SHADOW CASTERS NEW YORK - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

[anna balint]

From: Katarina Pejovic <kata at mur.at>
To: shadow_casters at usa.com

***Orchestra Stolpnik***
 ***Bacaci Sjenki***
 ***Dancing in the Streets***

 >>> C A L L   F O R   A P P L I C A T I O N S <<<
 >>> S H A D O W   C A S T E R S   N E W   Y O R K <<<

 By: Boris Bakal, Katarina Pejovic, and Pina Siotto
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 Artistic Direction: Orchestra Stolpnik (Italy) and Bacaci Sjenki
(Croatia)
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 Produced by: Dancing in the Streets in association with The Kitchen
with
 additional support provided by Columbia University Computer Music
Center (New
 York, NY, USA)
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 >>> Developmental Workshop: July 2003
 Sponsored by: ArtsLink, a program of CEC International Partners;
 >>> Production: 2004

 SEEKING
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 Performing, Multimedia and Visual artists, writers, Web Designers,
Architects,
 System Thinkers, Musicians, Art Historians, Dancers, Choreographers,
 Photographers, Filmmakers and all interdisciplinary researchers from
New York
 City and around the world for

 >>> SHADOW CASTERS NEW YORK: DEVELOPMENTAL WORKSHOP <<<
 >>> Application Deadline:      January 15, 2003
 >>> GO HERE TO DOWNLOAD APPLICATION FORM:
 http://www.dancinginthestreets.org/ny/shadow_caster.html
 >>> Notification:                    January 30, 2003
 >>> Workshop Dates:            July 10-27, 2003


 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
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 Shadow Casters is an artistic project that unites various media and a
diversity
 of methods in a specific creative exploration of different cities of
the world.
 Each city is a territory to be re-read and re-mapped (re-semantisized)
by an
 international Shadow Casters crew, that joins professionals of
different
 generations from various fields, in order to conceive an interactive
 multi-facetted and multi-centered performance and urban voyage.

 Thus each city is a Shadow Casters project in and of itself: a new
ground to be
 explored by a new creative team. Shadow Casters is therefore a network
of
 several projects that are united by similar methods, principles and
visions.

 Shadow Casters New York is a two-year project with the developmental
workshop
 scheduled for July 2003 and the final production scheduled for 2004.

 PROJECT HISTORY
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 Bakal, Pejovic and Siotto created earlier versions of Shadow Casters in
Bologna,
 Italy; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Zagreb, Croatia; Belgrade, Yugoslavia; and
Graz,
 Austria. Apart from New York City, they are preparing to bring the work
to
 London, Prague, Brussels, Marseilles, and Seoul.

 DEVELOPMENTAL WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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 PROGRAM
 Up to 10 participants from New York City and around the world will be
selected
 to join a developmental workshop for Shadow Casters New York. They will

 collaborate on the process of creating Shadow Casters New York while
gaining
 valuable performance, digital video and audio recording and editing,
Web design,
 and research skills as well as creating an interactive polymedia event
that
 leads towards the 2004 final production. During the 16 days,
participants will:

 >> Explore the city of New York, its revealed and unrevealed strata,
its
 time and space co-ordinates and their cross-sections that are always
determined
 by the point of view.

 >> Apply the tools and the techniques that include:
 Urban Performing
 Reality Recycling
 Web Design, Digital Video and Audio Recording and Editing
 Inner/Outer Mapping
 Urban Dramaturgy
 Dilating Perception
 Hyperstory-telling
 Shadowing and Reality Check Exercises
 Database Creation and System Organization

 >> Navigate the exploration by asking questions such as:
 How does a city settle in my inner world?
 What does the border between public and private mean and where is it
located?
 Is there such a thing as a non-manipulative system?
 Is there such a thing as the freedom of choice?
 How to create a collective identity without standardizing individual
 identities?
 What is the relation between freedom, individuality and generalization?


 The official language of the workshop is English, but Italian,
Serbian/Croatian,
 Slovenian and French will also be available as communication tools.

 Participants in the developmental workshop of Shadow Casters New York
might be
 invited to participate in the final production scheduled for 2004.

 TIME COMMITMENT
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 Thursday, July 10, 2003 through Sunday, July 27, 2003
 10 hours per day or more

 LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
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 Participants will live communally in the apartments with fellow
workshop
 participants
 Even if participant lives in New York City, he/she is required to live
with the
 Shadow Casters team

 PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE
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 > Free housing from July 10-27, 2003
 > Training in performance, digital video and audio recording and
editing, Web
 design (structured according to the previous knowledge and the needs of

 participants)
 > Access to computers, the Internet, and digital video and audio
equipment
 and editing software
 > If needed, Dancing in the Streets will provide official invitations
for
 participants seeking funding to cover their expenses for the workshop
 > For Non USA participants who need USA Visas, Dancing in the Streets
will
 provide a letter of invitation

 PARTICIPANTS NEED TO PROVIDE
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 > Travel costs to and from New York City
 > Daily food expenses
 > Optional: Digital camcorders, cameras, DAT recorders, MiniDiscs,
laptops,
 etc. (please indicate on your application the items that you will be
bringing)

 FOR MORE INFORMATION
 Email:  shadow_casters at usa.com
 No phone calls please

 For further information about the producers please visit:
 http://www.dancinginthestreets.org

 APPLICATION FORM:
 http://www.dancinginthestreets.org/ny/shadow_caster.html