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Subject: [aha] Masters & Servers: OPEN CALL for work
From:    "Domenico Quaranta" <qrndnc at yahoo.it>
Date:    Tue, July 21, 2015 11:00 am
To:      "List on artistic activism and net culture" <aha at lists.ecn.org>
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Masters & Servers: OPEN CALL for work
www.mastersandservers.org

​Masters & Servers is a programme of activities devoted to the
investigation of networked cultures in the post-digital age. Five key
organisations in the European contemporary and media arts – Aksioma
(Slovenia), Drugo More (Croatia), Link Art Center (Italy), Abandon Normal
Devices (UK) and The Influencers (Spain) – have joined forces to map -
and possibly contribute to - a constantly shifting territory where
media-savvy artists, hacktivists and creators traverse the frontiers of
contemporary art, social intervention and amateur invention.

Masters & Servers now launches an open call for a new commissioned project
across the forms of interventions, data manipulation, representation,
research or storytelling. Inspired by D. Rushkoff’s thesis that in the
aftermath of the digital revolution, an uncertain condition has emerged:
“instead of optimizing our machines for humanity, we are optimizing
humans for machinery”. Can art be a key force in reversing this process?
How will it deal with the current social media euphoria (or paranoia)? How
should the world be represented and lived after Edward Snowden’s
revelations?

Download PDF: http://aksioma.org/mastersandservers/M&S-OpenCall.pdf

WHAT KIND OF PROJECT?

We are interested in work that can cast light over the dark life of data
and other controversial, invisible aspects of networked societies.
Welcoming proposals related to practical first-hand experiences in:

•	the control of information by governments and private companies;
•	the representation of the invisible, especially in relation to private
and public power structures;
•	the dark side of slick and apparently open social media;
•	under-reported people’s habits in “the cloud”.

The call is open to artists, technologists, activists, inventors and
individuals and collaborators that occupy the spaces inbetween. We are
interested in different approaches, including performance, uncanny
experiences, examples of direct resistance or playful experiments in the
grey area where counter-power is face to face with power.


HOW WE WILL SUPPORT THE PROJECT

1.	Masters & Servers will support the production of the selected proposal
with 5.000 € towards fees and production costs.
2.	Masters & Servers will assist in all phases of the production process.
3.	The final project will be exhibited in at least two off-line
exhibitions in spring 2016.
4.	Depending on the nature of the project Masters & Servers will be
excited to present and distribute the new project through partners’
channels and communication networks. Which a diverse range of
organisations, from museums to online galleries and project spaces to
festivals, with a range of specialisms across production, participation,
engagement, critical thinking and publication.


CONDITIONS

•	This call is open to individuals or groups working across any artforms
and/or technology in Europe.
•	The proposed project can be online and/or offline. If online only,
please consider how it could be translated (i.e. shown, exhibited,
narrated) in physical IRL space.
•	Applicants should either have an established background in their
respective fields and/or explain how this opportunity will assist the
development of a new project.
•	We will especially welcome proposals for new work. Yet, we will be
happy to help in the extension of existing projects if our contribution
will be key to develop them towards a new direction or critically enhance
them so they will achieve a new dimension.


DEADLINE & HOW TO APPLY

Applications must be received by the 23:59 (CET) on Sunday 20 September 2015.

Complete application must include the following:

1.	Resume or CV - including contact information, maximum 2 A4 pages
2.	Project Proposal -  detailing the project concept, maximum 2 A4 pages
3.	Project Budget proposal - with a breakdown of how you will spend the
€5000 budget, maximum 1 A4 page
4.	Support Material - including examples of previous work, any relevant
urls, any visuals (data flow, sketches, timeline, schematics, etc.) that
will help us better understand the proposal and your practice.

Please send ONE .pdf format including materials 1-4 above to
info at mastersandservers.org.

For >5MB attachments, please use file transfer services like Wetransfer or
provide a link to your own server space.
​
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the
Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
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