Portable Worlds (Second Edition)

Portable Worlds (Second Edition) – Applications Now Open! Touring Portable Intimate Mobile Art

The Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) is seeking applications for Portable Worlds Second Edition from artists make work with or for mobile phones. Artworks must be complete or near completion at the time of application. Applications need to be received by close of business October 19th 2007.

The Second Edition hopes to attract works that explore notions of digital community, connection, scale and distance by seeking artwork that encounters mobile phones and portability in its display or creation.

The Portable Worlds Second Edition is planned to tour major Australian regional centres with a view to international exhibition opportunities.

ANAT is currently presenting its first edition of Portable Worlds, a touring exhibition of Australian Artists working with mobile and portable devices. The current exhibition focuses exclusively on artists working for the mobile phone screen, and has toured regional South Australian venues, to Tanks Art Centre in Cairns and to the International Pocket Film Festival in Paris.

For application details, assessment criteria and to see works from the first edition please visit www.anat.org.au/portableworlds. No development funding is available.