PUTF | May 4th, 2024
➜ Processing Foundation, The National Endowment for The Arts, PUTF show feat. Daniel Martin-McCormick + Favs
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This week, Daniel Martin-McCormick, musician and co-founder of Dripping festival, joins us as our guest on the PUTF show.
Opportunity Listings
New listings are displayed in bold (chronologically)
Format: Opportunity | Source | Stipend | Deadline
Job: Communications Coordinator (FT) | Cave Canem | Brooklyn, NY | $62.4K/year | Rolling
The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant | $5-15K | Rolling
Tournesol Award | Headlands Center for the Arts | $10K | May 3rd, 2024
Fireline Fellowship | Patricia Valiant Reser Center for the Creative Arts | $5K | May 3rd, 2024
Book Arts Mentorship Award | San Francisco Center For The Book | $2.5K | May 5th, 2024
Cali Catalyst Grants | Center for Cultural Innovation | $7.5K | May 6th, 2024
More Arts Engaging Artists Fellowship | $250 | May 10th, 2024
DOOR Residency 2024 | Door Foundation | EUR 1.5K | May 10th, 2024
Artistic Research and Production Grant Program | Salt x BBVA Foundation | EUR20K | May 12th, 2024
2025 Wachtmeister Award | Virginia Center For The Creative Arts | $1K | May 15th, 2024
James Laughlin Award | Academy of American Poets | $5K | May 15th, 2024
Call for Artists: NTAa ‘25 | Zebrastraat | EUR 7.5K | May 15th, 2024
Legacy Playwright Grants | AGE | $1-10K | May 15th, 2024
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant | $15-50K | May 15th, 2024
2024-2025 Residencies in Ceramics and Woodworking | Sawtooth | $3K | May 15th, 2024
VIA Artistic Production Grants | VIA Art Fund | $25-100K | May 16th, 2024
The Karl Suzuka Prize | SWR | EUR 12.5K | May 23rd, 2024
The GIG Fund | Arts Midwest | $2-4K | May 23rd, 2024
National Heritage Fellowships | National Endowment for the Arts | $25K | May 28th, 2024
Software Development Grant (pr05) | Processing Foundation | $10K | May 31st, 2024
Grant for Writing on Sculpture | The Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation | $20K | May 31st, 2024
Request for Proposals City Square Sculpture | City Of Joliet, IL | $200K | May 31st, 2024
Jazz Road Tours | South Arts | $5-15K | June 1st, 2024
2024 Dance & Movement Awards | Gerbode Foundation | $50K | June 6th, 2024
Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise | Vilcek Foundation | $50K | June 10th, 2024
The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award | NYFA | $8K | June 18th, 2024
Illuminations Grant | Queer Art | $10K | June 30th, 2024
Residency in Barcelona | Hey Human | June 30th, 2024
2024-2025 XENO Prize | Franklin Furnace | $5K | July 4th, 2024
2024 Global Prize | Photography 4 Humanity | $5K | August 1st, 2024
The Hodder Fellowship | Princeton University | $90K | Mid-September 2024
Artist’s Book Residency Grant | Women’s Studio Workshop | $350/week | November 15th, 2024
PUTF SHOW
FAVS
Favs is a column showcasing recommendations from our guest speakers on the PUTF show.
Relaxer is the project of Daniel Martin-McCormick, fka Ital, member of Black Eyes & Gaze, ex-Mi Ami, Halal & Relaxer, Sleeper Cell, Interplanetary Prophets, and more. Rooted in the US punk/noise underground of the late '90s and early 2000s, Martin-McCormick's music embodies a sensual, visceral edge that reflects and extends that legacy. His hardware live sets, honed over a decade of tours, are exhilarating, white knuckle rides, while his DJ sets fluidly cross genres and eras with a cathartic sense of play.
He's been a repeat performer at Berghain (where the Relaxer project made its live debut), De School, Unsound, Nowadays and many others. On albums "Concealer" (Planet Mu), "Coconut Grove" (Avenue 66) and "Hedonic Fatigue" (Climate of Fear), his productions stretch out, weaving strands of wormhole techno, minimal, noise, UK hardcore continuum and fractured ambient into a rippling, mesmeric tapestry. Recent club-focused EPs "Licking" and "Candy" (Lovers Rock Recordings) sharpen the blade, amping up his music's animialstic snarl and erotic undertones.
Following his recent composition studies with Morton Subotnick, Relaxer's music has evolved a new modality: alongside his club works there have been concerts of long form durational works featuring spoken word and richly spatialized sound design. His debut performance in this new style was a standout at Sustain-Release Year Seven. These works were released in the Summer of 2022 as "Force Field: A Guide for the Perplexed" on Club Night Club. "In Softening Air," the follow up, is out on Lovers Rock Recordings April 1st.
Behind the scenes, Martin-McCormick has been a consistent force shaping the US underground. He is the co-founder of Dripping camping festival and NY-based event series. He was a key member of Sustain-Release from its inception and co-director from 2017-2021, founded the labels Lovers Rock Recordings & Climate of Fear, was one of the first residents at Bossa Nova Civic Club. He currently holds residencies at The Lot Radio and Mansions.
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