<videovortex> Fwd: Video Store submissions wanted!

[Mél Hogan]

Under New Management 2013

*CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS*
Seeking video work for *Video Rental Store*, a curated project by Suzanne
Carte & Su-Ying Lee (Under New Management) taking place in March 2013
at ODD Gallery
at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC) in Dawson City, Yukon.
The exhibition will take the form of a video rental store that carries
artistsʼ videos. The project employs the characteristics of the retail
environment to connect to the local community while, challenging the
galleryʼs role as an intermediary that delimits the viewerʼs direct access
to art. “Customers” are asked to pay what they wish, which can be
interpreted as cash, a non-monetary exchange, critique, or no remuneration.
This facet is in place as an experimental form of engagement, where artists
have the opportunity to receive responses directly from viewers. In turn,
the viewer has an uncommon channel to the artist. In addition to payment,
rental and return are also on an honour-system basis therefore removing
barriers that exist due to membership, deposit, and return policies at
commercial ventures.

*Background*
This is the second iteration of the Under New Management video “rental”
store. As part of a larger exhibition/project, the first store took place
in Toronto from August 3–14, 2010. This method of disseminating video art
to the general public was exceptionally popular during its short run.

For more information about the project read an interview in Media Fields
Journal here<http://www.mediafieldsjournal.org/video-rental-store/video-rental-store-an-interview-with-suzanne-carte-blancheno.html>
or
a review in The Toronto Star
here<http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/839799--queen-west-has-a-surprise-in-store>
.

*Terms*
Your DVD will be loaned to anyone who wishes to borrow it. Customers will
pay whatever they wish and any fee collected for your work will be sent to
you. The video will be archived in the Video Store Rental collection for
future exhibitions.

*Submissions*
We are accepting work on DVD immediately. Feel free to send several titles.

- Any duration, style and genre
- Package your submission in a 191 x 135 mm DVD case
- Front of case: label image, artistʼs name and title
- Back of case: synopsis and duration and any other info you wish to
include i.e. short bio, website
- Work will be loaned to the general public. It is crucial that you note if
your title contains any explicit language, nudity, sex or violence. This
will not prevent your title from being selected for inclusion. This
information will be used to make our “customers” aware of the content

**Fill out and return the Video Rental
Agreement<http://www.suzannecarte.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Video-Rental_Agreement.pdf>
form
with your submission.

*Deadline February 7, 2013*

Mail submissions to:

Under New Management
3 Sheridan Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6K 2G5
Canada

Inquiries can be directed to suzannecarte[a]gmail.com
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