Archive for May, 2008

ART CRAWL CALL

Published by
fiona
at May 20, 2008 in News. 0 Comments

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Art Crawl in August during Hamilton Film Week

The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre is calling for proposals to showcase on the “Art Crawl” during Hamilton Film Week (Friday August 8, 2008).

Proposals will be accepted to utilize the Factory’s screening room, and if necessary, the sotrefront window.

Proposals should be appropriate to the exhibition space and the “drop in and out” nature of Friday night art crawls. (i.e. a high volume, short duration audience.)

Proposals are open to all media arts. Installations, performances, sound pieces, projections, and the like, are all candidates. Aboriginal and culturally diverse artists are encouraged to submit.

The exhibition is limited to the Friday Art Crawl only. The candidate must be able to fully install the exhibition on Friday during the day, and dismantle it completely on Saturday. Proposals must keep this condition in mind and address the installation process within the application.Work must: be the artists property, not have been previously exhibited in Hamilton, compleyeed within the last two years.

Supporting documentation must be clearly marked and labeled. The Factory is not responsible for lost documention due to poor labeling.

The selected candidate will be notified immadiately and artist fees will be disseminated.

Curated by Andrew Butkevicius.

DEADLINE: Tuesday July 1, 2008 — 5 PM

Submission proposal will include:

1/ Proposal. Including:

a. Detailed description of the proposed art work. (one page max.)

b. Installation considerations.

c. An Artist Statement covering thematic and technical concepts. (one page max.)

d. Submit a bio for the programme publication of no more than 50 words.

e. An email contact for the curators decision to be sent.

2/ CV of the artist including the resident address and phone number (current and up tp date)

3/ Supporting Documentation for the proposed work: DVD, mini DV, slides, photographs. (NTSC format)

4/ Production and presentation equipment needed to create the installation.

5/ DVD, mini DV, slides, photographs, of previous media art installations.

6/ List of all materials included within the submission package. (slide list, DVD indexes)

7/ S.A.S.E. Only submissions that include a self-addressed, stamped envelope will have their DV tape / DVD returned. The Factory will not keep proposals or supporting documentation on file.

Mail or hand-deliver submissions to:

The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre

Hamilton Film Week Installations / Art Crawl

126 James Street North, Hamilton ON, L8R 2K7

905 577 9191 // info@hamiltonmediaarts.org

A Day on James St. #2

Published by
cdvideo
at May 1, 2008 in News. Closed

WE’RE COMING BACKSome of you may remember that last year on Sat May 26 members of The Factory went up and down James Street North with cameras to record interviews and images for A Day On James Street North (ADOJSNorth). This was a strictly volunteer event to make a video to showcase what The Factory is capable of. That video has been distributed to our funding agencies to declare our commitment to the community we serve.

It wasn’t made for anyone’s profit. It was an affirmation of our mandate. The Factory’s continued funding relies on our ability to mix the area’s filmmakers with the community.

We need your help to do that.

We plan to shoot ADOJSSouth.

Anyone with a video camera will be needed for the shoot date which will be determined at the meeting.

It goes without saying that we need as many technicians and pieces of equipment we can pull together as well as general volunteers. And please do not neglect the need for good sound.

I wish to make a particular appeal to any percussionists out there to think about recording a street soundtrack on the shoot day.

And on that note, an appeal goes out to those musically inclined to create a soundtrack for last year’s ADOJSNorth..

I will be chairing a meeting to plan ADOJSSouth for anyone who is willing to participate. I need to know your level of interest and skill and in what capacity you prefer to help. The meeting is scheduled for Monday May 12 at 7pm at The Factory. We’ll break it down then when we know the size of our team.

Send an email with your thoughts and capabilities if you are interested but the meeting conflicts with your schedule.

I would be most pleased to be able to send an army of filmmakers onto the streets one Saturday this June.

Please reply if you plan to attend the meeting or want to help on shoot day or before.

Write your passion,

J. Aldric Gaudet