[spectre] (fwd) Interactive Screen workshop and scholarships, Banff/Canada

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Subject: Interactive Screen
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 18:29:06 -0600
From: "Kennard, Susan" <Susan_Kennard at banffcentre.ca>


Hello Andreas,

I am currently advertising 10 fully funded scholarships for our August
Interactive Screen event.
It is a good development opportunity for early stage project ideas.

If you know any people who might be intrested in applying I would
appreciate it if you could pass this  information along.

Susan



http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=862

Interactive Screen 0.9: The Makers is the 14th installment of the 
Banff New Media Institute's acclaimed new media summit, where media 
makers from Canada and the world gather to reflect on the current 
state of new media and the shape of things to come. At the end of 
each summer, producers, investors, and policymakers convene with 
artists, technologists, and cultural researchers of diverse horizons 
in the majestic mountain setting of Banff.

Interactive Screen aims to stimulate the creation of emotionally 
powerful, creatively inspired, and economically viable new media in 
Canada and abroad. Part conference, part festival, part peer 
exchange, part creative workshop, Interactive Screen is always 
intensive. Over six days of work and play, workshop participants 
engage in constant dialogue and collaboration through various panels, 
workshops, and performances. Together, they delve into the creative, 
social, and business impacts of content, technologies, and networks. 
Participants invariably come away from the event with new projects 
and alliances, a refined set of skills, and a renewed faith in the 
cultural power of new media.

The theme of The Makers will explore the idea of a "society of 
makers". This ties in to the "cultural object" - with a focus on 
those who "make culture", not those who "own" it.

Workshop participants are joined by Interactive Screen scholarship 
participants from Canada, who are invited to pitch and develop 
projects inspired by the event's theme. Applications for the 
Interactive Screen Scholarship Program will be accepted until July 
15, 2009.


INTERACTIVE SCREEN 0.9: THE MAKERS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
New media practitioners interested in developing a creative project 
or reflective essay related to this year's theme, The Makers are 
encouraged to apply. Throughout Interactive Screen 0.9, participants 
will have the occasion to broaden their knowledge, concepts and 
networks. This is an opportunity to work directly with the Banff New 
Media Institute's peer advisors and staff. Scholarships are available 
for up to ten Canadian and international applicants and include full 
financial support to attend the workshop, as well as focused 
mentorship and public presentation opportunities.