Andreas Broeckmann on Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:23:10 +0200 (CEST) |
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[rohrpost] VIDEOTREE International Competition Florence |
Giovanni Longo (gl@generative.org) Peggy Sylopp (peggy@generative.org) tel +49-30-44048507 mobil +49-0173-8350379 www.generative.org |||| ||| ||| || ||| || || | | generative.org | || || |||| || ||| ||| ||||| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VIDEOTREE video-cards from all over the world International Competition >A project: Fringe.it >Promoted by: Commune of Florence, Councillorship of Culture We are asking artists from throughout the world to express their emotions evoked by Christmas, intended not just as a religious festivity but in the wider and ancientmeaning of the celebration of light regeneration over the annual cycle of seasons. Videos will be projected on a three-screen structure in Signoria Square. It will be Florence Christmas tree, lightened by "visions" of artists from all over the world. Amidst a dramatic international crisis, Florence becomes an international meeting point, centre of contemporary culture which is multicultural and interethnic by definition. This projects is made up of two realization phases. At a first stage, editors and cultural institutions from various Countries all over the world will select the artists to be contacted. Works may also be forwarded directly to the organizing committee, which will proceed to a first selection of the material received. Selected works will be projected in Signoria Square from December 19th to January 6st. During this period, both editors and the audience will vote their favourite video. Each vote expressed by the editors will count for 50 votes by the audience. During this time span, editors involved in voting will be gathered in Florence for a two-day meeting (19th and 20th of december) so as to give rise to a planning international network. Travelling expenses and costs for a two-night stay in Florence will be refunded to the editors. The winning artist will be awarded a prize in the amount of 5,000 Euro. RULES >Admitted formats Works realized with any cinematographic, magnetic and digital techniques will be admitted to the competition. Works shall be forwarded in one of the following formats: dv cam, mini dv, betacam, vhs >Video maximum length 10 minutes >Delivery of material Works shall be forwarded prior to November 30th (postal stamp shall testify shipping date). Materials forwarded will not be returned. The organizing committee will be entitled to project the videos in the foreseen public spaces, provided that entrance to projection spaces is free. >Voting Both authorized editors (they may avail themselves of 50 votes each, to be assigned to a single work) and the audience (each spectator may only express one vote) will be entitled to vote. >Awards The winner will be awarded 5,000 Euro. >General conditions By forwarding the material, global acceptance of these rules is deemed to have been subscribed. The outcome of the competition will be notified to the winner and made public within 15 days from the end of the event. Voting upshot shall be incontrovertible. ------------------------------------------------------- rohrpost - deutschsprachige Liste fuer Medien- und Netzkultur Archiv: http://www.nettime.org/rohrpost Info: http://www.mikro.org/rohrpost Ent/Subskribieren: http://post.openoffice.de