FADO E-LIST (December 2006) Toronto edition

FADO E-LIST (December 2006) INDEX 1. FADO NEWS 2. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "Project H2O" explorASIAN Festival 2007 (Vancouver) Deadline:December 10, 2006; Source: Ya-wen V. Wang 3. WORKSHOP: PORT PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOP (Estonia) Deadline: December 10, 2006; Source: PORT PERFORMANCE 4. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "6th Encuentro Corpolíticas / Body Politics in the Americas" (Argentina) Deadline:December 15, 2006; Source: Franklin Furnace 5. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "Red Dawns Festival" Metelkova mesto (Slovenia) Deadline:January 1, 2007; Source: ARTSERVIS 6. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "in situ: art body medicine" Subtle Technologies (Toronto) Deadline: January 3, 2007; Source: Subtle Technologies 7. CONFERENCE/NETWORK: Performance Creation Canada (Calgary) January 4 - 7, 2007; Source: Performance Creation Canada 8. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "Performance as Research" The Facility (UK) Deadline:January 5, 2007; Source: Artsadmin E-digest 242 9. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Belluard Bollwerk International (Switzerland) Deadline: January 8, 2007; Source: IAPAO 10. CALL FOR PROJECTS: "BODY NAVIGATION" (Russia) Deadline: January 10, 2007; Source: ARTSERVIS 11. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (PUBLICATION): esse arts + opinions numéro 60 (Montréal) Deadline: January 15, 2007; Source: esse arts + opinions 12. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS (PUBLICATION): Performance Research Vol. 12 No. 4 (UK) Deadline: January 15, 2007; Source: Franklin Furnace 13. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "2007-08 programming season" articule (Montréal) Deadline:January 15, 2007; Source: articule 14. RESIDENCY: Art Omi (USA) Deadline: January 15, 2007; Source: ARTSERVIS 15. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (Anthology & Exhibitions): InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre (Toronto) Deadline: January 31, 2007; Source:Akimbo 16. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "2008-09 programming season" A Space (Toronto) Deadline: January 31, 2007; Source: A Space 17. AUDITION NOTICE: "BA, MA and MFA degree programs" Experimental Performance Institute (USA) Dates: February 2 & 16, 2007; Source: EPI 18. WORKSHOPS: "Women in Action Program" (Toronto) Dates: February 5 - 26 & March 5 - 26, 2007; Source: Pam Patterson 19. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "Resistance - Resilience - Realities - Re/creation" A Space (Toronto) Deadline: February 16, 2007; Source: A Space 20. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Gibraltar Point International Artist Residency Program (Toronto) Deadline: February 21, 2007; Source: Artscape 21. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Performing the World 4 (USA) Deadline: March 15, 2007; Source: Performing the World 4 22. RESIDENCY: Interdisciplinary Lab for Art, Nature and Dance (USA) Deadline: March 30, 2007 Source: Franklin Furnace 23. WORKSHOP: <http://www.iugte.com/projects/Lab_pro.php>International Performing Arts Laboratory (Latvia) March 30 - April 4, 2007; Source: IUGTE 24. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008 (Singapore) Deadline: April 15, 2007; Source: Alvin Tan 25. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Dangerous Curve (USA) Deadline: ongoing; Source: Dangerous Curve 26. RESIDENCY: Wunderspaze (Singapore) Deadline: ongoing; Source: Khai Hori 27. CALL FOR WORK (PUBLICATION): A Thousand Tiny Sexes (USA) Deadline: ongoing; Source: kanarinka 28. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Arsenic live art/performance festival (Switzerland) Deadline: not given; Source: Arsenic Centre d'Art Scénique Contemporain 29. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GRACE Exhibition Space (USA) Deadline: not given; Source: Jill McDermid 30. RESIDENCY: Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc. (Hungary) Deadline: not given; Source: Beata Szechy 31. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: LIVE 2007 (Vancouver) Deadline: not given; Source: Randy Gledhill 32. NEWS: liveartwork DVD issue 4, Nov 2006 Now Released Source: Christopher Hewitt 33. NEWS: New Publication from Timezone8: Performance Art in China written by Thomas J. Berghuis Source: Thomas J. Berghuis 34.NEWS: YYZ launches two new publications: Technologies of Intuition, edited by Jennifer Fisher and Policy Matters: Administrations of Art and Culture by Clive Robertson Toronto launch on December 7, 2006; Source: Akimbo 35. EVENT (VIDEO SCREENING): "The Symptom or the Cure? Reconfigurations of the Post-Mexican Imaginary" Vtape (Toronto) continuing to January 13, 2007; Source: Vtape 36. EVENT: "Jewel" video & performance by Elizabeth Chitty ( St. Catharines) December 8, 2006; Source: Elizabeth Chitty ----------------------------------------------- 1. FADO NEWS As we head into December, Fado wishes to extend our best wishes to everyone for the end of the calendar year. 2006 has been eventful for us, and we are still reverberating from the tremendous success of this year's 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, which featured 3 Fado projects. Watch in the new year for a new emerging artist series, IDea projects featuring Davide Khang and Elvira Santamaria, and the launch of the second book in our Canadian Performance Art Legends series, about the life and work of Tanya Mars. The December edition of the Fado E-List is a bit longer than usual, because we were unable to publish last month. We apologize for any inconvenience. ----------------------------------------------- 2. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "Project H2O" explorASIAN Festival 2007 (Vancouver) Deadline:December 10, 2006; Source: Ya-wen V. Wang Project H2O is a special interdisciplinary exhibition-performance gallery to be launching its first year during the explorASIAN Festival 2007. Inspired by the phenomenal ground-breaking water crystal work by the Japanese researcher-writer Masaru Emoto, Project H2O calls for submissions and proposals about water in all forms: music, dance, theatre, film/video, performance art, installation, visual art, poetry, spoken words and research papers. Forum/Workshop proposals from scientific/environmental/spiritual groups are also encouraged. Submissions/Proposals must include project description, artist/organization bio, info about the performers/duration/ budget as well as sample of works (if applicable). Mail submissions to: explorASIAN Festival c/o Ya-wen V. Wang, Project Curator 110 Keefer Street Vancouver, BC Canada V6A 1X4 Info: www.explorasian.org or email yw@asianrainwerk.com or phone 604.677.1383. Deadline is December 10, 2006. Ya-wen V Wang music director | composer | interdisciplinary artist ASIAN RAIN WERK creation | production | performance #602-3380 vanness ave., vancouver, bc V5R 6B8 canada w | www.asianrainwerk.com e | yw@asianrainwerk.com ph | +1.604.783.7482 ----------------------------------------------- 3. WORKSHOP: PORT PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOP (Estonia) Deadline: December 10, 2006; Source: PORT PERFORMANCE (Polish & German versions follow) PORT PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOP 5th-15th January 2007 in Tallinn & Pärnu, Estonia The first PORT PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOP took place from the 6th-13th of August 2006 in the shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. For our second workshop we have chosen the two Estonian Port cities Tallinn and Pärnu especially in the coldest time of the year. The cold as a challenge to find, to train and to use personal resources for warm up body, mind and spirit. Estonia has a special character during this time, Prof. Jaan Toomik from the IDK named it “the Estonian energy” (eesti energia). This energetic potential we will use for our performative workshop, that will take place in different places in Tallinn and Pärnu. The workshop will be given by the international Performance-artists and –teachers <http://www.bbbjohannesdeimling.de/af-biography.htm>Angelika Fojtuch and <http://www.bbbjohannesdeimling.de/vita.htm>BBB Johannes Deimling. The aim of the workshop is to work out an Art-Performance and its final public presentation. We will realize specific exercises that will help to transform own ideas into performative work. The center of the workshop focuses the perception of the own personality and the communication with the body. Own perception and self-experiences characterize the feeling in dealing with body, time and space in performance art as well as in ordinary communication. To understand his body as a tool and to use this tool in his own communications is the basic aim of this workshop. Besides this artistic offer we announce inspirational cultural adventures. PORT PERFORMANCE connects Performance Art with education, traveling and meeting to a special form of teaching Art in context. PORT PERFORMANCE is a forum for Performance Art that wants to mediate the experiences with borders. The port, a place between the elements water and land. Goods are shipped out of the land to other countries and other goods are coming over the port back into the land. A constant exchange between goods and persons, a daily in- and export of values. Art Performance is a similar place. The port is the human body itself, that exchanges his inside values with the outside world. Communication takes place. - develop and experience an Art Performance with technical, pedagogical and artistic guidance - performative exercises in various conditions, in- and outdoor (focus on: body, time, space, concentration, endurance,  ... in groups and individual) - final public presentation of the performance (media promotion and invitation card) and finishing celebration - videodocumentation of the workshop (DVD, personal exemplar) - documentation on PORT PERFORMANCE website - contacts to Estonian artists, curators and art institutions - meet and cooperate with like-minded people from other countries - learn context of the place, specifics of the port cities Tallinn and Pärnu, Estonian history and culture - free accommodation in Estonia (ten days) - we can help book your travel (searching for cheap flights and connections) - teaching language: English Timetable: 5.01.2007 Arrival in Tallinn, first meeting 6.01.-10.01.2007 Workshop with exercises and further activities in Tallinn 10.01.-14.01.2007 Workshop with exercises and further activities in Pärnu 13.01.2007 Public presentation CUMA #2 in Pärnu 15.01.2007 Finish and departure from Tallinn Price: (without travel and meals) 250,-€ (400 CHF, 4000 EEK, 1000 PLN) The workshop is open for all interested peoples, young performers and art students from different countries (minimum age 18 years). The workshop take place at least with 8 participants. If there are more than 20 persons we will work in two groups. Application forms can be ordered by e-mail <mailto:info@portperformance.net?subject=applicationform Workshop Estonia>info@portperformance.net or by telephone 0048 – 667759720, 0048 – 607206416 Deadline for applications 10th of December 2006 *** wersja po polsku WARSZTATY PORT PERFORMANCE 5-15 styczeñ 2007 w Tallinnie & Pärnu, Estonia Pierwsze warsztaty PORT PERFORMANCE mia&Mac184;y miejsce w sierpniu 2006 w Stoczni Gdañskiej (dokumentacje z tych warsztatów mo&Mac253;na zobaczyç <http://www.portperformance.net/workshop_gdansk.htm>tutaj). Na drugie warsztaty wybraliÊmy dwa portowe miasta estoñskieTallinn i Pärnu w pierwszej po&Mac184;owie stycznia, celowo w najzimniejszà por´ roku. Zimno jako wyzwanie do odnalezienia, çwiczenia i praktykowania osobistego sposobu na rozgrzanie swojego cia&Mac184;a, umys&Mac184;u i ducha. Estonia ma szczególny charakter w sezonie zimowym, Prof. Jaan Toomik z IDK nazywa to “estoñskà energià” (eesti energia). Ten energetyczny potencja&Mac184; zamierzamy u&Mac253;ywaç w trakcie naszych performatywnych warsztatów, które odb´dà si´ w ró&Mac253;nych miejscach w Tallinnie i Pärnu. Warsztaty prowadzone b´dà przez mi´dzynarodowy duet artystów performance i nauczycieli <http://www.bbbjohannesdeimling.de/af-biography.htm>Angelike Fojtuch i <http://www.bbbjohannesdeimling.de/vita.htm><http://www.bbbjohannesdeimling.de/vita.htm>BBB Johannesa Deimling. Celem warsztatów jest wypracowanie i przygotowanie w&Mac184;asnego performance i jego fina&Mac184;owa, publiczna prezentacja. W ramach zaj´ç realizowaç b´dziemy zestaw çwiczeƒ, które pomogà nam przekszta&Mac184;ciç w&Mac184;asne idee w performatywnà wypowiedê. Istota warsztatów skupiona jest na percepcji w&Mac184;asnej osobowoÊci i wspó&Mac184;pracy z cia&Mac184;em. Rodzaj percepcji i doÊwiadczenia charakteryzuje sposób odczuwania i traktowania cia&Mac184;a, czasu i przestrzeni w sztuce performance tak samo jak w zwyk&Mac184;ej komunikacji. Zrozumienie i u&Mac253;ycie w&Mac184;asnego cia&Mac184;a jako narz´dzia we w&Mac184;asnej komunikacji jest podstawowym dà&Mac253;eniem warsztatów. Poza artystycznà ofertà zapowiadamy inspirujàcà przygod´ kulturowà. PORT PERFORMANCE jest forum sztuki performance przekazujàcym doÊwiadczenie granic. Port, miejsce mi´dzy dwoma elementami, wodà i làdem. Z portu do portu nast´puje wymiana artyku&Mac184;ów mi´dzy làdem a làdem. Sta&Mac184;a wymiana dóbr i ludzi, codzienny import i eksport wartoÊci. Sztuka Performance jest podobnym miejscem. Cia&Mac184;o ludzkie jest portem wymiany wewn´trznych wartoÊci ze Êwiatem zewn´trznym. Nast´puje komunikacja. PORT PERFORMANCE &Mac184;àczy performance przez edukacj´, podró&Mac253; i spotkanie ze szczególnà formà nauczania sztuki w kontekÊcie. - doÊwiadczenie w zakresie sztuki performance pod pedagogiczno-techniczno-artystycznym kierunkiem - çwiczenia performatywne w ró&Mac253;norodnych warunkach, w przestrzeni otwartej i zamkni´tej (zagadnienia: cia&Mac184;a, czasu, przestrzeni, koncentracji, wytrzyma&Mac184;oÊci... indywidualnie i grupowo) - fina&Mac184;owa, publiczna prezentacja performance (promocja w mediach, drukowane zaproszenia) oraz impreza po&Mac253;egnalna -  dokumentacja video (DVD egzemplarz dla ka&Mac253;dego uczestnika) - dokumentacja na stronie PORT PERFORMANCE - kontakt z estoƒskimi artystami, kuratorami i instytucjami - znajomoÊç i wspó&Mac184;praca z rówieÊnikami z ró&Mac253;nych krajów - kontekst miejsca, specyfiki miast portowych Tallinn i Pärnu, historii i kultury estoƒskiej - bezp&Mac184;atne zakwaterowanie w Estonii (dziesi´ç dni) - pomoc w zorganizowaniu podró&Mac253;y (informacja o po&Mac184;àczeniach i tanich liniach lotniczych) Warsztaty prowadzone sà w j´zyku angielskim Tterminy: 5.01.2007 przyjazd do Estonii (spotkanie w Tallinnie) 6.01.