[Experimenta] EXPERIMENTA email bulletin 2 June-16 June
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EXPERIMENTA EMAIL BULLETIN
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Welcome to the Experimenta Email Bulletin for 2 June =96 16 June, 2006.
This bulletin contains a listing of Australian and international media art
events=20
and opportunities.=20
To submit an event or opportunity for potential listing, please do not repl=
y
to this email. Email up to 150 words of copy to
experimenta@experimenta.org.
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PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for submissions for the next email bulletin is
Wednesday 14 June at 5pm.
____________________________________________________________
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::: EXPERIMENTA NEWS
Experimenta Under the Radar:: UK tour
Experimenta=92s new touring exhibition, Experimenta Under the Radar, invites
UK audiences to experience and interact with the best of Australian Media
Art at FACT, Liverpool and the ICA, London.
Opening at FACT on 16 June, Experimenta Under the Radar is an exhibition of
innovative interactive media and video artworks by some of Australia=92s
leading contemporary artists. The unprecedented scale and calibre of the
works makes this tour to two of the UK=92s most prestigious media arts venues
a world first. The artists featured are: Stephen Barrass, Linda Davy, Kerry
Richens:: Daniel Crooks:: Alex Davies:: Shaun Gladwell:: David Haines, Joyc=
e
Hinterding:: ENESS:: Narinda Readers, David Macleod:: Van Sowerwine, Isobel
Knowles, Liam Fennessy:: Craig Walsh:: Tan Teck Weng.
Please visit www.experimenta.org <http://www.experimenta.org> for more
information about the exhibition including dates and venues.
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New Experimenta merchanise!
The cute =93limited edition=94 printed catalogue and T-shirts with the
Experimenta Under the Radar graphic designed by award-winning Boccalatte
will be on sale soon.
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New Visions Commissions 2006
For our major 2007 exhibition Experimenta Playground, we are commissioning
new interactive works that allow the audience to play, and be played upon.
Up to $6,000 per project is available for emerging and mid-career Australia=
n
artists to create new interactive media art works for an exhibition of
Australian and international media artworks to be launched in Melbourne in
September 2007.
Please visit www.experimenta.org to download the Guidelines and Application
Form. Contact Emma McRae, Experimenta=92s Curatorial and Project Coordinator
to discuss your application. emma@experimenta.org
There is no cost to apply and applicants need not be members of Experimenta
Media Arts.
The closing date for applications is Friday 21 July 2006
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::: MEMBERS WIN!!=20
Please note you must be an Experimenta member to enter the following
competition. Download a membership application from www.experimenta.org
<http://www.experimenta.org>
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LOST BOYS OF SUDAN FUNDRAISER SCREENING
As part of the Emerge Festival, Multicultural Arts Victoria is offering 5
double passes to Experimenta members to attend the LOST BOYS OF SUDAN
FUNDRAISER SCREENING.
Friday 23 June, 7.30 =96 10.30pm,
Fitzroy Town Hall, 201 Napier Street, Fitzroy
This feature-length documentary follows two Sudanese refugees on an
extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one
of Africa's cruellest civil wars, they survive lion attacks and militia
gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other
children. From there, remarkably they are chosen to go to America where the=
y
find themselves confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporar=
y
American suburbia.=20
Also on the night Q & A session with Sudanese community leader Zachariah Bu=
l
Dhieu and performance by Sudanese singer Ajak Kwai.
To win please send an email with =93LOST BOYS=94 in the subject to
maria@experimenta.org by Friday 9 June.
If you miss out on winning one of the double passes, you can still purchase
tickets from Anita Larkin, Project Officer, MAV. Cost is $20.00 full price
/$15.00 concession and all proceeds from this event will go towards The
Tomorrow Foundation.
T: 03 9417 6777
projects@multiculturalarts.com.au
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::: INDEX OF EVENTS
01:: SYDNEY- Daniel H. Kojta- Alien Presence H (Handmade Echo)
02:: VICTORIA- 15/15 Film Festival Screening
03:: MELBOURNE- Hearing the Hydra- audio visual performance
04:: MELBOURNE- Emerge Festival
05:: ADELAIDE- Art Movement- Explorations of Motion and Change
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::: INDEX OF OPPORTUNITIES
06:: ALL AUSTRALIAN STATES- Realise your Dream Competition
07:: PERTH - CyberGames and Interactive Entertainment Conference =96 call fo=
r
papers
08:: PERTH- Your Life Is Grand- Video competition
09:: MELBOURNE =96 Victoria Park Gallery=96 New Artist Run Initiative
10:: MELBOURNE - Emerging Writers Program 2006 =96 call for applications
11:: QUEENSLAND- Jumpstart Short Film Fund
12:: QUEENSLAND - The Pacific Edge, Regional Arts Australia=B9s 2006 national
conference
13:: ADELAIDE- HD workshop for DOPs and cinematographers
14:: VICTORIA - Vic Health Community Arts Participation Scheme
15:: ALL STATES - CSAA 2006 annual conference =96Call for Papers
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::: INDEX OF INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITES
16:: ALL - Xperimental Film & Animation Festival 5.0- call for Entries
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::: EVENTS
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1:: SYDNEY - Alien Presence H - [handmade echo] =96 New collaborative work by
Daniel Kojta
The title ALIEN PRESENCE H - [HANDMADE ECHO] continues the series by Daniel
H Kojta and refers to a monologue which dictates a theory of perception.
