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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
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lang="EN">Dear Spectrites, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
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lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">The countdown
is ticking for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Open
Calls for the Roots & Seeds XXI
project</b>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
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New Roman";color:red;mso-ansi-language:
FR">Deadline</span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
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color:red;mso-ansi-language:FR"> </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">for the </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book""
lang="EN">support to the creation of
two artworks and for the research residency is <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="color:red">February 15th</span></b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Avenir Book";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"
lang="EN">Full guidelines and application
forms: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.rootsandseedsxxi.eu/open-call">www.rootsandseedsxxi.eu/open-call</a></span></b></p>
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">In the
meantime, we are delighted to
announce our <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">international
Juries</b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";color:red;mso-ansi-language:
FR">> JURY for the Research Residency </span></b><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir
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mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
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place at the Malina House in Paris (April 2022) with the
assistance of Annick
Bureaud, Director of Leonardo/Olats:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">- Roger
Malina, Astronomer, Executive
Editor of the Leonardo publications at MIT Press, President of
Leonardo/Olats
(France)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">- Ramuntcho
Matta, Artist, Founder and
Director of Lizières Cultural and Resource center (France) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">- Victoria
Vesna, Artist (USA)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">- Claudia
Schnugg, Curator and
Researcher in Art-Science (Austria)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">- Oriane
Hidalgo, Botanist, Botanical
Institute of Barcelona (Spain)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Avenir
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Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">- Annick
Bureaud, Art Critic, Curator
and Director of Leonardo/Olats (France)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">- Tatiana
Kourochkina, Director of Quo
Artis Foundation (Spain)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Avenir
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Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR">The two-week
"MM Residencies"
offer time and a space for reflection, meetings and exchanges
without any
production obligations. The selected participant will receive a
grant of
1.400€, and travel costs will additionally be covered.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
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Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:FR"><a
href="https://www.facebook.com/LeonardoOlats/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZVgGgiLTBzEbU_-xTvzIlKoNUHdJBv2y8boirrgn51miAizCwd1K81_undzc59pr7dHb1E_1U7TL8rgPxzJmgX8BuvEF9tbexDLW7PBqXB1yhfZb89-rdNB6TKo6ealnwFBLIcC6JgjTGztuS30ZDSXkKxs2u6WarvjbFYIWySapyNETul9ozti1jox02PCf9w&__tn__=kK-R"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="color:red">>
JURY for the support to the creation of </span></b></span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Avenir Book";color:red" lang="EN">two
artworks</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Avenir Book";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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Roman";color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">- Valentino Catricalà, curator
at SODA Gallery Manchester
and lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University (IT/UK)</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir
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MingLiU;mso-bidi-font-family:MingLiU;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"
lang="EN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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Emoji";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"
lang="EN">- </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir
Book";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">Lucio
Montecchio, Researcher and Professor of Forest Pathology at the
University of
Padova and member of the Board of the Botanical Garden of Padova
(IT)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"
lang="EN">-</span><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
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Aliya Sakhariyeva, Art historian, Director of the Art &
Science Center and
Master Degree Program, ITMO University (KZ/RU)</span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Apple
Braille";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Apple
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color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">⠀⠀⠀⠀</span><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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Emoji";
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"
lang="EN">-</span><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
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Vid Simoniti, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of
Liverpool, Director
of MA in Art, Aesthetics and Cultural Institutions (SI/UK)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"
lang="EN">- </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Nicola Triscott, Curator,
co-founder of Arts
Catalyst and the director of FACT Liverpool (UK)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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Roman";color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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Roman";color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">The Jury will select 2 projects
that will be awarded:</span></p>
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lang="EN">- </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Avenir
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">Artwork
Production up to 12.500€ (artist fee included)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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Roman";color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">- Artwork Production up to
5.500€ (artist fee included)</span><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:MingLiU;mso-bidi-font-family:MingLiU;color:black;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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Roman";color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">This Open Call will support two
artwork productions for
art & science projects that address the biodiversity crisis
(focused on the
botanical world), and do so in direct collaboration with
scientific professionals
and/or institutions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
Book";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">Projects must be completed in a
maximum period of 12
months, starting in May 2021, and the resulting works will be
exhibited at Ars
Electronica Festival (September 2022). Successful applicants
will also benefit
from other “Roots & Seeds XXI” international events.</span><span
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lang="EN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">The Production amounts exclude
VAT which will also be
paid by the award. </span></p>
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mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN"> </span></p>
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font-family:"Avenir
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mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">- R&S Partners</span><span
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font-family:"Avenir
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mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">@arselectronica</span></p>
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font-family:"Avenir
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mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">@unibarcelona in collab with
@ibb_botanic</span></p>
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mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">#leonardo/olats</span><span
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text1" lang="EN">⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀</span><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:"Avenir
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mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">With the support of Creative
Europe Programme of the
European Union</span></p>
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font-family:"Avenir
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mso-themecolor:text1" lang="EN">@creativeeurope</span></p>
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style="font-size:
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lang="EN"> </span></p>
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much looking forward to
reading your proposals!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
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lang="EN">All the Best</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
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lang="EN">Annick Bureaud</span></p>
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