I wanted to submit a list of useful contest and scholarship info I found around the web. Many you can use Flash as the program of choice.
Contests
Expose7 Contest
Due Date: February 23
Prizes: Winners get their work published in the book
http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/expose/expose_7/callforentries/
Media: 2d and 3d digital art (photoshop, painter, Maya etc...)
NVArt Surreal Contest
Due Date: March 2 (my birthday..sorry had to add that)
Prizes: "$10,000 cash + 2 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 4GB - 240 CUDA Processors."
http://events.cgsociety.org/NVArt/04/?utm_source=CGSociety&utm_medium=900px&utm_term=surreal&utm_content=hero&utm_campaign=launched
Media: 2d and 3d Digital art
Adobe® Design Achievement Awards
Due Date: June 5
Prizes: "Win a trip to Beijing and cash"
http://adaaentry.com/?trackingid=EGMUA
Media: "The entry must have been created primarily (over 50%) with Adobe tools."
Categories: Browser-Based design, Non Browser-Based Design, Application Development, Mobile Design, Installation Design, Animation, Live Action, Motion Graphics, Illustration, Packaging, Photography and Print Communications
Contest/Scholarships
Jay Kennedy Scholarship
Due Date February 6
Media: This is a contest that focuses on cartooning
Illustrators of the Future
Prizes:1,500 Quarterly 4,000 annually
http://www.writersofthefuture.com/17/rules/ilofrules.html
Media: Any
Flash Movie:
An interesting Flash movie I saw.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/animator
Hope that helps. If anyone knows any other current digital art contests, I'll put it on my list.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The story of mouchette
The website www.mouchette.org is an interesting new media art work that deals with anonymity and popularity on the internet. On the front page of the site Mouchette claims to be a 13 year old girl living in Amsterdam. However, after consistently reloading the page, her location changes from living in Amsterdam, to living in Walla Walla, living in a garden, living in Eindhoven and so on. Even her profile picture changes when the page reloads. Each pictures is of someone completely different. The site also contradicts itself by theme and content.
It can be very dark at times. It often talks about death and suicide. The link suicide kit describes of a kit, "that allows children of all ages to play suicide. It's a new toy." The site feels outdated but I like how it's interactive. Responses from the visitors keep the site new and fresh.The more the visitor explores the site, the more they realize that Mouchette is not a 13 year but someone older or a possible group of people.
The internet is a powerful tool of communication. It also grants the power to assume any role a person desires. People have become extremely popular just because of their internet identity. In pop culture, a prime example of this is Tila Tequila who currently has over 3.5 million friends on the social networking site myspace. In mouchette.org, Mouchette has links to sites that praise and adore her but also those that criticize her(http://ihatemouchette.org/ .) The site also talks about the name as a trademark. This phenomenon is seen more and more in the facebook/myspace generation. People consistently compete to be the one with the most friends and use that popularity for their advantage.
If anything, mouchette.org shows that you can not be one-hundrend percent sure of the identity of the person. At the same time it shows that using the internet's power does have it's advantages.
It can be very dark at times. It often talks about death and suicide. The link suicide kit describes of a kit, "that allows children of all ages to play suicide. It's a new toy." The site feels outdated but I like how it's interactive. Responses from the visitors keep the site new and fresh.The more the visitor explores the site, the more they realize that Mouchette is not a 13 year but someone older or a possible group of people.
The internet is a powerful tool of communication. It also grants the power to assume any role a person desires. People have become extremely popular just because of their internet identity. In pop culture, a prime example of this is Tila Tequila who currently has over 3.5 million friends on the social networking site myspace. In mouchette.org, Mouchette has links to sites that praise and adore her but also those that criticize her(http://ihatemouchette.org/ .) The site also talks about the name as a trademark. This phenomenon is seen more and more in the facebook/myspace generation. People consistently compete to be the one with the most friends and use that popularity for their advantage.
If anything, mouchette.org shows that you can not be one-hundrend percent sure of the identity of the person. At the same time it shows that using the internet's power does have it's advantages.
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