vBrooklyn
A video festival about Brooklyn as a place and video as an art form		     
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Call for Submissions

The Call for Submissions closed on July 15, 2008.

Please submit to participate in the vBrooklyn video festival, running in December 12 to 14, 2008.

It will happen at Polytechnic University, through the Integrated Digital Media Institute (IDMI).

vBrooklyn Overview

vBrooklyn is a video festival about Brooklyn as a place and video as an artform.

It documents the current, evolving state of Brooklyn, NY, through contemporary video art.

The festival creates a forum exploring Brooklyn as inspiration. With Brooklyn itself the subject of the festival, we hope to create symbiosis between it and the resulting works.

We want to visually record Brooklyn's skyline, 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 and factual documentation

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

vBrooklyn represents 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 2008 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 live performances, screenings and installations on IDMI's 9 channel video system.

Deadlines

The deadline for proposing performances or works has been extended to July 15, 2008.

The deadline for delivering accepted works is October 1, 2008.

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 other media aside from video
  • Performance partners
Installation submissions should also include:
  • A list of technical/infrastructure requirements
Submission Guidelines - Media, Materials and Delivery

Physical Submissions:

Materials cannot be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
  • Deliver video on DVD, VHS tape, MiniDV tape, or a file on disk playable by QuickTime on Windows and Macintosh
  • NTSC format (where relevant)
  • Send to:
    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
  • All written material and documentation must be included in the body of the email or attached as a PDF
  • Include the URL or FTP address (including necessary login information) for a downloadable, on-line work-sample
  • File must be a compressed format playable by QuickTime on Windows and Macintosh
Contact

Please email us Here for questions, to confirm receipt of submissions, or for any other purpose.
vBrooklyn
Dec 12 & 13, 2008
Polytechnic University
Brooklyn, NY

vBrooklyn 2007
vBrooklyn 2006
 
   
vBrooklyn is supported by:
   
 
Forward Motion Theater
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn
Integrated Digital Media Institute
Harvestworks
Brooklyn Arts Council
Experimental Television Center NYSCA
mediaThe Foundation
 New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The Experimental Television Center's Presentation Funds program is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and mediaThe Foundation.