Andreas Broeckmann
Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:59:56 -0700
Subject: Interactive Screen Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 18:29:06 -0600 From: "Kennard, Susan" <susan_kenn...@banffcentre.ca> Hello Andreas, I am currently advertising 10 fully funded scholarships for our August Interactive Screen event. It is a good development opportunity for early stage project ideas. If you know any people who might be intrested in applying I would appreciate it if you could pass this information along. Susan http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=862Interactive Screen 0.9: The Makers is the 14th installment of the Banff New Media Institute's acclaimed new media summit, where media makers from Canada and the world gather to reflect on the current state of new media and the shape of things to come. At the end of each summer, producers, investors, and policymakers convene with artists, technologists, and cultural researchers of diverse horizons in the majestic mountain setting of Banff.
Interactive Screen aims to stimulate the creation of emotionally powerful, creatively inspired, and economically viable new media in Canada and abroad. Part conference, part festival, part peer exchange, part creative workshop, Interactive Screen is always intensive. Over six days of work and play, workshop participants engage in constant dialogue and collaboration through various panels, workshops, and performances. Together, they delve into the creative, social, and business impacts of content, technologies, and networks. Participants invariably come away from the event with new projects and alliances, a refined set of skills, and a renewed faith in the cultural power of new media.
The theme of The Makers will explore the idea of a "society of makers". This ties in to the "cultural object" - with a focus on those who "make culture", not those who "own" it.
Workshop participants are joined by Interactive Screen scholarship participants from Canada, who are invited to pitch and develop projects inspired by the event's theme. Applications for the Interactive Screen Scholarship Program will be accepted until July 15, 2009.
INTERACTIVE SCREEN 0.9: THE MAKERS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONSNew media practitioners interested in developing a creative project or reflective essay related to this year's theme, The Makers are encouraged to apply. Throughout Interactive Screen 0.9, participants will have the occasion to broaden their knowledge, concepts and networks. This is an opportunity to work directly with the Banff New Media Institute's peer advisors and staff. Scholarships are available for up to ten Canadian and international applicants and include full financial support to attend the workshop, as well as focused mentorship and public presentation opportunities.
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