson,
2004); Francis Hwang, Director of Technology at Rhizome.org; artist Eduardo
Kac, Professor and Chair, Art and Technology Department at the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago; Sydney-based artist, writer and curator Melinda
Rackham, also of the -empyre- forum; and the head of Tate Digital
Programmes, and Net Art curator at Tate Online, Jemima Rellie. 

Rhizome.org members will also participate in the evaluation and awarding
process through secure web-based forms. In this phase of evaluation,
Rhizome.org members will be directed to the submitted web-based proposals.
While this more open jurying process does mean that proposals could possibly
be discussed publicly, there have been no reported conflicts or abuses of
information reported. 

+ Winners +
Winners will be contacted on or after May 1, 2005. Each winner will be asked
to sign an agreement with Rhizome.org governing the terms of the commission.
Commissioned projects will be listed on the main Rhizome Commission page and
included in the Rhizome ArtBase.

Winners will be announced on or before May 1, 2005. Commissioned projects
must be completed by December 1, 2005.

+ Questions +
If you have any questions about the Rhizome.org Net Art Commissions, please
contact Francis Hwang at francis at rhizome.org or 212.219.1222 X202.

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

Rhizome.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and an affiliate of the
New Museum of Contemporary Art.