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Swarovski and Tank launch Three Graces film competition

Swarovski and Tank launch Three Graces film competition
Deadline for the first round of entries is August 25, 2008.

Swarovski has teamed up with Tank to search the creative community for the freshest film directors around. The Three Graces competition, which launches today, is an open call to filmmakers and creatives working with the moving image to develop a short film to accompany one of three exclusive tracks we’ve commissioned for the project.
 
Submissions will interpret the myth of the Three Graces, who symbolise the qualities of radiance, joy and abundance.
 
The film competition has three rounds running over seven months. There is a cash prize of €1,500 for each round and a grand prize of €3,500, which will be awarded in January 2009. Submissions will be judged by a prestigious panel of filmmakers and leading industry insiders.

The Three Graces
 
The Three Graces are Zeus’ daughters, Agalia, Euphrosyne and Thalia, who are said to embody radiance, abundance and joy. They’ve inspired artists from ancient history to the Renaissance and beyond. Their qualities mirror those of crystal itself, enchanting our souls, inspiring our dreams and lifting our mood. The myth of the Three Graces provides a window into crucial artistic questions about the dualities of poetry and industry, heart and head, art and science. It remains a potent source of inspiration.
 
We’ve commissioned three of our own films from Jamie Isaia, Bella Howard and the Parisian art collective AS/EC – to work with exclusive tracks by Au Revoir Simone, Metronomy and Giant Drag to kick-off proceedings for the microsite’s launch.  Our films will not be entered as part of the competition and are on the site to inspire and entice.

 
The Soundtrack
 
We’ve worked with three great artists to produce three exclusive tracks - available for download from the microsite to use as soundtracks to the films.  Filmmakers are welcome to use their own music for the soundtrack as long as they hold the relevant copyright clearances.
 
Au Revoir Simone, “The Lucky One” (exclusive remix)
 
Brooklyn-based Au Revoir Simone are Erika Forster (keyboards, vocals), Annie Hart (keyboards, vocals) and Heather D’Angelo (drum machines, keyboard, vocals). They harbour a deep-seated love of keyboards, obviously, and vintage drum machines. They have toured with We Are Scientists and Peter, Bjorn and John, and their full-length debut, The Bird of Music, was released on Moshi Moshi earlier this year.
 
Metronomy, “Crystals”
 
Driven by visionary frontman Joseph Mount, Metronomy emerged under the nu-rave banner alongside Klaxons and went on to enjoy enduring critical and commercial success. Their debut album, Pip Paine (Pay The £5000 You Owe) was an underground smash and will be followed by Nights Out this summer. They have remixed the likes of Sébastien Tellier, Architecture in Helsinki, Franz Ferdinand, the Young Knives, Ladytron and Gorillaz and toured with CSS, Kate Nash, Foals and Justice.
 
Giant Drag, “Stuff to Live For”
 
Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Annie Hardy is the creative force behind Giant Drag. She carries on the fine noise/grunge tradition of My Bloody Valentine and PJ Harvey. Giant Drag has released one album, Hearts and Unicorns on Kickball/Interscope, and has toured with the Jesus and Mary Chain, Scissor Sisters and the Lemonheads. Hardy is working on a new album slated for release this year.
 
All you have to do now is visit www.tankthreegracesfilms.com, sign up, read the terms and download the exclusive tracks. You can upload up to 10 entries, each of which needs to be no more than five minutes long.
 
The deadline for the first round of entries is August 25, 2008.
 
www.tankthreegracesfilms.com
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www.swarovski.com

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ING DISCERNING EYE EXHIBITION 2008, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London

ING DISCERNING EYE EXHIBITION 2008, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London

NEW ARTISTS, NEW AUDIENCES
JON SNOW SELECTS FOR ING DISCERNING EYE EXHIBITION 2008

This year Jon Snow the face of Channel 4 News is selecting for the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Jon is an art collector and a strong supporter of the arts.

Each year the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition contains an imaginative and broad selection of both contemporary and traditional artists, setting established names alongside new talent and connecting new artists with new audiences. This exhibition is of small, affordable art and by renewing its six selectors every year, the work selected stays fresh and new names are brought in to the arena.

The 2008 selectors are: collectors, Bob Benton and Jon Snow; artists, Fred Cuming D.Litt RA and Anita Klein; and critics, Robin Morgan and Frances Carey. Some of the invited artists for this year’s exhibition are Nigel Swift, Paula Rego and Anne Lynch.

The ING Discerning Eye is an art buyer’s dream. The 20-inch size limit ensures all art remains in the domestic, highly affordable scale.
 
