Knowledge Hacking

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

DEADLINE: MARCH 21, 2010


Knowledge Hacking is an experimental research and exhibition project organized by the Worth Ryder Art Gallery (WRAG), Department of Art Practice, UC Berkeley, as a parallel program with ZER01: The Art and Technology Network. WRAG invites proposals for short-term residencies for independent artists and researchers pursuing art-science collaborations with departments on the UC campuses at Berkeley, Santa Cruz and Davis. Supported collaborations will commence in April and will be presented as a discursive exhibition of work in progress at the Worth Ryder to coincide with Build Your Own World, the 01SJ Biennial, in San Jose from September 16-19, 2010. Tentative dates for the exhibition are September 15-October 16.

Residencies will be awarded to projects that lend themselves to conceptualization within the research framework of the university, and for which principal collaborators both within and outside the UC system have already been identified. UC collaborators may include current students, faculty or visiting researchers. Artists and scientists from within the UC system, the Bay Area and elsewhere are invited to apply with projects that include one or more UC-affiliated collaborators. Proposals may come from one or more artists seeking to work with a partner in the sciences, or from one or more scientists seeking to work with art and media practitioners. We are seeking proposals for long-term collaborations that include a documentation or prototype element, which can be presented in the September exhibition and further developed through educational programming.

Artists and researchers within the UC system, independent artists whose work invites scientific collaboration, and independent researchers seeking to work with artists to visualize their research, are invited to apply. The Department of Art Practice and campus partners will facilitate access to UC resources such as space and equipment, and provide a modest budget for the initial phase of project development. Further development of selected proposals and exhibition in their fully realized form is a future possibility, though not included in this pilot phase of the project.

Applications must include a project narrative (250-500 words), contact information and biographies for lead collaborators (including at least one UC affiliate), a pilot-phase budget of no more than $1000, a statement of commitment from a UC-affiliated partner, and 5-10 images (which may include concept art for the proposed project and examples of collaborators’ past work). Please EMAIL all required documents in PDF format to Anuradha Vikram, WRAG Curator, at [email protected] by March 21.