Balkan: CologneOFF 2011 in April

CologneOFF 2011 - videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project
1 January - 31 December 2011
http://coff.newmediafest.org
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Cologne International Videoart Festival informs:
In the framework of CologneOFF 2011's global tour, the month April is dedicatedto the Balkan countries, this is good concerning the programming focus,but also the 2 physical venues in Romania
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CologneOFF 2011 ARAD
Arad Art Museum - 31 March - 2 April 2011
–> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=953
PDF catalogue - http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF2011_ARAD.pdf
The screenings programs at the art museum of Arad were featuring
videoart from Balkan countries, amonng them -
the video artist of the Month April 2011
–> Boris Sribar (Serbia) in a solo presentation
see also online feature on VAD - Videoart Database –>
http://vad.nmartproject.net/?page_id=2301
but also videoart from Croatia curated by Darko Fritz,
Slovenia curated by Kolektiva Lubljana, Greece curated by Videofestival Miden (Kalamata)
and Romania - a selection from Kinema Ikon - a collective of experimental video from Arad -
curated by Calin Man (Art Museum Arad).
CologneOFF 2011 Arad was simulataneously an exhibition and a screening marathon.
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CologneOFF 2011 Timisoara
–> Cafekultour Festival 2011 - 11-17 April 2011
–> TimiShort - Film Festival Timisoara - 4-8 May 2011
–> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=1269
The event series in Timisoara, a city in the North West of Romania
has two parts –> a screening on 12 April 2011 in the framework of
the annual Cafékultour Festival, referring to the historical cafe house culture from the timeswhen Timisoara was part of Austria, entitled "Tensions in Time and Space" - more details on –> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=1104
and the 2nd part, i.e. a CologneOFF 2011 presentation and screening in the framework ofTimiShort - Film Festival Timisoara - 4-8 May 2011, entitled " Art and the City".
More details on –> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=1265
Download also the new PDF catalogue!! —>
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF2011_Timisoara.pdf
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There are currently 3 open calls running –>
1.
CologneOFF 2011 - videoart in a global context
–> deadline 1 May 2011
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=2729
2. CologneOFF - Football-Soccer- Fussball
–> deadline: 1 September 2011
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=3245
3. CologneOFF - Let's Save the World?!
—> deadline: 1 September 2011
http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=3251

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