[spectre] CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE BIOTECH ART WORKSHOP (04-07.10.2010)

[Melentie Pandilovski]

CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE BIOTECH ART WORKSHOP (04-07.10.2010)
The Visual Cultural Research Centre, Euro-Balkan Institute and the
Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (RCGEB),
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, are announcing the Call for
artists-participants for a four-day workshop about Biotech Arts, as a
part of the project ‘Apparatus of Life and Death’.


The workshop, to be given by RCGEB’s collaborators,  will serve as a
theoretical and

practical introduction to the creation of biotech art. The program has
been designed to give participants a good range of lab skills and to
inspire them with concepts relevant to broader ethical and
philosophical concerns in biotechnology. It will include an
introduction to laboratory work and laboratory practice in the context
of bio-tech art.

The workshop aims to cover wide areas and methods for RNA/DNA and
protein  analyses such as: DNA/RNA isolation, Southern blot analysis,
PCR, RT-PCR, ASO hybridization, RFLP method, SSCP, DGGE, sequencing,
cloning, production of recombinanat enzymes, chromatography,
microarray analysis, analysis of microRNA, 2D and 2D-DIGE technique
etc.

The Workshop is an integral part of SEAFair (Skopje Electronic Arts
Fair) 2010- The Apparatus of Life and Death, 04.10-22.10 2010. The
Festival is comprised of - Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary
Arts in Skopje, Conference at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in
Skopje, and a Workshop at the Research Centre for Genetic Engineering
and Biotechnology, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje.

SEAFair (Skopje Electronic Arts Fair) was initiated in 1997,
represents the first manifestation of this type on the Balkans,
connecting the local and international artists, critics, and
theoreticians working in new technologies and media, has for its five
years of existence attracted artists and theoreticians from all five
continents. The Festival has achieved a great international importance
being envisioned as a series of events, exhibitions, symposia,
workshops, and web conferences that explore the creation and practise
of new media arts. The event has since served traditionally as an
international and inter-cultural meeting place of arts and
technologies, influencing the discussions about artistic, philosophic,
educational and other aspects of the processes, which characterize
electronic culture, but also of the processes and the challenges which
the Internet, biotechnology, genetic engineering, and nano-technology
place before us. SEAFair has become the central focal point in the
region for the dispersing of knowledge of new media arts, bringing
together artists, culture theoreticians, practitioners of new media,
philosophers, and scientists in a constructive dialogue. Melentie
Pandilovski has been the convenor/curator and director of SEAFair
since its inception in 1997. SEAFair History:
http://seafair.scca.org.mk/history.htm


The idea of this 7th edition of SEAFair The apparatus of life and
death is to creatively respond to the evolution of society in the
sphere of bio-politics and to assist us in the visualizing of our
future. In fact, SEAFair 2010 will convey the story of artists,
critics and theorists attempting to navigate through the maize of the
newly constructed global bio-political apparatus, in a changing social
matrix, in which the rules are just being set. The artists in the
exhibition The apparatus of life and death will present an array of
approaches — from the humorous and playful to the deadly serious —
regarding the way we think about the origins of life, the scale and
dimensions of living matter, to relationships with nourishment, death,
fashion and appearance.




10 – 15 artists from Macedonia and Central&Eastern Europe will take
part in the Biotech Art Workshop.

Venue: Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Dates: Monday 4 – Thursday 7 October, 2010

Requirements for applying: The applicants-artists are required just to
send their short CV/Portfolio with a motivation letter up to 250
words.

The required documents should be sent to Slavco Dimitrov: slavco.euba at gmail.com


Deadline for submitting the application: 30 September

Deadline for announcing the results of the selection process: 1 October


Contact person:

Melentie Pandilovski, Director of the Centre for Visual and Cultural
Research- “Euro-Balkan” Institute/Curator of SEAFair

e-mail: melentie at gmail.com

Slavco Dimitrov, Project Assistant

e-mail: slavco.euba at gmail.com