[spectre] (fwd) Call: Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award 2011

[Andreas Broeckmann]

From: Lucas Evers <lucas at waag.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 12:03:46 +0200
Subject: Reminder: Call for entries: Designers & 
Artists 4 Genomics Award 2011 (1 more week to go)


Call for entries: Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award 2011

Deadline: September 12th 2011
Due to its success in 2010 the Designers & 
Artists 4 Genomics Award (DA4GA) will experience 
its second edition in 2011. The excellent results 
of the first edition are on show at Natrualis, 
Leiden until January 8th 2012.


Always wanted to be at the forefront of riveting 
art that is trans-disciplinary and pushes the 
boundaries of technological and artistic 
possibilities? Then submit your application for 
the Designers and Artists 4 Genomics Award and 
take a chance on winning a ¤ 25.000, - project!

The Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award 
highlights and explores the exciting and novel 
possibilities between design, artistic practice 
and Life Sciences. Inaugurated by the Netherlands 
Genomics Initiative, the Centre for Society and 
Genomics, and Waag Society, the Designers & 
Artists 4 Genomics Award aims to stimulate 
emerging designers and artists to delve into the 
world of bio-art, and produce new work in close 
collaboration with the Netherlands most 
prestigious Genomics Centres, for example in the 
field of sustainability, food, health, 
bio-informatics, agriculture, and safety.

Graduated no longer than five years ago? 
Fascinated by the breakthroughs of Life Sciences, 
and with a knack for applied arts and/or design? 
Then we want you to send in your CV, portfolio, 
and idea for a project that combines artistic 
merit with the vast developments in genomics 
research.

What do we offer?
After a closed-door pre-selection 20 
artists/designers will be invited to pitch their 
idea and meet the Genomics Centres at a speed 
date. Following the latter, the Genomics Centres 
and artists/designers decide if there's a mutual 
match to develop the idea for the Award further.
These sessions are scheduled on October 10th 
2011. In case of a match, the teams of 
artist/designer and scientist develop the project 
idea further towards a proposal for the Award. 
The 3 winning proposals, selected by an expert 
jury, are allotted each ¤ 25.000,-, and are 
exhibited in their realised form at Naturalis in 
Leiden, mid 2012 until for 6 months.

Please note: applicants from outside the 
Netherlands (not resident in the Netherlands) are 
accepted on the condition that they will be 
present - on their own expences - during all 
events that lead up to the Award and during the 
entire development period (December 2011 - May 
2012) in case they belong to one of the winning 
projects.


Interested? Download the application form and conditions at www.da4ga.nl
Send applications before September 12th 2011 18.00 hrs to:

Email: da4ga at waag.org


Please pay attention to the entry information and guidelines!


Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award is an 
initiative of The Netherlands Genomics Initiative 
[http://www.genomics.nl], the Centre for Society 
and Genomics [http:www.society-genomics.nl] and 
Waag Society [www.waag.org], presented at NCB 
Naturalis [http://www.naturalis.nl].

The Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) aims to 
ensure that society and economy benefit from the 
breakthroughs enabled by genomics in the fields 
of health, agro-food, sustainability, enabling 
technologies and society.

The Centre for Society and Genomics (CSG) studies 
and improves the relationship between genomics 
and society. CSG engages society by means of 
social research, interaction, dialogue and 
education. It strives to develop novel and 
effective methods of communicating scientific 
issues to the public as well as improving 
existing forms of communication and education 
about life sciences.

Waag Society develops creative technology for 
social innovation. The foundation researches, 
develops concepts, pilots and prototypes and acts 
as an intermediate between the arts, science and 
the media.


The participating Genomics Centres are:
Cancer Genomics Centre [http://www.cancergenomics.nl/]
Celiac Disease Consortium [http://www.celiac-disease-consortium.nl/]
Centre for Medical Systems Biology [http://www.cmsb.nl/]
Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing [http://www.healthy-ageing.nl/]
VIRGO Consortium [http://www.virgo.nl/]
Centre for BioSystems Genomics [http://www.cbsg.nl/]
Nutrigenomics Consortium [http://www.nutrigenomicsconsortium.nl/]
Ecogenomics Consortium [http://www.ecogenomics.nl/]
Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial 
Fermentation [http://www.kluyvercentre.nl/]
Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre [http://www.nbic.nl/]
Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology [http://www.ncsb.nl]
Netherlands Metabolomics Centre [http://www.metabolomicscentre.nl/]
Netherlands Proteomics Centre [http://www.netherlandsproteomicscentre.nl/]
Forensic Genomics Consortium Netherlands [http://www.forensicgenomics.nl/]
Netherlands Toxicogenomics Centre [http://www.toxicogenomics.nl/]


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