[node-l] Infected: Viral Call for Viral Work / Anti-Bodies

[Joasia]

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KURATOR and LX 2.0: Commissions 2009

INFECTED: VIRAL CALL for VIRAL WORK
Artist commissions for 'Anti-Bodies: Beyond The Body-Ideal', the South West
Cultural Olympiad, UK

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DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 31 JANUARY 2009, sent by email to info at kurator.org

ANNOUNCEMENT OF SELECTED PROPOSALS: 19 FEBRUARY 2009,
in conjunction with the launch of 'Anti-Bodies: Beyond The Body-Ideal'

http://www.anti-bodies.net/

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KURATOR and LX 2.0 are looking for a new work to infect the Olympics.

We will commission two online projects that respond to the idea of the
'virus' for 'Anti-Bodies: Beyond The Body-Ideal', a series of projects that
reflect on the ideal 'body-machine' of the Olympic athlete. By virus we mean
to draw attention to any agent that is able to reproduce itself and spread
over communications networks and infect the host body. For instance, a
computer virus describes the self-reproducing activities of a program that
can simply spread and affect other programs, and thereby reflects the
structural properties of the computer and the network it operates through.
Moreover, the cultural form of a virus embodies the principles of negation
in keeping with the anti-bodies theme.

The commission fee is UK£1000. In addition, the artists will be offered a
short residency (up to 10 days) to develop the work with the Art & Social
Technologies Research group at the University of Plymouth in UK
(http://www.art-social.net). Accommodation and travel will be covered (up to
UK£500 /per commission).

Anti-Bodies is co-ordinated by Relational (http://www.relational.org.uk/),
supported by Arts Council England and has been granted the London 2012
Inspire mark as part of the Cultural Olympiad.

http://www.kurator.org
http://www.lisboa20.pt/lx20/
http://www.relational.org.uk/