Friday, December 12, 2014

2015 Phase One Electronic Music and Arts Festival at The Dock Arts Centre Call for Submissions


We are delighted to announce a call for artists working with new media to participate in the 2015 Phase One Electronic Music and Arts Festival at The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, April 3-5 2015.
Now in its third year, Phase One has been granted use of the full and expansive gallery space at The Dock, and we are accepting proposals from artists at all stages of their career to use this spectacular space.

The Dock is a former courthouse, and using this as a concept we are asking artists to respond to the history of the space by looking at the idea of law (or digital law), the practice of reinventing places, and the relationship between art and the history of a place. We are looking for engaging and interesting proposals for our audience of over 200, and this can include (but is not exclusive to) interactive media art, illustration, print, mobile art, pervasive art, projection/video or any other work that uses digital media as a theme or medium. As the space is very large the scope for scale of work is broad, and there is the potential to stage artworks off-site.

A panel will assess every entry on its merit and on its relevance to the theme. They will look at past exhibition experience as a guide to the level of quality of the artist’s practice. New works are very welcome, but we would appreciate a detailed description with sketches and evidence of past work that demonstrates an ability to create the proposed artwork.
This festival is voluntarily run and there is a limited budget. We are very conscious of the Visual Artists Ireland visual arts payment guides, and would hope to be able to properly fund the exhibition. No proposal will be refused based on an artist’s proposed budget if supplied. As a small token of thanks we offer a free pass to any exhibiting artists to the events over the weekend, and there is a range of equipment available at the gallery for experimental works, including computers, projectors and video screens if artists would like to experiment with new works. We welcome this sort of proposal and look forward to seeing all entries.

Please provide: A CV, a project proposal (if relevant), and a short portfolio in any digital format (up to 10 works, links to online digital work/documentation or online portfolios are perfectly acceptable). Provide any other supporting documentation you feel will assist your application. If proposing a new work please provide sketches and a description of work.
Further information: visualarts@phaseonefestival.com
Deadline for entries is January 15, 2015, but please apply early as works will be assessed at intervals between now and the closing date.

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