don't have a clue. just passing along. would be interested in feedback if
anyone participates.   -tolve

>Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 12:56:31 -0500 (EST)
>From: eve jochnowitz 
>Subject: SOUNDCULTURE (fwd)
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>SOUNDCULTURE '98 AOTEAROA / NEW ZEALAND   *  CALL FOR PROPOSALS
>
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>tangi te ha - create the sound           rongo hia te ha - sense the sound
>
>
>Auckland is a bicultural city that includes the largest Maori/Polynesian
>population in the world. It has a unique geography, being situated on an
>isthmus between two harbours and featuring some 14 volcanoes. Auckland is a
>city rich with sites for sound works.
>
>The fourth Pacific festival of contemporary sound practices will be hosted
>in Auckland, New Zealand, from November 20 - December 6, 1998. SoundCulture
>'98 Aotearoa/New Zealand will encompass and showcase the most recent
>innovations in sound practices within New Zealand and throughout the
>Pacific region.
>
>Supported by Creative New Zealand, the festival is organised by an
>independent group of individuals directly involved in contemporary sound
>arts and by a network of contemporary art galleries in Auckland. Artspace,
>Auckland will act as the administrative base and resource centre.
>
>Proposals and expressions of interest are sought from practitioners and
>researchers in sound, and from any artist for whom this festival might
>provide an opportunity to develop and highlight elements of sound in their
>practice.
>
>While there are existing forums for traditional areas of sound practice,
>such as compositional music, dance music and culturally dance music and
>culturally diverse traditional forms, SoundCulture 98, as a festival, will
>differentiate itself from these. It will show entirely new approaches to
>the use of sound and carve out new territory in artistic practice. It will
>extend the tradition of radical sound practice in sculpture, performance,
>installation and moving image.
>
>Previous SoundCulture host countries have concentrated their activity on
>the Pacific Rim countries of the US, Canada, Australia, Japan and New
>Zealand. The New Zealand SoundCulture festival will bring together a
>vibrant diversity of sound practitioners from within the Pacific region as
>well as from other as from other countries around the Rim, with the aim of
>fostering cross-cultural communication.
>
>SoundCulture '98 will focus on progressive and innovative sound practice in
>and between many disciplines, including:
>
>* sound performance art
>* sound sculpture
>* innovative uses of public communications systems
>* site-specific public artworks, events or spectacles
>* curated historical exhibitions and performances of sound art
>* symposia
>* new media arts and technologies
>* innovative uses of public communications systems
>* site-specific public artworks, events or spectacles
>* curated historical exhibitions and performances of sound art
>* and forms yet to be discovered!
>
>Please include an outline of your project on one page only; your budget;
>support material, including images, video and audio tapes as appropriate;
>CV. More than one proposal can be sent per application. If doing so, please
>outline them on separate sheets.
>
>The final programme, decided by a curatorial committee, will comprise work
>from invited artists and a selection of work from the proposals. Priority
>will be given to those proposals that address innovation in contemporary
>sound practice.
>Provision for artists' fees and travel is limited. Applicants should seek
>their own funding to ensure their participation.
>
>The festival will explore what sound means in our culture today, opening
>the notion of SoundCulture to innovative forms that examine the interface
>between art practice, society and cultures. Sound is the common ground and
>the vehicle to this end.
>
>
>Closing date for proposals: by the last week in May 1997
>Proposals should be forwarded to:
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>SoundCulture Aotearoa/New Zealand
>Artspace
>300 Karangahape Road, PO Box 68 418
>Auckland, New Zealand
>phone: 0064 9 3034965
>fax: 0064 9 366 1842
>email: artspace@iconz.co.nz
>
>For further enquiries, you can contact Robert Leonard at Artspace, or
>Richard Dale on 09 376 1079.
>
>Artspace
>Robert Leonard director; Honor Harger; Constance McArdle
>street address: 300 K Road, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
>postal address: PO Box 68 418, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand
>phone: (64-9) 3034965   fax: (64-9) 3661842
>email: artspace@iconz.co.nz
>web site: http://mat.sapp.auckland.ac.nz/artspace/
>