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Syndicate: transmediale 98, Berlin, February 1998 |
transmediale 98 11th VideoFest February 12 - 22, 1998 Podewil, Berlin, Germany CALL FOR ENTRIES >From February 12 - 22, 1998 the Podewil hosts the second transmediale and >the eleventh VideoFest. Associated to the Berlin Film Festival, it will >attract thousands of visitors and hundreds of accredited guests, thus >making the Podewil an international meeting place for the creative talents >in media. The festival will be organised by transmedia and Podewil, with >support by the Senate of Berlin, the European Commission, and private >sponsors. Submitted may be works from the areas of video, computer animation, television, films with digital parts and multimedia projects (CD-ROM, CD-I, discs, cartrige, internet) which were produced since 1996. Works will be considered for selection which are dealing with reality in an innovative way, or those which aim at furthering their respective medium. AWARDS The transmediale will award three prices for outstanding works in the fields of video, television and multimedia. Further awards will be donated by sponsors. Award holders in 1997 are: Best Video-Installation: "Sieben Früchte vom Baum des ewigen Lebens" by Rotraut Pape (D) Best Video/TV-Production: "The Last Angel of History" by John Akomfrah (GB / D) Best Multimedia -Project: the WWW-Site "jodi.org" by Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans (E) ProPublico Award (Post production worth 10.000.- DM): "Fake" by Sebastian Peterson (D) MEDIA ART INSTALLATIONS The transmediale exhibits classic video-sculptures as well as space related installations, based on interactive or networked systems. The transmediale invites artists to exhibit but other interested parties may also submit their proposals. We expressly desire entries for performance concepts. FURTHER EVENTS The presentation of works is one side of the transmediale. In a series of special events the festival will reflect theoretical questions of media art, especially the crossing of the borders between the different media territories to that the whole event is dedicated. Artists, companies, producers and educational institutions will be provided with a platform to present their ideas, concepts and projects to a broad audience. transmedia questions the philosophical and social effects connected with technological developments and uses. Focus 98 In 1998, a focal issue of the transmediale will be a "stock taking of seeing". Renowned artists and experts will take into critical review the past 30 years of video culture; in the field of computer animation and multimedia it will present the state of the art, and in the television section it will concentrate on outstanding stations and personalities of german TV history. DEADLINE: November 28, 1997 For further information, incl. all FORMAL REQUIREMENTS, please, contact "transmedia" <videofest@mediopolis.de> Johannes Lenz-Hawliczek transmedia Berlin February 12 -22, 1998 Fon *49 30 2472 1907 Fax *49 30 2472 1909