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THREE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITIES IN WALES, UK
OPEN TO ALL ARTISTS WORLDWIDE
MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES
Cardiff festival of creative technology
28th to 30th October 2005
MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES is Cardiff’s inaugural festival of
creative technology - a three-day programme of events being held across the
capital. The festival is being developed between bloc and Chapter. The
residency programme for the festival is supported and managed by Cywaith
Cymru/Artworks Wales), the national organisation for public art in Wales.
The festival residencies are supported through the National Lottery
celebration of Cardiff 2005.
Festival Theme:
Artists are increasingly engaged with or inspired by digital technology -
exploring consumer and communication technologies such as the worldwide
web, mobile networks, file sharing, and computer gaming. Because digital
technology is a participatory medium with global reach, artists tend to
explore digital technology in the context of public and shared spheres.
Often digital art is situated somewhere between public art - albeit in a
dematerialised form - and street culture where the technology itself is
used as a ‘site’ for the production and presentation of art works. Although
digital technology is often claimed to go beyond physical limitations,
engagement with technology is always embedded in, or grounded in, real
spaces and places whether this is explored from a user or network
perspective.
MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES is looking for three artist/s-in-
residence:
LIVE ARCHIVE RESIDENCY, Cardiff, UK
CONVERGENCE RESIDENCY, Cardigan, West Wales, UK
MAY YOU PARTICIPATE IN A DIGITAL WORLD RESIDENCY, mobile studio, North
Wales, UK
Please scroll down for further information on each residency.
Deadlines: Posted applications for all residencies should be received by
FRIDAY 29th APRIL 2005. Shortlisted artists will be notified on 6th May,
interviews will be held in Cardigan, West Wales for the Convergence
residency on Wednesday 18th May, in Cardiff for the Live Archive residency
on Thursday 19th May, and in Welshpool for the May You Participate in a
Digital World residency on Monday 1st June.
The Residencies
The residencies form part of the festival’s core programme where artists
are being invited to investigate the ‘places’ where digital technologies
become grounded in a geographical and social context. It is anticipated
that the work from the residencies will have a strong presence in Cardiff
during the festival period - 28th to 30th October 2005. All commissioned
works shown at the festival will negotiate with the specifics of the
location at various ‘sites’ in order to bring about activity and exchange
beyond the gallery.
The residencies are open to an artist or group of artists and cover a
period spent with the residency host between June and November this year
(the timing of the residencies is negotiable although the work must be made
evident during the festival period).
Live Archive residency, Cardiff
The artist/s will organise a programme of activity that will draw on
existing knowledge and resources within the city. The general public,
groups and professionals with a range of backgrounds will be invited to
contribute to building a broader picture of Cardiff, connecting the public
to the festival and the festival to the public within the context of past,
existing and planned projects.
Their activity would centre on a laboratory, which would be open to the
public during the festival. In addition to ‘passing traffic’, various
groups will be invited to a / number of exchange workshops with the
artist/s. This commission would attempt to inverse or reorder information
for the public, offering new explorations and interpretations to the
festival’s theme and programme. More specifically, this commission would
address an important aspect of new media – how digitised information is
ordered and navigated.
A studio will be available at the host, Chapter, during the residency
period. For further information on the host visit www.chapter.org. It is
thought that the artist will establish a fixed or touring laboratory/studio
within the city centre as part of the project.
Fee: There is a fee of £4,800 (40 days), materials budget of £2,000, and
outreach travel of £250.
Deadline: Posted applications should be received by FRIDAY 29th APRIL 2005.
Shortlisted artists will be notified on 6th May, interviews will be held in
Cardiff on Thursday 19th May.
Selection Panel: Hannah Firth (Curator, Chapter/ Festival Director), Emma
Posey (Director, Bloc/Festival Director) and Walt Warrilow (Project
Manager, Cywaith Cymru/Artworks Wales).
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal discussion
about the residency please email Walt Warrilow: [log in to unmask]
Applicants should post their CV, a proposal of no more than 1 side of A4
stating ref: Live Archive, and supporting visual material in slide or CD
format to:
Live Archive
Cywaith Cymru . Artworks Wales
Crichton House
11-12 Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff
CF10 5EE
UK
T: +44 (0)29 2048 9543
F: +44 (0)29 2046 5458
www.cywaithcymru.org
e: [log in to unmask]
Convergence residency, Cardigan
The artist/s will address the convergence of traditional, new media and
emerging technologies. Focusing on the combination of data and
communication, the project will employ one or all of the following
technologies: transmission, networking, and/or surveillance.
