From sabine at networkcultures.org  Tue Feb  3 16:11:20 2009
From: sabine at networkcultures.org (Sabine Niederer)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:11:20 +0100
Subject: <videovortex> Reminder: deadline call for contributions 5 Feb 2009
Message-ID: <E98DCD15-4A5D-4AC8-BB1A-FCB084B96A6A@networkcultures.org>

Dear all,
just a quick reminder that the call for contributions for Video Vortex  
Split closes on February 5, 2009.
The call is pasted below and available online at www.networkcultures.org/videovortex 
.
Ciao, Sabine

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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: VIDEO VORTEX 4
On 22-23 May, 2009 the fourth edition of Video Vortex will take place  
in Split, Croatia. The Department of Film and Video at the Academy of  
Arts University of Split and Platforma 9.81 will organize the event,  
in collaboration with the Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam.  
After previous events on online video and responses to YouTube in  
Brussels, Amsterdam and Ankara, this event will focus on the moving  
image on the Web.

We invite contributions for the following themes:

Telepresence and Web Aesthetics
Video meets Web aesthetics: how is the phenomenon of ?telepresence?  
incorporated in various art forms, such as music, theater, visual  
arts, literature and cinema? What are underlying aesthetics and what  
are the specific interface contexts?

Social Cinema
Has cinema found its way onto the Web? Did it change the essential  
features of cinema? What are the new possibilities of collaborative  
production? Does the future of film museums and cinematheques lie in  
online cinematic databases?

Architecture and Moving Image
Online video offers an immense database of moving images, which could  
be displayed in urban public space. What are the existing  
cinematographic visions of the future of the moving image in public  
space? (In films such as Blade Runner, Minority Report, Children of  
Men, etc.) Which visions can be directly implemented, and which will  
remain film scenography?

Video Sharing
What are the standards and alternatives for sharing, licensing and  
hosting moving images on the Web? This theme explores issues around  
the distribution, licensing, collaborative production, and video  
hosting.

Technology and politics of the moving image
What is the future of visual browsers? How does moving image  
production relate to cultural, technological and political dominance?  
Open standards and codex politics. Surveillance issues.

Literature and video online narrative
Narrative strategies on the Web. From screenplay writing with  
hypertext, the broadcasted self and narrative avatars to collective  
narrative processes leading to Web literature, tag based video  
narrativity, public journalism and performative real-time literature.

Please send in a 500-word abstract and a short bio to Dan Oki (danoki  
[at] xs4all.nl) before February 5, 2009.

During the Video Vortex in Split we will present five cinema events:
1) upload cinema 2) mobile phone cinema 3) social cinema 4) cinematic  
data base 5) performative cinema



From cinziacremona at googlemail.com  Mon Feb  9 15:53:05 2009
From: cinziacremona at googlemail.com (Cinzia Cremona)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 14:53:05 +0000
Subject: <videovortex> Fwd: Visions in the Nunnery - open call
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Hi video vortex,

I hope this finds you well.*

*Could you please forward this call to the list? PDF also attached.

Thanks!

All the best,

Cinzia
*
Open call for moving image artists*

We are now accepting applications from moving image artists to apply to our
international open
submission event. This year promises to be a larger and more exciting event
than ever before.
*Visions in the Nunnery* is an annual event that showcases some of the most
exciting British and
International artists who are pushing the elements of film, video and moving
image practice. It is
also an opportunity for artists and audiences to engage with contemporary
moving image work
both visually and through critical debate at our forums and talks.
Deadline for application 27th March

To apply please visit:

www.openvisions.org
Event runs from: May 22nd ? May 31st 2009

The Nunnery Gallery
Bow Arts Trust
183 Bow Road
London
E3 2SJ
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From yves.gaillard at forumdesimages.fr  Mon Feb 16 16:32:42 2009
From: yves.gaillard at forumdesimages.fr (yves.gaillard)
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:32:42 +0100
Subject: <videovortex> Call for entries, Festival Pocket Films Paris, France
Message-ID: <4999871A.5040606@forumdesimages.fr>

Dear VideoVortex list suscribers,

this announcement comes late, please excuse us for this delay... We 
thank you by advance to send this post (below) to the other suscribers.
I would be pleased to answer any questions regarding this call for films.

With kind regards,

Yves Gaillard

-- 
Yves Gaillard
programmateur / program manager
Festival Pocket Films
+33 1 44 76 63 77

www.festivalpocketfilms.fr
www.forumdesimages.fr


        The 5th edition of Pocket Films Festival : call for entries


      A camera in the pocket

It?s been 5 years that cell phones in France have been equipped with a 
camera and a screen. In 2005 The Forum des images created the Pocket 
Films Festival, in partnership with SFR, to explore the potential of 
this new communications tool as an innovative means of artistic 
expression now available to the general public.

