Concept NULL Newsletter #35
👋 Welcome
Happy Sunday!
Thank you to everyone who came to the meetup in Galway last week, and to our speakers - Celsey McFadden, Rocío Romero Grau , Róisín Berg , Cailean Finn , and Paul O'Neill.
A special thank you again to Galway Culture Company ↗ , Centre for Creative Technology ↗ , and Cybernate ↗ for facilitating this event.
Also, Culture Night 2024 is upon us soon so we have looked at all the amazing happenings around the country and highlighted the ones we felt fit the bill. We hope you all go out and see some of the amazing stuff happening in Ireland and support the artists!
We hope to announce some more events very soon, but for now, feel free to reach out to us with any feedback or suggestions via email to conceptnullofficial@gmail.com
🔦 Spotlight
Culture Night 2024
Organiser/s: Culture Night
Location: Nationwide
Date: 20-09-2024 → 20-09-2024
The nineteenth edition of Culture Night will take place on Friday 20 September 2024.
Digital Arts – Créativité & Innovation Tour in Ireland
Organiser/s: The French Embassy in Ireland
Location: Multiple Locations
Date: 17-09-2024 → 27-09-2024
This project showcases French expertise in digital creativity through outdoor interactive installations and hands-on workshops on video mapping, augmented reality and AI, led by French digital artists Maxime Touroute and Rémy Dupanloup. Presented in close collaboration with Irish cultural partners, this tour takes place in Dublin, Galway, Tuam, and Ballina. The workshops are designed to facilitate access to digital tools and stimulate creative potential and collaboration among students and professionals from various cultural sectors through the sharing of resources, expertise, and diverse artistic experiences.
🎪 Events
Ambient Orbit, RTÉ Lyric Fm and the Douglas Hyde
Organiser/s: The Douglas Hyde
Location: Dublin
Date: 20-09-2024 → 20-09-2024
The Douglas Hyde is delighted to collaborate with RTÉ lyric fm’s Ambient Orbit to present a live event in the Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin. Join us for a mix of field recordings, ambient music, live musical performances from Rachael Lavelle & Ryan Hargadon, Seamas Hyland and Méabh McKenna, and bespoke visuals from Tadhg O’Sullivan. Within the beautiful and historic setting of the Museum Building, this event will create space for the audience to immerse into music, environmental sound and imagery. Ambient Orbit is a non-presenter led specialist music programme on RTÉ lyric fm, produced by Áine Gallagher and Peter Curtin. It occupies a unique space in Irish radio with its beautifully crafted mix of ambient sounds and field recordings from the Irish landscape.
Glowscape at PorterShed
Organiser/s: The PorterShed
Location: Dublin
Date: 20-09-2024 → 20-09-2024
The PorterShed is excited to present an immersive light art experience for Culture Night. Artists Will McLoughlin, Eoghan O Kelly, Eoghan Kilgrew and Cadhla Forde will transform the vibrant event space into an otherworldly realm through light, projections, sculptures, and a notable Kinetic Sensor experience. This interactive sensory installation captures and mimics visitors' movements, allowing them to flow and dance through the room, creating a dynamic and engaging environment. Paired with light art and music, this experience promises to transport visitors for a couple of hours into a captivating, ethereal world.
Let's Draw
Organiser/s: The French Embassy
Location: Galway
Date: 20-09-2024 → 20-09-2024
In collaboration with the French Embassy in Ireland, Galway City Council presents “Let's Draw” by Maxime Touroute and Rémy Dupanloup. Lets Draw is funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and is part of the ongoing development and enhancement of Galway City's thriving Night-Time Economy. Let's Draw will transform Galway's iconic Spanish Arch into an interactive canvas where the public becomes the artist. Taking place from 9PM pm to midnight participants of all ages are invited to use their smartphones as drawing tools. Creations will be projected in real-time onto the Comerford House building, forming a tapestry of light and colour that evolves with each stroke.
