STEIM provides support on the following fields:
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> Orientation workshops
Orientation workshops are held roughly once every 2 months, and last one week. Up to 4 participants are selected to study and explore the possible technical and artistic means available at STEIM for a potential future project. This will be achieved partly through lectures by the educational department of STEIM, partly through collaboration between the participants, and partly through (informal) contact with the STEIM staff regarding specific requirements and wishes of each participant. An orientation workshop can be very useful to more clearly define your project and the support you'd need from STEIM. Or simply to get a better idea of what STEIM has to offer and how we can establish some kind of collaboration.
Participation in the orientation workshops is on invitation only, and limited to 4 participants. If you are interested, please apply according to the application procedure below.
Arrival is usually on a Monday, then there are lectures on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Friday and in the weekend STEIM is closed, but participants are very much encouraged to work on the software and hardware tools provided, to get as much out of the visit as possible. The following Monday is the final day, with individual talks about possible future collaborations. During this week, the participants will have 24/7 access to their own workspace (also in the weekend - you will receive a key for the building), and lodging will be provided in our simple self-catered guesthouse. Both workspace and lodging are offered free of charge. STEIM does not cover travel and food.
A typical orientation workshop schedule (although this can change according to participant or STEIM staff requests):
- Tuesday 11-13h STEIM introduction
- Tuesday 14-16h STEIM tour and LiSa intro
- Wednesday 11-13h More indepth LiSa class and junXion introduction
- Wednesday 14-16h More indepth junXion class
- Thursday 11-13h STEIM artistic direction & turntablism
- Thursday 14-16h Applied LiSa & junXion with eponymous instruments
- Monday throughout the day - individual meetings about future plans
> Residency projects
Projects that are more clearly developed and matured (typically after an orientation) can be (a combination of) one of the following:
- preparation of new (partly) electronic work;
- development, refinement or modification of personal electronic instruments for music performance, based on STEIM technology (sensors, gamedevices, LiSa, JunXion);
- programming of software (addons to the STEIM software, building of specific setups in LiSa).
> Internships
STEIM has possibilities for workplacements, although limited. The area of the workplacement can be hardware (development of sensor devices), software (development of STEIM software - especially C/C++ programmers) or artistic (assisting in STEIM projects - although there are very little opportunities for this). The budget for internships is very limited.
> Advise & feedback
It is always possible to get advise or feedback from STEIM on projects that are related to general STEIM activities and technology. Please apply according to the application procedure below.
> Artist guesthouse
STEIM runs a small artist hotel as part of its facilities. The rooms are usually occupied by project guests.
Application procedure
Send an email to the STEIM office with the following information:
- A bio and CV - include material or references to your work that you consider informative with respect to the application
- Links to audio-visual material online
- A short description of the project (*)
- State clearly what kind of support you're requesting from STEIM (f.e. studio use only, hardware support, artistic advice, etc) (*)
Format requirements:
- If you send attachments, make sure they don't exceed 1.5MB.
- Preferably use the PDF format for documents.
- All documentation should be in English.
- We do not accept non-electronic applications.
- We prefer to listen to audio material online.
For more information contact the STEIM office. [email addresses]
General terms that apply to all selected residency projects
- In your external communications on the project (press, publications such as flyer, catalogue, website) we request that is mentioned that the project was realized with support of the STEIM Foundation, Amsterdam, if possible using our logo.
- We request that you provide STEIM with a written report of the project (including tour list, number of visitors, press reviews and audio and/or visual documentation) within 3 months after the project has finished, and that you enter a blog entry in the STEIM Project Blog.
- STEIM has permission to use the information mentioned under 2. for publication in the STEIM archive and on the STEIM website.
- STEIM may require that, towards the end of the project period at STEIM, you will give a presentation about (the progress of) your project. This presentation may be open for public.