art.tech is a three week festival of art, performance, sound, workshops, demos and lectures focusing on cutting-edge artistic experiments created with, related to, and about technology. This year we are especially interested in, though by no means limiting selections to, entries involving the theme of biotechnology.
We are seeking proposals for all kinds of ideas, including:
• Workshops
• Demos
• Art installations
• Sound installations
• Performances
• Talks
• Interactive experiences
• Games
We are open to work in all media including: video, installation, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, sound/audio, performance, social practice projects and interventions, games, web-based projects and hybrid forms. Site specific, virtual and offsite project proposals are welcome. Installations can be permanent or temporary. Workshops & demos encouraged.
Even if what you have in mind doesn’t fit into the above categories, please get in touch with us!
Partnerships with organizations/corporations/collectives are welcome. Open source principles are our guidestar. Ideally over the course of the month, the inner workings of every project onsite will be explained and/or demonstrated in some way.
Fee for entry is $15
Deadline for entries: Received by 5PM, Saturday, July 31, 2010.
Notification of acceptance: by the end of August 2010.
Exhibition and performances run: September 17 - October 9, 2010
Please send submissions to: art.tech / The Lab / 2948 16th Street / San Francisco, CA 94103
Application checklist:
1) Project description (1 page maximum). Must include:
• Type of project (i.e. workshop/demo/lecture/installation/etc. Please list any and all that apply)
• Medium
• Proposed time frame/duration (i.e. one hour, one afternoon/evening, etc)
• Installation requirements and a list of the equipment you can supply (Does your project require power? A projector? A table? Amplification? Full specs if your program requires our computer to run)
• Any other project descriptions, social back-stories, relevant research, or important ideas we should know about
2) CVs /resumes of project’s main organizers and participants
3) Bio/Artist statement/Mission statement of individual or art collective applying (1 paragraph maximum)
4) Entry fee of $15, check or money order, made out to The Lab. Please don’t mail cash.
5) Samples of related work*:
• Up to 5 links to project-specific web pages (please provide guidance as to which pages of the website we should review)
• Up to five jpgs (under 2 MB) on a Mac-compatible CD-ROM
OR
• Video segment(s) not to exceed five minutes long on a DVD (no PAL format, please).
* If possible, please provide images/video of actual work to be displayed. Sketches are acceptable.
At this time we are only accepting hard-copy submissions. Thanks for your understanding.
The Lab will make every attempt to safeguard submitted materials, but cannot be responsible for loss or damage. Never send master slides or tapes. If you require return of materials, please provide a SASE with sufficient postage. Artists will be responsible for the transport and shipping of artworks to and from the gallery, and for installation/implementation of the project unless this is a significant hardship for the artist. In such cases, please indicate in your application what type of financial or other support would be needed to realize the proposed project.
