From dorkbotsofia at dorkbot.org Thu Oct 28 11:14:48 2004 From: dorkbotsofia at dorkbot.org (dorkbot-sofia) Date: Thu Oct 28 11:15:32 2004 Subject: [Dorkbotsofia-blabber] Fwd: Call For Artists: People Doing Strange Things With Electricity II Message-ID: <1BC4907A-28F4-11D9-8016-0030656CD430@dorkbot.org> Begin forwarded message: > Reply-To: > From: "Kate Seekings" > To: "'A discussion list for dorkbot-sea'" > , > > Subject: Call For Artists: People Doing Strange Things With > Electricity II > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:47:11 -0700 > Organization: WhimsyFree Knitwear > X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > Importance: Normal > X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information > X-MailScanner: Found to be clean > Status: > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > CALL FOR ARTISTS: PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY II @ > CoCA > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > The second annual dorkbot-sea (http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsea) > exhibition, People Doing Strange Things With Electricity II, at > Seattle's Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA, > http://www.cocaseattle.org) will run from > January 20th, 2005 - March 2nd, 2005, opening CoCA's 2005 season. The > first People Doing Strange Things With Electricity show was the most > successful recent exhibit at CoCA, and we are back by invitation in > 2005. dorkbot community members from the Pacific Northwest and > beyond, and artists working with electricity anywhere - from kinetic > sculptors to Tesla freaks to sound artists to digital manipulators to > light artists to roboticists to videographers to nanotechnologists and > every shade of artist and technologist in between - are invited to > submit proposals for works of any size and scope to > dorkbotsea@dorkbot.org. A People Doing > Strange Things With Electricity Award of US $1000 will be given to the > creator(s) of exhibition attendee's favourite artwork, with the aim of > enabling and encouraging artists working with technology to continue > to push boundaries, experiment and grow stranger. > > ELIGIBILITY: PDSTWE II is open to all artists, local, national and > international, creating work which either requires electricity in > order to function or be displayed, and/or where electricity has formed > a significant and intrinsic part of the creation of the work. There > are no processing or entry fees for proposals. > > PRESENTATION: Proposals for artwork should be submitted in the form > of a paragraph (maximum 1000 words) describing the work, including > details of size/dimension, impact on the venue and display > requirements, special technical requirements and relevance to the > premise of the exhibition. Artists must also describe any > maintenance, set-up or shut-down requirements for their work as > understood at the time the proposal is generated, and be prepared to > guarantee the robustness of their proposed artwork under normal > exhibition conditions. Proposals must be accompanied by an artist's > statement or biography, and images of either the work itself or past, > similar projects (if available). Digital images and emailed proposals > are strongly preferred, but 35mm slides or prints (photographic or > digital prints up to 8.5" x 11") will be accepted. Digital images may > be submitted on CD (NOT on floppy disks), but again, email or pointers > to an artist's website are preferred. All slides must be numbered and > labeled with the artist's name and title of the work, and all images > in any format must be accompanied by an image list. Video artists may > submit a video tape or DVD disc in lieu of images. A self-addressed, > stamped envelope (SASE) must be included with sufficient postage for > the return of your slides or prints - if no SASE is enclosed, your > materials will not be returned. Emailed proposals must not exceed 1 > megabyte in size - this includes any documents, images, sound files > etc.. All digital files and emailed proposals must be virus-free. > > DEADLINE AND NOTIFICATION: The deadline for entry for PDSTWE II is > November 30th, 2004. Proposals postmarked or emailed after this date > will not be considered. Artists will be notified of acceptance or > non-acceptance by December 5th, 2004. Notification will be made by > email (preferred) or, where email is not available, using the SASE > provided by the artist. Artists who do not provide an email address > or SASE will not be notified unless they are accepted to exhibit. > > PDSTWE AWARD: Exhibition attendees will be asked to vote once for > their favourite PDSTWE II exhibit. An award of $1000 will be given to > the creator(s) of the artwork receiving the most votes. Votes will be > tallied on March 3rd 2005 following the close of the exhibition. The > winner of the PDSTWE award will be notified by email (preferred) or > mail by March 10th, 2005, and the funds sent on or before that date. > > SEND PROPOSALS TO: > > dorkbotsea@dorkbot.org (preferred) > dorkbot-sea > 5031 9th Ave NE > Seattle > WA 98015-3604 > USA > > PROPOSAL CHECKLIST: > > Description of work (1000 words max) > Artist's statement and/or biography > Artist's contact details, including physical address, email address, > telephone and fax numbers and URL if available > Image(s) of the work or past projects in digital or slide format > Image list > Video artists: video tape or DVD > Artist's contact details and email address > SASE for return of materials if necessary; email address preferred for > notification > Note: emailed proposals may not exceed 1MB total in size. > > TIMELINE: > > Deadline for proposals: 30th November, 2004 > Deadline for notification: 5th December, 2004 > Exhibition opens: January 20th, 2005 > Exhibition closes: March 3rd, 2005 > Deadline for notification of winner of PDSTWE Award: March 10th, 2005 > > ALL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS to > dorkbotsea@dorkbot.org > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > FREE TO FORWARD > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > >