net.art competition at turbulence

[anna balint]

http://turbulence.org/comp_04/guidelines.htm

Juried International Net.Art Competition
Deadline: March 31, 2004

New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. is pleased to announce that with the 
support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 5 net.art projects 
will be commissioned for the Turbulence web site in a juried international 
(open to non-Americans) competition.

Each commission will be $5,000 (US).

AVENUES OF INVESTIGATION: Projects that experiment with new forms of 
interdisciplinary collaboration and creativity and engage the user as an 
active participant. Collaborations may be between visual artists, sound 
artists, programmers, scientists, and others. Proposed works may include the 
use of wireless devices such as cell phones and palm pilots to access and add 
to the experience of the net.art work.

CRITERIA: (1) artistic merit of the proposed project; (2) originality; (3) 
degree of programming skill and technological innovation; and (4) extent of 
collaborative and interdisciplinary activity.

GUIDELINES: Proposals must be in the form of a web site that includes:


(a) Your name, email address, country, and web site URL
if you have one).
(b) A description of the project's core concept (500 words maximum).
(c) Details of how the project will be realized, including what software/ 
programming will be used. Specs for the Turbulence server are available here. 
You may request additional software but we cannot guarantee it.
(d) Names of collaborators, their areas of expertise, and their specific 
roles in the project.
(e) A project budget, including other funding sources for this project.
(f)Your résumé/CV and one for each of your collaborators.
(g) Up to five examples of prior work accessible on the web.

PROCESS: Email your proposal to turbulence <turbulence at turbulence.org> with 
the following in the subject field: Comp_04 Proposal.

Deadline: March 31st, 2004.

Notification: Winners will be contacted after May 15, 2004.

Terms: Each winner will be asked to sign an agreement with Turbulence 
governing the terms of the commission.

Time Frame: Works must be completed within 9 months.

JURORS: Luci Eyers, Marc Garrett, Eduardo Navas, Norie Neumark, and Helen 
Thorington.