CFP: Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award 2012

The Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award highlights and explores the exciting and novel possibilities between design, artistic practice and Life Sciences.

From Waag:

“Due to its success in 2010 and 2011 the third edition of the Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award (DA4GA) will take place in 2012. The results of the current edition are on exhibition at Naturalis, Leiden until the end of this year.

Always wanted to be at the forefront of riveting art that is trans-disciplinary and pushes the boundaries of technological and artistic possibilities? Then submit your application for DA4GA and take a chance on winning € 25,000 for your project!

DA4GA highlights and explores the exciting and novel possibilities between design, artistic practice and Life Sciences. Inaugurated by the Netherlands Genomics Initiative, Waag Society, Naturalis and CSG – Centre for Society and the Life Sciences, DA4GA aims to stimulate emerging designers and artists to delve into the world of bio-art, and produce new work in close collaboration with the most prestigious Dutch Life Science institutes in the field of sustainability, food, health, bio-informatics, agriculture, energy and safety.

Did you graduate no longer than five years ago in the field of art or design? Do the breakthroughs of Life Sciences fascinate you, and do you have a knack for (applied) arts and/or design? Then we want you to send in your CV, portfolio and idea for a project that combines artistic merit with the vast developments in Life Sciences…”

READ FULL ANNOUNCEMENT [web]
About Designers-Artists-4-Genomics [web]

Call for Entries – Art of the Small Exhibition & Competition

This open call is for work in virtually any media inspired by nanotechnology, nanobiotech, biotechnology, genomics, DNA, and genetics.

Deadline: March 17, 2012

“Artists are invited to participate in the Art of the Small Competition and Exhibition, to be held in conjunction with the Nanotech Commercialization Conference. The Conference will be hosted by the State of North Carolina Department of Commerce, the Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN), and the NanoBusiness Commercialization Association on April 4th and 5th, 2012, in Bay 7 at the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham, North Carolina.

This open call is for work in virtually any media inspired by nanotechnology, nanobiotech, biotechnology, genomics, DNA, and genetics. Winning artists in several categories will receive a cash award.

Art submissions will be on display all day on Wednesday, April 4th and Thursday, April 5th during the Nanotech Commercialization Conference. A VIP Reception and Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday April 4th from 5 to 7pm. All artists whose work has been selected for inclusion in the exhibition will be invited to attend.

A panel of expert judges drawn from the worlds of art, science, and science communication will select the winning entries. The art will be judged on three key criteria: depiction and representation of the theme, creativity of image representation and innovation in style or technique. A Best of Show ($1,000) and two Runner Up ($250 each) awards will be given. The winning artists will receive cash awards.

Following the Conference, images of the exhibition and works from the exhibition will appear in an online gallery supported by COIN for a period of 36 months. The work will also be reproduced on promotional materials related to the contest.

The show will be widely attended by local, regional, national and international cultural leaders, scientists, investors, government officials and others interested in the intersection of nanotechnology and creativity…”

READ FULL ANNOUNCEMENT [web]
Application Form [web]
Nanotech Commercialization Conference [web]

Call for Submissions: The Wellcome Trust Arts Awards

Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science.

DEADLINE: December 12, 2011

From the Wellcome Trust:

“Large awards (over £30 000)
[Arts Awards program] is currently seeking proposals for large arts projects. If you have an idea for a project that you think might be suitable then please contact one of our Arts Advisers ( arts@wellcome.ac.uk) with a one-page summary at any time before 16 December 2011. We will get back in touch to discuss whether it is something that can be taken forward.

Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science.

The scheme aims to:

• stimulate interest, excitement and debate about biomedical science through the arts
• examine the social, cultural, and ethical impact of biomedical science
• support formal and informal learning
• encourage new ways of thinking
• encourage high quality interdisciplinary practice and collaborative partnerships in arts, science and/or education practice

All art forms are covered by the programme: dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film, craft, photography, creative writing or digital media. The Trust invites applications for projects which engage adult audiences and/or young people.

Background
We believe the arts are an effective way of stimulating debate and engaging people with biomedical science. Visual art, music, moving image, creative writing and performance can reach new audiences which may not traditionally be interested in science and provide new ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethical issues around contemporary science. Collaborative and interdisciplinary practice across the arts and sciences can help to provide new perspectives on both fields. The arts can also provide imaginative ways of engaging and educating young people in the field of science…”

MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION [web]

Dance/Performance Residency Announced @ CERN

Space, time and gravity are the fundamental forces in dance and performance, just as they are in particle physics.