This work is comprised of a series of eleven video works directed in
composition by Kojta and shot by eleven International artists. Each artist
was given the instruction to shoot with the horizon line at a common
measured height, and each had their time zone coordinated to initiate the
shoot at the same moment in time across the eleven time zones =96 from Denmar=
k
to America. The common horizon line will link all works in physical and
temporal topography in time.
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The artists are: Katrine Nyholm (Denmark), Adam Cullen ( Australia ), Greg
Wood (New Zealand), Honi Ryan ( Germany), Johannes Birringer ( UK), Phili=
p
Dadson ( New Zealand), JD Beltran( USA ), Gabrielle Stein (USA), Carli
Leimbach ( Australia ), Stephen Barrass ( Australia), Daniel H Kojta
(Australia).
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>From 6 June 2006
First Draft Gallery
116 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, NSW
T: 02 9698 3665
First.draft.inc@hotmail.com
www.firstdraftgallery.com
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2:: VICTORIA- 15/15 Film Festival Screening
An exciting International showcase of diverse filmmaking talent will be
screening around Victoria soon!
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The Travelling Festival of films made in 15 minutes will start with Bendigo=
,
Ballarat, Brisbane and Adelaide. The screenings will continue nationally
before heading to South-East Asia and Europe. For a full list of screenings=
,
visit www.filmfestival15.com The entire screening festival takes around two
months.
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'At the Screening Festival, we will share with you the innovative and
creative ways emerging film makers incorporate the quote and the object,
producing a beautifully made film within a very short time frame' said
Amadeo Marquez-Perez 15/15 Film Festival Director
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Jacqueline on 0400 548 836 or Amadeo on 0400 472 172.
www.filmfestival15.com <http://www.filmfestival15.com>
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3:: MELBOURNE- Hearing the Hydra- audio visual performance
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Ros Bandt and Brigid Burke are two internationally acclaimed artists. Sound
Artist and composer Ros Bandt and composer, clarinettist and visual artist
Brigid Burke will uncover and interpret the historically rich archaeologica=
l
elements of Footscray Arts=92 Hydra Studio through sound and visuals. Once
part of a factory where air filters were made for FJ Holdens, this artist=92s
studio has a view of the city skyline and Maribyrnong river and a sonic
landscape of passing trucks, trains and artists. Performing as Carte
Blanche: Place of Possibilities, Ros and Brigid (featuring sound assistance
from Angie Grant) will combine ambient onsite recordings with live
electro-acoustic music and visuals to interpret and rediscover the Hydra
Studio. Come early for refreshments (cheese and wine), and stay after the
performance to chat with the artists.
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FREE (no bookings required)
Sunday 4 June, 2pm-5pm (performance from 2:30-3:20)
Hydra Studio, Footscray Community Arts Centre
45 Moreland Street, Footscray (Melways ref. 42 D6)
T: 03 9362 8888=20
reception@footscrayarts.com
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4:: MELBOURNE- Emerge Festival
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In commemoration of UN World Refugee Day Multicultural Arts Victoria
presents a cultural festival that is a joyous celebration of the richness o=
f
cultures and talent from Africa, Afghanistan and Kurdistan. The festival
offers something for everyone: three non stop stages of dazzling world musi=
c
and dance performances, a vibrant cultural marketplace, the aromas of an
Ethiopian coffee ceremony, an intimate evening of story and song from all
over Africa, a fun packed soccer carnival, a hip hop dance battle and slam
dunk competition, and VISIBLE - a collaborative music project featuring
artists such as Nicky Bomba and Kavisha Mazzella working with emerging
artists, are just some of the highlights of this year=92s Emerge Festival.
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Friday 16 June- Saturday 1 July 2006
Festival launch with Story and Song, Friday 16 June, 8 - 10pm
Fitzroy Town Hall FREE
201 Napier Street, Fitzroy
Other events at various locations. Visit website for details and a
downloadable program.
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T: 03 9417 6777
www.multiculturalarts.com.au <http://www.multiculturalarts.com.au>
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5:: ADELAIDE- Art Movement- Explorations of Motion & Change
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=91Everything in the universe is constantly shifting and changing.=92
The works in Art Movement are linked by the artists=92 perceptions and
representations of this perpetual motion. New and recent works by Tom Bai,
Tom Burless, Daniel Crooks, m3architecture, Robert Puloe, Sarah Ryan and
John Tonkin conceptualise actual and impossible physical movement. Video
lenticular photography, sculpture, interactivity and architecture examine
contemporary states of constant flux.
Curated by Riccardo Felipe.
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27 June- 28 July 2006
Emma.White@uts.edu.au
Tel: 02 9514 1652
UTS Gallery, Level 4, 702 Harris st., Ultimo 2007
Gallery hours Mon-Fri 12-6 pm
www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au <http://www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au> /
utsgallery@uts.edu.au
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:: OPPORTUNITIES
6:: ALL AUSTRALIAN STATES- Realise your Dream Competition
Realise Your Dream is a competition for young Australians (between 19-26
years of age) in the creative industries (multimedia, design, photography,
architecture film, television, drama, dance, fashion etc) and visual arts.
Now in its 4th year, the British Council awarded 12 successful applicants t=
o
date to travel to the UK (all expenses paid) on the Realise Your Dream
programme to work on placements with top industry experts, professional
development courses, networking etc. Six awards are offered in 2006
including one prize dedicated to visual artists.
The prize includes $7500 cash plus a return airfare valued at $2500.
