Prix ARS Electronica 2012 :: International Competition for #CyberArts #geekgirl

Call for Entries closes 2 March 2012 :: Register Online to Enter
Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has served as an interdisciplinary platform for everyone who uses the computer as a universal medium for implementing and designing their creative projects at the interface of art, technology and society. Prix ARS Electronica 2012 is calling for entries in the following catagories: Computer Animation / Film / VFX; Interactive Art; Digital Musics & Sound Art; Hybrid Art; Digital Communities; a youth catagory – u19–Create Your World and [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant.   The competition is organised by the Ars Electronica Linz GmbH and ORF’s Upper Austria Regional Studio in collaboration with the OK Center for Contemporary Art and the Brucknerhaus Linz, and the prizes will be awarded during the Ars Electronica Festival held in Linz, Austria from 30 August – 3 September 2012.
http://www.aec.at

Science Graduates – Stop Explaining and Start Dancing! 2011 Dance Your Ph.D Contest #geekgirl @alexburns

_Science Graduates – Stop Explaining and Start Dancing! _  _2011 Dance Your Ph.D Contest :: Closes 10 October 2011_ 

The dreaded question: “So, what’s your Ph.D. research about?” You take a deep breath and launch into the explanation. People’s eyes begin to glaze over. At times like these, don’t you wish you could just turn to the nearest computer and show people an online video of your Ph.D. thesis interpreted in dance form?  Now you can. And while you’re at it, you can win $1000, achieve immortal geek fame on the Internet, and be recognized by Science for your effort.  This year, Dance Your Ph.D. is sponsored by TEDxBrussels. The creator of the best Ph.D. dance gets a free trip and hotel stay in Brussels to be crowned the winner at the TEDx conference on 22 
November 2011. http://gonzolabs.org/dance/

Call Out Spain: Vida 13.2 Arts and Artificial Life International Awards #geekgirl

Fundación Telefónica announces the Vida 13.2 Art & Artificial  Life International Competition [http://tinyurl.com/5umdxxb], which for the last twelve years has  awarded prizes for artistic projects using technological mediums  offering innovative approaches to research into artificial life. The  projects may be based on systems which emulate, imitate or speculate on  the notion of life through current research and technology. Over the last decade, in the same formal space, VIDA has been bringing together inter-disciplinary  projects that respond to new development in Artificial Live.

Deadline: 27 July 2011

Extended deadline:  7 August

Library:/hack/ competition #hack #competition #mashup #geekgirl

Libraryhack is a mashup competition with great prizes designed to encourage the creative and innovative re-use of library data and digital content.

The competition is being run by the National, State and Territory libraries of Australia and New Zealand. (NSLA)

For the competition, participating libraries are making some of their collections and data freely available for anyone to mash up, remix and repurpose and create something new! This competition gives National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) the opportunity to collaborate with new communities of users and encourage them to use library content and other freely available data in inventive ways for research, creative or personal use. There are a range of competition categories to encourage people from a range of communities (developers, artists, digital content creators, historians, researchers and members of the public) to participate.

Libraryhack begins with an ideas competition that opens on 8 February 2011 and closes on 30 April 2011.

Entries in the mashup and apps categories open on 1 May 2011 and close on 31 May 2011.

LibraryHack events will be held across Australia in May 2011.

Many events will be scheduled to coincide with Library and Information Week: 23 – 29 May 2011.

You can find out about events by checking on the Libraryhack website in the coming months.

To find out more information, logon to http://libraryhack.org/

#Poems on #Pillows launched by Australian Poetry Ltd in Association with Sydney Writers’ Festival and Sebel.

As a partnership with the Sydney Writers’ Festival <http://www.swf.org.au/> and Sebel Pier One Sydney<http://www.sebelpierone.com.au/>, *Australian Poetry Ltd* is thrilled to launch Poems on Pillows.

*Ever dreamed of jumping between the sheets with one of Australia’s top authors?*

*Or getting under the covers with a leading Australian publisher?*

*Well, now is your chance!*

If you live in NSW, you’re invited to submit a poem with the theme of ‘Sweet Dreams’ (maximum of 10 lines). Seven poems will be selected. Over the seven nights of the Sydney Writers’ Festival, a different poem will be placed on the pillows in every room at the Sebel Pier One Sydney hotel, where leading authors and publishers may be staying during the festival.

COMPETITION DETAILS
Entry Fee

$15 AP Member;  $20 non-member; $10 for every further entry by the same poet
(you can enter as many times as you like)

Competition closes Mar 31, 2011 (5pm).

Judging panel
Made up of Australian Poetry, Sydney Writers’ Festival and Sebel Pier One Sydney representatives.

