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Creative Clash seminars held in Barcelona (23-24 Nov. 2009), Brussels (9-10 Dec.) and Stockholm (16-17 Dec.) present the results of studies developped by TILLT, DISONANCIAS and the WZB (Social Science Research Center in Berlin) in 2009, within a European project, about the impact of artists' interventions in the business field and in research projects, with the aim of formulating recommendations to European policies. Free entrance previous registration.

Colloquium organized by MIM (Laboratoire Musique et informatique de Marseille), in partnership with IMéRA, LEONARDO/Olats, Alphabetville and ZINC-ECM. Marseille, France, October 22-24, 2009.

IMERA is an Institute for Advanced Studies (Institut d’Etudes Avancées, IEA) based in Marseille (France), aiming at hosting international high-level researchers, emergent or experienced, from all disciplines, including artistic creation. www.imera.fr.

An interdisciplinary conference on scientific controversy. 19 / 20 June 2009, Tate Britain, London. Organised by Tate Britain and The Arts Catalyst in association with Leonardo/OLATS. This symposium brings together scientists, artists, social scientists and policy-makers to explore scientific controversy from an interdisciplinary perspective. £70 (£35 concessions), booking required. http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/eventseducation/
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A new generation of artists is making technical and social inventions in pursuit of their artistic production. There is new interest in the work of artists from laboratories, companies and public organizations seeking ways of innovating in science and engineering. YASMIN in collaboration with ARTSACTIVE is organizing a discussion around those questions during March 2009. 

Allsorts Online Masterclasses and Forum in Adelaide, Australia, are for professionals from the collecting sector, academia, the arts and media who want an injection of knowledge and inspiration in making collection material publicly accessible and usable and to build up community interest and participation in digital ventures. Masterclasses: December 2, 2009. Forum: December 1. Image: High heeled shoe on tricyle, designed by Ross Wallace. Part of the Sydny 2000 Games Collection.

The second deadline for residency applications at IMERA is September 15, with priority to applicant from the Mediterranean region in this second call. www.imera.fr.

Application Announcement. Deadline 1st September 2009. The artists in labs research group/Institute for Cultural Studies in the Arts at the Zurich University of Arts ZHdK together with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture is pleased to announce that you can now apply for a residency in 2010 in a Swiss Science lab by submitting a proposal. Swiss artists as well as artists who have lived for the last 5 years in Switzerland or who are married to a Swiss person are eligible to apply. Information including list of host laboratories available at: http://www.artistsinlabs.ch.

Deadline: 20th april 2009. Research cases that reshape the design discipline. To be presented at Lugano, Switzerland, on November 12 and 13, 2009. www.multipleways09.ch

Expressions of interest are being sought across all artforms to undertake residencies as part of SymbioticA’s art and ecology project:  Adaptation. It presents an exceptional opportunity for artists to engage with a number of potential narratives that may include evolution, cultural history, contradictions in human activity and ecology, global warming, developmental impacts, or bioprospecting. Residencies are based at Lake Clifton, Mandurah, Western Australia and SymbioticA in the School of Anatomy and Human Biology at The University of Western Australia. More information: http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/adaptation. Deadline: 31st March 2009.