Call for entries Electrohype 2004

Call for entries Electrohype 2004 - the third Nordic biennial for computer-based art.

Deadline May 31st 2004.

Electrohype is pleased to announce this call for entries for the exhibition that will be a follow up to two previous exhibitions Electrohype 2000 and 2002. The upcoming exhibition will be a large scale and broad presentation of computer based and high tech art.

The exhibition Electrohype 2004 will be held at Malmo Konsthall, one of the most beautiful exhibition spaces for art in Scandinavia. The exhibition will be presented for eight weeks on 1700 square meters (13 000 square feet). This gives us a unique opportunity to compile a spacious exhibition that gives all works and installations good conditions.

Our goal is to present an exhibition consisting of 15 - 20 works of art. The concept of the Electrohype biennial is that it shall be a Nordic exhibition but this does not exclude works by artists from outside the Nordic region. To give the exhibition a broad perspective we are usually working with a 60/40 model, 60 percent from the Nordic region and 40 percent from the rest of the world.

Given the opportunity to present an exhibition in this large scale in a space that reaches a large audience (235 000 visitors annually) we have decided to choose the theme PERSPECTIVE for this exhibition. This means that we will not only include newly produced works but also look for artwork that draws a historical line for a rather young art genre.

Important dates
Deadline for this call for entries may 31st, 2004
Exhibition opening November 27th 2004
Exhibition closing January 23rd 2005

What kind of art are we looking for?
Electrohype has since the start in 1999 focused on what we choose to call computer based art. Art that runs of computers and utilizes the capacity of the computer to mix various media, allow interaction with the audience, or machines interacting with each others etc. in other words art that can not be transferred to "traditional" linear media. This might seem as a narrow approach but we have discovered that it gives us a better focus on a genre that in no way is narrow.

We are not looking for "straight" video art (even if it is edited on a computer) or still images rendered on computers and other material that refers to more "traditional" media forms. Forms were the traditional tools have been replaced with computers and software.

Practical
An online application form and a PDF form can be found on our website:
http://www.electrohype.org/2004/entrieinfo02.html

NOTE: Please do NOT send documentation material as attachments to e-mail and do NOT send 8 pages CVs. Put your material online and send us the url or ftp address or send us a CD in the mail. Please read the form and follow the guidelines. We receive a large amount of proposals and all of them are reviewed closely. To be able to do this we ask you to follow this structure.

Financial
We are still working on the fundraising for the exhibition. We will hopefully have final numbers sometime during this summer. We will have to adjust the final selection of works for exhibition according to the financial situation. This is unfortunate but it is also necessary, art is beautiful but financial reality is harsh.

We will encourage everyone submitting material to look for possibilities for local funding to help cover costs for transport, travel and rent of technical equipment.

In previous exhibitions we have managed to keep a high level both in artistic content and exhibition design, even on a modest budget. It is therefore very important for us to avoid unpleasant surprises, so please keep this in mind when filling out the various posts in the form, especially when it comes to technical requirements, transport weight etc.

We are looking forward to see new and interesting works of art.

Best regards from the Electrohype team.

Anna Kindvall and Lars Gustav Midboe




For additional info please visit our web site at:
http://www.electrohype.org