Syndicate: International Award for Video Art

[Inke Arns <inke@berlin.snafu.de>]

International Award for Video Art / ZKM
Competition for Video, CD-ROM, Internet

(information from the web site http://www.videokunst.swf.de
- be careful, it takes several minutes for transferring all the data! -i)

Terms of Participation

The Suedwestfunk Baden-Baden (SWF-Southwestern
Broadcasting Corporation) and the ZKM | Zentrum fŸr Kunst
und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (Center for Art and Media)
have mutually organized since 1992 the Ã?International Award
for Video ArtÃ? in order to provide a forum of presentation and
a new field for experimentation with video, CD-Rom and the
Internet in collaboration with the SF DRS (Swiss
Broadcasting Corporation). 

1998 International Award for Video Art 50000 DM
Supporting Prize 5000 DM
Production Award
Audience Award 

1. The awards will be made according to the artistic quality of
the works as well as the originality and creativity in
transposing the specific media. 

 2. The awards will be bestowed by an independent jury by
 majority vote. The Audience Award will be determined by
 televoting polls and internet votes. Competitors have no legal
 right of appeal against the jury's decision. 

3. Individuals as well as groups have the right to participate.
In the case of groups, the individual having the overall control
of the artistic component must be named. Employees of the
organizers are excluded from participating in the contest. The
submitted works must be free from advertising content. 

4. Each participant may submit a maximum of two works
completed after 1 January 1996. Video works should not
exceed 15 minutes in length. Maximum length: 30 minutes.
By submitting the tape, the participants certify that they
possess all rights pertaining to the submitted works and
exempt the organizers from all third-party claims. 

5. Artistic video works must be submitted on broadcastable
video tapes (PAL formats: Beta SP, U-matic HB/LB, Hi-8,
S-VHS; NTSC: only on Beta SP or U-matic). For preliminary
viewing VHS copies may also be submitted in PAL/NTSC
formats. The video tapes must be labelled with the name of
the participant, the title of the works and the other usual
technical data. Multimedia works (CD-Rom or Internet) are to
be submitted with their precise technical specification and a
documentation on paper regarding content and size of the
work. The works are to be submitted with the completed
entry form. 

6. The works must be sent to the following address by 15 April, 1998: 

ZKM | Zentrum fŸr Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
Lorenzstrasse 19
D-76135 Karlsruhe
Germany 

The post-mark is considered to be the valid date of mailing. 

7. A preselection jury consisting of representatives of the
SWF, the ZKM, and the SF DRS will select a maximum of 50
of the submitted works. Among the nominations the
independent jury will determine the winners. The awards will
be presented publicly on 25 October 1998 in Karlsruhe and
will be published in a catalogue as well as on the Internet. 

8. All participants in the contest consent to a one-time
broadcasting of their works on the Third Channels of ARD as
well as on SF DRS. They transfer all necessary rights to the
SŸdwestfunk (rights for broadcasting, archiving, use of
>1-minute excerpts for promotion, reports and information and
for digital services such as the Internet as well as for
CD-Rom) and exempt the SWF, the ZKM and the SF DRS
>from all possible third-party claims. Each participant whose
submission to the contest is nominated and broadcast will
receive from SŸdwestfunk a one time honorarium of DM
1500 (c. $ 900). The works will be broadcast only in
connection with the contest. Any other use of the works
requires a special agreement. 

9. The artists who have received awards for their work grant
the right to repeat the broadcast of their work and the use of
excerpts in the context of the Ã?International Award for Video
ArtÃ? on the Third Channels of ARD, on SF DRS and on 3sat.
The award winners agree to allow the organizers of the
competition the use of their films for non-commercial
purposes (e.g. festivals, inclusion in ZKM's video collection).
The use of the videos and excerpts is paid off and covered
by the award. 

10. In competing for the Ã?1998 International Award for Video
ArtÃ? all of the above mentioned conditions pertaining to the
contest have been accepted. 

Deadline:
15 April 1998

Jury:
Wibke von Bonin, art critic (Cologne / D)
Christine van Assche, curator, Centre Pompidou (Paris / F)
Pipilotti Rist, artist (Zuerich / CH)
Miklâ??s Peternâ?¡k, director of C3 (Budapest / HU)
Lee Young-chul, artistic director of the Biennale Seoul (Seoul / Corea)


ZKM | Zentrum fŸr Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
Lorenzstrasse 19
D-76135 Karlsruhe
Germany 
e-mail: mbruder@zkm.de
http://www.videokunst.swf.de

Good luck!


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