Division of Arts and Humanities NYU Abu Dhabi NYU Abu Dhabi is currently inviting applications for a full-time non-tenure track multi-year position in the Interactive Media program to begin Fall 2020. The Interactive Media program is a newly established Bachelor of Arts major at NYUAD that combines art, interaction design, communications, computer science, and engineering. The program was established 6 years ago as a multidisciplinary minor, and is formally housed in the University’s Arts and Humanities Division but has broad reach across the University. The mission of the program is to foster the creative use of emerging technologies for communication…
HASTAC 2020 Call, Includes Media Arts Exhibition – The University of Texas at Dallas
HASTAC 2020: Hindsight • Foresight • Insight will center practices of intentional, accessible, and inclusive future-making that take culture seriously as a catalyst, context, and, sometimes, a conundrum for technological innovation. The deadline for submissions has been extended to March 1, 2020. Details about the call can be found here: https://hastac2020.org/call-for-proposals/ Hope to see you in Dallas in October! About: The School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) is the local host of the 2020 conference of the Humanities, Arts, Sciences, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC; pronounced “haystack”).
Terrain Exhibitions: 2020 Residency call for applications
About: Terrain Exhibitions brings contemporary art where it is most needed and least expected: yards, front steps, windows, porches, and roofs in residential neighborhoods across the U.S. (and beyond). This is an act of radical decentralization, taking art from privileged urban centers and bringing it into everyday spaces. By forging partnerships between artists and ordinary citizens, we create greater access for new and underserved audiences for contemporary art, empowering neighbors to make private spaces public in a spirit of generosity and collaboration. Terrain Exhibitions is currently accepting applications for the 2020 Terrain residency program. The residency, hosted by the Springfield…
Prix Ars Electronica & STARTS Prize open calls
Prix Ars Electronica – the world’s most time-honoured media arts competition – is now accepting submissions. Winners of the Prix are awarded the coveted Golden Nica statuette, prize money ranging up to € 10,000 per category and an opportunity to showcase their talents at the famed Ars Electronica Festival in Linz. https://ars.electronica.art/prix STARTS Prize The STARTS Prize is part of the STARTS Initiative of the European Commission and awards the most pioneering collaborations and results in the field of creativity and innovation at the crossings of science and technology with the arts in two categories: Artistic Exploration and Innovative Collaboration.…
BOT_ISH – Ely Center of Centemporary Art
BOT_ISH is an unjuried exhibition about touch and tech. From “Siri” in our pockets and “Alexa” in our homes awaiting questions and interaction, to the ethics of coding and the systems of self-driving cars, we ask: how are robots working both in tandem with and in spite of the human body? This exhibition calls all culture producers and all genders—artists, writers, thinkers, makers-to participate with work that addresses issues of consent, gender, equity, health, spirituality and identity. www.elycenter.org About: The Ely Center of Contemporary Art’s mission is to reaffirm Grace Ely’s testamentary wishes for an art center where artists, arts…
Call For Submissions: Media, Materiality and Emergency – MAST: Journal of Media Art, Study, and Theory
CFP MAST Issue 2: Media, Materiality and Emergency Deadline: 30th June 2020 In what ways do questions of materiality matter in a time of crisis? What does it mean to explore the matter of things at a time when we are threatened with the annihilation of that matter, its disappearance, or its disintegration? The second issue of MAST journal seeks to answer and further explore these questions through essays from arts practitioners and theorists. Questions of materiality have been central to both media arts practice and media and communication theory. In most accounts, media is situated as the ‘inbetween’ of…
The Judson-Morrissey Excellence in New Media Award
The New Media Caucus (NMC) invites applications for The Judson-Morrissey Excellence in New Media Award: Conference Attendance Scholarship for Students of Color. The scholarship fund provides three $500 awards for students of color working in the field of new media art (artist, practitioner, history and/criticism) to attend the College Art Association Conference Chicago, IL, February 12-15, 2020 This award is consistent with the vision of the NMC and our commitment to cultivating inclusivity within the new media arts community. One goal of the scholarship is to facilitate connections with the New Media Caucus community of artists and scholars at the…
NMC Election Cycle Results
The New Media Caucus is happy to welcome the following continuing and new board members following a successful election cycle. Chair of Communication Committee KT Duffy Assistant Professor of Art, Northeastern Illinois University Board Members Farhad Bahram Assistant Professor, Indiana State University Victoria Bradbury Assistant Professor, The University of North Carolina – Asheville Meredith Drum Assistant Professor, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech Zach Duer Assistant Professor, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech Sue Huang Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut Chelsea Thompto Visiting Professor, Grand Valley State University
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: NMC Showcase during CAA 2020 Chicago
The eleventh annual New Media Caucus Showcase will be held during CAA 2020 on Thursday evening, February 13th at Bar Louie in Chicago, IL from 8-10pm. The NMC showcase is a series of rapid-fire presentations by 10 NMC members (6-minute presentations). It has proven to be an excellent forum to get to know the work of fellow new media artists and scholars in a lively atmosphere. Several spots are reserved for graduate students currently enrolled in MFA or PhD programs. Due to the short presentation slots, presenters may only present one work, rather than a retrospective of their careers. …
Open Call – bang. Prix 2020
To date, bang. Prix has provided the support and mentorship to 57 participants in the development of their projects, showcasing them to thousands of audiences in 13 exhibitions in Turkey and abroad. In its fourth year, bang. Prix is expanding beyond support for project-based development and exhibitions as a platform that supports practitioners from different disciplines and countries to develop themselves at the nexus of art, technology, design and science. Under the scope of the bang. Prix 2020 program, we open our call for applications to those interested in participating. The program provides resources, mentorship and networking opportunities customized to…