Applications are open till 16 June 2006. For more information, please visit
www.realiseyourdream.org.au. Also, please check out our viral campaign for
the competition =96 =91Poms Will Winge=92 at
http://www.realiseyourdream.org.au/poms.htm
Shampa Kaiser, Scholarships and Opportunities Manager
British Council Australia
T: 02-93626713
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7:: PERTH -CyberGames and Interactive Entertainment Conference =96 call for
papers
CGIE2006 is the joint conference of the Third Australasian Conference on
Interactive Entertainment (IE 2006) and Cybergames 2006: International
Conference and Exhibition on Games Research and Development. The
'game-art-interface' special session at CGIE2006 will explore the
intersection of art theory and practice with game design. Submissions are
invited that challenge the past, present and future of game aesthetics and
interface. Topics do not need to specifically address games, so long as the=
y
can be notionally connected.
Submissions: Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings. Please
submit paper in PDF format, 8 pages maximum. Paper format should follow the
ACM Proceedings format and the template can be downloaded from
http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html
<http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html%22%20%5Ct%20%22__eb>
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4-6 December 2006, Perth, Western Australia
School of Information Technology, Division of Arts, Murdoch University,
Perth
Tel: (+618) 9360 2521
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Full Paper Submission Due: 15 June 2006
Early Bird Registration Due: 31 July 2006
Please contact special session chair Andrew Hutchison with any enquires.
Email: a.hutchison@curtin.edu.au
<https://pwd.student.rmit.edu.au/w?OR.DDM.ZU7yFuw.ECKE.DlIl6R.L+a.hutchison=
@
curtin.edu.au%22%20%5Ct%20%22_compose>
http://www.cgie2006.murdoch.edu.au/
<http://www.cgie2006.murdoch.edu.au/%22%20%5Ct%20%22__eb>
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8:: PERTH- Your Life Is Grand- Video competition
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Submit your 15 minute video (or shorter) of an average day in your life to
be in the running to win.
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All entries will be shown at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA=
)
as part of the PAPER exhibition (6 July - 6 August) and we the public vote
for our favourite - so beg/borrow a camera and start filming.
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Drop/post your edited film (on mini DV tape) AND a photo of the star AND
your name and contact details AND a brief description of what happens in th=
e
film AND ten dollars entry fee to PICA attention SIMON PERICICH (the
coordinating artist)
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Entries close 6 June
Exhibition: Thursday 6 July - 6 August 2006
51 James St, Perth Cultural Centre, WA
www.pica.org.au
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9:: MELBOURNE =96 Victoria Park Gallery=96 New Artist Run Initiative
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Victoria Park Gallery is calling for submissions for its 2006 artistic
program.
The gallery is a new Artist Run Initiative situated in a refurbished shop
front
space on busy Johnston St in Abbotsford, Victoria. The space features 2
galleries that can be used separately or in conjunction with each other.
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Who can apply
* All artists =96 established and emerging
* All forms of audio/visual work in any media
* Solo or group shows
For detailed information on submission requirements please go to
www.victoriaparkgallery.com
250 Johnston St, Abbotsford
T: 03 9415 8023
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10:: MELBOURNE - Emerging Writers Program 2006 =96 call for applications
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces and Express Media present an opportunity
for emerging visual arts writers to develop their writing practice, publish
their work and gain further insight into the field of contemporary arts
writing.
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The Emerging Writers Program partners four young visual arts writers with
four experienced mentors, working together for 20 contact hours over a
period of five months between July and December 2006.
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Applications close Friday 16th June
For further information on the program please contact:
Jeff Khan or Alexie Glass at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces on (tel) 03
9419 3406 or (email) jeff@gertrude.org.au
Rohini Sharma at Express Media on (tel) 03 9326 8367 or
artisticdirector@expressmedia.org.au
http://www.expressmedia.org.au/events.php?content_id=3D209
http://www.expressmedia.org.au
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11:: QUEENSLAND- Jumpstart Short Film Fund
Take your film career to the next level. If you are a producer with at leas=
t
one short film credit and a creative team (producer/writer/director) alread=
y
in place looking to get your idea on screen, consider applying for funding
of up to $30,000 through PFTC's JUMPSTART Short Film Fund.
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CLOSING DATE: Monday, 5 June 2006
Guidelines, application forms and information are available on line.
http://www.pftc.com.au/pftc_2004/funding/content.asp?pageid=3D186=3D2=3D25
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The Pacific Film and Television Commission Pty Ltd
Level 15, 111 George Street Brisbane Qld 4000
T: 07 3224 4114
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12:: QUEENSLAND - The Pacific Edge, Regional Arts Australia=B9s 2006 national
conference=20
Part-conference, part-festival, all art! the Pacific Edge will be held in
Mackay from 15 - 17 September this year. It will offer festival experiences=
,
debate and engagement, and be a unique opportunity to discuss and debate th=
e
current priorities for the arts in regional Australia.
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15 - 17 September 2006
Mackay, Queensland
To register please visit the website. Earlybird delegate registration is
open until 24 July 2006
For general enquiries please contact:
Rebecca Atkinson
Conference Co-ordinator, Queensland Arts Council, GPO Box 376, Brisbane QLD
4001
P: [07] 3846 7500
rebecca.atkinson@qac.org.au
www.thepacificedge.com.au
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13:: ADELAIDE - High Definition Workshop for DOPs and Cinematographers
A joint event between AFTRS and the SA Branch of ACS, financially sponsored
by the SA Film Corporation.
