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Join the ISIS Arts team: We are looking for a Communications Coordinator
Communications Coordinator
Term of contract: April-July 2012
Fee: £4,125
Deadline for applications: Monday 12th March 5pm
ISIS Arts is seeking to appoint a freelance coordinator with communications and marketing expertise to assist in the implementation of our marketing and communications at what is an exciting time in ISIS future development. This supports ISIS Arts’ business development process and web based marketing solutions.
The Communications Coordinator will work closely with the ISIS directors and stakeholders to support our programme of regional and international work and to help raise our organisations profile. They will be based in the ISIS Arts office.
To see the full brief and find out how to apply click here
Deadline: Fri 17th Feb Culture Lab and ISIS Arts residency programme APPLY NOW
Announcing our new research residency artists: Dane Watkins and Borjana Ventzislavova
Well done to Dane Watkins and Borjana Ventzislavova who will be joining us this year for our research residency programme.
Read all about their practice and what they will be working on while they are at ISIS.
Please support culture in Europe and sign the 'We are More - Act for Culture in Europe' manifesto
Act for culture in Europe: Help collect 100.000 signatures!
2012 is a key decision-making year during which the EU budget 2014-2020 will be voted upon by Members of the European Parliament and Ministers from the Member States. EU support to culture over the next seven years is at stake and the negotiations over the first four months of the year will be crucial. The campaign 'we are more - act for culture in Europe' calls for vital support for culture in the next EU budget and wants to collect 100.000 signatures and present them to the Culture Ministers of all EU Member States when they gather in Brussels for the EU Council of Culture Ministers in May 2012. To make this task more achievable, the campaign has set national targets for signatures per country, based on the size of each country.
ISIS Arts supports the Europe-wide campaign 'We are more - act for culture in Europe'. To read more about national targets and sign the manifesto please follow the link.
Wishing you all a happy new Year, 2012 is going to be great!
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Nomadic Village: Coming Soon
The Nomadic Village 2012 is COMING MAY 2012.
To read more details please visit.
Or to find out how you can get involved please email charlotte@isisarts.org.uk
Over 250 applications from 42 countries for our 2 latest research residency opportunities
We received an overwhelming response for our latest research residency call for applications. We have 2 upcoming positions available, to take place between January - April 2012 for a 3 week period. We received over 250 applications from 42 different countries, we are amazed by the high volume and high quality of the applications.
Our 2 selected residency artists will be announced early next year.
To see the research residencies that took place over 2011 click here.
Check out Peter Merrington's article on ISIS residency artist Christian Bermudez
Peter Merrington takes a walk with Christian Bermudez through the Ouseburn Valley to the Ballast Hill Park to find out about the area that inspired much of Christian's research during his ISIS residency. The article is featured on NABROAD | News.
Upcoming Deadline: Thursday 10th Nov Research Residency Applications Jan-April 2012
ISIS Arts Research Residencies Jan-April 2012 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Deadline: Thursday 10th November 2011 5pm
Visual and Media artists, UK and beyond, are invited to apply for a three-week research residency at ISIS Arts, Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK), to take place between January and April 2012.
The residencies are open to regional, national and international artists working in the field of visual and media art with a particular interest (but not limited to) the use of technologies and digital media in the creation of artworks. There are 2 residency opportunities available with each successful artist awarded a bursary of £1500.
For full call click here.
APPLY NOW: The Nomadic Village 2012
Nomadic Village UK 2012
County Durham, North East England, May 21st - June 3rd 2012
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Deadline for Applications: Monday 28th November 2011
The Nomadic Village is a temporary 10-day settlement set up on a vacant lot in County Durham, UK. The nomadic artists’ mobile homes/ateliers will form the structure of the Village, with On The Road Productions’ (ORP) Steyr-Ikarus bus acting as its townhall. Artists will come together to work in this autonomous environment to stimulate creativity and exchange, and attract local people to observe and participate in the process. At the end of the Village there will be a public exhibition/show that will invite a wider audience to appreciate the works produced during the Village. The project is run by Klaus Maehring (Lead Artist and founder) from ORP/Austria.
