[spectre] Call: Magmart video under volcano, intl videoart festival, 3rd edition

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Date: 7 Dec 2007 15:42:42 +0100
Subject: Magmart | video under volcano, 
international videoart festival, 3rd edition
From: info at magmart.it

  From October 2007 to February 2008, will take 
place the 3rd edition of Magmart | video under 
volcano, international videoart festival.

  The Festival is realized in partnership with CAM 
- Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, and with the 
patronage of the Province of Naples.

  Magmart festival\'s online media sponsor is the art news portal ShaVis.com.

  Marmart festival\'s broadcast media sponsor is the tv channel insu^tv.

  The Festival activity begins on October 10 with 
the publishing of the call for participation, and 
will end with final event, scheduled for 
February, 23/24 2008, at CAM: On February 23, for 
the screening of 30 videos selected by Jury, in 
coordination with other artistic events. On 
February 24, 2008, the selected videos ñ which 
become part of permanent collection of Museum - 
will be screened on loop for the Museum\'s 
visitors.





  RULES

  The Festival is open to all international videoartists. Partecipation is free.

  The Festival is dedicated exclusively to 
videoart, and don\'t suggest any particular theme.

  Between all submitted videos, will be done a 
final selection based on vote of a Jury composed 
by experts. The 30 selected artworks will become 
part of CAM permanent collection.

  All sended materials don\'t will be return, and 
will be stored in the Festival\'s archive like 
documentation.

  Sending the participation form, the artist accept fully the present rules.

  The Jury verdict is incontestable.

  The artist accept that his/her own videos will 
be broadcasted online and offline, on site 
www.magmart.it and on tv channel insu^tv; he/she 
accept that, if selected, the video become part 
of permanent collection of CAM, and should be 
freely screened within Museum rooms.

  All the videos, selected or not, can be screened 
in any other place or event related to Festival, 
online or offline, with exclusion of any 
commercial use.

  Still-frame from videos can be freely used for 
the Festival communication, mentioning title and 
author of artwork.

  All rights on videos remain property of author. 
The author assert, under his/her own liability, 
the complete right of use on used materials 
(images, sounds, videos) and that compose the 
artwork; the author undertake completely the 
liability for any breach of copyright laws.

  To participate is necessary fill out the form 
available online, on official website of 
Festival. The omission, or the incorrect filling, 
of one or more parts of form itself, will involve 
the exclusion of video by selection of Jury.

  Will be accepted only the videos received within 
midnight of December, 31 2007.

  The shipment bill are on the back of author.

  The possible selection by Jury is in any case 
subordinate at an essential condition for the 
proclaim of winners: the author of selected video 
must send, via ordinary mail, and within midnight 
of January, 15 2008, the donation act to CAM of 
the copy of his/her own video, downloadable from 
official website of Festival. This donation act 
don\'t underlie in any way a transfer of right, 
but certify exclusively the willingness of author 
so that a copy of his/her own video artwork will 
be  permanently keeped - and, with limitations 
above, utilized - in the permanent collection of 
CAM.

  Without this donation act, the videos will be 
rule out by group of 30 selected artworks, and 
replaced by those immediately subsequent in 
Jury\'s ranking.

  Any author can participate with max 5 videos.



  TECHNICAL FEATURES OF ARTWORKS

  The videos must be fully realized with digital tech.

  The videos must be sent in format .mpeg or .mov 
(PAL); any other format will be rejected.

  The max lenght of videos don\'t must surpass 10 minutes.

  The videos must be accompanied by participation 
form fully and correctly compiled.

  The videos must be accompanied by a still-frame 
from video itself, in format .jpg, and with 
dimension not less than 400 px X 300 px.

  The videos must have a quality (dimension, 
resolution) good for a public screening, without 
any further shipping of an high-res copy. 
Suggested size is 720px X 576px; minimum size 
required is 640px X 480px.

  If the video is a shooting of a performance, 
this must be fully visible within video lenght.



  SUBMISSION WAY

  Is possible to send required materials for 
participation (video, form, image) in two ways:

  - online | Filling out the form, before midnight 
of December, 31 2007. In the form, must be 
indicate an URL http or ftp for downloading the 
video (i.e.: http://www.mydomain.com/myvideo.mov) 
and the still-frame from video (i.e.: 
http://www.mydomain.com/myimage.jpg); is possible 
to utilize a service for big files transfer. The 
video and the image must be effectively available 
at indicated URL within the deadline.

  - offline | After fully filled out the form 
online, the image and the video must be sent via 
ordinary mail or carrier at the address that will 
be communicate via email after online submission. 
The files must be on digital support (CD-Rom or 
DVD), Mac/Win or Windows compatible.



  JURY

  The jury is composed by:

  Giuseppe De Marco - Mediavox

  Luca Magnoni - Journalist / Creative Director

  Antonio Manfredi - Artistic Director of CAM

  Arseny Sergeyev - Curator of Outvideo Festival

  Enrico Tomaselli - Artistic Director of Festival



For informations: info at magmart.it  www.magmart.it



Enrico Tomaselli

Festival Art Director

info at magmart.it

http://www.magmart.it

Skype: MetaArt