This one-day workshop is designed for practising camera operators and DOPs.
The workshop will provide an overview of professional HD camera technology
and comparisons of the different formats available. Through hands-on
exercises the workshop will provide the opportunity to shoot and analyse
various HD and SD cameras in real situations and compare the differences.
Other topics to be covered include set-up menus, choice of lenses, critical
focus, filters, etc. The workshop will also allow participants to view the
images on a state of the art 1080x1920 high definition projector.
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Cameras will include high end Sony HDCam and XDCam HD, as well as a SD Digi
Beta 790 and HDV format camcorders.
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Applications close on Wednesday 21June
Course Director: Chris Moon ACS, ABC Adelaide
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Saturday 8 July, 9.30 am to 5.00 pm
ABC studios, 85 North East Road Collinswood, South Australia
$95.00 (ASC members $70.00 )
Online registration:
http://myregistration.aftrs.edu.au/seminar_rego.cfm?dx=3Dblank&lg=3D0&v=3DE199w1
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14:: VICTORIA - Vic Health Community Arts Participation Scheme
The Community Arts Participation Scheme is designed to promote mental healt=
h
and wellbeing through community arts participation. Grants of up to $30,000
per year are available to organisations to conduct community arts projects.
=20
Applications close 20 October 2006
http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/Content.aspx?topicID=3D58
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15:: ALL STATES - CSAA 2006 annual conference =96Call for Papers
Titled UnAustralian the conference will feature both refereed and
non-refereed twenty minute papers, and an exhibition of creative on-line
works curated by Stephen Barrass. Professor Jacques Ranci=E8re, author of
Disagreement, will deliver the keynote address in the Australian Parliament
House. Confirmed Australasian keynotes include Professor Larissa Behrendt,
Professor John Frow and Associate Professor Catharine Lumby. Professor
Ranci=E8re=92s address will be followed by a cocktail party in the marble foyer
of Parliament House. Other venues include the University of Canberra, and
the National Museum of Australia=92s Garden of Australian Dreams.
Closing date for submissions: June 30th, 2006
Conference & exhibition; December 6,7 & 8th, 2006
For further details, to submit abstracts and creative on-line works, go to
the conference web-site at: http://www.unaustralia.com
University of Canberra
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::: INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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16:: ALL-Xperimental Film & Animation Festival 5.0- call for Entries
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The XPERIMENTAL film festival continues its success for a fifth time on the
24th of November 2006, showcasing creators of all kinds who have chosen to
express themselves through film and animation. This is the second year that
we are calling for applications from international creative people of all
kinds: professionals, students and curious creators.
The festival aims to celebrate the art of film and animation rather than it=
s
traditional narrative form. The participants of the XPERIMENTAL festival
have each developed their own unique style producing an atmospheric result
either technically, visually, or conceptually.
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There are no entry fees.
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus
Contact: Petros Lapithis, info@pantheongallery.org
Deadline: 29 June 2006
Exhibition date: 17 November, 2006
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For further information and submission requirements contact
Pantheon Gallery=20
POB 25353 , Nicosia 1309, Cyprus.
info@pantheongallery.org
www.pantheongallery.org <http://www.pantheongallery.org>
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EXPERIMENTA EMAIL BULLETIN<BR>
<BR>
Welcome to the Experimenta Email Bulletin for 2 June – 16 June, 2006.=
<BR>
This bulletin contains a listing of Australian and international media art =
events <BR>
and opportunities. <BR>
<BR>
To submit an event or opportunity for potential listing, please <B>do not r=
eply</B> to this email. Email up to 150 words of copy to experimenta@e=
xperimenta.org.<BR>
<BR>
PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for submissions for the next email bulletin is <B=
R>
Wednesday 14 June at 5pm.<BR>
____________________________________________________________<BR>
<BR>
::: EXPERIMENTA NEWS <BR>
Experimenta Under the Radar:: UK tour<BR>
Experimenta’s new touring exhibition, Experimenta Under the Radar, in=
vites UK audiences to experience and interact with the best of Australian Me=
dia Art at FACT, Liverpool and the ICA, London. <BR>
Opening at FACT on 16 June, Experimenta Under the Radar is an exhibition of=
innovative interactive media and video artworks by some of Australia’=
s leading contemporary artists. The unprecedented scale and calibre of the w=
orks makes this tour to two of the UK’s most prestigious media arts ve=
nues a world first. The artists featured are: Stephen Barrass, Linda Davy, K=
erry Richens:: Daniel Crooks:: Alex Davies:: Shaun Gladwell:: David Haines, =
Joyce Hinterding:: ENESS:: Narinda Readers, David Macleod:: Van Sowerwine, I=
sobel Knowles, Liam Fennessy:: Craig Walsh:: Tan Teck Weng.<BR>
Please visit www.experimenta.org <a href=3D"http://www.experimenta.org"><h=
ttp://www.experimenta.org></a> for more information about the exhibition =
including dates and venues.<BR>
<BR>
<I>New Experimenta merchanise!<BR>
</I>The cute “limited edition” printed catalogue and T-shirts w=
ith the Experimenta Under the Radar graphic designed by award-winning Boccal=
atte will be on sale soon.<BR>
<BR>
New Visions Commissions 2006<BR>
For our major 2007 exhibition Experimenta Playground, we are commissioning =
new interactive works that allow the audience to play, and be played upon. U=
p to $6,000 per project is available for emerging and mid-career Australian =
artists to create new interactive media art works for an exhibition of Austr=
alian and international media artworks to be launched in Melbourne in Septem=
ber 2007.<BR>
Please visit www.experimenta.org to download the Guidelines and Application=
Form. Contact Emma McRae, Experimenta’s Curatorial and Project Coordi=
nator to discuss your application. emma@experimenta.org<BR>
<BR>
There is no cost to apply and applicants need not be members of Experimenta=
Media Arts.<BR>
The closing date for applications is Friday 21 July 2006<BR>
<BR>
::: MEMBERS WIN!! <BR>
Please note you must be an Experimenta member to enter the following<BR>
competition. Download a membership application from www.experimenta.org <a =
href=3D"http://www.experimenta.org"><http://www.experimenta.org></a> <BR=
>
<BR>
LOST BOYS OF SUDAN FUNDRAISER SCREENING<BR>
As part of the Emerge Festival, Multicultural Arts Victoria is offering 5 d=
ouble passes to Experimenta members to attend the LOST BOYS OF SUDAN FUNDRAI=
SER SCREENING.<BR>
Friday 23 June, 7.30 – 10.30pm, <BR>
Fitzroy Town Hall, 201 Napier Street, Fitzroy<BR>
This feature-length documentary follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraor=
dinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Afri=
ca's cruellest civil wars, they survive lion attacks and militia gunfire to =
reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children. From t=
here, remarkably they are chosen to go to America where they find themselves=
confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary American subur=
bia. <BR>
Also on the night Q & A session with Sudanese community leader Zacharia=
h Bul Dhieu and performance by Sudanese singer Ajak Kwai. <BR>
To win please send an email with “LOST BOYS” in the subject to =
maria@experimenta.org by Friday 9 June.<BR>
If you miss out on winning one of the double passes, you can still purchase=
tickets from Anita Larkin, Project Officer, MAV. Cost is $20.00 full price =
/$15.00 concession and all proceeds from this event will go towards The Tomo=
rrow Foundation. <BR>
T: 03 9417 6777<BR>
projects@multiculturalarts.com.au <BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
::: INDEX OF EVENTS<BR>
01:: SYDNEY- Daniel H. Kojta- Alien Presence H (Handmade Echo)<BR>
02:: VICTORIA- 15/15 Film Festival Screening<BR>
03:: MELBOURNE- Hearing the Hydra- audio visual performance<BR>
04:: MELBOURNE- Emerge Festival<BR>
05:: ADELAIDE- Art Movement- Explorations of Motion and Change<BR>
<BR>
::: INDEX OF OPPORTUNITIES<BR>
06:: ALL AUSTRALIAN STATES- Realise your Dream Competition<BR>
07:: PERTH - CyberGames and Interactive Entertainment Conference R=
11; call for papers<BR>
08:: PERTH- Your Life Is Grand- Video competition<BR>
09:: MELBOURNE – Victoria Park Gallery– New Artist Run Initiati=
ve<BR>
10:: MELBOURNE - Emerging Writers Program 2006 – call for application=
s<BR>
11:: QUEENSLAND- Jumpstart Short Film Fund<BR>
12:: QUEENSLAND - The Pacific Edge, Regional Arts Australia¹s 2006 nat=
ional conference<BR>
13:: ADELAIDE- HD workshop for DOPs and cinematographers<BR>
14:: VICTORIA - Vic Health Community Arts Participation Scheme<BR>
15:: ALL STATES - CSAA 2006 annual conference –Call for Papers<BR>
<BR>
::: INDEX OF INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITES<BR>
16:: ALL - Xperimental Film & Animation Festival 5.0- call for Entries<=
BR>
<BR>
<BR>
::: EVENTS<BR>
<BR>
1:: SYDNEY - Alien Presence H - [handmade echo] – New collaborative w=
ork by Daniel Kojta<BR>
<BR>
The title ALIEN PRESENCE H - [HANDMADE ECHO] continues the series by Daniel=
H Kojta and refers to a monologue which dictates a theory of perception. Th=
is work is comprised of a series of eleven video works directed in compositi=
on by Kojta and shot by eleven International artists. Each artist was given =
the instruction to shoot with the horizon line at a common measured height, =
and each had their time zone coordinated to initiate the shoot at the same m=
oment in time across the eleven time zones – from Denmark to America. =
The common horizon line will link all works in physical and temporal topogra=
phy in time.<BR>
<BR>
The artists are: Katrine Nyholm (Denmark), Adam Cullen ( Australia ),=
Greg Wood (New Zealand), Honi Ryan ( Germany), Johannes Birring=
er ( UK), Philip Dadson ( New Zealand), JD Beltran( USA ), Gabrielle Stein &=
nbsp; (USA), Carli Leimbach ( Australia ), Stephen Barrass ( Australia)=
, Daniel H Kojta (Australia).<BR>
<BR>
>From 6 June 2006<BR>
First Draft Gallery <BR>
116 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, NSW<BR>
