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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Current: An Experiment in
Collecting Digital Art</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">An exhibition, acquisition and
debate, presented in partnership by the Harris Museum &
Art Gallery and folly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1019" style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;"><a
href="http://current-experiment.org.uk/" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none;
cursor: pointer;">http://current-experiment.org.uk/</a></span></span></font></p>
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12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Artist Call: Now open for
submissions</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Deadline:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object"
id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1020" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139);
text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">17th December</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">£1000 exhibition fee to
short-listed artists; £10,000 acquisition fee for final
selection.</span></font></p>
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12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">The Project:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Artists working in digital media
are invited to propose work for a public display at, and
acquisition by the Harris Museum & Art Gallery,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Preston</span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, as part of 'Current:
an Experiment in Collecting Digital Art'.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">This project not only celebrates
innovative and creative use of new media technology, but
forms a pioneering practical case study for the collection
and integration of digital artworks into existing permanent
collections; furthering the Harris' mission to establish a
nationally significant collection of new media art.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">An expert advisory panel will
select 3 – 5 artists to exhibit at the Harris from<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object"
id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1021" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139);
text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">25th March</span><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">–<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object"
id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1022" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139);
text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">4th June 2011</span></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, from which one
artwork will be selected by a secondary expert panel for
acquisition into the Harris' permanent collection.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">A public debate will be held in
Spring 2011 to analyse the experiment and share findings and
best practice on collecting digital art.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">About Us:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">The Harris is a magnificent
Neo-classical Grade I listed building which opened to the
public in 1893 in</span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Preston</span></font><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>city
centre, and houses the largest galleries in<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lancashire</span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- including stunning
contemporary gallery spaces. The museum holds strong
collections of fine and decorative art and local history,
including work by Lucien Freud, JMW Turner and video artist
Robert Cahen.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">folly is a leading digital arts
agency, based in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lancaster</span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and working across<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">England</span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">’s<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">North West</span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. folly aims to lead,
promote, maintain, improve and advance the field of cultural
activities that embrace the creative interaction between
arts and technology, by presenting an artistic programme
that provides collaboration between artists and the wider
public.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Requirements:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Applicants must:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">• Demonstrate innovative
use of new media technology (e.g. digital art, interactive
art, net art, electronic art, multi and time-based media) in
the making, display or distribution of their work.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">• Be able to articulate
how their work might be presented in a gallery environment</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">• Submit recent work,
i.e. produced up to 2 years previous to the submissions
deadline.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">• Currently reside in the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font
size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UK</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">• Have previous
experience in distributing work publicly (online, in
museums, galleries, etc)</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">• Hold the copyright for
the submitted work</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">• If selected, be
available for scheduled project dates:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gallery visits from:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object"
id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1023" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139);
text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">17th January</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Installation dates:
between 10th-<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1024"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none;
cursor: pointer;">24th March</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> <span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Exhibition opening
and selected acquisition announcement:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object"
id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1025" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139);
text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">25th March</span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Fees:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">• Short-listed artists
will each receive an exhibition fee of £1000</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">• Final artwork will be
acquired for an acquisition fee of £10,000</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">For further information and free
registration for submission, visit<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="Object"
id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT1026" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139);
text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;"><a
href="http://current-experiment.org.uk/" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none;
cursor: pointer;">http://current-experiment.org.uk/</a></span></span></font></p>
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12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
12pt; font-family: Arial;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">Follow the project on twitter
@current2011</span></font></p>
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12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><strong><b><font size="3"
face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Lindsay Taylor</span></font></b></strong></p>
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face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
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rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:l.taylor@preston.gov.uk">l.taylor@preston.gov.uk</a></span></span></font></p>
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