[Pollinator] Fwd: Call For Artists: Soundwave>Series ((3))

Mon Nov 5 08:19:46 PST 2007

Alan's project is terrific. Please send this 
along to any sound artists you know.

jw

>Subject: Call For Artists: Soundwave>Series ((3))
>From: Alan So <alan at me-di-ate.net>
>Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:08:53 -0800
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>Call For Artists: Soundwave>Series ((3))
>MOVE>SOUND
>
>ME'D1.ATE is seeking artists and musicians for 
>the third season of the Soundwave>Series, the 
>innovative Bay Area multi-venue event series 
>exploring imaginations in sound. Scheduled for 
>the Summer of 2008 in San Francisco USA, this 
>season's theme is titled MOVE>SOUND, where 
>artists and musicians explore the intersection 
>of motion and sound, in its production, 
>collaboration, performance and interaction, and 
>how this engages, inspires, and challenges 
>audiences and performers with a new, bold and 
>intense aural experience.
>
>Important Dates
>-----------------------
>Call Opens: November 5 2007
>Call Closes: December 17 2007
>Invitations: February 4 2008
>Performance Development: March-June 2008
>Performance Dates: July/August 2008
>
>The theme tries to reinterpret how we see, feel 
>and experience our auditory senses, how this 
>moves us physically, emotively, intellectually 
>and spiritually. It investigates new and 
>innovative ways to experience sounds relation to 
>movement and explore how these connections 
>invigorate and inspire new directions in sound 
>making.
>
>ME'D1.ATE seeks proposals from sound artists, 
>experimental musicians, vocalists, bands, 
>classical/traditional musicians, orchestras, 
>composers, performance artists, dancers, 
>installation artists, media artists, filmmakers, 
>animators, spoken word artists, visual artists 
>and other artistic organizations and individuals 
>that involve an exploration between sound and 
>movement. Performers are encouraged to explore 
>new and innovative ideas of getting audiences 
>closer to their own sound/music using forms and 
>concepts of movement. Possible ideas may include 
>motion sensors, dance collaborations, film 
>collaborations, theatrics, moving vehicles, 
>visual cues, sound generating mechanisms, 
>installations, audience movement, and any other 
>ideas conjured by your imagination)
>
>----------------------------------------------
>Proposals must include:
>
>* Project Brief (describing what you are 
>interested in doing, how it involves the theme 
>of movement, and what you are hoping to achieve 
>with the audience. Provide in proposal 
>equipment/instruments/collaborations being used, 
>including what equipment is needed for 
>performance (clearly identify all 
>equipment/collaborators the artist(s) cannot 
>provide) (250 words)
>
>* Brief Biography (100 words) and Bio photo
>
>* Website and relevant links to previous 
>sound/music works (DO NOT attach sound or movie 
>files, only links to these files)
>
>(Brief and Bio must be sent via email, but 
>supporting materials may be sent to MEDIATE 
>NETWORK, P.O. Box 170305, San Francisco, CA 
>94117-0305 if necessary)
>
>Submit to: submissions at me-di-ate.net
>Inquiries and Questions: connect at me-di-ate.net
>Project Website: www.projectsoundwave.com
>Organization Website: www.me-di-ate.net
>----------------------------------------------
>
>Most performances are limited to approx 20 
>minutes long. Please indicate in your brief if 
>your piece needs to be longer or shorter. After 
>proposal acceptance, some productions may 
>require development time and learning of new 
>technologies to be fully realized. ME'D1.ATE can 
>help explore possibilities with you in terms of 
>collaborators, equipment and feasibility needs 
>but the artist is fully responsible for the 
>final work and its requirements for performance.
>
>ME'D1.ATE encourages all to apply however we are 
>unable to provide travel or housing costs for 
>those outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. 
>Performances are paid (per performance- 
>regardless of amount of performers) and is TBD 
>based on funding awards currently in process. As 
>ME'D1.ATE is actively seeking grant support, 
>opportunities to this funding may be available 
>to artists who respond before November 15 to 
>this call.
>
>
>About Soundwave>Series
>
>Soundwave>Series is Project>Soundwave's biennial 
>event series recently named Best Sound 
>Sculptures - Future Classic by San Francisco 
>Magazine's BEST of 2007 issue. Each season 
>investigates a new idea in sound and invites 
>diverse multidisciplinary artists and musicians 
>to explore the season's theme in new and 
>innovative directions. It challenges and 
>inspires artists and audiences to look deeper 
>into the sound medium and discover new 
>connections to sound making and experience. The 
>Soundwave>Series has completed two successful 
>seasons, Season 2's SURROUND>SOUND in 2006 and 
>Season 1's FREE>SOUND in 2004, and is currently 
>developing Season 3's MOVE>SOUND set to launch 
>in 2008. Project>Soundwave, launched in 2004, 
>explores the boundaries of how we see sound, 
>language and music. It is a project dedicated to 
>explore innovative sound work and present 
>intriguing artists in sound and music through 
>the production of CDs, exhibitions and live 
>events. Its mission is to explore the creation 
>of sound; attempt to understand and shape the 
>aural landscapes in everyday life; and finding 
>innovative ways to engage the listener using 
>sound as language, music, environment or a 
>vehicle for human connection and interaction.
>
>"The Soundwave Series has sought to make 
>irrelevant the typical distinctions between 
>artist, musician, audience, stage, and venue... 
>idiosyncratic performances that are challenging, 
>charming, magical, assaultive, and (as is always 
>the case with really sweet sound art) deeply 
>personal for everyone present." -SF Weekly
>
>"It's an artisitic and exploratory experience 
>for your senses that will open your eyes and 
>your mind." - Nitevibe
>
>"The result is a breathtaking assortment of 
>experimental sounds, noises and rhythmsŠ that 
>approach sound from a uniquely artistic 
>perspective...testing the limits of sound's raw 
>emotional capability." -- SF Examiner
>
>
>About ME'D1.ATE Network
>
>Based in San Francisco, USA, ME'D1.ATE produces 
>innovative exhibitions in visual and sound arts 
>with diverse emerging and established local and 
>international artists and musicians. It connects 
>these works to new and diverse audiences through 
>the initiation of exhibitions, products and live 
>events, which include the online art exhibition, 
>The.ME.Project (www.meproject.com) launched in 
>2002 and the CD and event series, 
>Project>Soundwave (www.projectsoundwave.com) 
>released in 2004.
>ME'D1.ATE's projects challenge perspectives to 
>inspire new and unique experiences within 
>ourselves and the world around us. Our goal is 
>for audiences to look beyond the surface, and 
>look deep into ideas and works critically, 
>imaginatively and without limitation.
>
>Founded in 1998 in Vancouver, Canada, ME'D1.ATE 
>Network was born to fulfill the need for an 
>innovative forum for artists and a voice for 
>progressive ideas to be seen, heard and explored.
>
>
>
>
>
>Alan So, Director, ME'D1.ATE Network
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>network: www.me-di-ate.net
>artlog: mediateart.blogspot.com
>studio: www.alansostudio.com
>sound: www.projectsoundwave.com
>series: www.projectsoundwave.com/series
>exhibit: www.meproject.com
>store: www.me-di-ate.net/store.html
>
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