“My choices were made in an instant. A painting had to grab me. I chose paintings that I would want at home which probably means this could end up costing me a small fortune as I shall want them all for myself”. Davina McCall talking about her experience as a judge in 2007.

Further to selecting from open submissions, the selectors also invite artists they know to take part.

“One way of deciding on artists to select for my hang would have been to stay only with those whom I would like to collect, or who have acquired. But that excluded too many possible choices. So I’ve combined those who light my personal fire and those whose work I admire in a more detached way and would like to draw attention to.” Drusilla Beyfus talking about her experience as a judge in 2007.

The charm of The ING Discerning Eye exhibition lies in the unpredictability and variety of the selectors' choice of works, providing the opportunity for unknown and extremely well established artists working in different mediums and styles to show alongside each other.

The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition runs from 13–23 November 2008 at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1Y 5BD, 10am – 5pm daily. Admission free. Nearest tube: Charing Cross. Gallery reception: 0207 968 0962

Selectors

ARTISTS
Fred Cuming D.Litt RA studied at Sidcup School of Art, 1945-1949 and the Royal College of Art, 1951-1955. He has exhibited throughout the UK and more recently in the USA. He was elected Royal Academician in 1974 (ARA in1969), and is an Associate of the Royal College of Art.

Anita Klein studied at Chelsea and the Slade Schools of Art.† She is a fellow and past president of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and has†work in many private and public collections in Europe, the USA and Australia,including the Arts Council of Great Britain.

COLLECTORS
Bob Benton Non-Executive Director of shipping company Clarksons, and major media investment banker, was the Discerning Eye†Chairman from 2003 – 2007.

Jon Snow has been the face of Channel 4 News since 1989.
He is on the Board of Trustees for both the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery.

CRITICS
Robin Morgan is the Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine.
He is also an award winning journalist, author†and a judge for the British Press Awards.

Frances Carey author and former Deputy Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum he is now currently†Head of National Programmes at the British Museum.

http://www.parkerharris.co.uk/artists/awards/index.php?ArticleID=215

The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2008 will run in the Mall Galleries, London SW1 from 13 November to 23 November 2008. For further information, and images, contact Chloe Barker at Parker Harris: chloe@parkerharris.co.uk or 01372 462190

Think Tank, 2,000 sq ft Spaces, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn

Freelancers deserve space too: 3rd Ward Now Offers a 2,000 sq. ft. Think Tank

Brooklyn, NY,3rd Ward, a 20,000 sq. ft. multi-arts mega space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn just added a 2,000 sq. ft. Think Tank to the plethora of services they provide creative professionals. The space is furnished with work-stations for freelancers looking for a professional edge, a serious work environment and a community of New York's finest and most vibrant creative professionals.

3rd Ward currently provides office space to 25 freelancers and independent business owners and it's the only place in town where you have a jewelry maker, fashion designer, music producer, professional writer and stop motion animator ordering lunch together.?

3rd Ward is a member-based facility created for artists by artists.

The space houses three gorgeous photo studios, a professional wood and metal shop, a fully loaded digital media lab, an art gallery, private & shared office space and a multi-disciplinary continuing art education program.

This latest addition to the space was made specifically with New York City's freelancers in mind. 3rd Ward wanted to offer creative professionals a little more then a cheap desk.

Starting at $299 per month, custom packages are available including a private desk, wireless internet, reception services, personal mailboxes and an "I Heart Brooklyn" membership which grants unlimited access to all that 3rd Ward has to offer - including FREE classes.

Executive Directors Jason Goodman and Jeremy Lovitt found that the lack of affordable space in New York City was shaping the kind of work that could be produced by local artists. "It's difficult to support yourself as a working artist and the options are limited; either you work at home and don't have the space and tools you need, or you sacrifice creative freedom and work for someone else," says Goodman, "3rd Ward is our solution."

3rd Ward offers the benefits of working for a company: high-end facilities, access to health insurance, educational development, a creative environment and a sense of community with out the sacrifice to creative freedom.

For more information visit
http://www.3rdward.com/think-tank.

For press inquiries please contact Nikki Bagli at 718.715.4961 or nbagli@3rdward.com

For office or desk space please contact Philip Weinrobe at 718.715.4961 pweinrobe@3rdward.com

3rd Ward in East Williamsburg Brooklyn is a member-based, multi-arts, mega space for creative professionals. We are committed to helping artists further their careers and creative projects and offer three gorgeous photo studios, a professional wood and metal shop, a fully loaded digital media lab, an art gallery, shared office space and a multi-disciplinary continuing art education program.?www.3rdward.com.

195 Morgan Avenue, at the corner of Stagg St., in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Directions: L to Grand St. or Morgan Ave. |
Hours: Weekdays, 8 am - 12 am; Weekends 9 am - 12 am.

