The vBrooklyn 2007 Call for Submissions is closed.

Please submit to participate in the vBrooklyn video-festival, running Nov 30 - Dec 2nd at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn.

The deadline for submitting proposed or completed works is September 1, 2007. Notification will be sent as proposals and works are received. The deadline for delivering accepted works is November 1, 2007.

vBrooklyn is a video-festival about Brooklyn as a place and video as an art-form. www.vbrooklyn.org

vBrooklyn is supported by:
Polytechnic University
One Eleven Interactive, Inc.
and Forward Motion Theater

This event is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Overview

vBrooklyn seeks to document the current, evolving state of Brooklyn, NY, through the current, evolving state of video-art.

vBrooklyn sees Brooklyn as a source of inspiration and wants to create a forum for exploring that inspiration.

We want to visually record Brooklyn’s skyline and architecture, activities and experiences before the current wave of development and population influx permanently change them — Our goal is video-artists building Brooklyn’s historic record through personal interpretation mixed with factual documentation

vBrooklyn maintains a focus on urban landscape while including works about the people and experiences that make Brooklyn a uniquely strong, identifiable city within a city.

We want to represent video through live performances, screenings and installations.

Criteria

Our major criteria is original video footage shot by the artist of Brooklyn’s cityscape, people and activities.

We seek pieces, performances and installations expressing what Brooklyn is — A place, a physical location, a landscape; A unique set of qualities defining people and an urban culture.

We seek pieces that approach video as an art-form.

We are looking for personal expression. The underlying footage will provide the documentary element the festival wants to incorporate.

We are looking for new pieces showing Brooklyn in 2007 as well as older pieces exploring what Brooklyn once was.

Screened-pieces should be less than 10 minutes long. Performances should be less than 20 minutes long. If these limits are a problem, please email to discuss.

Logistics

Pieces will be presented through single- and multi-channel live performances, screenings and installations.

Deadlines

The deadline for submitting proposed or completed works is September 1, 2007.

Notification will be sent as proposals and works are received.

The deadline for delivering accepted works is November 1, 2007.

Submissions Guidelines - Information to Include

All contact will be via email - Please remember to include yours.

All submissions should include:
-A short description of the completed or proposed performance, piece or screening
-The locations or subject-matter the piece will include (if not sure, indicate that)
-Location and dates of footage if using footage that predates the submission
-A short description of the video techniques and technologies used
-Duration
-A short bio/artist background
-Contact information including an email address (all contact will be by email)
-For completed works, a copy or documentation of the completed work
-For proposed works, a work sample

Performance submissions should also indicate:
-If the performance will include audio or any other media aside from video
-Performance partners

Installation submissions should also include:
-A list of technical/infrastructure requirements
Submission Guidelines - Media and Materials

Physical Submissions:
-Deliver video on DVD, VHS tape, MiniDV tape, or a file on disk playable by QuickTime on Windows and Macintosh
-NTSC format (where relevant)

On-Line Submissions:
-All written material must be included in the body of an email or attached as a PDF
-Deliver video as an on-line file in a downloadable, compressed format playable by QuickTime on Windows and Macintosh

Submission Guidelines - Delivery Methods

Physical Submissions:

vBrooklyn
473 4th Street, #4L
Brooklyn, NY 11215
On-Line Submissions:

Please do not include media files in your email. Have them available for downloading as per instructions below.
-Send an email Here
-Include documentation as an attached PDF or in the body of the email.
-Include the URL or FTP address (including necessary login information) for a downloadable, on-line work sample file

Contact

Please email us Here for questions, to confirm receipt of submissions, or for any other purpose.