Everything with this contest looks well and good except when one goes to the web site and reads the small print.
Under "mentions" it says that anything submitted will not be returned but kept in the Simultan Association archive.
And for what purpose, I ask?
This is too similar to the "all rights, moral and fiduciary" that we see in the writing world, in particular, journalism.
It's all take, take, take with no or very little give.
So I guess I won't be video taping any of my technological wonders and sending tapes to Romania.
Pity.
MENTIONS
- all selected works may be used in other presentations or partner events with the aim of promoting the Simultan Festival, but not for commercial purposes.
- submitted works will not be returned, but stored in the Simultan Association archive.
- no entry fee!
- all selected works may be used in other presentations or partner events with the aim of promoting the Simultan Festival, but not for commercial purposes.
- submitted works will not be returned, but stored in the Simultan Association archive.
- no entry fee!
SIMULTAN
2012 - CALL FOR VIDEO WORKS
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SIMULTAN
FESTIVAL #8 | 'The beginning of the end'
11-13 october 2012 timisoara,
romania
Deadline: 15 september
2012
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FESTIVAL
INFO AND THEME
SIMULTAN is a festival dedicated to media art and artistic
experiment, which
aims to create a bond between different media and encourage
new and
innovative forms of artistic expression, in the field of visual,
sound art
and music
Based on a different theme every year, the
festival presents video art
projections, music live performances,
interdisciplinary works,
installations, lectures.
The 8th edition of
the Simultan Festival will take place from October 11 to
13, under the title
'The Beginning of The End' (TBOTE). This theme wishes to
reflect upon the
phenomenon 2012, which includes a set of cataclysmic or
processing
assumptions.
2012 is considered the year of changes, different Conspiracy
theories were
born about the apocalypse and the end of the world - those
beliefs or
speculations are related to the long Mesoamerican calendar,
according to
which a cycle ends in the history of Earth and mankind. A New
Age
interpretation of this transition would be that this date marks
the
beginning of a new era, a positive physical or spiritual
transformation,
abandoning reliance on the material level, allowing humanity
to enter a new
era, one of universal harmony.
Scientists have rejected
proposals like pseudoscience, stating that it
conflicts with simple
astronomical observations and targets distraction from
more important issues
such as global warming and biodiversity loss.
These theories seem distant and
unclear in relation to the pressure of the
present and the uncertainty of the
near future.
'The Beginning of The End' is questioning how this
transformation process is
perceived by the individual in the present
socio-political and economical
context, how we think this interpretation
affects our present. This is the
question that this situation is rising
inside us.
TERMS OF ENTRY
Simultan is open for submissions of
innovative works, which use technology
in a creative, ingenious way or are
based on a peculiar, unusual story.
- categories: video, experimental video,
fiction, documentary, experimental
documentary, motion graphics, experimental
animation, digital/generative.
- number of works: max 2 / author
-
duration: maximum 10 minutes each
APPLICATION METHOD
- online or by
post
DEADLINE
15 september 2012
MORE INFO AND APPLICATION
FORM
