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<p style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva;"><span>Washington project for the Arts is currently accepting submissions for two open calls as part of <em>Experimental Media 2012</em>. </span>Consisting of an exhibition of interactive installation works, a video screening program, and a series of workshops, <em>Experimental Media 2012</em> will explore </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva;">recent developments in the field of art and technology, including the growth of open source software and hardware, the emergence of grassroots do-it-yourself hacker communities, and the increasing ubiquity of networked devices in daily life. While highlighting the creative potential of this new technology, <i>Experimental Media 2012</i> also seeks projects that explore the broader social and cultural implications of these <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva; font-size: 10pt;">rapid changes.</span></span> </p>
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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva;"><b>Exhibition Dates:</b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 12pt;"> April 12 - May 20, 2012</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 12pt;"> <b>Location:</b> Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, 22209</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 12pt;"> <b>Submission Deadline:</b> Friday, January 13, 5pm<br /><strong><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kx4z7fcab&et=1109068020042&s=5027&e=001RKKOxeoCJ-mPMBD5W-ZOD4-qKRLkuRa9GQzPDjO5IrcUUpWdwV3Jqqb5gNhugOoTNPg-x4Pj-urlQviL4f_gXoRH5gjklO4irtfptsTLkQk1e0Ks1HQ2WklIABhE-XMFfILMHw3H44ok-WKh9uOCnw==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">Download the full call</a></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Geneva; font-size: 12pt;"> <b><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kx4z7fcab&et=1109068020042&s=5027&e=001RKKOxeoCJ-lvgJafXP5XyusKW2EnJbY55PZCPT2_Cu5GpSJfB4h79vcQ6KNOHjsvwqulW6nnWtTKG9otllqOGsnhy0qLB9AefLAZLhuj-yg7NyPZJRIlyChahwKmfUoYelzE87ZaP15AxTzRhk1T3o50wNf1H49o" linktype="1" target="_blank">Submit Online</a></b></span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva; font-size: 10pt;">An open call for interactive installation to be included in an exhibition at <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kx4z7fcab&et=1109068020042&s=5027&e=001RKKOxeoCJ-lvcBn_PtBAxmfIexpoo_zEqOevtEn3P3vz5agwLsFCIQyVuBnPAfplbTSePUeIh8iybnkU8SZyO-bv8ivJBApnG_MZ3_odokvmJaYetVA15w==" shape="rect" target="_blank">Artisphere</a></span> from April 12 through May 20, 2012. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva; font-size: 10pt;">While every artwork is interactive, this open call is searching for works that highly consider elements of interactivity (in the broadest sense of the term), including (but not limited to) immersion, community activation, artificial intelligence, behavior, and experiments in sensor-based and computer vision environments. Some subjects to consider include notions of the multiple self, information visualization, digital surrogates, emergent systems, digital nomadic systems, simulations and simulacra, networks and surveillance, charged environments, bioart, and consciousness modeling. <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kx4z7fcab&et=1109068020042&s=5027&e=001RKKOxeoCJ-l2RbMGanFMDfA2RlRxsVxUClRJfb8DGXHGA-BmodvVcZ3SeCkOzo5gwoQllGzxniH5Lq_l64p1vV9Rhnr1GsGa3JV9R7WPComeLb4TCnPNwhUQD5R89ovB1ERTSWYiJWf71WapL11b-w==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">READ THE FULL CALL>></a> </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: black; text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva;">An open call for video-based artworks to be screened at <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kx4z7fcab&et=1109068020042&s=5027&e=001RKKOxeoCJ-lJK1wTgLhBab2HvISNdtj3Dm9TRlKxCY6mQ9Ho__8YmHwu-jI_bmFsAh9GGyQwW2Fi28-78p9BRad6VevmDpAgk5_cdgLAcN-6tIfH-Xv2VtEWMlus5oaaQYsP9AwXkNN_N1gu5lMv_g==" shape="rect" target="_blank">The Phillips Collection</a> and at <span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=kx4z7fcab&et=1109068020042&s=5027&e=001RKKOxeoCJ-lvcBn_PtBAxmfIexpoo_zEqOevtEn3P3vz5agwLsFCIQyVuBnPAfplbTSePUeIh8iybnkU8SZyO-bv8ivJBApnG_MZ3_odokvmJaYetVA15w==" shape="rect" target="_blank">Artisphere</a></span>, in April and May of 2012. From the videos selected for the screening, one work will be awarded the 2012 Kraft Prize for New Media, a cash prize of $750. </span></p>
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