Grants of up to $10,000 are available to artists in 2005 for adventurous new art projects that utilise emerging technologies in areas such as digital, time-based, broadband, screen-based and biological art.

CLOSING D

ATE: 4^th March 2005, at 5pm

About BEAPworks

BEAPworks is a research and development grant funding adventurous new art projects utilising emergent technologies for Western Australian artists.

BEAPworks is a joint initiative between the Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth and ArtsWA. BEAP is supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments and the Government of Western Australia through ArtsWA in association with Lotterywest.

About the BEAPworks Exhibition

Recipients of the BEAPworks 2004 grant round are being exhibited as part of the Perth International Arts Festival at John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University. The exhibition runs from 10 February until 12 June 2005.

BEAPworks is curated by Paul Thomas, the Director of BEAP. The exhibition presents the work of six local electronic artists, Mark Cypher, Cat Hope, Jo Law with Hilary Bunt & Raoul Marks, Cameron Merton with Yvette Merton, Nina Sellars with Iain Sweetman & Gareth Lockett, and Cynthia Verspaget. The works explore the way the world is shaped by scientific development. Through the interactive multimedia installations the works provide access to understanding how these scientific developments affect our perception of daily life.

More information on the artists can be found online at www.beap.org

BEAPworks exhibition:

John Curtin Gallery, Building 200 (Opposite the Kirribilli Café)

Curtin University of Technology, Kent St, BENTLEY WA

Opening hours Tuesday to Friday 10.30am – 5pm, Sunday 1 – 5pm

Admission is free

BEAPworks Grant Aims

BEAPworks grants assist in the creation new, cutting edge and experimental electronic and/ or biological art projects.

The BEAPworks grant aims to:

• • stimulate and cultivate electronic and emerging technology based artwork, by local emerging and practicing artists
• • assist in the development of innovative artwork, leading to the realisation of artistic outcomes, at an international standard
• • stimulate artistic research and development allowing artists to explore ideas uncovered by new developments in emerging technology

BEAP strongly recommends that all grant applicants visit the exhibition, as this will enhance understanding of the aims of the BEAPworks grant.

Funding Criteria

BEAPworks grants are awarded, by a panel, on the following considerations.

The extent to which the project:

• • is cutting edge, innovative or experimental
• • uses emerging/ electronic technologies in areas such
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  as digital, time-based, broadband, screen-based and biological art

• • holds strengths in research and development
• • has the potential for external collaborations, or explores external collaborations
• • has clearly defined aims, strategies and expected project outcomes
• • has evidence that the project is well planned and achievable with consideration given to financial management, proposal concept and technical requirements

Guidelines and Conditions

To be accepted, all BEAPworks applications must follow these guidelines and conditions:

• • BEAPworks grants are only available to Western Australia artists

• • Applicants must be Australian citizens or have permanent resident status in Australia;
• • Applicants must have resided in Western Australia for at least 12 months immediately prior to making an application;
• • Applicants must not have any overdue acquittals from previous ArtsWA funding;
• • Applicants must have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or proof that they are not subject to Pay As You Go (PAYG) withholding

• • Students and organisations cannot apply to fund works for student based exhibitions
• • Funding will not be given to capital equipment
• • Only 1 application from each individual can be submitted

• Applicants must be over 18 years of age

Other Research/ Residency Opportunities

Residencies offered in partnership with BEAPworks will be negotiated directly between the artist and the organisation. Residencies offered are:

• • Physical residency space at CLEAR (Centre for Living, Electronic Arts Research): a dedicated research centre at the intersection of art, science and industry. Space is negotiable based on acceptance of a proposal.
• • Online residency space at CLEAR: offers interactive server access, file sharing, ftp access and web presence.
• • Online research facilities: offers online collaborative research space.
• • BEAPworks ISA Technologies HPC Fellowship: provides access to a high performance computing and visualisation facility through ISA Technologies (Applicants must have strong computer knowledge)

Successful Applicants

Successful applicants will be notified via mail.