T: 02 9698 3665<BR>
First.draft.inc@hotmail.com<BR>
www.firstdraftgallery.com<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
2:: VICTORIA- 15/15 Film Festival Screening<BR>
<BR>
An exciting International showcase of diverse filmmaking talent will be scr=
eening around Victoria soon!<BR>
<BR>
The Travelling Festival of films made in 15 minutes will start with Bendigo=
, Ballarat, Brisbane and Adelaide. The screenings will continue nationally b=
efore heading to South-East Asia and Europe. For a full list of screenings, =
visit www.filmfestival15.com The entire screening festival takes around two =
months.<BR>
<BR>
'At the Screening Festival, we will share with you the innovative and creat=
ive ways emerging film makers incorporate the quote and the object, producin=
g a beautifully made film within a very short time frame' said Amadeo Marque=
z-Perez 15/15 Film Festival Director<BR>
<BR>
Jacqueline on 0400 548 836 or Amadeo on 0400 472 172.<BR>
www.filmfestival15.com <a href=3D"http://www.filmfestival15.com"><http://w=
ww.filmfestival15.com></a> <BR>
<BR>
3:: MELBOURNE- Hearing the Hydra- audio visual performance<BR>
<BR>
Ros Bandt and Brigid Burke are two internationally acclaimed artists. Sound=
Artist and composer Ros Bandt and composer, clarinettist and visual artist =
Brigid Burke will uncover and interpret the historically rich archaeological=
elements of Footscray Arts’ Hydra Studio through sound and visuals. O=
nce part of a factory where air filters were made for FJ Holdens, this artis=
t’s studio has a view of the city skyline and Maribyrnong river and a =
sonic landscape of passing trucks, trains and artists. Performing as Carte B=
lanche: Place of Possibilities, Ros and Brigid (featuring sound assistance f=
rom Angie Grant) will combine ambient onsite recordings with live electro-ac=
oustic music and visuals to interpret and rediscover the Hydra Studio. Come =
early for refreshments (cheese and wine), and stay after the performance to =
chat with the artists.<BR>
<BR>
FREE (no bookings required)<BR>
Sunday 4 June, 2pm-5pm (performance from 2:30-3:20)<BR>
Hydra Studio, Footscray Community Arts Centre<BR>
45 Moreland Street, Footscray (Melways ref. 42 D6)<BR>
T: 03 9362 8888 <BR>
reception@footscrayarts.com<BR>
<BR>
4:: MELBOURNE- Emerge Festival<BR>
<BR>
In commemoration of UN World Refugee Day Multicultural Arts Victoria presen=
ts a cultural festival that is a joyous celebration of the richness of cultu=
res and talent from Africa, Afghanistan and Kurdistan. The festival offers s=
omething for everyone: three non stop stages of dazzling world music and dan=
ce performances, a vibrant cultural marketplace, the aromas of an Ethiopian =
coffee ceremony, an intimate evening of story and song from all over Africa,=
a fun packed soccer carnival, a hip hop dance battle and slam dunk competit=
ion, and VISIBLE - a collaborative music project featuring artists such as N=
icky Bomba and Kavisha Mazzella working with emerging artists, are just some=
of the highlights of this year’s Emerge Festival. <BR>
<BR>
Friday 16 June- Saturday 1 July 2006<BR>
Festival launch with Story and Song, Friday 16 June, 8 - 10pm <BR>
Fitzroy Town Hall FREE<BR>
201 Napier Street, Fitzroy<BR>
Other events at various locations. Visit website for details and a download=
able program.<BR>
<BR>
T: 03 9417 6777<BR>
www.multiculturalarts.com.au <a href=3D"http://www.multiculturalarts.com.au">=
<http://www.multiculturalarts.com.au></a> <BR>
<BR>
5:: ADELAIDE- Art Movement- Explorations of Motion & Change<BR>
<BR>
‘Everything in the universe is constantly shifting and changing.̵=
7;<BR>
The works in Art Movement are linked by the artists’ perceptions and =
representations of this perpetual motion. New and recent works by Tom Bai, T=
om Burless, Daniel Crooks, m3architecture, Robert Puloe, Sarah Ryan and John=
Tonkin conceptualise actual and impossible physical movement. Video lenticu=
lar photography, sculpture, interactivity and architecture examine contempor=
ary states of constant flux.<BR>
Curated by Riccardo Felipe.<BR>
<BR>
27 June- 28 July 2006<BR>
Emma.White@uts.edu.au<BR>
Tel: 02 9514 1652<BR>
UTS Gallery, Level 4, 702 Harris st., Ultimo 2007<BR>
Gallery hours Mon-Fri 12-6 pm<BR>
www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au <a href=3D"http://www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au"><ht=
tp://www.utsgallery.uts.edu.au></a> / utsgallery@uts.edu.au<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
:: OPPORTUNITIES<BR>
<BR>
6:: ALL AUSTRALIAN STATES- Realise your Dream Competition <BR>
<BR>
Realise Your Dream is a competition for young Australians (between 19-26 ye=
ars of age) in the creative industries (multimedia, design, photography, arc=
hitecture film, television, drama, dance, fashion etc) and visual arts. Now =
in its 4th year, the British Council awarded 12 successful applicants to dat=
e to travel to the UK (all expenses paid) on the Realise Your Dream programm=
e to work on placements with top industry experts, professional development =
courses, networking etc. Six awards are offered in 2006 including one prize =
dedicated to visual artists. <BR>
The prize includes $7500 cash plus a return airfare valued at $2500. <BR>
Applications are open till 16 June 2006. For more information, please visit=
www.realiseyourdream.org.au. Also, please check out our viral campaign for =
the competition – ‘Poms Will Winge’ at <a href=3D"http://www=
.realiseyourdream.org.au/poms.htm">http://www.realiseyourdream.org.au/poms.h=
tm</a><BR>
Shampa Kaiser, Scholarships and Opportunities Manager<BR>
British Council Australia <BR>
T: 02-93626713<BR>
<BR>
7:: PERTH -CyberGames and Interactive Entertainment Conference – call=
for papers<BR>
<BR>
CGIE2006 is the joint conference of the Third Australasian Conference on In=
teractive Entertainment (IE 2006) and Cybergames 2006: International Confere=
nce and Exhibition on Games Research and Development. The 'game-art-interfac=
e' special session at CGIE2006 will explore the intersection of art theory a=
nd practice with game design. Submissions are invited that challenge the pas=
t, present and future of game aesthetics and interface. Topics do not need t=
o specifically address games, so long as they can be notionally connected.<B=
R>
Submissions: Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings. Please s=
ubmit paper in PDF format, 8 pages maximum. Paper format should follow the A=
CM Proceedings format and the template can be downloaded from <a href=3D"http:=
//www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html">http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/=
proceed/template.html</a> <a href=3D"http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/temp=
late.html%22%20%5Ct%20%22__eb"><http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/temp=
late.html%22%20%5Ct%20%22__eb></a> <BR>
<BR>
4-6 December 2006, Perth, Western Australia<BR>
School of Information Technology, Division of Arts, Murdoch University, Per=
th<BR>
Tel: (+618) 9360 2521<BR>
<BR>
Full Paper Submission Due: 15 June 2006<BR>
Early Bird Registration Due: 31 July 2006<BR>
Please contact special session chair Andrew Hutchison with any enquires.<BR=
>
Email: a.hutchison@curtin.edu.au <https://pwd.student.rmit.edu.au/w?OR.D=
DM.ZU7yFuw.ECKE.DlIl6R.L+a.hutchison@curtin.edu.au%22%20%5Ct%20%22_compose&g=
t; <BR>
<a href=3D"http://www.cgie2006.murdoch.edu.au/">http://www.cgie2006.murdoch.e=
du.au/</a> <a href=3D"http://www.cgie2006.murdoch.edu.au/%22%20%5Ct%20%22__eb"=
><http://www.cgie2006.murdoch.edu.au/%22%20%5Ct%20%22__eb></a> <BR>
<BR>
8:: PERTH- Your Life Is Grand- Video competition<BR>
<BR>
Submit your 15 minute video (or shorter) of an average day in your life to =
be in the running to win.<BR>
<BR>
All entries will be shown at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA=
) as part of the PAPER exhibition (6 July - 6 August) and we the public vote=
for our favourite - so beg/borrow a camera and start filming.<BR>
<BR>
Drop/post your edited film (on mini DV tape) AND a photo of the star AND yo=
ur name and contact details AND a brief description of what happens in the f=
ilm AND ten dollars entry fee to PICA attention SIMON PERICICH (the coordina=
ting artist)<BR>
<BR>
Entries close 6 June<BR>
Exhibition: Thursday 6 July - 6 August 2006<BR>
51 James St, Perth Cultural Centre, WA<BR>
www.pica.org.au<BR>
<BR>
9:: MELBOURNE – Victoria Park Gallery– New Artist Run Initiativ=
e<BR>
<BR>
Victoria Park Gallery is calling for submissions for its 2006 artistic prog=
ram.<BR>
The gallery is a new Artist Run Initiative situated in a refurbished shop f=
ront<BR>
space on busy Johnston St in Abbotsford, Victoria. The space features 2<BR>
galleries that can be used separately or in conjunction with each other.<BR=
>
<BR>
Who can apply<BR>
* All artists – established and emerging <BR>
* All forms of audio/visual work in any media <BR>
* Solo or group shows <BR>
For detailed information on submission requirements please go to www.victor=
iaparkgallery.com<BR>
250 Johnston St, Abbotsford<BR>
T: 03 9415 8023<BR>
<BR>
10:: MELBOURNE - Emerging Writers Program 2006 – call for application=
s<BR>
<BR>
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces and Express Media present an opportunity f=
or emerging visual arts writers to develop their writing practice, publish t=
heir work and gain further insight into the field of contemporary arts writi=
ng.<BR>
<BR>
The Emerging Writers Program partners four young visual arts writers with f=
our experienced mentors, working together for 20 contact hours over a period=
of five months between July and December 2006. <BR>
<BR>
Applications close Friday 16th June<BR>
For further information on the program please contact:<BR>
Jeff Khan or Alexie Glass at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces on (tel) 03 9=
419 3406 or (email) jeff@gertrude.org.au<BR>
Rohini Sharma at Express Media on (tel) 03 9326 8367 or artisticdirector@ex=
pressmedia.org.au<BR>
<a href=3D"http://www.expressmedia.org.au/events.php?content_id=3D209">http://w=
ww.expressmedia.org.au/events.php?content_id=3D209</a> <BR>
<a href=3D"http://www.expressmedia.org.au">http://www.expressmedia.org.au</a>=
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
11:: QUEENSLAND- Jumpstart Short Film Fund <BR>
<BR>
Take your film career to the next level. If you are a producer with at leas=
t one short film credit and a creative team (producer/writer/director) alrea=
dy in place looking to get your idea on screen, consider applying for fundin=
g of up to $30,000 through PFTC's JUMPSTART Short Film Fund. <BR>
<BR>
CLOSING DATE: Monday, 5 June 2006<BR>
Guidelines, application forms and information are available on line. <a hre=
