[Peter Russell, Skylight, interactive visual-performance] Model Citizens (Artists) Reclaim Public Space in 8th Annual Art in Odd Places Festival :: October 5-15, 2012 on 14th Street, NYC.

16th Japan Media Arts Festival :: February 13-24, 2013 :: The National Art Center, Tokyo 7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-8558 Japan :: Call for Entries – Deadline: September 20, 2012. Continue reading

[Morgan Ritter, “The Thoughtful Digestion of Unique Objects, Complex Subjects, & Composited Projects.”] TBA:12 Time-Based Art Festival :: September 6–16, 2012 (Visual art projects through September 29) :: Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR. Continue reading

amberPlatform: Amber Art and Technology Festival and Conference :: Türkgücü Caddesi No:3A Tophane, Beyoğlu 34425, Istanbul, Turkey :: Call for Artworks – Deadline: June 30, 2012 :: Call for Papers – Deadline: August 31, 2012.

amberFestival is interested in interactive installations that explore the theme of Paratactic Commons in today’s world. We see the theme as a tool to think and work with, and the festival as an opportunity to raise an artistic voice. You alone will define that voice. Continue reading

Bring To Light: Nuit Blanche New York 2012 :: October 6, 2012 :: Call for Submissions — Deadline: July 13, 2012.

Bring to Light is a site-specific contemporary art exhibition that illuminates the streets, parks, and industrial waterfront of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Bring to Light is New York’s “nuit blanche,” part of a global network of locally organized nighttime art festivals.

An investigation of the tension and transformation underway throughout the New York waterfront, Bring to Light seeks proposals from artists exploring innovative approaches to temporary public art that engages the built environment and re-imagines public space. Continue reading

LUMEN 2012: Video & Performance Art Festival :: June 23, 2012; 6:00 pm – midnight :: Staten Island, NY :: FREE and open to the public, Bike-friendly; Art, Beer, Food, and Fun!

The Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) is excited to present the third annual LUMEN festival, a video and performance art festival featuring site-specific projections, new media, installations, and performance art by an international group of over 50 artists. Making use of Staten Island’s under-utilized waterfront, LUMEN will take place on the site of Atlantic Salt, a company that supplies road salt to New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Continue reading

Memefest Festival of Socially Responsive Communication and Art 2012: Debt (la dette, χρέος, dolg, задолженность, долг, debito, дълг, ŝuldo, חוב, schuld, deuda, borc …) :: Call for Submissions — Deadline May 30.

Memefest, an international organization dedicated to promoting new, productive and relevant forms of cultural activism, together with the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, this year introduces the Memefest/ Griffith-QCA award for ‘Imaginative Critical Intervention’. Continue reading

The 15th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) Distributed Microtopias :: Call For Submissions — Deadline: August 15, 2012. Continue reading

Low Lives 4: Networked Performance Festival — 60 live performance-based works over two days, each transmitted over the web and projected in real time at venues across the globe :: April 27, 2012; 8:30 – 11:30 pm (EST) and April 28; 3:00 – 6:00 pm (EST) :: Streamed at www.lowlives.net.

The project celebrates the transmission of ideas beyond geographical and cultural borders, offering global audiences the opportunity to consider live performance in both physical and virtual space. By featuring performances at numerous venues and broadcasting those works via online networks, Low Lives provides a new model for efficiently presenting, viewing, and archiving live performance-based art. Continue reading

Visualizar el sonido [Visualizing sound]: Representations of Sound in Contemporary Creation :: until June 25, 2012 :: LABoral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial, Los Prados 121, 33394 Gijón (Asturias), Spain. Continue reading