Plymouth Arts Centre and i-DAT present Inter_connections seminar, the concluding event of a curatorial residency undertaken by Basak Senova. Senova is assistant professor at Kadir Has University, an independent curator and founding member of the Istanbul association NOMAD. Senova was resident at i-DAT and Plymouth Arts Centre (UK) in January 2008 as part of the programme of International Curatorial Research Residencies initiated by the Curatorial Network.

Speakers are: Basak Senova (Istanbul, Turkey), Paul O'Neill (Bristol, UK) and Ute Meta Bauer (MIT, US).

Bursaries of up to £70 are available for South West based curators to cover travel and accommodation. To apply contact Paula Orrell, Curator, PAC, email: paula@plymouthac.org.uk, phone: 01752 276995.

→ More information: seminar page → e-Flyer

The annual festival Ars Electronica takes place in Linz, Austria each year - arguably the foremost media and electronic art festival attracting participants and visitors from across the world.

Curatorial Network is organising a visit for curators based in the South West of UK to attend the festival (4-9 September 2008) and is pleased to offer around eleven subsidised places. We are now inviting applications who would like to go on the visit.

Deadline for applications: Friday 4 April 2008, 17:00

→ More information about the visit and how to apply International Visit Ars Electronica

Basak Senova, international curator and founder of the online curatorial project NOMAD TV, is undertaking research residency hosted by Plymouth Arts Centre and i-DAT (University of Plymouth, UK) as part of the Curatorial Network programme.

The residency explores the potential of online environment and social networking tools as mechanisms for generating cultural exchange. It unfolds through the CN discussion list [curatorial.net] and concludes with a seminar on the 25 April 2008.

→ Read More Residency Winter 2008

→ Curatorial Residencies: Sergio Edelsztein (CCA, Tel Aviv, Israel), Spring 2007; Zhang Wei (The Vitamin Arts Space, Guangzhou China), Autumn 2007.
→ Seminars: Curating The Other (Dartington College of Arts & Spacex Gallery), and FAR WEST (Arnolfini & Relational, Bristol), UK.
→ International Visits http://www.curatorial.net/go/en/read/Visits

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