Location One Virtual Residency Project/Call for Submissions

[Marlon Barrios Solano]

Virtual Residency Project



*Location One Virtual Residency Project
Call for Submissions
Application Deadline: midnight, April 15, 2009
Dates of Residency: May 15-August 15, 2009
Theme: "Levels of Undo"*


*Invitation to Participate*
Call for submissions for Location One's “Virtual Residency Project 2.0".
Please send your URL or submit electronic materials to
[e-mail] .

for more information see: *http://location1.org/virtual-residency-project*

Location One presents its second Virtual Residency Project in the form
of a call to artists and other creative individuals with the purpose of
fostering collaboration and creativity across geographical expanses and
areas of expertise. The goal of this residency is to find two
participants who are not physically proximate but who are willing to
work with someone they've most likely never met before using some form
of non-F2F (face to face) interface such as webcams, email, chat, video,
blogs, telerobotic prostheses, Second Life, MIDI, skype, social
networks, walkie-talkie, snail mail, mental telepathy, radio, networked
video gaming, POTS (plain old telephone service), tin cans on string, or
any other means of collaboration to develop a project that will be
presented at Location One in the Fall of 2009, either on our web space
or in our exhibition space. The theme of this project is "Levels of Undo".

The two participants will also use a blog set up expressly for the
Virtual Residency Project to discuss ideas, possible projects and to
track the progress of the work. The conversation will be public and open
for public comments and will be considered an intrinsic part of the
Virtual Residency.

International applicants are encouraged to apply but knowledge of
English (to communicate with Location One's Virtual Residency liason) is
necessary. The theme can be interpreted as broadly or as literally as
the participants would like, the project will be developed
collaboratively by the two individuals chosen for this residency
project, in conversation with a curatorial advisor at Location One (to
ensure the feasibility of the project and help with practical and
technical questions, not to influence or reject project ideas).

*VRP FAQ*

*What are acceptable forms of submission?*
A website that includes CV and work samples is preferable, but you can
also email electronic materials to [e-mail]
by the deadline, April 15, 2009.
Please include a few lines describing why you are interested in a
collaborative virtual residency such as this.

*Who can apply?*
Anyone who thinks the idea of working publicly with a total stranger
about whose selection you have absolutely no say on a theme that is
imposed on you is exciting rather than scary.

*If I applied for the last VRP can I reapply? *
Absolutely, we had many exciting and qualified applicants for the first
residency but we chose the three we thought would make a good team.

*Should I send a project proposal?*
No, project proposals are not necessary, but a few lines describing why
you are interested in this sort of collaboration would be helpful.

*What kind of work should it be?*
The project will be developed wholly by the participants. Location One
will provide curatorial and technical assistance, but the final work
will be created “offsite” or online.The final work may, however, have a
physical manifestation--this will be developed with Location One's
curatorial advisor. Online performance, remote music jam, streaming
video, blogs, flash animations, radio transmissions, podcasts, Second
Life theatre, iChat panel discussions, remote-controlled MIDI robot
kittens acting out the news are all examples of acceptable forms that
the project may take. We are leaving the parameters intentionally broad
in the hopes that it will elicit deeply creative responses to this topic.

*Will there be an exhibition? *
Depending on the nature of the work and the availability of the
exhibition space at Location One, an exhibition is possible. The first
Virtual Residency Project was on exhibit in our gallery space from
September 10-November 15, 2008.

*Is there a stipend for the selected artists? *
Not yet, but we are working on it!

*Why do you call it a "residency" if there is no "place of residence"? *
(nasally falsetto): “Why do you call it a ‘residency’ if there is no
‘place of residence’?”. Come on, aren’t we past that? Isn’t the
“placeness” of cyberspace made real by the presence of a community? Free
your mind.

*What if I do not like my collaborator? *
You should have thought of that before you agreed to all of this.

*Virtual Residency Project*
The first Virtual Residency Project featured three artists from three
different countries: Andy Deck (New York, USA), Susanne Berkenheger
(Berlin, Germany), and Hidenori Watanave (Tokyo, Japan). They
communicated via blog and email and collaborated on an exhibition at
Location One in the Fall of 2008. Titled "Mission Accomplished", it
featured works by each of the artists that can be seen on our website:
http://location1.org/missionaccomplished. The first Virtual Residency
Project was an experiment in virtual collaboration that was meant to
work out the kinks so that the second would run more smoothly. We have not.

*For more information see:
http://www.location1.org/virtual-residency-project
* or contact
Heather Wagner [e-mail]




26 Greene Street (between Grand and Canal St)
New York NY 10013 - tel. [phone]
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Based in the Soho arts district of New York, Location One is an
independent, non-profit organization dedicated to fostering new forms of
creative expression and cultural exchange through exhibitions,
residencies, performances, public lectures and workshops. Traditionally
focused on technological experimentation and new media, Location One's
residencies and programs have favored social and political discourse and
dialogue, and acted as a catalyst for collaborations. With a unique
environment providing individualized training, support, and guidance to
each artist, as well as exposure for their creations and collaborations,
Location One continues to nurture the spirit of experimentation that it
considers the cornerstone of its mission.

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