Australian Network for Art and Technology

Carclew Youth Arts Scholarships now open

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:54:52 +0000

Carclew is offering scholarships to support early career artists in South Australia.

Each of the scholarships are valued at $12,500. Talented young artists who demonstrate outstanding talent, commitment and potential in the following disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Dame Ruby Litchfield Scholarship for Performing Arts (Acting, Dance, Direction, Choreography, Music, Circus Performance etc)

Ruth Tuck Scholarship for Visual Arts (Sculpture, Drawing, Painting, Digital, Photographic, Design, Ceramic, Glass, Crafts etc)

Colin Thiele Scholarship for Creative Writing (Original creative writing, Novels, Scripts, Poetry, Prose, Rhyme, Stories, Plays, etc)

BHP Billiton Scholarship for Film and New Media (Film-Producing /Directing, Script Writing and Development, Documentaries, Cinematography, Animation, Trans-media Production, Biotechnology + Arts, Virtual World and Gaming, Video Art, Research into new technologies for Screen and Media work etc)

Applications close at 5pm, 15 July 2013

http://carclew.com.au/Funding-Program/scholarships

Congratulations to recipients of the Australia Council Creative Australia Fellowships

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:45:08 +0000

ANAT wishes to congratulate the 11 recipients of the second annual Australia Council Creative Australia Fellowships.

The successful applicants for the Creative Australia Early Career Artist Fellowships are:

Tega Brain (NSW)

Amanda Cole (NSW)

Keg de Souza (NSW)

Ashely Dyer (Vic)

Nicola Gunn (Vic)

Eugene Ughetti (Vic)

The successful applicants for the Creative Australia Established Artist Fellowships are:

Richard Bell (Qld)

Robin Fox (Vic)

Sue Healey (NSW)

Dave Jones (Vic)

Gideon Obarzanek (Vic)

http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au

Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2013

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:53:36 +0000

The Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award is an annual event intended to extend traditional notions of portraiture and reflects the National Portrait Gallery’s commitment to fostering emerging artists between the ages of 18 and 30 with an interest in contemporary technology.

With the generous support of The Macquarie Group Foundation, the National Portrait Gallery is offering a $10,000 bursary to the artist judged to have made the most outstanding screen-based digital portrait. The Exhibition of the awardee and selected finalists will be displayed at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 September 2013 to 10 November 2013.

The Award is open to Australian Artists aged 18 – 30.

Entries close 31July 2013

http://www.portrait.gov.au

Monash University :: Lecturers (IT) Positions available

admin — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:10:26 +0000

The Faculty of Information Technology is seeking lecturers (Level B/C) to join a highly motivated team of teaching and research staff. The positions include those with specialisation in computational arts and creativity.
Successful Applicants will contribute to the teaching, research, administrative and engagement activities of the faculty and the University.

Applicants for the position must be capable of undertaking high-quality teaching in one or more of the following areas:

Computational Science (especially computational simulation modelling and visualisation)
Network and Information Security
Software Engineering
Mobile Computing
Interaction Design and Digital Creativity.

In addition, applicants for the position must be capable of contributing to the research agenda of at least one of the faculty’s strategic research flagship programs:

Computational Biology
Machine Learning
Modelling, Optimisation and Visualisation
IT for Resilient Communities.

However, excellent applicants will be considered, even if their IT research falls outside of these research flagships.

Applications close Thursday 13 June 2013 at 11.55pm AEST.

http://jobs.monash.edu.au

Australia Council Visual Arts Award :: Call for Nominations

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:40:09 +0000

The Australia Council Visual Arts Award and Medal recognise the special achievements of Australian visual artists, arts writers and advocates who are making an outstanding contribution to the development of Australian art.

The Visual Arts Award is for a living Australian craftspeople, designers, media artists, visual artists and/or arts writers who have made and are continuing to make an outstanding contribution to the development of Australian art. The awarded artist Artists receives a specially commissioned award and $40,000. The award is made in recognition of those artists who continue to inspire Australians.

