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This is a opportunity for experienced new media artists to participate in a collaborative project; Current: An Experiment in Collecting Digital Art.

This project not only celebrates innovative and creative use of new media technology, but forms a pioneering practical case study for the collection and integration of digital artworks into existing permanent collections; furthering the Harris' quest to establish a nationally significant collection of new media art.

Artists are invited to submit proposals for new media artwork, which are of high quality, innovative and creative, in the use of technology.

An expert advisory panel will select 3 – 5 artists to exhibit at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery from 25th March – 4th June 2011, from which one artwork will be selected by a secondary expert panel for acquisition into the Harris' permanent collection.

The artists selected for exhibition will receive a £1000 fee.

The artist whose work is selected for acquisition will receive £10,000

Eligibility Criteria:

Digital/new media artists are invited to apply, and must propose work that demonstrates innovative use of new media technology.

This includes: digital arts, interactive art, net art, electronic art, multi and time based media, and any other relevant media.

Applicants must also:

* Demonstrate innovative use of technology in the making, display or distribution of their artwork.
* Be able to articulate how their work might be presented in a gallery environment.
* Submit recent work, i.e. produced up to 2 years previous to the submissions deadline.
* Currently reside in the UK.
* Have previous experience in distributing work publicly (online, in museums, galleries, etc.)
* Hold the copyright for the submitted work.
* Be available for scheduled project dates:

Gallery visits from: 17th January 2011
Installation dates: between 10th-24th March 2011
Exhibition opening and selected acquisition announcement: 25th March 2011



Fees:

Short-listed artists will each receive an exhibition fee of £1000

Final artwork will be acquired for an acquisition fee of £10,000

Selection Panel:

This will be chaired by the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, and will include:

Kathryn Lambert, Creative Director, folly

Mike Stubbs, CEO, FACT

Ruth Catlow, Co-founder and co-director of Furtherfield.org and HTTP Gallery, London

Beryl Graham, Professor of New Media Art, University of Sunderland, and co-editor of CRUMB

For more information and how to apply, please visit the Current website

http://current-experiment.org.uk/artist-call

Deadline 17 December 2010


Source: http://current-experiment.org.uk/artist-call
http://visitingarts.newsweaver.co.uk

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