The Almost Perfect "Call and Response" residency at the Banff New Media
Institute is an annual, concentrated four-week experimental prototyping
lab that explores the creation and context of location. Practitioners
from all walks of locative and mobile media practice are encouraged to
apply to the programme. We are particularly interested in practice that
extends beyond the device out into the environment, be it landscape or
datascape.

The massive scale of Banff National Parks Rocky Mountains and the
expanse of the Great Plains to the east provide a unique opportunity to
un-tether yourself from the usual coordinates of place. Geographies of
time, scale and great disruption lay exposed, lending themselves to the
call and response of technology and nature. This residency allows for
the time and space to consider how modern pervasive technologies allow
us to disconnect from our desktop cells and interact with the world in a
whole new way.

Through a combination of dedicated studio time, group discourse, peer
critique, design exercise and studio visits Almost Perfect "Call and
Response" looks to explore location-based artwork and the repercussions
of producing work for place and in-particular in outdoor and non-urban
contexts. The residency will be led by established locative media
practitioners Plan B (Daniel Belasco Rogers and Sophia New), Christina
Ray (Glowlab NYC) and Angus Leech. Almost Perfect "Call and Response"
will not only support the open conceptualisation of new works, but also
re-visit influential pieces from this emerging medium's history.

Application Deadline: Friday August 15, 2008 Notification Date:
Wednesday August 27, 2008

To apply please visit: http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=713

**The deadline for applications is August 15 and we are willing to
expedite the application process for you so that you may apply for the
necessary funding to join us in Banff. If you are interested, please
contact me directly with a short project proposal (about 200 words),
your technical requirements and your cv. Contact Steve Woollard at +1 403 762
7500 or by email at steve_woollard AT banffcentre.ca.**