ARCIPELAGO - International Festival of Short Films and New Images - deadline 5 Feb 2007
::: CALL FOR ENTRIES 2007 :::
Entries are welcome for the Fifteenth Edition of ARCIPELAGO - International Festival of Short Films and New Images, which will be held in Rome from June 15 to June 21, 2007.
Created by 3E-medi@, Arcipelago is the most popular Italian event dedicated to new formats and new trends of international independent cinema.
The following are the competitive sections of the 2007 Edition:
- SHORT WAVES - International competition for short films. Running time must not exceed 30 minutes. All genres are eligible (fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and music video), either on film or video.
- eMOVIE - International competition dedicated to new images. Italian and foreign short films up to 30 minutes are eligible, and must be made on computer and/or shot in any digital format. All genres are welcome.
- SHORT.WEB 7.0 - International online competition. For short films exclusively conceived for diffusion on the Internet or however compatible with a Web distribution. The competition will be held exclusively online and it’s reserved to works of all genres, up to 15 minutes long.
- CONCORTO - National competition for Italian unreleased short films. Running time must not exceed 30 minutes. Films can be on video or film, either fiction or documentary or animation or experimental or music video.
- EXTRA LARGE - National documentary competition. Reserved to Italian documentaries between 30 and 60 minutes long, either on video or film.
- VIDEOROME - Regional video competition. 5 minutes on video on a specific theme - organized in collaboration with Mediateca Roma and the Lazio Region’s Culture Department.
As in past editions, the ITINERARIES section will present the best of the “short” Italian production screened at last year’s festivals.
VHS tapes (or DVDs) and entry forms for the International pre-selection must be sent by February 5, 2007, to the address:
By ordinary mail:
FESTIVAL ARCIPELAGO
c/o Associazione Culturale 3E-medi@
P.O. Box 6154
00195 Rome RM
Italy
By quick mail service or courier
(after January 10 only):
FESTIVAL ARCIPELAGO
c/o Associazione Culturale 3E-medi@
Clivo di Monte del Gallo 22
00165 Rome RM
Italy
PLEASE, NOTE: films must be submitted exclusively through the online entry form, directly from our website www.arcipelagofilmfestival.org, where you can also download the Regulations, in .rtf or .pdf format.
The Regulations sheet can be requested by e-mail as well.
ARCIPELAGO
International Festival of Short Films and New Images
P.O. Box 6154 - 00195 Rome RM
(Italy)
Tel. +39-06-39387246 - Fax +39-06-39388262
e-mail: info@arcipelagofilmfestival.org
web: www.arcipelagofilmfestival.org
Member of the European Coordination of Film Festivals - EEIG
No comments12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07 Competition - deadline 15 Feb 2007
12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07 Competition
16 – 20 May 2007, Wroclaw, Poland
12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07(c) WRO Foundation for Media Art in Wrocław/Poland, announces an international competition open to any work created using electronic media techniques, exploring innovative forms of artistic communication.
The competition welcomes creators of artistic projects of diverse forms such as screenings (video art, computer animation), installations, objects, performances, multimedia concerts and network projects from all over the world.
The main prize is €5000.
The deadline date for entry submission is 15.02.2007.
Presentation of shortlisted works and the international jury’s announcement of the competition results will take place during public screening at the WRO 07 Biennale.
The competition regulations and entry form are available in downloadable format at http://wro07.wrocenter.pl. Requests to receive the regulations and entry form by post can be made at print@wrocenter.pl.
http://wrocenter.pl/index.php?go=en/wro07intro/
No commentsE-Poetry 2007 - deadline April 15 2007
e-poetry 2007 Paris
from 2007 may 20 to may 23
at : University Paris8 - Le point éphémère - le cube
call for contribution : http://epc.buffalo.edu/e-poetry/2007/
deadline for works: April 15th 2007
organised by Loss Glazier (EPC, University SUNY Buffalo), Philippe Bootz (Paragraphe, University Paris8), Jean Clément (Paragraphe, University Paris8), Patrick Burgaud (MOTS-VOIR), Alexandre Gherban (MOTS-VOIR)
No commentsARCO/BEEP New Media Art Awards - deadline 11th Jan 2007
ARCO/BEEP NEW MEDIA ART AWARDS
2nd edition
Conceded by BEEP, in collaboration with ARCO
Worth 8.000 euros and 6.000 euros
The goal of these awards is to advance the production and exhibition of New Media Art, and art linked to new technologies. Its purpose is to promote new high-tech art, and to foster communication between the manufacturers/creators of this new technology and those who create art. A natural collaboration, which will benefit and enrich both sides.
There are two ACQUISITION PRIZES:
1) @ARCO Prize: worth 8.000 euros. To be eligible, an artwork must be shown by a gallery at the 26th edition of ARCO, the International Contemporary Art Fair, in Madrid (15-19 February 2007), and must have a significant component involving new technology or electronic media.
2) OFF-ARCO Prize: worth 6.000 euros. Artworks presented by individual artists or collectives.
The prizes will be awarded by an international jury of prestigious specialists.
Registration form is available on the ARCO/BEEP NEW MEDIA ART Prize website
No commentsMince Pies + Robot Dogs = The AIBO Salon
| 14 December 2006 | ||
| 5:30 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
The IOCT Salon
http://www.ioctsalon.com
The IOCT Salon is a regular event that highlights practice and practitioners in the digital arts. It takes place at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Directions at http://www.ioctsalon.com/directions.htm
Admission is free, and members of the public are very welcome! It would be very helpful if you could email us to let us know you are coming ( info /at/ ioctsalon.com ), but just turning up on the night is also fine.
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Thurs 14th December 2006, 6.00pm - 7.30pm (coffee from 5.30pm)
The AIBO Salon
AIBO stands for Artificial Intelligence roBOt, but also means “love” or “attachment” in Japanese, and is a robotic dog designed and manufactured by Sony. At this Salon you will have the opportunity to explore and play with one of the many AIBO robots living at the IOCT, with help on hand from experts who have been using AIBOs extensively in their research, writing and teaching. What kinds of stories do we tell about robots, and what stories are they collecting about us?
Guests include:
- Sue Thomas, Professor of New Media, De Montfort University ( http://www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/~sthomas )
- Steve Grand, founder of Cyberlife Research Ltd. ( http://www.cyberlife-research.com ) and visiting Research Fellow at De Montfort University
- Aladdin Ayesh, Senior Lecturer in AI and Robotics, De Montfort University ( http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~aayesh/ )
- Cherie O’Connor, IOCT technician ( http://www.ioct.dmu.ac.uk )
Links:
- AIBO Wikipedia entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO
- AIBO corporate site - http://www.sony.net/Products/aibo/
- AIBO community networking site - http://www.aibonet.com/
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The IOCT Salon ( http://www.ioctsalon.com ) is managed by Chris Joseph, Digital Writer in Residence at the Institute of Creative Technologies, De Montfort University. This residency is funded by Arts Council England: East Midlands.
For further information about the IOCT Salon please email Chris: info /at/ ioctsalon.com . To be notified of future events please join the mailing list on the Salon website.
The IOCT Salon is held at and staged by De Montfort University and the Insitute of Creative Technologies, and is supported by Arts Council England and the Literature Development Network.
