[spectre] Arctic Perspective: Open Architecture Design Competition

[Inke Arns]

Dear fellow Spectres,

we are pleased to announce our project "Arctic Perspective – Third  
Culture 2008-2010" which HMKV is organising with its partners Projekt  
Atol (Slovenia), The Arts Catalyst (GB), LORNA (Iceland) and CTASC  
(Canada). This project has been funded with support from the European  
Commission - Culture Programme. The project directs attention to the  
global cultural and ecological significance of the polar regions.  
These are zones of contemporary geopolitical conflict and at the same  
time potential spaces for transnational and intercultural cooperation  
and collaboration. The jointly obtained results will be presented in  
the PHOENIX Halle Dortmund in the framework of European Capital of  
Culture Ruhr.2010 as well as the international media-art conference  
ISEA 2010 RUHR.

Comprehensive information can be found at
http://www.hmkv.de/dyn/e_program_exhibitions/detail.php? 
nr=3594&rubric=exhibitions&
http://arcticperspective.org/

In the framework of this project HMKV together with its partners  
announces a call for proposals for a "Mobile Media-Centric Habitation  
and Work Unit" to be sited in the Arctic region (deadline 1 July  
2009; 9.000 Euro in prize money available). The call for proposals  
can be found at the URLs indicated above or in the attached PDF  
document.

Please feel free to forward this information to anybody who might be  
interested. Thank you!

Sincerely yours,
the HMKV team


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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

OPEN ARCHITECTURE DESIGN COMPETITION

ARCTIC PERSPECTIVE INITIATIVE

“MOBILE MEDIA-CENTRIC HABITATION AND WORK UNIT”

First Prize: 5.000 EUR
Second Prize: 2.500 EUR
Third Prize: 1.500 EUR

DEADLINE: 23:59:59 UTC, JULY 1, 2009

The ARCTIC PERSPECTIVE INITIATIVE “MOBILE MEDIA-CENTRIC HABITATION  
AND WORK UNIT” open architecture design competition is aimed at the  
submission of proposals for the design of a mobile media-centric  
facility, life support habitation and work module with renewable  
energy supply, waste recycling, and communications systems. We invite  
proposals from architects, designers, engineers, artists, students,  
and engineering teams.

The design should be an open source mobile architecture/system/ 
machine capable of functioning in extreme as well as temperate  
climates and containing mass/industrial and amateur production/ 
manufacturing potential. The unit is to serve as a model for mobile  
research within extreme cold environments, with the ability to  
incorporate high tech solutions while utilizing sustainable resources.

Jury decisions to be published by October 1, 2009.

All winners and honorable mentions will be published in the API  
Cahier #2 “Architecture”, which will be edited in the Fall/Winter  
2009. All winners and honorable mentions will be, among others, also  
included in exhibitions and presentations in the framework of  
European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 as well as the international  
media-art conference ISEA 2010 RUHR.

Full information and rules and regulations are at: http:// 
www.arcticperspective.org

For questions please email: design2009 at arcticperspective.org




Dr. Inke Arns
Kuenstlerische Leiterin / Artistic Director
Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV)
Guentherstr. 65 (office)
44143 Dortmund/Germany
T ++49 - 231 - 823 106
M ++49 - 173 - 988 99 84
inke.arns at hmkv.de
www.hmkv.de

Upcoming:
„Wach sind nur die Geister“ - Uber Gespenster und ihre Medien
"Awake Are Only The Spirits" - On Ghosts And Their Media
PHOENIX Halle Dortmund
Hochofenstr. / Ecke Rombergstr, Dortmund-Hoerde
16 May – 18 Oct 2009
Opening: 15 May 2009, 19:00