Wahala Dey

Go Digital

Opening Date & Time: Friday, 8th November - 7:00 PM

Venue: Retro Africa Gallery - 12 Ukpabi Asika Street, Asokoro - Abuja 

Institut français du Nigéria and Retro Africa present, 'GO DIGITAL', a contemporary digital art exhibition. This exhibition seeks to expose the innovation and modern technology that is implemented in contemporary digital art through mediums such as, Photography, Video Art, Virtual Reality, Installations and Sound art. 

Commencing on Friday, November 8th, Go Digital will showcase works by the following artists: 

Jeremiah IKONGIO’s “Power-less” using interactive web database, augmented reality and spatial installation to invite the audience to experience what it means to live without electrical power, the ground-breaking film "Hello, Rain" by CJ OBASI will be featured in our video art room, four series of photography as well as an installation by the renowned digital and conceptual artist Ade Adekola, who creates contemporary representations from traditional and urban Nigerian culture, Uche Okpa-Iroha’s ‘Isolated’ series, an internationally renowned body of work candidly capturing the essence of life on streets of Lagos, and "The Realities of Demas" in Virtual Reality by Joel Kachi Benson, a short VR documentary exploring the work of renowned Nigerian architect and designer, Demas Nwoko. The film takes viewers on a virtual journey through some of the most iconic spaces and designs of one of Nigeria’s pioneer artists.

ART + TECH SESSIONS

VAN Lagos presents its very first ‘ART + TECH SESSIONS’ on the 10th of August 2019. These series of sessions will involve the use and application of different emerging and existing digital tech in the arts and beyond. Video. Art. Network. - VAN Lagos is a New Media art organisation based in Lagos, Nigeria, founded in 2009, that promotes and develops New Tech and Media Art activities in Nigeria.

This upcoming session will explore the use of Augmented Reality (AR) in Arts (and even entrepreneurship). The all-day session includes an AR Masterclass and Presentations with Techies and Artists Jeremiah Ikongio and Uche Anisuba at the Mike Adenuga Centre. This session is proudly supported by Alliance Francaise Lagos and Quadron Studios.

9am - 3pm: AR Workshop with Uche Anisuba & Jeremiah Ikongio
5pm - 7pm: AR Jam Session (Free Entrance)



To participate in the Workshop please send Motivation email to Aike@vanlagos.org.ng
Very limited spaces available.



Contact
Web: www.vanlagos.org.ng
Email: hello@vanlagos.org.ng

Call for Applications for 3rd Edition of the International Video Art Festival in Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Addis Video Art Festival intends to provide a platform for innovative video art in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The festival will screen throughout the city in a variety of locations including street corners, rooftops, public centers and art centers. By sharing video art in both conventional and non-conventional settings, the festival will reach both the artist community and the everyday passerby. The festival aims to create a dialogue between local, and international artists by encouraging digital media culture.



Theme: MUTUAL PERIPHERY

The border between Ethiopia and Eritrea has reopened after 20 years of shut- down following a war with more than 80000 fatalities. These sister countries were once a unified nation, sharing history, culture and language, the only two countries in the world to follow the thirteen month Julian calendar.

In response to this historic moment the festival seeks videos shorts that examine ideas and interpretations of ‘Mutual Periphery’.

Regulation and Guidelines

– Open to national and international artists
– Submission deadline April, 01 2019
– Free submission
– Theme: ‘Mutual Periphery’
– Single channel videos only
– Works must be made within the past 3 years
– If the work uses a language other than English, it must be subtitled in English – Maximum duration 15 minutes
– Two works may be submitted per artist/ requiring a separate entry form per submission /Download entry here: addisvideoartfestival.net/AVAF16-enrty_form.- doc
– Selected artist will be notified by June 1st at which point a screening copy will be requested

DOC: addisvideoartfestival.net/AVAF16-enrty_form.doc
PDF: addisvideoartfestival.net/AVAF3rd-entry_form.pdf

For more information please visit: www.addisvideoartfestival.net

YPN is calling for Moroccan, African and Diaspora video artists for the next Digital Africa screening in Casablanca, Morocco

After Yaounde, London and Tokyo, Yaounde Photo Network (YPN), Cameroon’s platform for photography and lens-based media will be hosting its next Digital Africa screening in Casablanca, Morocco.