Deadline: December 20, 2011

From CERN:
The new Dance and Performance prize funded by the City and Canton of Geneva is open to choreographers and performers born in Geneva, or artists from any country currently working in Geneva.

The Collide@CERN Geneva prize for Dance and Performance celebrates Geneva as an important place for both the arts and science – past, present and future.

The Collide@CERN Geneva prize comprises a bursary of 15,000CHF which allows the winning artist to work for 3 months at CERN, including giving two public lectures at the Globe of Science and Innovation, contributing a blog about the creative arts/science process and regular lunchtime advice sessions at CERN. The winning artist will be assigned a special science inspiration partner and have an office on site.

The prize also includes a grant of up to 15,000CHF to cover the costs of developing a new CERN-inspired work during the 3-month residency.

Submissions open 4 November must be received by 20 December 2011. The winner will be announced in January 2012.

Submissions for the prize should include:

• A personal testimony and a description of a proposed project no more than 3 pages
• A curriculum vitae, including examples of projects in DVD or website

These documents should be sent to arrive no later than 20 December 2011 to:

Collide@CERN Genève – Prix dance et performance
CERN – Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire,
1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Tél :.+41 22 7675246

Collide@CERN [web]
Follow ArtsAtCern on Twitter [web]

Call for Art-Science Residency Proposals at IMERA

IMéRA residence proposals are open to researchers (scientists and artists) of all origins in terms of nationality and disciplines (the Arts and humanities are included).

Application Deadline: January 15, 2012

From Leonardo/OLATS:

“The Art-Science Program at IMERA, the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies in Marseille has issued a new call for residency proposals for 2013/2014 residencies.

Art-science proposals may be either from artists, scientists or art-science groups where the project requires in-depth collaboration between the artists and scientists.

Residency formats include 5 and 10 month residencies, senior residencies (3 months a year for three years) and group art-science residences (1-2 months).

The last call for proposals was heavily oversubscribed (ten times more applications that we could accept). Successful art-science proposals establish the need for art-science interaction that engages both the artists and the scientists deeply in the project.

The art-science program is directed by sociologist Samuel Bordreuil
and Roger Malina…”

Application details [web; pdf]
Residency information @ IMeRA [web]
About IMeRA [web]

Open call for artists to work with the Helsinki University Centre For Environmental Research

We are looking for three artists or artist groups who are interested and
capable of working along one of three newly started research groups of
HENVI over the period of one year.

Deadline October 14th, 2011

Forwarded from Leonardo/OLATS:

Art&HENVI is organized by the Finnish Society of Bioart in collaboration with the Helsinki University Centre For Environmental Research (HENVI) in the context of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012.

We are looking for three artists or artist groups who are interested and capable of working along one of three newly started research groups of HENVI over the period of one year:

• Forests and Climate Change
  http://www.helsinki.fi/henvi/research/ForestClimateChange.htm

• Ecosystem services and sustainable urban development (ENSURE)
  http://www.helsinki.fi/henvi/research/ENSURE.htm

• Multidisciplinary Baltic Sea- Research (MULTIDOM)
  http://www.helsinki.fi/henvi/research/MULTIDOM.htm

The artists will work as part of the research groups and are encouraged to produce an artistic project as result of their investigation. The results of the interdisciplinary collaboration will be presented in fall 2012 in the context of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012.

Each artist/group will receive an initial grant of 3000.- Euro. Additional support will be acquired during the production phase.

Application deadline October 14th 2011

Send your application via email to: erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi
or via mail to:
Finnish Society of Bioart,
Kalevankatu 31 A, Ylähuone,
00100 Helsinki Finland

Date of post stamp counts (latest 14th of October).

Required are:

• Application statement / letter of motivation
• Biography
• CV
• a portfolio with selected works

The selection of the artists will be strongly based on the artists ability to work independently in interdisciplinary environments as well as the quality and thematic orientation of previous works. The notification of the results will be end of October 2011 and project start November 2011. The jury will be composed of members of the Finnish Society of Bioart, HENVI and international experts. We welcome international applications but want to point out that on-site presence (for some time is) is essential.

More details at http://bioartsociety.fi

Additional links:
Helsinki University Centre For Environmental Research
http://www.helsinki.fi/henvi/ World Design Capital Helsinki 2012
http://wdchelsinki2012.fi/

For questions please contact erich.berger@bioartsociety.fi –
Erich Berger
Coordinator Ars Bioarctica
The Finnish Bioart Society