From dorkbotsofia at dorkbot.org Wed Jun 8 04:30:21 2005 From: dorkbotsofia at dorkbot.org (dorkbot-sofia) Date: Wed Jun 8 06:39:58 2005 Subject: [dorkbotsofia-blabber] Fwd: Second Annual Peoria Prize for Creativity Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: > > Announcing the Second Annual $10,000 Peoria Prize for Creativity > > Last year, creative teams of artists, engineers, scientists, and > entrepreneurs from all over the country and the world competed for the > inaugural $10,000 Peoria Prize for Creativity. I am pleased to > announce the call for submissions for the Second Annual Peoria Prize > for Creativity. > The Peoria Prize is a $10,000 award for a creative project that is > produced through a collaboration between a person or persons from the > arts or humanities communities and a person or persons from the > science, engineering, or business communities. It can be a project > that is rendered in almost any form. I urge you to present this > opportunity to your partners, colleagues, coworkers, and > collaborators. Detailed information on the Peoria Prize for Creativity > including a description of the prize and submission criteria can be > found at www.peoriaprize.com. > Creative teams with collaborators from all over the country and the > world competed for last year's Peoria Prize. The winner of the 2005 > Peoria Prize for Creativity was Hands Across the Ocean: The Lost > Chord, an extraordinary project from the Digital Worlds Institute at > Florida State University that involved 70 world-wide collaborators. A > description of this winning project and those of the other two > finalists can be found at > www.peoriaprize.com. > If you have any questions concerning the Prize, its sponsorship, or > its procedures, please feel free to contact me as per the information > below. I can't think of a better community of creative people than > those represented by Dorkbot and ArtBots and their constituents who > would compete strongly for this Prize. > The Second Annual Peoria Prize for Creativity will be awarded in a > special ceremony on > April 28, 2006 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. > > Thank you for your consideration and promotion of this opportunity. > Sincerely, Jeff Huberman > > > ******************************************** > > Jeffrey Huberman, Dean > Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts > Bradley University > Peoria, IL 61625 > 309-677-2360 office > 309-677-3750 fax > huberman@bradley.edu From dorkbotsofia at dorkbot.org Thu Jun 9 07:44:31 2005 From: dorkbotsofia at dorkbot.org (dorkbot-sofia) Date: Thu Jun 9 10:31:47 2005 Subject: [dorkbotsofia-blabber] Fwd: STRP art & technology festival : CALL FOR PROJECTS - Deadline 1 JULY Message-ID: <61e6d5aa0ee50362281bb649ee9d9909@dorkbot.org> Begin forwarded message: > From: dorkbot-eindhoven > Date: June 08, 2005 16:15:05 EEST > > STRP art & technology festival : CALL FOR PROJECTS - Deadline 1 JULY > > The first edition of the STRP festival will take place in > Eindhoven(Netherlands) between the 18th and 20th of November 2005. Its > focus is on the commonalities between art, popular culture and > technology. > As part of the festival there will be performances, exhibits and > presentations in a historical space. STRP will take place on the 'holy' > ground of the forbidden city of Philips, where in the 20th century > numerous technological innovations were made. A place where Einstein > worked at one point and where one of the most ambitious amalgamations > of > the arts and technology took place: "Poeme Electronique," a > collaboration > between the architect LeCorbusier with architect/composer Iannis > Xenakis, > artist Jean Petit, composer Edgard Varese and filmmaker Phillipe > Agostini. > Coincidence or not, Dick Raaijmakers also was closely involved in this > project. STRP gets its inspiration from this amalgamation of technology > and art. > > PROJECT CALL > > STRP is looking for projects/installations/proposals that fit under > one > of the following themes: > > 1) Press "Start" : gaming, interactive installations and playful art > works, in which the public can take an active role in the experience > and > realization of the work. > > 2)WE ARE THE ROBOTS : robots, robort art, installations. > > > HOW TO ENTER > > To find out more about the festival : http://www.strp.nl > STRP Entry form html version: http://www.strp.nl/strp-entry-form.html > STRP Entry form pdf version: http://www.strp.nl/strp-entry-form.pdf > Photographs and video of the space are available here : > http://www.strp.nl/space.html > Photographs and video of the space zipped (8.5MB): > http://www.strp.nl/space.zip > > Deadline 1 July 2005 > > If you have further questions please contact us at projects@strp.nl > > > FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THIS CALL! >