NanoArt 2008 INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COMPETITION - 3rd Edition

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FREE Entries - Open to All Artists and Scientists - Nanostructures
Seed Images are Provided for Further Artistic Creation
Submission deadline January 15, 2009

NanoArt is a new art discipline at the art-science-technology
intersections. It features nanolandscapes (molecular and atomic
landscapes which are natural structures of matter at molecular and
atomic scales) and nanosculptures (structures created by scientists
and artists by manipulating matter at molecular and atomic scales
using chemical and physical processes). These structures are
visualized with powerful research tools like scanning electron
microscopes and atomic force microscopes and their scientific images
are captured and further processed by using different artistic
techniques to convert them into artworks showcased for large
audiences. To read more about NanoArt and Nanotechnology please visit
www.nanoart21.org.

The worldwide competition NanoArt 2008 is open to all artists 18 years
and older. The online exhibition will open for public on January 20,
2009. Judges: Jeanne Brasile, artist, director and primary curator of
the Walsh Gallery at the Seton Hall University; Rocky Rawstern, artist
and consultant, former editor of Nanotechnology Now, awarded with the
2005 Foresight Institute Prize in Communication. Winners will be
notified and published online after March 31, 2009. The competition
will be promoted on different venues online, nanoart21.org contacts,
word-of-mouth. The artists could also promote the competition on their
websites and other venues.

For the 2008 edition of this competition, nanoart21.org founded by
artist and scientist Cris Orfescu (www.crisorfescu.com) will provide 3
high resolution monochromatic electron scans for competitors to choose
from. The participating artists will have to alter the provided image
(s) in any artistic way to finish the artistic-scientific process and
create NanoArt work(s). The artists and scientists are strongly
encouraged to participate with their own images as long as these
visualize micro or nanostructures.

The artists can participate with up to 5 images (artworks). All
submitted works will be exhibited on the nanoart21.org site until
March 31, 2009, together with artist's name, a short description of
the artistic process, and artist’s web site and e-mail. The top 10
artists will be exhibited on nanoart21.org site for one full year and
will be invited to exhibit at the 3rd edition of The International
Festival of NanoArt. The previous editions of the festival were held
in Finland and Germany.

For more information, please visit the competition site at
http://nanoart21.org/html/nanoart_2008.html or send e-mail to
20...@nanoart21.org