Click here for full details on how to apply.
Artist in Residence, Christian Bermudez has gone home but left n'castle a little present
We wish Christian Bermudez a fond farewell as he finishes his research residency here at ISIS. Join this facebook page to find out the traces he left round the city.
Christian Bermudez is in residence at ISIS
Current: Christian Bermudez
Christian Bermudez will be joining ISIS for an international research residency in November 2011, Christian was born in Costa Rica and is currently based in Oslo, Norway Read moreJen Southern is now in residence at ISIS!
Jen Southern is currently at ISIS undertaking one of our research residencies, Jen will be in our studio till Friday 21st Oct.
Read more about what Jen will be up to here.
Check out Jen's artist talk here.
Tues 4th Oct Artist Talk: Laura Harrington, Kaffe Matthews, Jen Southern
Tuesday 4th October
6-8pm @ISIS Arts
Come to meet and hear about the work of ISIS Arts artists' in residence, Laura Harrington, Kaffe Matthews and Jen Southern. Laura and Kaffe will be joining ISIS for a joint residency in September to develop their collaborative audio visual multi-channel musical, 'Where are the Wild Ones? - the opera'. Jen Southern will then join us in October to look at different ways of exploring the data produced through her locative media application 'comob', through visualizations, drawings, walks and animations.
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Research Residencies Call for Applications NOW!
Research Residencies Jan-April 2012
VISUAL AND MEDIA ARTISTS APPLY NOW
Deadline: Thursday 10th November 2011 5pm
Awarded Bursary: £1500
2 Opportunities available
Visual and Media artists, UK and beyond, are invited to apply for a three-week research residency at ISIS Arts, Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK), to take place between January and April 2012.
The residencies are open to regional, national and international artists working in the field of visual and media art with a particular interest (but not limited to) the use of technologies and digital media in the creation of artworks. There are 2 residency opportunities available with each successful artist awarded a bursary of £1500.
Tin Arts and ISIS Arts are seeking a regional audio artist for a new dance piece
Opportunity for an Audio Artist
Fee: £2,000
Timescale: October- February 2012
Deadline for applications: Monday 26th September
Interview/meeting date for shortlisted artists will be Thursday 6th October
TIN Arts and ISIS Arts are seeking an audio artist to join the production team for Shake the Tree, a new dance piece by The Flex Dance Company premiering in January 2012.
Artist Talk coming up: Laura Harrington, Kaffe Matthews and Jen Southern
Look at these beautiful photos from Klaus Mähring's recent visit to the North East
Photos from Klaus's recent trip to the North East. Klaus spent time around County Durham, traveling along the coast in search of a place to host the Nomadic Village, May 2012. http://klaus.maehring.at/2011/Kitsch.html
Join us on the 'UK Border Walk' along the English - Scottish border 6-7th Aug
UK Border Walk is a 77k walk along the English/Scottish border by Artist Rocca Gutteridge and Curator Claudia Zeiske. A public Artachat discussion will take place in the Romany town of Kirk Yetholm halfway along the way. Both walk and talk aim to highlight and discuss the effects the Points Based System (PBS) has for arts and cultural activities across our communities in the UK.
UK Border Talk: Sat 6th August, 6pm Wauchope Hall, Yetholm. An open debate on the consequences of the Home Office's Points-Based-System to UK cultural life. Hospitality by Sophie’s Sunshine Catering.
UK Border Walk - 5k for 5tier policy: Sunday 7 August, start 9 am. Or join Claudia and Rocca for all of the walk; contact claudia@deveron-arts.com for more details.
Klaus Mähring Artist talk on Thursday 28th July @ISIS, come and see
Come to meet and hear about the exciting work of ISIS Arts artist in residence, Klaus Mähring. Klaus is a nomadic artist, he will travel to and tour the North East in his converted 1970's bus, which acts as his home, studio and means of transport as well as hosting a cinema, residency space, darkroom and rooftop terrace.
