[spectre] MAKROLAB 2002 CALLS FOR PROPOSALS

[marko peljhan]

makrolab 2002 has two calls for proposals:
- for artist, strategic and tactical information analysts
- scientists and social scientists go to
http://www.artscatalyst.org/htm/scientistscall.htm

Please review both.
Deadline for submissions to Projekt Atol extented until FEBRUARY 28,
2002.

International Art / Science / Strategy / Tactics
Research Residency Programme:
Call for Proposals

MAKROLAB - Summer 2002
Atholl Estate, Perthshire, Scotland

The Arts Catalyst and Projekt Atol, offer research residencies at the
MAKROLAB in May, June, and July 2002 on the Atholl Estate in Perthshire,
Scotland. This opportunity takes place during the International Year of
Mountains, declared by the UN General Assembly.
The aim of the residency programme is to provide artists, strategic and
tactical information analysts, scientists and social scientists
(separate information sheet for scientists - see
www.artscatalyst.org/htm/scientistscall.htm) - with space and facilities
to undertake their own research in the global systems of:
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, WEATHER AND CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE and
MIGRATIONS and give them the opportunity to fully concentrate on their
work and interact in a creative and challenging dialogue with other
members of the crew.
We are also interested to receive proposals from artists for residencies
to develop activities and projects with the local community and schools
exploring these themes. This work could be the sole aspect of your
application or alongside your research.
The MAKROLAB is a temporary sustainable research base, with living space
for 4 - 6 people. It will be connected to the internet through a
microwave link and equipped for transmitting signals on HF, VHF, UHF
ranges and receiving signals in the ranges of 0.1 - 2000 MHz and the C
and Ku bands.
The Atholl Estate is one of the largest estates in Scotland, situated on
the edge of the Cairngorm mountains. The MAKROLAB will be situated in
the Clunes Beat of the Atholl Estate. This is an area of rolling heather
moorland with steep slopes nearby rising to the high tops of the
southern side of the Cairngorm massif.
We are looking for participants who will welcome the opportunity not
only to undertake their own research in this environment, but who are
also interested in the interdisciplinary aspects of this project.

Details of Opportunity

Length of stay on MAKROLAB: between 2 weeks to 3 months, depending on
the requirements of the research to be undertaken.

Stipend: £100 per week. Food and accommodation provided on the MAKROLAB.

Travel will be provided from within the UK. Overseas applicants will
have to pay for their own travel to the UK.
Special travel grants could be provided on a case to case basis by
Projekt Atol.

The duties of participants are to fully take part in the MAKROLAB daily
task activities, which include:
- one daily video conference with the interested audience and observers;

- systems management, repair and overhaul;
- writing a diary of their daily work, schedule and publishing their
results on the MAKROLAB web-site.
All personally produced material remains in the ownership of the
participants, but they must agree to share all the material with the
MAKROLAB project partners and crew.

The participants must be aware that they will work and live in a very
small, concentrated and challenging environment.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own networkable computers,
preferably notebooks, and any other equipment required for their
research that is not provided as standard on the MAKROLAB.

Participants are selected on a competitive basis.

Background Information

The MAKROLAB is a high-tech, art-science project designed by Slovenian
artist Marko Peljhan and managed by the Projekt Atol Institute. It is a
temporary sustainable laboratory designed to support 4 - 6 artists and
scientists working and living alongside each other in isolation for
periods of up to 120 days.

The project is organised by UK science-art agency, the Arts Catalyst,
with Projekt Atol, Slovenia, in partnership with the Atholl Estate, the
Centre for Mountain Studies at Perth College (an Academic Partner of the
UHI Millennium Institute) and the Tramway in Glasgow.

The MAKROLAB models a new kind of activity, sitting astride the
traditional disciplinary divides. Its presence at Atholl Estate is
intended to be high-impact in the realm of artistic and scientific
information and education, yet low-profile in the physical environment.
It arrives in a container and after set up is plugged into
communications networks and satellite links. It produces its own power
from wind and solar panels.

MAKROLAB will be sited in the Tramway, Glasgow for two weeks in April
2002 prior to moving to the Atholl Estate.

For further information about Makrolab, see
http://makrolab.ljudmila.org.

How to Apply

Please send your proposal by
28 February 2002.

Proposals are to be sent to both addresses:

Makrolab Research Residencies
The Arts Catalyst
Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street
London E1 6LS
email: makrolab@artscatalyst.org

Makrolab Research Residencies
Zavod PROJEKT ATOL
Ane Ziherlove 2
SI-1000 Ljubljana
SLOVENIA
email: makrolab@mail.ljudmila.org

Proposals must include:

1. Name and contact
2. Description of research interests for working in the MAKROLAB and/or
interest in developing activities and projects with local communities
and schools (max. 3 pages)
3. Statement of interest in participating in the MAKROLAB as an
interdisciplinary project (max. 2 pages)
4. Brief biography with education, employment and experience background,
and an artistic portfolio or documentation
5. Length of required residencies and preference for dates, if any

If necessary, interviews will be held in February-March 2002.

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marko peljhan
projekt atol
ane ziherlove 2
1000 ljubljana
slovenia
ph: +386-1-4340702
answ+fax: +386-1-4340703

current position: ljubljana.si
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