The Future Residency #arts #UK #geekgirl

The Future Residency :: Allenheads, UK
Two residency opportunities :: Apply by 14 February 2011

Allenheads Contemporary Arts (ACA) is calling for proposals on the subject of ‘The Future’. Artists are encouraged to work with a specified collaborator and engage with emerging technologies or scientific advances via a social/political context, taking on playful and inventive roles as hypothetical futurologists or visionary prophets. Artists may nominate a collaborator or work with ACA to find the most appropriate person for their research. The residency will be held between April and July 2011, with the resulting work shown in an exhibition/event at the end of September.

http://www.acart.org.uk/callout.html

ISEA 2011 Istanbul #arts #geekgirl

All deadlines extended until 15 January 2011

The 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art, a leading world conference and exhibition event for art, media and technology will be held 14 – 21 September 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The ISEA2011 Istanbul exhibition will coincide with the Istanbul Biennial and will provide a fantastic opportunity to showcase contemporary new media arts.

ISEA2011 invites proposals for panels, artworks, papers and workshops from artists, scientists and academics interested in how the digital and electronic media are re-shaping contemporary society and behaviours.

http://doc.gold.ac.uk/isea2011

Synapse 6 Residencies now open #ANAT #science #arts #geekgirl

Deadline for Applications: 5 pm, Friday 25 February 2011

The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) is calling for applications from creative practitioners and science and research organisations for the 2010 Synapse Residency program. Now in its seventh year, the program is part of the Synapse initiative of the Australia Council of the Arts and ANAT, which supports collaboration between artists and scientists.

Guidelines and application forms can be downloaded at www.anat.org.au

Sydney: Call for artworks for dorkbot group show #dorkbot #geekgirl

Dorkbot Sydney is calling for media and electric works for their exhibition, Dorkbot Sydney Group Show, which will be held at Sydney Artist Run Initiative Serial Space. The aim of the show will be to exhibit work by ‘people doing strange things with electricity’. Submissions should not be limited to artworks only, rather, Dorkbot encourages applicants to picture something between an art exhibition and a science fair.

“PEOPLE DOING STRANGE THINGS WITH ELECTRICITY”
deadline: 6 December 2010

Subtle Technologies Festival – call for submissions #geekgirl

Subtle Technologies Festival :: 2 – 5 June 2011

Toronto :: Call for Submissions :: Deadline 12 December 2010

In 2011 The Subtle Technologies Festival celebrates its 14th year of bringing people together to promote wonder, incite creativity and spark innovation across disciplines. The festival provides a forum to pose and explore questions and inspire work at the intersection of art, science and technology  through symposia, exhibitions, workshops, screenings and performances.  For 2011 the festival will be moving away from a single theme in an attempt to foster new relationships and create new inter-disciplines and a diverse program will be assembled to represent a wide range of subjects and disciplines.  What does the future hold in terms of interdisciplinary work? What approaches can we take to foster inter-cultural exchanges  when it comes to science or technology based work?  How do we make complex  scientific systems more accessible to artists as tools for creating new work? The festival is interested in hearing successful stories from artists and scientists working together – and is equally interested in hearing about some of the issues that prevent disciplines from having stronger collaborations.

http://www.subtletechnologies.com
(erratic connection)

Bio:Fiction #Science, #Art & #Film Festival #geekgirl

Call for entries :: Vienna, Austria :: Deadline 1 December

Synthetic biology aims at creating new forms of life for practical purposes.  Bio:Fiction want to encourage filmmakers to produce and share their cinematic visions of a present or future society shaped by synthetic biology. Entries can be on science, fiction, or science fiction – live-action short film, animation, experimental or documentary film.

http://www.bio-fiction.com

DMT: The Spirit Molecule documentary and talk – #Melbourne #psychedelics #dimethyltryptamine #geekgirl

The Spirit Molecule flyer

Undergrowth.org and Entheogenesis Australis –  present the 2010 Spirit Molecule documentary Australian tour, with screenings along the east coast in December followed by talks with the writer/director Mitch Schultz.

The Spirit Molecule documentary
(75 mins, 2010, written & directed by Mitch Schultz)
After over 40 years of dormancy, a new psychedelic revolution has emerged.