European Cultural Foundation - STEP Beyond Mobility Fund

European Cultural Foundation - STEP Beyond Mobility Fund

Mobility stands for the ability to move freely and easily cross borders to gain inspiration and stimulate innovative creative connections. It is the life-blood of cultural cooperation. Artists and others in the cultural sector need to meet their international peers, exchange views, cooperate, influence and learn from each other.
With our mobility fund STEP beyond we stimulate and support cross-cultural creative projects. We want to motivate young artists and cultural practitioners to explore, experience, gain inspiration and stimulate innovative creative connections through:

• Exploring unknown grounds and discovering different ways of working
• Collaborating and exchanging views and ideas
• Networking

Launched in February 2003, the European Cultural Foundation's mobility scheme supports cross-border movement of artists and cultural workers to experience diversity and cross-cultural cooperation between all European countries, including those that are not currently members of the European Union, and since July 2005, in collaboration with the Arts and Culture Network Program of the Open Society Institute Budapest, also the countries of the South Caucasus, i.e. Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, since January 2007 Turkey as well. It gives creative and inspiring channels for expression through a multifaceted exchange of ideas and communication with other cultures. Specifically, STEP beyond offers grants to people (individuals or those representing an organization) whose travel would contribute to this goal.

More information
http://www.eurocult.org/uploads/docs/871.pdf

Exit Art, NY - ConceptPlus Call for Works: IT'S NOT EASY

Exit Art, NY - ConceptPlus Call for Works: IT'S NOT EASY
Deadline : 11 July, 2008

Exit Art is asking for responses to the question: What does green mean to you? for the exhibition It’s Not Easy, a show inspired by the recent tidal wave of efforts to go “green”. Curated entirely through email submissions, responses will be printed on 8½” x 11” paper and exhibited in Exit Art’s lower level gallery venue, Exit Underground.

As buildings seek LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, as major corporations seek to “green” their practices, and as global warming puts the need to be green at the forefront, we are virtually inundated with social pressures to be environmentally sustainable. But what does the word ‘green’ really mean? Does it adequately describe a movement to be sustainable? What does green mean to you? Exit Art wants to investigate the etymological, historical, environmental and psychological readings of GREEN.

You may respond both in image and text to the question: What does green mean to you? by submitting your work formatted to fit on an 8½” x 11” sheet of paper. Your submission can take the form of a letter, text, drawing, poem, collage, photograph, or any other format that can fit on a piece of paper. Submissions should be sent as a PDF or JPEG in an email attachment. All images must be 300 dpi or greater and all texts should be embedded. Please include your full name, city, state and country of residence in the email. You may submit more than one response.

Accepted submissions will be exhibited in Exit Underground from July 24 – August 29, 2008. Submissions should be emailed to Lauren Rosati, Assistant Curator, at green@exitart.org by Friday, July 11, 2008.

It’s Not Easy will be the second exhibition of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics), a major new exhibition program and archive initiative in Exit Underground that presents social and environmental issues and the way artists respond to them. The first show in the series, EPA (Environmental Performance Actions), closes July 12, 2008. It’s Not Easy opens concurrently with Summer Mixtape Volume 1: the Get Smart edition, on view at Exit Art through August 29, 2008.
 
Exit Art currently works with a curatorial model called ConceptPlus.

For ConceptPlus, the curators expand the possibilities of a thematic exhibition by soliciting proposals for new and/or existing work through email. We begin with the concept of the show, a base of artists, and open it up to our global network of artists through the internet. We enrich the exhibition with more information and artists whose work we didn't know, expanding the concept of the show by finding other artists outside our own circle, thus opening the possibilities of the art of curating.

For each ConceptPlus show, we issue an international call for artists to propose new or newly-contextualized work in response to a given theme or cultural condition. The work is then selected by Exit Art's curatorial staff, who view all the proposals and work samples submitted by artists (as many as 600 for each show) and select projects to be presented and/or commissioned for the exhibition. Every artist who submits a proposal has equal access to the curators, regardless of their previous experience, making ConceptPlus a highly democratic curatorial model.

Recent ConceptPlus exhibitions at Exit Art have addressed ideas ranging from reconstruction and rebirth of global cities (Exit Biennial: Reconstruction, 2003) the image and concept of America's highest office (The Presidency, 2004), to investigation personal and political ideas of terror (Terrorvision, 2004), to contemporary Latino icons (L-Factor, 2005), to the global crisis in energy (Electric Lab, 2007), to a show dedicated to investigating our relationship to the 5 year war in Iraq (Love/War/Sex, 2008) and most recently a poetic and scientific investigation of the brain (Common Senses, 2008).

