Tue Jun 09, 2015 18:30 - Tue Jun 16, 2015

A two day workshop to learn step by step how and when apply for an artist visa.

STRESS FREE O-1 ARTIST VISA APPLICATION explains to artists, curators, performances, film directors and musicians the complex entertainment visa requirements.

The O-1 work visa is for applicants who possess extraordinary abilities arts, education, athletics or other entertainment related areas are eligible. To initiate the process it is necessary to organize different types of information. In this regard, the O -1 visa can be confusing and stressful, it takes time and a considerable amount of planning.

In this workshop, each participant will learn how prioritize issues and time in order to build a solid case. The goal is to organize and present, a solid argument that proves that the participant gathers extraordinary abilities in their field.

The students will learn the many aspects involved in the O -1 visa petition process. The first stage of the workshop focuses on selecting the material and ideas to be presented to the attorney; you become familiar with key terminology used in the process. For instance, how prepare a CV using the standards required for the application, and how elaborate a solid and organized recollection of experiences and achievements. By the second day, we will learn how to frame these records in order to build a concise press kit; we will learn about the importance of timing, planning and goal settings in the task of avoiding the unexpected. At the end of the workshop, the participants will have the tools to start working on their application for an O-1 visa.

NOTE: This workshop covers a considerable amount of information but it cannot cover everything! The information is not legal advice and cannot ensure the success on the process. For specific advice on a specific matter, contact a qualified immigration attorney.

INSTRUCTOR

Helena Acosta is an independent art curator and artist consultant. Founder of Producción Aleatoria a space for investigate and promote digital culture and contemporary photography projects. Her work as a researcher has developed in different countries such as Japan, USA, Spain, Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela. The lines of her work focus on the study of photography and media art in relation to contemporary social dynamics and processes. In 2012 she served as curator of the Biennial of Emerging Art : Kinetic legacy held in the spaces of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas. In 2013 she participated as a curator in the first edition of the The Wrong Digital New Digital Art Biennial, created by David Quilles in Brazil. Currently, she is part of the curatorial team of French Project Super Art Modern Museum (SPAMM). Her work has earned two awards from emerging curators by the Generalitat of Catalonia in Spain and the Institute of Contemporary Art Tokyo Wonder Site in Japan.

Helena has extensive experience advising artists who have applied for 0-1 visas. She herself currently holds and 0-1 visa in the USA. Sign Up at http://reversespace.org/stress-free-o-1-artist-visa-application/

Fri Mar 27, 2015 19:00 - Sun Mar 29, 2015

Mappathon is a 3-day projection mapping marathon workshop, followed by an art installation exhibited at REVERSE and open to the public. Learn the latest projection mapping techniques and technologies and then collaborate to create a final advanced site-specific project.

Participants will learn the latest technology for mapping video projections on physical surfaces, incorporating multiple surfaces and shapes and moving away from the traditional confines of the screen to sculptures and building facades. The goal of the workshop is to create several projection mapping installations with or without interactivity, where the students create content for complex surfaces through collaboration. At the end of the workshop, participants will showcase their work to the public at REVERSE.

WORKSHOP:
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 7PM – 10PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 12PM - 6PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 12PM - 6PM

OPENING:
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 6PM – 8PM

Fri Mar 27, 2015 19:00 - Sun Mar 29, 2015

Mappathon is a 3-day projection mapping marathon workshop, followed by an art installation exhibited at REVERSE and open to the public. Learn the latest projection mapping techniques and technologies and then collaborate to create a final advanced site-specific project.

Participants will learn the latest technology for mapping video projections on physical surfaces, incorporating multiple surfaces and shapes and moving away from the traditional confines of the screen to sculptures and building facades. The goal of the workshop is to create several projection mapping installations with or without interactivity, where the students create content for complex surfaces through collaboration. At the end of the workshop, participants will showcase their work to the public at REVERSE.

WORKSHOP:
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 7PM – 10PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 12PM - 6PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 12PM - 6PM

OPENING:
SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 6PM – 8PM

REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPANT

An adapter to connect a projector to your computer.
Basic knowledge of interactive, video and projection is preferred.
Pre installation of MadMapper, Modul8 and your choice of software on your computer is required. Time limited serial # will be provided before the workshop.
Bring your own projector otherwise work as a team.
Bring an idea for projection surface material, found objects for practice and an installation.

SOFTWARE: ONLY FOR MAC USER

The participants will be given a fully functional, 30 day time limited, version of MadMapper & Modul8. This should be installed and activated prior to the beginning of the workshop and is eligible to student discount for future purchase.

MadMapper has greatly simplified the process of working with this technique of video projection. Used in conjunction with video software like Modul8, Quartz Composer, Processing, or Max/MSP/Jitter; MadMapper enables designers and artists to realize their ideas without getting bogged down in technical details.

*Mappathon will not go over function of each software. The primary tool taught in the workshop is the software package MadMapper and Modul8.

FOOD

Light breakfast and drinks will be served during the workshop.

TO APPLY

Complete the Mappathon sign up form and pay the workshop fee through the Paypal button below.

DEADLINE

Early bird: 3/14
Regular application: 3/26
Limited to 15 participants

FEES

Early bird: $375
Regular application: $500
Projector rental during the workshop, limited to 3 projectors: $50

INSTRUCTOR

CHiKA

She is an interactive visual artist and an educator. She creates a minimalist geometric visual narrative in sync with the sounds of live music performance in addition to interactive projection mapping installations that explore the relationship between visual, light, sound and public audience. She is a creator of a projection mapping workshop marathon, Mappathon, that teaches mapping projection techniques to create site specific installations. She was also a resident researcher at ITP, New York University, an IAC Teaching and Research Fellow for Vimeo and a resident at Eyebeam.

Sat Sep 06, 2014 19:00 - Sun Sep 07, 2014

New York, New York
United States of America

http://webtics.spamm.fr/

SPAMM WEBTICS
Opens offline and online Sept 06 at 19h

Hosted by Wendy's Subway (www.wendyssubway.com)
722 Metropolitan Av. 2nd Floor. Brooklyn. New York. Lorimer Metro Station.

SPAMM Webtics @NYis a digital art group exhibition curated by Systaime a.k.a Michaël Borras, Helena Acosta and Alan Schaffer it features works by 34 artists from more than 10 countries around the world.

Is the Internet destined to upset traditional political power?

Over the last three decades, the proliferation and convergence of networked media information and technologies have helped generate a new genres and modes of communication redefining people's engagement with media Internet has become an experimental field for art, taking shape in the creative space of the connected multitude. The social
assimilation of the Web and its growth in participatory possibilities has led to new circuits of value and meaning which predominates the autonomy for the creation and consumption of the work. Media audiences and consumers are also media users and participants, consolidating the Internet as a dynamic whole. This continuously changing context has created unprecedented opportunities. for expression and interaction. The web is a free and powerful tool for challenging popular culture, politics discourses and realities manipulated by the official media. Digital artist are more than ever developing information sources, talk
back and confront dominant media culture, politics and power.

In a moment of communicative immediacy and distortion of information, the artist makes new uses of the web in order to remove the prevalence of a single speech, showing other ways of seeing and operate. SPAMM Webtics is an online gallery that from this September 6th will showcase a collection of 34 artists who have developed visual approaches based on intersections between Web, Art and Politics.