Light Bank
Organiser/s: County Longford Arts Service & NTE Longford
Location: Longford
Date: 20-09-2024 → 20-09-2024
County Longford Arts Service and NTE Longford present "Light Bank," a large-scale outdoor digital art event transforming the former Ulster Bank building in Longford. This project blends Longford's commercial past with contemporary digital art, featuring animations and visual narratives projected onto the building’s facade. Hosted by Longford Arms Hotel and developed in collaboration with mentor artist Caroline Conway, artists Nathan Sheridan, Mary Fleming, Raymond Asiemo, and Patrina Prunty have created site-specific artworks celebrating Longford’s culture and community.
OTHERWORLD
Organiser/s: Outset Gallery
Location: Galway
Date: 20-09-2024 → 20-09-2024
Following the success of Culture Night 2023, Outset Gallery and producer Emmet Kerrigan present "OTHERWORLD" for Culture Night 2024. This multidisciplinary arts event will guide audiences through various stages, featuring top music acts from Galway and beyond. "OTHERWORLD" offers an immersive audiovisual experience that reflects Galway's contemporary culture, blending historic charm with future possibilities. The event includes musicians, DJs, and visual artists. For details on the lineup and schedule, visit @outset_gallery / @outset_events_galway. The event runs from 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM at Cornstore and from 11:00 PM to 1:30 AM at Deburgos.
Open Night at TOG Hackerspace
Organiser/s: TOG
Location: Dublin
Date: 20-09-2024 → 20-09-2024
Tour the Hackerspace to learn about innovative projects and technologies at TOG. Enjoy demonstrations of their fabrication equipment including 3D printers, laser cutters, and CNCs. Guests can also try their hand at an electronics project or learn lock-picking. TOG encompasses many elements from the maker movement, so this is a fantastic event for creators and tinkerers of all ages! TOG is a hackerspace run and funded by its ongoing members. It offers a modern studio-like space, with access to a large range of equipment and a community of welcoming STEAM enthusiasts.
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📯 Open Calls
"The Future Will Be Better Tomorrow" AI Art Competition
Deadline: 30-09-2024
Warsaw
We invite artists and AI enthusiasts to participate in our AI Art Competition and Exposition, "The Future Will Be Better Tomorrow." This event highlights AI as a creative tool and explores future perspectives on AI. The competition includes online submissions, selection of the top 30 works for an on-site exposition, and an awards ceremony with cash prizes. Visual artworks in any form—images, videos, sculptures, installations, or live performances—are welcome, especially those addressing AI's future. AI use is encouraged but not mandatory. For full details, see the competition terms and conditions.
CVM's Call for New Visual Music Work
Deadline: 30-09-2024
USA
This call is made to give attention to the Visual Music work celebrated by Center for Visual Music in relation to image and movement, abstraction and music, not only from historical creators like Oskar Fischinger, but also continuing with contemporary artists. The new film should be original. Length should be 8 minutes or under. We are seeking abstract visual music work (please do not submit documentaries, for instance). Please note, we are unable to showcase the film on social media, Vimeo or YouTube if the music is not cleared.
Art Code Text
Deadline: 25-09-2024
Online
Fubar is a program focused on electronic experiments and research in contemporary error-themed digital art theory and practice. This year is the tenth and the last annual Fubar edition. In 2024 our exhibition topic is focused on FAILED PROJECTS and mistakes. This call is open to Glitch Art work made within the pitfalls of New Media Art, Code and Theory. They welcome the best of your worst: broken yet readable files, unexpected artifacts, digital rubbish, explorations in futility, deliberations on failures, your worst takes and general stuff you may never get to show at an exhibition.
Open Call for Glitch Art work
Deadline: 25-09-2024
Online
Fubar is a program focused on electronic experiments and research in contemporary error-themed digital art theory and practice. This year is the tenth and the last annual Fubar edition. In 2024 our exhibition topic is focused on FAILED PROJECTS and mistakes. This call is open to Glitch Art work made within the pitfalls of New Media Art, Code and Theory. They welcome the best of your worst: broken yet readable files, unexpected artifacts, digital rubbish, explorations in futility, deliberations on failures, your worst takes and general stuff you may never get to show at an exhibition.
hinterconti: From Digital to Analog (and back again?)
