CALL FOR ENTRIES: Community Green – 21st Century “village green” competition

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Community Green – 21st Century “village green” competition
(Deadline: register by 14th September)

COMMUNITY GREEN: a communication ideas competition

WHO: architects, designers, artists, performers, scientists, programmers, technologists and others interested in ideas of what an urban 21st century village green might be. Open to individuals and teams.

WHAT: Interdisciplinary ideas competition. Four short listed teams with expertise in both artistic andscience/technology fields will develop full proposals / prototypes. From these 4 prototypes/presentations, one entry will be selected for permanent installation/deployment (pending confirmation of further funding).

WHERE: Registered contributors will develop detailed proposals/prototypes
for public spaces (whether
physical or networked/virtual) of Pollokshields, Glasgow.
Short-listed proposals will be exhibited/presented at
Radius Glasgow and Glasgow Science Centre.

WHEN: Oct 05 – Feb 06

WHY: Community Green aims to
– Raise awareness about sustainable approaches to building, regenerating and reanimating a community
– Focus attention on the role that digital and other technologies, especially those that have a low environmental impact, can play creatively/artistically in the fostering of greater communication and participation within a community.
– Connect, socially and geographically, the diverse areas of the Pollokshields neighbourhood in Glasgow’s Southside through the use of communication technologies.

FEE: £1000 each for four short-listed team interdisciplinary teams to develop full proposals (entry is also open to individuals – see web site for full details).

TO APPLY: send a brief expression of interest (500 words MAXIMUM) and CV /
brief biography to green@mediascot.org by 14th September.

For full details click “Community Green” under “Programmes” at http://www.mediascot.org

DEADLINE: register with a brief statement & CV/Biog by 14th September.

Community Green is organised by Radius Glasgow and New Media Scotland in association with Sust: The Lighthouse on Sustainability and Glasgow Science Centre.

New Media Scotland is a development agency supporting experimentation at the intersection of art, science & technology. New Media Scotland is a registered charity core funded by The Scottish Arts Council.
Next Upgrade! event : Wednesday 28th September
http://www.mediascot.org