f=3D"http://www.pftc.com.au/pftc_2004/funding/content.asp?pageid=3D186=3D2=3D25">htt=
p://www.pftc.com.au/pftc_2004/funding/content.asp?pageid=3D186=3D2=3D25</a> <BR>
<BR>
The Pacific Film and Television Commission Pty Ltd<BR>
Level 15, 111 George Street Brisbane Qld 4000<BR>
T: 07 3224 4114<BR>
<BR>
12:: QUEENSLAND - The Pacific Edge, Regional Arts Australia¹s 2006 nat=
ional conference <BR>
<BR>
Part-conference, part-festival, all art! the Pacific Edge will be held in<B=
R>
Mackay from 15 - 17 September this year. It will offer festival experiences=
,<BR>
debate and engagement, and be a unique opportunity to discuss and debate th=
e current priorities for the arts in regional Australia.<BR>
<BR>
15 - 17 September 2006<BR>
Mackay, Queensland<BR>
To register please visit the website. Earlybird delegate registration is op=
en until 24 July 2006<BR>
For general enquiries please contact:<BR>
Rebecca Atkinson<BR>
Conference Co-ordinator, Queensland Arts Council, GPO Box 376, Brisbane QLD=
4001<BR>
P: [07] 3846 7500<BR>
rebecca.atkinson@qac.org.au<BR>
www.thepacificedge.com.au<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
13:: ADELAIDE - High Definition Workshop for DOPs and Cinematographers <BR>
<BR>
A joint event between AFTRS and the SA Branch of ACS, financially sponsored=
by the SA Film Corporation. <BR>
This one-day workshop is designed for practising camera operators and DOPs.=
The workshop will provide an overview of professional HD camera technology =
and comparisons of the different formats available. Through hands-on e=
xercises the workshop will provide the opportunity to shoot and analyse vari=
ous HD and SD cameras in real situations and compare the differences. Other =
topics to be covered include set-up menus, choice of lenses, critical focus,=
filters, etc. The workshop will also allow participants to view the i=
mages on a state of the art 1080x1920 high definition projector.<BR>
<BR>
Cameras will include high end Sony HDCam and XDCam HD, as well as a SD Digi=
Beta 790 and HDV format camcorders.<BR>
<BR>
Applications close on Wednesday 21June<BR>
Course Director: Chris Moon ACS, ABC Adelaide <BR>
<BR>
Saturday 8 July, 9.30 am to 5.00 pm<BR>
ABC studios, 85 North East Road Collinswood, South Australia<BR>
$95.00 (ASC members $70.00 )<BR>
Online registration:<BR>
<a href=3D"http://myregistration.aftrs.edu.au/seminar_rego.cfm?dx=3Dblank&lg=3D0&=
v=3DE199w1">http://myregistration.aftrs.edu.au/seminar_rego.cfm?dx=3Dblank&l=
g=3D0&v=3DE199w1</a><BR>
<BR>
14:: VICTORIA - Vic Health Community Arts Participation Scheme<BR>
<BR>
The Community Arts Participation Scheme is designed to promote mental healt=
h and wellbeing through community arts participation. Grants of up to $30,00=
0 per year are available to organisations to conduct community arts projects=
.<BR>
<BR>
Applications close 20 October 2006<BR>
<a href=3D"http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/Content.aspx?topicID=3D58">http://ww=
w.vichealth.vic.gov.au/Content.aspx?topicID=3D58</a><BR>
<BR>
15:: ALL STATES - CSAA 2006 annual conference –Call for Papers<BR>
<BR>
Titled UnAustralian the conference will feature both refereed and non-refer=
eed twenty minute papers, and an exhibition of creative on-line works curate=
d by Stephen Barrass. Professor Jacques Rancière, author of Disagreem=
ent, will deliver the keynote address in the Australian Parliament House. Co=
nfirmed Australasian keynotes include Professor Larissa Behrendt, Professor =
John Frow and Associate Professor Catharine Lumby. Professor Rancière=
’s address will be followed by a cocktail party in the marble foyer of=
Parliament House. Other venues include the University of Canberra, and the =
National Museum of Australia’s Garden of Australian Dreams. <BR>
<BR>
Closing date for submissions: June 30th, 2006<BR>
Conference & exhibition; December 6,7 & 8th, 2006<BR>
For further details, to submit abstracts and creative on-line works, go to =
the conference web-site at: <a href=3D"http://www.unaustralia.com">http://www.=
unaustralia.com</a> <BR>
University of Canberra<BR>
<BR>
::: INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES<BR>
<BR>
16:: ALL-Xperimental Film & Animation Festival 5.0- call for Entries<BR=
>
<BR>
The XPERIMENTAL film festival continues its success for a fifth time on the=
24th of November 2006, showcasing creators of all kinds who have chosen to =
express themselves through film and animation. This is the second year that =
we are calling for applications from international creative people of all ki=
nds: professionals, students and curious creators. <BR>
The festival aims to celebrate the art of film and animation rather than it=
s traditional narrative form. The participants of the XPERIMENTAL festival h=
ave each developed their own unique style producing an atmospheric result ei=
ther technically, visually, or conceptually.<BR>
<BR>
There are no entry fees.<BR>
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus<BR>
Contact: Petros Lapithis, info@pantheongallery.org<BR>
Deadline: 29 June 2006<BR>
Exhibition date: 17 November, 2006<BR>
<BR>
For further information and submission requirements contact <BR>
Pantheon Gallery <BR>
POB 25353 , Nicosia 1309, Cyprus. <BR>
info@pantheongallery.org <BR>
www.pantheongallery.org <a href=3D"http://www.pantheongallery.org"><http:/=
/www.pantheongallery.org></a> <BR>
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