Hack the City Open Call #hack #cities #ireland #mashup #geekgirl

Hack the City Open Call :: Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Call closed 20 January 2012 :: Exhibition 22 June – 7 September 2012 :: Festival 11 – 15 July 2012
Science Gallery is seeking proposals for its 2012 flagship exhibition HACK THE CITY launching in June 2012. Currently more than half of the world’s population lives in towns and cities. This trend is expected to continue. Between 2025-2030 of the approximate 8 billion people who will live in the world 5 billion will live in cities. Yet the majority of our city infrastructures are based on inherited historical layouts and systems. Science Gallery’s 2012 flagship exhibition and festival HACK THE CITY will rethink our cities from the ground up through the spirit and philosophy of the hacker ethos – to bend, mash-up, tweak and cannibalise our city systems, to create possibilities, illustrate visionary thinking and demonstrate real-world examples for sustainable urban futures. The exhibition and events will explore hacking for good – the repurposing of useful resources, the innovators who customise existing tools for new uses and who purposefully challenge existing hierarchies.
http://www.sciencegallery.com/hackthecity

Artist call out to participate in Splendid #ArtsLab #collaboration #geekgirl

WHO
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Calling creatives of all stripes who have an inquisitive mind, an innovative approach and a desire to collaborate to participate in the 2011 Splendid program.

Splendid is open to artists (under 30 years or in the first 5 years of their practice) who work in the visual arts, theatre, dance, design, installation, architecture, digital media, sound, text and other creative pursuits.

WHAT
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We are seeking the next generation of young and emerging artists to participate in a 3 week intensive residency to dream up ideas
and create work for festival audiences.

The Splendid program offers participating artists opportunities to work collaboratively in a dynamic environment that encourages critical thinking and experimentation. “Splendid is attractive because you are dreaming up ideas while having to apply them to a real life rampaging rock context.” – Willoh S. Weiland, Splendid Artist 2010.

The Splendid program includes a residential Arts Lab, mentorship and opportunities to tour your work to major festivals around the world.

Collaborations and ideas conceived in the Arts Lab may enter a 4 month consultation and development period. Project proposals will then be submitted for presentation at Splendour in the Grass 2012.

The Lab will be facilitated by leading local and international artists including Fernando Llanos (Mexico – video art), David Clarkson (innovative physical theatre), Natalie Jeremijenko (USA - environmental art & design), Craig Walsh (site-specific projections), Paul Gazzola (Berlin – collaborative practice), Técha Noble, The Kingpins (art direction and performance) and more. Successful applicants to the 2011 Splendid program will:* Attend the Arts Lab from Monday 25 July to Friday 12 August, 2011.

* Participate in artist talks and a festival symposium.
* Receive tickets to Splendour in the Grass 2011.
* Submit a concept proposal for a new work to be commissioned by
Splendour in the Grass.
* Be given a fee to cover accommodation, travel and incidentals.

Still unsure of what we’re about? Come along to one of our briefing sessions. Meet people who have been through the Splendid program. We’ll let you know what Splendid is, why we do it and what we’re looking for from artists around the country. Find out when we’re visiting your city [http://www.splendid.org.au/events.shtml].

WHERE
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The 2011 Splendid Arts Lab residency will take place over 3 weeks in Lismore, NSW and the surrounding (rainbow) region and will include attendance at Splendour in the Grass at Woodfordia, QLD.”Different regions inspire people in different ways and to
escape the city and work in the country where the stories are different and the landscape is bigger can often be an inspiring change for artists.” – Julian Louis, Artistic Director of NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts) and producing partner of Splendid.

WHEN
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Monday 25 July to Friday 12 August 2011

HOW
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Complete the Splendid 2011 Application Form. Download it HERE
[http://www.splendid.org.au/documents/application_form.pdf].

Taylor Callery featured on Kinofest 2011 #festival #film #art #geekgirl

Identity-Theft

Taylor Callery is a 29 year old illustrator, from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (USA).
His designs combine traditional and digital skills.
His portfolio includes collaborations with The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, Billboard Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Progressive, Toronto Life, Report on Business, Dirt Rag Magazine, and more.

Philosophy: Stay Humble, work harder than you ever have, and stay true to yourself.

http://tcalleryillustration.com/home.html

http://kinofest.com/exhibition/taylor_callery.html

Check out Kinofest for how to submit to this #awesome Digital Film Festival

From Hello Kitty to The Ghost in the Shell #exhibitions #rmit #anime #melbourne #geekgirl

Do you remember Astro Boy? Have you ever owned anything emblazoned with Hello Kitty? Have you or any person you know become addicted to the iconic Pokemon?

