Playstation teams up with the BFI and leading audiovisual
artists/producers Addictive TV with new-media curators Cinefeel to present
Optronica, a hybrid of music festival and film festival taking place over 5 days
in March 2007. Optronica explores the fusion of music and visuals, and features
live audiovisual performances, screenings, talks, workshops and related special
events. The festival will be held at the BFI IMAX and the newly renovated
National Film Theatre, which will re-open as BFI Southbank on 1
February.
:: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ::
visual music
animations / music videos / video installations
For our cinema
screenings, we're looking for innovative and unconventional music videos,
ambient and experimental work, animations, audio/video remixes and video cut-ups
that express or explore the close relation of music and image. We're open
to all styles of music and all styles of images, be they created on celluloid or
in the digital domain.
We are also looking for video installations that
utilise this close relation of music and image; these can be interactive and
preferably for a single screen exhibit. These installations will be hosted in
one of the new BFI Southbank spaces over the five days of the event as part of
the Optronica Lounge.
DEADLINE: Friday 1st December.
Please
download a submission form and details from here
www.optronica.org