The DA LAB Foundation announces an open call for proposals for projects to be created within the framework of the Digital Arts Platform "e-valuation 2.0". This is the second edition of the annual platform, launched in 2021 and producing 5 projects by Bulgarian artists.
The call is aimed at Bulgarian artists working in the field of digital arts. They can submit a proposal for a project related to the theme and format of the platform. As a result of the competition, two projects will be selected to receive support of BGN 2,000 for project implementation and professional assistance in the process. The produced projects will be premiered as solo exhibitions at Depoo Gallery in Sofia in July 2022 and further presented in various national and international events, such as DA Fest 9 and others.
More about the project:
The mission of the e-valuation platform is to stimulate and produce artists in the field of digital arts and their representation. Our goal is to develop and promote contemporary art forms created with digital media and technologies. An important element is the assistance in the creation process through creative and technical support from the DA LAB Foundation team.
The theme of the project "e-valuation" is a code message for a multilayered reading of the concepts of value and worth. On the one hand, the nature of digital artistic practices implies the handling of different values (for example: information data about the environment - real and virtual). On the other hand, we question the values of digital art as a value commensurate with its innovation, social reflexivity, marked dialogicality with the audience, the environment and the community.
Digital art, as we now summarize various interdisciplinary practices using contemporary technologies, goes beyond the use of computer systems for visualization, management and control, demonstrating its potential to reflect contemporary socio-cultural phenomena in a new way. We see processes in which impersonal values are transformed into socially significant values.
Within this project, we situate this transformation as the starting point of research with a focus on artistic interpretations involving online and offline representations and interactions. In the current pandemic crisis, statistics as value have a profound impact in global economic, political and cultural terms. As a result, values become a factor in the construction of our value system and directly affect our lifestyle and social behavior. In this context, we are looking at what matters to the authors who have chosen digital forms for artistic expression and how they respond to the themes and challenges of the "new normal", as we call the current period.
Application and selection
The call for proposals is aimed at Bulgarian artists who have a declared interest and previous experience in the digital arts. They are invited to propose an idea for an art project that interprets the project theme in an original way and applies digital media and technologies in a creative way.
A jury composed of: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Venelin Shurelov, Dr. Galina Dimitrova-Dimova and Anthony Raizhekov (founders of DA LAB Foundation) will select the two most interesting and original ideas to be implemented within the project.
To apply, send the following information by e-mail to: dalabfoundation@gmail.com:
- Creative CV;
- a portfolio of selected digital art projects;
- project proposal - concept and technical parameters.
The deadline for applications is 15 March 2022.
Implementation process:
Selected candidates will receive a grant of BGN 2,000 for the implementation of the project, as well as professional support in the form of advice and mentoring from the Foundation's team.
The created works will be premiered at Depoo Gallery, Sofia in July 2022. The works will be presented at the upcoming 9th edition of the international digital arts festival DA Fest in October 2023. They will become part of the DA LAB Foundation's portfolio of artists whose national and international representation will evolve in the future.
For further information and enquiries: dalabfoundation@gmail.com
The project "e-valuation 2.0" is realized with the support of the Capital Culture Programme and with the assistance of Depoo Gallery