Call for proposals

[K9 Kai Niggemann]

Hi gang,

in case you know anyone who is interested in working with a goofy  
laptop ensemble from all over Europe and meet up with us in Hamburg,  
Germany in the summer, please forward this to them! or write up your  
own proposal!

We will pay for your travel and accomodation as well as award you a  
prize!

check it out:



The European Bridges Ensemble in collaboration with the Hochschule für  
Musik und Theater Hamburg and the Hungarian Computer Music Foundation  
is inviting project proposals for its 2009 summer residency and the  
2009/2010 concert season.

The European Bridges Ensemble (EBE) is looking for an artist(*) or a  
team of artists interested in working together to create a network  
piece. Its duration should be between 6 to 12 minutes.

The artist(s) chosen will work with the ensemble during the summer  
residency in Hamburg, Germany between July 11 and 25, 2009. The result  
will be presented at the 2009 Hamburg Klangwerktage festival in late  
November as well as at the Music in the Global Village conference in  
Budapest in early December of 2009.

The ensemble:
The ensemble consists of 5 electronic musicians (Kai Niggemann,  
Germany; Adam Siska, Hungary; Johannes Kretz, Austria; Andrea  
Szigetvári, Hungary; Ivana Ognjanovic, Serbia) performing on standard  
and/or alternate controllers, a video artists (Stewart Collinson, UK)  
and a conductor (Georg Hajdu, Germany).

Prize:
The ensemble will pay for travel, accommodation as well as a stipend  
of 1000 Euros (for individual) or 2000 Euros (for a team of two and  
more) for the Hamburg residency.

Application:
The applicants are supposed to send a portfolio either by mail or  
email containing
- samples of previous works demonstrating expertise both in live music  
and video processing (knowledge of network/Internet music is an asset  
but not an absolute requirement.)
- a detailed description of the proposed project including a statement  
on the use of alternate controllers, video and audio.
- a CV

Requirements:
Workshops during the residency will provide expertise in how to use  
the Quintet.net—the environment the European Bridges Ensemble uses in  
their performances. Advanced knowledge of Cycling '74's Max  
programming environment is a necessity. We particularly encourage the  
use of Percussa's AudioCubes of which the ensemble owns six.

Deadline:  March 10, 2009

Notification: The applicants will be notified about their status no  
later than May 1, 2009.

Jury:
The jury consists of Andrew Gerzso (IRCAM, Paris), Pedro Rebelo (SARC,  
Belfast) and members of the European Bridges Ensemble

This project was made possible by a Culture 2007 multi-annual  
cooperation grant by the European Commission. The name of the project  
is CO-ME-DI-A (Collaboration and Mediation in the Digital Arts).  
Project partners are IRCAM (Paris), SARC (Belfast), Casa Paganini  
(Genoa), CIANT (Prague), MUG/IEM (Graz), HfMT (Hamburg), HCMF (Budapest)

Further information:
- about the European Bridges Ensemble: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Bridges_Ensemble 
; http://www.e-b-e.eu
- about Quintet.net: http://www.quintet.net
- about CO-ME-DI-A: http://www.comedia.eu.org/co/documents.html
- on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=european+bridges+ensemble&search_type=&aq=0&oq=european+bri

Contact:
Please send inquiries to:

Georg Hajdu
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
Harvestehuder Weg 12
20148 Hamburg
Germany

Phone:
+49-40-428482-763 (w)
+49-40-23517610 (h)
+49-172-787-4214 (m)
+49-40-428482-770 (f)

e-mail: georg.hajdu at hfmt-hamburg.de
http://www.georghajdu.de/
http://www.quintet.net/
http://mmm.hfmt-hamburg.de

(*) composers, computer/electronic musicians, video/multimedia/ 
intermedia artists/performers; for simplicity's sake just referred to  
as artists.