Deadline: 20-09-2024
Hamburg
hinterconti have announced their open call for works to be featured in the exhibition, 'From Digital to Analog' (and back again?)' - an exhibition dedicated to artistic works that take images from the digital realm and transferred into the analogue, transforming it, slowing it down or bringing it to a standstill. Metamorphosed for reconsideration, tranquil for lingering. The call for proposals is aimed primarily at marginalized artists from the field of media art.
UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Karlsruhe Project Funding
Deadline: 20-09-2024
Karlsruhe
The UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Karlsruhe is opening its doors to artists and media professionals from all over the world for the first time! The 2024 project funding program is aimed at creatives who deal with current social and cultural issues and make use of the potential of media art. International exchange, co-operation and interdisciplinarity are the focus of this call for proposals. Funding will go to projects that are designed for outdoor spaces and create a high level of visibility for the public and can amount to up to 40,000 euros per project. The selected projects will be presented in summer 2025 as part of the “Media art is here” exhibition.
Hangar: Exploring the Boundaries of Generative AI in Photography
Deadline: 15-09-2024
Brussels
This call invites artists photographers to reimagine history through image generation. PROMPT: combine the artistry of photography and the technology of image generation to revisit and reimagine historical events, characters or situations and present a body of works blurring the lines between fiction and reality. Laureates will be part of the collective exhibition at Hangar from January 24 to June 14, 2025, have their work published in the exhibition catalogue, receive support for the production costs of the exhibition’s works and a Cash prize of €2000.
🏠 Residencies
OPEN CALL: STUDIOTOPIA Residency Programme for Emerging Artists
Deadline: 31-10-2024
Dublin
The STUDIOTOPIA Residency Programme invites 8 emerging visual and performing artists to collaborate with 8 established scientists in a comprehensive 12-month residency. As an artist in this program, you will work closely with a scientist to tackle challenges defined by the Local Challenge Committees (LCC).
The Air We Share
Deadline: 30-09-2024
Ireland
Running from October 2024 to July 2025, these residencies invite artists of all disciplines to engage with the critical issue of air pollution through creative practice, community involvement, and collaboration with climate scientists. Whether working in visual arts, immersive tech, or socially engaged practices, selected artists will develop ambitious projects that connect the local community in Westside with innovative research on air quality and climate.
Call for residency: V2_ x IFFR
Deadline: 29-09-2024
Rotterdman
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media are launching an open call for a hybrid residency from November 2024, culminating in an exhibition during IFFR 2025. This residency invites media artists and filmmakers to explore the crossover between film and media arts, encouraging experimentation and creative growth. A budget of €16,500 is provided to cover fees, including travel and production costs. The residency runs from November 2024 to February 2025, with a mix of remote and on-location work. Applications are open to all, regardless of background or identity.
💰 Funding
Animation Innovation and Immersive Development Fund
Deadline: 27-09-2024
Ireland
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Animation Ireland are delighted to announce, with the support of Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet & Eirmersive, that applications are now open for the 2024 Animation Innovation and Immersive Development Fund. Since the fund was initially launched in 2021, Screen Ireland has supported the development of 30 innovative, high-concept projects across areas such as immersive storytelling, VR, augmented reality and app development. Producers and industry creatives can apply for a project investment of up to a maximum of €75,000 in total. Each proposal will be assessed on criteria measuring the quality and level of innovation involved in the project, and its appeal to the market.
🛠️ Workshops
Prototyping Lab 2024
Deadline: 06-10-2024
Munich
Exchange ideas, collaborate with other participants from a global community, share knowledge, and learn from the leading storytellers, creative technologists, XR makers and producers how they create their magic. The PROTOTYPING LAB is the last of three activities of the EUCL 2024 and starts with 3 (live) online master classes (end of October) and will take part 5 days on-site in Munich (Germany) from November 4th to 8th, 2024. Your travel days are November 3rd - 9th, 2024. Please note there is a participation fee of €500 - €650.
🔓 Studio Vacancies
Artists’ Apartments, 1-2 John’s Square Call-Out
Deadline: 18-09-2024
Limerick
The Artists’ Apartments create conditions for affordable living spaces for individual artists and attract and keep artists living and working in Limerick City, by encouraging living and working within the urban context. The apartments provide subsidised living spaces in recognition that artists and many individuals working in the arts are on modest income levels.
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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