NTAA Competition in Belgium and an Opportunity to Win up to 5000 Euro
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
During the last few years, Zebrastraat Ghent has developed into a stimulating knowledge center with a strong interest in art. Every two years the center organizes a biennial called update_, and the New Technological Art Award (NTAA) contest, which tries to fill in a gap in the mainstream art world, by paying attention to the technological developments that drive the global culture. NTAA selects and presents creations in which the culture-forming role of technology occupies a central place. Low or high tech, intuitive or experimental, the creations always draw everyone's attention to actual innovative trends. The exhibition of achievements of the selected winners is a compass that orients people to the relevant temporal and resilient use of technology in the artistic sector.
The mission of NTAA:
NTAA’s mission is to expand the scope of contemporary artistic creations and traditional media with works using contemporary and new technologies in an original and intelligent way: treatment of sounds and light, use of new media, application of innovative evolutions in communications, telecommunications and broadcasting, centered on the world of information, communication, and computers and interaction. These descriptions are in no way restrictive and should be interpreted in the broadest way possible.
Eligibility:
- This international competition is open to all age groups and to all nationalities.
- Artists can present their candidacy for one art work less than two years old at the time of its submission, but which may already have been exhibited.
- English is the working language.
- There is no artist fee.
- Free accommodation for the artists is available in Zebrastraat.
Prize:
A cash award of 5,000 euro will be allocated to a work and to its creator. Moreover, the jury reserves the right to award an honorable mention to an artist. The Liedts-Meesen Foundation and the jury reserve the right to not award the prize and to transfer it to the next exhibition. There will also be a public prize and a prize of the European Commission. The winners will be announced on the final day of the exhibition.