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From: Andrew Jones <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 8:56 AM
Subject: Call
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CALL FOR SHORT STEREOPHONIC SOUNDSCAPE & HOERSPIEL WORKS
>A DIAMOND IN THE MUD<
A Miniature Audio Exhibition of Stereophonic Soundscape & Hörspiel Works
Concept:
It is an Asian concept rooted in Buddhism that self-cultivation can be
developed at home as a householder and is not merely confined to a temple or
monastery. Buddhist believe that enlightened beings are those who "grew" out
of the "mud" of the material world. So, like the lotus flower, which
penetrates through sullied mud and water, but emerges unspoiled, enlightened
beings are beautiful and pure even though they grow up in the material
world. The phrase "a diamond in the mud" is an analogy for this and in
keeping with it the Digital Art Weeks would like to issue this call to
artists and to submit pre recorded works (Soundscape, Hörspiel, Poetry) in
regard to the beautiful and the sullied. The works will be chosen on their
ability to transcend the listeners into a "moment of tranquilly" and out of
the confines of the everyday, or as expressed in the Diamond Sutra: "Dwell
upon nothing and produce the pure mind."
Playback System:
Constructed as a dock for Apple's famed iPod, the iCarta stereophonic audio
playback system will be used to play back all of the selected works. The
systems not only offers an interesting solution for public pod-casting, but
it also acts uniquely as a bathroom dispenser for the indispensable: Le
papier toilette.
- Art Clay, DAW, Artistic Director (c) 2008
Submission:
Please submit all works electronically in MP3 format and accompanied by a
completed application (The title of the work, a short description of no more
than 100 words, and a short biography of the author of the work of no more
than 50 words). Submission should be made available for downloading at a
link of the submitter's choice or can be sent per email or snail mail to the
address below. Selected works will be presented at the Literaturhaus in
Basel, Switzerland over a period of three days from the 25th to the 27th of
September 2008. Information about the artist and the work will appear
electronically and all of the works will be made available to download for
pod-casting. A listening space will be provided that goes along with the
concept of the project and the needed hardware and audio library (iPod
shuffle) will be made available. Works should be no longer than 5 minutes in
duration. Winning Prize: iCarta Audio Player
DEADLINE: Moday, 15th September 2008. Notification of acceptance of
proposals will be sent out on or before Monday, 22nd September 2008.
For more information regarding the call please write directly to:
[log in to unmask]; for more on past Digital Art Weeks, please see:
www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch; for technical information on the iCarta, please
see: http://www.atechflash.com
Please send all submissions to:
Email:
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Snail Mail:
A Diamond in the Mud
c/o ToneText GmbH
P.O. Box 147,
CH-4019 Basel
Switzerland
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Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au
Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
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