From 81d9cc78929783d01dc2df1334d5c20eeab91895 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "prompt.ac/@jeffrey" Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 20:46:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?deadlines:=20two=20drafts=20open=20=E2=80=94=20?= =?UTF-8?q?Paul=20R.=20Judy=20(Whistlegraph=20Chamber)=20and=20Squeaky=20W?= =?UTF-8?q?heel=20(Note(s)pat(ial)=20Native=20=E2=80=94=20Buffalo);=20nine?= =?UTF-8?q?teen=20rows=20from=20the=20Sept=2019=20scout?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Public WIP pages at /paul-r-judy-2026 and /squeaky-wheel-2027, each an "Application at a Glance" mirror of the live form; the vault holds the RESEARCH + DRAFT v0 for both. Board rows now point at the pages. The scout (grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md) adds: LACE Lightning Fund (Sept 23, verify), CTM Spatial Audio Lab + Research Networking Day, Wave Farm, MacDowell, A MAZE, COLA IMAP, DAAD Berlin, Processing Foundation, Rhizome microgrants; CURRENTS and Bogliasco paused on fees; and jobs — UCSC Sound & Media Art (Oct 12, strongest fit), IU Bloomington, Hamilton, Fitchburg State, Texas A&M, Cal Academy of Sciences, Anthropic DevRel, UCSC adjunct pool. --- grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md | 82 ++++++ .../deadlines/index.html | 239 +++++++++++++++++- system/public/paul-r-judy-2026/index.html | 181 +++++++++++++ system/public/squeaky-wheel-2027/index.html | 167 ++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 663 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) create mode 100644 grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md create mode 100644 system/public/paul-r-judy-2026/index.html create mode 100644 system/public/squeaky-wheel-2027/index.html diff --git a/grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md b/grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e55565f3ce --- /dev/null +++ b/grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +# Opportunity scout — 2026-09-19 + +Window: deadlines 2026-10-03 → 2027-04-30, or rolling. Items already on the board are excluded. "Verified" = the live page was fetched today (2026-09-19) and the deadline read from it; "snippet" = search-result text only, confirm before filing. Fees over $10 are flagged `FEE`. + +Urgent, closing before the window opens: **LACE 2027 Lightning Fund** ($6,000 project grants, LA artists, Warhol-funded) closes **2026-09-23** — https://app.entrythingy.com/calls/external/2027-lightning-fund/ (snippet). **Art Omi Music 2027** (already on board) closes 2026-10-01. + +## A. New-media opportunities (ranked) + +| # | Name | Deadline | Amount / support | Fee | Location | Fit for AC (lead subsystem) | URL | Verified | +|---|------|----------|------------------|-----|----------|-----------------------------|-----|----------| +| 1 | UC Santa Cruz — see Jobs #1 (creative-coding teaching post, first review 10-12) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +| 2 | Wave Farm 2027 Research & Production (Spatial Sound Residency / Transmission Art Residency / Radio Art Fellowship) | 2026-12-01 23:59 EST | $1,000 (10-day residencies) / $2,000 (2-month fellowships) + housing, facilities; international | none | Acra, NY | **AC Native OS** — spatial-audio laptop fleet fits the Spatial Sound Residency; Whistlegraph fits Transmission Art | https://wavefarm.org/ta/residency-program/info-apply | fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 3 | CTM Festival 2027 — Spatial Audio Experimentation Lab (Jan 21–24, 2027) | 2026-10-15 | several days of practical experimentation in Berlin; support unspecified | none listed | Berlin | **AC Native OS** — spatial instrument on old laptops | https://www.ctm-festival.de/festival-2027/open-calls/spatial-audio-experimentation-lab | fetched 2026-09-19 (index page) | +| 4 | CTM Festival 2027 — Research Networking Day | 2026-10-25 | presentation slot for independent artist-researchers | none listed | Berlin | **AC papers press** — present KidLisp/Menu Band research | https://www.ctm-festival.de/festival-2027/open-calls/research-networking-day-2027 | fetched 2026-09-19 (index page) | +| 5 | CURRENTS 2027 Art & Technology Festival, Santa Fe (Jun 11–20, 2027) — Multimedia Performance / Installation | 2026-12-08 23:59 MST | travel, lodging, shipping, equipment support (case by case) | `FEE` $30 single / $25 each multiple; hardship waivers first-come | Santa Fe, NM | **MacNeoPolitan** — laptop-fleet performance category | https://currentsnewmedia.org/submission-guidelines-2027/ | fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 6 | MacDowell Fellowship — Fall/Winter 2027–28 (Interdisciplinary Arts) | 2027-02-10 (opens 2027-01-15) | fully funded residency + need-based stipend and travel grants | none listed | Peterborough, NH | **AC papers press** — a writing/building residency for the KidLisp book or No Paint archive | https://www.macdowell.org/apply/apply-for-fellowship | fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 7 | A MAZE. / Berlin 2027 (playable media festival) | 2026-10-31 | curated exhibition slot, presentation, network; no direct funding | not stated | Berlin | **No Paint** (or oskiewar) as arthouse playable media | https://callopen.art/open-calls/f616fcea-992b-4b0a-8ca9-e33d9b090c34 (primary: 2027.amaze-berlin.de/submissions — TLS error today) | aggregator fetched; primary unverified | +| 8 | Prix Ars Electronica 2027 (Interactive Art+, Digital Humanity, New Animation Art) | opens 2027-01; 2026 closed early March — expect ~2027-03 | up to €10,000 per category + Golden Nica | none | Linz (remote entry) | **Whistlegraph** for Interactive Art+; KidLisp for Digital Humanity | https://ars.electronica.art/prix/en/opencall/ | fetched 2026-09-19 ("launch in January 2027") | +| 9 | DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program 2028 — Music & Sound (12 months) | application window opens 2026-11; deadline in 2026-12 (exact date TBA) | 12-month funded Berlin residency, stipend, apartment | none | Berlin | **Menu Band** — fleet instrument as sound practice | https://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/application/ | snippet only — verify exact December date | +| 10 | Onassis AiR / ONX 2027–28 (Athens; technical residencies for digital productions) | 2026/27 call closed 2026-03-03 — expect 2027-01→03 call | artist fee + research/production budget + housing + travel | none | Athens | **AC Native OS** — "technical residencies for performing arts and digital productions" | https://www.onassis.org/initiatives/onassis-air/air-onx-residencies-onassis-air-open-call-2026-27 | 2026 e-flux notice fetched; 2027 call unannounced | +| 11 | NEW INC Year 14 (New Museum incubator, 2027–28) | Y13 call ran 2026-02-03 → 03-02; expect 2027-02 → 03 | mentorship, space, network; **members pay monthly dues** (not a cash award); hybrid, non-NYC allowed | dues | NYC / hybrid | **Aesthetic Inc** — the company track | https://www.newmuseum.org/new-inc/open-call/ | ITP notice fetched; 2027 dates unannounced; newmuseum.org returned empty | +| 12 | Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship — Fall 2027 / Spring 2028 | 2026-12-01 / 2027-03-11 | one-month residency, room, board, workspace (no travel) | `FEE` $30 (rises to $45 in final week) | Bogliasco, Italy | **AC papers press** | https://www.bfny.org/en/apply/requirements | fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 13 | NIME 2027 (Paris, Jun 22–25) — papers, music, installations | CFP not yet posted; NIME deadlines run late Jan–Feb | conference presentation; no fee to submit, reg fee if accepted | reg fee | Paris | **Menu Band / notepat** — new interface for musical expression | https://nime.org/ | snippet only | +| 14 | xCoAx 2027 (Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X) | 2026 deadline was 02-15 AoE; expect 2027-02 | paper/artwork/performance track; conference | reg fee if accepted | TBA (Europe) | **AC papers press** — KidLisp paper + live-coded performance | https://xcoax.org/ | snippet only | +| 15 | SIGGRAPH 2027 Art Papers / Art Gallery (Aug 8–12, 2027) | TBD; 2026 Art Papers closed late Jan | juried publication in Leonardo + exhibition | none to submit | LA (SIGGRAPH 2027 city TBD) | **AC papers press** | https://s2026.siggraph.org/program/art-papers/ | snippet only — 2027 site not live | +| 16 | Lumen Prize 2027 | 2026 window 01-26 → 05-27; expect 2027-01 → 05 | cash prizes (Gold £/$ tier), touring | `FEE` (Lumen charges an entry fee) | remote | **Whistlegraph** | https://lumenprize.org/ | snippet only | +| 17 | MUTEK Montréal 2027 call for projects | 2026 call closed 01-31; expect 2026-12 → 2027-01 | performance slot, fee, travel for selected | none | Montréal | **MacNeoPolitan** live A/V | https://montreal.mutek.org/en/news/call-for-projects-2026 | snippet only | +| 18 | Games for Change Awards 2027 | 2026 deadline 02-02; expect 2027-02 | award + festival showcase (NYC, July) | check | NYC / remote entry | **KidLisp** (learning) or oskiewar | https://festival.gamesforchange.org/2026-awards-categories | snippet only | +| 19 | Rhizome Microgrants 2026 (+ Octant "open internet" top-up) | 2025 round launched 09-15; 2026 round expected imminently | $500–$1,500 + Octant top-up | none | remote | **AC social network** — community-owned platform theme | https://rhizome.org/editorial/2025/sep/15/open-call-microgrants-2025/ | snippet only — rhizome.org returned 403 | +| 20 | Eyebeam 2027 NYC residency (12 weeks) | "open call in the winter" for spring cohort | $4,000 + activation funds (2026 terms) | none | NYC | **Whistlegraph / AC** | https://eyebeam.org/open-call-2026/ (2026 page now 404) | snippet only; **eligibility: ≤10 yrs professional practice — likely excludes** | +| 21 | Berkman Klein Center Fellowship 2027–28 (Harvard) | 2026–27 deadline was 2025-12-05; expect ~2026-12 | fellowship, some stipends | none | Cambridge / remote | **AC social network** — creative-computing social platform as research object | https://cyber.harvard.edu/page/open-call-fellowship-applications-2026-and-2026-2027 | snippet only | +| 22 | City of LA DCA — COLA Independent Master Artist Project grants FY2027–28 | FY26–27 cycle: opened 09-24, closed 10-31; expect **~2026-10-30** | ~$10,000 project grant + exhibition | none | LA residents | **No Paint** (decade-long body of work suits "master artist") | https://culture.lacity.gov/grants/independent-master-artist-projects-grant-program | snippet only — page 404 today; check culture.lacity.gov this week | +| 23 | Sónar+D 2027 Project Area (Barcelona, Jun 17–19) | 2027 call "being developed"; prior calls closed Dec–Jan | exhibition slot | check | Barcelona | **Whistlegraph** interactive | https://sonar.es/en/project-area | snippet only | +| 24 | Tribeca 2027 Games (incl. VR/AR/mobile) | 2026 tiers: 10-29 / 01-14 / 02-11 — expect same pattern | official selection | `FEE` $40 / $60 / $80 | NYC | oskiewar / No Paint | https://tribecafilm.com/festival/submissions | 2026 page fetched; 2027 not posted | +| 25 | Processing Foundation Fellowship 2027 | opens spring; deadline ~2027-05-02 (just outside window) | stipend (prior years ~$10k) | none | remote | **KidLisp** — kid-facing creative-coding language | https://processingfoundation.org/fellowships | snippet only | +| 26 | Creative Capital 2028 Award | 2027 cycle ran 2026-02 → 04-02; expect 2027-02 → 04 | up to $50,000 + services | none | US | **AC** whole | https://creative-capital.org/creative-capital-award/award-application/ | snippet only (board has "Creative Capital 2026" — this is the next cycle) | +| 27 | IDFA DocLab 2027 (interactive/immersive) | 2026 deadlines 04-14 (grant) / 06-16 (final); expect 2027-04 → 06 | selection; Film Fund grant for Dutch co-pros | `FEE` entry fee | Amsterdam | Whistlegraph as documentary-adjacent | https://professionals.idfa.nl/program/festival-entries/ | snippet only | + +Excluded after checking: Pioneer Works Tech (invite-only), Bemis (paused 2027–28), Headlands 2027 (closed 06-01; 2028 opens 2027-04), Recess (2026 call closed), Signal Culture (call not yet open, Endicott move), Gray Area Incubator (Bay Area residency required, $200/mo), EMAP 2027 (EU residents only), Sundance New Frontier (defunct), transmediale 2027 (all calls closed), Delfina New Media (closed 05-11), Fusebox (next fest 2028), Bellagio 2027 (closed 03-20), Sonic Connections (Creative Europe only, closed), Google Creative Fellowship (≤5 yrs experience). + +Nomination-only (cannot apply): USA Fellowship ($50k), Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship ($50k, administered by USA), Herb Alpert Award ($75k), Civitella Ranieri, Mozilla Fellows (nominations). Worth cultivating nominators; no action item. + +## B. Jobs & career advancement (ranked) + +| # | Position | Deadline / review | Salary | Fee | Location | Fit for AC (lead subsystem) | URL | Verified | +|---|----------|-------------------|--------|-----|----------|-----------------------------|-----|----------| +| 1 | UC Santa Cruz — Assistant Teaching Professor of Sound and Media Art (Music Dept; core faculty, online Creative Technologies major) — start 2027-07-01 | **first review 2026-10-12 23:59 PT**; final 2027-06-30 | $89,400–$116,500 (9-mo) | — | Santa Cruz (online major) | **KidLisp** — post explicitly names creative coding, p5.js, Max/SuperCollider, online pedagogy; needs 2 syllabi (one creative coding), student evals, 3–5 letters | https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02127 | fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 2 | Indiana University Bloomington — TT Assistant/Associate Professor of Digital Art (Eskenazi) — start 2027-08-01 | **review begins 2026-10-15**, until filled | $65,000–$80,000 | — | Bloomington, IN | **Whistlegraph / AC** — call lists creative coding, generative art, interactive media, game art; needs 20-image portfolio + 20 student images | https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33971 | fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 3 | Texas A&M PVFA — TT Assistant/Associate Professor of Technical Arts & Interactive Media — start 2027-08-01 | not visible (HigherEdJobs blocked fetch) | not listed | — | College Station, TX | **AC runtime** — "computational media, digital performance, interactive systems" | https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=179481608 | snippet only — pull deadline from CAA career center | +| 4 | Hamilton College — Assistant Professor of Time-based Media (Studio Art) — start 2027-07-01 | **review