[spectre] Call for videos--> gender identity - new deadline

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Call for propsals
new extended deadline 1 March 2006
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VideoChannel
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org
is looking for video works on the theme
"gender identiy".
In a times when the traditional role of being "male" and "female" in society has lost its meaning,  a male expresses his female, and a female her male components of their personality, when sexuality is not reduced to being straight or gay, but countless mixed forms of human existance
can be lived,  defining oneself in a gender specific context may become
an essential question.
The call is inviting artists to reflect their own or the subject of male, female, gay, lesbian, transgender etc identity
via the medium of video.

The deadline is extended to 1 March 2006, as it planned to present the selection of "gender identity" on several video festivals.

For being reviewed, the videos should be preferably available online and have to be submitted as URL for download.
After a positive review, the artists/directors may be invited to send the video on a video as mpeg2 file on a data DVD.
Running time: 1-5 Minutes, exception may be possible.

Each artist can submit only one video for each theme.

Please use this form for submitting:

1.name of artist(s), email address(es), URL(s)
(in case of an artists collective plase credit all participants properly)
2. short biography/CV (not more than 300 words each)
3. 1 work/project only -->title, year of production
  c) URL  where the video can be reviewed on or is available for download
4. work description (story included, not more than 500 words)
5. screenshot (.jpeg, max. 800x600 px)
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Confirmation/authorization:
The submitter(s) declares and confirms
that he/she/they is/are holding all  rights on the submission
and give permission to include the submitted work
in "Cinematheque" online/offline environment until revoke.
Signed by (submitter)
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Please send the complete submission to
videochannel at newmediafest.org
subject:  "gender identity"
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Visit the online collection of VideoChannel
http://videochannel.newmediafest.org
or
http://cinematheque.le-musee-divisioniste.org
& http://rrf2005.newmediafest.org/vchannel.htm

VideoChannel is currently preparing additions of a new
video  contribution from Malta curated by Vince Briffa &
and a showcase on the theme "self-portrait", which is currently already online for preview
but not complete yet. The complete project is expected
to be launched at the end of September.
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VideoChannel is a joint venture between
Cinematheque at MediaCentre
http://cinematheque.le-musee-divisioniste
and [R][R][F] 2005 - global networking project
http://rrf2005.newmediafest.org
in the framework of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne
www.nmartproject.net
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info & contact
info at nmartproject.net
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