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Begin forwarded message: > From: "Science Gallery" <[email protected]> > Subject: OSCILLATOR - OPEN CALL > Date: 17 September 2012 16:34:28 GMT+01:00 > To: Katherine Norman <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "Science Gallery" <[email protected]> > > OSCILLATOR > > 07:02:13 – 14:04:13 > > ___________________________________________________________ > > AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION AT SCIENCE GALLERY, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN > EXPLORING THE VIBRANT VIBRATORY WORLD OF OSCILLATORS, OSCILLATIONS AND > FEEDBACK. > > Call for Proposals > > Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland is seeking proposals for > an upcoming major exhibition OSCILLATOR > > Call Opens: 4th SEPTEMBER > > Call Closes: 12th OCTOBER > > Exhibition duration: 7th FEBRUARY 2013 – 14th APRIL 2013 > > Calling all vibratory beings! Electron wizards, mega-nano-nauts, chemical > visionaries, code infinitizers, pendular kineticists, sleep cycle sleuths, > and feedback fetishists. > > OSCILLATOR is a curated exhibition exploring the vibrant vibratory world of > oscillators, oscillations, and feedback. This diverse, interactive show will > feature installations and demonstrations ranging from cyclical chemical > reactions and swinging bridges to out of control automated pricing schemes > and el Niño. > > We are interested in oscillatory explorations from many different fields and > genres, including chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth sciences, biology, > mechanics, neurology, mathematics, logic, and the arts. > > EXHIBITION OVERVIEW: > > Oscillators are ubiquitous, both in human-made systems and in physical, > biological, and informational processes. They arise, either by design or by > accident, in the presence of interconnected parts and feedback paths. > Sometimes they’re a critical component, essential to the correct function of > a system, other times they might be a curiosity or a nuisance, or even a > catastrophic force. The exhibition will use the idea of the oscillator to > bring together a brain-shaking array of experiments, interactive activities, > and artworks. > > Potential oscillations include: > > self-oscillating chemical systems like the color/pattern generating > Belousov-Zhabotinksii reaction and the mercury beating heart > biological oscillators like the ubiquitous circadian rhythms found in nearly > all lifeforms, the electric fields created by the ghost knifefish to aid in > navigation and communication, the great synchronized choruses of various > amphibians, and the complex rhythmic patterns found in human brainwaves > oscillatory physical phenomena like the chaotic motions of coupled and > multiply articulated pendulums, the marvels of self-assembling nano > materials, and disastrous sympathetic resonance in bridges, and buildings > geophysical phenomena like el Niño and other weather patterns, continental > drift, and cyclical eruptions in geysers and volcanoes > math/logic/CS procedures and techniques for creating and probing > oscillations, like digital waveform generation, logical games, brain teasers > and tautologies, and pseudo random number generators > repetitive and oscillating systems used in music, dance, and the visual arts, > like guitar feedback, pattern music, cyclical dance forms, and tiling patterns > cultural feedback and oscillations like memes, fads, and sampling and reuse > > Curator and Advisors: > > Douglas Irving Repetto is an artist and teacher. His work, including > sculpture, installation, performance, recordings, and software is presented > internationally. He is the founder of a number of art/community-oriented > groups including dorkbot: people doing strange things with electricity, > ArtBots: The Robot Talent Show, organism: making art with living systems, and > the music-dsp mailing list and website. Douglas is Director of Research at > the Columbia University Computer Music Center and lives in New York City. > > Funding > > We welcome projects that come with external funding. The maximum amount of > budgetary support available for each approved application is €5,000. Each > project must be delivered within this maximum production budget, which should > include all fees, materials, shipping and travel costs as well as any other > cost that may arise from participation in OSCILLATOR. Please note that the > production budget available for event and workshop based proposals is > significantly less and support will be given on a case-by-case basis. > > To Apply: > > To submit to the OSCILLATOR open call you need to register on our Open Call > site here. If you have any questions or need some help, feel free to email us > at [email protected] or [email protected] > > > About Science Gallery: > > Science Gallery is a dynamic new model for public engagement at the interface > between science and the arts which has rapidly achieved significant > international profile since its launch in Dublin in 2008. Science Gallery is > an initiative of Trinity College Dublin with support from the Wellcome Trust, > Google, Dell, PACCAR, ICON, Intel, IBM and other partners. Since opening in > 2008 it has attracted almost 1,000,000 visitors. > > Attracting a core audience of young adults aged 15-25 from diverse > backgrounds Science Gallery ignites a passion for creativity through > engaging, dynamic exhibitions and events on major themes ranging from Music > and the Body and the future of water to the future of cities. > > These programmes bring science and technology into dialogue with art and > design, and give young adults a taste of the excitement of cutting-edge > research and innovation in a stimulating sociable environment. > > Five factors distinguish Science Gallery from existing models of public > engagement with science and technology, including science centers and museums: > > Our flexibility – five dynamic, changing programmes per year, with no > permanent exhibition; > Our focus on 15 – 25 year olds as our core target audience bridging high > school, university and early stage career; > Our open call process – Science Gallery crowd-sources its installations and > events on broad themes linking science, technology and the arts; > Our fresh approach to connecting the university and the city – bringing > university research groups, staff and students into dialogue with the arts > and creative community and the public; and > Our Leonardo Group – 50 inspirational individuals drawn from the local > creative community of scientists, artists, engineers and entrepreneurs who > feed ideas into the development of Science Gallery exhibitions and events. > Following the success of Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin and > significant international interest in this new model of engaging young adults > with science, technology and innovation, we received seed support of €1M from > Google to launch the Global Science Gallery Network (GSGN), in partnership > with leading universities located in urban centres worldwide, with the goal > of establishing eight Science Galleries worldwide by 2020. > > > > > SCIENCE GALLERY > Trinity College Dublin > Dublin 2 > Ireland > +353 1 896 4091 > [email protected] > www.sciencegallery.com > This email has been sent to you by Science Gallery > > Trinity College > Pearse Street > Dublin > Ireland > > If you no longer want to receive emails from Science Gallery, please send an > email to this address and you will be automatically removed from our lists > > You received this message because you are a member of the Ambassadors, > Artist, Dublin Science Teachers, FOW open call recipients, Game Declined > Mailing List, Game Declined Mailing List 2, GAME Open Call, Hack the City > Open Call, Hack the City Open Call Response, Interactivos Invite, > Interstitial Insertions, Leonardo, Leonardo NYC, StudioLab, Surface Tension > Artists, Surface Tension NewYork, Surface Tension NY, TCD Heads of School, US > Artists group. > If you want to be removed from the group, please send an email to this > address and you will be unsubscribed > >
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