BASIC GUIDELINES: (PLEASE READ, Italiano in arrivo)

• We invite you to participate in our annual celebration of creativity.

Please regard this as an opportunity to meet with fellow composers and performers who are dedicated to exploring the edges of aesthetics, cognition and international culture through electro-acoustic music.

• Submission fee: There is a $15 upfront submission fee per work. This goes to support the festival in general. There are no other fees.

• Conference Fee: There is no conference fee. NWEAMO is a grassroots affair. In lieu of a conference fee we hope that selected composers and performers will get involved in some way with the presentation of their work and contribute their energy, enthusiasm and talents.

• Attendance 1: Selected composers must attend the cities in which their work is performed. (except Jukebox selections—see below)

• Attendance 2: Jukebox selections — Composers of selected 2 channel tape-only works, with no performance element, are not required to attend.

• Attendance 3: How Many Cities Must I Attend? (please see above) We want you to help out with the presentation of your music in each city where your music is on the program. This will vary from 1 city to 4 cities, depending on scheduling limitations of invitees and programming needs of the festival. We will work it out with you.

• Performers: Performers must be provided by applicant.

• Visual Element: Works with a visual element (live musicians/video/installations/dance/unusual lighting etc.) will be favored.

• 2 channel tape works: We welcome 2 channel tape works, and generally will present these in an ancillary Listening Booth, aka Jukebox — see above.

• Duration: In order to present 6-7 works per concert we are looking  for works of approximately 10 minutes duration. This is not a firm restriction, but generally works at or under 10 minutes will be favored.

• File Type: All common compressed formats (audio and video) are acceptable. Please do not submit full-bandwidth pieces.

• Multi-channel Surround Formats: Please submit a 2 channel version for adjudication. NWEAMO will support 5.1 and 4 channel works.

• File Size: 20 MB maximum

• Travel Funds: Generally NWEAMO cannot provide funds for travel, accommodation, performance fees etc. Small honorariums may be available, depending on the overall costs of the festival, but these will not come close to covering the costs of attending.

• Submission fee: There is a $15 upfront submission fee per work. This goes to support the festival in general. There are no other fees.

• Apologies: Works cannot be considered until submission fee is paid. This helps to fund the festival and to prevent frivolous submissions.  The online process makes it very easy to submit works, and consideration of your work sets into motion a multi-layered process that takes months. In past years the board has wasted many hours

considering the works of composers who had no serious intention of  attending. The submission fee helps to assure serious submissions. Since we are all volunteers, and since our time, like yours, is valuable, we need protect ourselves as much as possible. We want to focus our attention on the works of those who are serious about joining our celebration.

Every year we get a few complaints about the submission fee. If you have never mounted a festival dedicated to supporting the work of the community of composers, I suggest you try it! Funding for these  events is hard to come by. We raise as much money as we can, but we are all working artists, like you, and must divide our time between running a festival and pursuing our own careers. This means that our time for writing grants is limited. In truth we will help you as much as we can, with a bit of money if we have it, as well as a place to stay with NWEAMO volunteers when available. The great thing about running a festival like this is that if the funding dries up we can run it on good will and vapors. Truly a festival for our times!

Please submit your work using our online submission form.

Per favore leggete il Tema, la Descrizione e le Linee Guida. Alla fine della pagina troverete il link per l’iscrizione al festival.

Date: Le iscrizioni chiudono il 1 Aprile 2008

NWEAMO festival si svolgera’ ad Ottobre in United States e in Messico. A Luglio in Europa. Le date precise saranno annunciate il prima possibile.

Le citta’ confermate sono: San Diego, CA; New York City, NY; Stony Brook, NY; Morelia, MEX; Venezia IT. Altre citta’ sono in attesa di conferma.

Tema:

TEMA NWEAMO 2008:

Puo’ l’Arte esplorare il SESSO?

-IL SESSO VENDE!!!- e’ il clichè che gli artisti “seri” miagolano sarcasticamente, ed e’ soprattutto l’arma sacra del marketing d’oggi giorno.

Può l’arte trattare di SESSO, e del vortice emozionale che lo circonda e caratterizza?

Apparentemente Richard Strass pensava proprio di si (Salome) e anche Wagner certamente ne era un famoso promotore (Tristano & Isotta). Un recente esempio si può trovare in Robert Maplethorpe e Karen Finley. Susan McLary ha scritto estensivamente sul Sesso e nella scena locale underground gli artisti ci sono immersi tutti i giorni.

Il sesso quindi e’ usato per promuovere di tutto tranne la musica classica d’avanguardia, quindi e’ difficile ammettere che il suo uso sia esagerato. Cio’ sarebbe una dichiarazione tremendamente incompleta!

Il fatto e’ che il sesso viene usato così spesso, perché abbiamo dimostrato di essere una specie tremendamente e perpetuamente intrigata (affascinata, oltraggiata, attratta) da questo argomento.

Il NWEAMO festival 2008 punta a investigare l’estetica, gli argomenti tra i sessi, le politiche, le norme, la storia, i rituali, i taboo, la propaganda, gli stereotipi, la spiritualità e la filosofia di questa danza emozionale e fisica che preoccupa la maggior parte di noi per la maggior parte della nostra vita.

Vogliamo offrire un forum di discussione che copre questo spettro.

Non vogliamo predicare e nemmeno essere didattici nell’approccio (anche se qualche composizione avrà sicuramente questa connotazione). NWEAMO invece vuole porre domande e stimolare (pardon) il dibattito!

E’ il sesso un argomento troppo privato perché sia il soggetto di uno spettacolo pubblico?

Può esistere un festival d’avanguardia cosi vaporoso e intenso nel 2008?

Noi ce lo auguriamo davvero!