Concept NULL Newsletter #23
Concept NULL Newsletter #23
Welcome 👋
Happy Friday, and welcome to newsletter #23 !
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We don’t have too much to share from our side this month, but we hope to share our plans for the upcoming location/date/format of our next meetup in the coming weeks. And just a heads up, the Monday meetup in Digital Artists Ireland Discord has been pushed forward to Monday the 25th of March!
As always, a warm welcome to anyone that is new here! Thank you again for all of your support, and we hope you enjoy the quick read, as well as your weekend 🍀
The Spotlight 🔦
Dublin Sound Lab: Eryk Salvaggio - AI Workshop
Location: The Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin
Date: April 2nd
What is artificial intelligence, and what does it mean for musicians? Beyond automated songwriting, are there other ways to define and design artificial intelligence in the making of sound and music? In this workshop, Eryk Salvaggio (cyberneticforests.com) -- an artist and media theorist who uses AI tools to critique AI -- presents an overview of creative strategies for deploying machine learning that respects human creativity. He will share his process of scoring music from the migrations of Golden Eagles using machine learning; his sonic explorations of electric mushrooms, and what he has learned from the creative misuse of AI music-making with his "cyborg pop" project, The Organizing Committee. After the talk, participants will be given an overview of AI music tools, and techniques, ranging from the experimental to mainstream.
This workshop is suitable for musicians, composers and concert-goers, or anyone with an interest in electronic music and how it is composed, or how technology can be integrated into composition and performance.
Sensors and Systems for Interactive Art - 2 Day Workshop
Location: Carat Artists Collective, Leitrim
Date: April 11th
Shane Finan will run a 2-day workshop on DIY and open source hardware for artists. Attendees will learn how to make interactive artworks using Raspberry Pi and Arduino together.
The course will cover the basics of setting up an operating system on a Raspberry Pi, linking it to an Arduino board, connecting sensors to the board, and passing readings from a sensor into the Raspberry Pi.
Attendees will learn how the different pieces of hardware can be used in artworks, and will learn the basics of three programming languages (Python, bash scripts, and Arduino/C++). The course will include an exploration of how artists use open source and DIY systems in interactive installations.
“cloakroom” at club [construction] !
Location: Digital Arts Studios, Belfast
Date: March 8th - March 28th
“cloakroom” at club [construction] ! hopes to reflect a glimmer of the belonging, betrayal, break-up, revenge, recovery and renewal of queer club-spaces, club-cultures and club-communities of the past, present and future (…?).
Stemming from the findings of a long-term research project into the histories of queer club-culture, “cloakroom” at club [construction] ! stems from a fascination with the historical adjacency of avant-garde queer club-communities with heterosexual working-class sports clubs in industrial Western-European cities (such as London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester and Belfast), and the strange, occasional, cultural-phenomena of these polarising club sub-cultures merging as a result of their close-proximity. “cloakroom” at club [construction] ! blurs the props of hyper-masculinist fandom, sports-spectatorship and fan-culture, with the camp extravagance of queer masculinity and the queer club-space.
LAURA BUCKLEY: PAINTING WITH LIGHT
Location: Galway Arts Centre - 47 Dominick Street
Date: February 2nd - March 30th
On what would have been her 47th birthday we are honoured to celebrate the extraordinary Laura Buckley with this survey exhibition curated by Eamonn Maxwell. The exhibition opens on Saturday 10 Feb at 6:00pm, and all are welcome to attend.
This exhibition will feature a number of her sculptural installations and all of the works in the show are being exhibited in Ireland for the first time ever. Painting With Light is Laura’s first solo exhibition at any public gallery in Ireland, and it’s very fitting that this show is happening in her birth county of Galway, a place she loved. Laura was born in Tuam, Co Galway in 1977 and died in London in 2022.
Articles 📰
Generative AI 101
by Artificial Images (Derrick Schultz)
A video series by Derrick Schultz, a pioneering artist and educator who works at the intersection of ML, Art, and Technology. In this video series, Derrick explores Generative AI - LLM’s, Prompt Engineering, Diffusion Models.
Alongside this, Derrick channel is filled with educational resources on ML techniques and tools for artists - really worth to check it out!
Open Calls📯
K-FEST Arts Festival
Deadline: 07-04-2024
Killorglin, Kerry
K-FEST Arts Festival, Killorglin, Co. Kerry (May 31 – June 3) invites visual Artists and performing Artists to submit their work for inclusion in the 2024 visual and performing art pop-up gallery programme. ALL artistic media will be examined and considered. Submissions are welcome from Irish and International applicants based in Ireland. K-FEST places a high regard and a valued interest for the inclusion of artwork from new emerging artists situated within Ireland. There are no submission fees and the final selection of artworks will be based on artistic quality, thematic connection and feasibility.
SHAPE+ platform
Deadline: 31-03-2024
EU
SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, co-funded by the European Union, announces a new open call for artist submissions for its next working period: July 15, 2024 – July 14, 2025
SHAPE+ aims to boost the careers of European artists through collaborative residencies, commissioned artworks and performances. SHAPE+ artists will be invited to festivals and venues in Europe and beyond, as well as networking and career development events. Combining an open call and a curatorial selection, the participating festivals and venues select a roster of artists to support each year.
