[spectre] New series - new competition: Call for entries

[JavaMuseum]

JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)
www.javamuseum.org

1. 3rd of Java series
2. co-operation with Computer Space Festival Sofia (Bulgaria)
3. Competition and show "Perspectives '03" -
   deadline 28 July 2003
4. Call for submissions: Entry Form
5. JavaArtist of the Year 2003
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1.
JavaMuseum is happy to launch the
*3rd of Java series* -
the third annual progammation series (June 2003-June 2004)
Also this year, the competition and show of finalists will stand in the main
focus, entitled this year "Perspectives'03".
The program will be completed by a number of featured shows,
which will be announced in time.

2.
JavaMuseum goes physical!!
JavaMuseum is proud to announce the co-operation with
Computer Space Festival Sofia/Bulgaria,
the first festival in the East of Europe which was entirely focussed on
computer based art.
This year, the 15 edition of this annual event will take place in October
2003.
The competition and show of "Perspectives'03" will
be organized in the framework of Computer Space Festival 2003,
and will be supported by Goethe Institute Sofia (Bulgaria),
which will also present another show of JavaMuseum as framing program:
"Netart from German speaking countries".

3. The competition and show of the finalists,
entitled "Perspectives'03"  will focus on the net based art production
2002/2003. The competition will be open for all
thematical and technological aspects which net based art allows.
Like the competition of the previous two years,
also "Perspectives'03" will be a juiried competition.
Particular interest will be how advanced media technologies
take influence on contents and artists expression.

4. Entry Form
All artists working net based are invited to submit
up to three works completed after 1 January 2002.
Only URLs may be submitted to the competition,
the finalists will be invited to send their works also
as digital files for an eventual offline display.

Deadline Monday 28  July 2003.
The finalists will be notified until 31 August 2003.

Please use this form for submitting:

1. firstname/name of artist, email, URL
2. a brief bio/CV (not more than 300 words)
3. title and URL of the max 3 projects/works,
4. a short work description for each work (not more than 300 words),
5. a screen shot for each submitted work (max 800x600 pixels, .jpg)

Please send the  completely filled out form to
perspectives03 at javamuseum.org
or go to JavaMuseum site www.javamuseum.org

Deadline 28 July 2003.

5. The JavaArtist of the Year Award will be given this year again to
one or several outstanding artists working with Internet based media.
The winners will be selected not only from the artists participating in the
competition,
but can also independantly nominated by the jury members.

The award will be given this year for the first time in physical space
during the award ceremony of Computer Space Festival Sofia in October 2003.

Award winners of the previous years are:
*JavaArtist of the Year 2002: Calin Man, media artist from Romania.
*JavaArtists of the Year 2001:
MEZ - Mary Anne Breeze (Australia)
Jody Zellen (USA) and
late Tiia Johannson (Estonia)
who died at a young age nearly one year ago in Tallinn (Estonia).

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JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)
www.javamuseum.org
info at javamuseum.org

Special thanks to
Rosen Petkov, Chairman of Computer Space Festival Sofia (Bulgaria)
and the Goethe Institute Sofia (Bulgaria)

JavaMuseum is corporate member of NewMediaArtProjectNetwork