begins 2026-11-15** | $94,500–$100,360 (9-mo) | — | Clinton, NY | **Whistlegraph** — video/animation teaching load; 4 then 5 courses/yr | https://apply.interfolio.com/192288 (details: https://newmediacaucus.org/opportunities/assistant-professor-of-time-based-media-studio-art-department) | NMC page fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 5 | UMKC Conservatory — TT Assistant Professor of Music Composition (electroacoustic / technology-integrated) — start Fall 2027 | rolling, open until filled (posted 2026-07-31; one aggregator lists 09-15) | "commensurate" | — | Kansas City, MO | **Menu Band** — creative coding, interactive systems, generative composition named; **requires DMA/PhD in composition** | https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/38021217/ | fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 6 | Fitchburg State University — TT Assistant Professor, Game Design — start 2027-09-01 | **2026-10-04** (review 10-05) | $72,000–$78,000 | — | Fitchburg, MA | oskiewar / No Paint — indie, art, serious games named | https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/38026495/assistant-professor-game-design/ | fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 7 | California Academy of Sciences — Associate Director of Experience Design (leads interactive/digital/spatial team) | open; posted 2026-09-16 | $150,000–$165,000 | — | San Francisco, hybrid 3 days | **AC Native OS** installations; wants 10+ yrs exhibition design + 3–5 yrs leadership | https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/californiaacademyofsciences/jobs/5421489008 | mirror fetched 2026-09-19 | +| 8 | UNC Greensboro — TT Assistant Professor of Media Studies (History & Critical Analysis of Interactive and Emerging Media) — start 2027-08-01 | not captured | — | — | Greensboro, NC | **AC papers press** — scholarly line | https://newmediacaucus.org/opportunities/tenure-track-assistant-professor-of-media-studies | NMC listing fetched; deadline not shown | +| 9 | NC State — Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Production (Communication) | not captured | — | — | Raleigh, NC | **Whistlegraph** — "emerging technologies" storytelling | https://newmediacaucus.org/opportunities/professor-of-the-practice-in-media-arts-and-production | NMC listing fetched; deadline not shown | +| 10 | University of Tampa — TT Assistant Professor, Communication / Emerging Media (interactive design, XR; MASEM program) — start 2027-08-15 | not captured | — | — | Tampa, FL | AC runtime — interactive-design teaching | https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/38034252/assistant-professor-communications/ | snippet only | +| 11 | UT Austin RTF — TT Assistant Professor, Film & Media Industry Studies (incl. games, music industries) — start Fall 2027 | screening from 2026-10-01, until filled | — | — | Austin, TX | weak — PhD industry-studies scholar; listed for completeness | https://faculty.utexas.edu/career/189937 | Chronicle page fetched | +| 12 | Anthropic — Developer Relations Engineer / Developer Relations Lead (Developer Education Lead posting now closed, was $290k–$365k) | open per Anthropic careers listing | DevEd Lead band $290,000–$365,000 (closed); DevRel bands not shown | — | SF / NYC, some remote | **Aesthetic Code harness** — technical content + workshops + hackathons; builds on Claude-in-AC work | https://www.anthropic.com/careers/jobs (DevRel Eng mirror: https://www.builtinnyc.com/job/developer-relations-engineer/6704463) | careers index fetched; individual DevRel posting unverified | +| 13 | Google Creative Lab — Creative Technologist (NYC) | posting closed as of today; Creative Lab hires this role recurrently | $162,000–$247,000 + bonus/equity (last posting) | — | NYC hybrid | **AC runtime** — prototype-to-launch, ML integration; 10 yrs coding req | https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/119975014175777478-creative-technologist-creative-lab | mirror says closed — watch for reopen | +| 14 | Yale — Director, Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) | review began 2026-05-01, until filled — may be filled | $82,000–$130,000 | — | New Haven, CT | **AC papers press / Menu Band** — arts-tech center lead; needs terminal degree + 5 yrs higher-ed leadership | https://ccam.yale.edu/node/942 | snippet only — confirm still open | +| 15 | UCSC Computational Media — Adjunct Professor Pool (2026-27) | final 2027-04-30 | part-time | — | Santa Cruz | **KidLisp** — foot in the door alongside #1 | https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02068 | snippet only | +| 16 | NYU Berlin — Part-time Lecturer, Interactive Media Arts | posted 2026-09-17 | part-time | — | Berlin | Whistlegraph — pairs with DAAD/CTM if Berlin is a lane | https://apply.interfolio.com/193289 | Interfolio page fetched but empty — snippet | +| 17 | Processing Foundation — p5.js / Processing Project Lead (rotating open calls) | none open today | contract | — | remote | **KidLisp** — the one org whose mission overlaps | https://processingfoundation.org/employment | fetched (no posting) | + +Checked, nothing open: UCLA DMA (only 2025–26 part-time lecturer pool on Recruit), CalArts (only a film/media composition post via jobs.art, date unverified), USC IMGD (adjunct only), ArtCenter, NYU ITP/IMA (Associate/Full search was for Fall 2026), Georgia Tech Music Tech (2018 listing), CMU Sound Media (Fall 2026, closed), Temple Creative Technologist (Fall 2026), Juilliard Lead Creative Technologist (Jan 2026 post, stale), Onassis ONX Senior Manager (closed 08-31), Meow Wolf Creative Engineer (removed), OpenAI (no creative/DevEd role surfaced; Sora shut down), CCA (closing 2027), Apple/Nintendo/Unity/Figma (nothing relevant surfaced). + +## Next actions by date + +- 2026-09-23 LACE Lightning Fund ($6k, LA) — 4 days. +- 2026-10-04 Fitchburg State game design. +- 2026-10-12 **UCSC Sound & Media Art** — the strongest fit on both lists. +- 2026-10-15 IU Bloomington Digital Art; CTM Spatial Audio Lab. +- 2026-10-25 CTM Research Networking Day. +- ~2026-10-30 COLA IMAP (confirm cycle opened). +- 2026-10-31 A MAZE Berlin. +- 2026-11-15 Hamilton College. +- 2026-12-01 Wave Farm; Bogliasco Fall 2027. +- 2026-12 DAAD Berlin (music & sound); Berkman Klein (expected). +- 2026-12-08 CURRENTS 2027. +- 2027-01 Prix Ars, MUTEK, NEW INC, Onassis AiR, NIME/xCoAx/SIGGRAPH CFPs expected. +- 2027-02-10 MacDowell Fall/Winter 27–28. +- 2027-03-11 Bogliasco Spring 2028. diff --git a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/deadlines/index.html b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/deadlines/index.html index c23eff45f7..614ccfb7e9 100644 --- a/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/deadlines/index.html +++ b/system/public/papers.aesthetic.computer/deadlines/index.html @@ -926,9 +926,11 @@ deadline: '2026-10-01', deadlineExtra: '23:59 ET', status: 'go', - statusLabel: 'Best Whistlegraph fit', - draftPath: 'funding-pipeline-2026-08-07/PROPOSAL-OPTIONS.md', - notes: 'One $10,000 or two $5,000 grants. New participatory chamber work where drawing is notation, conducting gesture and public learning system.', + statusLabel: 'Drafting', + draftPath: 'paul-r-judy-2026/DRAFT.md', + proposalUrl: 