Call for entries Electrohype 2004

[Lars Gustav Midboe]

Call for entries Electrohype 2004 - the third Nordic biennial for 
computer-based art.

Deadline May 31st 2004.

Electrohype is pleased to announce this call for entries for the 
exhibition that will be a follow up to two previous exhibitions 
Electrohype 2000 and 2002. The upcoming exhibition will be a large 
scale and broad presentation of computer based and high tech art.

The exhibition Electrohype 2004 will be held at Malmo Konsthall, one 
of the most beautiful exhibition spaces for art in Scandinavia. The 
exhibition will be presented for eight weeks on 1700 square meters 
(13 000 square feet). This gives us a unique opportunity to compile a 
spacious exhibition that gives all works and installations good 
conditions.

Our goal is to present an exhibition consisting of 15 - 20 works of 
art. The concept of the Electrohype biennial is that it shall be a 
Nordic exhibition but this does not exclude works by artists from 
outside the Nordic region. To give the exhibition a broad perspective 
we are usually working with a 60/40 model, 60 percent from the Nordic 
region and 40 percent from the rest of the world.

Given the opportunity to present an exhibition in this large scale in 
a space that reaches a large audience (235 000 visitors annually) we 
have decided to choose the theme PERSPECTIVE for this exhibition. 
This means that we will not only include newly produced works but 
also look for artwork that draws a historical line for a rather young 
art genre.

Important dates
Deadline for this call for entries may 31st, 2004
Exhibition opening November 27th 2004
Exhibition closing January 23rd 2005

What kind of art are we looking for?
Electrohype has since the start in 1999 focused on what we choose to 
call computer based art. Art that runs of computers and utilizes the 
capacity of the computer to mix various media, allow interaction with 
the audience, or machines interacting with each others etc. in other 
words art that can not be transferred to "traditional" linear media. 
This might seem as a narrow approach but we have discovered that it 
gives us a better focus on a genre that in no way is narrow.

We are not looking for "straight" video art (even if it is edited on 
a computer) or still images rendered on computers and other material 
that refers to more "traditional" media forms. Forms were the 
traditional tools have been replaced with computers and software.

Practical
An online application form and a PDF form can be found on our website:
http://www.electrohype.org/2004/entrieinfo02.html

NOTE: Please do NOT send documentation material as attachments to 
e-mail and do NOT send 8 pages CVs. Put your material online and send 
us the url or ftp address or send us a CD in the mail. Please read 
the form and follow the guidelines. We receive a large amount of 
proposals and all of them are reviewed closely. To be able to do this 
we ask you to follow this structure. 

Financial
We are still working on the fundraising for the exhibition. We will 
hopefully have final numbers sometime during this summer. We will 
have to adjust the final selection of works for exhibition according 
to the financial situation. This is unfortunate but it is also 
necessary, art is beautiful but financial reality is harsh.

We will encourage everyone submitting material to look for 
possibilities for local funding to help cover costs for transport, 
travel and rent of technical equipment.

In previous exhibitions we have managed to keep a high level both in 
artistic content and exhibition design, even on a modest budget. It 
is therefore very important for us to avoid unpleasant surprises, so 
please keep this in mind when filling out the various posts in the 
form, especially when it comes to technical requirements, transport 
weight etc.

We are looking forward to see new and interesting works of art.

Best regards from the Electrohype team.

Anna Kindvall and Lars Gustav Midboe
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