At the nexus of this next-generation mystical revival, lies a molecule  naturally produced abundantly throughout the plant and animal  kingdoms. Regarded as the world’s most potent psychoactive compound by  scientists and psychedelic explorers alike, dimethyltryptamine (or  DMT) is also naturally produced in the human brain.

In the early 1990s, Dr. Rick Strassman conducted the first government- sanctioned, human psychedelic research with DMT. Dr. Strassman’s  research serves as the narrative backbone for The Spirit Molecule. A  documentary described as a psychedelic Baraka meets What the Bleep do  We Know, the film presents an intriguing discourse on the science of  the soul, and will undoubtedly open Pandora’s Box. By challenging  current misconceptions about this class of compounds, The Spirit  Molecule unravels fascinating parallels in neurology, quantum physics  and human spirituality.

In stylized scenes reminiscent of Rod Sterling’s Twilight Zone  bookends, Joe Rogan (Fear Factor), alongside an impressive collection  of accomplished minds and a group of Strassman’s own brave psychonauts  shepherd the audience through the great unknowns of the DMT experience… revealing the molecule’s ubiquitous nature, its role in  our culture, evolution and life itself. Stunning visualizations and highly conceptual imagery intuitively weaves a visual landscape, and a  fascinating snapshot of our understanding of consciousness today.

Could Dimethyltryptamine, a simple molecule with a complex name, hold  the key to understanding reality, consciousness and our relationship  to both?

Many who have experienced DMT profess this, and much more…http://undergrowth.org/spiritmoleculetour

With an exclusive 20-minute short film, “Surfing” by Verb Studios (Tim  Parish), narrated by Rak Razam and soundscapes by Buttons Touching,  based on the book Aya: A Shamanic Odyssey

SCREENING: MELBOURNE
Wed December 1st, 9pm to 12pm
CINEMA NOVA P: (03) 9349 5201
380 Lygon Street Carlton VIC 3053

BUY TICKETS here for this event and other Australian screenings:   http://www.showclix.com/

Tickets are AUD $23/20 concession, and advance bookings are essential. http://undergrowth.org/spiritmoleculetour

SymbioticA Symposium :: Unruly Ecologies

SymbioticA Symposium :: Unruly Ecologies
26 - 28 November 2010 :: Perth & Mandurah, Australia

The ecology of biodiversity is based upon an uncertain definition, incomplete statistics and the need to act in a world without balance. While multiple flora and fauna databases have been established and are being coordinated, there is an urgent need to engage even more proactively with complex ecosystems and human responses. Artists, scientists, humanities scholars and conservationists will come together to talk of the matters of concern around the potentials and futures of biodiversity.

SymbioticA Symposium

Buckminster Fuller – a short intro.

Buckminster Fuller
Fuller published more than 30 books, inventing and popularizing terms such as “Spaceship Earth”, ephemeralization, and synergetics. He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, the best known of which is the geodesic dome. Carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their resemblance to geodesic spheres. Fuller developed many ideas, designs and inventions, particularly regarding practical, inexpensive shelter and transportation. He documented his life, philosophy and ideas scrupulously by a daily diary (later called the Dymaxion Chronofile), and by twenty-eight publications. Fuller financed some of his experiments with inherited funds, sometimes augmented by funds invested by his collaborators, one example being the Dymaxion car project.

National Science Week & The Institute of Backyard Studies present ‘Henry Hoke’s Guide to the Misguided’

National Science Week & The Institute of Backyard Studies present ‘Henry Hoke’s Guide to the Misguided’
10 -12 August 2010, 8.30am – 5.00pm :: Eyre Peninsula Field Days, Cleve

Throughout much of the 20th Century, in an isolated workshop on a dusty windswept plain, Henry Hoke labored mightily to conceive a string of dazzling inventions that, to this day, still defy the imagination.

Hoke inventions including Demagnifying Glass, Waterproof Tap, Wooden Magnet, Long Weight, and Dehydrated Water Pills had pretty much vanished from the public gaze before being rescued as a result of the Institute’s intervention. Take this rare opportunity to view some very special tools and inventions from this unsung Australian.

http://anat.org.au/news_items/308

Also worth checking out is the Institute of Backyard Studies – Home of Shed culture.