The Call Out
Screengrab is now entering its fifth year with an international call out for the AUS$5000 New Media Arts Prize and the companion exhibition in August 2013 for short listed applicants. We invite digital practitioners working in screen based media to submit works on the theme of AMBIENCE.
All forms of screen based media are encouraged, including multi-channel video, digital illustration, audio sculpture, photography, generative media, 2D & 3D animation.
Existing works and those specifically designed for the award must address the theme of AMBIENCE to be eligible for the New Media Arts award.
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New Media Arts Prize: |
AU$5000 |
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Submission deadline: |
Monday, July 1, 2013 |
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Exhibition Opening & Award announcement |
Friday, July 26th, 2013 |
Application / submission guidelines
This project is sponsored by James Cook University's School of Creative Arts and the eMerge Gallery.
All enquiries to screengrab@jcu.edu.au phone +61 7 4781 3142
2013 Award Theme: Ambience
Big beautiful data is everywhere. Sounds are everywhere. Images are everywhere. The network sends and receives everything.We capture, post, follow, share and archive.Data becomes us.
This new aesthetic of machine ambience is at once an embodiment of our private present selves but also an ambient beautification of what lies in our wake. We remix our environment by just being present in it.We bring our own signal noise with us wherever we go. We are fast becoming the sample bank of a dense ambient mix of images and sound.
What does this look like?How do we construct our own ambient worlds? How is Big Data constructing it for us? Where does our ambience end and where do that of others begin?
The 5th International Screengrab New Media Arts Award seeks works that explore the theme of ambience – personal, virtual and commercial - and all its private, political and social connotations. Creators, imagineers and explorers of big data, augmented reality, data aesthetics, generative art, audio/visual collage and interactive environments are encouraged to submit works that address the theme of the ambience.
