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CONTEMPORANEA – ACUSMATICA: ACOUSMATIC FIELD

 CONTEMPORANEA – ACUSMATICA: ACOUSMATIC FIELD
Summary:Electroacoustic Call
Deadline: 31 August 2017
Date Posted: 05 July 2017
Details: RULES AND CONDITIONS (Versione in lingua italiana a seguire)

Art. 1 TEM - Taukay Edizioni Musicali and Delta Produzioni Associazione Culturale hereby open a call for works for sound art installations.

Art. 2 No participation fee is required.

Art. 3 The call for works will accept installations by artists of any nationality and of any age.

Art. 4 Installations will have to be considered in relation to a specific location of the city of Udine: the deconsecrated San Francesco church. Working on the compositions you will need to consider the remarkable performance space reverberation.

Through the web address:
Http://www.taukay.it/sounds/2017_acousmatic_field_ir.zip
You can download the space impulse response (IR) to use with convolution reverb systems (.wav 48kHz – 24 bit).

For the work setup the following hardware is available:
n. 8 speakers with relative amplifiers n. 2 sub woofer with relative amplifiers n.1 digital console
n.1 laptop
n.1 RME Fireface UFX audio card
n.3 video Projectors
n.3 screens

In addition, the following software installed on the laptop are available:
Max + Jitter Processing SuperCollider Pure Data Arduino Reaper

Any material (hardware and software) out of the above list must be supplied by the artist as well as any speakers in a spatial arrangement other than the indicated one.
Instruments hacking projects and acoustic feedback systems may also be proposed, but also in this case all the materials not in the list will have to be entirely supplied by the artist.

Art. 5 The works selection will take place in two distinct steps:

1) Artists wishing to participate must send the following documents to the e-mail address competition@taukay.it no later
than August 31 2017
a) a pdf file with a detailed description of the installation project and any patches, sketch or scripts that you plan to use in your project. The documents presenting the work must contain all the information necessary to create the installation, in particular:
- a brief artistic description of the installation
- detailed diagrams showing the hardware components and their connections (sensors, arduino boards, objects used for sound sculptures, laptops, mixers, speakers, videos, etc.)
- patches, sketches or scripts used in the project and detailed specifications for any connections between different software using OSC or MIDI (the list of those provided can be seen in item 4 of the regulations). For hacking projects: a flow chart of the signals from generating instruments to emitting tools
- detailed plan of signal routing to mixer console (if used)
- any other instructions or information needed to help understanding and implementation of the plan
b) the signed entry form and other info about the composer listed below:
- name, surname, date and place of birth, sex, nationality, address, e-mail address, telephone number, title, year of composition, date and place of the first public presentation, if any
- a statement agreeing to the rules and conditions of the call for works “Acousmatic Field”
- a statement agreeing to permit the performance of the composition to be recorded, broadcast or telecast, archived and used for CD production without compensation. (Remuneration relative to copyright for public
performance and mechanical reproduction will be safeguarded and distributed by SIAE)
- a statement agreeing to the treatment of personal information in accordance with Italian privacy laws. (D. Lgs.
196/03 - Codice in materia di Privacy).
(For all the statements and info it is possible to fill the entry form with all the requested data. To download the entry form use the following link: http://www.taukay.it/pdf/2017_acousmatic_field_form.pdf)
c) composer biography
d) recent photograph of the composer
e) photocopy of identification document of the composer

2) the selection panel will choose the works to show/present no later than the 10th september 2017 “Contemporanea – Acusmatica” festival in Autumn 2017. Please note that the selection will consider both the artistic aspect and feasibility of the projects presented. The results of the selection will be published on the website www.taukay.it and personally communicated to the participant by e-mail. At this point, the selected candidates (if they have not already done so) must create the installation proposed and send all the necessary materials by email or regular post:
• in compressed digital format (.ZIP), including all necessary information. This must include the artist's surname and the title of the project and must be available to download using a file hosting system like wetransfer or similar. The permanent link from which it is possible download the materials must be sent by email to the email address: competition@taukay.it
• by regular post to the address listed below:

TEM – Taukay Edizioni Musicali
Via del Torre 57/5
33047 Remanzacco – Udine
ITALIA

The call for works administration prefer file delivery of the files related to the work in digital format by internet.

Art. 6 The creation (installation, implementation, monitoring and disassembly and removal) of the proposed project during the Festival will be the responsibility of the artist in close cooperation with the organization.

Art. 7 More than one installations may be submitted.

Art. 8 Due to the very tight time frame, any projects sent by regular mail will only be considered if they arrive before the closing date. We recommend you post projects in good time to ensure you are able to participate in the competition.
In case of delivery by internet, the shipping e-mail will be deemed to be the date of submission.
In case of delivery using ordinary mail from abroad, please specify that the package contents has no commercial value to avoid added custom charges.
(Example to write on the envelope: “Descrizione del contenuto: documenti e CD per audizione privi di valore commerciale/documents and non-commercial audition-CD”).

Art. 9 The selection panel reserves the right to refuse any entry which does not fulfil the indicated requirements.

Art. 10 The selection panel’s decision is final.

Art. 11 By entering the competition and submitting the composition, the composer accepts all the above terms and conditions.
Failing to follow the above terms and conditions will result in the forfeiting of any rights deriving from participation in the call for works.

Art. 12 The competent court for any dispute is the Court of Udine.

For further information, please visit the TEM - Taukay Edizioni Musicali website at: www.taukay.it

Or email us at: competition@taukay.it
Web Site:www.taukay.it/data1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=817:acusmatica-en&catid=80&lang=en&Itemid=561