Deadline for entries: 17th April 2009
Presentations: 9th May 2009, 12:00 till 18:00
Location: Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk). Amsterdam
'Think Ahead! Open Platform' is an award competition and event organised by the Netherlands Media Art Institute on the ocassion of its '30st anniversary'. It will be part of the 'Here we are- There we go' programme with which NIMk celebrates this anniversary. The 'Think Ahead! Open Platform' aims at fostering cooperation between cultural agents and artists with regard to an unrealized art project/ concept/ idea exploring new territories and ideas in the field of media art and digital culture.
'Think Ahead! Open Platform' invites artists, researchers, hackers and inventors active in the digital culture and based in the Netherlands, to present ideas and projects that are currently under construction. The project must fall within or relate strongly to digital art practices and be based on creative commons or libre software/hardware.
After pre-selection, up to 16 projects will be presenter at 'Think Ahead! Open Platform' on May 9th, 2009. Each participant will have 10 minute to present their plan. The key criteria for selection are innovation, authenticity and sustainability.
A jury of experts and representatives of the partnering media organisations will award the most compelling project with 2000 Euros and will provide expert advice and technical assistance for the further development or actual realisation of the concept. The members of the jury might also consider supporting more than one concept/project presented.
Members of Jury:
Susanne Jaschko, chief curator at NIMk
Floor van Spaendonck, director of Virtueel Platform
Alex Schaub, director of FabLab De Waag
Christine van den Horn, responsible of the programme at Media Guild
For more information and the application form please contact Elena Pérez at elena@nimk.nl and visit the NIMk website.