A fundamental principle of the ConceptPlus model is to remove barriers to cultural participation by creating exhibition opportunities. Since implementing this model in 2003, Exit Art has seen a dramatic rise in both the amount and geographic diversity of artists submitting proposals in response to our calls. ConceptPlus also enables us to directly support the production of new work, as an increasing proportion of artists propose new projects that are commissioned exclusively for Exit Art exhibitions.
 
Exit Art is an independent vision of contemporary culture prepared to react immediately to important issues that affect our lives. We do experimental, historical and unique presentations of aesthetic, social, political and environmental issues. We absorb cultural differences that become prototype exhibitions. We are a center for multiple disciplines. Exit Art is a 25-year-old cultural center in New York City founded by Directors Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo. It has grown from a pioneering alternative art space into a model artistic center for the 21st century committed to supporting artists whose quality of work reflects the transformations of our culture. Exit Art is internationally recognized for its unmatched spirit of inventiveness and consistent ability to anticipate the newest trends in the culture. With a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation and depth of programming in diverse media, Exit Art is always changing.

EXIT ART // 475 10th Ave at 36th Street // New York // http://www.exitart.org
 

 

Rental Galleries - Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Project, Toronto

Rental Galleries - Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Project, Toronto

Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects has rental galleries available for the last two weeks of July and the first two weeks of August. Artists and curators have the opportunity to mount their own DIY exhibitions.

Contact the gallery at info@katharinemulherin.com

KATHARINE MULHERIN CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS

1086 Queen St. W. Toronto, ON Canada M6J 1H8 T: 416.537.8827

www.katharinemulherin.com

THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL ART AND ARTIFICIAL LIFE COMPETITION VIDA 11.0

THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL ART AND ARTIFICIAL LIFE COMPETITION VIDA 11.0
NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES

- The purpose of the competition is to award prizes to electronic works of art created with artificial life technologies

- Projects will be accepted from 15 June to 6 October 2008

- For this edition of VIDA 11.0, the prize money has doubled to 80,000 Euros

- The competition rules and all the information on previous editions can be viewed on the Vida Internet website http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/vida

One of Telefónica Foundation's main objectives is to promote the relationship between art and the new technologies. As a part of this goal, Telefónica Foundation is announcing the eleventh edition of the international VIDA competition to recognize artistic excellence in the field of artificial life and
related disciplines.

The competition is open to art projects that explore the interaction between "synthetic" life and "organic" life as a reflection of the field of artificial life. 572 artists from 32 countries have participated in the ten previous editions and prizes have been awarded to more than 100 projects which included robots, electronic avatars, chaotic algorithms, cellular automats, computer viruses and
virtual ecologies.

VIDA 11.0 will award a total of 80,000 euros to winning projects in two categories: one open to already-finished projects and another as an incentive for production in Ibero-America, Spain and Portugal. The winning works of art will be exhibited, as usual, at the Telefónica Foundation stand
at ARCO.

The works of art submitted will be reviewed by an international panel made up by Mónica Bello Bugallo (Spain); Daniel Canogar (Spain); José Carlos Mariátegui (Peru); Sally Jane Norman (France-New Zealand); Simón Penny (United States-Australia) and Nell Tenhaaf (Canada). Terms and conditions of the competition, which is open to participants from all over the world, are available in Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, Korean and Chinese.

More information:
Entry Period: 15 June to 6 October 2008
Complete competition rules at http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/vida

Para más información / For further information
FUNDACIÓN TELEFÓNICA
Tel: +34 91 5840646
Área de Comunicación
Fax: +34 91 5230885
Gran Vía 28, 7ª planta
28013 MADRID
prensafundacion@telefonica.es
http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com

Seeking new West Space Director, Melbourne

Seeking new West Space Director, Melbourne
Deadline for applications 5pm 11 July 2008.

We are seeking a new Director for West Space to lead the organisation into the next stage of its life. Established in 1993, West Space is an artist-led organisation supporting engaged artistic practice within a critical context.

Outgoing Director Simon Maidment leaves West Space on 1st August 2008 after 3 1/2 years with the organisation. During this time West Space has played a leading role in the Australian arts community and undertaken a range of ambitious projects and initiatives. As well as the exhibition program at the gallery in Anthony Street, West Space has generated 6 international projects over this time including 'West Space East', Singapore, with Plastique Kinetic Worms, and 'View Masters - Remix', Osaka, with Osaka Arts Aporia, and participated in 'Too Near, Too Far', Milan with careof. West Space has also been instrumental in the management and coordination of two of Australia¹s largest collaborative visual art projects, 'Rapt! 20 Contemporary Artists from Japan' (2006), involving over 20 organisations across Japan and Australia, and Making Space: artist run initiatives in Victoria (2007), a two month long program of exhibitions, performances, public events and workshops involving 21 ARIs across the state, accompanied by an ambitious 256 page publication.

