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[Marieke Istha <istha@nimk.nl>]

Media Art Platform Newsletter

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Welcome to the newsletter of the Media Art Platform (MAP).
MAP is a platform for media art enthusiasts and professionals.
Your input is always welcome! Do get in touch with us if you would like to play an active role on MAP, either by posting your own activities, by being a forum host or by writing a web blog about your work and interests related to media art.
info@mediaartplatform.org

[CALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES]

If you are specifically interested in calls and opportunities, be sure to visit our blog page on this subject here. An RSS feed for this page is also available.

Some interesting calls at this moment:

# Call for experimental films and video-art entries: CologneOFF – Let’s Save the World!?
Let’s Save the World!? - is the theme of a special selection to be made in the framework of the nomadic festival project “CologneOFF 2011/2012 – videoart in a global context” http://coff.newmediafest.org which is not only appealing to work actively for the survival of our blue planet, but dealing with the questions what can be done to save the world and how can it be done, dealing with environmental issues & substainability, social & global responsibility and much more.
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2011
http://bit.ly/f6elBC

 # App goes Art // Art goes App - AppArtAward 2011
The ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and CAS Software AG, CyberForum e.V., together with the partners MFG Baden-Württemberg - Public Innovation Agency for ICT and Media, and GFT Technologies AG, present the International AppArtAward 2011.
Submission deadline : 15 May, 2011
http://bit.ly/dE5Mdq

# OPEN CALL: SYNAPSE – The International Curators’ Network at Haus der Kulturen der Welt
The first network meeting of SYNAPSE will focus on the interactions between science and art. Among other questions, it will address how scientific topics can be approached by curators. In interdisciplinary workshops, ten selected SYNAPSE curators and the five winning curators of Meridian I Urban.Curatorial Projects on Health will generate new project ideas. Visits to galleries, museums, and project and exhibition spaces will connect SYNAPSE participants with the vibrant Berlin art scene.
Deadline: May 31, 2011
http://bit.ly/hWYAMH

[CALENDAR - MEDIA ARTS IN THE NETHERLANDS]
Current and upcoming events in the media art calendar:

#CHILLING EFFECTS
21 Apr 2011 - 29 May 2011
De Fabrieksschool, Enschede (NL)
http://bit.ly/ldTUWS

#OMER FAST
14 May 2011 - 23 Jul 2011
Opening 13 May at 18.00
Conversation between Omer Fast and Sven Lütticken on Sunday, 15 May, at 15:00 NIMk, Amsterdam (NL)
http://bit.ly/iX5AbZ

#Test_Lab: Clothing Without Cloth
26 May 2011
Material Explorations in the Field of Fashion & Technology.
V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam (NL)
http://bit.ly/ktPbeQ

Please check the event information at the media art calendar for actual visiting times and dates.

Representatives of media art organisations, and media artists from the Netherlands are very welcome to add their own events to the MAP calendar. Create an account, send us an email and we'll grant you posting permissions.

[MAP via RSS]
The Media Art Platform offers many RSS feeds, allowing you to follow up on updates daily. Some of the feeds are listed here: http://www.mediaartplatform.org/page/rss-feeds

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MAP is an initiative of the Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk) and was developed with the kind support of the Mondriaan Foundation.

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