The Visual Arts Medal is to acknowledge and honour extraordinary professional achievements of living curators, administrators and/or advocates of contemporary Australian art, who have made and are continuing to make an outstanding contribution to the development of the Australian cultural sector. Arts workers working in any area of practice relevant to the Visual Arts Board may be nominated for the medal, which includes a specially commissioned award and $10,000. The medal is awarded in recognition of those arts workers who continue to inspire Australians.

For details on how to nominate go to http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/2013/visual-arts-laureate

ISEA2013 Special Keynote :: Julian Assange

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:53:33 +0000

Julian Assange will present a Special Keynote speech at the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2013), presented by the ANAT at the University of Sydney on Thursday 13 June 2013 at 5.30pm.

The Wikileaks founder will address conference delegates and a small public audience via live video link from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Julian Assange has a unique insight into the futility, or otherwise, of resisting the incursion of the digital into every aspect of our lives.

In systems under constant and multiple pressures there will always be leaks. Wikileaks exists because of this, embracing the digital, exploiting the ubiquity of digitised information: Resistance is Fertile.

Artists creatively investigate the possibilities and push the limits of new technologies, helping us to imaginatively experience and critically reflect on their implications for life in the 21st century.

The ISEA2013 program explores the ways art and new technologies are used in the service of power, protest and resistance.

Call for Entries :: Basil Sellers Art Prize

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:30:36 +0000

The Basil Sellers Art Prize invites artists to tackle an Australian obsession—sport. It offers artists an opportunity to be part of a major exhibition and a chance to win the $100,000 acquisitive prize, the $5,000 People’s Choice award and the Basil Sellers Creative Fellowship at the National Sports Museum. All entrants participating in the finalists’ exhibition will receive a participation fee of $3,000.

There are no restrictions on medium or approach. Sport is an integral part of Australian society and this prize encourages artists to embrace this national tradition.

The fourth Basil Sellers Art Prize will be awarded in July 2014, in conjunction with a nationally promoted exhibition of finalists’ work at the Potter.

Closing date for submission of entries: Friday 21 June 2013
Announcement of shortlisted artists: August 2013
Artworks completed for exhibition: June 2014
Exhibition at the Potter: July to November 2014

http://www.sellersartprize.com.au/call-for-entries/

Call for Art-Science-Technology MA and PhD Abstracts :: Leonardo Abstracts Database

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:12:54 +0000

Students who will be receiving an M.A., M.F.A. or Ph.D. on a subject related to the ntersection of art, science and technology are encouraged to submit an abstract of their thesis to LABS (Leonardo Abstract Services). This peer-reviewed database has been in existence for over 10 years and functions as a way for international artists and scholars to learn about the work of the next generation.

http://leonardolabs.pomona.edu

Call for Participants :: Proximity Festival :: PICA, WA

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:38:57 +0000

Proximity Festival is the first platform in Australia dedicated to the creation and presentation of one-on-one intimate artworks.
An artist run initiative led by co-curators James Berlyn and Sarah Rowbottam with provocateur Kelli Mccluskey, Proximity provides critical peer support, encouraging artists from all disciplines to experiment with new modes of practice in the creation of participatory art.

Emerging and established artists from all disciplines are invited to submit proposals for new works (15 – 17 minutes in duration*) that re-purpose galleries and seek out alternative uses of hidden or negative spaces. No limitations are placed on the artistic creation of the ideas; but one rule remains – the audience and artist must be alone, in a space together.

Applications close 17 May 2013 at midnight AWST.

Successful applicants will attend the Proximity Lab at PICA from 30 September – 11 October 2013.

Position Vacant :: Director, Medialab-Prado :: Madrid, Spain

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:30:44 +0000

Madrid Arte y Cultura S.A (MACSA) is seeking candidates for the position of Director, Medialab-Prado. Candidates should be fluent in English and Spanish, have a Bachelor degree as their minimum qualification, and ideally have experience in the management / direction of digital culture, open knowledge, and social innovation centres, projects or programs.

Medialab-Prado is a program part of the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism of the Madrid City Council, Spain. It is conceived as a citizen laboratory for the production, research and dissemination of cultural projects that explore collaborative forms of experimentation and learning that have emerged from digital networks.

A job description may be downloaded from http://medialab-prado.es/article/macsa_director_medialab