Search for £30,000 creative commission applicants by National Media Museum
The National Media Museum in Bradford is seeking media artists for a £30,000 commission for the creation of two new media artworks.
The artworks will be included within an exhibition entitled ‘In the Blink of an Eye’, which will run as part of Yorkshire’s regional cultural programme for London 2012 Olympics, open to artists who work across photograph, film, digital or computers based art.
The exhibition will open at the National Media Museum next March, exploring themes of movement and motion and also feature work by Roger Fention, Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne-Jules Marey.
Colin Harding, curator of the exhibition said: “We are incredibly excited to see what this submission process will produce and we are looking for imaginative, ambitious and inspirational artworks that respond to our continuing fascination with movement.”
He added: "As a general guideline the proposals should aim to explore the ways in which art and science can be used to express movement, engage with key items from the National Collections of Photography, Film and Television, and use a range of new-media platforms to offer an interactive experience for visitors.”
Up to £15,000 will be made available for each selected proposal, of which £5,000 allocated as a fixed artist fee, and up to £10,000 available for development and production costs with the deadline for entries set as 16 May.