Open call for media art proposals
Theme: “Supernatural: stories of worlds to come”
Open to every artist
Deadline for submissions: 15 August 2017 at 11:59 pm - GMT +2
Budget : 15.000 € / project
Cinekid, la Gaîté Lyrique, KIKK and WoeLab are issuing an open call for proposals for the creation of three media artworks as part of the European cooperation project Les Voyages de Capitaine futur.
BACKGROUND
The march of technology continues to blur the lines between artistic disciplines. New interactive, tactile and aesthetic possibilities emerge. Grouped under the umbrella term “media art”, these forms are expanding the definition of art to include practices that combine and transform prototypes, relationships, processes and resources. Media art bears witness to the monumental changes underway in contemporary society by harnessing the latest in research and technical advances, experimenting with and subverting technology that is still unstable in order to develop future practices and raise questions about those in use today. Les Voyages de Capitaine futur explores the artistic languages and creative processes that have emerged from media and the digital world. Digital technology is not only a technological tool; it is also a path to emotions, collective narratives, and knowledge. les voyages de capitaine futur
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Three proposals selected from the entries will be produced and exhibited at several international events, venues and festivals in 2018 and 2019 to an audience of children and families.
Fields of creation
The call for proposals is open to all artistic forms and practices that use, subvert, inves-
tigate and experiment with media critically, creatively and in a sensory way, including the fields of artificial intelligence, art & science, robotics, bioart, biohacking, machine learning, smart objects, up/recycling, interactive design and speculative design.
For whom?
The call is international and open to every artist. Theme: “Supernatural: stories of worlds to come”. The theme invites artists to offer their perspective on the technological, dematerialized, complex environments and ubiquitous machines that have become natural elements in our lives. A host of singular species coexist in this new world: virtual animals, mutant plants, electronic viruses, insatiable computers, memory rocks, tentacular networks, autodidact algorithms, domestic robots, cybernetic forests and more. This organic, com-
posite, living world requires us to rethink how we live, communicate and use our senses. To explore the transformations of our era, we need a plethora of new skills, freshly attuned senses, emotions and forms of thought outside the bounds of rationality. Is this an intermediate stage of natural evolution or a ‘big bang’ of singularities? What new configurations are in store? What tools must we craft to survive, experience, adjust to and negotiate these new types of coexistence? “Supernatural: stories of worlds to come” aims to elicit poetic visions, narrative ap-
proaches and fictional tales that recount a land where humans are no longer central and undergo a metamorphosis upon contact with heterogeneous beings. We are entering an era of hybrid ecology: AI as landscape, networks as biotopes, data as organisms and media as humus. Where do we go from here?
Selection of three projects (feasibility studies and jury): September 2017
Results announcement: October 2017 at the Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam
Creation of artworks and residencies: October 2017-February 2018
Presentation of the commissioned artworks: April 2018-January 2019
Archipelago - Artificial Nature - La Gaîté Lyrique 2015 - © Vinciane Verguethen
CONDITIONS
Development period
The artworks will be created between October 2017 and February 2018. The artists and the partners will reach an agreement regarding the exact dates, based on an assessment of the projects submitted. The art installations must be completed by no later than February 2018. The artwork may potentially be created during a residency at one of the partners’ premises, pursuant to discussions between the artist and the partners. Applicants seeking a residency should mention so in their application.
Budget
The budget allocated for each individual work is €15,000, which includes the artist fee for the creation and production expenses (technical materials). It includes the exploitation rights of the artwork and its constituent parts during the duration of the project as well. The partners will provide technical guidance in line with the needs of each project, along with material and human resources and a limited accommodation and travel budget.
Exhibition of the artworks
The three co-commissioned projects will tour the partner’s venues and events:
● The «Capitaine futur and the Supernature» collective’s exhibition, held at La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris, France, from April to July 2018.
● The Cinekid Film, Television and Digital Media Festival in Amsterdam, Nether-
lands, as part of the ten-day MediaLab exhibition in October 2018.
● Little.KIKK, an event held in conjunction with the KIKK Festival in Namur, Belgium, for 7 days in November 2018.
● One of the 3 projects will be exhibited at WoeLab in Lomé, Togo, in late 2018 / beginning 2019.
APPLYING AND SELECTION
Registration process
Applications must be submitted via the online form on the cooperation project website and will not be accepted if sent by any other means. To be accepted for consideration,
the application must include:
● the completed online form
● a full presentation of the project in a single file, with the following items: an artist’s statement, visuals/diagrams, technical information, a project time-table indicating the various steps in the process (design, research-creation and production) and a detailed budget with estimates of the resources required
● each artist’s portfolio and CV
Selection criteria
The applications will be judged based on three main criteria:
● artistic quality: the artist’s point of view, the explanation provided with the work, the narrative and aesthetic impact of the project, and the visitor experience.
● the relevance of the project to the theme, “Supernatural: stories from worlds to come”
● the ability of the applicant to complete the project within the deadline using the allotted resources
TERMS
In submitting a proposal to the open call, the artist agrees to the following terms:
● The artwork is an original concept by the artist(s) and/or their studio.
● The artwork will be unveiled to the public as part of Les Voyages de Capitaine futur.
● The artwork is a functioning installation ready for presentation to a large au-
dience at several events and festivals, which can be installed, taken down and shipped as needed.
● The artist is responsible for the use of any copyrighted third-party materials that are incorporated into the artwork.
● The artist is available during the proposed development period to create the artwork submitted.
● The artist is willing to travel to the exhibition locations to install and present the artwork.
● The artist will accept production assistance to ensure deadlines are met and the artwork is completed within the set budget.
● The artist will work actively with the partners at all locations to ensure that the exhibition of his work is executed smoothly from a technical standpoint.
● The artist will work independently on the main technical and creative aspects of the project and identify any outside skills needed (feasibility studies).
● The artwork will be sufficiently durable and reliable to withstand shipping and the large, enthusiastic audiences at each venue.
● The artwork’s visitor experience will be short enough to accommodate a high number of visitors.
● The artist authorizes the partners to use images and visual materials provided in the submission for promotional, press and educational purposes.
● The artist will heed all requests from the partners for press availability and pro-
motional activities.
The artist has to inform the partners if he needs space for a residency, in order to confirm availability.
More on the overall project can be found on this website: http://capitainefutur.voyage/en
For questions please contact us at call@capitainefutur.voyage