EARTH RISING 2024
Deadline: 12-04-2024
Dublin
“We are delighted to once again invite applications from interested artists, collectives and community groups through our Open Call.
Art has always played a powerful role in reflecting and shaping society. In a rapidly changing world, here at IMMA, we understand our role as a space for dialogue and understanding, promoting social progress and cultural innovation in response to contemporary challenges. The climate crisis represents one of the greatest challenges of our time, requiring collective efforts to mitigate its impacts and ensure a sustainable future for generations to come.
By engaging audiences in creative and thought-provoking ways, IMMA can foster a sense of urgency around the need for environmental stewardship and to connect communities in an increasingly divided world.”
TULCA 2024: Open Call
Deadline: 28-03-2024
Galway
The 22nd edition of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts will embed itself in multiple venues and locations throughout Galway City and County in November 2024, accompanied by an extensive public programme and publication.
Entitled The Salvage Agency, curator Michele Horrigan welcomes artistic proposals and artwork submissions that consider the agency and role of art in contemporary ecology and environmental study, and those that examine the underlying attitudes that have led to today’s critical and urgent impasse.
Galway, on the edge of the northeast Atlantic, is a unique location for a heightened awareness of what is at stake, and why? Explorations of landscape, seascape and nature, public space, colonial history, political structures, the industrial complex and folk narratives are all pertinent. These are paths taken by our collective society in the shaping of today’s world and a contemporary Europe. Can art create an undercurrent of improvisation and frugality, haphazard formality, and change to offer new perspectives, provocations and empathy? From the wreckage, can art nourish a new reality?
Onassis ONX Immersive Proof-of-Concept 2024
Deadline: 15-03-2024
Athens, Greece & Online
In response to the worldwide surge in immersive storytelling and the limited engagement of Greek creators in digital arts, Onassis ONX is establishing a program to support local artists in developing high quality immersive experiences and participating in major international festivals and pitching events. At least one (1) team member - (team representative) should be a Greek tax resident. Selected teams will receive seed-funding (up to €10,000) for prototype development, as well as personalized mentoring and coaching from artists and producers with international experience over a 6-month period.
Brave New Future - Science Gallery Monterrey
Deadline: 25-03-2024
Mexico
Science Gallery Monterrey is inviting artists, researchers, community activists and critical thinkers, to submit proposals for existing artistic and research projects to be part of their 2024 inaugural show “Brave New Future,” which will open in September 2024. SGM is a space where artistic and scientific modes of thinking are brought into a collision course to unbalance and stimulate each other, push the boundaries of knowledge and generate unexpected ideas that offer new perspectives and solutions to current challenges. International applicants can apply. Project funding is 200,000 pesos (about €10k). Submission accepted from all over the world. When drafting your budget, please make your best estimate about the costs of shipping, transportation etc. in relation to your locale and that of the Science Gallery you wish to exhibit in.
POMA - Platform of Open Media Art
Deadline: 15-03-2024
Košice, Slovakia
Platform of Open Media Art is a platform for new media art, exhibiting international and slovak digital media artists in public space in Košice, Slovakia and it's curated by Nano vjs. It’s an open call for all kinds of digital media artworks from CGI animations, AR, XR, web art, digital moving image, game based projects, video art, etc.
Film Freeway - Altered Images
Deadline: 16-04-2024
Online & London, England
Altered Images is a project for film and music experimentation. They bring together artists from various disciplines to create original and unique pieces that will be shown at their event with a focus in New Media Arts, Sound, Performance, Inclusivity, Feminism and Queer Activism. Our showcase is open to artists all around the world whose works have an experimental and innovative character. The aim of the festival is to showcase films that are open to a sound reinterpretation. Its goal is to create forthcoming events of live music, projections and art installations where people can enjoy the show in a relaxed and friendly environment within the London artist scene.
Rewilding Cultures Mobility Conversation
Deadline: 30-03-2024
Europe
The Rewilding Cultures project wants to open a discussion on how we can advocate for and make changes and better choices to empower more sustainable and inclusive practices within cultural exchange. With this call they want to offer support for those who are aspiring towards more sustainable choices and practices, have needs and wants which go beyond current forms of funding but also for those who want to experiment, test and question not only with mobility but also through work. They also offer support for ongoing activities. Artists, researchers and technologists can apply for mobility or mobility-related work support which destinations go beyond the RC network partners. The proposed activity needs to happen in 2024. 8 grants every year, each with up to 1400 EURO.
Venezia Open Art - Art for Planet
Deadline: 24-03-2024
Venice, Italy & Online
The theme of the exhibitions is open but they welcome works that focus on environmental issues, attracting public attention and stimulating awareness of climate change, including by using recycled or reused materials for the works, demonstrating how art itself can help reduce environmental impact through sustainable practices. In-person exhibition of the work at the Association's exhibition space for one month OR Virtual exhibition of the work projected on a screen at the Association's exhibition space, for more than 3 months (14 consecutive weeks).
