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Topic: Call for Bio Art & Design Award by MU

Call open for Bio Art & Design Award
75,000 Euros prize money available for three teams of artists/designers and scientists.

The successful Design & Art For Genomics Award (DA4GA), the unique competition that encourages young artists internationally to discover and further develop the world of bio art and bio design, will be continuing under a new name: Bio Art & Design Award.

The tried and tested formula will remain the same: artists/designers both national and international are invited to propose a new work that they want to develop in collaboration with teams of renowned Dutch scientists.
Those who find their scientific match in the matchmakemeeting can join up to develop their proposal and are eligible for the actual execution of their plan. From the developed proposals 3 winners are chosen by an international panel of judges, led by William Meyers.The prize money is set for EUR 25,000 per project.

In addition to a new name, the Bio Art & Design Award has also found new partners this year in the research funders NWO and ZonMW and in art space MU from Eindhoven. As one of the four main presentation institutions in the Netherlands, MU is characterised by its hybrid programming. This makes bio art, biodesign and MU a great match. In addition to coördinating the competition, MU will also ensure that the winning projects will be presented embedded in a leading bio art and design exhibition from the end of November 2014. This will take place at MU in the Strijp S area, inside a former Philips factory building.

Young artists and designers who are interested can submit their idea at www.badaward.nl. Registration closes on 2 February 2014.

Parties who have made the Bio Art & Design Award possible include ZonMW, NWO, MU and Waag Society.

Facts
• B.A.D. Award is the first competition worldwide that focuses on the encounter between art, design, and Life Sciences.
• Since 2010 there have been three successful editions, and a total of 10 bio art projects have been financed.
• From 2014 the award ceremony and exhibition will take place at MU | Strijp S.

For further information please contact:
Angelique Spaninks
Executive Director, MU
angelique@mu.nl