-10.01.2007 warsztaty (çwiczenia i program zaj´ç w Tallinnie) 10.01.-14.01.2007 warsztaty (çwiczenia i program zaj´ç w Pärnu) 13.01.2007 publiczna prezentacja CUMA #2 w Pärnu 15.01.2007 zakoƒczenie i wyjazd z Tallinna Koszt: 1000 PLN (250€, 400 CHF, 4000 EEK), plus koszt podró&Mac253;y i wy&Mac253;ywienia warsztaty adresowane sà do wszystkich osób zainteresowanych, oraz m&Mac184;odych performerów i studentów z ró&Mac253;nych krajów (wiek minimum 18 lat) warsztaty odb´dà si´ przy minimum oÊmio-osobowej grupie uczestników. JeÊli b´dzie wi´cej ni&Mac253; dwadzieÊcia osób, pracowaç b´dziemy w dwóch grupach. formularz uczestnictwa w warsztatach dost´pny jest przez internet, po zg&Mac184;oszeniu si´ pod adres <mailto:info@portperformance.net?subject=formularz uczestnictwa warsztaty Estonia>info@portperformance.net lub telefonicznie pod numer 667759720, lub 607206416 ostateczny termin sk&Mac184;adania formularzy - 10 grudzieñ 2006 *** deutsche Version PORT PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOP Der erste PORT PERFORMANCE ART WORKSHOP hat vom 6.-13. August in Danzig in Polen stattgefunden (die Dokumentation finden Sie <http://www.portperformance.net/workshop_gdansk.htm>hier). Für den zweiten Workshop haben wir die zwei estnischen Hafenstädte Tallinn und Pärnu speziell in der kältesten Zeit des Jahres ausgewählt. Die Kälte als Herausforderung seine persönlichen Ressourcen zu finden, zu trainieren und zu gebrauchen um Körper und Geist zu erwärmen. Estland hat einen speziellen Charakter in dieser Zeit. Prof. Jaan Toomik nennt es „estnische Energie“ (eesti energia). Das Potential dieser Energie wollen wir für unseren performativen Workshop nutzen, der an verschiedenen Orten in den Städten Tallinn und Pärnu stattfinden wird. Der Workshop wird von den internationalen Performance Künstlern und -Lehrern <http://www.bbbjohannesdeimling.de/af-biography.htm>Angelika Fojtuch und <http://www.bbbjohannesdeimling.de/vita.htm>BBB Johannes Deimling. Ziel des Workshops ist die Erarbeitung einer Kunst Performance und deren öffentliche Präsentation. Wir werden gezielt unterschiedlichste Übungen realisieren, die helfen werden eigene Ideen performativ umzusetzen. Im Zentrum des Workshops stehen die Wahrnehmung der eigenen Person und die Kommunikation mittels des Körpers. Selbstwahrnehmung und Selbsterfahrung prägen das Empfinden und den Umgang mit Körper, Zeit und Raum sowie die alltägliche Kommunikation. Es gilt, seinen Körper als Werkzeug zu begreifen und diese Tools in eigenen Kommunikationsräumen anzuwenden. Neben diesem künstlerischen Angebot, bieten wir inspirierende kulturelle Abenteuer an. PORT PERFORMANCE ist ein neues Forum für Performance Kunst, welches versucht den Wert von Grenzerfahrungen zu vermitteln. Der Hafen, ein Ort zwischen den Elementen Wasser und Land. Güter werden vom Land aus über die See in andere Länder verschifft und andere Güter kommen über den Hafen in das Land zurück. Ein ständiger Austausch von Waren und Personen, ein täglicher In- und Export von Werten. Die Kunst Performance ist ein vergleichbarer Ort. Der Hafen ist der Mensch selbst, der seine Inneren Werte nach Außen transportiert. Kommunikation findet statt. PORT PERFORMANCE verbindet Performance Kunst mit Bildung, Reisen und Begegnung zu einer speziellen Form Kunst im Kontext zu lehren. - Entwickeln und erleben einer eigenen Kunst Performance unter fachlicher, pädagogischer und künstlerischer Begleitung - performative Übungen unter unterschiedlichen Bedingungen im Innen- und Außenraum (Schwerpunkte: Körper, Raum, Konzentration, Ausdauer, ... in der Gruppe und individuell) - öffentliche Präsentation der Performance (Pressearbeit und Einladungskarte) mit abschließendem Fest - Videodokumentation (DVD, pesönliches Exemplar) - Dokumentation auf der Webseite von PORT PERFORMANCE - Kontakt zu estnischen Künstlern, Kuratoren und Kulturinstitutionen - Kennenlernen und kooperieren mit Gleichgesinnten aus anderen Ländern - Kontext des Ortes, Besonderheiten der Hafenstädte Tallinn und Pärnu, estnische Geschichte und Kultur - freie Unterkunft in Estland (zehn Tage) - Anfahrtshilfe (suchen günstiger Verbindungen, billig Flüge, ...) Unterrichtssprache: englisch Zeitplan: 5.01.2007 Ankunft in Tallinn, erstes Treffen 6.01.-10.01.2007 Workshop mit Übungen und weitere Aktivitäten in Tallinn 10.01.-14.01.2007 Workshop mit Übungen und weitere Aktivitäten in Pärnu 13.07.2007 öffentliche Präsentation der Performances CUMA #2 in Pärnu 15.01.2007 Abschluss und Abfahrt von Tallinn Preis: (ohne Fahrt und Verpflegung) 250,-€ (400 CHF, 4000 EEK, 1000 PLN) Der Workshop richtet sich an alle interessierten Menschen, jungen Performer und Kunststudenten aus verschiedenen Ländern (Mindestalter 18 Jahre). Der Workshop findet ab mindestens 8 Teilnehmern statt. Bei mehr als 20 Personen wird in zwei Gruppen gearbeitet. Anmeldeformular per E-Mail anfordern <mailto:info@portperformance.net?subject=Anmeldeformular Workshop Estland>info@portperformance.net oder telefonisch unter 0048 – 667759720, 0048 – 607206416 Anmeldeschluss ist der 10. Dezember 2006 ----------------------------------------------- 4. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "6th Encuentro Corpolíticas / Body Politics in the Americas" (Argentina) Deadline:December 15, 2006; Source: Franklin Furnace The Hemispheric Institute and the Centro Cultural Recoleta are pleased to announce the upcoming 6th Encuentro Corpolíticas / Body Politics in the Americas: Formations of Race, Class and Gender at the Centro Cultural Recoleta and the Teatro Empire with the collaboration of Instituto Torcuato Di Tella June 8-17, 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina Encuentro 2007 Online Call and Application Form: http://hemisphericinstitute.org/eng/seminar/2007/ Application Deadline: 15 December 2006 Our upcoming Encuentro in Buenos Aires will focus on body politics: the politics of the body, political bodies, bodies politic, and the relations between them. We are particularly interested in the formations of race, class, sexuality, ethnicity, and gender articulated through body politics in different eras, geographies and imaginaries in the Americas. We understand the body as a site of negotiation, discipline, and a means of expression and meaning. These issues will be clustered under four large umbrella topics that will be the point of departure for a range of performances, installations, exhibitions, roundtable discussions, workshops, lectures, and work groups: 1) Corpografías: bodies and the making of place (how have the politics of the body been enlisted in the production of political bodies?), 2) Corpodinamias: bodies and movement(s) (how does attention to the performing body help us understand political movements, the staging of power, the body politics of migration?), 3) Corpusterrorificus: bodies and terror (how can we understand the production of terror and the ways in which it produces terrifying/terrified, fearful/fearless bodies?), and 4) Corpoéticas: poetics and politics (what is the relation between aesthetic and ethical performance; what practices, theories, or models allow us to explore the politics and poetics of the body?). We invite a range of proposals, both individual and collective, that focus on issues that are contemporary and historical, local and translocal. We invite artists, performers, academics and activists to propose performances, papers, performance-based scholarship (scholarship that attempts to enact what it describes), videos, installations, visual art exhibits, work group topics, activist projects, hacktivist or virtual actions, and other forms that bring together performance and politics in the Americas to participate in our upcoming Encuentro. We are seeking groups or solo artists (theater / music / dance / installation / performance art / etc.) for all areas of our performance program, for both indoor and outdoor spaces: Feature-length (2 hours or less), Short (30 minutes or less), and Cabaret/Bar interventions ("after-hours"). We&Mac226;re calling for a wide range of performances, from traditional representations to hybrid and contestatory practices. In terms of visual arts, this year we have wonderful spaces for exhibits and installations at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, which is a prime venue for modern arts in Buenos Aires. The Centro also has a small movie theater, which will give us the opportunity to screen films and videos by filmmakers throughout the event. These film and exhibit spaces will be open to the public, so we encourage artists to submit proposals to present their work during the Encuentro. We are also calling for Work Group papers/projects related to the theme of Corpolíticas/Body Politics in the Americas: Performing Race, Class and Gender. Papers/Projects should be a maximum of 8-10 pages in length and must relate to the Encuentro's Work Group topics. Projects may include descriptions of artists&Mac226;/activists&Mac226; work. Successful applicants will receive acceptance letters by the end of January, and will appear in the official Encuentro program. Participants will be chosen by application. ----------------------------------------------- 5. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "Red Dawns Festival" Metelkova mesto (Slovenia) Deadline:January 1, 2007; Source: ARTSERVIS The 8th annual edition of feminist and wanna be queer festival Red Dawns is going to take place in the autonomous cultural centre Metelkova mesto in Ljubljana and in other towns in Slovenia from March 7th to 11th 2007. Independent artists and activists are invited to present their works and happenings. We are looking for engaged art and statements which question and transgress gender identities, deal with sexuality, body and other related subjects. Please address your propositions or further questions to e-address. AKC Metelkova mesto KUD MREZA Masarykova 24 1000 Ljubljana Slovenija rdece.zore@gmail.com http://www.metelkova.org/ ----------------------------------------------- 6. