. Call For Submissions / New Adventures in Sound Art / HOME - Deep Wireless, Sound Travels & SOUNDplay Festivals / Toronto, ON /
Deadline Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 New Adventures in Sound Art invites artists of all ages and nationalities to submit works on the theme HOME for consideration in 2010 future programming for the annual Deep Wireless, Sound Travels, and SOUNDplay festivals, produced by New Adventures in Sound Art in Toronto, Canada. Artists may submit works in one or all of the following four categories: 1) Radio Art, 2) Electroacoustic Music & Sound Art, 3) Videomusic and 4) Installation Art (Note: please send separate submission forms for each entry). Individual interpretations or variations on the theme HOME are encouraged, but should be realized with sound as the primary component. All submitted works must respond in some way to the theme HOME in order to be considered for 2010 NAISA programming. 1) Radio Art (for Deep Wireless) The Radio Art category is for works conceived for radio or that use radio and other wireless technology in their creation and that play with the medium. Works submitted to this category must be less than 60 minutes in duration. Special consideration will be given to 1 minute radio art pieces for broadcast as well as 1 page proposals for collaboration on translocal broadcast performances. Pieces will be selected for broadcast within Canada and on several international radio stations in May 2010 as part of the Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art. Both Canadian and International radio art submissions will be considered for inclusion in the following: -The Deep Wireless 7 radio art compilation CD -The Radio Art Interventions (1 minute pieces played guerilla-style on radio stations during the Deep Wireless festival) -The Radio Art Salon - a listening gallery of radio art works exhibited for the month of May. 2) Electroacoustic Music & Sound Art (for Sound Travels) The Electroacoustic Music & Sound Art category is for multi-channel and stereo works less than 20 minutes in duration and conceived for concert performance or presentation in the Sound Travels festival of sound art. Preferred formats for performance presentation include 5.1, octaphonic, 12 and 16-channel formats in both acousmatic (tape), live and mixed formats. Please indicate in the notes the intended format of presentation and any required instrumentation or specialized equipment. 3) Videomusic (for SOUNDplay) The Videomusic category is for works that explores non-narrative abstraction with equal emphasis on sound and image. Submitted works will be considered for video screenings with either stereo or multi-channel playback. Submitted works will be considered for screenings in either a performance venue or a small-size gallery alongside other works selected from this call for submissions. 4) Installation Art (for Deep Wireless, Sound Travels or SOUNDplay) Installation proposals of previously realized works for site-specific and gallery installations with no fixed duration will be considered for presentation as part of Deep Wireless, Sound Travels or SOUNDplay. Site-specific works can be for indoor or outdoor locations. Works can use multichannel or single channel playback and may incorporate any number of media, but must feature original sound as a primary element. Preference will be given to small to medium scale interactive works that appeal to all ages. Please attach a list of the necessary equipment required to mount the installation and which of these items can be supplied by the artist. Submissions should include audio, video or audio-video documentation of previously realized versions of the work. Submission Guidelines Please submit a completed submission form (in digital format if possible) along with the proposed works on CD or DVD. For multichannel works, please include a stereo reduction for reference purposes only. For video works, please include a DVD copy for reference only. Screening and multi-channel masters will be requested later if the work is to be programmed. For installation works or performance proposals, please attach a list of required equipment with indications of equipment that can be supplied by the artist. Materials will not be returned. Please don't send original copies. Submissions must be postmarked no later than September 30, 2009 and mailed to: New Adventures in Sound Art 601 Christie Street #252 Toronto ON M6G 4C7 Visit http://www.naisa.ca for more information. _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
