"Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its environment. Basically it is the practical application of knowledge in a particular area..."(read more on Wikipedia )
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Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science and Technology, by Sabine Seymour
Lags, a series of patches for coping with social jet lag, by Teresa Almeida.
Over 50 well-known designers, research institutes, companies and artists are introduced by means of their latest, often still unpublished, project, and a survey of their work to date. Given for the first time is a list of all the relevant information on research institutes, materials, publications etc.
Electrofringe is a five-day festival of electronic arts and culture, committed to fostering creative and innovative use and re-use of technology and electronic artforms, while focusing on artistic development and skills exchange. The festival is now calling for proposals for the 2009 edition. Artists, sound artists, performers, media makers, digital filmmakers, researchers, cross-artform practitioners, curators, producers, writers, experimenters, are invited to apply.
When: the 1st - 5th October 1 - 5
Where: Newcastle, Australia
Deadline: March 31 (May 31 for online artworks and single-channel video works)
Ars Electronica possesses one of the worlds most extensive archives of digital media art from throughout the last 25 years.It contains material on Ars Electronica projects as well as biographies of the artists and theoreticians who took part in them.Have a look here.
Checklist
Trans Artists has made a checklist for artists who are searching, applying and preparing for an international artist-in-residence program. This checklist will help you to match your wishes and expectations with those of the program you want to apply for, in order to save yourself unnecessary trouble and to avoid disappointment.
Motivations
To think about your motivation seems superfluous, but it is an absolute necessity. Many residential art centers have strong reasons for running their program. Therefore you have to think about the reasons why you want to stay and work somewhere else.
Making a choice out of more than 800 professional opportunities to search for in the Trans Artists database, can be quite a job. The following hints will help you to find your way.
Application procedures differ enormously. Each institute has its own policy of adjudication. Participation is planned a long time in advance, usually six months, sometimes years ahead. Therefore think about the following questions.
Of course a residency costs money. Some residency programs cover all costs, some residency programs don't cover any costs at all. In general, residential art centers will partly cover the costs, which always makes it necessary to find additional funding. Be sure about the budget before you go!
Fabrica Interactive now welcomes applications from young artists and designers to join Fabrica for a one year residency. You must be able to conceive, design, prototype and build engaging and innovative experiences. You will work with a multidisciplinary and multinational team of designers in Fabrica's research centre in Treviso, Italy.
(l) " Vivente" by Julian Koschwitz. The paper sculpture responds physically and acoustically to people approaching. The mechanical sounds are being amplified and distorted to be turned into abstract animalized calls.(r) Villa Pastega Manera.
They offer bursaries to successful applicants. The bursary includes travel to Fabrica, as well as accommodation, living expenses and a small grant.
the swimmer
Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has served as an interdisciplinary platform for everyone who uses the computer as a universal medium for implementing and designing their creative projects at the interface of art, technology and society.
Episureo at Ars Electronica 2008 by Sebastian Neitsch & Stefan Schwabe. An image projected onto the ceiling reacts to the swimmers in the water via camera tracking. The visualization changes depending on their movements, and a musical tapestry is woven through an underwater loudspeaker
This year the Prix Ars Electronica calls for entries and awards prizes in the following eight categories:
Computer Animation / Film / VFX, Interactive Art, Digital Musics, Hybrid Art, Digital Communities, u19 freestyle computing, [the next idea] Grant & Media.Art.Research Award.
"...During my 11 days residency at Steim I did a working prototype of the second incarnation of my speakingObject (no better title still). its basically a vocal synthesizer controlled by two buttons and a three axis accelerometer. it works without a computer. the two wires are just power and sound out. the finished object will work on batteries and include an amp plus speaker so there will be no wires at all. its basically software for a parallax propeller microcontroller that polls the accelerometer and maps the data into parameters for the vocal tract synthesis..."
Steim, Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music, based in Amsterdam, is an independent live electronic music centre exclusively dedicated to the performing arts. Steim invites performers, musicians and visual artists for residencies and provides them with an artistic environment and technical facilities, through which concepts can be given a concrete form.
the cloudcar
The connection between the automobile, life and air in New York City is explored through Cloud Car, a car fitted with special effects equipment that produces a cloud of mist, enveloping car and rider. By digital media artist Andrea Polli.
Eyebeam's Artist in Residence (AIR) Program is a multidisciplinary initiative that supports the development, creation and presentation of outstanding new works of art made with digital tools. Residencies give artists an opportunity to engage in an extended exploration of emerging technologies, inventing or refining technology relevant to future projects.
The STRP Festival is one of the largest art & technology festivals in Europe and the mix of music, art & technology makes it unique. The focus during the opening weekend in 2009 is on impact and experience, while the second part will concentrate on delving deeper, amazement and quieting down.
The AIL- program aims act as a go-between, they offer Swiss laboratories as a place of liaison between artists and scientists in order to create new levels of creativity, innovation and communication. Through their artist in residence program AIL encourages research and production of new works, material applications, prototypes and conceptual processes.
Dimensions of Apparent Invisibility by artist Sylvia Hostettler. The aim of her residency was to work on a new set of three-dimensional objects, which magnify the micro-level of nature and interpret the behaviour of light on plant growth
Artists who are interested to apply for a residency term, are required to submit a full proposal, which includes the specific lab, they wish to attend.
