CALL FOR WORKS - 12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07

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12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07
http://wro07.wrocenter.pl

Call for Works: Deadline for submissions 15.02.2007.

WRO Center for Media Art Foundation in Wroclaw/Poland, announces an international competition open to any work created using electronic media techniques, exploring innovative forms of artistic communication.

The competition welcomes creators of artistic projects of diverse forms such as screenings (video art, computer animation), installations, objects, performances, multimedia concerts and network projects from all over the world. The main prize is 5000 euro and the total prize money awarded is 8000 euro.

Biennale: the new strategies and territories of digital artistic communication; Artists in the face of high culture's permeation with popular culture; global with local culture; commercial with independent culture; the role of individual artistic attitudes in the midst of global tendencies; the metamorphosis of an artistic experiment in the light of a spectacle society culture. Media arts that de-interpret the cultural context stemming from civilization as well as interferences into the code that steers behaviors within the social space. The creation and record of a changing picture of culture.

The deadline date for entry submission is 15.02.2007.

Presentation of works selected to the very final along with the international jury's announcement of competition results will take place during public screening at the WRO 07 Biennale.

Agenda:

16 - 20 May 2007 competition, special events, symposium;
16 May - 17 June 2007 exhibition
Places:

National Museum in Wroclaw;
WRO Art Center
The competition regulations and entry form are available in downloadable format at http://wro07.wrocenter.pl. Requests to receive the regulations and entry form by post can be made at print@wrocenter.pl.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The International Competition WRO 07 is organized by The WRO Art Center. The competition is open to any work created using electronic media techniques, exploring innovative forms of artistic communication. The main prize is 5000 euro and the total prize money awarded is 8000 euro.
Every participant may submit up to three works, completed after 01.01.2005., for the competition. The works may be submitted by artists, producers, distributors and other persons or organizations holding rights to the submitted works.
Every work should be followed with a legibly filled-in entry form, synopsis, short biography and screenshot or graphics in TIFF or JPEG format. If it's required by the specificity of the work, the submission shall be followed with an additional description or appropriate technical information.
The deadline date for entry submission is 15.02.2007
There is no entry fee.
The submitted works are selected by the organizers. The authors of works qualifying for the competition will be individually notified about the selection. Additionally, the list of qualifying works shall be published on the internet website http://wro07.wrocenter.pl. Works qualifying for the competition will be judged by an international jury during public screenings at Biennale WRO.

Contact: WRO Art Center, ul. Kuznicza 29a, 54-137 Wroclaw 16, P.O. Box 1385, Poland, tel.: + 48 71 344 83 69, tel./fax: + 48 71 342 26 91,
http://wrocenter.pl,
info@wrocenter.pl


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