'https://aesthetic.computer/paul-r-judy-2026', + proposalLabel: 'Whistlegraph Chamber', + notes: 'One $10,000 or two $5,000 grants. New participatory chamber work where drawing is notation, conducting gesture and public learning system. Draft v0 2026-09-19: Whistlegraph Chamber — a 25-minute work for one drawer and three players, the score drawn live on a lit board, the last movement played by the audience; $10,000 for performer fees, two performances, a filmed multitrack and an open score edition. Form fields, 12-month timeline and budget drafted against the live form. Needs a CV and Jeffrey\'s go.', }, { section: 'submitted', @@ -1011,9 +1013,12 @@ track: 'Artist track — AC Native OS / Whistlegraph', deadline: '2026-10-02', conference: 'Jun 11–26, 2027, Buffalo NY · $1,000 + $300 fee + housing + $400 travel + childcare', - status: 'new', - statusLabel: 'New', - notes: 'Artist track names video games, sonic arts, installation, performance; optional skill-share = KidLisp workshop. Needs SSN/ITIN. Google Form. Notification Dec 18. Grade A.', + status: 'go', + statusLabel: 'Drafting', + proposalUrl: 'https://aesthetic.computer/squeaky-wheel-2027', + proposalLabel: 'Note(s)pat(ial) Native — Buffalo', + draftPath: 'squeaky-wheel-2027/DRAFT.md', + notes: 'Artist track names video games, sonic arts, installation, performance; optional skill-share = KidLisp workshop. Needs SSN/ITIN. Google Form. Notification Dec 18. Grade A. Draft v0 2026-09-19: Artist track, June 11–26, 2027 — the Buffalo edition of Note(s)pat(ial) Native on locally sourced surplus laptops, plus its first film with Squeaky Wheel\'s cameras and editing suite; KidLisp skill-share. All Google Form answers drafted at the guide\'s lengths. Needs the CultureHub recording link and two references.', }, { section: 'open', @@ -1051,6 +1056,38 @@ statusLabel: 'New', notes: 'Posted July 20, 2026, no end date. Bachelor\'s or equivalent; wants live-coding community/festival participation. Getting on the roster positions him for spring 2027 and the full-time Electronic Production & Design line (R0011343, Jan 2027 start, open until filled). Letter + CV with worklist + 3 refs. Grade A (part-time).', }, + { + section: 'rolling', + venue: 'California Academy of Sciences — Associate Director of Experience Design', + venueUrl: 'https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/californiaacademyofsciences/jobs/5421489008', + track: 'Leads the interactive / digital / spatial team — AC Native installations', + deadline: null, + conference: '$150,000–$165,000 · San Francisco, hybrid 3 days', + status: 'candidate', + statusLabel: 'Posted Sept 16', + notes: 'Wants 10+ years exhibition design and 3–5 years leadership. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'rolling', + venue: 'Anthropic — Developer Relations', + venueUrl: 'https://www.anthropic.com/careers/jobs', + track: 'DevRel engineer / lead — technical content, workshops; builds on Claude-in-AC and the Aesthetic Code harness', + deadline: null, + status: 'candidate', + statusLabel: 'Watch', + notes: 'The Developer Education Lead posting ($290k–$365k) has closed; DevRel postings recur. Individual posting unverified. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'rolling', + venue: 'UC Santa Cruz — Computational Media adjunct pool 2026–27', + venueUrl: 'https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02068', + track: 'Part-time — a foot in the door alongside the Sound & Media Art post', + deadline: null, + deadlineExtra: 'final 2027-04-30', + status: 'candidate', + statusLabel: 'Track', + notes: 'Snippet only. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, { section: 'rolling', venue: 'Times Square Arts — Midnight Moment', @@ -1107,6 +1144,16 @@ draftPath: 'smarthistory-essay/PITCH.md', notes: '800–1,500 words on a single artwork or monument, conversational tone, no AI-authored prose. Email beth@smarthistory.org + steven@smarthistory.org with CV; topics claimed via Trello. See style checklist.', }, + { + section: 'rolling', + venue: 'Rhizome — Microgrants 2026', + venueUrl: 'https://rhizome.org/editorial/2025/sep/15/open-call-microgrants-2025/', + track: '$500–$1,500 + Octant open-internet top-up — AC as a community-owned platform', + deadline: null, + status: 'candidate', + statusLabel: 'Watch — round expected', + notes: 'The 2025 round launched Sept 15; the 2026 round was not yet posted on 2026-09-19 (rhizome.org refused fetches). Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, // --- Decided (submitted + resolved) --- { @@ -1493,6 +1540,105 @@ statusLabel: 'Verify terms', notes: 'Essay-shaped prize; the monthly AC essays and the free-vs-open paper are the raw material. Confirm rights, length and judging before drafting. Sourced from the Fuser Assembly newsletter, 2026-09-16.', }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'LACE — 2027 Lightning Fund', + venueUrl: 'https://app.entrythingy.com/calls/external/2027-lightning-fund/', + track: '$6,000 project grants for LA artists (Warhol-funded)', + deadline: '2026-09-23', + status: 'verify', + statusLabel: 'Verify — closes in days', + notes: 'Search snippet only; confirm the deadline and form on the live call before spending an hour on it. Lands during the CultureHub residency. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'CTM Festival 2027 — Spatial Audio Experimentation Lab', + venueUrl: 'https://www.ctm-festival.de/festival-2027/open-calls/spatial-audio-experimentation-lab', + track: 'Lab, Berlin, Jan 21–24, 2027 — AC Native spatial fleet', + deadline: '2026-10-15', + conference: 'Several days of practical spatial-audio experimentation; support unspecified', + status: 'new', + statusLabel: 'New', + notes: 'The one call this fall whose subject is literally the piece: a spatial instrument on old laptops. Pairs with the Research Networking Day (Oct 25) and a possible DAAD Berlin application. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'CTM Festival 2027 — Research Networking Day', + venueUrl: 'https://www.ctm-festival.de/festival-2027/open-calls/research-networking-day-2027', + track: 'Presentation slot for independent artist-researchers — papers press', + deadline: '2026-10-25', + status: 'candidate', + statusLabel: 'With the Lab', + notes: 'Only worth filing alongside the Spatial Audio Lab; present the KidLisp or Menu Band papers. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'Wave Farm — 2027 Research & Production', + venueUrl: 'https://wavefarm.org/ta/residency-program/info-apply', + track: 'Spatial Sound Residency (10 days, $1,000) / Transmission Art Residency / Radio Art Fellowship (2 months, $2,000)', + deadline: '2026-12-01', + deadlineExtra: '23:59 EST', + conference: 'Acra, NY · housing + facilities · international', + status: 'new', + statusLabel: 'New — no fee', + notes: 'AC Native spatial fleet for the Spatial Sound Residency; Whistlegraph for Transmission Art. Verified on the live page. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'MacDowell — Fall/Winter 2027–28', + venueUrl: 'https://www.macdowell.org/apply/apply-for-fellowship', + track: 'Interdisciplinary Arts — a writing/building residency (KidLisp book or the No Paint archive)', + deadline: '2027-02-10', + deadlineExtra: 'opens 2027-01-15', + conference: 'Peterborough, NH · fully funded · need-based stipend + travel', + status: 'new', + statusLabel: 'New — no fee', + notes: 'Verified on the live page. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'A MAZE. / Berlin 2027', + venueUrl: 'https://callopen.art/open-calls/f616fcea-992b-4b0a-8ca9-e33d9b090c34', + track: 'Playable media festival — No Paint or oskiewar', + deadline: '2026-10-31', + conference: 'Exhibition slot; no funding', + status: 'verify', + statusLabel: 'Verify — primary site down', + notes: 'Aggregator listing only; 2027.amaze-berlin.de failed TLS on 2026-09-19. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'City of LA DCA — COLA Independent Master Artist Project', + venueUrl: 'https://culture.lacity.gov/grants/independent-master-artist-projects-grant-program', + track: '~$10,000 project grant + exhibition — No Paint, 2016–present', + deadline: '2026-10-30', + deadlineExtra: 'expected · FY26–27 cycle opened Sept 24, closed Oct 31', + status: 'verify', + statusLabel: 'Verify — page 404', + notes: 'The decade-long No Paint body of work suits "master artist." Check culture.lacity.gov this week; the page was 404 on 2026-09-19. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'DAAD Artists-in-Berlin — 2028, Music & Sound', + venueUrl: 'https://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/application/', + track: '12 funded months in Berlin — Menu Band as sound practice', + deadline: null, + deadlineExtra: 'window opens Nov 2026 · December deadline TBA', + status: 'candidate', + statusLabel: 'Date TBA', + notes: 'Snippet only; confirm the exact December date when the window opens. Pairs with CTM. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'Processing Foundation — Fellowship 2027', + venueUrl: 'https://processingfoundation.org/fellowships', + track: 'KidLisp — a kid-facing creative-coding language', + deadline: '2027-05-02', + deadlineExtra: 'expected · opens spring', + status: 'candidate', + statusLabel: 'Track', + notes: 'Prior years ~$10k. The one fellowship whose mission overlaps KidLisp directly. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, { section: 'open', venue: 'UCLA — Dept. of Art, Arts & Architecture', @@ -1505,6 +1651,65 @@ statusLabel: 'New — for Fia', notes: 'Tenure-track; teaching undergraduate and graduate sculpture with an emphasis on contemporary studio practices. Job #JPF11274. Sent by Fia 2026-09-02 and reads as aimed at her practice rather than AC — tracked here so the date does not slip. Not an AC application.', }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'UC Santa Cruz — Assistant Teaching Professor, Sound & Media Art', + venueUrl: 'https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02127', + track: 'Core faculty for the online Creative Technologies major · start July 1, 2027', + deadline: '2026-10-12', + deadlineExtra: 'first review 23:59 PT · final 2027-06-30', + conference: '$89,400–$116,500 (9-month) · Santa Cruz, online major', + status: 'go', + statusLabel: 'Strongest fit', + notes: 'The posting names creative coding, p5.js, Max/SuperCollider and online pedagogy. Wants two syllabi (one creative coding), student evaluations, 3–5 letters. KidLisp is the spine. Verified on UCSC Recruit. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'Indiana University Bloomington — Assistant/Associate Professor of Digital Art', + venueUrl: 'https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/33971', + track: 'Tenure-track, Eskenazi School · start Aug 1, 2027', + deadline: '2026-10-15', + deadlineExtra: 'review begins; open until filled', + conference: '$65,000–$80,000 · Bloomington, IN', + status: 'new', + statusLabel: 'New', + notes: 'Call lists creative coding, generative art, interactive media, game art. Needs a 20-image portfolio and 20 student images. Verified. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'Hamilton College — Assistant Professor of Time-based Media', + venueUrl: 'https://apply.interfolio.com/192288', + track: 'Studio Art · start July 1, 2027', + deadline: '2026-11-15', + deadlineExtra: 'review begins', + conference: '$94,500–$100,360 (9-month) · Clinton, NY', + status: 'new', + statusLabel: 'New', + notes: 'Video and animation teaching load; Whistlegraph is the spine. Listing verified via the New Media Caucus page. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'Fitchburg State University — Assistant Professor, Game Design', + venueUrl: 'https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/38026495/assistant-professor-game-design/', + track: 'Tenure-track · start Sept 1, 2027', + deadline: '2026-10-04', + deadlineExtra: 'review 10-05', + conference: '$72,000–$78,000 · Fitchburg, MA', + status: 'candidate', + statusLabel: 'Candidate', + notes: 'Indie, art and serious games named; oskiewar / No Paint. Verified. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'open', + venue: 'Texas A&M PVFA — Assistant/Associate Professor, Technical Arts & Interactive Media', + venueUrl: 'https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=179481608', + track: 'Tenure-track · start Aug 1, 2027 — computational media, digital performance, interactive systems', + deadline: null, + deadlineExtra: 'deadline not captured — pull from the CAA career center', + status: 'verify', + statusLabel: 'Verify', + notes: 'Snippet only. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, { section: 'not-pursuing', venue: 'Prospect NEW WORK 2027', @@ -1536,6 +1741,28 @@ statusLabel: 'Paused — $18 fee', notes: 'Requires a public Foundwork profile and an $18 entry fee. Same fee rule as Prospect and Wassaic. Sourced from the Fuser Assembly newsletter, 2026-09-16.', }, + { + section: 'not-pursuing', + venue: 'CURRENTS 2027 — Santa Fe', + venueUrl: 'https://currentsnewmedia.org/submission-guidelines-2027/', + track: 'Multimedia performance / installation, Jun 11–20, 2027 — MacNeoPolitan', + deadline: '2026-12-08', + deadlineExtra: '23:59 MST', + status: 'declined', + statusLabel: 'Paused — $30 fee (waivers exist)', + notes: 'Travel, lodging, shipping and equipment support case by case. Same fee rule as Prospect and Wassaic; hardship waivers are first-come if the rule bends. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, + { + section: 'not-pursuing', + venue: 'Bogliasco Foundation — Fall 2027 / Spring 2028', + venueUrl: 'https://www.bfny.org/en/apply/requirements', + track: 'One-month residency, Italy — papers press', + deadline: '2026-12-01', + deadlineExtra: 'Spring 2028 round: 2027-03-11', + status: 'declined', + statusLabel: 'Paused — $30 fee', + notes: 'Room, board and workspace; no travel. Opportunity scout, 2026-09-19 (vault grants/scout-2026-09-19/report.md).', + }, { section: 'not-pursuing', venue: 'AwesomeNYC', diff --git a/system/public/paul-r-judy-2026/index.html b/system/public/paul-r-judy-2026/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3b65e36eed --- /dev/null +++ b/system/public/paul-r-judy-2026/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ + + + + + +Whistlegraph Chamber · Paul R. Judy Center Grant · 2026 · WIP + + + + + + +
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Paul R. Judy Center · Eastman School of Music · innovative project grant · draft
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Whistlegraph
Chamber.

