V&A Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire Commission
Celebrating Creativity, Design, Craft, Technology, Art and Science.
To celebrate the second year of Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire, the Digital Programmes team at the V&A are very pleased to announce an open call for the commission of an interactive installation to be exhibited at the
Maker Faire.
On Saturday 15th November 2014, the first ever Maker Faire in London will be back, in Elephant & Castle, at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
The Victoria and Albert Museum is the world’s greatest museum of art and design. Contemporary design has always been at the heart of the V&A’s work and the Museum remains true to its founding mission of promoting excellence in design and manufacturing. It works hard to encourage contemporary designers, acquiring their work, and providing inspiration through its displays and events.
The Digital Programmes Team at the V&A, formed in 2008, engages visitors of all ages in a range of free activities and events that promote innovative digital art and design practices and collaborative processes, inspire creativity, and stimulate discussion and exchange among creative industries professionals, students and visitors.
The V&A Digital Programmes team is inviting submissions for original and imaginative proposals for an interactive installation to celebrate maker culture and design, encourage experimentation, problem solving and audience participation in innovative ways. The piece will engage people with the processes of design and making through surprising and thought provoking means.
GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS
- The call is open to international and UK.
- Proposals must be submitted in English.
- Proposals must be for projects that haven’t been previously exhibited in the UK.
- The work could take any form, but it should be freestanding.
- Submissions should be suitable for and encourage participation for a range of audiences, from children to adults.
- We particularly encourage collaborative projects.
- The copyright of images, videos, code and other media belongs to the Creator(s). Rights to your images, videos, code and other media belong to the Creator(s) are retained by the Creator(s). The V&A reserves the right of a royalty-free license to use, distribute to the public, and publicly display the piece.
SELECTION PROCESS
- One proposal will be selected and will receive a budget of £7,000 to enable development of the proposal and cover all costs from materials, construction, equipment hire to transport and installation.
- It is expected that the successful entrant(s) will work in consultation with the Digital Programmes Team.
IN YOUR APPLICATION, PLEASE INCLUDE:
- Name, Address and Contact details (email and phone number).
- A 100-word summary of the project.
- Description of proposed installation (max. 1000 words) – please include illustrations of the proposed installation as well as information about equipment, materials used.
- Images representative of the submitted installation proposal
- Outline project budget showing expenditure in production materials, equipment hire, design and printing, shipping etc.
- Curriculum vitae of project lead(s)
Submissions must be received through email and must be in a self contained file format.
Applications should be sent to Irini Papadimitriou, i.
Deadline for proposal submissions is Monday 30 June.
Applicants will be notified by the second week in July.
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