> Call for entries: Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award 2011 > > Deadline: September 12th 2011 > Due to its success in 2010 the Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award (DA4GA) > will experience its second edition in 2011. The excellent results of the > first edition are on show at Natrualis, Leiden until January 8th 2012. > > > Always wanted to be at the forefront of riveting art that is > trans-disciplinary and pushes the boundaries of technological and artistic > possibilities? Then submit your application for the Designers and Artists 4 > Genomics Award and take a chance on winning a € 25.000, - project! > > The Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award highlights and explores the exciting > and novel possibilities between design, artistic practice and Life Sciences. > Inaugurated by the Netherlands Genomics Initiative, the Centre for Society > and Genomics, and Waag Society, the Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award aims > to stimulate emerging designers and artists to delve into the world of > bio-art, and produce new work in close collaboration with the Netherlands > most prestigious Genomics Centres, for example in the field of > sustainability, food, health, bio-informatics, agriculture, and safety. > > Graduated no longer than five years ago? Fascinated by the breakthroughs of > Life Sciences, and with a knack for applied arts and/or design? Then we want > you to send in your CV, portfolio, and idea for a project that combines > artistic merit with the vast developments in genomics research. > > What do we offer? > After a closed-door pre-selection 20 artists/designers will be invited to > pitch their idea and meet the Genomics Centres at a speed date. Following the > latter, the Genomics Centres and artists/designers decide if there’s a mutual > match to develop the idea for the Award further. > These sessions are scheduled on October 10th 2011. In case of a match, the > teams of artist/designer and scientist develop the project idea further > towards a proposal for the Award. The 3 winning proposals, selected by an > expert jury, are allotted each € 25.000,-, and are exhibited in their > realised form at Naturalis in Leiden, mid 2012 until for 6 months. > > Please note: applicants from outside the Netherlands (not resident in the > Netherlands) are accepted on the condition that they will be present – on > their own expences – during all events that lead up to the Award and during > the entire development period (December 2011 – May 2012) in case they belong > to one of the winning projects. > > > Interested? Download the application form and conditions at www.da4ga.nl > Send applications before September 12th 2011 18.00 hrs to: > > Email: [email protected] > > > Please pay attention to the entry information and guidelines! > > > Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award is an initiative of The Netherlands > Genomics Initiative [http://www.genomics.nl], the Centre for Society and > Genomics [http:www.society-genomics.nl] and Waag Society [www.waag.org], > presented at NCB Naturalis [http://www.naturalis.nl]. > > The Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) aims to ensure that society and > economy benefit from the breakthroughs enabled by genomics in the fields of > health, agro-food, sustainability, enabling technologies and society. > > The Centre for Society and Genomics (CSG) studies and improves the > relationship between genomics and society. CSG engages society by means of > social research, interaction, dialogue and education. It strives to develop > novel and effective methods of communicating scientific issues to the public > as well as improving existing forms of communication and education about life > sciences. > > Waag Society develops creative technology for social innovation. The > foundation researches, develops concepts, pilots and prototypes and acts as > an intermediate between the arts, science and the media. > > > The participating Genomics Centres are: > Cancer Genomics Centre [http://www.cancergenomics.nl/] > Celiac Disease Consortium [http://www.celiac-disease-consortium.nl/] > Centre for Medical Systems Biology [http://www.cmsb.nl/] > Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing [http://www.healthy-ageing.nl/] > VIRGO Consortium [http://www.virgo.nl/] > Centre for BioSystems Genomics [http://www.cbsg.nl/] > Nutrigenomics Consortium [http://www.nutrigenomicsconsortium.nl/] > Ecogenomics Consortium [http://www.ecogenomics.nl/] > Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation > [http://www.kluyvercentre.nl/] > Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre [http://www.nbic.nl/] > Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology [http://www.ncsb.nl] > Netherlands Metabolomics Centre [http://www.metabolomicscentre.nl/] > Netherlands Proteomics Centre [http://www.netherlandsproteomicscentre.nl/] > Forensic Genomics Consortium Netherlands [http://www.forensicgenomics.nl/] > Netherlands Toxicogenomics Centre [http://www.toxicogenomics.nl/] > > > - > - > lucas evers II waag society II www.waag.org II piet heinkade 181 a II > 1019 hc amsterdam II netherlands II +31 20 5579898 > > designers & artists 4 genomics award II www.da4ga.nl > open design now - why design cannot remain exclusive II www.opendesignnow.org
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