NIFCA - Nordic Institute of Contemporary Art introduces NEW MEDIA AiR, a residency program dedicated for new media artists. Themes for the residency program are:

1. Software art and software tools for artists
- Art projects implemented as software, or art projects that have an essential software component
- Projects dealing with the concept of software
- Creative tools for artists

2. Sound/audiovisual performances and installations
- New media art that manifests itself as a performance / event / installation and extends beyond the screen.



Following residencies are available for 2003 in Nordic/Baltic region:

Estonia : Tallinn - E-Media Centre + Artists' Union

Finland : Helsinki - Sibelius Academy CM&T + NIFCA

Latvia : Riga - RIXC + Artists' Union

Norway : Bergen - BEK + Hordaland Kunstsenter

Sweden : Stockholm - Splintermind + Studio House Malongen and Gothenburg - Nätverkstan + Konstepidemin

Russia : St. Petersburg - PRO ARTE Institute

Nifca has also established an artist residency exchange program with following countries/organisations:

Canada : Montreal - SAT

Great Britain : Huddersfield - The Media Centre

Portugal : Lisbon - ZDB

Artists from Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and from Estonia, Latvia and Russia are eligible to apply for all the residencies. Artists from the residency exchange countries (Canada, Great Britain, Portugal) can apply only for the residencies in Nordic/Baltic region. Unfortunately residencies are not available for artists from any other countries.

The deadline for applications is 15 November 2002!

For further information or questions, please contact Susanna Sepponen, +358 9 686 43 105 or residencies@nifca.org.

The selections will be made before the end of November 2002 by an international panel: Atle Barcley (Atelier Nord, Norway), Eric Mattson (MUTEK, Canada), Casey Reas (Interaction Design Institute IVREA, Italy), Olle Huge (Beeoff, Sweden). The panel will consider the recommendations of the local organisations in the selection process.

New Media AiR is a NIFCA program designed by Juha Huuskonen.