Digital forms of expression, both social and artistic, have the power of connecting diverse cultural interests, engaging communities, and giving rise to a wide-range of group interactions. Through this call, the Prince Claus Fund wishes to support innovative creative initiatives that link digital techniques and/or new media with culture and development.

The Prince Claus Fund is particularly interested in projects in the field of digital culture and new media that facilitates freedom of expression, stimulates dialogue and encourages cultural exchange. The Fund has a five year focus on the theme of culture and conflict and encourages project proposals related to this theme.

For more information visit:

http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/activities/current-call.html

Deadline: Sunday 17th, June, 2012

VIDEOHOLICA Video Art Festival in Varna, Bulgaria is accepting now video art submissions for its 5th anniversary edition.

The 5th VIDEOHOLICA is planned to take place between 25th and 30th July 2012 in Varna within the framework of the International Biennial for Visual Arts AUGUST IN ART.

The 5th VIDEOHOLICA will animate again with evening video art projections the Varna public and outdoor spaces, such as the inner yard of the Varna Archaeology Museum, the back yard of the Varna Puppet Theatre, the Rakovina Open-Air Stage in the Varna Sea Garden, Music Cafe ‘LOOK’, the Roman Baths, Cultural House ‘Harmony’ yard and other. Along with the evening video art screenings, VIDEOHOLICA 2012 will introduce to the Varna public established local and international video art partners’ activities and honored video artists’ talks, in parallel with discussions and exhibitions to take place in gallery, museum and alternative spaces in Varna, presenting the video art on a global scale.

The 5th anniversary edition of VIDEOHOLICA will award the following prizes:
First Prize – GOLDEN VIDEOHOLIC
Second Prize – SILVER VIDEOHOLIC
Third Prize – BRONZE VIDEOHOLIC
Award for young Bulgarian author – YOUNG VIDEOHOLIC

The decisions about the pre-selections are taken by the curatorial team of VIDEOHOLICA 2012. Decisions about the awards and special selection 2012 will be taken by the 5-member jury, made up of internationally recognized artists and art professionals. All the applicants, who observe the rules and the deadline, will have admission to the jury, which will take place in July 2012. The pre-selection results will be announced by the middle of July 2012. The awarded video artists will be announced at the closing ceremony of VIDEOHOLICA 2012. The international jury will make also a special selection of 15 video art works, which will be representing VIDEOHOLICA 2012 to national and international video and contemporary art events.

The theme of VIDEOHOLICA 2012 is free.

This year’s VIDEOHOLICA festival has a submission fee of 10 EUR.

In return, to facilitate the submission process, VIDEOHOLICA 2012 will accept both regular mail applications as well as online applications.

VIDEOHOLICA 2012 OPEN CALL will run until 30th June 2012 and all applications are very welcome.

For contacts, terms and conditions and application form, please visit www.videoholica.org

Deadline: Saturday 30th, June, 2012

The CHRISTIE/CAFKA Artist in Residence programme has the following goals:
a) the advancement of research and practice into the creative use of digital media technologies;
b) the use of visualisation and interactive technologies in the visual arts; and
c) the creation of digital media with intelligent projections that may include 3D animations.

Artists selected to participate in the programme will be exposed to a body of technical knowledge enabling them to explore forms, methods of display, and concepts not possible in their own studios as well as new ways of thinking and working in a unique collaborative environment. Christie will provide funding, facilities and technical mentoring to make its visualisation technologies accessible to resident artists.

1. DURATION OF PROGRAMME AND RESIDENCY

The Artist in Residence programme will have a term of two years. It will operate on an annual basis, hosting one artist position for a full year, or the equivalent in short term residencies. Each resident artist will have the opportunity to work from two to twelve months, depending on the size of the project, creating a work of art using Christie’s projection systems.

2. FACILITIES AND ARTIST BENEFITS

Each artist will be provided with studio space at Christie’s facilities at the Communitech HUB in downtown Kitchener, Ontario. The space is accessible to the resident artist 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. In addition, each resident artist will have access to the following:

a) technical assistance from Christie in developing artwork for use on Christie’s projection systems;
b) reimbursement of housing expenses for rent of up to $1,000 per month (the artist may bring family members but the artist will be required to cover any additional costs);
c) a stipend of $1,200 per month to cover food and personal expenses of the artist;
d) reimbursement of travel costs of up to $1,000 for the artist to travel from the artist’s residence to Kitchener, Ontario (the artist may bring family members but the artist will be required to cover any additional costs);
e) a workstation/studio at Christie’s facility at 809 Wellington Street North, Kitchener, Ontario
f) access to software
g) use of a bicycle supplied by Cycle CAFKA;

An important consideration in the selection of artists will be the extent that an applicant will take advantage of the resources and technical support provided by Christie. Artists will be selected for a residency based on:
a) the quality of past work;
b) the potential impact of the residency on the artist and their work;
c) the ability of the artist to master new technologies; and
d) a demonstrated commitment to working at Christie’s Kitchener facilities with their team and resources.

3. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING / OUTREACH

The Christie/CAFKA residency is intended to benefit the cultural life of the City of Kitchener and the Region of Waterloo. As part of the Artist in Residence programme, resident artists will be expected to undertake a selection of the following, to be agreed upon between CAFKA and the artist:
a) public lecture;
b) public workshop;
c) video interviews to be broadcast on CAFKA TV and posted on the CAFKA web site;
d) blog or vlog, to be posted to the CAFKA website; and
e) public exhibition of completed artwork.

4. APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications to the Artist in Residence Programme must include:
a) a cover page including: name, address, city, postal/zip code, country, telephone, email, website, and a maximum one page project proposal;
b) a concise portfolio of previous work;
c) two letters of reference;
d) a curriculum vitae; and
e) an artist statement.

Applications will be administered and reviewed by CAFKA’s programming committee with support from staff from Christie who will be called on to assess the project’s technical feasibility.

ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE DELIVERED TO:

CAFKA – Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area
141 Whitney Place, Studio #7
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada N2G 2X8

Receipt of applications will be acknowledged by email.

Applications will be accepted on an on-going basis.

For more information please contact CAFKA at cafka@cafka.org or 519.744.5123

Deadline: Sunday 29th, December, 2013

the non-profit audiovisual project elmur.net and A.A.A (Abteilung für Alles Mögliche Berlin – Department for Everything Else) are organising a monthly screening of creative videos under the motto “Everything Else”.

Is everything connected to everything else? What is “the other” and what is “me”? Is it another language, culture or point of view? Is it something I am not interested on, or may I just not know about it? Is the everything else weird, mysterious, distant or ignored? Or beautiful, curious and inspiring? Is is out there? Or, is it inside? What is it that, we call the “Everything Else”?

Best proposals will be served every first Tuesday of the month at A.A.A. in Berlin Mitte – Ackerstraße 18, 10115 – BERLIN (Germany) – MAP
DEADLINE: every month, till september 2012, 7 days before the first tuesday of each month.

To enter the call just UPLOAD your creative video at http://www.elmur.net under your profile section & join the visual conversation among creative citizens from around the world. Be part of it!

A.A.A is an open salon-style format in which we do things and present statements, which we in relation to the “All Other / all others”. Things that we find and put together. We collect ideas, expectations, set pieces and other snippets of a joint reflection on the phenomenon of “All Other / Others” Everybody wellcomed ; )

Images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elmurnet/
More info: info@elmur.net
http://www.a-a-a.cc/december.html

Deadline: Monday 1st, October, 2012

The Cuts & Burns Residency Program assists artists by eliminating the financial burden of high cost video post-production and custom programming, and provides them with professional video editors, sound engineers, and programmers who are passionate about contemporary art. Current commercial rates for an editing suite with an editor can cost over $1,000 per day. However, the Residency Program consists of 40 hours of free access to our studio with an editor. In addition to editing, we offer color correction, programming, DVD authoring, advanced graphics, sound mixes, multi-channel editing, and transfers between a variety of video formats.

Starting this past year we have also began assisting artists interested in building custom hardware and software. Artists who are working on interactive installations, experimenting with video projections, etc. are also encouraged to apply. We also offer lodging to residents if needed. Through Cuts and Burns, we have provided over a hundred residencies.

Deadline: Sunday 30th, December, 2012

With a state-of-the-art facility on the campus of Rensselaer, with the EMPAC program and the expertise of its staff, and with the resources and talent of Rensselaer’s faculty, students and staff, EMPAC offers an exceptional opportunity for collaboration and development.

The combination of artist-driven content with contemporary media and performing arts technology in the field of time-based arts stands in the center of the artistic research and production activities of EMPAC. The main focus is on the reciprocal influence of the intent and craftsmanship of artists as they create new works, with existing or yet-to-be-developed tools and technology.

EMPAC encourages applications for a wide range of projects, from a diversity of artists, composers, directors, choreographers, and performers of different cultural and geographic backgrounds. EMPAC is open to proposals from all phases of a project, from initial concept to full production.

The goal is to provide an environment to realize works from inception to completion. The resources at EMPAC are laid out to enable such an approach. This means that an EMPAC residency can support works that take a long period of time to develop and that may need different resources at different phases of the production.

Audio Production / Post-Production
EMPAC is an ideal place to record sound, produce multichannel pieces or a 5.1/7.1/10.2 DVD, document works of sound art, master, perform complex mixing for film with several consoles, and any other task involving microphones, speakers, and computers. We encourage applicants who are interested to come to EMPAC for short-term residencies to produce a project in our facility. For this initiative EMPAC may provide housing and technical support, but will not be offering offset stipends.

Video Production / Post-Production
EMPAC’s capacity for video parallels that of audio. It is an ideal location for doing a multi-camera shoot, creating documentation of a performance, working with multichannel video projection, and all aspect of digital post-production for film, video art — any  project that involves HD video cameras, computers, or projectors. Our facility is also ideal for recording live musicians for film scoring. Our venues are all potential locations for sessions of this type, ranging from recording spaces that are acoustically very live (Concert Hall) to a really very large dry studio (Studio 1), each is well suited for soloists or full orchestra (while projecting the film on large screens).

http://empac.rpi.edu/residencies/artist/

Deadline: Monday 31st, December, 2012