New digital arts festival in Southampton: call for artists

topic posted Sat, July 8, 2006 - 12:52 AM by  Synnöve
New digital arts festival > twonotten
www.twonotten.org
Southampton, UK. October 20th - December 15th 2006.

This October will see the launch of a new eight-week long digital arts
festival, twonotten, and this is your opportunity to be part of it.
Submissions are now being called for from digital artists who wish to
showcase their work. The final venues for the festival are to be
confirmed, although we can announce that the bargate monument gallery
and a number of artvaults in Southampton will be part of the event.

Exhibition submission criteria
Artists or groups wishing to submit work for the exhibition must provide
the following information:
- Current CV, inclusive of an 'artist profile' and email address.
- Written proposal (maximum of 500 words). Tell us about the piece(s)
of work you
are submitting.
- Visual representations (images on CD are preferred, however this is
not
essential).
- The dimensions of your piece(s).
- Any technical requirements / specifications the piece(s) may require
(including equipment needed or equipment being supplied by you). Some
equipment is available, but the organisers welcome the use of artist's
own
equipment for the exhibition.
- £10.00 entry fee per artwork in order to cover administrative and
insurance
costs. Please make all cheques payable to the organiser's 'a space'.
The arts
organisation a space has been actively supporting and exhibiting
emerging
artistic talent for the last five years. In association with their
partners
(cockneydog and ocean pixel), this new platform, twonotten, will
support digital
based practitioners. For more information regarding a space please
visit
www.bargategallery.org or www.artvaults.co.uk

NB
- There is no strict format to follow when entering, please submit a
proposal in a
format that you feel best explains your work and concerns.
- If you require your proposal to be returned, please provide a stamped
addressed
envelope.
- No funding is available to commission new works.
- All media submitted will be considered for artwork that either deals
with digital
or technology issues, or artwork in which digital technology was
critical to its
production.
- Media can include:
o Video / installation / print / performance / sculpture /
interactive
/ illustration / animation / electronic audio / computer based music

Selection
All proposals submitted will be considered. An independent panel will
select the works to be exhibited. The decision of the panel is final
and will be based on
the work's suitability for the festival as well as issues of quality.

Details
- Cut-off date: Submissions must be received by Friday 1st September.
- You will be informed of the panel=92s decision by Friday 8th
September.
- You must be able to deliver your work to Southampton by Monday 2nd
October.
- You must be prepared for your work to be shown in a number of possible
locations.
As this exhibition is in the form of a festival (multiple sites) your
work maybe
selected for any one of a number of venues situated in Southampton
- You will be required to aid the promotion of the event through
assisting in
raising awareness through your own database or artistic networks.
Promotional
material will be supplied to you in order for this to be achieved.
- You must be prepared to have your 'artist profile', edited artwork
description
and supplied images featured as part of the advertising campaign
(online and
print), should the organisers deem it necessary.
- The exhibition will open to the public on Friday 20th October 2006
and continue until Friday 15th December 2006, with a private viewing
of the
exhibition scheduled for the week prior to the exhibition opening
(this date
will be confirmed in due course).

All proposals should be sent by post or email:
By post:
- The bargate monument gallery, High Street, Southampton, SO14 1HF with
an
accompanying cheque.
- Please make all cheques payable to 'a space' and reference 'twonotten'
and your
work on the reverse.

Email:
- Proposals can also be submitted by email but will require a cheque to
be received
in the post by the cut-off date before the work can be considered.
mailto:proposals@twonotten.org

synnove
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