Reminder of closing date for inscription January, 31st 2008.

Competition ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO
Open call for proposals by VOCENTO in collaboration with ARCO
Prize 15.000 euros.

VOCENTO and ARCO announce an Open Call for Proposals addressing the potential of Web 2.0 for art galleries. The competition invites proposals for web solutions that respond to the needs and enhance the presence of art galleries online.



Total award is 15.000 euros.


DEADLINE - 31st January, 2008


Description

VOCENTO and ARCO invite proposals for innovative and experimental online platforms and effective tools to foster and stimulate the presence, exhibition, communication and management of art on the Internet. Selected proposal will be awarded with 15.000 euros (taxes included) of a production budget to realise the project.

The competition wishes to encourage research in the field of social technologies and artistic practice, and more specifically to identify current needs and provide suitable solutions for art galleries in the context of the Internet. The solutions will notably benefit communication between art and society.

The proposal, a complete web concept, or environment, or tool will be an applicable service to be implemented by art galleries.

The winning proposal will be selected by an international Jury, made up of two experts in the field of art and technology: (Joasia Krysa of KURATOR/UoP, UK and Santiago Ortiz, artist, moebio.com), a representative of VOCENTO; LaAgencia will act as coordinator of the award and jury secretary.

· Production of the award-winning proposal has to be completed in a maximum period of six months. Once produced, a complete web concept, or environment, or tool, will be freely distributed for implementation by the participant galleries at ARCO´s 2008 edition and the galleries participating at ARCO´s 2009 edition.

· Notification of the winner date: 16th of February 2008.

· The Award prize: the winning proposal will receive a total of 15.000 euros budget (taxes included).


Conditions for entry to participate:

· The Call for Proposals ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO is an open call to any individual or a group, of any nationality or legal entity. It is open and international award contest.

· The proposal must be submitted through an application form available on the dedicated ‘Call for Proposals’ website.

· Each individual or a group is allowed to submit only one proposal. In case of submission of more than one proposal, only the first proposal will be considered.

· Proposals sent by e-mail, post or any other way will not be accepted.

· Applications for ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO competition can be submitted in English or Spanish. We highly recommend submitting bilingual versions of the proposal.

· The participating proposals must be for projects realisable for the value of the prize money, i.e. €15,000 (including taxes), within a maximum production period of six months from the date of the Jury’s decision.
· The Jury reserves the right to accept or reject any of the projects, and its decision is final.

· Accepting the prize implies the transfer of property rights of the awarded project to VOCENTO, after the termination of its free distribution among art galleries participating at ARCO 2008 and those taking part in the 2009 edition. VOCENTO agrees not to commercialise nor distribute it in any other form than that described. After two years VOCENTO will make the project available to the public under the license CreativeCommons, Attribution 2.5 Spain.

APPLICATIONS

· Opening date for applications to ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO competition is the 1st January 2008 at 17:00 hours (GMT+1) through the Call for Proposals website.

· Deadline for applications to ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO competition is the 31st January 2008 at 17:00 hours (GMT+1) through the Call of Proposals website.


ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO competition aims not only to enable the development of a powerful tool or web environment serving art, but also to promote the development of a creative, striking and original environment appropriate to its target, ART, which can express the sensibility of both creators and a dynamic public eager for creative environments.

Therefore, this Call for Proposals is not only a search for efficiency but also for creativity, originality and innovation; for collaborative proposals by programmers, software engineers and artists alike reflecting the new social sensibility, and art’s ability to surprise.



The deadline for the inscription is the 31st of January of 2008. You can find the application form in The Call for Proposals ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO website at http://www.vocento.com/English/accion-cultural/arte-web.html

For further information about The Competition of ideas ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO, please get in contact with:


LaAgencia
Vicente Matallana
Tel: (34) 91 366 8821
E-mail: ArteWebVOCENTO@laagencia.org