[dance-tech] EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission 2008 OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- From: Hélène Lesterlin <hlesterlin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: dance-tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:02:52 -0400
Hello all,
We are releasing new guidelines for the second annual DANCE MOViES
Commission. Deadline Feb 15, 2008!
Please forward or redistribute as you see fit.
Best,
Helene
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 8, 2007
Contacts
-- Hélène Lesterlin (Dance Curator, EMPAC)
518.276.3918 / lesteh@xxxxxxx (do not publish)
-- John Rodat (Senior Communications Specialist, EMPAC)
518.276.4378 / rodatj2@xxxxxxx (do not publish)
-- general event inquiries: 518.276.3921 (please publish)
EMPAC DANCE MOVIES COMMSSION 2008: OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Troy, NY—In 2007, its inaugural year, EMPAC’s DANCE MOViES
Commission received more than 150 applications from dance-
filmmakers in North and South America. As the first major
commissioning program available to dance-film artists in the United
States, the DANCE MOViES Commission represents an important
opportunity for those working at the intersection of the moving
body and the moving image. Selected artists receive awards ranging
up to $50,000.
EMPAC (the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center of
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) is now accepting proposals for
its 2008 commissions. The deadline for the proposals is February
15, 2008.
This year, with the opening of the EMPAC building in the fall of
2008, artists may apply to create their DANCE MOViES works in
conjunction with the Artist-in-Residence program. Works
commissioned may take advantage of EMPAC’s spaces and technology,
using infrastructure such as computer-controlled rigging or large-
scale immersive studio environments.
Backed by the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing
Arts, the DANCE MOViES Commission supports works for the screen
including film, video, installation and other audio-visual formats.
The works may be narrative in nature or abstract; they may range in
length (up to 20 minutes); they will certainly vary in style,
technique and expressive intent.
The four commissioned projects in 2007 included a poetic film based
on the autobiographical account of an U.S.-based African
choreographer returning to dance in Zimbabwe; a work featuring
American veterans of war; an Argentinean video interlacing pure
movement, form and architecture; and a piece in which a
contemporary Russian dancer is viewed in the aesthetic context of a
post-Soviet surveillance society.
The DANCE MOViES Commissions may present movement of the body in
direct or in allusive ways. They may take advantage of a variety of
tools, such as computer processing, motion capture, simulation,
animation, image processing and post-production technologies. Some
may not portray “dance,” per se, at all. All will, however, reflect
or refer to the power of movement unfurling in time.
The DANCE MOViES Commission is intended to support experimental
works in which the onscreen images are crafted by, or in
collaboration with, a choreographer or movement-based artist. The
commission was not created to support documentaries, feature-length
films or commercial films that feature dance.
DANCE MOViES Commission application process
The EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission is a competitive open proposal
process, in which eligible artists submit a project proposal. The
initial proposals are reviewed and a small number of artists are
invited to submit a detailed proposal to an international panel.
The panel assesses the quality and feasibility of the proposed
project and submits its recommendations to EMPAC. The commissions
are awarded by EMPAC after review.
Upon awarding of the commission, the artist or collaborative team
has one year to complete the project, at which point the work is
premiered at EMPAC, shown at dance film festivals around the world,
and credited as an EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission.
The deadline for the proposals is February 15, 2008.
For more information on EMPAC and the DANCE MOViES Commission, or
to download the guidelines and application form, please visit the
EMPAC website:
http://www.empac.rpi.edu
To download press ready images of EMPAC and a press kit: http://
www.empac.rpi.edu/presskit/press.html
About EMPAC
EMPAC – the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center – is a
place and a program where the arts challenge and alter our
technology and technology challenges and alters the arts. Founded
by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, EMPAC is an arts institution
that draws strength from being part of a great research university.
It operates nationally and internationally: attracting innovative
artists, both renowned and emerging, from around the world;
offering artists, researchers, and audiences opportunities that are
available nowhere else under a single roof; providing unsurpassed
facilities for creative exploration, and for research in fields
such as visualization and movement capture; sending new artworks
onto the global stage.
