Purificación García Photography Competition

Addressed to photographers who are older the 18 and permanent residents of Spain or Portugal, regardless of country of origin.

First Prize: 12.000 euros
Second Prize: 10.000 euros
Third Prize: 8.000 euros

Application Period: February 2 - 20, 2009

Application Procedure: http://www.purificaciongarcia.com

Ayudas a la Movilidad Internacional de Creadores Matadero Madrid 2009

Matadero Madrid convoca ayudas a la movilidad internacional de creadores para la ampliación de estudios, la investigación y la realización, producción y desarrollo de proyectos de creación en el exterior.

Objetivo:

- brindar a los creadores y profesionales de la cultura de Madrid la oportunidad de enriquecer su trabajo mediante su integración en otros contextos, contribuir al intercambio cultural y favorecer la proyección internacional de la creación madrileña en todos sus ámbitos.

- facilitar la movilidad para la organización y participación en proyectos de formación artística y humanística en instituciones especializadas internacionales; producción de proyectos de creación contemporáneo en instituciones especializadas internacionales; promoción y difusión de los creadores y la creación madrileña en eventos, acciones, iniciativas y redes internacionales.

Dotación: máximo por beneficiario: 12.000 euros

Fin período de disfrute: 31 de diciembre, 2009

Bases y formularios de solicitud disponibles en:
www.munimadrid.es
www.mataderomadrid.com

Recepción de solicitudes: hasta el 24 de febrero de 2009

Medialab Prado, Madrid -Garage Science Workshop - Call for Collaborators

Collaborators interested in joining this advanced project development workshop that will select proposals using open hardware, software and biology. Leading tutors:

Critical Art Ensemble: collective of five artists of various specializations dedicated to exploring the intersections between art, technology, radical politics, and critical theory. http://www.critical-art.net

Julian Bleeker: designer, technologist and researcher at the Design Strategic Projects studio at Nokia Design in Los Angeles and co-founder with Nicolas Nova of the Near Future Laboratory, their design-to-think studio. http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/about/julian-bio/

Natalie Jeremijenko: artist and engineer, is an Associate Professor at NYU in the Visual Art Dept., and has affiliated faculty appointments in Computer Science and Envrionmental Studies. Her projects—which explore socio-technical change—have been exhibited by several museums and galleries, including the MASSMoCA, the Whitney Museum, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt.

Deadline for submissions: January 25, 2009 For more information about Medialab Prado and application forms: http://medialab-prado.es

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - Swing Space Project-Based Residencies

LMCC makes Swing Spaces available to artists, art groups, curators and arts organizations for the development and presentation of new projects in the visual and performing arts.

Residency period: 2 to 4 months, from May through October 2009.

Application deadline: January 31, 2009

Application instructions: http://lmcc.net/art/swingspace/overview/2009/apply.html

(*) Kria Brekkan performs as part of HERE:
Energies and Shadows at the Swing Space
at 210 Front Street

2009 Casa Encendida Dancers-in-Residency Program, Madrid

This residency program is a joint venture between the Casa Encendida and the Estrella Casero Dance Department of the University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. It's aim is to promote creativity within the field of dance, offering studios and spaces for presentations. In this way, the program facilitates the creative development, interchange and debate between dancers and professionals in related fields.
Maximum duration: 6 weeks
Studio 1: 18 x 8 meters
Studio 2: 10 x 8 meters
Studio 3: 8 x 8 meters
Other facilities: sound equipment
Deadline: Dec. 15, 2008
Honorarium: 1500 € for full residency period.
Number of projects awarded per year: 8
Selection notification: January 16, 2009

More information and application form: http://lacasaencendida.es

Casa Encendida's Dancers-in-Residence perform in Madrid (Oct. 23-29, 2008)

In Transit 2008. Nine artistic processes developed during the Madrid's Casa Encendida Dancers-in-Residency program in conjunction with the Estrella Casero Dance Department, University of Alcalá de Henares.

All of the participants are young creators who span a range of contemporary expressions. Estela Llovés y Tania Arias explore personal and family identity; Óscar Villegas works with pseudo-autobiographical introspection; Georg Hobmeier addresses corporal limitations; Patricia Ruz reflects on families as creative meeting groups;Iker Gómez explores stage elements and water as means of expression; Alexandre Fernández reflects on human tension andthe frontiers between different social reality; Filipa Guimarães work results from a dialogue between real and virtual voices; Kim-lien Desault's is analytical of the performer, and together, Muriel Romero y Pablo Palacio, explore the links between sound and performance.

For schedule dates and places: casaencendida@cajamadrid.es

Experiment at Medialab-Prado, Madrid, on Fridays this fall

Madridlab-Prado invites you to their "Fridays OpenLab" where space will be dedicated to work, meeting and experiment. If your interested in developing or collaborating in projects, prototypes, and experiments with electronics, interactivity, sound devices, computer vision, etc. join in. Admission is free and no signing up required.

Double check dates at: http://medialab-prado.es/article/viernes_openlab2