The residency host is Creative Mwldan, Cardigan, where the artist will have
access to a range of technical equipment and expertise. Creative Mwldan is
a centre in West Wales, UK, working with digital creativity. For further
information on the host visit www.mwldan.co.uk.
Fee: There is a fee of £4,800 (40 days), materials budget of £2,000, and
outreach travel of £250.
Deadline: Posted applications should be received by FRIDAY 29th APRIL 2005.
Shortlisted artists will be notified on 6th May, interviews will be held in
Cardigan, West Wales.
Selection Panel: Hannah Firth (Curator, Chapter/ Festival Director), Steve
Knight (Director, Creative Mwldan), Walt Warrilow (Project Manager, Cywaith
Cymru/Artworks Wales), and Emma Posey (Director, Bloc/Festival Director).
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal discussion
about the residency please email Walt Warrilow: [log in to unmask]
Applicants should post their CV, a proposal of no more than 1 side of A4
stating ref: Convergence, and supporting visual material in slide or CD
format to:
Convergence
Cywaith Cymru . Artworks Wales
Crichton House
11-12 Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff
CF10 5EE
UK
T: +44 (0)29 2048 9543
F: +44 (0)29 2046 5458
www.cywaithcymru.org
e: [log in to unmask]
May you participate in a digital world, mobile studio, North Wales
The BBC Wales New Media’s mobile studio is a touring bus which has onboard
a broadcast production studio with wireless broadband internet access, a
network of six PCs, a large TV/plasma screen, a Sony HDV broadcast TV
camera, digital cameras and scanners. Travelling with the bus is a driver,
a producer, a community researcher, and a Lifelong Learning advisor. All
the staff are bilingual (Welsh/English). The bus is a partnership between
BBC Wales, The Welsh Language Board and University of Wales, Bangor.
Through this residency the artist/s will address the festival’s theme of
investigating the ‘places’ where digital technologies become grounded in a
geographical and social context. Through the project the artist/s will
realise a work that encourages and extends the public’s initial or early
contact with digital technology. The project will focus on community
participation and exchange and will need to be structured to manage both
Welsh and English language content.
It is anticipated that the artist will fully utilise the technology
available in the mobile studio, the expertise of the crew, and the studio’s
portability. It is anticipated that the work will have a strong
visual/audio presence in Cardiff during the festival. The work will also
have dual visibility at Oriel Mostyn gallery, Llandudno, North Wales during
the three-days of the Cardiff-based festival (www.mostyn.org).
During the residency the artist will be based in North Wales at the BBC’s
mobile studio. The bus has a schedule which takes it throughout North Wales
and the appointed artist/s will work with the bus team to schedule stops.
The artist will also have access to support from the BBC’s main office in
Cardiff. BBC Wales New Media is the cross-media, online, interactive and
mobile department within BBC Wales. For further information on the host
visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales.
Fee: There is a fee of £3,600 (30 days), material budget of £750, and
outreach travel of £250.
Deadline: Posted applications should be received by FRIDAY 29th APRIL 2005.
Shortlisted artists will be notified on 6th May, interviews are to be held
in Welshpool, Mid-Wales on the 1st June.
Selection Panel: Hannah Firth (Curator, Chapter/ Festival Director), Emma
Posey (Director, Bloc/Festival Director), Iain Tweedale (Editor, BBC Wales
New Media), and Walt Warrilow (Project Manager, Cywaith Cymru/Artworks
Wales).
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal discussion
about this residency please email Walt Warrilow: [log in to unmask]
Applicants should post their CV, a proposal of no more than 1 side of A4
stating ref: May you participate in a digital world, and supporting visual
material in slide or CD format to:
May you participate in a digital world
Cywaith Cymru . Artworks Wales
Crichton House
11-12 Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff
CF10 5EE
UK
T: +44 (0)29 2048 9543
F: +44 (0)29 2046 5458
www.cywaithcymru.org
e: [log in to unmask]
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