The 5th edition of the Pocket Films Festival is organised by the Forum 
des images on June 12, 13, 14, 2009, in collaboration with SFR it?s 
founding partner.

Recognized today throughout the world for it?s pioneering effort and 
expertise in the exploration of audiovisual creation with mobile 
technologies, the Forum des images opens its call for entries to all 
creators for the 5th edition of the Pocket Films Festival. Film 
directors, photographers, artistes, performers and amateurs of new 
technologies are invited to send their films, made with a video cell 
phone. The deadline for all entries is March 2nd 2009.

Short or feature films, all types are accepted : fiction, documentary, 
experimental, clips, portraits...

Fill out and sign the entry form as well as the rules of the Festival 
below and send them with your film before March 2, 2009 at : Forum des 
images Pocket Films Festival 2 rue du Cin?ma 75045 Paris Cedex 01 France

Please visit : 
http://www.festivalpocketfilms.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=91
to download the documents.

Films submitted to the selection committee must be made with a pocket 
camera (video cell phone, digital camera...). The selected films may be 
shown either on a movie-theater size or pocket-sized screen during the 
festival. The selection committee is solely responsible for the choice 
of the screen size for each of the films chosen to participate in the 
festival.

The 5th edition of the Pocket Films Festival is organised by the Forum 
des images on June 12, 13, 14, 2009, in collaboration with SFR it?s 
founding partner.

www.festivalpocketfilms.fr



From geert at xs4all.nl  Wed Feb 18 17:23:56 2009
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:23:56 +0100
Subject: <videovortex> Open Video Conference: call for proposals
Message-ID: <B0BF0EE4-C2D4-4156-AE47-95AF1510357B@xs4all.nl>

From: benrito at gmail.com

Open Video Conference: call for proposals
** Submission deadline: March 19 **

We are now accepting proposals for panels, workshop sessions, demo  
sessions, and other programming for the inaugural Open Video  
Conference in New York. Join us and over 400 participants during our  
groundbreaking two-day conference and make your imprint on the online  
video space.

Visit http://openvideoalliance.org/proposals/  to make a submission.

Open Video Conference
June 19-20, 2009
New York City
40 Washington Square South (NYU Law School)

The Open Video Conference

The conference will feature talks from internet luminaries, panels and  
discussions, screenings of video art, and demonstrations of the newest  
internet video technology. We expect more than 400 participants. Here  
are some goals for the gathering:

  1. Bring together stakeholders in the online video space for cross- 
pollination and development of the Open Video movement.
  2. Raise public interest and awareness around the Principles for an  
Open Video Ecosystem, a community effort to define best practices in  
online video.
  3. Raise the public profile of video creators and artists working in  
the online space.

What Types of Proposals are You Seeking?

We are requesting proposals and ideas for panels, presentations,  
workshops, and other sessions that will address how we can shape  
online video and the public debates around the medium. Proposals may  
be intended for the main conference track, or for more focused  
unconference-style sessions. Proposal topics may be legal, technical,  
or cultural in focus, though we encourage proposals in all relevant  
areas. The more complete and fleshed out a proposal, the more likely  
it will be accepted?but we welcome the submission of all good ideas.

We are also seeking submissions of video art to showcase the creative  
potential of artists in the open video space.

To submit a proposal or idea for Open Video, please visit http://openvideoalliance.org/proposals/ 
. The deadline for submissions is March 19, 2009. If you have any  
questions about the Alliance, the conference, or the submission  
process, please contact Ben Moskowitz  
atconference at openvideoalliance.org .

Why is Open Video Important?

YouTube and other online video applications are rightly celebrated for  
empowering end-users; however, online video lacks some of the  
essential qualities that make text and images on the web such powerful  
tools for free speech and technical innovation. Email, blogs, and  
other staples of the open web rely on ubiquitous and interoperable  
technologies that have low barriers to entry; they are massively  
decentralized and resistant to censorship or regulation. Video,  
meanwhile, relies on centralized distribution and proprietary  
technologies which can threaten cultural discourse and innovation.

Open Video is the growing movement for transparency, interoperability,  
and participation in online video. These qualities provide more  
fertile ground for bottom-up innovation and greater protection for  
free speech online. Many organizations are already taking steps to  
change the nature of video on the web: Mozilla is moving to support  
open video formats in Firefox, the Participatory Culture Foundation  
promotes open source and standards in video publishing and  
distribution, and Wikipedia has increased its focus on the open Theora  
codec.

About the Open Video Alliance

The Open Video Alliance is a coalition of leading organizations  
dedicated to fostering the growth of open infrastructure, tools, and  
standards for the online video medium. Yale Law School's Information  
Society Project hosted a stakeholder meeting on October 31st, 2008;  
representatives from nearly 30 organizations convened to discuss  
common goals for technologists, maker communities, and legal experts.

For more information, see http://openvideoalliance.org.