Recommendations from the Artists' Mobility Lab now available
Read the recommendations from the Artists' Mobility Lab published this month. Down load the recommendations and the comprehensive Lab Primer including up to date UK and International documents and guidance. For more information.
ISIS & MIMA back from Slovenia trip, now planning future collaborations
ISIS & MIMA were one of five partnership awarded a research trip to Ljubljana for 5 days. Clymene Christoforou, ISIS Co-director and Alix Collingwood, MIMA Curator attended the trip organised by Contemporary Art Society's National Network and Visiting Arts. Very excited for the possible collaborations between MIMA and ISIS and some of the exciting artists and galleries they met while in Slovenia. Currently developing a project for Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012!
Charlotte, our Project Coordinator returns from Malaysia trip as EU representative
Charlotte has just spent 16 days at the 17th Asia Europe Foundation University in Penang, Malaysia. Charlotte was the sole UK representative attending the ASEF University, a 2 week programme to promote cross cultural exchanges among youth from the 46 Asian and European countries that make up the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) member states. Charlotte is now part of the network ASEFUAN to continue and develop new connections across Asia and Europe, Charlotte was elected as the European representative for the AU17 programme.
Klaus Maehring and his Nomadic bus arrive in Newcastle on Wed 27th July, check out his artist talk
Klaus will be joining us this summer to undertake a research and development residency for 'The Nomadic Village' project, taking place throughout the North East in 2012. Klaus will travel to Newcastle in his Nomadic bus, an old Russian police bus, which is his home and darkroom for half the year, from this traveling bus he sets up Galerie Nowhere exhibitions in remote rural locations.
Alex Davies, student of architecture, is at ISIS this month assisting Scott Hessels
Alex Davies, student of architecture (Northumbria University) is assisting visiting Hong Kong based artist Scott Hesssels with the visualisation of new kinetic sculptures which incorporate environmental forces.
Scott Hessels Artist Talk at ISIS Wednesday 29th June 6-8pm
Come to meet and hear about the exciting work of ISIS Arts Artist in Residence, Scott Hessels, who is joining us from Hong Kong and will be with us until mid July.
The talk event is free and everyone interested is welcome although space is limited, so please RSVP: isis@isisarts.org.uk or ring 0191 261 4407. The space is not fully accessible so please let us know in advance if you have access needs.
Scott Hessels in residence @ ISIS 22nd June - 18th July 2011
We are preparing to welcome Scott Hessels who will be undertaking one of our international research residencies, joining us from Hong Kong on 22nd June until 18th July 2011.
Scott is an internationally recognized filmmaker and media artist who merges cinema with new technologies to create innovative media experiences. Over 30 years, he has released artworks in several different media including film, video, web, music, broadcast, print, kinetic sculpture, and performance.
Charlotte Gregory, ISIS project co-ordinator represents the UK on a prestigious trip to Malaysia
Charlotte Gregory, ISIS Arts project co-ordinator, has been awarded a prestigious place at the 17th Asia Europe Foundation University in Penang, Malaysia from 20th June – 1st July 2011. Charlotte will be the sole UK representative attending the ASEF University, a 2 week programme that aims to promote cross cultural exchanges among youth from the 46 Asian and European countries that make up the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) member states.
Announcing upcoming Research Residency artists
ISIS are please to announce their next round of research residency artists, who will be in residence throughout 2011.
Laura Harrington & Kaffe Matthews
Congratulations to all! Please keep checking the website for updates on their residencies and artist talks.
The Big M European Tour coming soon
ISIS is delighted to announce a new European tour for Summer 2012. If you are interested in booking the Big M for your festival or event please let us know...