Are you an anime (Japanese animation) fan? Did you know that manga inspired anime and that every year, about 670 million manga magazines and 480 million manga books are sold in Japan?

Welcome to the world of Japanese characters and take a look behind the scenes of constructing a successful anime film, in two playful summer exhibitions at RMIT Gallery.

Two exhibitions: JAPAN: Kingdom of Characters  and Revolutionising Anime: Production I.G’s pursuit of ultra-realistic fantasy, officially open at RMIT Gallery: Thursday 3 February, 2011 from 6-8 pm.

RMIT - Innocence_2

Exhibitions run to 19 March, 2011

JAPAN features figures, panels, film and character-related products will showcase representative animated characters from the 1950s until the present day.

The 60-year history of Japan since the end of World War II can be characterised through the history the Japanese fondness for characters, which have permeated Japanese life from manga to TV and computer games and especially character goods.

RMIT Gallery
344 Swanston Street Melbourne
GPO Box 2476V
Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia.
www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery
Admission Free – All Welcome

McLuhan Galaxy 2011 Understanding Media Today #Barcelona #geekgirl

Call for Papers :: Deadline 7 January 2011

The International Conference McLuhan Galaxy Barcelona 2011 Understanding Media,Today will be held in Barcelona 23 – 25 May 2011 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Canadian thinker Marshall McLuhan. The aim is to bring together researchers, scholars and McLuhan Fellows to reflect on different aspects of McLuhan’s contribution. The conference in Barcelona will be networked to a series of conferences that are going to take place in Toronto, Berlin and Rome in other dates, to celebrate the 100 Anniversary of McLuhan.

This is an excellent opportunity not only to review McLuhan’s thought but also to update them in relation to contemporary questions centred in the digital forms of production, co-production and consumption of intelligence, memory, self, identity, desire, body, art, design, collaboration and technology in the society of knowledge. Authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished papers/abstracts to the topics that are being addressed by the conference.

http://www.mcluhangalaxy.net/

Mess & Noise Bike Fest – curate a night of bands for the upcoming Bikefest #Melbourne #festivals

Mess & Noise:
http://www.messandnoise.com/news/4117764

Bike Fest website:
http://www.melbournebikefest.com.au/

See bicycle parts, frames and components transformed from their typical functionalities into works of art. The Circular Bike comprises donated bicycles from Monash University’s Uni-Cycle bike share scheme. The bikes have been deconstructed from their singular bike form and reassembled to create a single, circular structure that can be ridden and enjoyed by many.

Contrasting the traditional chandelier with the functional form of the bicycle wheel, the Bicycle Chandelier merges the mechanical with the decorative to create a suspended work of art. Created using lights, wheels and aluminium rims donated by Velocity Wheels.

Fest runs (cycles through to): 25th – 28th November, 2010

tattoo you, on a busy day ~ old skull- the spikes n the gloves #punk #spikes #tattoo #geekgirl

http://tinyurl.com/33lvwkb

EVO* 2011 Call for Papers : evolutionary computing #geekgirl

EVO*  2011 Call for Papers
Deadline 22 November 2010 :: Conference 27 – 29 April 2011 :: Italy

Evo* comprises of the premier co-located conferences in the field of Evolutionary Computing and will feature the latest in theoretical and applied research, including the stream evomusart: 9th European event on evolutionary and biologically inspired music, sound, art and design. The proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

http://www.evostar.org

iida 2010 green heart – Call for #design proposals #geekgirl

Submission Deadline 25 August 2010 :: Cash prize of 43,000USD

iida 2010 calls out for fresh and new design proposals to be made by designers with green hearts. Designers with a passion for preserving the environment are asked to suggest a future where humans and nature can coexist. as such, we welcome the participation of competent world designers in iida 2010, with the goal of generating new possibilities for sustainability through design.

http://www.designboom.com/iida_2010.html

Extra Curricular magazine dedicated to showcasing people who do interesting creative projects in their spare time #geekgirl

Created in Auckland by Ellie Smith, Extra Curricular is a publication dedicated to showcasing people who do interesting creative projects in their spare time as well as encouraging those who wish they did.

Whether they have a 9-5 job, a fledgling business or a young family, the people profiled in Extra Curricular are connected by their passion for keeping the right side of the brain active in their off-hours. They do it for the love of it – driven by a creative urge, they stay up late and work weekends in order to complete their latest side project.

Source:> Women in Business.