EU4Art solo-cinema
Dear students,
As part of the Eu4art Project, we would like to draw your attention to the SOLO CINEMA initiative organised by the University of Fine Arts in Dresden.
You can submit your application by 25/04/2021 by writing to studentboard.eu4art@hfbk-dresden.de and copying in r.trotti@abaroma.it
EU4ART SOLO-CINEMA
OPEN CALL
until 25/04/2021
As online exhibitions became common and one of the few possible formats of art presentation throughout the lockdown, artists increasingly started working in the medium of time-based art such as video or short film. With the EU4ART ‘SOLO CINEMA’ we would like to offer the possibility to showcase video works and bring them back from the purely virtual dimension into tangible space – the EU4ART Box located in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In order to create a cinema-like experience, we would like to turn the Box into a corona-friendly ‘cinema for one’ featuring an international programme.
Within this format, we aim to create a collection and curated programme of short films and video works from students of all four Academies within the alliance. Based on the applications, we would try to find similarities and overlapping
topics and put different, international positions side by side. Depending on the number of applications, we would organise the programme in certain blocks, each with a thematic focus, starting on 6/5/2021 and being displayed for a duration of two weeks in the Box.
Furthermore, if possible, we can imagine expanding this format into an online version, in order to make the ‘collection’ accessible at least to all members of the alliance or to the public.
Through the EU4ART students Instagram account (@eu4art.students) we plan to offer an insight into the ‘cinema’ programme by announcing the entire project and works to be seen, posting the programme of each ‘block’ and featuring each work in a single post.
IMPLEMENTATION
The Box would be re-designed in a cinema-like aesthetic, equipped with curtains, a comfortable armchair and an adapter/extension cord to plug in one’s own headphones, in order to create as much of a cinema-like atmosphere as possible. Placed on the outside walls, posters would announce the general idea, the overall programme and the programme changing every two weeks. Additionally, a short synopsis and info (title, duration, author, etc.) on each video work or short film with a corresponding ‘film poster’-like image would be displayed.
APPLY!
Applications can be submitted by email to studentboard.eu4art@hfbk-dresden.de
Subject: EU4ART SOLO CINEMA OPEN CALL.
The deadline for applications is 25/04/2021.
Applications must include:
• the video work (maximum length of about 20 min), as a download, but also a link to the work to be watched online
• one PDF including the following info: author, title, year, duration, name of the applicant’s academy, a short synopsis or
• text on the work’s concept/context, possibly also short info about the author (maximum of 1200 characters)
• up to 5 video stills (as jpeg files), numbered according to their order (to be published on Instagram)
It is possible to submit more than one video work within one application.
By submitting the application, the applicant agrees to the publication of a summary and info on the work and stills on Instagram, the printed posters at HfbK Dresden and the potential, temporary online publication of the video work in the context of the ‘exhibition’. If the narration/language is important for the work, English subtitles should be included.
The works may not include any racist, sexist or extremist messages. Please note that we do not provide any artist’s fees for participation and we do not guarantee that your work will be selected and shown.