The ArtsWA Grants Administrator will contact each successful applicant detailing the conditions and requirements applying to this offer.

Successful applicants must acknowledge such support in all publicity and promotional material, including websites, email notification and verbally, when relating to this project.

Un-successful Applicants

Un-successful applicants will be notified via mail.

How do I apply?

Fill in all questions on the BEAPworks grant submission form.

Complete the budget form.

Applications must:

• • be submitted via post (to the below address) or via email (to info@beap.org)
• • be short, concise, relevant and legible
• • not be bound, and must be printed on one side only (paper version only)
• • contain relevant support material (do not send original copies)
• • all support material must be labelled clearly with your name and contact details

Send the application via post to:

BEAPworks application

Centre for Living and Electronic Arts Research (CLEAR)

Suite 3 Enterprise Building 3

11 Brodie Hall Drive

Bentley, WA, 6102

CLOSING DATE: 4^th March 2005, at 5pm

Need more information?

Contact Amanda Alderson, BEAP administrator on 9266 4922 (until the 11^th of February) then on

6424 8203 (from the 14^th of February) or via info@beap.org, for more information, or to discuss proposals.

State Library of Western Australia (LISWA), Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth

State Library of Western Australia (LISWA), Alexander Library Building,

Perth Cultural Centre, Perth

Conference and Exhibition timeline for BEAP 2004.

ONLINE PROPOSALS SUBMISSION INFORMATION
BEAP WORKS 2004
Closing date for new works: 12 December 2003

The Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth, is dedicated to the development, production and promotion of experimental electronic arts research.
BEAP is now also a mechanism to facilitate the creation and production of electronic art works.
The Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth intends to become Australia’s peak organization promoting and showcasing contemporary experimental art practice of an International calibre. BEAP is committed to fostering work leading tocritical debate within these fields and will develop robust advocacy strategies.
BEAP 2004 will investigate notions of ‘Difference’, which focuses upon:
1. Sonic-Differences; Re-sounding the World. Exploring sound art
2. Bio-Differences; Born and Bred. Exploring Bioloical art
3. Data-Differences; The dissolution of locale. Exploring net art
4. Perceptual-Differences; Vision systems. Exploring interactive images
5. Distributed-Differences; Cultures of conflict. Exploring networked art
The theme ‘Difference’ and ‘Denial of Difference’ will explore the humanness of being human

as it confronts globalisation. The technological transformation, transcendence and transmutation of what we have based our knowledge upon are still stretching the boundaries of our consciousness.
Call for works
BEAP is looking for exciting and adventurous projects that primarily exploit the possibilities of Western Australian artists working with emerging technologies in the area of Time based Media, Broadband, and Screen based work.
The work
BEAP 2004 seeks to fund research and development in the broad context of screen based, gaming technologies and broadband which address the five main themes of BEAP2004. Grants of up to $10.000.00 will be available for new projects meeting these criteria. The committee will support and encourage original research and development projects that address these topics with anticipated exhibition outcomes in BEAP 2004.

Proposals An online written proposal should include the following information:

1. Title of work

2. Project description no longer than 500 words (including its rationale)

3. Technical details:

3a) A brief description of your project and its implementation;

3b) A time schedule: description of the work that has to be done.

3c) Equipment list, including production materials and supplies needed;

4. Budget details(see online budget form. Please ensure quotes are accurate, maximum request $10,000 per project.)

5. Concise CVs (no more than two A4 pages each) of all key personnel/collaborators with contact details.

6. Your ABN number and GST registration. Applicants must provide an ABN in order to be eligible for support, OR evidence that the Australian Taxation Office has determined them ineligible for an ABN. Applicants must ensure that the name on the application form (for payment purposes) is the same as the name the ABN is issued in.

support material - please submit in the following formats 
Place all documentation into a folder then compress in to as zip or sit file.
This file can then be uploaded using the upload button from at the bottom of  the online submission page

Text: .doc, .pdf, .txt, .rtf

Images: .jpg, .tif, Mov

Compressed files: .zip, .sit (for Mac and PC)
The support material should include

 Budget

 Concise CV

 Documentation of relevant  work 

Applications will only be accepted from artists residing in Western Australia following the ArtsWA guidelines.
  

