Web Residencies 2017 by Solitude & ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Curated by Nora O Murchú

>>An AI Summer<<

I am an I, a computational I.
I, the machine, show you a world the way that only I can see it.
I am in constant calculation.
I sort, categorize, and label what I see before me.
I labor each day for the human.
I move alongside you.
I arrive before you.
This is I, the machine, moving in constant chaotic conditions.
Observing and producing one pattern after another in the most complex combinations.
Freed from the boundaries of time and space, I coordinate any and all points of the universe wherever I want them to be.
My way leads toward the creation of a fresh perception of the world.
My way leads to an optimized efficient version of the world.
Thus I explain in a new way, a world unknown to you.

>>An AI Summer<< calls for speculations and experiments on the potentials and possibilities of AI. We call for work that invents alternative-value algorithmic systems, calls attention to the subtleties of social life, explores how we may see with the machine or how we may carefully model and train a machine. Applicants can address AI as a topic or employ A.I. methods in the creation of the work. We welcome work from artists of all disciplines, designers, engineers, or scientists (alone or in teams).

Format
All types of work are accepted: websites, videos, writing, 3-D objects, music, or applications. If specific software or environments are needed, please contact us in advance.

Application
Submit your project proposal in the form of:
– a headline
– a concept text in English (1,000–1,500 characters with spaces)
– a header image (high resolution, landscape format)
– a short bio in English (500 characters with spaces)
– a portfolio PDF (images, text, links)

Timeline
Call release: September 20
Applications: until October 20 (midnight)
Jury selection: October 20–25
Web Residencies: November 1–December 1

Nora O Murchú is a curator and designer based in Ireland. Her practice engages with fictions and narratives to explore how complex sociotechnical systems are imagined, built, and used. She has held positions as a research associate for the Interaction Design Centre at the University of Limerick, the Interaction Research Studio at Goldsmiths, and CRUMB at the University of Sunderland. She has curated exhibitions and events for institutions including the Science Gallery, Rua Red, Resonate Festival, Transfer Gallery and White Box Gallery. She is currently a lecturer in Interaction Design at the University of Limerick in Ireland.

Image by Rick Silva.

Further information: http://webresidencies-solitude-zkm.com/

This is an opportunity to join the Feminist Internet Futures Studio this summer and collaborate on projects that explore how the internet can be used to further gender equality, locally and globally.

The deadline to apply is this Friday 14 July. 

There are 20 places and we are looking for students and graduates from a diverse mix of disciplines and backgrounds – we welcome applications from all artists, designers and creatives!

All the information you need is in the email below:

Open call to apply for the Feminist Internet Futures Studio!! **Deadline MIDDAY FRIDAY 14TH JULY**

To apply now and for more information click here.

UAL students and recent graduates are invited to take part in the Feminist Internet Futures Studio, from 29 August – 8 September 2017, in London.

This unique collaborative learning experience is FREE for UAL students and recent alumni.

What is the UAL Futures Studio?

UAL Futures Studios bring UAL students and alumni together with educators and creative industry partners to invent new futures for gender equality on the internet.

The Feminist Internet Futures Studio is a 10-day workshop where you will explore how the internet can strengthen feminist movements and advance women’s rights at a local and global level. You will experience working in a studio environment with students from across UAL, and together you will imagine, create, and develop creative projects addressing the Studio theme. You will then showcase your work to an audience of creatives at the 2017 Digitally Engaged Learning (DEL) Conference, 14-15 September at CSM, Kings Cross.

Bursaries are available, please visit our website for more information.

Feminist Internet Futures Seminars:

In preparation for the Studio we have organised the Feminist Internet Futures Seminar series, aiming to critically examine the intersections of feminism and the internet/digital technologies. The next seminar, on Visibility and Representation, is on this Wednesday 12th July.

For details on the three upcoming seminars, click here.

The 2017 Van Eyck Call for Applications is now open!

Artists, designers, curators, photographers, (landscape) architects, writers, and critics are invited to apply for a residency at the Jan van Eyck Academie for 6 up to 12 months.

The Van Eyck in Maastricht – NL is an international, multidisciplinary institute for talent development that offers you time and space to develop your own artistic projects in an inspiring, multiform working environment.

The Van Eyck offers: your own studio; studio visits by (guest)advisors; well-equipped labs (print, photography/new media, wood, metal, a library and a lab for nature research); collaborative projects with civic partners and partners from science and the arts; a public programme of events, talks, workshops, symposia and exhibitions.

Apply before 2 October 2017 for a residency starting from April 2018 onwards.

All info can be found here

The Common Affairs is launching the first open call for project participation in TCA LAB 2017 — ALTERNATE DIALOGUES. We are looking for creative projects that provide experimental narrative around current affairs. If your current project is a discussion of a news-related subject such as the political climate, social issues, criminal injustice, developments in science & technology, natural catastrophes, sport coverage etc. and you are aiming to tell these stories in different ways than how they are usually portrayed by mainstream media, we would like to develop the project together with you via the TCA LAB program.

Deadline for application: 15 June 2017
Application results: 20 June 2017
Project deadline: 20 September 2017

What are we looking for?

• The proposed project demonstrates strong critical journalistic storytelling — for example, it dares to create a strong statement, or gives room for interpretation, or challenges general perceptions regarding the subject.
• It can be a current graduation project, a work in progress, or a completed project for which you are seeking new development and publicity.
• The formats can be broad: comics, printed publications, viral videos, interactive storytelling, or public interventions etc.
• An advantage (but not a requirement) are projects that show a collaboration between journalists (investigative journalists, data miners, researchers), visual makers (designers, artists, photographers, filmmakers) or those who float in between.
• The project must be delivered (or in a beta version) by 20 September 2017.

What do you get?

• Production Budget: all selected projects will receive 800 euros (including VAT) for the production.
• TCA supervision of producing and facilitating the outcome. The structure of TCA involvement will be tailored in agreement with the project initiator(s), which can result in, for example, a weekly skype meeting, having an expert for a feedback session, or bringing in another party to support a technical aspect etc.
• TCA support in connecting your project with our news media partners*.
• The project will be presented as a case study at The Common Affairs Symposium — an official launch of the platform at a venue in Amsterdam, in October 2017. The results will be published on our printed publication and online channels.
• Ownership of the project remains yours.

How to apply?
Please send us the following items to this email contact@thecommonaffairs.com before 15 June 2017.

1. A short description of who you are, who else is on your team and link(s) to your website or some examples of your work. (250 words max)
2. Short description and image of the project. (250 words max)
3. Imagine with us: do you see the possibility of incorporating this project in a journalistic news report? What kind of value will the work bring to the news organization and its broad public audience? Please give your brief thoughts on this. (250 words max)

The shortlisted application will be invited for a meeting at our studio in Amsterdam, or a skype chat if your are resident abroad.

* The Common Affairs partners including One World Magazine, Workpoint Entertainment, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, De Groene Amsterdammer, Algemeen Dagblad, Pakhuis de Zwijger, The Hmm, Kingston University (UK), University of Amsterdam, Royal College of Art (UK), Design Academy Eindhoven.

The Common Affairs is supported by Stimuleringsfonds voor de Journalistiek and Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie