[inter/meta/trans] Fwd: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "M:ST 4" (Calgary)

[adam overton]

from the FADO e-list:

14. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "M:ST 4" (Calgary)
       Deadline: February 15, 2007; Source: The New Gallery

Local, national and international artists are invited to submit  
proposals for performative works and lectures to be presented as part  
of the M:ST 4 Festival in October, 2007.
M:ST encourages the submission of innovative performative works,  
media/audio works, site-specific works, public interventions and  
lecture/panel based proposals. The term "performative" describes  
practices that originate from a visual or media arts discourse and  
involve the live presence of the artist. These often incorporate  
sound, video, film, spoken word, or live web streaming.
M:ST is accepting general proposals and proposals that address the  
following themes, from professional artists, curators, critics and  
cultural workers of all backgrounds, and the M:ST 4 Festival will  
include performative works which include both gallery or off-site  
exhibitions. M:ST meets or exceeds the recommended minimum CARFAC  
artist exhibition fee. Travel, accommodation and shipping assistance  
is contingent on sufficient funding.

A. CALL FOR GENERAL PROPOSALS

The M:ST 4 Performance Series will take place within the gallery as  
well as in offsite and public spaces and tap into current,  
contemporary practices and dialogues in Canadian and International  
performance.

B. CALL FOR THEMED PROPOSALS

Sitelology: Digital Public Space will showcase artists who employ pod- 
casts, audio, video or film interventions, web-based or new media as  
performative interventions to sculpt and mould 'virtual' spaces.  
Performances will engage the audience in unexpected and unsuspecting  
contexts, where notions of digital public and private space may be  
blurred or agitated

Critical Initiatives Series will present critical dialogue through  
lectures, panel discussions, and commissioned writing. Adding to the  
pool of critical thinking around performative practices, this series  
will serve to broaden the educational scope of the festival and  
provide opportunities for dialogue and exchange.

Polemics of Performance Series will present artists who draw upon the  
extensive dialogues of feminism, queer theory, and post-colonial  
critiques to insert themselves into the fabric of the gallery space,  
public spaces, or everyday encounters.  These works challenge,  
unpack, problematize, and tear at the illusory fabric of the  
consensual everyday experience.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Proposals are reviewed through a peer review process by the M:ST  
Programming Committee consisting of local artists and programmers who  
have extensive visual, performance, and media art backgrounds.

Applicants should expect to hear the results of our selections  
process by March of 2007. Please check www.mstfestival.org for  
updates on the  programming process.

The following materials must be included in your proposal for the  
PERFORMANCE SERIES or THEMED SERIES:
- curriculum vitae: Maximum of 3 pages, describe your artistic  
background (e.g. education, grants, scholarships or awards received,  
professional status, previous exhibitions or performances,  
commissions, professional memberships, articles, etc.)
- venue preference: Explain which venue you wish to perform in and  
why it is important to your work
- proposal: Describe the proposed performance, exhibition or project  
and the thematic context in which you are applying. Provide details  
about your spatial, and material requirements, including equipment  
needs. Maximum 2 pages.
- artist statement: Maximum of 1 page
- budget: Explain costs involved in presenting your project.
- slides and/or other relevant audio or visual materials: Provide a  
maximum of 15 numbered and labeled slides (name, title, date), cued  
VHS tapes (max 10 min.), CD-ROMs (please confirm with the gallery  
that it is compatible with our equipment and software), audio  
cassettes or other relevant support materials.
- documentation list: A clearly labeled and numbered list of the  
documentation enclosed, including the artist(s) name(s), titles,  
dates, mediums and dimensions.
- self-addressed sufficiently stamped envelope: Due to excessive  
costs for the Festival, your submission will not be returned without  
one.

When building your proposal, please keep in mind that each jury  
member receives and reviews a photocopy of your written materials  
before they view your visual support material. Do not staple or bind  
your materials in any way. Additional materials will not be  
distributed to the committee.

Deadline: All proposals must be postmarked or arrive at the Mountain  
Standard Time P.O. Box by DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15, 2007

GALLERY MAPS
Alberta College of Art and Design: http://www.acad.ab.ca
EMMEDIA http://www.emmedia.ca/
The New Gallery: http://www.thenewgallery.org/maps.html
Nickle Arts Museum: http://www.ucalgary.ca/%7Enickle/facility.html    
Southern Alberta Art Gallery: http://www.saag.ca/info.htm
Stride: http://www.stride.ab.ca/floor_gal.html
Truck: http://www.truck.ca/Frameset.html
Walter Phillips Gallery: http://www.banffcentre.ca/wpg/floor_plan.htm
Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival Society
P.O. Box 22056
Bankers Hall R.P.O
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2P 5G7
1 (403) 263-5001
www.mstfestival.org

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