Call for Artists: European Media Artists in Residence Exchange 2009

2008-08-12 until 2008-10-20
European Media Art Network
Halle, Germany

The European Media Art Network provides residencies in England, Germany, Bulgaria and the Netherlands for European artists. With support of the European Union - Culture 2007-2013 program the newly established European Media Art Network will host 16 European Media Artists in Residence Exchanges within 2008 and 2009 and organize a final exhibition in 2009 in Halle (Saale) additional to individual presentations. Europe based Media Artists in the fields of digital media including internet and computer based art, filmmakers, sound and video artists are invited to apply for a two months artist residency at IMPAKT, Utrecht, Netherlands; Interspace, Sofia, Bulgaria; VIVID, Birmingham England or at Werkleitz Center for Media Arts in Halle, Germany. Students are not permitted, but young artists encouraged.

EMARE includes a grant of 2.000 Euro, free accomodation, up to 250 Euro travel expenses, access to the technical facilities and media labs and a professional presentation.

Entries should include the application form (downloadable from the website), a CV, (audio)visual reference projects documentation (no originals) and a proposal sketch for the project which should be developed within EMARE. Artists with residence in or identity card within Europe should contact one of the following institutions for further details and application form or click here to visit the homepage.

Deadline: October, 20th, 2008

Germany:
Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.V. // MEARE / Peter Zorn // Schleifweg 6 // 06114 Halle (Saale) //
f: 49 68246-0 fax: -29 // emare@werkleitz.de // www.werkleitz.de/emare

The Netherlands:
Impakt Festival // Arjon Dunnewind // P.O. Box 735 // NL-3500 AS Utrecht // The Netherlands
f: +31 30 2944-493 fax: -163 // info@impakt.nl // www.impakt.nl

Bulgaria:
InterSpace // Margarita Dorovska // 27 Benkovski Str. Ent. 2 fl. 1 ap. 18 // Sofia 1000 // Bulgaria
f: +359 (2) 983 48 43 // mdorovska@i-space.org // www.i-space.org

England:
VIVID // Yasmeen Baig Clifford // 140 Heath Mill Lane // Birmingham . B9 // 4AR . UK
f: +44 (0) 121 766 7876f . fax: +44 (0) 871 251 0747 // info@vivid.org.uk // www.vivid.org.uk

www.werkleitz.de/emare