Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Interactivos? Lima 09: magic and technology
I am glad to announce that I had a project selected for the Interactivos? in Lima (Peru). Now the open call for collaborator in open. If you wanna go click here!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
2019 by Microsoft
There is a nice video produced by microsoft where they explore some possibilities for the near future. 2019 to be exact. Many of these technologies are already developed but unfortunately only for prototypes.
Check it out clicking here!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Job Vacancy at folly: AND Festival Producer
folly, FACT and Cornerhouse are embarking on an exciting joint venture to deliver a collaborative programme across the region; AND (Abandon Normal Devices) is an annual festival of new cinema and digital culture in the North West, taking place in Liverpool and Manchester on alternate years, with a distributed programme in Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire. AND is part of the region's WE PLAY offer for audiences which will enable people to be involved in high-profile quality events in the lead up to the Olympics and have a positive legacy beyond 2012.
folly is excited to advertise the key role of the AND Festival Producer, a new position based in Lancaster, working out of the folly offices. The principle purpose of the role is to develop and deliver the annual distributed offer of the festival. The post will require travel around the North West region.
The distributed offer of AND is currently being developed by folly and will carve out a new vision of what a festival might be.
AND Festival Producer (folly) - Freelance
£20,029 - £21,484 pro rata. Salaries are reviewed annually from April.
For further information, job description and person specification go to http://www.folly.co.uk/click/1366/99
Deadline for applications - 30th March 2009
Applications by e-mail only to wendy.rogerson 'at' folly.co.uk
Application should include:
* Current CV
* Letter of application outlining individual strengths, relevant work experience, online links to existing work, references
* A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, available from folly's website.
All applicants will need to provide evidence of right to work if shortlisted for interview.
folly is committed to Equal Opportunities in our employment, programme and services and has Investors In People status.
folly is excited to advertise the key role of the AND Festival Producer, a new position based in Lancaster, working out of the folly offices. The principle purpose of the role is to develop and deliver the annual distributed offer of the festival. The post will require travel around the North West region.
The distributed offer of AND is currently being developed by folly and will carve out a new vision of what a festival might be.
AND Festival Producer (folly) - Freelance
£20,029 - £21,484 pro rata. Salaries are reviewed annually from April.
For further information, job description and person specification go to http://www.folly.co.uk/click/1366/99
Deadline for applications - 30th March 2009
Applications by e-mail only to wendy.rogerson 'at' folly.co.uk
Application should include:
* Current CV
* Letter of application outlining individual strengths, relevant work experience, online links to existing work, references
* A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, available from folly's website.
All applicants will need to provide evidence of right to work if shortlisted for interview.
folly is committed to Equal Opportunities in our employment, programme and services and has Investors In People status.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
VIDA 11.0 Awards
Once more Fundacion Telefonica rocks and presents the 2009 winners of Vida artficial.
The great winner was "hylozoic soil" by Philip Bessley and Rob Gorbet, witch I had the pleasure to join the montage here in Linz for the new AEC.
I also want to point out the work "Dialética" by Fernando Velzquez and Julia Carboneras and the bealtiful "Poetics cubes" by Patricio Garcia and Juan Manuel Moreno Aróstegui.
Check the websote to see the winners and, if you can, go to the exhibition.
http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/arteytecnologia/certamen_vida/index.htm
VIDA 11.0 Awards
11th - 12th February 2009
Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14
28045, Madrid
Opening hours
Monday to Friday,
from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday,
from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Admission is free
The great winner was "hylozoic soil" by Philip Bessley and Rob Gorbet, witch I had the pleasure to join the montage here in Linz for the new AEC.
I also want to point out the work "Dialética" by Fernando Velzquez and Julia Carboneras and the bealtiful "Poetics cubes" by Patricio Garcia and Juan Manuel Moreno Aróstegui.
Check the websote to see the winners and, if you can, go to the exhibition.
http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/arteytecnologia/certamen_vida/index.htm
VIDA 11.0 Awards
11th - 12th February 2009
Matadero Madrid
Paseo de la Chopera, 14
28045, Madrid
Opening hours
Monday to Friday,
from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday,
from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Admission is free
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Laboral searchs for a chief curator
LABoral announces the position of Chief Curator
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial is a multidisciplinary space founded to foster artistic exchange and encourage relationships between society, art, science, technology and creative industries. It is furthermore a centre for artistic and technical research, education and production, as well as for the projection of new forms of art and industrial creation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Directly reporting to the Director, the Chief Curator will lead a small team and will be in charge of researching LABoral's various programmes, significantly contributing to the development of a theoretical and practical discourse within the framework of the LABoral management and direction project and the conceptual posits deriving from it.
