Call for submissions

The University of Abertay’s Hannah Maclure Centre is currently researching the area of sports and leisure and how the biological and psychological influences of sport, and through sociology, can influence and shape contemporary society.

This call is to hear about your current practice and how it could explore one of the many areas of sports and leisure - the aesthetics of sport, its theory or psychology, mark making and movement, modes of athletic performance, temporal and spatial dissonance ……….

We are looking to receive submissions from cross-disciplinary work at any stage of career but have a keen interest in technologies being used for creative expression.

It is envisaged that a number of artists will be selected to work on new works either as solo pieces or as a collaborative commission to then be part of a large exhibition starting August 2009.

The University’s division of Sports and Leisure is positively involved with developing sport and exercise throughout the University and across the UK and are keen to be actively involved in this project.

Submission deadline: 22nd August 2008

Please send us a statement of practice and how you would investigate the theme, a current CV and 1 – 5 images.

You can email your submission to exhibitions@abertay.ac.uk (images as jpeg less than 2MB) or submit on CD-ROM or DVD by post to:

Donna Holford-Lovell
Cultural Projects Officer
University of Abertay Dundee
Whitespace, Bell Street
Dundee, DD1 1HG

For more information on sporting activities at Abertay visit www.abertay.ac.uk/sport

For more information on the Hannah Maclure Centre visit www.abertay.ac.uk/exhibitions

monomania

the new evening art group ... every 2nd Wednesday

launch 28 May 5.30pm
Hannah Maclure Centre

do art, drink coffee, have chat .....

an informal art get-together with all different themes

28 May - mono printing
11 June - papercycle
25 June - book binding
9 July - figure draw

open to all and free ... we also provide the equipment and inspiration for free

New Media Residency - ~in the fields

Abertay's current artists in residents ~ in the fields are exhibiting their newly commissioned work ink at the Dick Institute

more...

Demoscene Film Screening

HMC Cinema
6 June 6.30pm

Demoscene is a computer art subculture that specializes in producing demos, which are non-interactive audio-visual presentations run real-time on a computer. Programmers and artists show off their skills in graphics, algorithmic programming, computer generated graphics and music, stretching computer hardware to its edge, often even further. For this first screening Paul Grenfell of Denki has selected some of the best demoscene examples from across the globe.

A36 - Computer Arts & Media Honours Exhibition

HMC Gallery
19 May - 16 July 2008

For an alternative degree show experience get along to the University of Abertay Dundee's 'End of Year Show'. We have a mix of graduating talent from our Computing and Creative Technologies degree courses including Computer Arts, Multi Media and Creative Sound Production.

Mon - Fri 9.30am - 4.45pm

back to basics

Cut Out + Keep is an online community for crafty and creative people to make and share step-by-step tutorials. Post your own tutorials, show off things you've made or have a shot at someone else's project.

What you can do there:

• browse through hundreds of craft projects and tutorials.
• read Snippets, our exclusive online entertainment magazine filled with great interviews and competitions.
• check out our blog, updated daily with the best of craft and creativity on the internet.
• chat on our boards and make crafty new friends.
• listen to our podcast.

Join today to create a profile, add friends, send messages, comment, blog, access exclusive Snippets content and chat on the boards. Cut Out + Keep is a completely DIY website, we built it from scratch and we're adding new features every day!

On the HMC Cinema

Regular events

Movie Club
Monday 6pm-10pm, meeting every 2 weeks (next showing 21st April)
A broad range of films are screened and debated.
Movie Club is free and open to University Staff, students and the general public.

SA Film Night
Every Tuesday 8pm-10.30pm

For more information:
E 0501818@abertay.ac.uk (Jack Ward-Fincham, President)

Linux Society
Thursday 7pm-9pm, meeting every 2 weeks
The Linux society promotes Free and Open source software as a replacement/alternative to more commonly used software such as Windows and Mac OS.
*The Linux Society supports new users to Linux and is free and open to University Staff, students and the general public.

For more information:
E 0605909@abertay.ac.uk (Arron Finnon, President)
Student Screenings
Bi-Monthly
All forms of filmmaking are welcome; from documentary, performance to interactive, animation and experimental pieces.

For more information or to get involved
T 01382 308324 or E exhibitions@abertay.ac.uk