[rohrpost] Repost: switch media chiang mai_ art festival PATHIAHRN ELECTRON [SUPERNATURAL]: call for submissions + entry form

[Rudolf Stoert]

First Call for Submissions switch media_ art festival pathiharn electron
[supernatural] - Chiang Mai, Thailand - 6th-30th April 2004

Please forward to interested parties.

switch media chiang mai is an independent, non-profit artists
organization run by an international team with different backgrounds and
skills in art, new media and project-management. switch media is guided
friendly by an international advisory board. In cooperation with
different partners switch media organizes a media art festival in Chiang
Mai, Thailand with the title PATHIHARN ELECTRON [supernatural] from
6th-30th April 2004. The title developed from discussions regarding the
approach to the use of new media (art) - as being different from a
western one. pathiharn electron [supernatural] will evaluate this topic
by asking questions: What is the difference between the visual-graphical
languages of east/west in expressing "supernatural" as in movies,
videos, animations, computer games? What is the difference between
eastern/western cultures of spirituality/supernatural, its
socio-cultural relevance and its expression in new media art? What is
the difference of the socio-cultural impact of digital media (art)
between east/west - is there a ghost in the machine?

The festival will consist of lectures, workshops, video-/digital
art-screenings and exhibitions. It will be mainly focused at the Chiang
Mai University Art Museum but it will also be spread throughout the city
- Chiang Mai "social space", internet cafes, night markets, night
foodstalls, bars, shopping malls, rice fields. An international
conference will close the festival.

We hereby invite interested artists and theorists, organizations and
institutions to participate in pathiharn electron [supernatural]. We
especially invite the neighbouring region.

switch media accepts any form of digital media art - which includes
digital video, sound & music, computer based/generated works,
online-experiments, software, games, asf. As the festival will happen
throughout Chiang Mai we especially look for submissions which can be
used in installations. Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2004. A
team of curators will select the works. Selection results will be sent
out by mail or email in February 2004. switch media will produce a
documentation.

All submissions should be send to:
switch media chiang mai, c/o Chiang Mai University Art Museum, 239
Nimanhemin Road, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

Submissions should include:

1) ID (name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone, fax) and short
CV (max 300 words).
2) CD, VCD, DVD or video-tape of the actual work.
3) Technical requirements & data-format-specifications.
4) If the proposed piece is conceptual, please send a short description
(max 500words).
5) If the proposed piece is an installation, please include a short
description (max 300 words) & an illustration/sketch. 
6) If the proposed piece is netbased, please send the URL.

Please, don't send any material by email!

Additional information about the festival pathiharn electron
[supernatural] and the conference will be sent out later. For other
information requests on switch media chiang mai or the unique
opportunities pathiharn electron [supernatural] offers for partners,
supporters, donators please contact switch media chiang mai by email
switchmedia at inter.net, phone +66-53-907169, +66-53-226461 or fax
+66-53-226461, +66-53-218280. You're hereby invited to join our
mailing-list: simply send an email to switchmedia-subscribe at topica.com.

Enjoy!
Ratchanok "Nok" Kateboonruang, management assistant, mangnok at yahoo.com

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switch media_ art festival PATHIHARN ELECTRON [SUPERNATURAL] - 6th-30th
April 2004 - Chiang Mai, Thailand

ENTRY FORM (November 2003)


ADMINISTRATIVA
Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2004
Submissions must be sent to: switch media chiang mai, c/o CMU Art
Museum, 239 Nimanhemin Road, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand. Do not send any
material by email!
An international team of curators will select the submissions in 7
categories (see below). Selection results will be sent out by mail or
e-mail in January/February 2004. Besides submissions in 7 categories
Curators and switch media together will select artists to invite to
Chiang Mai. Please let us know if there's a deadline for your personal
invitation because of travel-/visa-restrictions.


GENERAL
Artist Name:
__________________________________________________________________
Contact Address:
______________________________________________________________
Telephone: ________________ Fax: _______________ Email:
_______________________
Website/URL:
__________________________________________________________________


PATHIHARN ELECTRON [SUPERNATURAL] Categories:
switch media accept submissions in these categories (please choose the
most appropriate one):

1) Video [   ] 
2) Music/Sound [   ]
3) 3D/Animation/Special Effects [   ]
4) 2D-Computer Grafix [   ]
5) Internet & Software [   ]
6) Games [   ]
7) Installation [   ]


SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Please describe your submission (you can also attach a short
description, in English or Thai, max 300 words):
________________________________________________________________________
_________
________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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TECHNICAL FEATURES
As we know of the difficulties SouthEastAsian people experience when
trying to work with new media, switch media doesn't set any technical
format limitations. There simply are too many digital data formats
around, each with its own features & restrictions. Inform us about the
technical requirements necessary to make you submissions real & alive --
& we'll see if it'll be possible:
________________________________________________________________________
__________
________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________
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(Submissions should be sent as CD, VCD, DVD or video-tape)


PUBLICITY INFORMATION
Previous Exhibitions/Festivals:
____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________
________________________________________________________________________
____________
________________________________________________________________________
____________

Prizes and Awards:
_________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
____________
________________________________________________________________________
____________


REQUIRED ENCLOSURES CHECKLIST
[   ] CV
[   ] Artists Statement (max 300 words)
[   ] Submission Concept (max 300 words)
[   ] Stills or Slides (at least 2, not more than 10)
[   ] Photo of the Artist (optional)
[   ] Sketch of project/installation
Please note: None of the above checklist items will be returned.


RELEASE
Artist _________________________________________ hereby agrees to submit
a piece of new media art titled _______________________________________
for switch media_ art festival PATHIHARN ELECTRON [SUPERNATURAL],
6th-30th April 2003, Chiang Mai, Thailand on the conditions of the
regulation of the festival.


Signature _____________________
Date _________________________


Additional notes: switch media cannot insure any kind of transportation.
Every incoming submission will be acknowledged by e-mail. 
Communications should be in English or Thai.

For further Information on switch media chiang mai or the media art
festival PATHIHARN ELECTRON [SUPERNATURAL] please contact switch media
chiang mai by email switchmedia at inter.net, phone +66-53-907169,
+66-53-226461 or fax +66-53-226461, +66-53-218280. You're hereby invited
to join our mailing-list: simply send an email to
switchmedia-subscribe at topica.com

Enjoy!

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enjoy :-)

Rudolf Stoert
project management

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r_stoert at gmx.net
switch media chiang mai
Mobile: +66-7-1810367
Fax: +66-53-226461


switch media_ pathiharn electron [supernatural] -- media art festival
chiang mai -- april 6th-30th 2004