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A drawing you sing, for four players and a room — the score is drawn in front of the audience, the players read the board, and the last movement is played by everyone present.

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Proposal by @jeffrey (Jeffrey Alan Scudder) · whistlegraph.org · aesthetic.computer

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Status
Draft · not yet submitted · due 2026-10-01
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Funder
Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research · Institute for Music Leadership, Eastman School of Music
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Ask
$10,000 · Innovative Project category · decision by Nov 15, 2026
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Ensemble
one drawer, three players · voice, keyboard, a string, and the drawn board
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Deliverables
an eight-movement suite · two performances · a filmed multitrack · an open score-and-workshop edition
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Call
program page · form
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§Application at a Glancethe form, answered

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The Paul R. Judy Center form fields and the draft answers. Lengths are targets; the form has no hard caps.

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Project title
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Whistlegraph Chamber — a drawing you sing, for four players and a room
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Goal and innovation~450 words
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A twenty-five-minute work for a four-person ensemble in which the score is drawn in front of the audience. One player draws; three play. Every line is a sung or played phrase, the drawing accumulates on a lit board until the picture is the whole piece, and the players read the board rather than stands. A whistlegraph is at once the notation, the conducting gesture (speed and pressure of the hand are the phrasing) and the learning system (memorizable in one viewing), so the ensemble is open at its edges: the audience reads the same page and plays the last movement. The repertoire is a public index of 1,084 coded pieces at whistlegraph.org; the grant funds the first ensemble to prove the book.
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Impacted communities
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Los Angeles chamber players who want repertoire without a stand part; general audiences, including children and families, who perform the closing movement themselves; other ensembles and teachers, who receive the open edition. NELA Computer Club is the first place the edition is handed out.
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Impact and assessment
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Four counted measures: the share of the house that plays the last movement (target: more than half); rehearsals needed before the players can perform a movement without watching the drawer's hand (target: three or fewer); ensembles and classrooms performing from the edition within six months (target: five); plays of the released recording.
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Marketing
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Each movement is published as a short video the day it is finished to the whistlegraph accounts (1.35 billion combined views); whistlegraph.org indexes the suite by code; Aesthetic Computer's network carries the rehearsal diary; NELA Computer Club runs a preview night; the first performance is asked of CultureHub Los Angeles.
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Sustainability
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After the second performance the suite is a book — codes, drawings, recordings, rehearsal guide — under an open license. Whistlegraph Chamber then runs as a pickup ensemble: I bring the board, local players bring the rest, each city pays its own performance.
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Uploadstimeline · budget · CV
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Twelve-month timeline, Nov 2026 – Oct 2027; itemized $10,000 budget below; CV to attach.
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§Pitch

