InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre is now accepting submissions for their 10th Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition!

Call for Emerging Curator, Deadline: May 31, 2010
Call for Emerging Artists, Deadline: June 7, 2010

Since its inception since 2001, InterAccess has organized an annual emerging artists exhibition to showcase new media work by post-secondary students and recent graduates. Curated and organized by a selected emerging curator, this initiative offers young artists and curators professional experience and exposure.

InterAccess is announcing two calls related to the 10th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibition: Curatorial Intern and Submissions of Media Art. Details at: http://interaccess.org/about/calls.php#2010EAE

12th Annual Parkdale Film + Video Showcase
June 25-27, 2010

The Parkdale Film + Video Showcase is an annual summer celebration of the artists and audiences who live and work in the eclectic Parkdale neighbourhood. Now in its 12th year, this compact 3-day festival offers film and video screenings at the Revue Cinema (some with live music and other performance elements), outdoor screenings under the stars in Fuller Avenue Parkette, media installations in Gallery 1313, local homes, and storefronts, as well as community workshops and other events.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: May 21, 2010

The Parkdale Beauty Pageant Society seeks new, vintage or under-appreciated short films, videos and media installations made by artists living and/or working in Parkdale for the 12th Annual Parkdale Film + Video Showcase. Artist fees paid, short works preferred.
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The deadline for Prix Ars Electronica submissions has been extended to March 17th. So no excuses.  Own the  podium!

As you may or may not know Interaccess has recently become a third-party recommended for Media Artists applying for the Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Program. The Exhibition Assistance Program provides grants of $500 to $1,500 to assist individual artists with costs related to presenting their work for an exhibition. More information and the application forms are available at
http://www.arts.on.ca/Page122.aspx.

To apply through Interaccess applications must be received by November 16th.

InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre is pleased to announce the launch of beta – a series of member exhibitions – and invites members to submit proposals of new work, or work that is still in progress, for short exhibition slots between September and December 2009.

beta provides InterAccess members an opportunity to exhibit and test work that is new – or even still in development. For anyone who wonders what’s going on in the studio, these exhibitions strengthen the connection between the production and exhibition of new media work at InterAccess by showcasing members’ studio projects in the gallery.

The beta programme launched in 2007 with beta in Beta, an exhibition of work by Malka Greene, Dave Kemp, Mark Andre Pennock, and Niknaz Tavakolian. Based on the success of that pilot project, InterAccess is making beta a regular part of its exhibition schedule.

Not a current member? Now is the perfect time to join a thriving community of artists who are committed to expanding the cultural space of technology. To become a member of InterAccess, contact Alex Snukal (alex.snukal@interaccess.org) or call 416.599.7206 to check the status of your membership.

Artists exhibiting in beta will be entirely responsible for their own installation and arranging for technical assistance. There are a variety of technical assistance programs offered at InterAccess, and one of these may be what you need.

Submission Guidelines:
- all submissions must be from members
- an artist statement (1 page maximum)
- a project summary
- CV
- visual or audio support material with detailed descriptions of content. You can submit up to 10 digital jpegs, 1 URL address (please indicate your preferred browser and platform), and a maximum of 1 VHS tapes, CDs or DVDs (NTSC). Please Note: We do not accept slides.
- a detailed list of all support materials
- a self-addressed, sufficiently stamped envelope if you want your submission package returned.
Deadline: Friday, August 28th, 2009 – 5:00PM.
InterAccess will also accept packages postmarked on that date. Please prepare and cue your materials.

Send submissions to:
beta Programme
Programme Advisory Council
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
9 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6J 2Y8
Canada

Please direct any additional questions to Alex Snukal by email at alex.snukal@interaccess.org or call 416.599.7206.

We can’t wait to see what’s been going on in the basement!

Wednesday June 17, 7 – 9 pm, at 9 Ossington

This Wednesday, InterAccess holds its biweekly new media show and tell. Last time we made some great progress getting things like Ring Modulators and Arduinomes working. Who knows what this one will bring? Bring what you’re working on and get help or just show up and see what’s on people’s minds.

As a special bonus, IA member Frank Tsonis has been making interactive art and he wants to know how you feel about it. Here’s what Frank says:

I intend to clarify, through this interactive installation, that although creative acts and Nietzsche’s active nihilism eventually lead back to incomplete nihilism, newly created values (transient in nature) are the only “stimulus to life.”  Making this installation interactive whereby participants guide the progression of the interaction, I intend for each participant to interpret their role within the thinking of nihilism.

Has Frank managed to pull it off? Come on out and tell him yourself. You may remember Frank from such events as the Intro to Visual Computing workshop and last year’s fabulously successful Pd/Max MSP Smackdown, so you know you can expect some really brilliant work with Max, Processing, openFrameworks and who knows what else.