CALL FOR SHORT STEREOPHONIC SOUNDSCAPE & HOERSPIEL WORKS
>A DIAMOND IN THE MUD<
A Miniature Audio Exhibition of Stereophonic Soundscape & Hörspiel Works
PROJECT CONCEPT:
It is an Asian concept rooted in Buddhism that self-cultivation can be
developed at home as a householder and is not merely confined to a
temple or monastery. Buddhist believe that enlightened beings are
those who "grew" out of the "mud" of the material world. So, like the
lotus flower, which penetrates through sullied mud and water, but
emerges unspoiled, enlightened beings are beautiful and pure even
though they grow up in the material world. The phrase "a diamond in
the mud" is an analogy for this and in keeping with it the Digital Art
Weeks would like to issue this call to artists and to submit pre
recorded works (Soundscape, Hörspiel, Poetry) in regard to the
beautiful and the sullied. The works will be chosen on their ability
to transcend the listeners into a "moment of tranquilly" and out of
the confines of the everyday, or as expressed in the Diamond Sutra:
"Dwell upon nothing and produce the pure mind."
PLAYBACK SYSTEM:
Constructed as a dock for Apple's famed iPod, the iCarta stereophonic
audio playback system will be used to play back all of the selected
works. The systems not only offers an interesting solution for public
pod-casting, but it also acts uniquely as a bathroom dispenser for the
indispensable: Le papier toilette.
- Art Clay, DAW, Artistic Director (c) 2008
DEADLINE: Moday, 15th September 2008. Notification of acceptance of
proposals will be sent out on or before Monday, 22nd September 2008.
APLLICATION FORM:
http://www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch/web/DAWPlus/SoundScape08
For more information regarding the call please write directly to: arthurclay_at_mac.com
; for more on past Digital Art Weeks, please see: www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch
; for technical information on the iCarta, please see:
http://www.atechflash.com
Received on Mon Aug 11 2008 - 19:42:43 BST