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<div><br></div><div>Begin forwarded message:<blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:56:08 +0100</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">From: Susanne Jaschko <<a href="mailto:susanne@nimk.nl">susanne@nimk.nl</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">To: susanne jaschko <<a href="mailto:sj@sujaschko.de">sj@sujaschko.de</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Subject: NIMk_AiR_summer and autumn call</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Dear colleagues,</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Please find attached the current call for our artist in residency programme here at the NIMk. It would be great, if you could distribute this call through your channels or forward it directly to artists who might benefit from such opportunity.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Thanks a lot!</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Su</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">--</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Dr Susanne Jaschko</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Senior Curator / AiR programme</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Netherlands Media Art Institute</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Keizersgracht 264</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">NL 1016 EV Amsterdam</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">T +31 (0)20 6237101</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">F +31 (0)20 6244423</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">E <a href="mailto:susanne@nimk.nl">susanne@nimk.nl</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; "><a href="http://www.nimk.nl">http://www.nimk.nl</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div></blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">ARTIST in RESIDENCE [AiR] 2008 at the Netherlands Media Art Institute</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">+ + DEADLINE: 15 APRIL 2008 + +</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">in brief:</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">*residency period from 2 to 5 months</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">*starting dates from June to November 2008</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">*location Amsterdam, Netherlands</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">The Netherlands Media Art Institute is pleased to announce an open call for the summer and autumn 2008 period of its Artist in Residence (AiR) programme.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">The AiR programme at the Netherlands Media Art Institute aims to support the exploration and development of new work in digital/interactive/network media and technology based arts practice. The residency provides time and resources to artists in a supportive environment to facilitate the creation of new work. We encourage a cross-disciplinary, hybrid and experimental approach. This is a practice based residency designed to enable the development and/or completion of a new work. Preferably the production is based on open source software.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">The overall topic for the 2008 exhibition period at the NIMk is 'Democracy'. In the light of this we particularly encourage proposals tackling societal issues and supporting the idea of active participation, free speech and debate in democratic society.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Please note that this focus is not obligatory and that other proposals are welcome, too.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">The Netherlands Media Art Institute offers an open environment with technical assistance and an active advisory board which will give feedback and support in technical, conceptual and presentation issues. There is access to studio and exhibition equipment,</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">technical support from the Institute's staff and production help from interns. The technical staff is specialized and has good contacts with programmers of the following software, a.o.: PD/PDP, Blender, Dynebolic, Linux. We expect the artist to have knowledge and insight in the technical realisation of the concept.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">It is integral to the mission of the AiR program that artists participate in presenting their work in a public form appropriate to their project. This can include gallery installations, demonstrations of research in progress, panel discussions, on-line projects, or multimedia performances, in addition to open studio events and workshops. For this reason we ask that artists include in their proposal possible examples of how they might like to present their work publicly.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">At this moment the Netherlands Media Art Institute provides in travel costs. It doesn't provide accommodation for artists living outside of Amsterdam. However, we are willing to help the search but cannot guarantee a place for living.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">We prefer applications via the NIMk website, using the application form. See <a href="http://www.montevideo.nl/nl/onderzoek/aanvraagform.html">http://www.montevideo.nl/nl/onderzoek/aanvraagform.html</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">For further information please contact Susanne Jaschko at <a href="mailto:susanne@nimk.nl">susanne@nimk.nl</a>.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Netherlands Media Art Institute</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">Keizersgracht 264</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">1016 EV Amsterdam</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; "><a href="http://www.nimk.nl">http://www.nimk.nl</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; "><a href="mailto:info@nimk.nl">info@nimk.nl</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Monaco" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; ">T +31 (0)20 6237101</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Monaco; min-height: 15px; "><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>