Artist Talk at Culture Lab Wed 6th April 6-8pm - In the future everyone is an artist
'In the future everyone is an artist: Personal Fabrication and the future of open culture'
Come to meet and hear about the work of 'Nortd' aka. Addie & Stefan, who are the first residents of ISIS Arts & Culture Lab joint research residency programme.
• What will happen when creation and design is no longer culturally inhibited?
• And why should the knowledge behind art, science and technology be free?
As rapid fabrication technologies become cheaper and more readily available, society will re-invent their understanding of everyday objects and their relationship with a consumption based culture. The promise of rapid personal fabrication is that in time there will be no need for massive investments in tooling or outsourcing, this is very analogous to the way the laser printer removed the need for printing presses and movable type. We will explore methods of personal fabrication, what we are doing with it and ways it is being used by artist, hackers and researchers and what future might look like.
Call for applications for ISIS Arts research residency deadline: 30.03.11
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 30/03/2011
Visual and Media artists, UK and beyond, are invited to apply for a three-week research residency at ISIS Arts, Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK), to take place between April to end of December 2011 (excluding August).
There are 4 residency opportunities:
- 2 for artists based outside the UK.
- 2 for artists based in the greater North region, encompassing the North West including Cumbria, the North East and Yorkshire.
- This is an opportunity for artists to spend time in a self-contained city centre studio space to research a new project or idea without the constraints of having to necessarily produce a body of work; the emphasis for this residency is on research not on finished art works.
- Artists may apply individually or as part of a group (however the fee per residency will not change).
- All artists will have access to ISIS equipment, critical support and introductions to arts networks in the region.
- Some technical assistance (2 days of training/technical support per residency) is also available but the artist is expected to be mostly self-reliant and familiar with the media they want to use.
- All artists are expected to present their work at ISIS as part of an artist talk event.
- There is a fee of £1500 for the minimum of a three-week period (to include travel and accommodation costs).
'Nortd' are coming to Newcastle for ISIS Arts & Culture Lab's first joint research residency
Nortd aka Addie and Stefan is a research and development studio based in New York generating work in the field of art, architecture and system design. It is a studio-based incubator of creative thought engaging the overlap between science and design.
While in residence at Culture Lab/ISIS Arts Nortd will be working on the Lasersaur, an open source laser cutter. Nortd are engaged in a marathon to push personal fabrication towards a mainstream movement that will eventually change how we design, produce, and consume our everyday objects.
“We create objects, interfaces and installations the same way we write software: engineer like architects and write like poets. Seemingly contradictory it makes sense when seeing software as a form of wizardry. The outcome is highly effective but the association with other areas of expertise is enigmatic. At its core, it is a language for describing actions much like the spells in fairytales. It is as if your entire childhood nobody told you there was software behind the curtain. The language of code has metalinguistic abstractions. These layers of interfaces are created on the fly, manifested by code. It's like any natural language that evolves- just magnitudes faster. Not only does this make software a way of comprehending, but it also has the ability to shift ideas beyond the realm of theoretical wizardry. Time to whip the magic out!
Coming Soon: Artist Mobility Seminar @ Baltic
ISIS Arts are working with Turning Point to developed a seminar on the mobility of artists and artworks. The seminar will be held over 2 days (9th-10th May) at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
Judith Staines, a expert in european cultural mobility will facilitate the sessions in which regional, national and international guests will be invited to.
Participation Lab @ ISIS Arts on 15-16th February
Participation Lab has been initiated by Jane Dudman, artist and digital media research student at Newcastle University, and has been developed through her collaboration with ISIS Arts.
On 15th and 16th February at ISIS Arts in Newcastle a group of artists and practitioners all experienced in and concerned with methods of public engagement as part of their work gathered to examine practice and explore issues related to the field of participatory art.
Participation as a term has been chosen over others such as 'socially engaged, collaborative, dialogical, there is a long list, for its generality. What we might mean by participation is open to discussion and interpretation. The dictionary definition is 'the action of taking part in something. Participation in this instance is also the participation of the people taking part in the lab.
