OPEN CALL: free103point9 AIRtime Artist Residency Program

free103point9 AIRtime residency applications due April 1, 2007.

Do you, or would you like to, use the airwaves in your work?

Coined by free103point9, "Transmission Arts" is defined as a conceptual umbrella that unites a community of artists and audiences interested in transmission ideas and tools utilizing the electromagnetic spectrum for creative expression. Transmission practices harness, occupy and/or respond to the airwaves that surround us. There is an inherent "liveness" to this work. In a performance- based setting, audience members are newly engaged, becoming participants rather than passive viewers and listeners. Installation or sculptural transmission works are often dependant on the present, reacting to whatever occupies the surrounding frequencies in a single instance, or changing that information by adding new signals to the spectral environment.

The AIRtime workspace residency program at Wave Farm provides media artists with valuable space, physical and intellectual, to concentrate on new transmission works and conduct important research about the genre using free103point9's resource library and equipment holdings. free103point9's Study Center (see sketch, above) is under construction and will be partially functional during the 2007 residency season.

The AIRtime program serves artists by providing space for research and creation with technical support, and audiences through the presentation of works developed during AIRtime in conjunction with free103point9' s exhibition program PETS. Selected artists and projects are invited to install long-term outdoor installations as part of free103point9' s Transmission Sculpture Garden. The free103point9 Dispatch Series provides distribution for selected projects completed during AIRtime residencies. Artists-in-residence also interact with free103point9 Online Radio, presenting live on-air programming during their stay. free103point9 shares resources regarding preservation and archiving models with our residents. Artists are encouraged to archive recordings and other reproducible media with the free103point9 study collection.

Ten artists (or collectives) are selected from an open application each AIRtime season. Residency durations are flexible based on the schedules of participating artists, but typically last one week. The program is active July - October. Residents are provided with a stipend of $150. Meals are provided by free103point9 as well as local transportation for supplies. One resident is on-site at a time. Both program directors are available on site during the residencies for technical assistance and critical feedback.

Artists are required to archive completed works related to their residency with the study center research collections. A performance and exhibition program from works made during this residency period will be held at Wave Farm in Oct., 2007.

For a complete list of equipment, resources, and technical
support associated with the AIRtime residency program, see:
http://www.free103point9.org/airtime.php

To learn more about free103point9, go here:
http://www.free103point9.org/

To learn more about Wave Farm, go here:
http://www.free103point9.org/wavefarm. php

April 1, 2007 application deadline

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