<videovortex> Call for Videos: occupying strategies in art

[Andreas Broeckmann]

From: PLATFORM3 <anabel.roque at platform3.de>
Date: May 3, 2012
Subject: ANN: Call for Videos: occupying strategies in art

Munich
Deadline: Jun 1, 2012

BESETZT – Discourse on Art, Politics and Aesthetics

International Video Call

PLATFORM3 – Spaces for Contemporary Art is a unique, progressive art
location in Munich. Since March 2009 it has been offering space for
local as well as international exhibitions and discourse projects. It
is a production location as well as experimental field for artists,
young curators and culture managers.

In the summer of 2012 PLATFORM3 is organizing a series of events on the
topic of occupying strategies in art. Besides lectures by experts and
panel discussions, there will also be a screening on the topic of art
in urban space.

Occupying is no longer exclusive to Wall Street, but has spread across
the entire globe as a “silent” expression of protest. Between the
cornerstones of politics, society and business, the Occupy movements
mark a new way of practicing democracy in the public arena. These have
now made their way into the sphere of art, as can be witnessed most
recently by the Occupy protests at MoMa New York, the Guggenheim Abu
Dhabi or the Pirate Camp Venice.

Yet what effects does this occupying have on artistic forms of
expression? Is this establishing a new, artistic aesthetic of
criticism? How is art taking up public space? How is it influencing
urban or social infrastructures by doing this? With “BESETZT” PLATFORM3
would like to get to the bottom of all these questions. Therefore the
Call for Videos is being issued to ALL city strollers who have
discovered something special on this topic in their city. The
submissions should focus on the urban, public surroundings, in the
sense that artistic occupying strategies create interfaces with the
everyday, thereby yielding new perspectives. These insights into
various cities and countries illustrate the most diverse strategies
with which art and creativity occupy their space.

What: Short film, filmed with a cellphone camera (max. 3 minutes / 5 MB)

How: The submitted videos will be compiled into a ca. 60-minute
projection, which will be premiered in the main exhibition space at
PLATFORM3 on July 11, 2012. All submissions selected for the film will
be mentioned by name in an accompanying publication. One chosen author
will receive €150 as well as space for a text contribution in the
publication.

Those interested should send the original video with a film trailer
(author, title, city) by June 01, 2012 to contact at platform3.de

Please include a short description (max. 300 words) of the city and the
type of artist occupation being filmed.

For more details: www.platform3.de

Reference / Quellennachweis:
ANN: Call for Videos: occupying strategies in art. In: H-ArtHist, May
3, 2012. <http://arthist.net/archive/3208>.