The Lumen Prize - 2024
Deadline: 25-05-2024
Online
The prize recognizes exceptional art created with technology across categories that speak to the current artistic and cultural climate. This year, there are 5 categories you can enter: These are the five categories ( including futures, impact and interactive/immersive ) which you may enter in 2024, each with a $1,500 prize. All submitted artworks will be reviewed by at least two members of their International Selectors Committee. Up to 70 artists will become finalists, whose work will then be reviewed by the Jury Panel. There will be nine total prize winners. Please note there is a fee for entry which we don’t tend to promote very often. Opens March 7th.
Open Call - Festival LMDP 2024
Deadline: 02-04-2024
Italy
The 11th edition of "The Wonders of the Possible" International Festival of Theater Art and New Technologies will be held in Cagliari at DOMOSC Space between November and December 2024. Organized by Kyber Teatro, the festival encourages creative exploration at the intersection of technology and art through shows, performances, installations, workshops, and conferences. Open to both Italian and foreign artists, including emerging or under-35 companies, submissions for participation are welcome until April 2, 2024.
Residencies🏠
DAS Home Residency
Deadline: March 24th
Belfast
Established in 2003, DAS has hosted some 200 artists-in-residence, and we are delighted to be hosting our next residency in our new studios at Exchange Place. Our doors are open and we look forward to supporting you and the digital arts.
DAS Home Residency offers artists four months to work on a specific project of their choice, developing their skills and artistic practice. We welcome proposals from artists from any background who wish to engage with digital technologies to push the boundaries of their own practice and the cultural world around us.
FSAS 2024 Residential Award
Deadline: March 22nd
Dublin, Ireland
Fire Station Artists’ Studios has provided live/work studios, sculpture and digital media production resources, as well as curatorial opportunities for Visual Artists in Dublin’s city centre for over 30 years.
Supported by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council, FSAS continues to offer highly subsidised live/work residential studios for professional Visual Artists in Dublin city centre, at a time when city living is challenging. Highly reduced rent includes utilities, waste disposal, parking, internet access, use of the digital media resources and curatorial support, as well as subsidised access to our workspaces and equipment means Ireland’s artists can focus on their work.
Catalyst Residency with Create & Fire Station Artists’ Studios
Deadline: April 8th
Dublin, Ireland
The Catalyst Residency, offered in partnership between Create and Fire Station Artists’ Studios (FSAS), offers a socially engaged artist from an under-represented ethnic background a one-month residency in Dublin 1 during June 2024. The residency is intended as an artist-led incubation period which allows them to develop their practice and their networks with targeted support from the residency partners.
Light Moves Festival - Open Futures 2024
Deadline: March 29th 15:00
Limerick, Ireland & Online
Studio Light Moves of Light Moves Festival have an open call that takes the form of a residency-based lab space for dance artists and digital-media artists to explore the intersection of dance across media, interaction design and screen-based practices. Open Futures 2024 invites collaborative submissions, consisting of one dance artist and one digital artist, to engage in a mentored exploration of the potential of interdisciplinary exchange within practices that consider stage, gallery, interaction, installation and outdoor settings. A total €4,000 per pair financial support.
Sonic Experiments - 2024
Deadline: 31-03-2024
Karlsruhe, Germany
The ZKM | Hertz-Labor offers five international composers and artists from Creative Europe countries the opportunity to apply in three different categories/genres and to submit project proposals for the realization of a new work without a visa requirement. All works can be designed audiovisually. The following implementation and presentation modes are available for all three categories: Composition for live electronics, Mixed Music (acoustic instruments combined with electronics), Experimental performance with prominent electronic music or sound components, Live coding, Acousmatics, Fixed media. You will get free accommodation for the month + €1000.
Studio Vacancies 🗝️
A4 Sounds - STUDIO MEMBERSHIPS
Location: Dublin, Ireland
A4 Sounds is a non-profit artist-run workspace and gallery in north-inner-city Dublin. It is one of the biggest artist-led spaces in Ireland, currently providing facilities and professional development supports to 80 artists. They offer workshops, professional support, studio facilities, storage etc. You can access the studio by paying the studio membership of €75+ per month. Please note if you want access to the personal studio spaces you must be a fine artist of some sort.
Jobs 🔨
Associate Multimedia Specialist, dogpatch LABS
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Funding 💰
Irish Arts Council | Agility Award
Deadline: 25-04-2024
Restrictions: Artists based in Ireland
Amount:
(Opens March 5th). The purpose of the award is to support individual freelance artists and arts practitioners at any stage of their careers.
That’s it for now! The newsletter gets sent out 1st and 15th of every month and we post open calls and events as they come in on our Instagram so be sure to follow us there.
Again, thank you for all of your support as we continue to grow our project with the help of a great community and, as we always say, we would love to hear your thoughts, projects, events or other open opportunities so drop us an email.
Chat soon, Concept NULL
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