How to Enter
Email your entry or entries (and contact details) to leah@australianpoetry.org . By emailing a submission, you are acknowledging that you have read and understood the below terms and conditions. http://www.australianpoetry.org/blog/2011/02/21/poems-pillows/

#loveit!

Take Care {out} There Short Film #Competition #sexualhealth #queer #geekgirl

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[www.takecare.org.au]()
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Be part of the first major Sexual Health Short Film competition in Australia! The ALSO Foundation’s Take Care {out} There Program invites emerging filmmakers to submit Films and Digital Videos between 30 seconds and 10 minutes in length, around topics of GLBTIQ Sex and Sexual Health. Films must be about or must include Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex or Queer (GLBTIQ) themes, additional consideration will given for films that address sexual health and relationship issues around sexual health. There are no specific categories and all genres are given equal consideration. Formats may include: MiniDV, SP Betacam, WMV, Quicktime etc.

Australia Day Film Competition – How would you capture the Reel Australia? #competition #film #geekgirl

Australia Day Film Competition
Entries Close: Friday December 3
www.aussievault.com.au

How would you capture the Reel Australia?

The Australia Day Council of NSW (ADCNSW) has launched the inaugural Reel Australia Short Film competition, giving short film enthusiasts across the country the opportunity to be recognised by telling the real Australian story through film.

Proudly supported by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the ADCNSW is calling on all Australians to grab their video cameras, explore and share their interpretations of who we are as a nation in a two minute film.

“One of Australia’s favorite leisure activities is indeed attending the cinema and Reel Australia arrives amid exciting times as the global box office for this year’s Australian films pushes beyond $100m. We’ll be watching this competition closely, both for compelling reels about what it means to be Australian, but also of course for promising new talent!” says AFI CEO Damian Trewhella.

NCPIC Short Film Competition express your ideas about #cannabis #pot #maryjane #geekgirl

Entries Close: October 20, 2010
ncpic.org.au

The NCPIC Short Film Competition gives young people aged between the ages of 16 and 25 years the opportunity to showcase their creative talent and express their thoughts and ideas about cannabis. This year the competition will focus on cannabis and its impact upon young people and their educational achievements.

The film can be in any style or genre (i.e. drama, comedy, documentary, science-fiction, etc.), but must creatively explore the issues associated with the use of cannabis and its impact upon educational achievement.

Editor’s note: hmmm not sure if NCPIC understand people enjoy weed. Hopefully this can help inform the debate AND legalise marijuana. GG.

Who said scientists can’t dance? Video Competition for chance to win $1,000 USD #verygeeky #geekgirl

“Dance Your Ph.D.” video competition is inviting applications from anyone who has a Ph.D. or is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in a science-related field to transform their research into an interpretive dance and submit it for a chance to win up to $1,000 USD. Finalists from each category will have their Ph.D. dance videos screened at the Imagine Science Film Festival in New York City. This is your chance to prove to the world that scientists CAN dance!

http://www.facebook.com/danceyourphd
http://gonzolabs.org/dance/

A Golden Ticket to meet Tim Burton at ACMI #Melbourne

**Deadline: Friday May 21**
[www.acmi.net.au](http://www.acmi.net.au/burton_tour_guide.htm)

Direct from New York’s **Museum of Modern Art**, the exhibition ‘Tim Burton’ is presented as part of Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2010 from June 24 at ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image). The exhibition explores the full scale of Burton’s career, as director, concept artist illustrator and photographer, through hundreds of artworks that spectacularly illuminate the creative vision behind films such as **Beetlejuice**, **Batman**, **Edward Scissorhands**, **Charlie and the Chocolate Factory**, and **Alice in Wonderland**.

The Australian Centre for the Moving Images – Tim Burton Tour Guide - opportunity is open to under 18′s across Australia. Applications must come in the form of 3 minute videos.

Successful applicants will meet Tim Burton, be inducted by ACMI staff, hear from curators about how he created his art and films, and then take the public on a tour of the exhibition on at least one occasion.

ACMI Screen Events Manager, Helen Simondson, says that applicants should be inventive but also remember that if successful they will have to hold a tour of the exhibition. We want young people to get creative and display enthusiasm and confidence, but we also want them to remember that the best tour guides are informative, interesting and able to speak well on their subject, said Helen. We need to see that you have the skills to be a fantastic tour guide, Knowledge of Tim Burton’s art and films is essential and so, to help budding tour guides, ACMI has supplied a fact sheet of resources on its website.

The application form is available online and must be submitted complete with a link to the YouTube location of the 3 minute application video. It is important both applicants and their parent or guardian read the Application Guidelines before applying. Key in these is that applicants and their guardians must be available to meet Tim Burton in the week commencing Monday June 22 and conduct at least one tour. Each tour will be designed by ACMI staff in consultation with the successful applicant. Successful applicants will take part in a voluntary capacity.