Promoted by Ariella Vidach – AiEP, in partnership with Lifework Association and supported by Fondazione Cariplo, NAO – Nuovi Autori Oggi (i.e. New Authors Today) proposes a two years program (2010-2011) of interdisciplinary workshops and residencies focused on relations between live arts and other artistic languages, aimed at producing multimedia projects to be presented in Italy and abroad.Call for proposal targets performers, dancers, actors, musicians, visual artists, designers, computer operators, directors, video-makers, not older than 35 and well trained in their specific field of interest, willing to attend a multidisciplinary productive project. Selected artists will take part, for free, to laboratories and workshops held by international artists invited to take part to NAO, with the aim to develop and produce an installation or a performance that uses multimedia technologies and/or interactivity. These projects will be proposed to main festivals and network dealing with young artists to promote their touring in Italy and abroad. DiDstudio/Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan) and the other Associations involved will host intermediate presentations in 2010 and 2011. IntroductionThis proposal aims at promoting the establishment of groups of artists who, through exchange of knowledge and experimentation with art and new media, are able to produce innovative artistic projects mixing different languages (visual art, design, fashion, computer science, video, etc.) with performing arts. Participants will be supported by well-qualified teachers (choreographers, artists, composers, researchers) who will supply the specific know-how and skills necessary to the production of a multimedia project.

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Show your civic pride (and maybe win a prize) by creating a 3D portrait of your community and sharing it with the world. You have the power to get your town on the map – and there’s no bigger map than Google Earth. The Google Model Your Town Competition is open to people from all over the world. Having a 3D model of your town in Google Earth helps residents and visitors understand it in a way that flat maps and photographs can’t. You can be a local hero by making a contribution to your town’s future. ObjectiveAll you have to do is build 3D models of the buildings in your community. Model whichever structures you think are necessary to show the planet what’s special about your town.

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