vBrooklyn

A video festival about Brooklyn, NY

Please submit to participate in the vBrooklyn video-festival, scheduled to take place at a location and date to be determined in late 2006 / early 2007.

website: www.vBrooklyn.org

QUICK SUMMARY

vBrooklyn is a video-festival about:
-Brooklyn as a place
-Video as an art form

Abstract:

The vBrooklyn video festival seeks to document the current, evolving state
of Brooklyn’s development through the current, evolving state of video.

Brooklyn is New York City’s most populous borough and would be the United
States’ fourth largest city if independent. It’s undergoing a period of
intense physical transformation as more people move into the borough and
development hits critical mass.

We want to visually record Brooklyn’s waterfront, downtown and industrial
areas (as well as other parts of the borough in flux) before the current
wave of development permanently changes them — Our goal is for video
artists to build Brooklyn’s historic record by combining personal
interpretation and factual documentation.

CRITERIA

Our major criteria for participation is original video footage shot by the artist of Brooklyn’s waterfront, industrial or downtown areas .

We feel there’s much room for interpretation: The waterfront covers Greenpoint to the Verazanno Narrows to Coney Island; There are many neighborhoods in various states of change; Subject matter can be as detailed as specific architecture or as broad as vast cityscapes; Artists can work with views of and from Brooklyn that might no longer be available after development; etc.

We are seeking pieces that express Brooklyn as a place, a physical location, a unique cityscape.

We are looking for personal expression, not just literal documentation. The underlying footage will provide the documentary element the festival seeks to incorporate.

We are seeking pieces that approach video as an art-form.

Since many areas of Brooklyn are already changing and much development is planned, we encourage participating artists to start shooting during Spring 2006.

Artists are also encouraged to use any of their own footage that predates this call for submissions.

Screened-pieces and performances should be no longer than 10 minutes. If this limit is a problem, please email to discuss.

LOGISTICS - WHEN, WHERE AND WHAT

The festival will take place late 2006 / early 2007, depending on the venue(s) we work with.

The deadline for finished pieces will be sometime in Winter 2006, depending on the festival’s actual date.

Pieces will be presented through screenings and performances. We are interested in installations but aren’t sure we can accommodate them.

Works will be displayed at one or many locations.

All copyrights to the work remain with the individual artists.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

May 1, 2006

Notification will be sent by June 1, 2006.

SUBMISSION 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 piece or performance
-The neighborhoods or areas of Brooklyn the piece will include (if not sure, indicate that)
-Location and dates of footage if the artist uses video predating 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 via 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:

We are not certain we can accommodate installations until we confirm our venue(s). If you still want to submit an installation piece, 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 online-file in a downloadable, compressed format playable by QuickTime on PC and Macintosh

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES - DELIVERY METHODS

Physical Submissions:
vBrooklyn
473 4th Street, #4L
Brooklyn, NY 11215

On-Line Submissions:
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

If you wish to contact us for questions, to confirm receipt of submissions, or for any other purpose, please email us at vbrooklyn@hellbender.org