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> >Dear friends and collegues, > >We are happy to announce the > >Digital Pluralism - UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2003 at IAMAS ><http://www.iamas.ac.jp/unesco_award> ><http://www.iamas.ac.jp/unesco_award> >Website and instructions for submissions can be found in 10 languages at: > >http://www.iamas.ac.jp/unesco_award <http://www.iamas.ac.jp/unesco_award> ><http://www.iamas.ac.jp/unesco_award> >1.) AWARD: <http://www.iamas.ac.jp/unesco_award/e/prize.html> > >The award is organized in collaboration between IAMAS ><http://www.iamas.ac.jp> Gifu, Japan and the UNESCO Digi-Arts Portal ><http://portal.unesco.org/digiarts> , Paris. >The award consists of a 10.000 USD money award & a 6-month >artist-in-residence stay at the IAMAS <http://www.iamas.ac.jp> , Institute >of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences and the International Academy of Media >Arts and Sciences in Ogaki, Gifu Japan. > >a) Award Money: > >The total money award of USD10,000 is provided by the Higashiyama Fund >set-up and managed by the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in >Japan (NFUAJ) and given by the Director-General of UNESCO. > >In addition, IAMAS provides a 6-months salary for the 1st price winner who >will be invited as artist-in-residence to IAMAS. This salary is around >2,100,000 yen (~ 18.000.- USD) for 6 months (the exact amount will depend >on >the number of years' professional experience that the artist has had, for >example, an artist with 2-6 years' experience will receive 350,000 yen >per >month, totalling 2,100,000 yen for 6 months). > >The components of the Award are: > >1st prize: USD 5,000 & 6 months artist-in-residency at IAMAS >2nd prize: USD 3,000 >3rd prize: USD 2,000 > >b) 6-month Artist-in-Residency at IAMAS > >IAMAS <http://www.iamas.ac.jp/E/index-html.html> will welcome the main >award winner as artist-in-residence ><http://www.iamas.ac.jp/intro/E/air.html> for 6 months. This is intended >to >give the young artist the chance to work in a very well equipped, >high-tech environment where he/she can realise the chosen project and >benefit from cultural exchange with IAMAS staff and students. > >IAMAS will provide the artist with a monthly salary during this time >(depending on the numers of years' professional experience up to >2,100,000.- >yen for 6 months) as well as travel expenses incurred when joining and >leaving IAMAS. Furthermore, IAMAS will rent an apartment for the >artist-in-residence. However, the artist is asked to pay for part of the >rent. > >The artist-in-residence will be at IAMAS from October 2003 until March >2004. >During this time, the artist will develop his/her work, based on his/her >award-winning project proposal. The final artwork will be presented at the >5th World Forum for Media Art and Culture exhibition to be held in Ogaki, >Japan in March 2004. This is when the award winner and his/her work will >be >introduced to the public > > >2.) HOW TO SUBMIT <http://www.iamas.ac.jp/unesco_award/e/howto.html> > >Project proposals in the field of digital art (including web art, >interactive art, media installation, digital music, performance or other >media art forms) are accepted. > >1. One project proposal per artist is accepted. The official language for >all submissions is English. >2. The proposed project must not be an already finished artwork. >3. Total length of the project proposal: 5-7 pages, A4 format. >4. The project proposal must include: title, 500-word abstract, concept of >the work, project description, technical description, drawings and set-up >plan as well as a timetable for carrying out the work during the 6 months >as artist-in-residence at IAMAS. >5. A short biography (2-3 pages, A4) including education, career, >exhibition list and list of activities as well as contact address >(including >telephone number and email address) and 2 passport photos are required. >6. All submissions must reach IAMAS by postal mail by 12 July 2003. > 7. Download and sign the entry form ><http://www.iamas.ac.jp/%7Eiuko302/unesco/entryform.pdf> and send it along >with your submission by postal mail to IAMAS: > >IAMAS >Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences >International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences >3-95 Ryoke-cho Ogaki City Gifu 503-0014 Japan >Phone. +81(0)584 75 6600 Fax. +81(0)584 75 6637 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >3.) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES > >� The award focuses on supporting young, talented people involved in media >art. > >� The age limit for submitting artists is 35 years. > >� The award will be given to project proposals, not to finished artworks. > >� Project proposals should relate to the theme of the award. > >� The main award winner's project proposal will be carried out at IAMAS >during a special artist-in-residence period provided by IAMAS. > >� We especially encourage submissions by artists from developing countries. > >4.) OBJECTIVES OF THE AWARD ><http://www.iamas.ac.jp/unesco_award/e/index.html> > >In our increasingly diverse societies, it is essential to ensure harmonious >interaction among people and groups with plural, varied and dynamic >cultural >identities as well as their willingness to live together" (UNESCO Universal >Declaration on Cultural Diversity, 2 November 2001) > >But how does technology shape cultural identity and how has it changed the >way we live together? Can digital technology promote dialogue between >people >from different cultures, creating a better, fairer and more peaceful >world where cultural diversity and tolerance prevail? And how can an >artist's vision and sensibility reflect and contribute to cultural >diversity >and digital pluralism? > >These are the questions we want to address through the "Digital Pluralism - >UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2003 at IAMAS". We encourage artists to reflect >on >the theme of cultural diversity, digital pluralism and social >interaction, and to send project proposals for a media artwork that >considers these topics and that can be realised during a 6-month >artist-in-residence period at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and >Sciences (IAMAS) in Gifu, Japan. > >5.) JURY <http://www.iamas.ac.jp/%7Eiuko302/unesco/e/jury.html> > >An expert jury, representing the 5 cultural regions as well as UNESCO and >IAMAS has been assembled. >The jury members are: > >Africa: >Ibrahima Ndiaye [Multimedia critic, Professor of Universite Cheikh Anta >Diop de Dakar, Senegal] > >Asia/Pacific: >Elaine Ng [Independent curator specialized in contemporary and new media >art, China] > >Latin America/Caribbean: >Diana Domingues [Professor and Researcher at the University of Caxias do >Sul/ CNPq, Brazil] > >Europe/North America: >Gerfried Stocker [Director of Ars Electronica, Austria] > >Arab States: >Azza El-Hassan [Independent filmmaker, Palestine] > >IAMAS: >Itsuo Sakane [Founding President of IAMAS] >Hiroshi Yoshioka [Professor of IAMAS] > >NFUAJ: >Shigeru Okada [Secretary General of the National Federation ofUNESCO >Associations in Japan] > >UNESCO: >Tereza Wagner [Deputy team leader for the Digi-Arts Project, Paris >Headquarters] > >External supervisor of the jury: >Christa Sommerer [Associate Professor of IAMAS] > >We are looking forward to receive your project proposals ! >Best regards > >Dr. Christa SOMMERER >UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2003 at IAMAS >Organizing and Program Committee > ================================= >Dr. Christa Sommerer >Associate Professor >IAMAS Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences >3-95 Ryoke-cho, Ogaki-shi, Gifu 503-0014, Japan >Tel/Fax: +81-584-75-6806 or -6808 >Mobile: +81-90-5880-1801 or +81-90-8957-4524 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~christa <http://www.iamas.ac.jp/%7Echrista> >================================= > > >----- End forwarded message ----- > > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? 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