Freewaves' HollyWould... festival will take place in October 2008, in the perceived world capital of media. We are looking for interesting works that represent an alternative to mainstream media or directly relate to "Hollywood."
Millions travel annually to fabled Hollywood Boulevard between Vine and Highland, the site of the festival. Instead of a street filled with glamorous boutiques and celebrities, tourists find a gritty neighborhood in transition populated by entertainment seekers, the homeless, runaways, media industry workers, art lovers, and ethnically diverse residents. Notions of Hollywood as Xanadu, perpetuated by our media culture, don't match reality.
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Selected festival works will be installed in this urban hall of mirrors – in screening rooms, art centers, stores, vacant walls – intersecting with audiences where they live, recreate and shop.
Media art works include experimental videos and films (narrative, documentary, art, animation, etc.), cell phone videos, DVDs, websites, simple installations, wifi events and silent video billboards. Works from the festival will also appear on television and video-streamed on the Internet. Competitive selection process will be conducted online by a group of international and local curators with a range of specialties and backgrounds.
- Work must be completed since January 1, 2005.
- Online entries must be submitted to Freewaves by February 29, 2008.
- Online entries must include URL for your streaming video or net art entry.
- While we prefer entrants to post submissions via the online entry process, if you are not able to post your submission online, please fill out and print the online entry form at the entry form button below and mail it with a DVD of the work to Freewaves.
- There is no limitation on number of entries, however, a preference is given to works 2-15 minutes in length.
- We will additionally stream works up to 60 minutes in duration on freewaves.org, if authorized by artists.
- Notification of acceptance is in July 2008.
- Upon acceptance, artists will be asked to submit resume/bio, work statement, exhibition quality copies of work and images for publicity.
- Artist payments will be $100-$200 for selected works.
- There is no entry fee to submit work, however, we highly encourage those who can afford it to become Freewaves members with a $25 donation. With membership, you support our programs so that we can continue to exhibit innovative new media art. In return, we will send you great notices for new media opportunities.
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Anne Bray anne@freewaves.org |
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Freewaves 2008 Entries 6522 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028 USA www.freewaves.org |
