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Digital Lab Africa 2016 for African Talents in Multimedia (12,000 € cash Prize & Residency in France)

by OFA
written by OFA

Application Deadline: 31 August 2016.

DIGITAL LAB AFRICA: A SPRINGBOARD FOR AFRICAN TALENT IN MULTIMEDIA

The objective of Digital Lab Africa is to provide a springboard for African talent in multimedia creation and to make their project happen with the support of French leading companies (studios, producers, broadcasters, distributors) such as ARTE (web creation), Okio-Studio (virtual reality), CCCP (video game), and 1D Touch/Believe Digital (digital music).

Digital Lab Africa is initiated by the French Embassy and the French Institute in South Africa as part of their on-going industry support and action plan in the media and creative industries. The Digital Lab Africa is organised in partnership with DISCOP AFRICA and TRACE, together with a range of French and local partners.

Requirements

  • Digital Lab Africa call for projects is open to any professional or individual in multimedia creation: artists, producers, start-up, SMEs, collectives, students or entrepreneurs from Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • The applicants have to be based in this region or being nationals of one of the Sub-Saharan African countries, provided the project development is mostly implemented locally.
  • The Digital Lab Africa call for projects targets artists, producers, designers, startups, students in the media and creative industries.
  • It is open to any professional or individual having an innovative project in 4 categories of multimedia production: web creation/transmedia, virtual reality, video game (serious game) and digital music.

Benefits:

Digital Lab Africa Incubation Ticket

  • From 2 to 4 November, selected applicants will take part in a pitch competition at DISCOP AFRICA Johannesburg.
  • The 4 winning projects (1 per category) will get the chance to win a 3,000 € cash prize and a Digital Lab Africa incubation ticket to support the project development during 3 to 6 months in 2017.
  • The DLA project incubation will include mentorship and project development support by French reference partners for each category.
  • Additionally, the incubation ticket will comprise residence time in France within digital cluster and participation in benchmark multimedia events.
  • The expected outcome of Digital Lab Africa is market ready content/productions showcasing African creativity and French know-how at their best.

Submit Your Project Now for the 2016 Digital Lab Africa Call for Projects

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2016 Digital Lab Africa

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Rockerfeller Foundation invites Applications for the Bellagio/PopTech Fellows program in Italy, 2013.

by lanredahunsi
written by lanredahunsi

Nominations for the 2013 Bellagio/PopTech Fellows are now open.

The Bellagio/PopTech Fellows Program brings together a small, interdisciplinary group of four to six hand-selected artists, scientists, designers, technologists and social innovators at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy for a two-week immersion residency. The program is a unique incubator for unconventional, cross-disciplinary collaboration around global topics, and also serves as a laboratory for the study of the nature of collaboration itself as a tool for creative problem-solving and solution development.

Four-to-six Fellows will be chosen for their technical and creative excellence, and their ability to work and think across disciplines. Fellows will receive travel, lodging and facilitated support on-site as they work together to imagine new approaches to complex challenges. A short documentary will be made about their work and process.

The residency will occur in mid-late August 2013, and will be followed by a joint presentation at the October 2013 PopTech conference in Camden, Maine.

2013 Program Focus: Creating Resilience Through Big Data

A progressively fragile and interdependent world means vulnerable people face an increased risk from shocks and disruptions. And yet, this is also a moment of extraordinary growth in human knowledge and technological capacity.

In short, we are in a footrace between mushrooming challenges and unprecedented growth in our capabilities.

The 2013 Bellagio/PopTech Fellows program will focus on just how the remarkable power of new technologies might play in bolstering psychological, social and systemic resilience. We’ll explore data science and visualization, mobile and other distribution technologies.

This effort will be creative, interdisciplinary and collaborative. Dealing with data is an art as much as a science, and so we will be seeking Fellows from the fields of art, technology, resilience research, and various social domains.

 

Eligibility

The PopTech/Bellagio Fellows program is seeking Fellows from the fields of data and data visualization, technology, design, art, social and natural sciences, resilience research, and other social domains. A diverse cohort of Fellows will be chosen for their technical and creative excellence and their demonstrated ability to work and think across disciplines.

Candidates must have an easy working proficiency in English, as the Fellows program will be held in English.

Nominations of candidates from diverse backgrounds are welcome, and nominations of candidates from and/or based in Africa, Asia, or Latin America are strongly encouraged.  .

Candidates may work in the for-profit, non-profit, academic, government or other sectors.

Nominations

  • Nominations are now open through March 1, 2013.
  • Candidates must be nominated through the online nomination form, available at the Bellagio/PopTech Nomination Form.
  • Candidates may be self-nominated, or nominated by someone else.
  • Selections will be finalized in May 2013. Fellows will be informed of their status as soon as a decision has been made.
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