< Digital Art Awards – University of Extremadura >
€ 10,000 in prizes, divided into two categories:
> DIGITAL GRAPHICS in any physical format – including digital photography.
> DIGITAL ANIMATION (possibly interactive) of short duration.
Participants: may be submitted individually or collectively, without limits of age or nationality.
> DEADLINE 12 February 2010 <
Rules & entry requeriments: www.unex.es / premiosartedigital
+ Info: premiosartedigital@unex.es
University of Extremadura
Plaza de Caldereros,1
10071 Cáceres
SPAIN
Bereits vor mehr als fünf Jahren wurde das Angebot massenhafter unbezahlter Praktika diskutiert und später auch von verschiedenen Medien aufgegriffen. Passiert ist nichts!
Tausende von Studenten und Absolventen, vor allem aus Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, sahen sich deutschlandweit auf dem Arbeitsmarkt um und ihnen wurde kein Praktikum geboten, mit dem sie hätten wenigstens ihre Lebenshaltungskosten decken können. Noch nicht einmal die Monatskarte würde erstattet, musste sich derjenige anhören, der es wagte nachzufragen.
Die Situation hat sich bis zum Jahresbeginn 2010 nicht wesentlich verbessert. Die Lebensläufe unzähliger Akademiker verweisen auf diverse bereits absolvierte Praktika – oft ohne Möglichkeiten in Folge beim Arbeitgeber einen anderen Beschäftigungsstatus zu erlangen.
Interessant erscheint daher der jetzige Vorstoß der Kulturpolitischen Gesellschaft e.V. mit ihrer “Initiative für ein faires Praktikum” 2010. Finden sich denn auch namhafte sog. Erstunterzeichner im Aufruf, die auf mehrfaches Nachfragen und Anmahnen der Misstände in den vergangenen Jahren auch nur lavierende Ausreden parat hatten.
Ob diese Initiative also Erfolg verspricht, bleibt abzuwarten! Unterstützen sollte man sie in jedem Fall, schon aus moralischen Gründen – auch wenn die Dekade der selbst geleisteten Praktika vorbei ist. Hoffentlich…
hier der Link zum Aufruf inkl. Erstunterzeichner:
http://www.kupoge.de/faires-praktikum/aufruf_erstunterzeichner.pdf
15 January, 18 February, 31 March, 28 April 2010
Films, videos & talks at the Theatre of the Royal Tropical Institute of Amsterdam
‘Duet for Cannibals’ is a monthly screening and discussion program on colonialism and cannibalism as forms of cultural appropriation. It brings together a selection of works by contemporary artists and filmmakers as well as footage from the Tropical Museum’s archive. Comprising videos, films, slideshows and performative talks by Raimond Chaves, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Ossama Mohammed, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Jose Alejandro Restrepo, Andy Warhol and Ming Wong among others. Curated by Inti Guerrero
Anthropological and ethnographic institutions in European colonial power centers, like the former Colonial Institute of Amsterdam (nowadays the Royal Tropical Institute) were founded to study and exhibit the culture of ‘overseas people’. Their role was to appropriate, classify, and display cultural artifacts and sometimes even human beings. Though they claimed to reveal the pre-supposed cultural essence of the non-European other, such displays further entrenched the stereotypes of a eurocentric scientific and cultural status quo. In other words, it was by means of inclusion of other cultures rather than their exclusion, that the colonial power constructed and affirmed itself within the enlightened modern institution, enhancing a privileged position from where it could unilaterally represent the rest of the world. The works in ‘Duet for Cannibals’ present a wide range of approaches to this debate by departing from historical strata of colonial archives, post-war cultural imperialism and countercultural forms of metropolitan creole-subcultures. The screenings are accompanied by Q&A sessions with guest artists, lectures and discussions.
The title Duet for Cannibals is borrowed from a 1969 film directed by American author and critic Susan Sontag.
Organized by Aaron Rose
January 16 – February 20, 2010
Opening Reception Saturday, January 16th, 6 – 9pm
Roberts & Tilton is pleased to present Projections, a festival of rare and hard to see films organized by Aaron Rose. Opening on Saturday, January 16th and running through February 20, 2010, Projections will feature short and feature length films by 31 of the most influential filmmakers of our time.
There are few things that move people as much as seeing a great film. As the organizer of this festival I use the term “film” loosely here as I do the word “festival”, because in this context, I do not necessarily refer only to feature films. In fact some of the most inspiring films I’ve ever seen have been under five minutes long. Projections is a celebration of these types of works. While the focus of this collection is mostly on young filmmakers, I have also chosen to include some masters from the past who, for many reasons, have created things that have moved me in some way. Additionally, it is my hope that by removing all these films from their usual theatrical setting, and instead presenting them in an art gallery context, that people will perhaps look at them a little differently. Not just as entertainment, but as the works of true artists, who contribute greatly to the visual culture of our times. – Aaron Rose
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