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Fundación Telefónica, since its outset, has sought to support art-related technological innovation and has therefore paid close attention to new media art. In this context, the foundation founded VIDA, an international competition which rewards electronic works of art produced with artificial life technologies.
VIDA 12.0 rewards works of art developed with artificial life technologies and related disciplines: robotics, artificial intelligence, etc. It is looking for works of art with emerging behaviours, which evolve over time, react with their environment and seem to have a life of their own.
VIDA 12.0 is searching for projects that relate technology with biology and that research synthetic characteristics of modern life. In previous editions, prizes have been awarded to artistic projects created with robots, avatars, recursive chaotic algorithms, knowbots, cellular automata, computer viruses, virtual ecologies that evolve with user interaction, interactive architectures, augmented reality pieces and works that explore the social aspects of A-life.
A total of €40,000 will be awarded to the three projects selected by the jury: First prize: €18,000(*), Second prize: €14,000(*), Third prize: €8,000(*). The winning pieces may be exhibited at Fundación Telefónica Virtual Gallery and in the exhibitions related to art and new technologies it organises or takes part in. Works of art submitted must not be more than two years old. This enables the Competition to keep updated and aware of the last technological trends in the field of artificial life.
More info.: http://www.fundacion.telefonica.com/arteytecnologia/certamen_vida/en/index.htm
Long-term (maximum 2-year) studio rentals available at Hangar a visual arts production centre situated in the Poblenou area of Barcelona.
Availability: as of November 2009 or January 2010.
Addressed to: Artists or groups who occasionally need a studio for developing projects or specific commissions, artists who are starting out and need a studio (for up to two years) or artists moving to Barcelona on a temporary basis.
Deadline: October 20, 2009
2009 Rates (VAT included)
(11)30 m2 studios: €136.05 /month
(1) 44 m2 studio: €196.87 /month
(2) 54 m2 studios: €240.41 /month
(1) 60 m2 studio: €266.54 /month
More about Hangar: http://www.hangar.org/drupal/?q=content/what-hangar
Application form: http://www.hangar.org/tallers/?estades=llargues&llengua=en
Medialab-Prado will be holding an international workshop-seminar on data visualization this fall and has announced a call for projects and papers to be collectively produced and presented publicly with the support of Bestiario.
Workshop focus: implications of using data structure visualization to aid in public processes of decision-making. Selected projects and papers will tackle the topic of Open Data and Visualization for Government Transparency and Civil Engagement
Seminar dates: November 12 - 27, 2009
Application deadline: October 5, 2009
Application period for collorators: October 16 - November 11, 2009
Location: Medialab-Prado, Madrid, Spain
Director: José Luis de Vicente --
Teachers: Ben Cerveny (Stamen) - http://stamen.com/
Aaron Koblin - http://www.aaronkoblin.com/
Manuel Lima - http://www.mslima.com/myhome.cfm
More information on Medialab Prado: http://www.medialab-prado.es
Bestiario - http://www.bestiario.org/
Fundación Telefónica, since its outset, has sought to support art-related technological innovation and has therefore paid close attention to new media art. In this context, the foundation founded VIDA, an international competition which rewards electronic works of art produced with artificial life technologies. 
