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Re: [microsound] Call for Work: Queer Experimental Sound
Next thing you know somebody will ask what does "politics" have to do
with microsound ;-)
--- ph <ph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> really?
> 1. why did you post/SPAM here and to the "announce" list? clearly you
> know
> better, but want to abuse the list?
> 2. what the hell does your sexual orientation have to do with it?
> 3. will there be a "straight experiments with audio"? a bi?
>
> really why the discrimination? is your sexual orientation your
> identity?
> that is sad.
>
>
>
> On 5/6/07 8:48 PM, "Ethan Shoshan" <disiterate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Bending Sound
> > Queer Experiments with Audio
> > Call for Work and Proposals
> >
> > Deadline: June 29, 2007
> >
> > Curator working with MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival,
> expanding
> > festival programs to include experimental music and audio
> component. This is
> > a new project and therefore applicants should feel free to contact
> curator.
> > MIX NYC¹s 20th Anniversary Festival takes place in Lower Manhattan,
> November
> > 2007.
> >
> > Application:
> > Looking for new innovative approaches to experiences of sound.
> Individuals
> > are invited to submit:
> >
> > - Proposals for performances working with sound and/or
> multi-media
> > (up to 10 minutes) for inclusion in live audio event as part of the
> festival
> > in November 2007.
> > - Less than 10 minute audio recording to be included in
> a free
> > sound compilation with MIXnyc program book 2007.
> > - Or would like to collaborate and create with other
> > artists/musicians for inclusion in the above. Applicants will be
> matched up
> > to work creatively based on either a live event or audio recording.
> >
> > Basic A/V equipment will be available (TV¹s, DVD player,
> Microphones, LCD
> > projector, ect) will be provided but because this is a new project,
> any
> > special technical equipment needed for the proposal (turntables,
> special
> > effects, light activated sonar devices, ect) applicant will need to
> provide.
> >
> > Proposals should include:
> > 1 Contact Information
> > 2 Proposal Summary if proposing a performance (up to 500 words)
> > 3 Work Samples: VHS NTSC Format, DVD, CD-Rom, Audio CD,
> Cassette Tapes,
> > website, images (jpg, tiff, pdf) or audio files (mp3, wav, aiff)
> > 4 Work Sample Summary: A short description of each work
> submitted
> > including artist(s) name, title, date, medium, venue, duration, and
> > applicant¹s role (if collaborative work).
> > 5 Optional Information (short bio, reviews, photos, ect.)
> > 6 SASE for return of materials if sending via snail-mail
> >
> > For questions please contact Ethan Shoshan at
> disiterate@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > Send Materials
> > Via Email to Ethan Shoshan at disiterate@xxxxxxxxx (up to 8mb
> emails)
> > Or
> > Snail Mail to:
> > Ethan Shoshan
> > MIXnyc Audio 2007
> > 486 Greenwich St
> > New York, NY 10013
> >
> >
> > All applicants will be notified in July
> > You are encouraged to submit before the deadline!
> >
> > MIX NYC promotes, produces, and preserves experimental media-from
> film and
> > video to performance and music-that is rooted in the lives,
> politics, and
> > experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and
> otherwise
> > queer-identified people. Founded in 1987, MIX has earned a
> reputation as a
> > crucible for artist-driven innovation with an established
> international
> > influence on the world of experimental media. MIX is unique among
> arts and
> > community-building organizations for its work on behalf of queer
> experimental
> > media artists, supporting their production of new work, and making
> that work
> > accessible to the public. For almost two decades, we have worked to
> create a
> > home for queer experimental media. MIX is also unique among New
> York City's
> > cultural institutions. The annual New York Queer Experimental Film
> Festival,
> > our most visible and longest-running program, showcases films and
> videos that
> > literally go unseen in other venues. We define "experimental"
> broadly to mean
> > not only films made using unorthodox techniques, but also those
> that deal
> > with subject matter outside of the mainstream. In this respect, the
> MIX
> > festival stands literally at the avant garde-the forefront of
> artistic
> > innovation-and serves as a proving ground for new, socially
> conscious film.
> > MIX NYC actively engages communities around the city and the nation
> through
> > on-site local and touring screenings. We also preserve aging queer
> > experimental films, such as the early 16mm work of Marguerite
> Paris, to
> > guarantee its endurance for the future; and we operate a
> summer-long youth
> > media training program to provide a new generation of queer
> filmmakers with
> > the tools they need to make their voices heard. For more
> information on MIX
> > NYC and programs go to www.mixnyc.org
> >
> > About Curator:
> > Ethan Shoshan is a scientist, activist, writer, teacher, and
> artist working
> > with various media (performance, video, sculpture, textiles,
> clothes, dance,
> > technology, internet, & collaboratives) born in Brooklyn, NY. He
> is a
> > collaborator/co-founder of the it/EQ community arts collective,
> working to
> > promote arts/artists in a community exchange through showcasing
> vital unknown
> > artists, providing multicultural exchanges, and visibility to
> minority or
> > underrepresented people. He has shown and performed at Collective
> > Unconscious, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Dixon Place, Andrea
> Rosen
> > Gallery, Galeria De La Raza, 92nd St Y, the Kitchen and other
> alternative
> > spaces in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, and California. Media
> attention
> > include articles in The Washington Post, NY Times, Manhattan
> Network
> > Neighborhood TV, Bronx Cable TV, Brooklyn Cable Access, and various
> small
> > press magazines and web-articles. He has also received a grant
> from the
> > Puffin Foundation for his
> > community based projects. For MIXnyc 2006, he helped
> organize/curate
> > TragicBride/FashionVictim
> www.mixnyc.org/April10Screening/April10.htm
> >
> >
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