20 December 2005

call - water

The 2nd International Festival of Multimedia Art “The Salt of Water”.

Deadline 5 March 2006
Entry Form at the end of the Call

Dear artists and photographers!

The group of independent artists of Kaliningrad has an honour to present the second art-project – the International Festival of Multimedia Art “The Salt of Water” (“SOL` VODY”). This festival is timed to the Worldwide Annual Day of Water which is celebrated on March, 22, every year and dedicated to Water as a whole, its problems, its future, properties and states; the water in the World Ocean, seas, lakes and rivers; precipitation and the change of rainfall and to many other aspects.

That`s why the festival is planned to be held in the Museum of the World Ocean in the city of Kaliningrad which is situated near the Baltic Sea, on the Pregel river bank.

Water is an obscure, mysterious substance – progenitress of life, performing a constant circulation and flow of life. Even the present-day science uses the conceptions of the Water properties without affecting its prime causality. Within the framework of the festival we would like to inquire into Water in all its perspectives: the primary world outlook of the modern generation, attitude to Water, Ocean, outward things.

The previous project "The taste of water" had a stunning success and drew a great attention. The 2nd festival`s aim is to show more various and deeper visions of this topic. In Russian "salt" means a core, a main point, or even … zest. This time we would like to reach the very essence of the matter, get right to the heart of the “water” theme. Water is everywhere. What kind of taste is common water? Sour, bitter, sweet, tasteless? Nothing of the kind. The fact is that we got accustomed to the taste of water too much to tell the difference. But Water is one of the components of all organic matters, and, consequently, can be of different taste. For example, the sea water mixture is very close to the salty human blood mixture. One might say - water is a biological stereotype. The festival participants are offered to experiment with the such stereotype: from author`s personal conceptual vision to the ready-made.

The system of selecting video and photo works is based on the belonging to the topic “Water”. The aesthetic analysis of the video and photo works will be conducted by the Organizing Committee consisted of kaliningradian fine and experimental art experts, museums workers, contemporary art festivals curators.

Dear artists and photographers!

We invite you to take part in this pure, joyful, aqueous artistic project and present your products. You can send entry forms to the following address:

Museum of the World Ocean
att. of Janna Moroz
Petra Velikogo Embankment, 1,
Kaliningrad, 236006,
Russia,

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ENTRY FORM
also for download as .doc file

Title of work (in English):
Length (for video):
ear of production:
Country of production:
Photographer:
Director:
Cameraman:
Script:
Montage:
Sound:
Music:
Cast:
Brief synopsis (for video):
Technical description (film`s format, copy`s format, photo`s format):
Responsible person (name, surname, postal address, phone, fax, e-mail):
Place:

Date:

Please attach your CV (in case you didn`t do it last year).
You may apply with short films (5 minutes max.) or/and photos (20x30 cm min).

Selection will be made by March 15, 2006 by "Salt of Water" Selection Committee. Applicants will be notified of the selection and censoring results by March 20, 2006.

The participation is free. The presentation materials will not be sent back. The materials will be used for the festival purposes only. Please confirm sending off the materials by e-mail before March, 5, 2006.



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