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "in situ: art body medicine" Subtle Technologies (Toronto) Deadline: January 3, 2007; Source: Subtle Technologies in situ art body medicine May 24th – May 27th 2007 University of Toronto, Toronto Canada Subtle Technologies is a four-day multidisciplinary Festival exploring complex and subtle relationships between art and science. The annual international event combines symposia, exhibitions, workshops and performances that juxtapose cutting-edge artistic projects and scientific exploration. For the 10th Annual Festival, Subtle Technologies invites practitioners of arts, sciences and medicines, and those who study their context, historians, ethicists, and other critical thinkers to contemplate how these disciplines can work together and reshape perspectives on the body. As scientific and technological breakthroughs prominently occupy our culture, we ask where the boundaries are. We are interested in investigating how we relate bodies in situ: as parts, as a whole, as systems; how we identify, map, modify, protect, violate, and heal. We invite a wide interpretation of bodies including the molecular, physical, cultural, economic, legal, political, energetic, electrical and spiritual. A range of approaches are welcome, including interdisciplinary work,specialized presentation proposals that focus on a single topic in depth, and general discussions that draw upon multiple topics. We welcome a diversity of presentation formats, including those practitioners who may not emphasize the use of science and technology. Proposals for the following will be considered: workshops, performances, poster sessions, and symposium presentations. How to Apply: Details are available on the online submissions form: http://www.subtletechnologies.com/2007/ Examples of possible topics include: Racial and Personalized Medicine Tele-Medicine Pharmaceuticalized Body Organ Trafficking Inter- Species Communications History of Medicine Reproductive Technologies Addictions and Obsessions Sexual / Gendered Body Body Machine Interfaces and Sensors Violated Body Embryoid Bodies and Stem Cells Infectious Agents and Diseases Local or Traditional Healing Practices New Therapeutic Paradigms Population Dynamics and the Environment Spiritual Body Extropian and Post Human Investigations Body and Performance, Body and Rituals Bioethics Trangenic Bodies and Tissue Engineering Genomics Proteomics Metablomics and other -omics For Questions, contact us at: (email) programs [at] subtletechnologies [dot] com (phone) 416.532.5018 Angella Mackey, Festival Manager Subtle Technologies www.subtletechnologies.com ----------------------------------------------- 7. CONFERENCE/NETWORK: Performance Creation Canada (Calgary) January 4 - 7, 2007; Source: Performance Creation Canada Performance Creation Canada Seventh Biannual Networking Event Calgary, January 4th – 7th, 2007 Registration is ony $20! Contact: Kenna Burima, Registrar Phone: (403) 264-3224 Email: kburima@oyr.org Web: www.performancecreationcanada.ca Performance Creation Canada is a nationwide network dedicated to the celebration, management and study of performance creation in Canada, and to the ecology in which it flourishes. In January 2007, Performance Creation Canada (PCC) returns to Calgary, Alberta. The four-day networking session will be held to coincide with One Yellow Rabbit’s 21st annual High Performance Rodeo, Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts, and runs concurrent to the Live Arts Now course (FINA 503.06) offered by the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Calgary. The theme for the Calgary PCC session is: Creating Community Through Performance. A primary focus for PCC Calgary will be post secondary education, particularly the contributions and responsibilities of the academy within the performance community. The conference is open to anybody, and activities during PCC Calgary will include a series of formal panel discussion pertaining directly to the theme of the session, discussions on the themes of PCC in general; as well as numerous informal opportunities to network, share ideas and socialize; and to observe a broad array of performances that will be presented at, and concurrent to, High Performance Rodeo. Inaugurated in Calgary, January 2004 PCC has since convened in St. John’s, Vancouver, Regina, Toronto and Whitehorse. Upcoming meetings are scheduled for Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and Kelowna. Neither a marketplace, trade fair nor traditional conference, PCC is an informal, multidisciplinary initiative committed to identifying and advancing the interests of work that is performed by the artist(s) who create it. PCC is an inclusive network that invites the participation of artists, administrators, educators, presenters, producers, agents, archivists, critics and individuals from within funding and policy-making institutions. PCC is concerned with new art in the fields of theatre, dance, performance art, music and interdisciplinary practice. Any individual committed to the well being of the Canadian performance creation milieu is invited to collaborate with the PCC network. ----------------------------------------------- 8. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "Performance as Research" The Facility (UK) Deadline:January 5, 2007; Source: Artsadmin E-digest 242 The Facility: Performance as Research at London Metropolitan University. Call for Performance as Research Proposals. Increased immigration and emigration, homelessness, the blurring of boundaries and borders, globalization and emerging technologies have radically altered notions of place and placelessness. The symposium will explore notions of PLACE in performance as research work and we are inviting proposals for work to be showcased at the event. Symposium 3 will take place on April 14th 2007. For further information on proposal criteria please visit our website www.londonmet.ac.uk/thefacility Please note the deadline for proposals is January 5th 2007. Further enquires to lucy.richardson@londonmet.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------- 9. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Belluard Bollwerk International (Switzerland) Deadline: January 8, 2007; Source: IAPAO Belluard Bollwerk International is an event that produces and presents artistic projects in Fribourg (Switzerland) since 1983. The next edition of the festival will be held from June 28th through July 7th, 2007. Belluard is looking for innovative and amazing projects Each winning project shall be financed up to CHF 10'000.- (6'000.- Euros). The projects will be evaluated by an international jury. The winning projects will be presented in the festival programme, time permitting. Rules : 1. The contest is open to all. 2. Any form is admitted : performance, theater, dance, music, visual arts, cinema, etc. 3. The contest concerns creations or works in progress only. Completed projects won't be taken into consideration. 4. Participants are free to take any steps they deem necessary to acquire additional funding so as to complete their budget. 5. Each project is to be presented on 2 A4-format pages, at most. A detailed production budget is to be attached on a separate sheet, along with personal details (name, postal and email address). 6. Plans, drawings, photos, videos, etc. are highly recommended. 7. Applications can be written in english, german or french only. 8. Projects must be sent by January 8th, 2007, at the latest (postal stamp is proof) at Belluard Bollwerk International, Contest 2007, PO Box 214, 1701 Fribourg, Switzerland. Or by email at : info@belluard.ch 9. All participants shall be made aware of the results by February 23rd, 2007. The jury reserves the right not to comment on its decision. 10. The material sent will not be returned. Additional informations are available at http://www.belluard.ch Belluard Bollwerk International PO Box 214 - Switzerland - 1701 Fribourg Tel +41 26 321 24 20 Fax +41 26 321 24 21 info@belluard.ch ----------------------------------------------- 10. CALL FOR PROJECTS: "BODY NAVIGATION" (Russia) Deadline: January 10, 2007; Source: ARTSERVIS The Body Navigation Festival: III International festival of the contemporary arts St. Petersburg, Russia 26 - 30 June 2007 The BODY NAVIGATION is a cross-art festival for research a body as a medium for contemporary art. Festival program provides collaboration with people coming from different cultural context, based on shared specific questions of body and different art mediums. One of the main focuses is a multi-media exploration of the body and environment. Festival will navigate from the park on Elagin island in the middle of the city to urban environments of St.Petersburg, from the gallery space to the theatre and to musical club. The festival provides the artists and the community opportunity for both research and performance. Festival events includes research projects, screening, installations, side-specific works, experimental media& music events and workshops in dance, performance and video. The festival will culminate in a series of performances, both site-specific and for the gallery and theatre. The Body Navigation festival is organized by Non-governmental partnership ART NAVIGATION in collaboration with NCCA (National Contemporary Art Centre in St. Petersburg) and several foreign cultural institutes with the financial support of the Nordic Cultural Fund. The Body Navigation welcomes projects or/and dance performance that can be presented in an outdoor/ locations on Elagin island and at the theatre/gallery too. If you have a performance or any ideas which you would like to develop further in relation to the body and relationship with environments and the new technologies, we would very much like to hear from you. We are looking for: video dance performance site-specific performance and projects workshop, lecture, laboratory Submissions should include: Viewing copy and / or supporting material on DVD or VHS Description of performance/project Other relevant materials [press, photos, promotional materials] Technical information Unfortunately festival cant cover travel cost, accommodation and fees. Festival takes care of the promotion of the event and the technical support expenses. We will provide an official invitation for applying grants from your countries. For the artists from The Nordic country are possibilities to cover some expenses. Accommodation could be negotiated with each artist/project selected. Deadline: 10/01/07 The Body Navigation Festival Ludcia Khabibulina A/BOX 102 190013 St. Petersburg Russia ludcia@yandex.ru http://www.bodynavigation.ru/ ----------------------------------------------- 11. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (PUBLICATION): esse arts + opinions numéro 60 (Montréal) Deadline: January 15, 2007; Source: esse arts + opinions (French text only) Dossier : Canular esse arts + opinions numéro 60 Date de tombée : 15 janvier 2007 Fausse nouvelle, farce, blague, rumeur, hoax… Le canular peut prendre mille formes. S’il vise traditionnellement à tromper ou à faire réagir ceux qui en sont la cible, ses formes contemporaines sont souvent moins tranchées. Ainsi, depuis quelques années, la pratique du canular a pris des airs plus pernicieux. Plutôt que de révéler qu’il s’agit d’un canular, les auteurs préfèrent souvent laisser planer l’incertitude quant à la véracité d’une information, d’une œuvre, d’une situation, semant le doute et repoussant – parfois indéfiniment – le moment de la révélation qui est généralement intrinsèque au canular. Trop souvent associé à la simple plaisanterie, le canular tire fréquemment son origine dans le désir de critiquer les modes de fonctionnement ou les institutions qu’il attaque et ses visées sont, dans de nombreux cas, subversives. En art, il pointe souvent les critères et les croyances sur lesquelles se fonde le jugement permettant de reconnaître les œuvres ou les pratiques artistiques légitimes, jouant allégrement avec la notion d’authenticité généralement reconnue comme critère fondamental de valeur artistique. Ainsi, ce geste, qui déjoue avec tant de facilité nos façons de penser, de légitimer et d’accepter des propositions artistiques, devrait nous apparaître comme une sorte d'empêcheur de tourner en rond. Mais qu'en est-il vraiment ? C’est notamment l’une des questions auxquelles nous invitons les auteurs à réfléchir dans le cadre de ce dossier. Les textes proposés (de 1000 à 2500 mots) pourront être envoyés à s.babin@esse.ca avant le 15 janvier 2007. Les propositions non liées aux dossiers (critiques, essais, analyses, comptes rendus d’expositions) sont aussi bienvenues (tombée : 10 septembre, 10 janvier et 15 avril de chaque année). Pour plus de renseignements sur notre politique éditoriale, consultez notre site Web (www.esse.ca) à l’onglet Soumission. ----------------------------------------------- 12. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS (PUBLICATION): Performance Research Vol. 12 No. 4 (UK) Deadline: January 15, 2007; Source: Franklin Furnace Performance Research, Devon, UK Vol. 12 No. 4 (December 2007) 'On Objects' Issue Editors: Laurie Beth Clark, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Richard Gough, Centre for Performance Research, UK Daniel Watt, University of Loughborough, UK In this issue of Performance Research we hope to explore the various transformations of the object in theatre and performance, from sacred to sacrilegious, fetishised to worthless, functional to aesthetic, craft to commodity, unstable yet enduring. Contributions might focus on very specific objects or sets of objects and/or provoke more thought about some of the questions and themes below. We are interested in the presence of objects in a variety of theatrical and performance media from Futurism and Surrealism to forms of puppet theatre, the Bio-objects of Tadeusz Kantor to the boxes of Joseph Cornell. We are also interested in the philosophical designation of objects and their relation to the stage, from Heidegger's things to the ghostly trace of Derrida, from the body without organs of Deleuze and Guattari to Bachelard's dreamy geometry of shells. We invite scholars and practitioners to engage with some questions about objects, performance and culture in the form of essays or artist pages. We encourage you to consider all manner of objects: props, icons, antiques, artifacts, salvage, inventory, tchotchkes, flotsam, jetsam, lagan, fetish objects, sex toys, digital objects, waste, detritus, prostheses, souvenirs... Contributions might focus on very specific objects or sets of objects and/or provoke more thought about some of the questions and themes below. - What is an object? How is its ontological status determined and what are the differences between things and objects? - What does it mean for an object to perform? - How are objects deployed in creative and quotidian contexts? - How is the status of an object determined and contested? - Why do we still care about things? - How are the boundaries between objects and subjects drawn, affirmed, re-instated or transgressed? - How is the study and deployment of objects differently inflected across established disciplines (art, theatre, history, archeology, anthropology, sociology) and emerging interdisciplines (performance studies, food studies, tourism studies)? - Do the environments of theatre and performance offer a unique arena for the reassessment of the status of the object? - What are the possibilities and constraints for to the use of objects in a theatrical space? - How has (endurance obsessed) archival culture contributed to the enhancement or stagnation of objects? - What are the pleasures of objects? What are objects of pleasure? - What does it mean to think about the body as an object? - What about bodies that are merged with objects? - What professions (like curating) have special relationships with object culture? - What do objects teach us? Deadlines are as follows: Proposals: 15th January, 2007 Finalised material: 18th May 2007 Publication date: December 2007 ALL proposals, submissions and general enquiries should be sent direct to: Linden Elmhirst - Administrative Assistant Performance Research Dartington College of Arts, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EJ UK tel. 0044 1803 861683 fax. 0044 1803 866053 email: performance-research@dartington.ac.uk web: http://www.performance-research.net Issue specific enquires should be directed to: Laurie Beth Clark: lbclark@wisc.edu Or Daniel Watt: D.P.Watt@lboro.ac.uk For complete Guidelines for Submissions please see: http://www.performance-research.net/pages/guidelines.html Performance Research is MAC based. Proposals will be accepted in hard copy, on CD or by e-mail (Apple Works, MS-Word or RTF). Please DO NOT send images without prior agreement. Please note that submission of a proposal will be taken to imply that it presents original, unpublished work not under consideration for publication elsewhere. By submitting a manuscript, the author(s) agree that the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article have been given to Performance Research ----------------------------------------------- 13. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: "2007-08 programming season" articule (Montréal) Deadline:January 15, 2007; Source: articule (texte français suit) For its programming season, from September 2007 to June 2008, articule invites local, national and international artists, groups of artists and curators to submit exhibition and/or event proposals. Last summer articule moved to a new convivial space with a large storefront window in the Mile End, one of Montreal's most vibrant neighbourhoods. The move was motivated by articule's desire to offer more visibility to artists and their work, as well as to provide an accessible space to a varied public. For the 2007-2008 programming season, articule is particularly interested in exhibition projects that consider the street level gallery and its possibilities as a place of communication and engagement, for creating connections and transformations, where art and the environment, the artist and the public, touch. Proposals must include: - curriculum vitae - artist statement and/or a description of the project, specifying spatial and technical needs (max. 2 pages) - maximum of 20 slides or digital images on CD, clearly-identified - maximum of one VHS tape (NTSC) or one DVD, clearly-identified - a descriptive list for the visual material (title, date, dimension, medium) - a self-addressed, sufficiently pre-stamped envelope Important: If you submit digital images please comply with the following guidelines: - compatible with MacIntosh OS 10.4 - jpeg format suggested, do not exceed 2 MB or 1024 x 768 pixels - identify each image with a number and a title corresponding to the descriptive list - the images have to appear when opening the CD, do not create indexes or sub-indexes Please note that email applications are not accepted. Please send your proposal to: articule Programming Committee   262 Fairmount Ouest Montréal (Québec) H2V 2G3 Canada Info: T 514 842 9686  info@articule.org    http://www.articule.org Heures d'ouverture: mer - dim 12h -17h Opening hours: wed - sun 12 - 5 pm *** articule APPEL DE DOSSIERS: PROGRAMMATION 2007-2008 DATE TOMBÉE: 15 JANVIER 2007 Pour sa programmation de septembre 2007 à juin 2008, articule invite les artistes, les collectifs d'artistes et les commissaires locaux, nationaux et internationaux à soumettre leurs projets d'expositions et/ou d'événements. L'été dernier, articule a déménagé dans un nouveau local convivial, doté d'une grande vitrine qui donne sur la rue dans le Mile End, un des quartiers les plus animés à Montréal. La relocalisation du centre est motivée par le désir d'offrir une meilleure visibilité aux artistes et leur travail, mais aussi d'être davantage accessible à un public varié. Pour la programmation 2007-2008, nous sommes particulièrement intéressés par les projets qui tiennent compte de la galerie sur rue et ses possibilités en tant que site de communication et d'engagement, en tant qu'espace pour créer des liens et des transformations, où l'art et l'environnement, l'artiste et le public s'entrecroisent. Votre soumission de projet doit inclure: - curriculum vitae - texte de démarche artistique et/ou description du projet spécifiant les besoins spatiales et techniques (max. 2 pages) - maximum 20 diapositives ou images numériques sur CD, clairement identifiées - maximum 1 cassette VHS (NTSC) ou 1 DVD, clairement identifiés - liste descriptive des documents visuels (titres, dates, dimensions et médium) - une enveloppe de retour pré-adressée et suffisamment affranchie Important : si vous soumettez des images numériques veuillez suivre les indications suivantes: - compatible avec MacIntosh OS 10.4 - format jpeg suggéré, n'excédant pas 2 MB ou 1024 x 768 pixels - numérotez et identifiez chaque image avec le titre correspondant à la liste descriptive - les images doivent apparaître tout de suite en ouvrant le CD, ne créez pas d'index ou d'arborescences Veuillez noter que les applications par email ne sont pas acceptées. Veuillez envoyer votre dossier à l'adresse suivante: articule Comité de programmation   262 Fairmount Ouest Montréal (Québec) H2V 2G3 Canada Info: T 514 842 9686  info@articule.org http://www.articule.org ----------------------------------------------- 14. RESIDENCY: Art Omi (USA) Deadline: January 15, 2007; Source: ARTSERVIS Art Omi International Artists Residency Hudson River Valley, USA July 1-July 23, 2007 Open to all professional visual artists (no students) from all countries The International Artists Residency is a three week Residency Program for visual artists in upstate New York. Art Omi provides artists with a studio, living quarters and meals at no cost to the artist. Artists pay for their travel and art materials. Artists may apply for one of our Fellowships to help with costs for travel and art materials. The Residency takes place for three weeks during the month of July. Each year, a different critic-in-residence is on hand to lead discussions and make one-on-one studio visits. Because of the proximity to New York City, there are also visits by many prominent critics, gallerists, curators, and artists. Valuable contacts are made through these informal encounters. In the evenings, after dinner, the group gathers for lectures, slide presentations and panel discussions. Please include the following materials only. How did you hear about Art Omi? Six (6) 35 mm slides for carousel projector OR 6 jpeg images on a CD or video tapes or DVDs for new media artists only whose work is time based or kinetic and cannot be seen well in slide format. No powerpoint presentations please. Any work that moves or is based in video or film can be viewed on CD, DVD or video. All 2-D and 3-D work that is still will only be viewed in slide format. Note: do not send catalogs, glass slides, brochures or folders. These extra materials will not be considered. Each slide should be labeled with your name and the number of the slides corresponding to the slide script. The TOP of each slide should be clearly marked. VHS tapes should be NTSC format cued for a 3-5 minute viewing. CD-ROMs will be viewed on an IBM-compatible PC. A numbered list of slides (or CD/video script) submitted with title, date of work, medium and size. At the top of the page list the artist’s name, address, telephone number, email address, nationality, age, sex and languages spoken. Curriculum vitae listing education and exhibitions. A brief artist statement. SASE (self addressed stamped envelope), for returning slides. International Artists please include international postage coupons from your post office. Do not send metered or dated postage, or non-U.S. stamps. Please use international postal coupons if possible. Deadline for receipt of applications: 15/01/07 Art Omi International Artists' Colony Art Omi Applications 55 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor NY 10003 New York USA tel: (212) 206-5684 fax: (212) 206-6114 artists@artomi.org http://www.artomi.org ----------------------------------------------- 15. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (Anthology & Exhibitions): InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre (Toronto) Deadline: January 31, 2007; Source:Akimbo InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre 25th anniversary anthology and exhibitions InterAccess slides into silver with special events, exhibitions and parties commemorating our 25 anniversary in September 2007! Topping it off, in 2008, we are publishing an anthology on the past 25 years of electronic and new media art theory and practice in Canada. We are seeking proposals from across Canada (and from friends in far-away places), from those members, artists, curators and technological innovators who have helped shape our first 25 years, and those who may form the next 25. We want to hear from you! Rather than simply celebrating our history past, we are interested in the "new" of new media, recognizing that the new is often a reconsideration of what has already come before. Complex feedback and feed-forward loops connect artists, technologies, galleries, centres, the public and culture -- what happens when time, when history, is no longer linear and unidirectional, when time's arrow branches off in all directions, when future events cause past and present to be rewritten or reframed? ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS We are seeking critical and creative contributions that reflect on Canadian new media art over the past 25 years, and look ahead to the next 25. We welcome essays, speculative fiction, interviews and analyses and histories (to name just a few ideas) from contributors across Canada, including those associated with other centres who may have parallel histories to InterAccess, emerging new media artists/writers, founding members, supporters, volunteers, new friends and old. Though we are mainly seeking written submissions, visual projects may also be considered. The anthology will blend successful submissions with invited writers and respondents. Those whose proposals are selected will be invited to contribute a finished manuscript to a publication planned for 2008, and will receive a contributor's fee upon publication. Please submit: - a proposal of up to 750 words detailing your ideas and research - a c.v., up to 3 pages, including publishing history if applicable EXHIBITION/EVENT SUBMISSIONS We are seeking proposals from electronic and new media artists, curators and partners for exhibitions and events which may highlight or reframe InterAccess's history. Members and artists past and present are encouraged to submit ideas for a main space exhibition, a short-term event or performance, night-time window screenings, studio production events, workshops, interventions, and more. InterAccess represents a wide membership, community and artistic population. We invite applications from across Canada, from all artists including those who are ethnically and racially diverse. Please visit our web site for detailed submission instructions: <http://interaccess.org/about/calls.php>http://interaccess.org/about/calls.php HOW TO SUBMIT Deadline: 31 January 2007 Send all submissions to: Dana Samuel, Director InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre 9 Ossington Avenue Toronto, ON M6J 2Y8 Canada <mailto:twentyfive@interaccess.org>twentyfive@interaccess.org Please specify "anniversary anthology" or "special exhibition submissions" Have questions? Need more details? Want to get more involved? Check out our FAQ on-line at <http://interaccess.org/about/calls.php>http://interaccess.org/about/calls.php InterAccess is Canada's first and premier charitable production facility and gallery devoted to new and electronic media arts. In 1983, InterAccess was incorporated as a not-for-profit, artist-run access centre, under the name Toronto Community Videotex. It provided artists' access to the Telidon system, a precursor of the World Wide Web. The name change to InterAccess in 1987 reflected a new focus on Macintosh graphics, multimedia production and a dial-up artists' network (much like a Bulletin Board System, or BBS) known as Matrix. With a new, larger home in 1995, InterAccess became Canada's only gallery and exhibition space devoted exclusively to electronic media art. In 2005, InterAccess moved to the current two-floor location at 9 Ossington Avenue -- a recently renovated three thousand square feet stand-alone building. This vibrant area on Queen Street West (with great neighbours such as Gallery TPW and local hang-out Sweaty Betty's) has increased InterAccess's visibility in the art community, helping to sustain InterAccess as Canada's premier centre -- and now a registered charitable organization -- for electronic and new media art. ----------------------------------------------- 16. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "2008-09 programming season" A Space (Toronto) Deadline: January 31, 2007; Source: A Space A Space Gallery is accepting submissions to our Main Gallery for exhibitions in the 2008 and the 2009 seasons. This call is for to artists working in all media, and is also open to curatorial proposals.  Founded in 1971 and located in downtown Toronto, A Space is one of the oldest artist-run centres in Canada. We welcome proposals in all media and support artistic practices that are issue oriented, politically engaged and formally innovative. While thinking around diverse forms that exhibitions and interventions may take, we are interested in ways that artists and curators can create a space for different readings or experiences of culture and identity. The gallery features 1200 square feet of exhibition space and 120 linear feet of 10 foot high walls, with the ceiling at 13 feet. We pay artist fees according to CARFAC standards. All submissions must include: - CV(s) - One page project description - One page Artist or Curatorial Statement - Support material: CD with a max. 10 images. You may submit slides. You may also submit VHS/DVD if the work is video or time-based (10 min or less). - Descriptive list for visual material (title, date, dimension, medium) - SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope) - Please ensure correct postage. A Space is not responsible for lost or damaged submissions. Do not send original slides, artwork or master tapes. Please clearly label your submission: Open Call for Submissions Contact A Space for more information: Tel. 416 979 9633, Fax. (416) 979 9683, E-mail: info@aspacegallery.org A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110, Toronto Ontario Canada M5V 3A8 Visit our Website: http://www.aspacegallery.org ----------------------------------------------- 17. AUDITION NOTICE: "BA, MA and MFA degree programs" Experimental Performance Institute (USA) Dates: February 2 & 16, 2007; Source: EPI The Experimental Performance Institute (EPI) at New College of California in San Francisco is currently auditioning for our BA, MA and MFA degree programs in Experimental Performance. Audition Dates: February 2 & February 16 Audition Location: New College of California Theater (between 18th & 19th streets) 777 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 The Experimental Performance Institute (EPI) at New College of California offers a BA in Humanities or an MA/MFA in Creative Inquiry, both with an emphasis in Experimental Performance. EPI’s curriculum places the development of each student’s artistic voice at the center of the program. Intensive study in theater, movement, vocal technique, composition, theory and history is combined with a focus on Queer/Activist Performance or Theatrical Clowning (through EPICC, a collaborative program between EPI and the San Francisco Clown Conservatory), in a diverse and inclusive environment. New College of California is committed to education in support of a just, sacred and sustainable world. We cherish intellectual freedom, the search for social justice, respect for differences, and a belief in collective responsibility for the welfare of all people. You will find information about our application process at <http://www.epi.newcollege.edu/>http:epi.newcollege.edu. For questions, additional information or to schedule an audition, please contact: Krista DeNio Outreach Director Experimental Performance Institute (EPI) New College of California <mailto:inquire@epiarts.org>inquire@epiarts.org 415-437-3487 The Experimental Performance Institute (EPI) at New College of California San Francisco’s EPI-center for Queer & Activist Performance Accredited by <http://www.wascweb.org>the Western Association of Schools & Colleges 985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100 Alameda, CA 94501 (510) 748-9001 Dan Griffiths Outreach Assistant Experimental Performance Institute (EPI) New College of California <mailto:dan@epiarts.org>dan@epiarts.org 415.437.3487 ----------------------------------------------- 18. WORKSHOPS: "Women in Action Program" (Toronto) Dates: February 5 - 26 & March 5 - 26, 2007; Source: Pam Patterson WOMEN IN ACTION PROGRAM at the Centre for Women's Studies in Education Women in Action Program courses and workshops focus on issues of particular interest to women. We explore and discuss strategies artists and activists use, and develop our own. Our classes are unique in that we work with/in feminist pedagogy: speaking from the personal and specific and investigating practice and theory through an integrated, experiential process. Our setting is flexible, exploratory, pleasurable and challenging. Participants are activists, artists, academics and community workers who bring a sense of play and a generosity of spirit. It's a great chance to workshop your research, learn new skills, and get feedback on your latest project. Performance Art Strategies for Interdisciplinary Practice Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2007 $125 Performance art, as a non-linear multi-layered medium, provides ways to play with multiple and disparate ideas, materials and forms for research, community and art practices. Facilitator: Pam Patterson Pam Patterson, a Visiting Scholar with the Centre for Women's Studies in Education, has, for 25 years, been active in the health, art and women's communities. Her research, performance and teaching have focused on embodiment in art practice, the body in art, women and health, disability studies, women's studies and feminist art education, with publications in journals such as Studies in Art Education, Resources for Feminist Research, Matriart: A Canadian Feminist Art Journal, FUSE, Parachute and presentations in conferences such as The Feminism and Art Conference@ (Toronto), A History of Art Education Symposium (Penn State), and Moving Bodies, Embodying Movement: Exploring the Rhetoric of the Body (State University of New York, Brockport). As a performance and visual artist, she has exhibited and performed internationally. Extending the Visual: Strategies in/for Relational & Aesthetic Research. Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, 2007 $125 Work hands-on, extending your understanding of the visual in your research. Examine how you look, how you make, as you broaden your visual vocabulary, strategies and techniques. Facilitator: Nancy Halifax Nancy Halifax is a mother, artist, learner/teacher, writer and scholar/researcher living in Toronto, Ontario. She tends towards precocious curiosity, and at times exercises an oblique vision. Over the years she has learned to tolerate the constancy of ambiguity and believe it is the thing that most influences her research and writing practices. Advance registration is required. All courses and workshops will take place at OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, on Mondays from 6 to 9:30 p.m., room 2-227. To register, please email Pam Patterson at ppatterson@oise.utoronto.ca. ----------------------------------------------- 19. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "Resistance - Resilience - Realities - Re/creation" A Space (Toronto) Deadline: February 16, 2007; Source: A Space Resistance - Resilience - Realities - Re/creation Curatorial Resident Michelle LaVallee and A Space Gallery are currently seeking new or recent work(s) in all media from emerging to senior contemporary artists of Aboriginal descent for an exhibit to take place in the Main Gallery and Window Vitrines in October/November 2007. The curator is looking for artists who negotiate traditional and contemporary subject matter, issues and materials. Work by artists whose critical interdisciplinary practices bring attention to the contemporary relevance of Aboriginal people in Canada and provide challenging perceptions and strategies of resistance and re/creation that stimulate the reconsideration of ‘truths’, both historical and contemporary. Work that addresses cultural experience while commenting on contemporary realities in current Aboriginal art practices is highly encouraged. For example work may investigate intergenerational effects/coping strategies, language, cultural/communal memory, cultural change/continuity, genocide, anti-colonial theory or strategies that capture or express resilience and the tradition of continuous change. Works that explore relationships between traditional and contemporary expression/experience, explore traditional life within urban society or those harmonizing Indigenous knowledge with Eurocentric knowledge are also of interest. The curator will be selecting work from 3-5 artists for the exhibit. A Space pays artist fees according to CARFAC standards. All submissions must include: - Curriculum Vitae - Description of work(s) proposed, specifying spatial and technical needs - One page Artist Statement - Support material: Images of proposed work (slide, photo, cd, video, audio, link to website) clearly identified - Descriptive list for visual/support material (title, date, dimension, medium) - SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope) - Please ensure correct postage. Please send your proposal by Friday, February 16, 2007. Clearly label your submission: Attention: Michelle LaVallee, Curatorial Resident Re: October 2007 Submission A Space Gallery 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110 Toronto, ON, M5V 3A8 If you submit digital images please comply with the following guidelines: - Compatible with MacIntosh OS 9.2 and Photoshop 5.5, PowerPoint 98, QuickTime 5 - Suggested format is jpeg, do not exceed 2 MB or 1024 x 768 pixels - Identify each image with a number and a title corresponding to the descriptive list - The images have to appear when opening the CD, do not create indexes A Space is not responsible for lost or damaged submissions. Do not send original slides, artwork or master tapes. Contact A Space for more information: Tel. 416 979 9633, Fax. (416) 979 9683, E-mail: info@aspacegallery.org A Space Gallery, 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110, Toronto Ontario Canada M5V 3A8 Visit our Website: http://www.aspacegallery.org ----------------------------------------------- 20. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Gibraltar Point International Artist Residency Program (Toronto) Deadline: February 21, 2007; Source: Artscape Artscape is currently accepting applications for the Gibraltar Point International Artist Residency Program taking place June 1 - 30, 2007 Submission Deadline: February 21, 2007, 4pm EST 2007 Program Dates: June 1 - 30 For further information including the Guidelines for Submissions, Application Form and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, please visit Artscape's website at http://www.torontoartscape.on.ca/gpiarp TheGibraltar Point Residency transcends political, aesthetic and geographic boundaries, welcomes diversity and provides a spawning ground for unique cultural alliances. The program is open to Canadian and international artists who are engaged in the research, development or creation of work. Emerging, mid-career and established professional artists are invited to apply. Participants in the residency program receive accommodation, a private work studio and all meals at no cost. Travel and material costs are the responsibility of participating artists. The residency program aims to further the professional development of artists by: enabling the creation and production of new work; fostering an exchange of ideas and influences; encouraging the sharing of expertise; inspiring new works of art and creative collaborations; and building relationships between artists working in different media. The program is designed and managed by Artscape and takes place for a single 30-day term each calendar year at the Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts on Toronto Island. Situated on the south-western beachfront of Toronto Island, The Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts owes its name to its location marked by Toronto's oldest landmark - the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse, which was erected in 1808. Operated by Artscape, this 30,000 square foot unique facility provides permanent studio space to more than a dozen artists and a Retreat Centre which can be rented for a variety of functions. In addition to hosting the Residency Program, the Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts features Artscape Lodge; a short-term rental service with accommodation and work studios for up to 13 visiting artists. Toronto Island is a peaceful 230-hectare natural park in Toronto's harbour, a short 15-minute ferry ride from the thriving downtown core of Canada's cultural capital. The Island is part of the Carolinian Zone which includes flora and fauna not found anywhere else in Canada. Naturalized areas and wildlife reserves make it a popular stopover point for southern song birds. The Island is also home to approximately 800 individuals whose remarkable community boasts one of the highest per capita populations of artists in Canada and is the largest urban car-free community in North America. Mail submissions to: GIBRALTAR POINT INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM Artscape Suite 111 -60 Atlantic Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6K 1X9 Canada For questions regarding the Gibraltar Point International Artist Residency Program please contact by email only: residency@torontoartscape.on.ca Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Artscape is a Toronto-based non-profit enterprise that unlocks the creative potential of people and places. Artscape's work encompasses building creative places, developing creative districts and clusters, and cultivating cities on a local, national and international level. http://www.torontoartscape.on.ca ----------------------------------------------- 21. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Performing the World 4 (USA) Deadline: March 15, 2007; Source: Performing the World 4 Performing the World 4 The Performance of Community and the Community of Performance Friday, October 12 - Sunday, October 14, 2007 Tarrytown House, Tarrytown, NY Performing the World 4 recognizes, celebrates and interrogates the growing global performance movement and its relationship to community building--the thousands of innovative performance projects taking place in urban centers, towns and villages the world over, and the researchers, theoreticians and analyzers of what all this ensemble creativity, improvisatory play and "stage-making" might mean for human development, the growth of communities and social change. The weekend conference will bring together performers, educators, artists, scholars and researchers, psychologists and therapists, health and helping professionals, business professionals, youth workers, social entrepreneurs, activists, and community organizers to showcase innovative practice and scholarship and provide a rich context for learning and performing together. Proposals Instructions and forms for submitting proposals, due March 15, 2007, can be viewed and downloaded at www.performingtheworld.org Performing the World 4 is sponsored by the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, 920 Broadway, 14th floor, New York, NY, 10010. Tel. 212.941.8906, Fax 212.941.0511, www.eastsideinstitute.org Convening Committee; Dan Friedman (The Castillo Theatre and Youth OnStage!, NYC) Lois Holzman (East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, NYC) Sheila McNamee (University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH) Fred Newman (East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy, NYC). Performing the World 4 will be held at the Tarrytown House in Tarrytown, New York, 24 miles north of Manhattan. The Tarrytown House is situated amidst wooded bluffs overlooking the Hudson River. Built in the late 1800s as a country estate, it offers all the facilities and amenities of the 21st century. Accommodations include cable TV, phone and Internet access, and use of the fitness center, indoor pool, and tennis courts. The Tarrytown House is surrounded by miles of jogging and walking trails. Conference activities will run from 5 pm Friday, October 12 until 5 pm Sunday, October 14. Registration and check-in begin at 3 pm on Friday. Fees are all-inclusive for the full weekend. Included are conference registration, two nights' accommodations, all meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch, coffee breaks, snacks and a Saturday night party. Performing the World 4 is best "performed" as a full weekend experience. We can accommodate only a limited number of one-day registrations or conference participants not staying at Tarrytown House. Please contact Melissa Meyer for details at 212.941.8906 or ptw@eastsideinstitute.org . Please note also that there are very few hotels in the area and none has the value of the Tarrytown House rooms, meals and amenities. For residents of the US, UK, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan: Before July 1, 2007 Individual rate, double room: $600 Individual rate, single room: $700 Institutional rate, double room: $900 Institutional rate, single room: $1000 After July 1, 2007 Individual rate, double room: $675 Individual rate, single room: $775 Institutional rate, double room: $975 Institutional rate, single room: $1075 For residents of all other countries: Double room only: $475 A limited number of work/study positions and scholarships are available. For all inquiries, contact: Melissa Meyer, Programs Coordinator East Side Institute, 920 Broadway, 14th floor, New York, NY 10010 Phone: 212.941.8906 Fax: 212.941.0511 ptw@eastsideinstitute.org www.performingtheworld.org ----------------------------------------------- 22. RESIDENCY: Interdisciplinary Lab for Art, Nature and Dance (USA) Deadline: March 30, 2007 Source: Franklin Furnace iLAND &Mac246; interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature and Dance is pleased to announce the 2007 iLAB residency program to be held May - September 2007. iLAND is currently accepting proposals for iLAB 2007. Application Guidelines and the Request for Proposals are attached and are also available at http://www.ilandart.org/residencies.cfm. iLAB is a collaborative residency program between movement based artists and scientists, environmentalists, urban designers/landscape architects, architects and others that will integrate creative practice within the different fields/disciplines. The goals of iLAB are: 1) to invigorate and re-imagine relationships between the public and the urban environment through kinetic experience 2) to engage artists and practitioners across the disciplines of dance, art, and the ecology of physical interrelationships such that we create and investigate innovative approaches to science, infrastructure, urbanisms, and architecture within a performative context. 3) to support the development of process in engagement over product such that process is itself a product for artistic and public action. In 2006, our pilot year we supported the first iLAB residency &Mac246; The Language of the Listening Body, a collaboration between Choreographer Hope Mohr and Composer and Acoustic Ecologist Michelle Nagai. Mohr and Nagai investigated an active listening and moving practice within the urban soundscape that took place September 11-23, 2006 in New York City. The first iLAB residency was an exciting step for the organization and we hope you will take the time to join in the dialogue and view the videos and audio. To view details on iLAB 2006: Movement Research's Critical Correspondence site http://movementresearch.org/publishing/cc/cc.html iLAB 2006 audio and video documentation can be viewed at: http://www.ilandart.org/residencies.cfm?id=1&subPage=3 This year, iLAND is hosting two seminars to facilitate collaborations between movement-based artists and scientists. If you are interested in attending one of the seminars to be held in early December or late January, please RSVP to info@ilandart.org. Details of both seminars will follow. iLAND is committed to fostering and supporting interactions between movement artists, scientists and environmentalists as a means of engaging the public's imagination in a kinetic understanding of the urban environment. If you have further questions about iLAND, Inc. or our other programs please contact us at info@ilandart.org. ----------------------------------------------- 23. WORKSHOP: <http://www.iugte.com/projects/Lab_pro.php>International Performing Arts Laboratory (Latvia) March 30 - April 4, 2007; Source: IUGTE <http://www.iugte.com/projects/Lab_pro.php>International Performing Arts Laboratory under the guidance of Sergey Ostrenko March 30 - April 04, 2007 Riga, Latvia The Laboratory provides a wonderful opportunity to establish news contacts with colleagues from other parts of the world, to share experiences, challenges and successes in the atmosphere of group creative process out of everyday formal professional roles, and to discover new ideas and inspiration for future creative projects! The program includes intensive practical training, lectures and discussion club. A limited number of places are available on a competitive basis. The registration will be finished as the group is full. IUGTE will provide participants with accommodation and three meals per day during the Laboratory. Please find more details of the program on the web page: <http://www.iugte.com/projects/Lab_pro.php>http://www.iugte.com/projects/Lab_pro.php Inga Ryazanoff International University "Global Theatre Experience" (IUGTE) <http://www.iugte.com/>www.iugte.com ----------------------------------------------- 24. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008 (Singapore) Deadline: April 15, 2007; Source: Alvin Tan M1 SINGAPORE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2008 16 JANUARY – 27 FEBRUARY 2008 M1 Singapore Fringe Festival is an annual festival of theatre, performance art, film, dance, visual arts, mixed media, music and forum created and presented by Singaporean and international artists. Based on a different theme every year and curated by The Necessary Stage, the festival aims to bring the best of contemporary, cutting-edge and socially engaged works to the Singapore audience. M1 Singapore Fringe Festival is set to be a creative centre with a twin-purpose of innovation and discussion, a platform for meaningful and provocative art to engage our increasingly connected and complex world. The theme for M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008 is Art and History. We are looking for works in all disciplines that will fall within that theme. We accept applications from professional Singapore and international artists / companies. The programme for 2007 is listed on our website (www.singaporefringe.com). It will provide you with some insight into the programmes, venues and workings of the festival. Please include the following items in your proposal: - Application Form - Artistic description of the work - Description of how the work is related to the theme of Art and History - Reason for wanting to participate in M1 Singapore Fringe Festival - Biographies of artists involved - Technical specifications, design ideas, stage & lighting plans sketches - Copy of the script - DVD/VCD/Video/CD of performance (If it is a new work, please submit DVD/Video/VCD/CD of previous work) - Images (in high resolution if electronic copies are submitted) - Reviews, press cuttings and critiques - Company background and work - Performances previously staged (both in your home country and abroad) - Any other supporting documentation Please note that late or incomplete applications will not be entertained. Please also note that all submitted material are non-returnable. Please send your proposal to M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 278 Marine Parade Road, #B1-02 Marine Parade Community Building Singapore 449282 All applications should reach the organisers by Friday 15th April 2007. Only applications sent by mail will be considered. If you have any queries, please contact us at info@singaporefringe.com Successful applicants of the first round of shortlisting will be informed of the programming decision by 15th July 2007. Tel: +65 6440 8115 Fax: +65 6440 9002 nfo@singaporefringe.com www.singaporefringe.com ----------------------------------------------- 25. