Call :: PUNCH Gallery :: 119 Prefontaine Place South, Seattle, WA 98104 :: International Juried Exhibition: December 4 - January 2, 2009 :: Deadline for entries: October 19, 2009 - 11:00 p.m. Pacific time :: Notification of acceptance: November 2, 2009. Artists will be notified via email and announced on Punch Galley’s website :: Deadline for receipt of accepted work: November 20, 2009 :: Opening Reception and Awards: December 3 :: Show closes: January 2, 2010

PUNCH Gallery presents an international juried exhibition to take place December 2009. Located in the Pioneer Square area of downtown Seattle, PUNCH provides an excellent opportunity to gain exposure within the Northwest regional art scene. Continue reading

Pixilerations [v.6] :: September 24 - October 11, 2009 :: a showcase of new media art and interactive performance [part of FirstWorks Festival 2009] :: Providence, Rhode Island.

Pixilerations is a new media showcase that investigates the state of new media arts through installations, concert performance and film/video screenings. Now in its sixth year, Pixilerations showcases groundbreaking work in digital music and art.

Pixilerations [v.6]: The Great Disruption unveils interactive art installations at 5 Traverse and RISD’s Sol Koffler Galleries (Sept. 24-Oct. 11), electronic music at URI (Sept. 25 & 26), and video screenings at Cable Car Cinema (Oct. 7). Special guest artist appearances include: Pauline Oliveros with her lifetime practice, “Deep Listening®” (Oct. 2 and 3) and Dean & Britta’s “13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests” (Oct. 3). Continue reading

Read | Write Storage in Collaborative Networked Art by Jason Freeman — in Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art):

ABSTRACT: This chapter explores the role of storage in media art and, more specifically, its role in collaborative creativity within the field of networked music. Through a series of paired analyses of works that differentially emphasize transmission and storage or which employ different approaches to storage, the chapter discusses different opportunities, challenges, and issues related to storage in collaborative, networked art. Music by the Rova Saxophone Quartet and by Nick Collins frames a discussion of composition and improvisation; two works by The Hub initiate an analysis of the influence of technology on network design and on collaborative models of shared material and shared control; broadcast works by Max Neuhaus introduce the concept of active storage systems; the online sites WebDrum and Jamglue raise questions about network latency and the persistency of storage; and Bicycle Built for 2,000 and Graph Theory manipulate the level of awareness of storage mechanisms by various participants.

Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art) INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE: Two years in the making, Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art) is now open for comments, revisions, and translations. You may also submit a chapter for consideration.

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A reception celebrating the release of New Media in the White Cube and Beyond: Curatorial Models for Digital Art” :: July 21, 2009; 5:30 - 8:00 pm :: Eyebeam, 540 W. 21st St., NYC :: Free.

Join us for New Media in the White Cube and Beyond (UC Press), edited by Christiane Paul, Whitney Museum Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts. Christiane, along with three of the book’s contributing writers, Carol Stringari (Guggenheim Museum), Steve Dietz (01SJ), and Eyebeam research partner/alum Sarah Cook (CRUMB) will be in attendance.

The reception also marks the closing of Eyebeam’s Summer School inaugural Curatorial Masterclass.

Tweak Festival :: September 21-26, 2009 :: Limerick City :: Call for Proposals — Deadline July 20, 2009.

Tweak is two! Currently in its second edition, Tweak is an interactive art and live electronic music festival. Its aim is to promote understanding of the use of technology within our culture and to explore contemporary issues (social, economic, psychological, aesthetic and functional).

The festival will consist of a 5-day exhibition, (interactive artworks, robots and installations) comprising of artworks from international and local artists, 3 days of workshops and many evenings of live electronic performance. Continue reading

Tensions by Tristan Louth-Robins and Shoot (Jen Brazier, Charissa Davies, Edward James and Ryan Sims together with guest artist Lauren Playfair) :: June 26 - July 25, 2009 :: Opening: June 25; 6:00 pm :: Artists Gallery Talk: July 9; 3:00 pm :: Electronic Art Foundation, The Lion Arts Centre, North Terrace (West End) Adelaide, South Australia.

Sound artist Tristan Louth-Robins and new-media arts collective Shoot will collaborate to produce Tensions. With original soundscapes, performance and projected imagery the exhibition will explore emotion and tension through the use of personal technological devices — what they transmit, store and receive, the emotional implications for the user, and how this ultimately influences society. Continue reading

Transitio_MX 03: International Media Art and Video Festival :: Centro Nacional de las Artes, Centro Multimedia, Avenida Río Churubusco 79, Colonia Country Club, C. P. 04220, Coyoacán, México, D. F. :: Call for Proposals — Deadline: June 19, 2009.

“The third edition of the Electronic Art and Video Festival, Transitio_MX 03 attempts to acknowledge differences in a transparent and straightforward context. We aim to offer an event that is representative of current trends in new media art and video, and to show how artists use that technology in their creative pursuits.

While global space eliminates the geographical locations wherein these proposals take place by homogenizing them; technological appropriation is seen as a disagreement, and as such, artistic practices emerge as autonomous. Continue reading

The exhibition Fuzzy Electronics (& Magnetics) by Bram Vreven, Doris Kuwert, Frederik De Wilde and Jerry Galle is ongoing until Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Netwerk / center for contemporary art, Houtkaai, B-9300 Aalst, Belgium.

The exhibition Fuzzy Electronics (& Magnetics) highlights the importance of accidental changes in so-called “new” media. There are a number of frictions provided, causing irregularities that cast a different light on the tight framework of digital imaging. On the one hand there are references to phenomena such as physical alienation and nostalgia, while at the same time there is also room for the poetic possibilities of sensory deficient digital processes and surprising electro mechanics. Continue reading

Recycling_Sampling_Jamming. Artistic Strategies Now Festival/ Symposium Re-* :: February 26-28, 2009 :: Academy of Arts, Hanseatenweg 10, Berlin-Tiergarten.

The interdisciplinary festival seeks to examine through lectures, concerts, videoscreenings and an acoustic bar the artistic cross-media practices of Recycling, Sampling and Culture Jamming, which rely on the repetition and recreation of the Old and the transformation in the New. Reputable scientists and international artists from music, arts, netarts, film, design and advertising will exemplify at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, the current cultural and political relevance as well as the distinctions of these strategies. Continue reading