Fresh IDEAS: In-Kind Support and Venue for Digitally-Mediated Performances
Feb. 25 Deadline for Proposals from UC Faculty, Graduate Students, Artists and Researchers
San Diego, Feb. 1, 2013 -- Drawing on the talents of the arts community at the University of California, the largest technology institute on the UC San Diego campus is launching an open call for proposals from UC faculty, graduate students, artists and researchers who want to stage performances on the cutting edge of digitally-mediated or enhanced music, visual arts, theatre and/or dance.
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“We believe that Calit2 can become a world-renowned venue for faculty and students to stage performances that could not be staged anywhere else,” said IDEAS director Shahrokh Yadegari, a professor of theatre and dance at UC San Diego and long-time academic participant in Calit2. “Calit2 offers spaces and tools – from advanced spatialized audio to large-scale video walls and immersive, 3D virtual-reality environments – that can provide arts faculty with a new canvas for their technology-based performances.”
The initial Call for Proposals seeks submissions for in-kind support from Calit2 for performances or other artistic events to be staged in or around Atkinson Hall between April 1 and June 30, 2013. Proposals must be submitted no later than noon Pacific time on Monday, February 25. A second IDEAS Call for Proposals is expected to go out in early summer for performances to take place during the 2013-’14 academic year.
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Preference will be given to multidisciplinary submissions from individuals or groups who would make the best use of Calit2’s unique combination of visual and audio technologies, and with its internal and external spaces for performances. These include: the 200-seat Calit2 Auditorium, which is equipped with a 12.1 Meyer surround sound system and 4K projection (offering four times the resolution of HD-TV); the 100-seat Calit2 Theater (a “black box” space with the large Vroom display wall and reconfigurable seating); the Performative Computing Lab (for advanced motion capture to integrate the human body into digital space); Spatialized Audio Lab; as well as internal and external public spaces that range from the courtyard surrounding the 185-ton granite “Bear” statue in front of Atkinson Hall, to its Zen-like rock garden in back. Events could also use the StarCAVE virtual-reality environment and other spaces.
“Atkinson Hall is the ideal location for the IDEAS series,” said Yadegari. “The very nature of this setting encourages creative expression unconstrained by standard thinking of how and where art should be performed.”
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Calit2 also makes it possible for UCSD faculty and students to propose telematic performances that could occur simultaneously in Atkinson Hall and at a remote location on campus, at Calit2’s UC Irvine division, or elsewhere. However, the IDEAS program will only provide in-kind support for work to be done in San Diego – so principal investigators on telematics proposals are advised to seek external support beforehand for activities at remote locations.
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Detailed information and rules for submissions are contained in the Call for Proposals, now available on the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences website at http://ideas.calit2.net. Proposals must be submitted in PDF format and be no longer than three pages, including images. They will be judged on the quality of the submission, the proposed impact of the critical engagement, the extent to which the work best uses Calit2’s unique spaces and audio-visual technologies, the multidisciplinary nature of the proposed work, and its relevance in advancing IDEAS’ central mission of digital exploration at the intersection of arts and sciences. All proposals must be submitted online through the IDEAS Online Submission Form no later than noon Pacific time on Monday, February 25, 2013. For questions about the program, contact the program manager, Trish Stone, at tstone@ucsd.edu.
Related Links
Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS)
Media Contacts
Doug Ramsey, 858-822-5825, dramsey@ucsd.edu; Program Contact: Trish Stone, 858-822-5307, tstone@ucsd.edu