<videovortex> Call For Submissions: Appropriation Alliance Critical Remix Festival 2011

[Vito Campanelli]

Call For Submissions: Appropriation Alliance Critical Remix Festival 2011

http://appropriationalliance.org/news.html

APPROPRIATION ALLIANCE is pleased to announce the first Critical Remix 
Festival call for submissions. The Critical Remix Festival is a juried 
film festival that will serve as the kick-off event for the 2011 year at 
Gallery 25 in Fresno, CA. The opening screening will take place on 
Thursday, January 6, 2011 from 5 PM to 10 PM. The gallery will host 
screenings on each of the following weekends until January 30, 2011.

ENTRY DETAILS and ELIGIBILITY
The theme for this inaugural festival is "War and Oil." The call for 
submissions is open to all artists working with the medium of Critical 
Remix (commonly found on YouTube and also known as Political Remix Video 
or media stylos). The remix must use found footage: for example, 
corporate advertising, Hollywood films, TV shows, archive footage of 
war, etc. The remix you submit must have been created after January 
2009, and we especially encourage new work. Our sponsors and the 
Appropriation Alliance will serve as jurors for the festival, and are 
interested in seeing each artist's perspective on the themes of War and 
Oil*. An award of $1000 USD will be given to the remix artist the jury 
finds to be most deserving.
*To illustrate, here is a link to a Critical Remix Video on the theme of 
War and Oil created by Diran Lyons:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVuh4AiZ-VY

SUBMISSION FORMAT
Submissions should be viewable on YouTube. The video should be 8 minutes 
or less. Please send the link to your video (one video per artist), 
along with your name, contact information, the official title of the 
work, and a brief statement (100 words) about the video to: 
appropriationalliance at gmail.com.

The deadline for submissions is: Monday, December 20, 2010 5:00PM PST. 
There is no entry fee; however we encourage a small donation to help us 
cover costs. You can donate through paypal at: 
http://centerfornonviolence.org/wp/contribute/ and note ‘remix festival’ 
under the special notes section when you confirm your donation, or by 
sending a check written to ‘FCNV’ with ‘remix festival’ in the memo 
section to Fresno Center For Nonviolence, 1584 Van Ness, Fresno, CA 
93728. All donations are tax-deductible and appreciated.

NOTIFICATION
Artists will be notified of acceptance or decline no later than Tuesday, 
December 28, 2010. Individuals accepted will have their work shown at 
the event and posted on our site along with video from the opening. 
Additionally, remixers will be given permission to remix our festival 
and present it in a forum of their choice, needing only to notify us and 
let viewers know your event is a selection from the Appropriation 
Alliance Critical Remix Festival. Please note that your submission 
indicates your agreement to allow this to take place and for 
Appropriation Alliance to use images or excerpts from your remix for 
promotional purposes.

For more information on this open call for submissions, contact the 
Appropriation Alliance at appropriationalliance at gmail.com.

http://appropriationalliance.org
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