Syndicate: Virtual Revolutions - workshop series

[Iliyana Nedkova <vr@fact.co.uk> (by way of Andreas Broeckmann)]

VIRTUAL REVOLUTIONS
[vr]

open call for participants

---==> VR IS <==---

- a series of 4 media art workshops with a specific
  on-line follow-up process
- delivered at various venues across europe in sofia,
  rotterdam, tornio and manchester

---==> VR IS ABOUT <==---

- bringing diverse and international teams of artists/writers
  together to work and enjoy each other's experiences at
  different times & locations
- producing a cd-rom & an accompanying web-docu-narrative
  which are to be presented at isea98 in liverpool &
  manchester
- exploring the metaphor of revolution
- getting beyond the former east/west divide of europe
- testing the creative potential of translocality & virtuality

---==> VR IS FOR YOU IF <==---

- you are a media artist/writer who needs critical
  discussion, collaborative environments and exposure more
  than any instructions, or pre-defined concepts
- you would like to work in an international context and to
  challenge your assumptions with other fellow artists in an
  open-ended & active way
- you could sustain good working contacts in your vr
  teamwork both from an on-line distance and at the workshop
  venue in the period between march-october 1998
- you can communicate well in english

---==> VR COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH <==---

- new working & artistic insights
- further development of your existing projects
- partial mobility grants for vr workshops
  [to be arranged]
- a set of cd-roms
- artworks copy-rights arrangements
- acknowledgements, credits & publicity

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HOW TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THE VR WORKSHOPS?

   - deadline for applying: friday, march 20, 1998
   - no formal application needed
   - e-mail your brief vr statement on what you would
     like to achieve through participating in vr
     [max 200 words] + your cv to vr@fact.co.uk or
     fax it to +0044 [0]151 707 2150 [c/o: illie nedkova]
   - your application will be assessed through an open
     submission on first come first considered basis by
     the end of march 1998
   - please indicate which are your first/second/third
     choices regarding locations & dates. [see the vr
     schedule below]



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  THE VR WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

[1]
######## -----====# [1]vr1/4 #====-----########
#
# profile:   electronic arts at the doorstep of the communication
#	     revolution, aspiring to challenge the skeptic
#	     vision of artistic teamwork channelled
#            through the means of internet remote communication
#	     + broad media coverage of the communication process
#	     by tvs, magazines, vr1/4 website, e-mail

# exclusive: availability for virtual communication &
#            work from your current area of living in between
#            march & october 1998.
#
# capacity:  a core group of 6:
#	     preferably a photographer;
#	     video operator/director/actor; sound
#	     master/composer/musician; internet specialist;
#	     visual artist/graphic designer;
#	     writer/theoretician/editor
#	     [vr1/4 is wide open to on-line observers]
#
-----====> vr1/4 seminar@sofia
# time:      end of april, 1998 [dates to be fixed by vr1/4 team]
# place:     sofia, bg
#
# format:    informal get together meeting rather than hard work +
#	     cultural visits in & around sofia
#
# facilities: to be arranged to meet the demands of vr1/4 team
# organiser:  soros center for the arts, sofia
# vr coordinator: javor raitchev [jraitchev@sca.osf.acad.bg]
#
########


[2]
########-----====# [2] vr@v2_ #====-----#######
#
# time:       june 29 -july 5, 1998
# place:      rotterdam, nl
#
# profile:    the doppelgaenger revolution - selves, others,
# 	      avatars and agents in virtual environments;
# 	      experimenting with networked environments as
# 	      sites of agency and of collaboration
#
# format:     hands-on brainstorming sessions & workshop,
#             treading the line between high & low tech
#
# location:   v2_lab, rotterdam
# facilities: pc & mac workstations, digital video & audio,
#             network   facilities
# capacity:   6 - 8
# organiser:  v2_organisatie, rotterdam, nl
# vr coordinator: andreas broeckmann [abroeck@v2.nl]
########

[3]
########-----====# [3] vr@polar.circuit #====-----#######
#
# time:       between july 1-30, 1998
# place:      tornio, lapland, finland
#
# profile:    vr@polar.circuit blends in to the social environment of
#	      about 25 writers and artists who work and enjoy with
#             24 h sunlight and media access. the theme of doppelgaenger,
#	      your other selves, or fake selves in the media, was
# 	      proposed by polar circuit participants in 1997. this theme
#             is now processed simultaneously in rotterdam and lapland.
#
# format:     vr sub workshop within polar circuit is an open forum; each
#             participant comes with her or his own baggage of themes,
#             critical questions, and audiovisual materials. independent work
#             and critical dialogue are the key words, and good dinners.
#
# location:   tornio polytechnic
# capacity:   6
# facilities: 50 Mac PowerPCs, 12 pentiums, 5 integraph
#             workstations, nt server, good net connection,
#             3 avid mcx & 1 avid composer edits, sound edits
#
# organiser:  polar circuit association, tornio/rovaniemi, finland
# vr coordinator: tapio makela [tapio@projekt.net]
########

[4]
########-----====# [4] vr@revolting_&_isea98 #====-----########
#
# time:      august 24 - september 7, 1998
# place:     salford, manchester, uk
#
# profile:   virtual migration, digital nowhereness/
#            translocality & the shift of geopolitical
#            centres/peripheries; the impact of digital art &
#            criticism dislocated from established art venues
#
# format:    both work at media lab at salford university &
#            public workspace in manchester as part of the 'fluid'
#	     residencies of 'revolting'
#
# capacity: 15
# facilities:
# media lab at salford university: workstations: MAC, PC and
# Silicon Graphics; limited sound possibilities, video:
# 1 S-VHS linear edit suite, 3 digital edit suites.
#
# revolting public workspace in manchester: consumer
# electronics for video and audio [incl. DAT, VHS, normal
# tape, DJ deck & mixer, mini-FM transmitters]
#
# organiser: fact, liverpool
# co-organiser: department of arts & design, salford university
# vr coordinator: illie nedkova [vr@fact.co.uk]
########

     -----====> FOR FURTHER VR INFO:<====-----

- please feel free to contact one of the 4 vr
  coordinators:
          illie nedkova [vr@fact.co.uk]
          at fact, liverpool, england

          tapio makela [tapio@projekt.net]
          at polar circuit, tornio/rovaniemi, finland

          javor raitchev [jraitchev@sca.osf.acad.bg]
          at sca, sofia, bulgaria

          andreas broeckmann [abroeck@v2.nl]
          at v2_, rotterdam, the netherlands


- for further vr cd-rom info please refer to:

	  clive gillman [clive@mg.u-net.]
	  as vr cd-rom master
		&
          illie nedkova [vr@fact.co.uk]
	  as a vr cd-rom editor

 - or check the vr website at:

	  www.fact.co.uk/vr



   -----====> VR IS FUNDED BY <====-----

   - the internet program of the open society institute, new
     york
   - european culturual foundation, amsterdam
   - is to be supported by various local partner
     organisations
   - is to be supported by various mobility grants giving
     bodies

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