Call for Web Residencies No. 20 »Tools for Citation«

For the twentieth Call for Web Residencies, Akademie Schloss Solitude is collaborating with Mindy Seu and Charles Broskoski to curate an open call on knowledge sharing and citation in the (post)digital age. The residency “Tools for Citation” examines how knowledge is produced and how those processes can be reimagined through expanded citation practices. The residency extends the footnote “through and beyond the architectures of the book or the essay,” as noted by Legacy Russell. ¹ It encourages, as Luiza Dale states, the »[disruption of footnote] standards [that] can allow for alternative hierarchies that amplify context and a multiplicity of voices […].« ² The residency encourages artists to delve into associative trails, transdisciplinary thinking, and collaborative processes in and between analogue and digital networks and worlds to explore the practices of citation.

Curated by Charles Broskoski and Mindy Seu with Digital Solitude — Nov 15, 2024

Each morning, Charles walks his dog, Lulu, and listens to an audio book. On one such morning, the book was Modern Occultism , read aloud by its author. For each page, Mitch Goldstein narrated the body of the text as well as the inline footnotes. Charles was struck that Goldstein didn’t relegate the footnotes to the end as a secondary text, but rather continued for the twenty-odd hours with this back and forth: body, footnote, body, footnote. The reference was treated with the same importance as the authored text.

Mindy considered a similar inversion. In 2020, with Laura Coombs, they led a publishing workshop on the asterisk that asked participants to punctuate primary sources with annotations of text, audio, and image. This co-authored publication suggested that revealing citations was as important as the body text. In their opening lecture, they introduced some references: Ursula K. Le Guin’s baskets , Octavia Butler’s » primitive hypertext ,« and Ryan Gander’s loose associations . This might be part of their “learning trail.”

Later, at a Web3 conference held in the San Jacinto Mountains of California, Charles gave a lecture called ” Here for the Wrong Reasons .” He prompted the audience to identify where one’s gaze is focused, but also understand why it’s focused there. It was an exercise in recognizing the learning trail. An environmental analogy that Charles and Mindy often mention is that of desire lines , or paths that pedestrians take informally, rather than taking a sidewalk; a desire line is a well-worn ribbon that one sees cutting across a patch of grass, or well-trod paths in the snow. We might take “footnotes” literally then – the “foot” creates “notes” that make the path. More feet make the path more defined. Our learning trail for citation principles might include Luiza Dale’s disruptive footnote , Legacy Russell’s theory ” on footnotes ,” Leslie Dick’s free associations , Damon Zucconi’s ” thing-shaped holes ,” among many others.

“Tools” have a connotation of usefulness and productivity, but a tool could also be a breaking point, a sieve, an index, a call to action, a publication, a web experiment, or an open-ended platform.

“Citations” often appear in academic and longform texts, but a citation can also be a tableau, a learning trail, a history, a library, and a focus on the “we.”

We’d love to see your tools for citation.

Your proposals will be reviewed by Charles and Mindy, and the Digital Solitude team. Charles Broskoski is one of the many co-founders of Are.na, a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge. Mindy Seu is a UCLA Professor who makes work about technology-driven performance and publication. Both are very interested in expansive citation practices.

(If helpful, all links can be found here ).

Text: Charles Broskoski and Mindy Seu

The Format

This open call encourages proposals of artistic projects that explore the practice of citation from a conceptual and theoretical framework.

Selected projects should be carried out in open-source formats that are well-documented, shareable, and consider the accessibility of its users, who may range in age, race, gender, economic class, and ability.

Grant

Six project proposals will be selected and rewarded with an online residency and a grant of 1,200 euros.

timeline

Call release: mid November 2024
Deadline for applications: December 15, 2024 (midnight IDLW/ UTC−12:00)
Announcement of the jury’s decision (via mail): late December 2024
The Web Residency starts on January 27, 2025
Launch Web Residency projects : late March 2025

Web Residencies

In 2016, Akademie Schloss Solitude launched Web Residencies to promote young talents from the international digital scene and artists from all disciplines dealing with web-based practices. For each call, Digital Solitude, together with the curator or cooperation partners, selects four project proposals whose creators receive an online residency and a grant.

Artists, collectives, associations, and initiatives of all kinds are invited to experiment with digital technologies and new art forms and reflect on the topics set by the curators or collectives. Web Residencies are carried out online, and the works are presented online.

Artists of all disciplines as well as former Solitude fellows may apply. There is no age limit.

How to Apply 

Please submit your application until December 15, 2024 (midnight IDLW / UTC−12:00) in the form of a project proposal, including:

– a headline
– a header image (websize, landscape format)
– a short concept text in English (1,000–1,500 characters with spaces)
– a short text describing in which format the project should be presented (500 characters with spaces
– a short bio in English (400 characters with spaces)
– previous works/projects dated by year (300 characters with spaces)
– prizes and fellowships/grants dated by year (300 characters with spaces)
– a PDF portfolio and/or
– additional links to previous works

Artists of all disciplines as well as former Solitude fellows may apply. There is no age limit.

>>>APPLY ONLINE HERE<<<

Please write to webresidencies@akademie-solitude.de if you have any questions.

Website link: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/web-residencies/call-for-web-residencies-no-20-tools-for-citation/