The Digital Africa programme stems from a digital media (sound and video art) showcase first curated by Christine Eyene as part of the Africa Utopia Festival (2014) at Southbank Centre, London. It was then expanded as part of YPN’s international collaborations and events. In 2019, YPN partners with the International Biennial of Casablanca (BIC) that will open up its work spaces and host various activities during its incubation phase between biennial editions.

YPN is calling for Moroccan, African and Diaspora video artists to submit video pieces or experiments to be presented at Digital Africa: Casablanca in April 2019. The event will take the form of a video art exhibition and screening, coinciding with the launch of the BIC project space.

Digital Africa: Casablanca will have a dual focus following from the theme of the 2018 biennial that dealt with insular contexts, water narratives relating to seas and oceans, history, migration and cultural hybridity. It will also explore language as a subject matter, vernacular or resulting from colonial legacies, orality, text, literature and coded languages of all sorts.

Interested artists or collectives may send between 1 and 3 video pieces by email in avi, mov, mpeg, mp4 files or via a vimeo or youtube link. Additional information must be emailed along the video file or link in Word or PDF format.

This should include:

Name of author

Title of work, date, format, length

Technical specifications

A short biography and statement on the submitted piece/s (both 250 to 500 words) in English or French.

Submissions can be sent to ypnproject@gmail.com, please indicate in the subject line “Open Call DAC”.

Deadline: Friday 01 February 2019, midnight (WAT) 

Yaounde Photo Network (YPN) is an independent Cameroonian platform dedicated to photography and lens-based art practices. Launched in September 2016 as an online project alongside the YaPhoto pilot, YPN supports and showcases works by Cameroonian and locally-based photographers and video artists, through a number of activities and initiatives that include exhibitions, screenings, professional encounters, research, workshops and various public events held both in Cameroon and internationally.

For more information visit: Yaounde Photo Network’s website

Digital Lab Africa CALL FOR PROJECTS

DLA CALL FOR PROJECTS 

The Digital Lab Africa call for projects targets artists, producers, designers, start-ups, students in the media and creative industries. The call is open to anyone from Sub-Saharan Africa having an innovative project in 5 categories of multimedia production : web creation, virtual reality, video game, animation  and digital music.

DLA is looking for projects at initial stage of development, in need of partners and financial support and innovative in terms of narration, content or technologies.

How To Submit a Proposal 

Download the open call

Complete the online form

Email the required documents applications@digilabafrica.com

Email the following application files (in French or in English) to applications@digilabafrica.com before January 31st, 2019

• Pitch deck / Presentation document (PDF, PowerPoint or Word) including:
  – project’s overview, concept, statement of intent…
  – development and production schedule, provisional budget, target audience and strategy

• Visual element and/or research document
  – Storyboard / mood board / graphics / portfolio / screenplay (for web creation, animation or VR projects
  – Game design document (for video game projects)
  – Any preview, pilot or video demo of the project (if available, for all types of projects)

• A cover letter explaining why you want to be part of the DLA Mentorship & Incubation program (1-page maximum)
• A resume/curriculum vitae of the applicant and/or description of the company represented
• A picture (.jpeg) of the applicant

For more information head over to their website at: http://digilabafrica.com/submit-a-project/

Future Generation Art Prize Open Call Closing Soon 2019

The Future Generation Art Prize has extended ints closing date until the 16th July so there is still time to get your applications in. The Art Prize is open to artists under 35 working in any medium. For more info check out their website: www.futuregenerationartprize.org