Call for Entry - Video Art

Feb. 7, 2006

Type: opportunity
Deadline: Feb 7 2006 at 12:06PM

Video Cocktail

CALL FOR ENTRY! Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
[Deadline: March 30, 2006 (postmark); Late deadline: June 15, 2006 (received).]

Video Cocktail is a “survey” of contemporary single channel video art. Thematic programs will be created from submitted work and shown over the course of the summer in the CAC gallery (www.thecac.org). Any mode of single channel video making that reflects current video art practice is encouraged, such as: political, beautiful, animation, animal, urban, rural, quiet, short, not-too-long, conceptual, dreamy, texty, funny, serious, remix, red, mermaids, fabulous ones, stray dogs, undefinable, etc.

David Lachman, Curator. Video programs will be shown June through October.

Submission Guidelines
To be considered please send:

1. Recent, completed after 1999, single channel video art (i.e. any art you show on a single video monitor).
2. DVD-R, VHS, S-VHS or MiniDV of work, labeled with Artist Name, email address, and phone number. NTSC format only.
3. A list of work submitted that includes a short description of each piece, the completion date, the length (note if it is a single play, loop, or either), whether it is silent, mono, or stereo sound, and 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio.
4. Artist Statement, CV, and Short Bio, if available.
5. No Fee, but include a SASE if you want your media returned.

For full consideration, post material by March 30, 2006.
Late submissions will be given some consideration if received by June 15, 2006.

Send submissions to:
The Contemporary Artists Center
Video Cocktail Show
Attn: David Lachman
189 Beaver Street
North Adams, MA 01247
USA

Questions? Contact the CAC at 413.663.9555 or [email protected]

PLEASE do not use cellulose fiber-filled shipping bags (often referred to as "Padded Jiffy Bags") when mailing videotapes (or DVDs)! These bags leak fibers which get into everything and which will damage both the videocassette and any VCR in which it is played. Use either cardboard cartons or the type of shipping bags that are lined with plastic bubble-wrap.