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A whistlegraph is a short drawing you sing. Every line you draw is a line of a poem you sing while drawing it, so the finished picture is a score that teaches you how to play it. The form is six years old. It has been performed by a trio in an Oregon cabin, on a twenty-two-minute chalkboard commissioned by Rhizome, and to a combined 1.35 billion views online. It has never been written for an ensemble.

+ The score is the performance. +

In Whistlegraph Chamber the drawing happens live. One player draws on a lit board projected for the room; three players read it as it forms. The speed and pressure of the drawing hand are the phrasing, so the drawer conducts by drawing. No stands, no parts, one page that everyone can see.

+ The audience is in the ensemble. +

Because a whistlegraph is made to be memorized in one viewing, the audience has been learning the notation for twenty minutes by the time the last movement arrives. The last movement is theirs. That is the innovation claim, in Eastman's own terms: an ensemble whose edges are open because its score is a picture.

+ A book, not a band. +

The repertoire is already public: 1,084 whistlegraphs, each addressable by a short code at whistlegraph.org. The grant pays the first cast to prove the book — compose the suite, rehearse the handoffs between drawing and playing, perform it twice, film it, and publish the edition so the next ensemble does not need me in the room.

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§Budget$10,000 · people and performances, not gear

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Performer fees — 3 players × (6 rehearsals + 2 performances) at $150 per call$3,600
Composer fee — eight whistlegraphs and their boards$2,000
Production — two rooms, lit drawing board, projection$1,200
Documentation — two-camera film and multitrack, both performances$1,300
Score edition — printing and video pairs$700
Travel and lodging — second performance (no food or beverage)$1,200
Total requested$10,000
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In kind from Aesthetic Inc: software, projection laptops, whistlegraph.org. Venue fee for the second performance pending.

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§Twelve MonthsNov 2026 – Oct 2027

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MonthWork
Nov 2026Notification. Confirm the four players and the two rooms.
Dec – JanCompose the eight movements; publish each as a short video as it is finished; draw the boards; build the lit board.
Feb – AprSix rehearsals in Los Angeles; rehearsal logs; audience movement tested at NELA Computer Club; preview night.
May 2027Performance 1, Los Angeles. Two-camera film; multitrack.
Jun – JulEdit the recording; assemble and release the edition on whistlegraph.org.
Aug – SepSecond city: two rehearsals with the local cast; Performance 2, filmed and recorded.
Oct 2027Count the measures; final report; IML podcast.
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§The Lineageestablished progress

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Whistlegraph trio · 2020
Formed in a cabin in Ashland, Oregon with Alex Freundlich and Camille Klein during lockdown. The first ensemble.
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Rhizome · 2022
"The Longest Whistlegraph Ever (so far)": about twenty-two minutes, chalk on a 4×6-foot blackboard with a bell on top. A commissioned long-form proof.
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whistlegraph.org
1,084 coded works, each a picture and a recording. The repertoire is already a public book.
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CultureHub LA · Sept 24, 2026
Two new works premiered in residence; the production team and room the ensemble first rehearses in.
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arXiv
A peer-readable description of the notation: papers.aesthetic.computer.
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§Statusdraft

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  • Concept lock · single spine: a participatory whistlegraph chamber work; the drawing is notation, gesture, and lesson
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  • Form answered · every Innovative Project field drafted; budget and twelve-month timeline built
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  • Before filing · attach CV; confirm three players and two rooms in principle; pick the one video link
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  • Submit · by Oct 1, 2026, 11:59 pm ET
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+ ▸ WIP · NOT YET SUBMITTED · Squeaky Wheel Workspace Residency 2027 · due 2026-10-02 · this page is the public draft of the proposal +
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Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center · Buffalo · workspace residency · artist track · draft
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Note(s)pat(ial) Native
Buffalo.

