The Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, with the support of the Historiador de la Ciudad de la Habana, HIVOS, Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plįsticas and Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematogrįficos, announces the V Salón y Coloquio Internacional de Arte Digital (V International Digital Art Exhibit and Colloquium) in Havana, Cuba. The purpose of the event is to encourage and support artists and scholars working with and thinking about computer-based technologies in inventive and original ways.
The annual event, which opens on June 16, 2003, exhibits work that represents the current field of digital art in Cuba and abroad, and convenes a series of meetings and discussions to encourage exchange and reflection among designers, artists, critics and scholars whose work is related to these new forms of expression.
The exhibition has two juried components: a competitive exhibition of the work of resident Cuban artists, and an international exhibition, where the work of non-Cuban residents will be shown.
International Exhibit
Non-resident artists are encouraged to submit work for consideration in the International Exhibit, which is held concurrently with the National Exhibit.
The V International Digital Art Exhibit and Colloquium will bring together a diverse set of artistic visions and voices, providing a forum in which to explore the emerging languages and poetics of digital art, and will include digital prints as well as non-print computed-based work.
The works chosen by the admission jury will be exhibited at the Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center, halls of the Office of the Historian of the City and in other spaces in the City of Havana. They will be also available at the Cuba / Arte Digital site.
Print Work
Each applicant may send up to three pieces in any PC format. Printed work submitted for inclusion in the International Exhibit must be sent by e-mail (low resolution images, less than 1 MB per message) before March 1, 2003. Applicants must send also by e-mail (centropablo@cubarte.cult.cu) the following information in a text file:
- Name: .......................................................
- Profession: .......................................................
- Mailing address: .......................................................
- Country: .......................................................
- Telephone number: .......................................................
- E-mail address: .......................................................
- Institutional affiliation (if applicable): .......................................................
- Brief curriculum (250 words max): .......................................................
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- Description of submitted work: .......................................................
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- Title: .......................................................
- Year: .......................................................
- Printing technique: .......................................................
- Size (cm): .......................................................
The admission jury will notify artists about the acceptance of their works before March 15. Accepted works will be received at the Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center until April 20.
Works may have been reproduced in any kind of printer with any format. In addition to the print version, applicants must send a copy of each submission on CD or zip disk formatted for PC.
Submission deadline for the V International Digital Art Exhibit is March 1, 2003.
Time-based work
The category of time-based work includes computer-based video, interactive work, net art, digital animation and physical computing.
Each applicant may send up to three works on CD or zip disk formatted for PC; VHS (NTSC or PAL) or miniDV (NTSC). The works must be received at Centro Pablo before March 1, 2003. Please send the following information with submission:
- Name: .......................................................
- Profession: .......................................................
- Mailing address: .......................................................
- Country: .......................................................
- Telephone number: .......................................................
- E-mail address: .......................................................
- Institutional affiliation (if applicable): .......................................................
- Brief curriculum (250 words max): .......................................................
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- Description of submitted work: .......................................................
- Title: .......................................................
- Year: .......................................................
- Length: .......................................................
The admission jury will notify artists about the acceptance of their works before March 15.
Submission deadline for the V International Digital Art Exhibit is March 1, 2003.
The Centro Pablo can not return material submitted for consideration in the exhibition and asks that work be donated to be exhibited non-commercially, for example, to promote future festivals.
International Colloquium: "Digital Art: Languages and Poetics"
The International Colloquium Digital Art: Languages and Poetics will take place from June 17 to June 20. In addition to discussions focusing on the work included in the two exhibits, artists, scholars and critics will make presentations on the potentials and the limits of these new forms of artist expression, addressing these general themes:
- Challenges and Techniques of Digital Art
- Digital Art: Traditions and Originality
- New Languages, New Themes?
Papers submitted for consideration must be sent to the Centro Pablo before May 1, 2002. Please include the following information:
- Name: .......................................................
- Profession: .......................................................
- Mailing address: .......................................................
- Country: .......................................................
- Telephone number: .......................................................
- E-mail address: .......................................................
- Institutional affiliation (if applicable): .......................................................
- Brief curriculum (250 words max): .......................................................
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- Title and a 200 words synopsis of paper: .......................................................
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All submissions for the International Colloquium must be received before May 1, 2003.
Participation Fees for the International Colloquium
A fee of $50 US is required of all participants who reside outside of Cuba. The fee must be paid at the start of the event, at the Centro Pablo.
Travel Arrangements
The Centro Pablo unfortunately can not provide financial support to participants. Residents of foreign countries attending the V International Digital Art Exhibit and Colloquium can make their travel arrangements through:
Havanatur Travel Agency
Edificio Sierra Maestra
Calle Primera, entre 0 y 2, Miramar. Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Tel.: (537) 203-9782 y 203-9783 Fax: (537) 204-1760
E-mail: roman@cimex.com.cu
For additional information about Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau and past International Digital Art Exhibits and Colloquia, please visit the following websites:
www.artedigitalcuba.cult.cu
www.artedigitalcuba.org
www.centropablo.cult.cu
www.centropablo.org
All works and correspondence must be sent to the following postal or e-mail address:
Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau
Calle de la Muralla No. 63, entre Oficios e Inquisidor,
Habana Vieja, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Tele-fax: (537) 66-6585 / 861-6251 / 862-3984
E-mail: centropablo@cubarte.cult.cu
