Mabou Mines Residency

Deadline: June 5, 2009

Applications are now being accepted for Mabou Mines/Suite, a laboratory for artists (individuals or groups) to experiment with performance ideas. To be eligible, artists must have a history of making work. Artists are appointed to investigate a particular idea or ideas. New work, or new aspects of work, must originate in the Suite and will be shown at the end of the Residency, at whatever level the artist feels will most benefit to the work. Audiences are invited at no charge.

CultureBot as always keeping us apprised of the mood swings of our insightful, and/or feckless government representatives. 

U.S. Senate to Art World: Drop Dead!

And a quick link to try and do something about it.

http://capwiz.com/artsusa/issues/alert/?alertid=12612041

I'm sure you know that NY Arts is a large part of the economy, no just directly, it also drives other moneys into the economy by attracting visitors to other entertainment services such as dining and hospitality.

This makes the entertainment sector one of the most effective trickle down investments.

And though it's usually a sad point the fact that arts salary are comparatively low means that these workers are at high risk during an economic downturn, and that moneys invested to maintain there jobs will also have one of the highest re-investment rates into the local economy.

This pure economic need of those employed in the arts; in addition to the cultural, educational, and general standard of living arguments makes support for the arts through an economic slowdown very important.  
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I urge you to check out the Map Fund Grant oportunity.

November 3rd, 2008:
Guidelines available and online application open

January 20th, 2009:
MAP FUND DEADLINE

http://www.mapfund.org/apply.html

DISTRIBUTION GRANT FOR NEW YORK STATE ARTISTS
DEADLINE:  December 31, 2008
www.free103point9.org ">free103point9

support for the distribution of new works in
film, video, sound, new-media, and media-installation.
Appropriate for someo of the New Media works done here at DPI.   The  project consultant/mentor offer with the grant seems pretty intetesting as well, and I'm intriged to see what happens.

Distribution Application Seminars & Panel

New York City & Streamed at www.free103point9.org
November 13, 2008,
6:30 p.m.
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
535 West 22nd Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 337-0680

ReSiDeNt @ LEMUR: New Works, New Instruments, New Artists
PERFORMANCE: Oct 9nd 8PM $5

ReSiDeNt Submissions

Deadlines are rolling, allowing artists to submit applications to be

considered for future residencies throughout the year.

http://nymediaartsmap.org/

This is an interesting project, it is a listing of organizations with "media arts services and information", the map/site/data is provided to us by for organizations that fit that category to a "T"

• American Documentary | P.O.V.
• Experimental Television Center
• New York State Council on the Arts
• RHIZOME

This ought to be a very usefull to anyone sharing the interests we do here at Digital Performance Institute, it's provided me with some new sources to check out.

If you are looking for resources check back in the arcive for my favorate lists of Venues,  Community and Others

I am the video programmer for Big Art Group’s production of SOS. We began working early last spring of 2008 through Isadora to create a patch that could cue 8 cameras and 8 projectors. In addition to the live feeds, we also used green screens, chroma keying small video files (looped) from 4 Mac minis. Totalling 8 live cameras, 8 projectors, 3 green screens, 4 Mac minis plus 1 Powerbook Pro (as master board), and 3 A/V switchers to allow for chroma keying.  All of this was patched through a 16x16 Matrix swticher, to allow for switching between different combinations of video feeds to the projectors. We communicated between computers through an Ethernet hub that conversed with Isadora on all desktops. 
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