When it comes to developing the LABoral programming policies, the Chief Curator will grant utmost importance to the creation of audiences. She/He will help in the development of networks of relationships among the various art systems in order to decisively contribute to the excellence of LABoral as an exhibition, research and production centre with an international status. He/She will actively involve him/herself in the local art scene in Asturias and will look for formulas for its projection, creation, integration and other opportunities within the global context.
Together with the Director and the General Coordinator, the Chief Curator will also explore opportunities for subsidies and sponsorships, proactively contributing to secure funding.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
The Chief Curator shall have a university degree or equivalent; demonstrate a minimum experience of three years in the interdisciplinary field of visual arts, technology, science and industrial creation. She/He shall also demonstrate a profound knowledge of the art systems; to have a network of contacts in Spain and abroad in the fields of visual arts, technology and contemporary industrial creation so as to be able to contribute to the continuation of LABoral as an international point of reference, capable of developing a policy of activities with excellence.
The candidate shall have a full command of Spanish and English, and demonstrate his/her skill in communicating knowledge; shall involve and engage a variety of audiences; and demonstrate a capacity for communication and teamwork.
Deadline for applications: March 23rd 2009
Applications should be sent to José Pedreira, Secretary of Fundación, via email to:
secretario@laboralcentrodearte.org or by registered post in a sealed tender (not including sender's name) visibly indicating "ANNOUNCEMENT CHIEF CURATOR" to:
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
Los Prados, 121
33394 Gijón
FURTHER INFORMATION: HTTP://WWW.LABORALCENTRODEARTE.ORG
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial is a space for artistic exchange. It is set up with the purpose of establishing an effective alliance between art, design, culture, industry and economic progress and the goal of becoming a space for interaction and dialogue between art, new technologies and industrial creation. It throws a special spotlight on production, creation and research into art concepts still being defined.
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial is a multidisciplinary space founded to foster artistic exchange and encourage relationships between society, art, science, technology and creative industries. It is furthermore a centre for artistic and technical research, education and production, as well as for the projection of new forms of art and industrial creation.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Directly reporting to the Director, the Chief Curator will lead a small team and will be in charge of researching LABoral's various programmes, significantly contributing to the development of a theoretical and practical discourse within the framework of the LABoral management and direction project and the conceptual posits deriving from it.
When it comes to developing the LABoral programming policies, the Chief Curator will grant utmost importance to the creation of audiences. She/He will help in the development of networks of relationships among the various art systems in order to decisively contribute to the excellence of LABoral as an exhibition, research and production centre with an international status. He/She will actively involve him/herself in the local art scene in Asturias and will look for formulas for its projection, creation, integration and other opportunities within the global context.
Together with the Director and the General Coordinator, the Chief Curator will also explore opportunities for subsidies and sponsorships, proactively contributing to secure funding.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
The Chief Curator shall have a university degree or equivalent; demonstrate a minimum experience of three years in the interdisciplinary field of visual arts, technology, science and industrial creation. She/He shall also demonstrate a profound knowledge of the art systems; to have a network of contacts in Spain and abroad in the fields of visual arts, technology and contemporary industrial creation so as to be able to contribute to the continuation of LABoral as an international point of reference, capable of developing a policy of activities with excellence.
The candidate shall have a full command of Spanish and English, and demonstrate his/her skill in communicating knowledge; shall involve and engage a variety of audiences; and demonstrate a capacity for communication and teamwork.
Deadline for applications: March 23rd 2009
Applications should be sent to José Pedreira, Secretary of Fundación, via email to:
secretario@laboralcentrodearte.org or by registered post in a sealed tender (not including sender's name) visibly indicating "ANNOUNCEMENT CHIEF CURATOR" to:
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial
Los Prados, 121
33394 Gijón
FURTHER INFORMATION: HTTP://WWW.LABORALCENTRODEARTE.ORG
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial is a space for artistic exchange. It is set up with the purpose of establishing an effective alliance between art, design, culture, industry and economic progress and the goal of becoming a space for interaction and dialogue between art, new technologies and industrial creation. It throws a special spotlight on production, creation and research into art concepts still being defined.
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