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MADE‐ Mobility of Digital Arts in Europe
Call for Proposals for the commissioning of a new
European Co‐production
MADE Launch ‐ French Institute in the United Kingdom
London – 24th November 2010
MADE (Mobility of Digital Arts in Europe) is launched on November 24th 2010, in
the framework of the EU’s Culture programme (2007‐2013), as a co‐operation
between lead organiser centre des arts d’Enghien‐les‐Bains (Paris, France) and
partners body>data>space (London, UK), Transcultures (Mons, Belgium) and boDig
(Istanbul, Turkey).
The aims and objectives of MADE are:
1 ‐ To implement and promote European objectives for artist mobility within the
digital arts, and, through this, to encourage the co‐operation and collaboration of
European cultural organisations and the promotion of this work to audiences across
Europe.
2 – To practically examine and explore forms and models of European digital co‐
production, using topical case studies and, in particular, through the commissioning
and production of a live/contemporary digital work (performance and/or
installation). This new Commission will be co‐produced by the 4 partners across the
European countries involved. The partners will collaborate artistically and
financially, and additionally will examine a variety of forms of onwards distribution
methods.
3 ‐ To produce a White Paper report based on the two previous points, exploring
European co‐production and distribution methodologies for performances and
installations within the digital arts field.
It is in this context that MADE is making an open Call for Proposals,
offering a co‐production package, inviting professional artists from all EU member
(or candidate) countries to submit project ideas for this co‐production.
One project, a new European live/contemporary digital work (performance and/or
installation), will be selected by the MADE Selection Panel. This panel will be
composed of the artistic directors of the four MADE partners and an additional
independent expert.
This selected project will benefit from 4 successive residencies hosted by the MADE
partners in each of their countries. The partners will support the creation and
production of the work by bringing their expertise and resources to it.
The project will be premiered at centre des arts d’Enghien‐les‐Bains annual
international festival for digital arts, Bains Numeriques 2012 and will be aided in
further distribution by all the partners.
Timetable
Announcement of Call for Proposals – Wednesday 24th November 2010
Deadline for 1st Stage Application – Monday 24th January 2011
Notification of 20 selected works for 2nd stage assessment
‐ Monday 14th February 2011
Deadline for 2nd Stage Application – Monday 7th March 2011
Announcement of Final Commissioned work – Friday 1st April 2011
Residency series ‐ Septembre 2011 to June 2012 (see detailed timeline for
residencies below)
A – Call for proposals
This Call for Proposals is launched under the theme ‘Digital arts and the new
aesthetic experiences for public space and/or stage and exhibition spaces’ It
invites professional artists of EU member (or candidate) countries to submit
ideas for projects.
The Call for Proposals includes both multidisciplinary live performance and /
or installations using digital technology for artistic purposes. The MADE
partners are particularly interested in the use of tele‐presence, media
facades, locative based and social medias, interactive softwares, immersive
environments, blended virtual/physical reality, the augmented/virtual body,
digital devices, interactive installations and new relationships with the
audience. The call is open to individual artists or groups of artists proposing
the development and production of a new work.
The primary criteria for the First Stage Application (See Form – information on
concept and ideas, relevance to the call, technical requirements, resources
needed > see form attached) is the artistic quality and the European
dimension of the work. An innovative and reflexive use of technology is
encouraged and applicants must be able to demonstrate a financial
contribution of their own, equal to a minimum of an additional 15% of the
overall budget.
B – Selection of Shortlist
Twenty projects will then selected by representatives of the MADE partners. This
shortlist will be asked, across 3 weeks (Monday 14th February 2011 to Monday 7th
March 2011) to submit a Second Stage Application. This will require detailed
additional information on the final work. (Conceptual, technical, creation needs, full
budget, distribution aims, proposed involvement in the MADE research will need to
be outlined in full.)
The criteria for this shortlist selection are as follows:
Approach to the theme ‘Digital arts and the new aesthetic
experiences for public space and/or stage and exhibition spaces’.
The overall coherence of the proposal
Degree of artistic innovation
Degree of innovative uses of digital technologies
How the European dimension of MADE is taken into account
How the work addresses the question of artist mobility and the
virtual / physical distribution of artistic works to a wider European
public
How the work addresses question of the artist and audience
relationship through research and participation
How the work addresses efficient and sustainable creation and
distribution ideas for future co‐production models
Proposed projects should simultaneously take into account new critical writings
around digital creation, the digital society and the environment of today, and the
forms of dramaturgy induced by digital technologies within an intercultural
European dimension.
However the final project will be chosen primarily on the basis of the proposed
artistic approach and vision.
C ‐ Selection Panel
The MADE Selection Panel (composed of 6 experts ‐ the four artistic directors
of MADE joined by the MADE documenter and an independent expert) will
then retain one successful project from the twenty shortlisted projects.
D – Production
The successful project will be co‐produced by the MADE partners.
MADE will provide support at four key stages of the project, through the 4 x
two week residences, hosted in each of the four partner countries involved:
1. Pre‐production (research and concept development)
BoDig (Istanbul, Turkey) in September 2011
2. Development (concept to creation)
body>data>space (London, UK) in Jan/February 2012
3. Production (creation to production)
Transcultures (Mons, Belgium) in April 2012
4. Dissemination (production to live audience)
CDA Enghien les Bains (Paris, France) in June 2012
The financial support provided by MADE is within a co‐production package.
Allocations within this figure have been made for artist fees, creation space,
technical support and equipment, travel, accommodation and per diems,
marketing and expert advice. These have been apportioned in the co‐
production budget for use at each of the four residencies. The minimum add
on to the overall budget of the project is 15% from the applicant can be in the
form of producer support, further residency creation time or any other needs
that can be detailed by the applicant.
Each residency will include a workshop/informal showing of the work to date
for invited professionals and/or local audiences, created and facilitated jointly
by the artists and the hosting partner.
As part of the allocated budget the artists will, as discussed and agreed with
the partners in accordance to the artists and partners schedules, budgets and
needs, benefit from
access to a studio and equipment for the creation process
fees, travel, accommodation and per diems (2 weeks maximum) for an
interdisciplinary team of up to 3‐4 artists
technical support and research/development support according to
agreed aims
production support and dramaturgical overview
network of connections to interesting experts in each country
help with distribution potentials for onwards and marketing
engagement in a wider debate about new models of co‐production for
digital artistic works in Europe
communication and PR materials for the work‐in‐progress and for the
premiere
Artists will be required to
participate in their host’s on going research programme linked to the
MADE project, depending on their skills and / or specialisations.
enable and engage in an informal work‐in‐progress showing to invited
guests and the MADE partners at the end of each residency
participate in the MADE research through (cultural) mediation sessions
with the host and invited audience members
The artists need to understand that this new work, produced during the four
residences of the MADE programme, is an integral part of the overall research
of MADE into new models of co‐production for digital arts in Europe. The
creation process will be regularly observed and documented by the partners
(in a process to be co‐modelled and agreed between the partners and the
artists) to create research resources.
These resources will constitute the practical and conceptual basis for the final
White Paper report to be produced by the MADE partners examining the
mobility, co‐production and distribution of digital art works in Europe.
An agreement specifying the above details and the modes of co‐production
will be signed between artists and the four partners of MADE.
General coordination ‐ MADE :
Dominique Roland
00 33 1 39 64 11 02
cnannini@cdarts.enghien95.fr
Press Attachée:
Isabelle Louis
00 33 1 42 78 18 04 / 00 33 6 82 36 21 34
contact@isabellelouis.com