Call for Media Art
V Monographic Show of Media Art
VIII International Image Festival – Colombia
Submission Deadline: 10th April 2009 (postmark)
The Visual Design Department of the Universidad de Caldas, in Colombia,
calls to designers, researchers in interactive and digital media and visual
creators to participate in the V Monographic Show of Media Art. The event
will take place from April, 21 to April, 25 of 2009, as part of the VIII
International Image Festival.
The V Monographic Show of Media Art is an activity of the Master in Design
and Creation Interactive and Phd in Design and Creation (in approval) of the
Universidad de Caldas, and has the purpose of improve the design related to
technology and help the communication between technology developers and
audiovisual creators. Besides, the Show promotes the production and
exhibition of telematic and collaborative developments. The Call rules are as:
1. Open to designers, artists, engineers, communicators, or groups with
works made on video graphic, electronic or digital systems.
2. The participating works must fulfill the following policies: a) prove
that the works are a result of new interchanges and explorations of new ways
where digital technologies generates particular aesthetics proposals; b) Be
concluded and be full of functionality for exhibition.
3. The inscribed works should have produced no earlier than 2005.
4. The works must be inscribed by their authors. In the case of
collaborative work, one person of the team should be assigned to represent it.
5. Three images (digital format of high quality in CD-DVD or downloaded from
Internet) should be sent.
6. The final selected pieces of work will be published on the Festival’s web
site on the 17th of April 2009: www.festivaldelaimagen.com.
7. The best works, according to the international jury, will be granted a
Special Mention, in each one of the following categories:
- Fixed image
- Animation
- Video Art
- Net Art
- Interactive
- Interactive games
- Web Design
- Sound Landscapes
- Infodesign
8. The Special Mentions will be announced in public ceremony within the
framework of the Festival. The ceremony will take place at the “Centro
Cultural y de Convenciones Los Fundadores” on April 25th 2009.
9. The submissions for proposals will start with the publication of this
paper until the April 10th 2009 – 6PM, in the following address:
Convocatoria V Muestra Monográfica de Media Art
VIII Festival Internacional de la Imagen
Departamento de Diseño Visual
Universidad de Caldas
Calle 65 N. 26-10
Manizales – Caldas
Colombia
Notes: It will be accepted works by email with forms and additional
information. These could be sent to: [log in to unmask] until
April 10th 2009.
10. The organization will receive the works in the following formats: CD
ROM, DVD, VHS (PAL or NTSC formats), Betacam, UMatic, DVCam or MiniDV.
11. For international entries, please make clear that the contents are of
cultural nature of non commercial value. The Festival won't cover the costs
for post and packaging or any taxes incurred during the delivery.
12. The materials received won't be returned to the senders and they will
become part of the IMAGOTECA of the “Departamento de Diseño Visual de la
Universidad de Caldas” These materials will be used in the educational and
marketing programmes of the IMAGOTECA, a non-profit program.
All the information with respect to the festival is published in:
www.festivaldelaimagen.com
For other questions on the call, please contact to:
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Many thanks for your interest.
Felipe C. Londoño L.
VIII International Image Festival Director
Facultad de Artes y Humanidades Dean
Universidad de Caldas
www.ucaldas.edu.co
www.festivaldelaimagen.com
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