Considering the interface as the point of separation and connection where machine and human are linked, AIM IV: Interference Patterns calls for entries that broach both the actual operations of media and communications technologies in contemporary society and explore the ways in which the hybrid networks developing between human and non-human may introduce an alterity or otherness of which we have yet to conceive. Deadline November 30, 2002
ART IN MOTION: THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF TIME-BASED MEDIA
PRESENTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
AIM IV: INTERFERENCE PATTERNS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadline: NOVEMBER 30, 2002
Entry is FREE
THE AIM FESTIVAL
AIM, the University of Southern California School of Fine Arts
international festival of time-based media, in partnership with the Armory
Center for the Arts, Pasadena, is pleased to announce AIM IV: Interference
Patterns. Focusing on the proliferating spaces in which humans and
non-human technologies intersect, Interference Patterns addresses the ways
in which our interface apparatus and metaphors transform the
communications they mediate.
Considering the interface as the point of separation and connection where
machine and human are linked, AIM IV: Interference Patterns calls for
entries that broach both the actual operations of media and communications
technologies in contemporary society and explore the ways in which the
hybrid networks developing between human and non-human may introduce an
alterity or otherness of which we have yet to conceive. AIM IV will take
place February 15 April 13, 2003 and comprise the Interference Patterns
exhibition at the Armory Center for the Arts, panel discussions on the USC
campus, and satellite events throughout the Los Angeles area.
SUBMISSION CRITERIA:
Works must be 'time-based' and address the festival theme (however
obliquely). Works may be submitted by professionals and students of any
age working in any discipline. AIM defines 'time-based' to include:
Internet-based projects such as websites, collaborative networks, and
technologies for spatializing information; hardware design; architectural
and urban design projects which centralize the problematics of digital
time, duration, and their multiple mediations, at the scale of habitable
space; digital media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; performative, installation,
and augmented reality projects; video, digital video, hand-drawn and
digital animation; interactive computer games; and sound pieces, - as well
as various emerging hybrids that elude traditional categorization. All
submitted works must be completed after September 1, 2000, and entries
must be postmarked no later than November 30, 2002.
Submission to AIM is free. Submit proposals and/or copies of projects (no
originals please) in the form of a DVD, VCD, VHS (NTSC), Macintosh CD-ROM,
or a URL, as appropriate. Other formats can be accommodated by prior
arrangement with AIM. Entry form below, and on the website.
SCREENING PROCEDURE, JURY AND AWARDS
All entries will be viewed by the AIM IV Screening Committee, including:
AIM Director Lynzie Baldwin; theorist and author Benjamin Bratton; curator
and gallery director Stephen Nowlin; and artist and AIM Co-founder Janet
Owen. The jury will view all selected works and award the $500 AIM Student
Award and the $1000 AIM Award which is open to both students and
professionals.
The AIM IV Jurors include:
<>JULIE LAZAR: Director of International Contemporary Arts Network, Julie
Lazars current independent curatorial and consultancy projects include:
Pat ONeill: Dynamic Pictures for the Santa Monica Museum of Art and
program concept development for Art Center College of Design. Lazar
previously served at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles as a
founding curator.
<>LEV MANOVICH: World renowned author and theorist, Lev Manovich is an
associate professor in the Visual Arts Department, University of
California, San Diego where he teaches new media art and theory. He is the
author of The Language of New Media (The MIT Press, 2001), Tekstura:
Russian Essays on Visual Culture (Chicago University Press, 1993) as well
as over 50 articles published in over 20 countries.
<>CHRISTIAN MOELLER: Internationally recognized new media artist and
architect Christian Moellers light and audio sculptures and interactive
works have been exhibited extensively throughout Europe and Japan. Moeller
is an associate professor in the Department of Design | Media Arts at the
University of California, Los Angeles.
HOW TO ENTER THE AIM IV COMPETITION
Step 1: Read the official rules and regulations and submission
information.
Step 2: Print and fill out an entry form.
Step 3: Send us your project, completed entry form and all accompanying
materials. All entries must be postmarked by November 30, 2002.
Entry form and further details on the website.
Contact by mail.
Mail submissions to:
Art In Motion
USC School of Fine Arts
Watt Hall #104
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292, USA
ENTRY FORM: Complete and send with a copy of your project and all required
accompanying materials. One entry form per submission.
Name______________________
Address___________________
City:_________________________State:_____________Zip/PostalCode:_____
Country:______________Telephone:________________email:_____________
Title of submitted work:__________________
Original Medium (e.g. 16mm film, www, etc.)___________
Completion Date of Work:____________
Duration of Work (if applicable):_______________
Complete list of submitted materials (e.g. "Digital video copy of work"
"CD-ROM copy of work"):
_______________________
ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS
The following must be included with the entry:
* Official Entry Form
* Technical Requirements: a typed description of all technical
requirements of the piece, including specific hard- and soft-ware.
* Operating Instructions: a typed description of exact instructions
* Synopsis: a typed description of the project.100 words maximum.*
* Still Image: preferably a jpeg or tiff file that best represents the
project.*
* Artists Bio: a brief, typed biography of the projects creator/s. 100
words maximum.*
* SASE: work will only be returned if a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope
and adequate US postage are provided.
* Proof of Student Status (if applicable): proof can include photocopies
of student ID cards, proof of current enrollment, or verification from a
school administrator on school letterhead.
* Items marked with (*) may be used and edited in festival publications
and/or media releases for festival promotional purposes.
OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. All entries must be postmarked no later than November 30, 2002.
2. All works submitted must be new works: completed after September 1,
2000. A pre-existing work which has undergone substantial alteration shall
be considered a new work.
3. AIM will take all reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of
materials in its care, but no original or irreplaceable materials should
be submitted under any circumstances.
4. All works must be submitted by the artist principally responsible for
them. For collaborative works one artist may represent the group, but said
artist will remain the individual with whom AIM communicates.
5. All works must be complete enough for presentation at the time of
submission.
6. Submit work in the form of a DVD, VCD, VHS (NTSC) copy, a Macintosh
CD-ROM, or a URL, as appropriate. Other formats can be accommodated only
by prior arrangement with AIM.
7. Final responsibility for a works presentability lies with the artist.
Failure to deliver a presentable copy for exhibition shall render the work
ineligible.
8. AIM will view all submitted works and select those to be exhibited. The
jury will view all exhibited works, and select award winners.
9. Members of the AIM jury shall not be eligible to enter works for
festival competition, but may have works on exhibition.
10. All rights to any given work remain with the artist. However,
submission to the festival constitutes agreement on the part of the artist
that Art in Motion has the right to publicly show his/her entered work as
part of the festival and/or as part of on-going festival-related
activities and promotions, without remuneration.
11. AIM is not responsible for lost, misdirected, or delayed entries.
Materials will only be returned if the entry includes a U.S stamped,
self-addressed envelope.
12. All legal responsibility for any work submitted remains with the
artist. AIM assumes no liability for any exhibited work.
13. All jury decisions are final.
Art In Motion
USC School of Fine Arts
Watt Hall #104
University Park Campus
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0292, USA