Please take note of these free workshops in Los Angeles, New York, and Buenos Aires for dance film and installation artists.
---- EMPAC DANCE MOViES COMMISSION New guidelines released! empac.rpi.edu/commissions/DMC/ ---- November: DANCE MOViES Commission WORKSHOPS led by EMPAC's Dance Curator Hélène LesterlinFree and open to artists interested in applying to the commission. No need to register, just come!
Topics covered: How to apply, what makes a strong proposal, information on the facilities of EMPAC, issues related to installation-based works, examples shown, followed by a Q&A and discussion.
BUENOS AIRES Thursday, November 8th, 2:30 - 4:30 pm Videodanza Festival International de Buenos Aires For information and location: www.videodanzaba.com.ar/talleres07.htm LOS ANGELES Wednesday, November 28th, 7:00 - 9:00 pm 18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 In the main gallery space. www.18thstreet.org NEW YORK CITY Monday, December 3rd, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Dance Theater Workshop 219 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 Take the elevator to the third floor. www.dtw.org ---- OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS - deadline Feb 15, 2008The EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission supports the creation of new works in the field of experimental dance for the screen made by, or in collaboration with, a choreographer or movement artist based in the Americas. Up to 3 commissions will be awarded in the range of $7,000 - $50,000. Artists may apply to create works in conjunction with the Artist-in-Residence program, taking advantage of EMPAC’s spaces, technology, infrastructure such as computer-controlled rigging or large-scale immersive studio environments.
-- guidelines, application and info: empac.rpi.edu/commissions/DMC -- questions: dancemovies@xxxxxxx or 1.518.276.3918
-- deadline: 2/15/08Backed by the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts, the DANCE MOViES Commission supports experimental works for the screen including film, video, installation and other audio-visual formats.
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 in Troy, NY, 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.
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