Deadline: 16 February 2011
Open to: artwork that involves the significant use of new technologies, or electronic artworks
Award: maximum of 15,000 euros (including taxes)
BEEP sponsors the ARCOmadrid/BEEP New Media Art Award in collaboration with ARCOmadrid, the International Contemporary Art Fair.
The aim of this Award is to promote research, production, and exhibition of art linked to new technologies, or new media art. Its final purpose is to favor the creation of technology-linked artworks, facilitate communication between technology manufacturers/creators and creative artists. A maximum of 15,000 euros (taxes included) is earmarked for the Award, and the decision on the winners is made by an international Jury of prestigious specialists.
Eligibility
Any artwork which involves significant use of new technologies, or electronic art pieces, are eligible.
Participating artworks must be registered and exhibited with their sales price, taxes included.
Application
Artworks may be registered using the form on the Award’s website or at the art fair on 16 February 2011, handing in the registration form to a member of the Award’s management team. Registering before the art fair on the Award’s website is recommended.
The registration form should include the following information:
• Title of the artwork.
• Information on the gallery and the artist or group of collaborators.
• Brief description of the artwork (maximum 50 words).
• Sales price, taxes included.
• If the artwork is documented on video, send a URL with a segment of it.
• Valid formats for attached files: “.doc”, “.pdf”, “.jpg”, “.mp3”, “.mov”, “.swf”.
Participants may expand the information on their artwork, indicating on the form the URL of their websites. The expanded proposal, presented in the form of a website, should include the following essential elements:
• Description of the artwork (maximum 500 words), explaining its central concept as well as the technological resources used.
• Images of the artwork.
• Biography of c.v. of the participant.
• In designing a web-based proposal, participants should bear in mind that the Jury’s time is limited. Therefore, maximum clarity and concision in the website’s design are requested.
• The development and hosting of this website shall be at the participant’s expense.
Award
Amount of the Award: a maximum of 15,000 euros, including taxes, is earmarked for the Award. Works may not be registered to compete for the Award if they have a price tag higher than this amount of 15,000 euros.
Contact
LaAgencia
Vicente Matallana
Tel: (34) 91 366 8821
E-mail: ARCOmadrid-BEEP@laagencia.org