CALL FOR ARTISTIC RESIDENCE IN MOBILE MEDIA LAB

(BRAZIL AND THE NETHERLANDS) Organised by Vivo ARTE.MOV & NIMk Vivo ARTE.MOV and NIMk are excited to launch a collaborative residency to develop an art project or workshop programme for mobile lab and presentation platforms. The residence is for two people: a curator or artist living or residing in Brazil, and a curator or artist living in the Netherlands. The total residence period will be 2 months, divided between Amsterdam and São Paulo. CONTEXT In August 2011, NIMk started touring its Media Art Mobile (MKM) and would like to further develop its programme. Vivo ARTE.MOV is currently developing its mobile media art lab, and is searching for input for the development of a platform to extend the current actions of its programme. In addition to the technical infrastructure of the media art mobiles, the art project/workshop programme can also draw on the organisations’ rich video and media arts collections. The collaboration aims to investigate a mobile platform in all its various contexts. Because of their nomadic character and appearance, mobile media labs/platforms can help to create temporary environments for curiosity and openness, and enable a crossing of diverse cultural, social and economic backgrounds. Mediation plays a crucial role in the interaction between such an approach and its audience. PURPOSE We are looking for art projects or workshop programmes that involve local communities in innovative, meaningful and exciting ways. Moreover, the proposals should question how temporary interventions facilitated by media labs could generate meaning within a specific context for local groups, and/or a more ad hoc audience. In other words, what components do these interventions (workshop or art project) need to address the interests and needs of the audience, and how can their impact last beyond the very limited time period of the intervention itself? The art project or workshop programme should be directed towards one or more target groups in the following contexts: 1. Popular culture and media arts festivals, (such as DEAF2012 in Rotterdam & Vivo ARTE.MOV Festival in São Paulo); 2. Higher education institutions, schools and vocational organisations (students between 15 and 17 years of age); 3. Health care institutions. TIMELINE CALL  Deadline for submissions: 1 November 2011 Final decision: 1 December 2011 Duration / timing of residency: 2 months in the period February to April 2012 Portugese version of the call: http://nimk.nl/eng/edital-de-residencia-artistica-em-lab-movel More information/application form:  http://nimk.nl/nl/call-artist-in-residence-mobile-media-lab or contact call@nimk.nl