call for artwork (IDEAS)

IDEAS08: Continuum
Digital Media Arts Tomorrow Through Visions of Yesterday and Today
November 6th-8th, 2008

The River Club
On the campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design
3 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Savannah, GA 31401

To coincide with, the International Digital Media and Arts Association conference, November 6th-8th, 2008

Deadline to receive proposals: September 12th, 2008

Introduction:

You are invited to submit digital art and design to IDEAS08: Continuum; Digital Media Arts Tomorrow Through Visions of Yesterday and Today. IDEAS is an exhibition of artistic and innovative digital installations, creative mobile media, interactive pieces, web sites, games, digital images, film and video and much more. The IDEAS exhibition coincides with the sixth annual International Digital Media and Arts Association (IDMAA) conference, Ideas for the Future, to be held in Savannah, GA.

IDEAS 08: Continuum embraces the conference theme at its core, but includes how the digital technology of yesterday and today predict the digital world of the future, be it fantasy or real. Thus, we are looking for art that predicts the technological future, celebrates the technological past, or makes commentary on the technological present. The work can either incorporate these digital tools or specifically address them. Our definition of technology is very broad and can include dimensions in medicine, entertainment, biology, communication (cell phones, for example), mobile technologies, everyday living (automatic lights, smart appliances), navigation (GPS), high tech food (food with a forever shelf life), or the perceived antithesis of technology as seen in neo-luddism, spirituality, and nature. Also consider the combination of the so-called anti-technologies in combination with digital tools to argue for or against mutual exclusion. No matter the dimension, we will consider work that addresses the continuum of digital media visualized through art.

IDEAS 08 will display art that will predict and help define the cultural and artistic landscape of tomorrow through work that uses or talks about technology from the past, present, or future. Works may address this directly or indirectly and may include traditional media with the use of digital media.

Please Note: Installation space if very limited this year. We will consider a few small and less complicated installations.

Suggested Submission Formats:

framed wall-hung images

screen based games

mobile media (mobile phones, handheld devices, wireless innovations and other emerging technologies.

desktop interactive works

Web sites and Internet art

time-based pieces (film and video, 2d and 3d animation, motion graphics, stop action)

Limited digital installation - see above note (both interactive and not)

sculptural works

kiosks

robotics

other possibilities not listed

Submission Process:

Timeline:

Deadline to receive proposals: September 12th, 2008
Notification by October 3rd, 2008
Further specifications and entry form

Forms and Entry Fees:

FREE for students and members of IDMAA. Click here to join IDMAA. Entry fees for all others are $30 per person or group. Please use our paypal system to pay for your submission. Your application will not be complete until we receive your payment.

Instructions:

Please submit work and fill out the online submission form.

We will also review documents, videos, CDs and DVDs as supplemental to the digital submission. These materials may be sent to:

IDEAS Curator
Dena Elisabeth Eber
School of Art
Room 1000 Fine Arts Center
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403

Work: +1 419.372.8526
Fax +1 419 372 2544
email: deber@bgsu.edu

Jurors:

Dena Eber, Bowling Green University
Randall E. Hoyt, University of Connecticut
Bill Davis, Assistant Professor of Photographic and Digital Art
Western Michigan University Frostic School of Art
Shaurya Kumar, Assistant Professor (2D – Digital Hybrids)
Bowling Green State University

Special Note:
Although we encourage complex and innovative constructs, participants are responsible for providing all necessary equipment and labor. THERE IS NO INSURANCE IN THE GALLERY. We are not responsible for damage to work during shipping and we recommend you purchase shipping insurance.

Work that is not presented in a professional matter or that is poorly printed or represented will not be displayed.