Aicinajums pieteikt video makslas darbus festivalam Plektrum Tallinaa
Iesniegsanas termins si gada 10. julijs
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PLEKTRUM FESTIVAL
24.9 – 4.10.2009:
TALLINN, ESTONIA
OPEN CALL FOR VIDEO WORKS:
WHERE IS VIRTUALITY
CURATORS: MARGE PAAS (EST) & PIIBE PIIRMA (EST)
DEADLINE 10. JULY 2009
WHAT
Plektrum Festival is a comprehensive multimedia festival taking place
annually in
Tallinn, Estonia already for 7th time from 24 September – 4 October.
Emanating from the 21st
century view of the world, Plektrum forms in Estonia and in the Baltic
region a unique gathering
point constantly delivering ideas, instruments and possibilities for
cultivation of modern medias
by diverse groups and communities in the forms of large scale public media
art and installations
and exhibitions, workshops, theoretical seminars and artist talks, but
also club nights, electronic
music and VJ performances and much more.
Historically Plektrum has paid attention to diverse range of issues
from„Creative cities“ (2006),
to „My space and Beat & Motion (2007), and “Hidden Space” (2008).
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The curators of Plektrum Festival announce the open call for video based
artworks for 2009
edition's exhibition program under the title “Where is virtuality”.
THEME
As of today we have come to a point where living in or with virtuality has
become normality. We
talk about virtual reality, e-states, social networks, second lives, and
digital interactivity as their
presence is an inseparable part of our life. Although these terms seem
already natural and the
transparency of computer technology makes way to a belief that we're being
constantly
immersed into virtuality, going into a deeper level of experiencing this
virtuality still opens up
difficult questions not yet fully understood. What really is this
virtuality? Where lie its actual
appearances and what are are the characteristics of the space in-between
virtual and real? How
has virtuality as such been affecting our actions towards life in the
reality?
Based on the previous Plektrum Festival 2009 tries to find credible proofs
for (digital) virtuality
that seems so commonplace in our so-called computer society and questions
myths about our
virtually directed world. We're looking an answer to the two-sided
question „Where is virtuality?"
– Where has it brought us? Where is its actual presence?
RULES AND REGULATIONS
The festival is primarily looking for video works, however other proposal
are welcome as well.
The video should not exceed 10 minutes in length, must be created in
generally acceptable
format and quality, and delivered to the selection committee in 2 DVD
copies.
Please include additional documentation such as short abstract of the
work, as well as artists
CV/biography outlining previous exhibitions, important works etc.
The participation is open for young artists under the age of 35 years. The
competition is
international and open to all artists despite of country of origin.
Participation is free.
Submitted work(s) must not be older than two years, but might have been
published or
exhibited before. Please lists previous exhibition details in the abstract.
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS SUMMARIZED
Materials:
- Two copies of the work(s) on high quality DVD.
- Short abstract
- Curriculum Vitae of artist, or description of the artist studio
- Secondary background information or reviews
THE FESTIVAL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO:
- use parts of the work(s) for publicity and promotion materials
(television and radio broadcasts,
newspaper articles, public announcements and so on) of the festival
- 2 DVD copies of the work(s) will be left in the festival archive
for use in non-commercial research and educational purposes only;
- all other uses of the submitted work(s) will be carried out only with
consent of the author(s);
- non-selected works won’t be returned.
ADDITIONALLY THE AUTHOR(S) AGREE:
- the work(s) can be transferred to other formats if it’s necessary for
presentation during the
festival
DEADLINE
The deadline of submitted works is 10 July 2009. The final confirmation of
selected
works will be announced by e-mail and on Plektrum Festival's website no
later than 1
August 2009.
SELECTION COMMITTEE
Selection committee will consist of Plektrum Festival curators and will be
presided by Marge
Paas & Piibe Piirma from Estonian Media Artists Union.
DELIVERY LOCATION
Please deliver all materials to Plektrum Festival/Estonian Media Artists
Union,Kultuuritehas Polymer, 2nd Floor,Madara 22/Ülase 16, Tallinn, Estonia
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For additional information contact:
Marge Paas
Plektrum Festival Curator
[email protected]
+372 52 86 326
Skype: marge.paas
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