[NetBehaviour] CALL FOR ENTRIES: - 21st Century village green ?
Robb Mitchell
robbathon at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 30 19:04:16 CEST 2005
CALL FOR ENTRIES: Community Green - 21st Century village green competition
(Deadline: register by 14th September)
COMMUNITY GREEN: a communication ideas competition
WHO: architects, designers, artists, performers, scientists, programmers,
technologists and others interested in ideas of what an urban 21st century
village green might be. Open to individuals and teams.
WHAT: Interdisciplinary ideas competition. Four short listed teams with
expertise in both artistic and
science/technology fields will develop full proposals / prototypes. From
these 4 prototypes/presentations, one entry will be selected for permanent
installation/deployment (pending confirmation of further funding).
WHERE: Registered contributors will develop detailed proposals/prototypes
for public spaces (whether
physical or networked/virtual) of Pollokshields, Glasgow.
Short-listed proposals will be exhibited/presented at
Radius Glasgow and Glasgow Science Centre.
WHEN: Oct 05 Feb 06
WHY: Community Green aims to
-- Raise awareness about sustainable approaches to building, regenerating
and reanimating a community
-- Focus attention on the role that digital and other technologies,
especially those that have a low environmental impact, can play
creatively/artistically in the fostering of greater communication and
participation within a community.
-- Connect, socially and geographically, the diverse areas of the
Pollokshields neighbourhood in Glasgows Southside through the use of
communication technologies.
FEE: £1000 each for four short-listed team interdisciplinary teams to
develop full proposals (entry is also open to individuals - see web site for
full details).
TO APPLY: send a brief expression of interest (500 words MAXIMUM) and CV /
brief biography to
green at mediascot.org by 14th September.
For full details click Community Green under
"Programmes" at http://www.mediascot.org
DEADLINE: register with a brief statement & CV/Biog by
14th September.
Community Green is organised by Radius Glasgow and New Media Scotland in
association with Sust: The Lighthouse on Sustainability and Glasgow Science
Centre.
New Media Scotland is a development agency supporting experimentation at the
intersection of art, science &
technology. New Media Scotland is a registered charity core funded by The
Scottish Arts Council.
Next Upgrade! event : Wednesday 28th September
http://www.mediascot.org
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