digital society bursary

Introduction

This bursary provides a significant opportunity for practitioners of any creative discipline (visual, performing, musical, media, technology, literature) to deliver a project responding to the emerging digital society. The bursary will be open to individuals and groups in Ireland and abroad and the bursary will be formally launched at the Digital Transformations conference in Ballina Mayo on 19 May.

An information session for potential applicants forms part of the conference programme.

About the bursary

This bursary supports artists and creative professionals who want to explore the digital society in their work, and put that response centre stage in the debates happening today about what kind of society is emerging via digital technologies. Enriching human contact and the human voice is essential for this transformation to be beneficial and how artists see this transformation needs to be heard not just on the street, but in classrooms and boardrooms as well. The digital society is throwing arts, policy, education, culture and business together in ways that only an artistic sensibility can really fathom.

The Award

  • Value: €10,000
  • Studio and/or rehearsal space at the Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Mayo
  • Accommodation supports available

Duration

  • 1 year

Criteria

  • The bursary is open to individual practitioners or groups working in the following disciplines:
    • Visual Arts – Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Illustration, Craft making, & Fashion
    • Performing Arts – dance, music, theatre & music
    • Media Practice – writing, video & film
    • Literature – fiction, poetry, drama, and journalism
    • Technology – coding, architecture, design
  • The recipient  will be required to consider the themes of the digital transformations conference in developing their work: Digital Human, Networked Personality, Art for What’s Sake, and Manifesto.
  • The recipient will be required to provide some educational engagement and workshops at the centre, as well as support promotional activities around the bursary.
  • The recipient will be required to present, exhibit, perform, or share their completed work at the next Digital Transformations conference in 2019.

Application Process

The window for applications will open on Friday 4th May, and close at 5pm on Friday 29th June, 2018 DEADLINE EXTENDED

Application

Please upload any images or documentation to a file sharing service such as Dropbox, Google Drive, WeTransfer or OneDrive, and add a link to the service in this form. Documentation should include cost projections.

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