SOUND CHECK<\/p>\n
OPEN CALL NOW LIVE
\nCLOSES 20TH FEBRUARY 2017 AT 5PM (GMT)
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What do amps and alloys, 3D printers and piccolos have in common? How does your favourite tune sound when it\u2019s played on a physically impossible instrument? How will blurring boundaries between sound, science, fabrication and performance lead to new sonic discoveries? What\u2019s the difference between noise and music anyway?<\/p>\n
Banish the bland with one-of-a-kind instruments that make sounds like no other. Join musicians, makers, computer engineers, and artisans to explore the technologies changing how we hear, experience, and make music.<\/p>\n
Get hands-on with experimental materials, virtualisation, and DIY technologies. Whether you\u2019re imagining a twenty-metre trumpet, a synth for six players, or a drum kit for slime mould, everyone can test a real or a simulated version of their wildest sonic ideas in our SOUND CHECK LAB. Join a workshop on instrument building, or take a masterclass in digital improvisation, and collaborate with other visitors to explore the outer edge of tomorrow\u2019s sound.<\/p>\n
SOUND CHECK is that moment between practice and performance, designs and reality, where new musical tools make us hear our world differently.<\/p>\n
THEMES<\/p>\n
For our open call we\u2019re especially interested in projects that explore themes and topics such as:
\n\u2022 Open-source kits and plans for building instruments
\n\u2022 Work that pushes the possibility of sound through physics, biology or chemistry
\n\u2022 Projects that feature fab-lab equipment to make instruments or music (3D printer, laser cutter, etc.)
\n\u2022 Musical interfaces that are designed for maximum accessibility or ultimate self-expression
\n\u2022 Instruments or installations which encourage collaboration across generations, skill-levels and genres
\n\u2022 Custom, handmade or original instruments
\n\u2022 DIWO (Do It With Others) workshops, installations or sonic labs
\n\u2022 Community-oriented practices which engage underserved communities through music
\n\u2022 Projects that repurpose or upcycle e-waste, trash or underused materials (i.e. circuit bending, e-waste synthesisers, cigar box guitars)
\n\u2022 Instruments that can be played in collaboration with humans and non-humans (plants, slime molds, artificial intelligence)
\n\u2022 Community oriented maker projects (i.e. a modular synth that gets added to weekly by different groups or schools)
\nThe Science Gallery open call model means that anyone with a good idea can submit a proposal but the panel will be particularly looking for proposals that include creative collaborations between science and art.<\/p>\n
BUDGET<\/p>\n
Science Gallery Dublin are looking for up to 25 works for the SOUND CHECK exhibition. SOUND CHECK proposals will be funded up to a maximum budget of \u20ac2,400, which should include all artist fees, materials, equipment, shipping, travel etc. Two outstanding original works may be commissioned with a higher budget of up to \u20ac6,000. Please note that these are maximum amounts, not targets. Science Gallery Dublin are happy to write letters of support for applicants seeking funding from elsewhere.<\/p>\n