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Dangerous Curve (USA) Deadline: ongoing; Source: Dangerous Curve Live artists: short-term residencies Live artists: non-residencies Dangerous Curve is a Los Angeles Artists District art space that provides residencies and solo exhibits to live and visual artists, established and emerging of all ages, who are producing intelligent work ahead of the curve. Dangerous Curve is looking for local and international live artists for either 1) non-residency acts or 2) short-term residencies (starting at one week). The residencies culminate in a full-length (at least 45 minutes) performance of the resident, at a performance event populated with other live art or art video. Artists in residence have access to the art space, clean of any exhibition, for rehearsing and installing, e.g., performance "sets." The space is also a "high-end loft" with amenities, in which the artists can stay. Note that the space may be used for some other events during the week, the details of which can be worked out on a case-by-case basis. The non-residency artists participate in the above or in the other live art evenings scheduled throughout our season. This does not obviate durational pieces; they just need to overlap the performance event. We give preference to work that is, in the words of Jacki Apple, "radical content in radical form." However, we are not interested in work presenting adolescent views of sexuality and other bodily functions, no matter how sophisticated. We show art that is technically and conceptually of high quality, but that resonates balance in and of the basic human components: from survival, relationship, and power to heart, truth, intuition, and spirit. Submission format: A written description and some work samples. DVDs/CDs/URLs are preferred. We can handle slides, but not to your best advantage. Deadline: Ongoing, but do it now! Mail: Dangerous Curve, POB 532281, Los Angeles, CA 90053-2281 Email: events@dangerouscurve.org See http://dangerouscurve.org for more information about the venue. ----------------------------------------------- 26. RESIDENCY: Wunderspaze (Singapore) Deadline: ongoing; Source: Khai Hori Sick and tired of the scene you’re in? You just need to get out and spend some time away. It’s not exactly a spa but try this on for size: AIR Wunderspaze, the pilot residency/retreat programme of Wunderspaze, an independent contemporary art initiative committed to the support and development of like minded young artists, curators and art/art-related workers in Southeast Asia. No specific outcomes or results at the end of the residency are stipulated (e.g. exhibition) except for ONE public presentation/talk/sharing session of AIR’s research/residency experience at the Wunderspaze Studio. A willingness to engage in conversations and exchange on ideas, experiences et al and a commitment to interact/engage with local arts community are expected. RESIDENCY PERIOD: 1 – 2 months COMMENCEMENT: Early January 2007. Subsequent residencies will be launched consecutively (i.e. February if the first residency lasts for a month OR March if the first residency is over a two-month period). LOCATION: Wunderspaze Studio, 23 Tay Lian Teck Drive, Singapore 455654 - Studio is a living-and-workspace with an outdoor area and garden. - Convenient location: 30 mins to the city by bus; 8 mins by taxi to the airport; 10 mins to the beach; close to LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts - Tranquil neighbourhood - Shared kitchen & bathroom facilities - Utilities (electricity, water and gas) - Broadband connection PROVISIONS BY HOST - Facilitation of introductions to arts personalities, institutions/centres, resources in Singapore - Facilitation of stay in Singapore (eg. how to get around, etc) - Stipends/artist fees are not provided. PAID BY ARTIST - Subsidized rent of a single part-furnished room with shared bathroom: S$350/month - US$225/month, inclusive of utilities. (Wunderspaze subsidizes 34% of the room rent) - Health & other forms of insurance - Travel & visa arrangements (Dependent upon country of origin, residents staying on beyond 30 days may be required to apply for a Social Visit Pass, http://app.ica.gov.sg/index.asp) - Living costs (transport, food, entertainment, materials etc) - The artist is expected to contribute to the maintenance and housekeeping tasks of the studio WHO SHOULD APPLY - Artists, curators or researchers/writers (visual arts/cultural or related fields – i.e, research must be demonstrated to intersect with visual arts) - Applicants currently holding research/travel/project grant/s from other funding bodies are also welcome to apply - Southeast Asian citizens; Singaporeans are not eligible to apply - Age range: 21 – 35 years old SELECTION PROCESS - Brief statement of purpose (100 words max. May include research intentions) - Selected portfolio of works. Portfolio can be submitted by post or email (2MB in size, max). Acknowledgement of receipt will be sent. Please note that portfolio materials will not be returned and will be retained for archival purposes. - Rolling application process. No deadlines. - Only successful applicants will be notified. ABOUT WUNDERSPAZE A modest operation which kicked off in January 2006, Wunderspaze is a Singapore-based contemporary art initiative which aims to be a site of exchange for young artists and curators living and working in Southeast Asia. With a vision of becoming the definitive platform for experimentation in contemporary practice and development of such young artists and curators, Wunderspaze intends to make its work through the research, documentation and presentation of works. The initiative also intends to develop networks in the region by way of facilitating transactions or relationships for artists and curators alike. Aside from artistic development within contemporary visual art and associated practices, the concurrent direction is to examine and develop curatorial and programming approaches, models and methodologies. It is currently helmed and driven by Khairuddin Hori (Artistic Director), a multi-disciplinary artist who has worked across the many forms of visual arts, theatre and performance underpinned by a constant drive for the experimental and the visceral. Since its formation in January this year, Wunderspaze’s projects have ranged in scale and platforms and grown from strength to strength. From the small shows at Warong M Nasir, an Indonesian nasi padang café putting forward works by young artists to a wider audience to its participation and support of Future of Imagination 3, an international performance art event where Khai was also the Assistant Director. Wunderspaze’s work has also encompassed artist development programmes such as the conception and organisation of a residency project in The Land Foundation, Chiang Mai, Thailand, for Lilpinkdevil, a young street artist, to develop his work in a new direction. More recently, Wunderspaze presented Open SEA at The Substation, an exhibition which platforms emerging visual artists from the region and hosted TUPADA XINGapore, a performance art event and exhibition by members of Tupada Philippines. contactwunderspaze@yahoo.com.sg ----------------------------------------------- 27. CALL FOR WORK (PUBLICATION): A Thousand Tiny Sexes (USA) Deadline: ongoing; Source: kanarinka A THOUSAND TINY SEXES A publication edited by Jaimes Mayhew and kanarinka www.1000tinysexes.com "If we consider the great binary aggregates, such as the sexes or classes, it is evident that they also cross over into molecular assemblages of a different nature, and that there is a double reciprocal dependency between them. For the two sexes imply a multiplicity of molecular combinations bringing into play not only the man in the woman and the woman in the man, but the relation of each to the animal, the plant, etc.: a thousand tiny sexes." (Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus). "There is nothing about a binary gender system that is given." (Judith Butler, Undoing Gender) To imagine that there are only two sexes - M & F - is an absurdity. There are at least 1000 sexes. The daily lived reality of transgender and intersexual people (and gay, lesbian, queer and all other people, for that matter) proves this over and over again, yet many people continue to operate as if 'M' and 'F' are the only sexes, the only options, the only expressions, the only goals, the only way ("the way it is"). Help us imagine 1000 more sexes. Describe them, imagine them, invent them, publish them, use them, realize them, perform them. A Thousand Tiny Sexes is an art-book-research-action project to collect and publish 1000 proposals for TINY SEXES which are not Male or Female. We are setting out to collect a thousand more sexes - imaginary ones, as-yet-unrealized ones, or real ones- in the hopes that these one thousand might make for one thousand more after that. In so doing, we hope to contribute to a collective reimagining of sex as a legal, biological, political, economic, cultural, and political category. The collection of A Thousand Tiny Sexes will be published as a book with an introductory essay by the editors, Jaimes Mayhew and kanarinka. We are seeking publishers. The publication will be available for sale once published. Submissions must meet the criteria below and the editors reserve the right to reject any submission. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION - Deadline: No deadline, we will keep collecting until we have 1000 good ones. - You may not propose a sex such as Male or Female that has been legally codified and naturalized as "the way things are". - You may propose "in-between" sexes which are combinations of Male-Female, but we will favor sexes that seek to entirely reimagine sex as a biological, cultural, political, and social category. - Multiple submissions OK. - We prefer visual submissions to text, though both are ok. Diagrams and drawings with fine lines are especially encouraged. - Original artwork will not be returned. HOW TO SUBMIT - Download and Complete the submission form on the website - www.1000tinysexes.com - Attach your Drawing, Image or Text. 1.5 inches x 1.5 inches (3.8 cm x 3.8 cm) or less in dimensions. B&W, no Color. - Email 300dpi electronic submissions to 1000tinysexes@gmail.com or mail them to: Jaimes Mayhew, 102 Longwood Ave #3, Brookline, MA, 02446. QUESTIONS? - Email us at 1000tinysexes@gmail.com - Visit the site at www.1000tinysexes.com ----------------------------------------------- 28. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Arsenic live art/performance festival (Switzerland) Deadline: not given; Source: Arsenic Centre d'Art Scénique Contemporain (Texte français suit) On the 16th and 17th of February 2007 will take place the third live art/performance’s festival. The program is under construction. All proposals/projects are welcome. Please send photos, texts or dvd. *** Les 16 et 17 février 2007, aura lieu la troisième édition du festival dédié à la performance (en tout genre). Le programme est en cours d’élaboration. Toutes les propositions/projects sont les bienvenus sous forme de photos, textes et dvd. Arsenic Centre d'Art Scénique Contemporain 57, rue de Genève CH - 1004 Lausanne Tel: 0041 21 625 11 22 Fax: 0041 21 625 11 24 sandrine.kuster@theatre-arsenic.ch www.theatre-arsenic.ch ----------------------------------------------- 29. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GRACE Exhibition Space (USA) Deadline: not given; Source: Jill McDermid We have opened a space devoted to performance art + sound, video, film & installation - in Brooklyn, NY. Our space is very big (for NYC) = 2,700 sq ft. The front wall faces Broadway in Brooklyn, with a large window onto which we project videos, for everyone who is passing us. The first place (in a very, very, very looooong time) in New York City for PERFORMANCE ART !!!! also SOUND - VIDEO - FILM - INSTALLATION - MUSIC Send me your ideas & let's have you come here & show them to the world of NYC : ) We want performance happening all the time, everyday, every minute, I am obsessed, nyc needs to fill the gap of lost time... Already, we have had:Non Grata, Yoyoyogasmana, Melati Suyardomo, Jonas Mekas + friends, Montaigne Froide, Alexander del Re, Adina Bar-On Looking forward to all the fun we're going to have! Jill aka: Nengjil, Eleanor Chilton GRACE Exhibition Space 840 Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11206 2nd Floor PLEASE SEND WORKS TO - Jill McDermid 265 South 2nd Street #14 Brooklyn, NY 11211 (718) 594-0642 www.gracespace.multiply.com email: suffragettes21 [at] hotmail [dot] com ----------------------------------------------- 30. RESIDENCY: Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc. (Hungary) Deadline: not given; Source: Beata Szechy A.I.R. International Artists Workshop/Seminar/FilmFest-Balatonfured/Csopak/HUNGARY Dates: May 21 - June 13; June 18 - July 11; July 16 - August 8, 2007 Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc.(HMC), nonprofit organization, invites 36 interested visual artists and writers to submit application for its program Hungary. Exhibition and Artist's Talk will be arranged at City Gallery, Balatonfured (exhibit and FilmFest open on August 4th). Request entry form on email:  bszechy@yahoo.com Request entry form on mail (SASE):  HMC P.O.Box 141374, DALLAS, TX 75214 Request entry form on web: www.hungarian-multicultural-center.com For more info and application form please contact us. BEATA SZECHY Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc. P.O.Box 141374 Dallas, TX 75214 http://www.hungarian-multicultural-center.com bszechy@yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------- 31. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: LIVE 2007 (Vancouver) Deadline: not given; Source: Randy Gledhill The 5th edition of the LIVE Performance Art Biennale is being planned for Vancouver Canada in October 2007. Twenty partner galleries and organizations will feature performance art events by local, national and international artists. Each gallery curates their own presentations. LIVE 2007 will also, for the first time, be producing several core presentations. The curatorial theme for the upcoming festival is ‘Public’. Public is always local and yet defines global. Who and where are we? Who and where are others? How are we similar? How are we different? What do we have in common? LIVE 2007 challenges artists to consider the theme and to adventure outside the white box and the black box with performance art that challenges the public arena. Many events will be site-specific and presented throughout the city. Programming is based on LIVE’s curatorial research, artists’ submitted proposals and the partnering galleries’ recommendations. Director: Randy Gledhill www.livebiennale.ca info@livebiennale.ca ----------------------------------------------- 32. NEWS: liveartwork DVD issue 4, Nov 2006 Now Released Source: Christopher Hewitt November sees the release of the fourth issue of liveartwork DVD, a unique publication which showcases contemporary, international performance art work. Issue 4 features documentation of recent solo performances from Julie Andrée T. (Montreal), Nezaket Ekici (Berlin) and Andrea Saemann (Basel). There is also documentation of Gob Squad's performance/installation 'Room Service', which is one of the groups most acclaimed works of recent years. Toronto based duo Paul Couillard and Ed Johnson are represented with documentation from a performance made last year as part of their 'Duorama' project that now has encompassed over 100 performances. Lastly, I am pleased to feature 'ANTIC' - a performance for camera by Brian Catling, one of the UK's leading performance artists. With a new issue published every three months, liveartwork DVD aims to present an overview of contemporary performance art practice to an international audience. All issues of liveartwork DVD are available in both PAL and NTSC video formats. See the liveartwork DVD website at www.liveartwork.com/dvd for full details about the publication, the artists and works featured on issue 4 as well as information about previous issues. TO ORDER: liveartwork DVD issue 4 is published on DVD-R, PAL or NTSC format discs and costs 10 Euros for individual orders (50 Euros for institutional orders), including international postage. liveartwork DVD can be ordered using most credit / debit cards, PayPal or bank transfer. For details of how to order see: www.liveartwork.com/dvd/order.htm Copies of all previous issues of liveartwork DVD can also be ordered on the website. TO SUBMIT liveartwork DVD welcomes submissions of video documentation of live performance art works for possible inclusion in future issues. If you wish to make a submission please read the guidelines at www.liveartwork.com/dvd/submissions.htm Please also take a look at the liveartwork homepage at www.liveartwork.com which provides a range of resources for the international performance art community. Christopher Hewitt liveartwork DVD www.liveartwork.com/dvd law@liveartwork.com ----------------------------------------------- 33. NEWS: New Publication from Timezone8: Performance Art in China written by Thomas J. Berghuis Source: Thomas J. Berghuis Performance Art in China takes as its subject one of the most dynamic and controversial areas of experimental art practice in China. In his comprehensive study, author Thomas J. Berghuis, introduces and investigates the idea of the ?role of the mediated subject of the acting body in art,? a notion grounded in the realization that the body is always present in art practices, as well as their subsequent, secondary representations. Through a series of in-depth case studies, Berghuis reveals how during the past 25 years Chinese performance artists have ?acted out? their art, a process involving the preparation of material, as well as planning and arranging the way the body operates in space, often in opposition to the principles governing correct behavior in the public domain. In addition to a 25 year chronology of events, a systematic index of places, names and key terms, as well as a bibliography and a glossary in English and Chinese, Performance Art in China also offers the reader numerous previously unpublished photos and documents, making it a must for anyone interested in contemporary art today. Title: Performance Art in China Author: Thomas J. Berghuis Publishing City: Beijing Publishing Date: November 2006 ISBN: 988-99265-9-8 Document Type: Hardcover Book Language: English Pages: 320 Color Images: 200+ Dimensions: 27 x 21 cm Retail Price: $40.00 International distribution to bookstores will follow over the next few months. Copies can be ordered online at: www.timezone8.com ----------------------------------------------- 34.NEWS: YYZ launches two new publications: Technologies of Intuition, edited by Jennifer Fisher and Policy Matters: Administrations of Art and Culture by Clive Robertson Toronto launch on December 7, 2006; Source: Akimbo YYZBOOKS is pleased to announce the publication of: Technologies of Intuition Edited by Jennifer Fisher and Policy Matters Administrations of Art and Culture By Clive Robertson Please join the editor and author to celebrate and launch their books in Toronto Thursday, December 7th, 7 p.m. at YYZ Artists' Outlet 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 140 (416) 598-4546 About Technologies of Intuition This definitive anthology brings together texts, interviews and artists' projects that centre on the theme of intuition. The contributors in this volume address facets of the sixth sense in art and culture from a wide range of perspectives, including those of visual, performance and new media art, cultural theory, art history, psychology, curating, and theatre. Contributors include: Marina Abramovic (Amsterdam), Jo Applin (UK), Carolyn Bell Farrell (Toronto), Zoe Beloff (New York), Joanne Bristol (Banff), Karen Finley (New York), Jennifer Fisher (Toronto), Serena Keshavjee (Winnipeg), Katja Kessin (Montreal), Alexandra Kokoli (UK), Valerie Lamontagne (Montreal), Carlen Lavigne (Ottawa), Frances Leeming (Kingston), Jade McCutcheon (Australia), Barbara Balfour (Toronto), Linda M. Montano (New York), Bev Pike (Winnipeg), Beth Seaton (Vancouver), Carolee Schneemann (New York), Katarina Soukup (Montreal), Chrysanne Stathacos (Toronto), Paula Thomson (Los Angeles), Karen Trask (Montreal), Tricia Wasney (Winnipeg). Co-published with Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA) and DisplayCult ISBN: 0-920397-43-3 $29.95 About Policy Matters This collection provides a challenging in-depth analysis of Canada's artist-run centre movement alongside historical studies of public arts funding and museum practices, and arts journalism. Robertson writes critically, from within, about the systems and relationships that constitute artist-run culture in Canada. Where others tackle identity politics, censorship, technology, subjectivity, and art production, Robertson finds the gaps in art discourse, surfacing certain issues and perspectives so they can be debated. ISBN: 0-920397-36-0 $24.95 For more information, contact YYZ Books at 416.598-4546 or publish@yyzartistsoutlet.org www.yyzartistsoutlet.org ------------------------------------------------ 35. EVENT (VIDEO SCREENING): "The Symptom or the Cure? Reconfigurations of the Post-Mexican Imaginary" Vtape (Toronto) continuing to January 13, 2007; Source: Vtape The Symptom or the Cure? Reconfigurations of the Post-Mexican Imaginary video works by Miguel Ventura (Mexico City) and Guillermo Gomez-Pena (San Francisco) November 11, 2006 - January 13, 2007 Artist talk by Guillermo Gomez-Pena Tuesday, January 9, 2007, 7:00pm Employing an intriguing curatorial approach, Paris-based curator Irmgard Emmelhainz has brought together the work of two dynamic performance and installation artists who also produce video - both as documents and as stand-alone titles for a major survey in the Vtape Video Salon. In an essay to accompany the exhibition, she writes: "In bringing together Guillermo Gómez Peña and Miguel Ventura, Mexico is "post-nation," insofar as it is the framing device for this coupling: Miguel Ventura (b.1954) is an American visual artist of Puerto Rican heritage who has been living in Mexico for the past 30 years, and Guillermo Gómez Peña, primarily a performance artist, is originally Mexican and has been residing in California for the past 20 years." Titles to be screened in the Vtape Video Salon as part of the Mexican/Canadian Video Exchange include: Miguel Ventura How Shall I Love You My New Little One? (2002) is documentation of a series of projects executed in various media. Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Gustavo Vazquez Declaration of Poetic Disobedience (2005) 15:00 No Homeland/No Fear (2005), 15:00 The Great Mojado Invasion (Part II), (1999), 27:30 Videograffitis (selections), (2005) The Canadian component of the exchange will include curated programmes of works by Canadian artists John Greyson, Daniel Cockburn and the collaborative team of Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby that will be screened in Mexico City and Oaxaca later in 2007. Both sections of the Mexican/Canadian Video Exchange have been curated by Paris-based writer and curator Irmgard Emmelhainz. Vtape 401 Richmond St., #452 Toronto, ON M5V 3A8 416 351-1317 Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday 12-4pm For more information, contact info@vtape.org www.vtape.org ------------------------------------------------ 36. EVENT: "Jewel" video & performance by Elizabeth Chitty ( St. Catharines) December 8, 2006; Source: Elizabeth Chitty Jewel Elizabeth Chitty video & performance December 8, 2006 6:00-9:00 p.m. Jewelry Designs by Catherine 33 James St., St. Catharines part of James St. Night of Art presented by St. Catharines and Area Arts Council Niagara is a jewel. The Earth is a jewel. The vineyards and orchards are jewels. Our home is a jewel. Our gardens are jewels. Our neighbours are jewels. Our co-workers are jewels. The politicians are jewels. The street people are jewels. The vandals are jewels. Our body is a jewel. Every breath is a jewel. In Jewel, a video of an exquisite Niagara landscape is displayed on a jewel case while the performer sits by the store fountain, walks the aisle of the shop and moves as she is moved to do by listening deeply to her body. ---------------------------------------------- Fado is pleased to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage for their sponsorship of our ongoing activities. You have received this posting because your name is included on the email list of Fado, a non-profit performance art group based in Toronto, Canada. This list posts monthly with information of interest to performance artists and their audiences, including listings and calls for submission, and occasionally with information about Fado events. If you have a posting you wish to include on the Fado e-list,contact info@performanceart.ca with a request. 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