Individual or group projects must not exceed requests for $10,000. 

Any questions or further information, email: info@beap.org

Applications will be assessed by the BEAP curatorial committee and members of Media-Space Perth Inc. The decision of the committee is final. ArtsWA will administer the grants.

Proposals will be assessed on


The proposals potential or significance in relation to the ‘SameDifference’ themes;


The proposal’s relevance to the BEAP interest in the collaboration of Art and Science; through Time based Media, Broadband, and Screen based work.


The benefit to the artists, the community, the audience/participants in developing critical debate;


The project's contribution to advancing research in the area of Electronic art.


Financial responsibility and management competence;
Clearly defined objectives and outcomes;
All participants have confirmed their active involvement;
Accuracy of costings.
Applicants will be contacted with results by 9 January 2004.

Culture and Technology begins with several useful and clear definitions of its key themes—technology and technique, culture and the intersection between these.

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The Biennale of Electronic Arts, Perth actively embraces the opening of new technological frontiers.

Biennale of Electronic Art Perth 2002 from Paul Thomas on Vimeo.

BEAP is an international event which includes a conference,symposiums, forum and exhibition presenting the theoretical, cultural and philosophical basis of Electronic Arts practice. The inaugural thematic focus for BEAP is LOCUS, the place where we believe consciousness exists. The idea of place is being renegotiated through the developing biological relationships, effecting consciousness. These effects are further confronted through the external input of computer generated and augmented virtual realities. We find ourselves as the centre of this point of convergence, our senses become the portals, our skin becomes the screen between these immersive realties. This portal, this relocated screen, should now be at the forefront of minds, when the skin no longer defines the boundaries of our sense of self.

The Biennale examines these explosions of activities at the intersection of art, science, and technology, by practitioners in the field of developing electronic technologies from Australia and around the world. It will focus on the ongoing need for dialogue and contextualisation to represent the current states in which we will find ourselves.

BEAP shares an interest in the possibilities of using exhibitions and discussion to explore aspects of practice as well as developing networks to critically evaluate work. From Perth the concept of Locus is placed in the wider context of international forums, communicating with other groups and individuals in Australia and overseas.

The John Curtin Gallery and the Studio for Electronic Arts in the School of Art at Curtin University of Technology have sought expressions of interest from artists working either individually or in partnership with scientists to instigate an international electronic arts exhibition. This exhibition will feature cutting edge work from international, national and regional contemporary arts practitioners. The exhibited works will explore the boundaries of new technologies and present them to the public in a challenging and thought provoking way.

There has been a significant attitude shift in recent years with artists and scientists reaching out beyond their own domains and this comes at a time when global economics, fuelled by new developments in science and digital technology, is providing increasing opportunities for artistic and technological interactivity. Artists have always been among the first to apply technological advances to their work, and using electronic and digital technologies for seeing and expressing ideas is becoming commonplace in the scientific arena. This mutual interest in shared electronic and digital tools is fostering a common language between artists and scientists, and the Internet and email enable artists and scientist’s new access to one another. Given all these factors there is now an exciting opportunity for developing collaborative partnerships for informing and inspiring society with the artist and scientist working together in the field of electronic arts.

Director Paul Thomas

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Wednesday 5th to Friday 7th December 2001

Second Iteration : emergence is the event for anyone with an interest in the relationship between generative processes, creativity and artistic practice. The key theme will be emergence: the property of simple, interacting processes to acquire characteristics and form beyond those direct to the sum of the individual components. Second Iteration will investigate the discontinuities between poeisis and physis, and how these processes influence the development of creative ideas.

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~iterate/SI/index.html