WRO 97 info/call for entry

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WRO 97  MEDIA ART BIENNALE - 6th International Sound Basis Visual Art Festival 
Call for entries # 1


WRO, established in 1989,  is an international biennale of media art 
which for the sixth time will take place in Wroclaw, Poland from 
30th April to 4th May 1997. 

WRO presents the artistic interpretation of new technologies 
and the decisions made in art in relation to new experience. 
WRO is also devoted to exploration of the aesthetic and technical 
potentials of the visual representation of sound in various fields 
of media art


WRO features:

-- International competition
for video art and computer animation works in which image and sound 
equally create an artistic form. 
See regulations and entry form for details. Deadline: 1st February, 1997

Apart from the WRO competition we welcome 
installation projects, lectures, seminars or other 
activity proposals which should be submitted 
separately together with the detailed description.
Deadline: 1st February, 1997 (but please don't wait till the last minute)

-- Exhibition of media installations 
-- Mixed Media Performances
-- Broadcast live events in the studio of  Polish State Television Wroclaw
-- Concerts
-- Lectures and seminars on problems of media culture


COMPETITION REGULATIONS

1.
The competition is open to works in any video or computer animation 
technique emphasizing the equality of image and sound in creating  
an artistic unity.
2.
Only works produced after 1st January, 1995 should be submitted. 
3.
Entries have to be submitted on video tape. Accepted formats: 
U-matic LB, sVHS, VHS (PAL, Secam or NTSC) and Beta SP (PAL only). 
4.
Up to three works by the same artist may be submitted. 
Each work (preview cassette) must be accompanied by a separate,
legible Entry Form and a still from the work.
5.
There is no entry fee.
6.
Entries must reach WRO by 1st February, 1997. 
7.
Entries are subject to the approval of the organizers.
The results of the selection committee will be announced by 
30th March, 1997.
8.
Selected entries will be judged by an international jury. 
9.
The jury will award three cash prizes. 
10.
Works submitted to the competition may be aired in television 
programs connected with the Festival, in accordance with the 
artists' preferences as stated on the Entry Form.
11.
The artists whose works are qualified to the competition will 
be provided with hotel accommodation and a free entry pass 
to the festival events.
12.
Preview materials can remain in the WRO archive. 
All screening copies will be sent back by 25th June, 1997.
13.
Entry implies full acceptance of the rules of WRO 97.


International submissions must be marked
FOR CULTURAL USE ONLY - NO COMMERCIAL VALUE
Entry forms for the competition can be sent on your request.
After the 1st November also available on: 
http://info.wcss.wroc.pl~wro/prog.html
 


Violetta Kutlubasis-Krajewska -- project director
Piotr Krajewski -- artistic director
Zbigniew Kupisz -- managing director



OPEN STUDIO / WRO 
P.O. Box 1385
54-137 Wroclaw 16 
Poland
tel/fax: 48 71 448369 
e-mail: wro@info.wcss.wroc.pl
http://info.wcss.wroc.pl~wro/prog.html