[spectre] Electrohype 2006

[amanda mcdonald crowley]

Call for entries. Electrohype 2006 - the fourth Nordic biennial for 
computer based art
Deadline July 3rd 2006 - material via ordinary mail should be 
postmarked by this date.
Electrohype is pleased to announce this call for entries for the 
exhibition that will be a follow up to the previous large Electrohype 
exhibitions in 2000, 2002 and 2004.
The exhibition will take place in Lunds Konsthall from December 9th 
to January 7th.
This year the exhibition will be in both a new venue and a new city. 
Lunds Konsthall is located in the central part of Lund, in the south 
of Sweden. Lund is approximately 20 km north of Malmo where previous 
Electrohype exhibitions has been presented.
Lunds Konsthall, built in 1957, is a beautiful exhibition spaces in 
late functionalist architecture style. The exhibition space has a 
flexible semi-open layout with a total exhibition surface of 
approximately 600 - 800 square meters. The annual number of visitors 
in Lunds Konsthall is 95 000.
The exhibition will present works by 8 - 10 artists or artist groups. 
The concept of the Electrohype biennial is that it shall be a Nordic 
exhibition but this does not exclude works by artists from outside 
the Nordic region. To give the exhibition a broad perspective we are 
usually working with a 50/50model, 50 percent from the Nordic region 
and 50 percent from the rest of the world.
Since the decision to realize the exhibition was made just recently 
we have not yet decided on a theme or topic for this exhibition. This 
also explains the short deadline.
In addition to the main exhibition there will also be an exhibition 
with the topic "electronic art in public space" at the Museum of 
Sketches in Lund, a museum dedicated to public art. Most of the 
artworks in the museum are in the form of models, visualizations and 
sketches. This exhibition will be presented during the same period as 
the main exhibition. This call, and the application form, does not 
include this exhibition, however if you have knowledge of, or have 
realized a project you think we should know of feel free to send us a 
short description (maximum 1/2 page) and link to a project page. 
Please write "public" in the subject line.
Important dates Deadline for this call for entries July 3rd 
2006Exhibition opening December 9th 2006 Exhibition closing January 
7th 2007
Please feel free to re-distribute this call.
What kind of art are we looking for? Electrohype has since the start 
in 1999 focused on what we choose to call computer based art. Art 
that runs of computers and utilizes the capacity of the computer to 
mix various media, allow interaction with the audience, or machines 
interacting with each others etc. in other words art that can not be 
transferred to "traditional" linear media. This might seem as a 
narrow approach but we have discovered that it gives us a better 
focus on a genre that in no way is narrow.
We are not looking for "straight" video art (even if it is edited on 
a computer) or still images rendered on computers and other material 
that refers to more "traditional" media forms. Forms were the 
traditional tools have been replaced with computers and software.

Practical An online application form and a PDF form can be found on 
this address: www.electrohype.org/2006
NOTE: Please do NOT send documentation material as attachments to 
e-mail and do NOT send 8 pages CVs. Put your material online and send 
us the url or ftp address or send us a CD in the mail. Please read 
the form and follow the guidelines. We receive a large amount of 
proposals and all of them are reviewed closely. To be able to do this 
we ask you to follow the structure in the application form and the 
topics mentioned above.

Financial We are still working on the fundraising for the exhibition. 
We will hopefully have final numbers sometime during this summer. We 
will have to adjust the final selection of works for exhibition 
according to the financial situation. This is unfortunate but it is 
also necessary, art is beautiful but financial reality is harsh.
We will encourage everyone submitting material to look for 
possibilities for local funding to help cover costs for transport, 
travel and rent of technical equipment.
In previous exhibitions we have managed to keep a high level both in 
artistic content and exhibition design, even on a modest budget. It 
is therefore very important for us to avoid unpleasant surprises, so 
please keep this in mind when filling out the various posts in the 
form, especially when it comes to technical requirements, transport 
weight etc.
We are looking forward to see new and interesting works of art.
Best regards from the Electrohype team
Anna Kindvall and Lars Gustav Midboe


For additional info please visit our web site 
at:<http://www.electrohype.org/2006>http://www.electrohype.org/2006

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