Call for entries: Pixilerations [v.7] — a showcase of digital media and interactive performance, and part of the FirstWorks Festival :: September 30 - October 10, 2010 :: Providence, Rhode Island (US) :: Deadline: March 31, 2010

PIXILERATIONS [v.7] is a new media showcase in Providence, Rhode Island that investigates the state of new media arts through installations, concert performances and film/video screenings. It is part of the larger FirstWorks Festival, a multidimensional performing arts festival held in Providence each fall. Pixilerations is produced by FirstWorks in collaboration with the Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, and the City of Providence’s Department of Art, Culture + Tourism. Continue reading

International Image Festival: Media Art Monographic Show :: April 13-17, 2010 :: Bogotá, Columbia :: Call for Participants — Deadline: March 5, 2010.

The International Image Festival, conducted by the Department of Visual Design of University of Caldas, Manizales (Colombia), is a meeting and debate space on issues related to electronic arts, digital audiovisual creation, digital and electro-acoustic sound, and rising relationships among art, design, science and technology. The Ninth International Image Festival will be held from April 13 to 17, 2010 and will develop the following activities:

International Seminar / Soundscapes / Cinema (and) Digital Workshops /Exhibitions / Special Events / Presentation Design and Creation Continue reading

V MOBILEFEST 2010 :: Call for Papers, Projects, Prototypes, Products, Solutions, Mobile Applications — Deadline: March 31, 2010 :: Sao Paulo, April 15-18, 2010; and in Rio deJaneiro, May tba.

Theme: How can mobile technology contribute to democracy, culture, art, environment, peace, education, health and the Third Sector?

Key Words: 3g, mobile applications, interactive architecture, electronic art, mobile activism, bluetooth, cyber culture, live cinema, mociology, culture, democracy, inclusion design, ecology, education, d-i-y, gprs, gps, LBS, innovation, mobile and wireless games, lbs, locative, geotagging, electronic music, mobile music, Continue reading

Deep Wireless Festival of Radio & Transmission Art :: May 1 - 31, 2010 :: All performances are at the Artscape Wychwood Barns + Sound Travels Festival of Sound Art :: June 1 - October 1, 2010 :: Toronto Island and Artscape Wychwood Barns.

Deep Wireless Festival of Radio & Transmission Art :: A month-long celebration of radio and transmission art including performances, installations, broadcasts, commissioned works for CBC radio’s Living Out Loud, workshops and the Radio Without Boundaries conference (May 27-29, 2010). Deep Wireless artists include Emmanuel Madan, Anna Friz, EC Woodley, Rebecca Singh, Erik Laar, Gregory Whitehead, Shannon Cochrane, Charles Stankievech, Götz Naleppa and Frank Kaspar. Performances are scheduled for May 1, 8, 27, 28 and 29 and interactive installations as well as NAISA Radio (a community radio station at the Artscape Wychwood Barns will be running throughout the month of May). Check the web-site (www.naisa.ca) for updates. Continue reading

Other Minds 15 Music Festival:: March 4-6, 2010; 7:00 pm — Panel Discussions / 8pm Concerts :: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San Francisco.

Other Minds, in cooperation with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the Eugene and Elinor Friend Center for the Arts of the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, and the Polish Cultural Institute in New York, is proud to announce that the following artists will be featured at the 15th Other Minds Music Festival (OM 15): Natasha Barrett (Norway); Lisa Bielawa (USA); Chou Wen-chung (China/USA); Jürg Frey (Switzerland); Tom Johnson (France); Kidd Jordan (USA); Carla Kihlstedt (USA); Paweł Mykietyn (Poland); Gyan Riley (USA) Continue reading

Figment Boston:: June 5, 2010, 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m.:: Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA :: Submissions are now open: http://figmentproject.org/2010/opportunities/submit-a-project/boston-waiver/ :: All project submissions must be received by May 1, 2010 ::
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Figment is an offshoot of a Festival on Governor’s Island in NYC, which in turn has its roots in a European Festival. Operating under the umbrella of the Cambridge Arts Council , Figment Boston will happen alongside the Cambridge River Festival on June 5, 2010. It will have the riverside from Western Ave almost to the Weeks footbridge and Memorial drive to fill with Art and performance. Figment is looking for interactive art; sculpture, music, performance, what have you. The more interactive, the better, but a temporary sculpture park would be fine as well. Continue reading

International Festival of Electronic Arts, Music and Moving Image:: March 5-14, 2010 :: Newcastle Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Sunderlands , The Sage Gateshead 8 / 6 concessions, tickets available direct from www.thesagegateshead.org or +44 (0) 191 443 4661 ::

This year the curatorial theme is energy: a universal force that connects, transforms and renews life. Exploring energy from scientific, technological, environmental and spiritual perspectives we present work that resonates across the Festival centres in Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, and beyond.

It’s a packed and diverse programme with 24 exhibitions, 20 performances, 10 screenings, 14 talks, 3 symposia, 4 club nights, 2 residencies and even our very own café. We are thrilled to include legendary and inspiring artists, filmmakers and musicians such as: Kenneth Anger, Bruce Conner, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Liliane Lijn, Alan Moore, Charlemagne Palestine and Iain Sinclair, who have all innovated in their respective fields. Continue reading

Bent Festival :: at The Tank, 45th Street Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, 354 W. 45th Street between 8th and 9th., New York, NY :: April 22-24, 2010 ::

The Bent Festival is an annual art and music festival celebrating DIY electronics, hardware hacking, and circuit bending. Each year they invite artists from across the country and around the globe to perform music with their home-made or circuit bent instruments, teach workshops to adults and children alike, create beautiful art installations and to generally come together, face to face, and showcase the state of the art in DIY electronics and circuit bending culture. Continue reading

send + receive audio art festival :: Call for Submissions — Deadline: March 5, 2010.

send + receive is an annual audio art festival showcasing current and newly emerging areas of sonic investigation in a variety of forms through live performance, radio broadcasts, web-based projects, internet streaming projects, installations, film and video screenings, workshops, talks and panel discussions. send + receive is an international festival that advances the discipline of sound art, and is one of the few annual media arts festivals in North America focusing exclusively on sound-based work.

As the festival is programed well in advance of each edition, most submissions received by the March 5, 2010 deadline will be considered for future editions and off season programming in 2011 and beyond.

Upgrade International 2010: Soft Borders :: October 18-21, 2010 :: Sao Paulo, Brazil :: Call for Participation — Deadline: April 30, 2010.

We invite proposals of papers, posters and workshops for Soft Borders - the 4th Upgrade! International Conference & Festival on New Media Art, that will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from Oct 18th to 21st.

All the information about submitting proposals and the event can be also found online at the conference official website.

A brief summary only is required for the selection process. This should be submitted electronically via the online submission system, by 30/April/2010. You will be asked to create an account with the system before uploading your summary. Continue reading