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A spatial sound piece whose loudspeakers are discarded laptops, each booted from a USB stick into AC Native — staged in Buffalo on machines found in Buffalo, and filmed for the first time.

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Proposal by @jeffrey (Jeffrey Alan Scudder) · aesthetic.computer

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Status
Draft · not yet submitted · due 2026-10-02 · decision Dec 18, 2026
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Venue
Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo NY · digital lab, editing suite, cameras · partners: Buffalo Game Space, Silo City, Central Library Launchpad
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Session
June 11–26, 2027 · two weeks · 25–30 hours a week
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Support
$1,000 stipend · accommodations · up to $400 travel · up to $300 artist fees · $150 skill-share fee
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System
AC Native · a bootable operating system that turns a laptop into one instrument
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Piece
Note(s)pat(ial) Native · premiered CultureHub Los Angeles, Sept 24, 2026, on six surplus laptops
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Call
squeaky.org/workspace-residency
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Source
fedac/native/
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§Application at a Glancethe Google Form, answered

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Squeaky Wheel's form fields and the draft answers, at the guide's target lengths.

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Track
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Artist — sonic arts, performance, and in its resting state a game.
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Project title
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Note(s)pat(ial) Native — Buffalo: a spatial piece for surplus laptops, and its first film
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Project description~500 words
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A fifteen-minute spatial piece in which the loudspeakers are a fleet of discarded laptops, each booted from a USB stick into AC Native and each rendering one voice locally, placed among the audience; a performer turns the field, changes its speed, and hands voices from machine to machine. Premiered at CultureHub LA on Sept 24, 2026. In Buffalo: week one, source six to eight surplus laptops locally and stage the piece for the room; week two, make the first proper film of it with Squeaky Wheel's cameras and editing suite. The fleet stays with a partner as a playable installation; the USB image and score are published open-source.
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Time plan~300 words
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Days 1–2 artist talk and a community call for laptops; 3–4 boot, assign voices, stage; 5–6 re-place the composition, rehearse; 7 open rehearsal doubling as camera blocking. Days 8–9 two-camera shoot plus multitrack; 10 an afternoon in Silo City's Marine A if it can be had; 11–13 cut and mix in the editing suite; 14 skill-share, hand the fleet to its partner, publish.
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Portfolio
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culture-hub-2026 · notepat · AC Native source · the CultureHub performance recording (after Sept 24).
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Equipment
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Sony FX6 + A7III, tripods, Zoom recorder, Focusrite interface, the editing suite, one projector; a room with power for eight laptops; Buffalo Game Space and the Launchpad as surplus sources and the installation's home.
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Skill-shareoptional · ~300 words
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KidLisp — a one-line program that draws and sings. Two hours, 8–16 people, ages 10 and up, on the Digital Lab's Macs with no install: ten words, three programs each, then sound, then every piece played back on the surplus laptops in sequence.
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References
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Casey Reas (UCLA Social Software) and CultureHub Los Angeles, or a CV.
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§Pitch

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The loudspeakers are old laptops, and the old laptops are the point.

+ AC Native — the laptop as one instrument. +

AC Native is an operating system I build that boots from a USB stick. Put it in almost any laptop from the last fifteen years and the whole machine becomes a single voice: no desktop, no apps, one part of the piece, rendered locally, on time. The machines agree on a downbeat over a network the piece carries with it, so the work needs nothing from a venue but power.

+ The piece exists. +

Note(s)pat(ial) Native premiered on September 24, 2026 at CultureHub Los Angeles on six surplus grade-school laptops with the audience seated inside the array. Twelve moving sound bodies orbit, approach and recede; one performer turns the field and hands voices between named, second-hand computers the audience can point at. Squeaky Wheel is the second room, and the first camera.

+ Week one: Buffalo's discard pile. +

I source six to eight laptops in Buffalo — school and library surplus, Buffalo Game Space's shelves, whatever the artist talk brings in — boot each from the same stick, and stage the piece for the room I am given. The method is the claim: an instrument assembled from a city's own e-waste in a week, played, and left behind as a playable installation.

+ Week two: the film. +

The piece has only ever been recorded on a phone. With Squeaky Wheel's cameras and editing suite I make its first document: a two-camera performance with the audience inside, close coverage of the handoff gesture, a binaural mix of the multitrack, cut to a short film that can travel to festivals and to ICLC 2027 in Antwerp.

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§How It Reads on the Rubricmerit · achievability · potential

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Artistic meritA spatial composition where the diffusion bodies are discrete objects among listeners, the handoff between machines is the performable gesture, and the hardware's history names the parts.
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AchievabilityThe software ships and the piece premiered in September 2026. Two weeks is exactly one source–boot–stage–film cycle; the only support needed is laptops and a room with power.
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PotentialThe film goes to festivals and ICLC 2027; the fleet stays in Buffalo as an installation; the USB image and score are released so the next city can do the same.
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§Two WeeksJune 11–26, 2027

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SourceArtist talk and a community call for laptops; Buffalo Game Space and the Library Launchpad for surplus. Days 1–2.
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Boot & stageEach machine booted from the stick, read, named, assigned a voice; the fleet staged in the room; the composition re-placed. Days 3–6.
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Open rehearsalAn invited audience inside the array, which is also the camera blocking. Day 7.
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FilmTwo-camera shoot, multitrack, an afternoon in Silo City's Marine A if it can be had. Days 8–10.
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Cut & mixThe short film and the binaural mix in the editing suite. Days 11–13.
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Hand overKidLisp skill-share; the fleet to its partner; USB image and score published. Day 14.
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§Statusdraft

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  • Form answered · bio, description, time plan, equipment, and skill-share drafted at the guide's lengths
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  • Before filing · add the CultureHub performance recording; confirm two references or export a CV
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