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<br><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><div> </div><font color="#999900" face="Skia"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><img alt="V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media" src="cid:019001c81639$34322e70$3689cd84@cdajoey" height="63" width="231">
<br>Call for
artist-in-residency proposals on:</span></b> <br><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"> </span></b>
<b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><span><br></span><big><big>Wearable
technology</big></big></span></i></b> </font><font face="Skia"><br><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br><b><span lang="EN-GB">V2_Lab, the artistic
Research & Development (aRt&D) department of V2_, Institute for the
Unstable Media, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, has a vacancy for a 2
month artist-in-residence on Wearable technology in the period
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB">15 January - 15 April 2008</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB">.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></b>
<br><br><i><b>Deadline 1 December 2007</b></i><br><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br>V2_Lab</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><br><span>V2_Lab is a workspace
for artists, scientists and technicians emphasizing the encounter and exchange
between different disciplines. Main areas of the V2_Lab's aRt&D are:
Interactivity and Alternative Interfacing, Wearable Technology, Virtual Reality,
Multi-user Environments.<b> </b></span></span><br><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br>Theme</span></b> <br><span lang="EN-GB">The last few
years have seen many exciting new developments in the field of wearable
technology. However, the impact of these developments on everyday design
practices has so far not reached the level anticipated. This can, at least
partly, be attributed to the fairly limited <i>generic</i> quality of most of
these new developments. Typically, promising new wearable technologies are
developed for one specific implementation and then never again used because of
the large efforts required to re-implement the developed technology in new
projects.</span> <br><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> <br><span lang="EN-GB">On the basis of this observation, V2_Lab chose to develop the
telematic technology used to realise the recently finished Soft(n) project in a
<i>generic </i>way. Resulting in technology that is easy to generalize to a
great variety of possible implementations of wearable artistic
expressions.</span> <br><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> <br><span lang="EN-GB">The wearable technology components available for this residency are
based on a custom daughterboard for the Gumstix embedded computing platform and
custom firmware called SIOS (Sensor Input/Output System), developed at V2_Lab.
It allows for versatile sensor and actuator development, while the use of open
standards for communication, such as OSC and Apple's Bonjour, keep the platform
accessible to many different applications.</span> <br><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> <br><span lang="EN-GB">V2_Lab is now looking
for new and innovative uses of the SIOS technology in order to further develop
its uses and capabilities. Therefore, V2_lab calls for artist-in-residency
proposals describing an artistic Research & Development project on wearable
technologies, preferably in relation to smart textiles.</span>
<br><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> <br><b><span lang="EN-GB">Conditions</span></b> <br><span lang="EN-GB">The artist
receives: <br>- grant up to 4.000,- EUR;<br>- free lodging;<br>- technical
support in research and realisation;<br>- access to technical equipment (time
planning depending on availability);<br>- travel expenses up to 250 EUR;</span>
<br><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> <br><span lang="EN-GB">The residence
has a duration of <b>8 weeks max</b> and should take place between 15 January
2008 and 15 April 2008<br><!--[if
!supportLineBreakNewLine]--><!--[endif]--></span><br><span lang="EN-GB">The deadline for application is <b>1 December 2007 </b>and we expect
applicants to fill out the attached application form. Incorrect or incomplete
forms are not taken into consideration.</span> <br><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> <br><b><span lang="EN-GB">Application
form</span></b> <br><span lang="EN-GB">The application form is attached
to this call for proposal. It is also downloadable on <a href="http://www.v2.nl" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.v2.nl</a>.<br><span style="color: red;"></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">
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<br><b><span lang="EN-GB">Additional information</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">
<br></span></font></font><font face="Skia"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></font></font><font face="Skia"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.v2.nl" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
www.v2.nl</a></font></font><font face="Skia"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"></span><br><a href="http://trac.v2.nl/wiki/Sios" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<span lang="EN-GB">http://trac.v2.nl/wiki/Sios</span></a> <br><a href="http://trac.v2.nl/wiki/MoveMe" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span lang="EN-GB">http://trac.v2.nl/wiki/MoveMe
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<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vincent Leclerc<br><br>Technical & Creative Director, ESKI Inc.<br>1751 Richardson, Suite 4311<br>Montreal, QC, Canada, H3K 1G6<br><br>Part-Time Faculty, Design and Computation Arts
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