Situated Technologies

The League is only requesting qualifications as described below in this first stage; full proposals for projects are not required. A shortlist of finalists will be chosen to develop a full project proposal. A total of five to seven projects will be commissioned with support of $5,000 to $25,000. All projects must be developed specifically for this exhibition and cannot have been previously presented publicly.

SUBMISSION MATERIALS

1. Statement of Interest (2 pages maximum): The Statement of Interest is intended to articulate your interests in the theme of the exhibition. Please note that specific proposals are not requested and will not be reviewed at this time. What interests you about this exhibition? What themes, concepts, sites, or technologies might you explore? What perspective and/or experience do you bring to the project? Have you installed projects in public space before? If so, describe the project and the outcome.

2. CV/Resume (5 pages maximum)

3. Images and Descriptions of Past Work (5 pages maximum)
The entire submission package must be submitted as a single pdf file of not more than 10 MB to sittech [at] archleague [dot] org.

Questions

If you have questions about the submission process or other aspects of this RFQ, email them to sittech [at] archleague [dot] org. FAQs and responses will be posted on the League’s web site, www.archleague.org, and on this site beginning May 26, 2008.

Submission Deadline

All submissions must be emailed to sittech [at] archleague [dot] org by 6:00 pm (EDT: New York) on June 27, 2008.

SELECTION PROCESS

A selection panel will review qualifications and past work with the goal of selecting approximately fifteen finalists to develop full project proposals, from which five to seven proposals will be commissioned.

Selection Panel

• Amanda McDonald Crowley, Executive Director, Eyebeam
• Keller Easterling, Associate Professor, Yale University School of Architecture
• Rosalie Genevro, Executive Director, The Architectural League of New York
• Omar Khan, Associate Professor, University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning; Co-Editor, Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series
• Laura Kurgan, Director, Spatial Information Design Lab, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture
• Gregg Pasquarelli, Partner, SHoP Architects
• Trebor Scholz, Assistant Professor, Culture and Media Program @ The New School; Co-Editor, Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series
• Mark Shepard, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo Departments of Architecture and Media Study; Co-Editor, Situated Technologies Pamphlet Series
• Gregory Wessner, Exhibitions Director, The Architectural League of New York

TIMELINE

May 2008 Request for Qualifications announced
May–June 2008 Submission period, Q & A
June 27, 2008 RFQ submission deadline
July 14, 2008 Shortlist announced
September 3, 2008 Project proposals due
September 26, 2008 Commissions announced
October 2008–April 2009 Project development
May 2009 Exhibition opening
August 2009 Exhibition closing
December 2009 Catalogue publication

FURTHER INFORMATION

For more information, email Gregory Wessner, Exhibitions Director, The Architectural League of New York, at wessner [at] archleague [dot] org.