In 2008 a new artistic program model developed by Simon began implementation. The new program places equal emphasis on generation, facilitation, research and dialogue, and incubates projects with a range of outcomes including exhibitions, publications, talks and workshops. In line with this new programming model, West Space has also achieved one of its long-held goals - the removal of gallery hire fees for artists.

Simon leaves West Space to focus on Satellite, a contemporary art agency he has founded to initiate, develop and present ambitious public projects and commissions, and to take up the role of Visual Arts Coordinator at the 2008 Melbourne International Arts Festival. Satellite has been influenced by organisations such as Art Angel (UK) and Creative Time (NYC), and will launch its inaugural project with Ronnie van Hout at the 2008 Melbourne Art Fair.

We wish Simon well with his future endeavours, and would like to thank him for his contribution to West Space.

West Space is now in the process of appointing a new Director. We invite applications from people who are interested in taking a leadership role within contemporary art where engaged artistic practice which is challenging, experimental, exploratory, and diverse is foregrounded. Brett Jones, the founding Director of West Space, once described West Space as Œa creative practice that is a channel for the inventiveness and ingenuity of artists¹. We are looking for someone to continue to lead the organisation as it fulfils this vital role.

The Director position description can be downloaded from the West Space website http://www.westspace.org.au

Enquiries should be directed to the Chair of West Space, Suzie Attiwill at suzie@westspace.org.au

West Space Inc.
Level 1, 15 - 19 Anthony Street
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
Australia
+61 3 9328 8712
info@westspace.org.au
www.westspace.org.au

 

Director - Artspace, Auckland

ARTSPACE SEEKS DIRECTOR
Closing date for applications: Friday 4 July 2008
Starting October 2008

ARTSPACE leads Auckland’s contemporary art scene, presenting cutting edge work from New Zealand and international artists. We present approximately eight exhibitions a year, with additional space and contacts to support performances, screenings and lectures. Over our 21-year history, six different directors have led ARTSPACE. We are seeking a Director with a passionate and distinctive perspective on contemporary art, and a desire to address the changing conditions of art practice.

The applicant must have the ability to research and implement a critical visual art programme that will enliven debate. The ideal candidate will have a thorough knowledge of local and international art practice; have experience as a curator or initiator of art projects; ideally hold a postgraduate qualification in a relevant field, and/or have relevant industry experience; and have strong sector support. We maintain a strong publications record so critical skills or publishing knowledge will be an asset. The successful candidate will be required to develop and implement the remaining 2009 programme, and subsequent programmes that determine the future direction of ARTSPACE, and actively build on existing networks. The Director will report to a Board of Trustees. This is a fixed term contract for three years.

Applications close Friday 4 July 2008. Apply online by emailing vikki@artspace.org.nz or forward your CV to:

ARTSPACE
P O Box 68418
Newton
Auckland 1145
New Zealand
http://www.artspace.org.nz

For a full job description please contact Victoria Henderson at ARTSPACE
Ph 09 303 4965 or vikki@artspace.org.nz.

Frieze Film 2008: Road Movie, Frieze Art Fair, London

Frieze Film 2008: Road Movie, Frieze Art Fair, London

make your own movie...
make someone else's movie...
make it your mission to read
'The Road'...
make a small part of a bigger whole...
make it on YouTube...
Make it into Frieze Art Fair

Frieze Film 2008 announces Road Movie, an experiment in film making, authorship and dispersal made in response to the way in which digital platforms such as YouTube have made film a medium freely available to all.

Road Movie will be a film made by artists and filmmakers in response to an open invitation issued by Frieze Film. Road Movie will be produced and distributed on the Frieze Film 2008 group on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/group/friezefilm2008 , and on the Frieze Film website http://www.frieze.com/film . The final result will be a film made in an entirely new way: the first multi-authored fractal film assembled from the sum of its submitted parts.

Inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 novel ‘The Road’, Frieze Film will not have a conventional narrative: in addition to submitting original material visitors to YouTube will be able to download and refashion existent clips, spurring a chain-reaction of multiple narratives and occurrences: Road Movie will be wholly individual and collective.

Frieze Film will be shown in Channel 4’s admired ‘3 Minute Wonder’ slot during the week of Frieze Art Fair from Monday 13 October to Thursday 16 October at 7.55pm.

For further information visit http://www.frieze.com/film