3 opportunities - RAM workshop, NIFCA MEDIA AiR residency pr

[Anna Balint]

From: "juha huuskonen" <juhuu at juhuu.nu>

Three opportunities in Helsinki, Nordic/Baltic region
and beyond for media artists, researchers and practioners!

Deadlines are already in September!

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RAM - Re-Approaching New Media workshop
www.olento.fi/ram4
Deadline for applications: 15 September 2003

NIFCA MEDIA Air residency program
www.nifca.org
Deadline for applications: 30 September 2003

pikseliÄHKY 2004 - festival of DIY electronic art
www.pixelache.ac
Call for proposals deadline: 30 September 2003

Basic information of all these can be found
in this mail, more detailed information
available at web addresses above.

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RAM 4 | Survival Kit

www.olento.fi/ram4

3-8 November 2003
Suomenlinna island, Helsinki

A survival kit must contain the essential tools
appropriate to your own environment: an arctic kit
is unlikely to help you in the jungle.

RAM4: Survival Kit is part of the "Re-Approaching
New Media" series of workshops and events being
held across 6 Nordic and Baltic countries. Olento
invites applications from artists, media practitioners
and researchers who would like to propose the
contents of a communications technology "survival kit".
We ask the question: what do we need to survive in
today's media and technology environment?

At the workshop we will learn and discuss about
each others environment, skills, communities and
strategies, and share our knowledge and insights.
Our goal is to enable participants to create,
develop and reflect new concepts, partnerships
and projects that address the needs of their
communities.

Participants are invited to Helsinki for 1 week
(3-8 November), or for a shorter period (5-8 November).
Accommodation for living and working will be on
the historic fortress island, Suomenlinna, 15 minutes
ferry ride from Helsinki. The weeks activities
will be a mixture of timetabled, structured workshops
on particular themes, discussions toward developing
"survival kits", and workshops involving local
practitioners and communities in Helsinki.

To apply, send an e-mail to address ram4 at olento.fi.

Please enclose:

- full contact information (name, e-mail, phonenumber,
address + nationality)
- CV
- Short (up to 500 words) statement of your interest
in the theme and what you might like to bring and take
back from the workshop

Applications must be received by 15 September 2003!

More information available at www.olento.fi/ram4

RAM - Re-approaching new media is a project with
the support of the Culture 2000 Programme of the
European Union and financial assistance of the
Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science,
and Technology.

RAM4 workshop is organised by Olento in collaboration
with NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art
with the support of Nordiska Kulturfondet.

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NIFCA MEDIA AiR 2004

www.nifca.org

NIFCA MEDIA AiR 2004 is a residency program dedicated
for media artists. The program provides possibilities
for artists to develop diverse media art projects.
Each residency is realised in collaboration with
a local organisation with expertise in certain
areas of media art. The organisations provide the
technical facilities for the artist and help the
artist's work with their local contacts and know-how.

The deadline for applications is 30 September 2003!

Residencies in the Nordic-Baltic region:

Estonia: Tallinn - E-Media Centre + Artists' Union
Finland: Helsinki - Sibelius Academy CM&T / Piknik Frequency + NIFCA
Latvia: Riga - RIXC + Artists' Union
Norway: Bergen - BEK + Hordaland Kunstsenter
Sweden: Stockholm - Splintermind + Studio House Malongen
Russia: St. Petersburg - PRO ARTE Institute

Residency exchange countries:

Canada: Montreal - SAT
United Kingdom: Huddersfield - The Media Centre
Hungary: Budapest - C3

All the residencies include:

- Free accommodation
- Studio or access to work space
- A monthly grant of 840 EURO
- Various opportunities for getting involved
in local activities

More information:

For further information check www.nifca.org
or contact the project coordinator Mitro Kaurinkoski,
+358 9 686 43 105, residencies at nifca.org.

MEDIA AiR is a NIFCA program designed by Juha Huuskonen.

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pikseliÄHKY 2004 - Call for Proposals

www.pixelache.ac

festival of DIY electronic art
1-4 April 2004, Helsinki

THEME - Audiovisual architecture:

PikseliÄHKY // pixelACHE audiovisual laboratory is
coming to its third edition with the theme
audiovisual architecture : projects which combine
digital and architectural design. Interactive furniture,
installations in public spaces, sculptures and graffiti,
ambient sound projects, audiovisual experiments and
creative misuse of technology.

The event will consist of 4 days of performances,
screenings, workshops, presentations and club events.
PikseliÄHKY 2004 main venue is Kiasma, Museum of
Contemporary Art in Helsinki.

PikseliÄHKY 2003 with the theme VIDEOJUKKA
(the art of vj'ing) gathered around 100 artists to
Helsinki and the event was also organised in New York
and Montreal. PikseliÄHKY 2004 will also travel
around the world to destinations which will be
announced later this year. Currently we are
searching artists and contacts especially from
Brazil, Italy and UK.

Call for proposals:

We are searching for existing work but also
prototypes and ideas of new work to be included
in the pikseliÄHKY program. We are especially
looking for people who are also willing to share
their knowledge in the form of public presentations
and/or workshops.

Send short information about you and your work
to proposals at pixelache.ac before 30 September 2003!!
Please include full contact information:
name, e-mail, phone, address.

You can also send us material to address:
pikseliÄHKY audiovisual laboratory, Vaasankatu 7,
00500 Helsinki, Finland. Please note that we
unfortunately cannot return the material.

PikseliÄHKY program will be designed during
autumn 2003 and we will keep all artists informed
of the process. For any questions, please contact
info at pixelache.ac.

PikseliÄHKY 2004 is organised by Piknik Frequency
(www.piknik.org) together with Kiasma Theatre.

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