[spectre] CALL FOR ENTRIES: DIGITAL LATIN AMERICA

[ANDREA POLLI]

CALL FOR ENTRIES: DIGITAL LATIN AMERICA
June 7 - August 30, 2014
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APPLY AT: http://tiny.cc/DLAcall (you must first create a free account with CaFE to apply to call)?

DESCRIPTION:?
516 ARTS presents Digital Latin America, an international exhibition with a weekend symposium and Downtown Block Party. The project is an outgrowth of the Latin American Forum for the award winning 18th International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA2012) produced by 516 ARTS last fall (www.isea2012.org). Digital Latin America explores the North/South axis of cultural development and exchange between South America, Central America and the Southwestern United States, with a focus on New Mexico as the Northern tip of Latin America. 

Connecting individuals, cultures, traditions and social histories to a rapidly expanding global network remains not only a pressing challenge, but a profound opportunity and necessity.  The utopian notion of closing the digital divide represents a paradigm shift that encourages the participation of all communities and cultures to express themselves through contemporary methods and continue the complex terrain between global and local, virtual and real, and political and private, in the creation of work that proposes alternative understandings of technology, art and cultural exchange.

ABOUT THE CALL AND VENUES:?
This call for entries is for both gallery projects to be in the exhibition and a variety of visual art, demonstrations and performance works for the Downtown Block Party.

The exhibition will be based at 516 ARTS, a museum-style venue in the center of Downtown Albuquerque, with off-site projects at The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History and possible other sites. It will highlight contemporary artists from Latin America and the Southwestern United States, including New Mexico, and will showcase high caliber, innovative, interactive artworks that are accessible to the general public and presented in an educational context. The exhibition will include digital media as well as work that addresses technology through traditional mediums. The exhibition opens Saturday, June 7 and runs through Saturday, August 30, 2014.

The Downtown Block Party is a one-day, outdoor event that will feature artworks, demos, interactive projects, hands-on activities as well as music, dance and food, all celebrating the cultures of Latin America and New Mexico. The event will take place on Central Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets in front of 516 ARTS in Downtown Albuquerque to allow for a wide range of projects that include those intended for both daylight and darkness.

JURY
?The exhibition will be both juried and invitational. The juried work will be selected by the project planning committee, which includes leading minds from academic and cultural institutions in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina as well as New Mexico and the region.


ELIGIBILITY:?
The exhibition is open to emerging and established contemporary artists working in all digital media formats or working with concepts that address digital media in relation to Latin American culture.??Artists of Latin American, Native American and Indigenous heritage are encouraged to apply, but the exhibition is open to all cultural backgrounds and artists who reside anywhere in the world, as long as their work proposes alternative understandings of technology, art and cultural exchange.??Submissions for the exhibition may include work that addresses technology through traditional mediums.??Submissions for the Downtown Block Party may include performances (dance, theater, music), performance art, interactive projects and demonstrations. Please note pieces submitted for the Block Party will be temporary, to be featured only during the one day event. Works that require daylight and/or darkness are eligible.??Artists must be 18 years or older.??Artists are encouraged to submit new works and/or installations. Proposed artworks must have been created within the last four years and must not have been previously shown in Albuquerque or the surrounding region.??Completed artworks are not necessary to apply. Proposals for unfinished work or work that does not yet exist will be considered if the submission provides enough information.

CALENDAR:
Friday, September 27, 2013
Deadline for submissions
Early December, 2013
Notification to artists
Friday, June 6, 2014
VIP Kick-off party

HOW TO SUBMIT:?Artists may submit up to three pieces and up to three images per artwork (nine images max).??. Submit requested materials no later than 11:59PM MST, September 27, 2013 ??. Submit online via CaFE (callforentry.org)
- CaFE is a free web-based system that will require you to register in order to apply.
- Please note: there is a $20 submission fee per artist (covers the cost of application and review process)
. Up to 9 images of available work. One video and/or sound clip may also be uploaded.
- Image format: baseline standard jpeg files; 1920 pixels on the longest side; 1.8 mb max file size?- Video format: 3gp, wmv, avi, mov, asf, mpg, mp4, m2t, mkv or m2ts files; 100 mb max, ?  only the first 3 minutes may be viewed?- Audio format: aiff, wav, xmf, or mps files; 10 mb max file size?- Additional video or audio files may be submitted for review via web-based links
. Title, year, media, dimensions, duration (for video/sound works)
. Short artist biography in a paragraph format (250 words)
. Short artist's statement about the work submitted (up to 250 words per piece)
 
INSURANCE, HANDLING, SHIPPING & SALES:?All work is handled by professional staff with the utmost care. Work is fully insured while at 516 ARTS. Please note that artists may be responsible for covering partial cost of shipping. Work in the exhibition may be for sale or on loan from collections. If work is for sale, 516 ARTS retains the industry standard gallery commission of 50%, but can make special arrangements with artists' galleries if needed. If work is on loan, collectors can be credited in labels and publications.

EXHIBITION PROGRAMS & PUBLICATIONS:?The exhibition will open during the Digital Latin America weekend symposium, which will include a projected 200+ attendees from around the world. 516 ARTS will host and/or collaborate on a series of events during the exhibition, which may include panel discussions, artists' talks, poetry, films or performances. The exhibition will be accompanied by a printed invitation, exhibition catalog, project guide and symposium program. 

For more information, please visit: www.516arts.org
?QUESTIONS?
Teresa Buscemi, Project Coordinator, 516 ARTS, teresa at 516arts.org??
For more information about the facilities at 516 ARTS:?Rhiannon Mercer, Associate Director, 516 ARTS, rhiannon at 516arts.org
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