Robots and Avatars: Call for Development Commissions and Call for Exhibits!!

[Marlon Barrios Solano]

Robots and Avatars - our colleagues and playmates of the future

We invite submissions to this Call for Development Commissions and Call for Exhibits

Robots and Avatars will present two Development Commissions and additionally a minimum of six existing works as an Exhibition in 2012. Lead producer and concept developer of this EU Culture project is body>data>space and the partner for the commissions is National Theatre in London. The exhibition will tour to partner FACT, Liverpool (UK), and to co-organisers AltArt, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and KIBLA (Slovenia- as part of Maribor 2012, European Capital of Culture).

Robots and Avatars is an intercultural, intergenerational and interdisciplinary exploration of a near future world consisting of collaborations between robots, avatars, virtual worlds, telepresence and real time presence within creative places, work spaces, cultural environments, interactive entertainment and play space.

Artists/designers and others from any background can apply. We welcome applications from installations, performances, performance / installations, telepresence, sound art, software, kinetic art, architecture, AV based work, hung work, gaming, models, robotics, virtual worlds etc - your vision will lead us!

Stage 1 Deadline: Wednesday 7th September 2011 (12 BST)

Find out more: http://www.robotsandavatars.net/events/call-for-proposals/ 

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