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Global Alternative Sound Waves Emerge.
Organizer: YAGEO Foundation YAGEO Sound Art Prize is organized by YAGEO Foundation, curated by Etat and sponsored by National Culture and Arts Foundation. The call for entry will start on July 1st. It aims to encourage artworks that adopt ˇ§soundˇ¨ as the medium and acknowledges worldwide experimental and creative sound artworks. YAGEO Sound Art Prize will honor outstanding artists with three prizes and several finalist awards. The first prize winner will receive NTD 60,000, and all prize winnersˇ¦ work will be exhibited at the upcoming B!as International Sound Exhibition in the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
YAGEO Sound Art Prizeˇ¦s deadline for submission is July 31st. Since the 1990s, the use of the Internet has been a common platform for the collaboration and the sharing of resources in sound art; hence providing great access for international networking. From the individual experiments of combining technology and music in the Western world decades ago to todayˇ¦s application of artificial intelligence, audio-visual collage and the exploration and practice of the aesthetics of error (incorrect use of software), sound art has become a crucial trend in the new media art and part of modern living. Through the global sound art community and network, YAGEO Sound Art Prize will encourage the sound artworks in all forms, including analogue, digital, the Internet, etc., whilst seeking the most inspiring sound art pieces with experimental, innovative and visionary quality. YAGEO Sound Art Prize is also the first promotional campaign for ˇ§B!AS- International Sound Art Exhibition.ˇ¨ Curated by Jun-Jieh WANG and Wen-Hao HUANG, ˇ§B!ASˇ¨ will open at Taipei Fine Arts Museum on September 24th. The show will exhibit a number of mastersˇ¦ works, including German sound art guru Christina Kubisch, Acer Digital Arts Award first prize winner Edwin Van Der Heide from Holland, and new media art master Paul De Marinis, who specializes in large-scale public interactive installation. The young Spanish art group Alejandra & Aeron will be invited as visiting artists by the organizer. They will not only be on the jury for YAGEO Sound Art Prize will also create a ˇ§sound gardenˇ¨ (made of the unique sounds in Taipei), which will be exhibited in ˇ§B!AS.ˇ¨ YAGEO Foundation, the organizer of YAGEO Sound Art Prize, was founded in 1999 to enhance international exposure of Chinese modern and contemporary artists and to promote the dialogue between Chinese artists and the western society. As part of the alignment with its corporate culture and image for promoting innovation and creativity, YAGEO Foundation has sponsored many Taiwanese artists, both through individual shows and YAGEO Tech-Art Award, a six-month artist residency in New York, and funded related projects including YAGEO Art and Technology International Symposium, ˇuonedotzero taipeiˇvAdventures in Moving Image, etc. The curatorial team Etat has long-term devotion to the study and creation of new media art. They are also the founders of B!AS Sound Art Prize in 2003. Etatˇ¦s joining hands with YAGEO Corporation will open up a new page for sound art in Taiwan, demonstrating yet again another successful collaboration of arts and business. B!AS Events (Further information available at request.)
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