[spectre] (fwd) VIDEONALE 12, Bonn - Call for Entries

[Andreas Broeckmann]

VIDEONALE 12

CALL FOR ENTRIES -
VIDEONALE 12
Application deadline: 31 August, 2008


 
					Videonale 
e.V.
im Kunstmuseum Bonn
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2
D- 53113 Bonn
Tel: +49 (0) 228 692 818
<mailto:einsendungen at videonale.org>einsendungen at videonale.org

<http://www.videonale.org>http://www.videonale.org

 
 
	MONITORING THE FUTURE

"We are looking for video art which, today, is 
already part of tomorrow's breeding ground," says 
Georg Elben, curator of the VIDEONALE 12. Quo 
vadis video art ? this is the question the 
VIDEONALE at the Bonn Kunstmuseum has addressed 
every two years since 1984. As of now all artists 
are invited to apply for the VIDEONALE 12 with a 
video work created in the past two years.

One of the oldest festivals for video art in the 
world, VIDEONALE 12 will present the latest 
trends in video art from 26 March to 26 April 
2009. There is no set topic for submissions, but 
only single-channel works can be entered. 
VIDEONALE 12 will open with a four-day festival 
featuring a variety of events. The exhibition 
will run for four weeks, showcasing 40 to 50 
video works chosen by an international jury. 
VIDEONALE has "always had the advantage, as a 
kind of film festival for video art, of being 
able to provide a realistic assessment of the 
current filmic state of development of this 
genre. That is what defines its function as an 
aesthetic gauge." (K.WEST) The works featured at 
VIDEONALE 12 will be shown in other international 
institutions following the exhibition at the Bonn 
Kunstmuseum; the works chosen for VIDEONALE 11 
were, among others, shown in 2007 at the Reina 
Sofia Museum in Madrid and 2008 at the Bangalore 
Goethe Institut.

"Thinking outside the box" the Bonn Videonale is 
looking for new ways of presenting video 
art,"(Süddeutsche Zeitung) - VIDEONALE is 
particularly interested in developing new forms 
of presentation for video art beyond the black 
box. For the past years each VIDEONALE has 
commissioned a new team of architects and 
designers to create an innovative exhibition 
design, both technically and artistically, for 
presenting the exhibition in the context of a 
museum. "We are happy about the attention and 
broad recognition from the specialist audience we 
have received in the last years for our 
pioneering work in this field where, so far, only 
a small number of convincing approaches have been 
found," says Georg Elben.

The videos presented at VIDEONALE 12 will 
automatically be taking part in the competition 
for the Videonale award worth 5.000 Euro which 
will be awarded by a second international jury. 
Application deadline is 31 August 2008. All 
information and entry forms can be found at 
<http://www.videonale.org>http://www.videonale.org


Contact:

Videonale e.V. im Kunstmuseum Bonn
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2
D- 53113 Bonn
Tel: +49 (0) 228 692 818
<mailto:einsendungen at videonale.org>einsendungen at videonale.org
<http://www.videonale.org>http://www.videonale.org