About Rensselaer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1824, is the nation's
oldest technological university. The school offers degrees in
engineering, the sciences, information technology, architecture,
management, and the humanities and social sciences. Institute
programs serve undergraduates, graduate students, and working
professionals around the world. Rensselaer faculty are known for
pre-eminence in research conducted in a wide range of research
centers that are characterized by strong industry partnerships. The
Institute is especially well known for its success in the transfer
of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace so that new
discoveries and inventions benefit human life, protect the
environment, and strengthen economic development.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 8, 2007
Contacts
-- Hélène Lesterlin (Dance Curator, EMPAC)
518.276.3918 / lesteh@xxxxxxx (do not publish)
-- John Rodat (Senior Communications Specialist, EMPAC)
518.276.4378 / rodatj2@xxxxxxx (do not publish)
-- general event inquiries: 518.276.3921 (please publish)
EMPAC DANCE MOVIES COMMSSION 2008: OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Troy, NY—In 2007, its inaugural year, EMPAC’s DANCE MOViES
Commission received more than 150 applications from dance-
filmmakers in North and South America. As the first major
commissioning program available to dance-film artists in the United
States, the DANCE MOViES Commission represents an important
opportunity for those working at the intersection of the moving
body and the moving image. Selected artists receive awards ranging
up to $50,000.
EMPAC (the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) is now accepting proposals for its 2008 commissions. The deadline for the proposals is February 15, 2008.
This year, with the opening of the EMPAC building in the fall of 2008, artists may apply to create their DANCE MOViES works in conjunction with the Artist-in-Residence program. Works commissioned may take advantage of EMPAC’s spaces and technology, using infrastructure such as computer-controlled rigging or large- scale immersive studio environments.
Backed by the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts, the DANCE MOViES Commission supports works for the screen including film, video, installation and other audio-visual formats. The works may be narrative in nature or abstract; they may range in length (up to 20 minutes); they will certainly vary in style, technique and expressive intent.
The four commissioned projects in 2007 included a poetic film based on the autobiographical account of an U.S.-based African choreographer returning to dance in Zimbabwe; a work featuring American veterans of war; an Argentinean video interlacing pure movement, form and architecture; and a piece in which a contemporary Russian dancer is viewed in the aesthetic context of a post-Soviet surveillance society.
The DANCE MOViES Commissions may present movement of the body in direct or in allusive ways. They may take advantage of a variety of tools, such as computer processing, motion capture, simulation, animation, image processing and post-production technologies. Some may not portray “dance,” per se, at all. All will, however, reflect or refer to the power of movement unfurling in time.
The DANCE MOViES Commission is intended to support experimental works in which the onscreen images are crafted by, or in collaboration with, a choreographer or movement-based artist. The commission was not created to support documentaries, feature-length films or commercial films that feature dance.
DANCE MOViES Commission application processThe EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission is a competitive open proposal process, in which eligible artists submit a project proposal. The initial proposals are reviewed and a small number of artists are invited to submit a detailed proposal to an international panel. The panel assesses the quality and feasibility of the proposed project and submits its recommendations to EMPAC. The commissions are awarded by EMPAC after review.
Upon awarding of the commission, the artist or collaborative team has one year to complete the project, at which point the work is premiered at EMPAC, shown at dance film festivals around the world, and credited as an EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission.
The deadline for the proposals is February 15, 2008.For more information on EMPAC and the DANCE MOViES Commission, or to download the guidelines and application form, please visit the EMPAC website:
http://www.empac.rpi.eduTo download press ready images of EMPAC and a press kit: http:// www.empac.rpi.edu/presskit/press.html
About EMPACEMPAC – the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center – is a place and a program where the arts challenge and alter our technology and technology challenges and alters the arts. Founded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, EMPAC is an arts institution that draws strength from being part of a great research university. It operates nationally and internationally: attracting innovative artists, both renowned and emerging, from around the world; offering artists, researchers, and audiences opportunities that are available nowhere else under a single roof; providing unsurpassed facilities for creative exploration, and for research in fields such as visualization and movement capture; sending new artworks onto the global stage.
About RensselaerRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1824, is the nation's oldest technological university. The school offers degrees in engineering, the sciences, information technology, architecture, management, and the humanities and social sciences. Institute programs serve undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals around the world. Rensselaer faculty are known for pre-eminence in research conducted in a wide range of research centers that are characterized by strong industry partnerships. The Institute is especially well known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace so that new discoveries and inventions benefit human life, protect the environment, and strengthen economic development.