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OPPORTUNITY

Are We There Yet - Subway Stories


Deadline:
Sat Sep 06, 2008 00:00

Location:
Japan

We are seeking your stories if you have traveled Yokohama’s blue line.

ARE WE THERE YET? SUBWAY STORIES
Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman will exhibit “Are We there Yet?” a sound work, video installation and public work at gallery Souzoukukan9001, ZAIM gallery and in public space in Yokohama Japan for Dislocate 08 the International Festival for Art, Technology and Locality Yokohama/Tokyo.
Are We there Yet? is a sound map of stories collected from passengers on Yokohama’s blue line, mapping traveler’s internal states in real space. Visitors can download MP3 sound files and travel the subway inhabiting rider’s stories at the exact physical location they took place. In the gallery exhibition the sound map is extended into an interactive video and sound installation, which layers public and private perceptions of the subway. Exploring space and place as what we hear as well as what we see.
We are seeking your stories if you have traveled Yokohama’s blue line. To contribute stories about Yokohama’s blue line (above or below ground) email bluelinestories@gmail.com, or go to gallery Souzoukukan9001 to record your story in person from August 30th to September 7th 2008, or meet the artists traveling the blue line in Japan from September 1-6th 2008.
• “Are We There Yet?” will be collecting stories during the exhibition at gallery Souzoukukan9001
http://www.9001.tv, Aug 30th -Sept. 7th
• “Are We There Yet?” installation at ZAIM gallery http://za-im.jp/ Sept. 6th -Sept.21st 2008.
• Check out an MP3 device at ZAIM gallery from Sept. 6th - Sept. 21st 2008.

• For more information http://deehibbert-jones.ucsc.edu or email us (text or mp3 file) to
bluelinestories@gmail.com
• “Are We There Yet?” is a part of Dislocate 08’s international festival for art, technology and locality
30th Aug-20th Sept. 2008 Tokyo/Yokohama, Japan http://www.dis-locate.net


OPPORTUNITY

The Show Starts on the Sidewalk


Deadline:
Thu Feb 28, 2008 00:00

Location:
United States of America

The Show Starts on the Sidewalk

OPEN CALL FOR SHORT FILMS, VIDEOS, AND NEW MEDIA SCREEN-BASED WORKS
Under 10 minutes in length.
Deadline: February 28, 2008 (postmark)
No fee, no pay
Co curated by Bill Basquin and Nomi Talisman

Thematic considerations:
We are looking for submissions under 10 minutes in length that relate to the theme of INTERVENTION. This film program will be screened as a part of the Interrupt, Intervene! Art as Social Change Festival hosted by UC Santa Cruz. There will be a conference at UCSC and exhibitions and screenings in the cities of San Francisco, Santa Cruz and San Jose and on campus at UC Santa Cruz throughout May 2008. (See conference description and links below.)

Art as intervention is an emerging field of contemporary art practice, and artists frequently use humour, surprise, or unusual associations to overturn assumptions about the world, invite political engagement, create collaborations and relationships, examine the everyday or map hidden systems, allowing the audience to think in new ways.

We are seeking work that A) either documents public intervention or B) is an intervention in itself.
Screenings will take place in outdoor locations in public places in all three cities. We are seeking work that considers relational aesthetics, interventions, Situationist practices, Fluxus style events and which explores the followings concepts:

Intervention: An action undertaken in order to change what is happening or might happen in another’s affairs, especially in order to prevent something undesirable In·ter·rupt (v) 1.To halt the flow of a speaker or of a speaker’s utterance with a question or remark. 2. To disturb somebody who is busy doing something, causing him or her to stop. 3. To cause a break in the flow of something or put a temporary stop to something. 4. To discontinue doing something temporarily. 5. To obstruct or block a view In·ter·fer·ence (n) 1. Involvement in something without any invitation or justification. 2. Hindrance or obstruction that prevents a natural or desired outcome. 3. An unwanted signal that disrupts radio, telephone, or television reception. In·tru·sion (n)1. A disturbing of somebody’s peace or privacy by an unwelcome arrival or presence. 2. An unwelcome presence or effect that disturbs or upsets something. In·volv·ing (adj) Holding the attention. Alternatively, you can Bring Your Own Definition!

Technical details:
Preview format: DVD. One DVD for each entry, no complicated menus
Exhibition format: DVD. The DVD must play from a DVD player.
Please attach a short description, contact information, and a one paragraph short bio, and SASE if you want your DVD back.
Please mark as Intervention/Sidewalk program

Send to:
Nomi Talisman/ Sidewalk screening
C/O CRI
1499 Potrero Ave. Soap Building Unit #2
San Francisco, CA 94110

Deadline: February 28, 2008 (postmark)
About the conference

UC Santa Cruz art department presents a festival and conference entitled: Interrupt! Intervene! Art as Social Change

In May 2008 UC Santa Cruz will host “Interrupt, Intervene: Art as Social Change”. This event includes a three day conference at UC Santa Cruz, May 15, 16th 17th 2008 alongside a month long series of artists interventions linked to gallery exhibitions at the LAB (San Francisco), the ICA (San Jose) and the Sesnon gallery at UC Santa Cruz. Funded by Porter College Festival grant, ARI grants and COR grants.

The conference and exhibitions will serve as a venue for artists, theorists and the public to explore art that re-examines set ideas, engenders discussion and forges relationships. The conference will allow theorists and artists to locate contemporary practice within this art historical framework in order to understand and discuss innovative contemporary art interventions and art as social practice.

These artworks can be performances, sculptures, web sites, documentations, publications, or public installations. The work is often subtle in manifestation, frequently a gesture, a gift, or an act of detournement.

For more information about the conference and events visit the website:

http://may2008.artintervention.org