Off the Grid: The Creative Misuse of Technology

Video Pool Media Arts Centre
Call for Submissions – 2007/08 Programming
Theme – Off the Grid: The Creative Misuse of Technology

Deadline: March 23, 2007

Contemporary culture is permeated by a fascination with media and trends in consumer electronics. Media artists often follow their own fascination with technology and its creative potential into uncharted territory. In an effort to free themselves from the technical and aesthetic restraints of conventional approaches, artists create new processes, strategies and systems for dealing with media. Technology is creatively misused and repurposed; found or antiquated media is reused and reinterpreted; and traditional approaches to media are hacked, bent and reprogrammed to create unique artistic results.

Video Pool is inviting submissions on the theme Off the Grid: The Creative Misuse of Technology for the 2007/08 programming season.

Video Pool invites submissions of:

New Media

Experimental Electronics

Installation (with media components)

Audio Art

Curatorial packages (with media components)

Video Pool’s 2007/08 programming season will include three programs specifically focused on new media performance and single channel film and video in the following three categories:

1. Machinima
Film and video made using avatars and/or video game environments.

2. Performance Lecture
Performances that bend the usual accoutrements of academic lectures – slide shows, power point presentations, video clips, etc., – to critically reflect on the form of the lecture and props used to support intellectual authority.

3. Camera-free film and video
Submissions may explore the range of camera-free image manipulation – from well established film techniques such as hand processing and optical printing to computer-based image manipulation in programs such as After Effects.

Submission Requirements
Due to funding requirements, primary consideration will be given to Canadian citizens.

All submissions must include:

1. C.V. or artist resumé including current contact information (address, telephone # and e-mail) for the artist/curator.

2. A short description of the project or video(s) including an outline of the project’s curatorial and/or critical objectives.

3. The project and/or video title(s).

4. Artist’s name(s).

5. Project/video year(s) of completion and city(s) of origin.

6. Project’s exhibition history and any other contexts in which the work will be presented in the coming year.

7. A statement indicating if the artist(s)/curator(s) plan to be in attendance with the work and if so in what capacity they would expect to participate in the screening/exhibition.

8. Support material: Please do not send originals. Video Pool will not accept responsibility for the loss of or damage to, support material.
- still images should be submitted on CD.
- Video support material should be NTSC and submitted on either VHS, Mini DV or DVD.
- Audio support material should be submitted on CD.

9. Audio, video and image list (detailing all accompanying work).

10. Please include a SASE if you want support material returned.

* Video Pool encourages submissions of projects that are already complete or near completion.
* Fees are paid in accordance with the CARFAC rate scale.

Inquiries can be directed to:
Cam Hutchison
Programming Coordinator
Video Pool Media Arts Centre
t: (204) 949-9134 ext.1

Please send submissions to:
Programming Committee
c/o Video Pool Media Arts Centre
#300 – 100 Arthur St.
Winnipeg, MB
R3B 1H3 Canada

Deadline: March 23, 2007
(submissions must be received by the deadline)