'Secret Places' Contemporary video art festival, 23, 24 and 25 October 2015
First edition of a contemporary video art festival with an international selection of video artists and film makers showing their vision on the theme of 'Secret hiding places'. The videos will be screened in a mystical underground space, part of Museum Romeinse Katakomben in Valkenburg, the Netherlands.
Museum Romeinse Katakomben is a historical Roman museum. Wandering through the underground passages you will discover the ancient Rome of the third and fourth century. You descend to the graves of ordinary Roman citizens and to the beautiful tombs of prominent Romans. The video festival is part of the contemporary program of this museum.
Over hundreds of years the extensive ancient corridors under the city Valkenburg (250 km) have been used as a shelter in case of violence above the ground, for example during World War II. During 23, 24 and 25 October 2015 Museum Romeinse Katakomben will present the event ’Underground shelters: searching for safe places '. Part of this event is the international contemporary video festival ’Secret Places’.
Terms & Conditions:
> Open to national and international artists of all ages.
> Submission deadline: 25/09/2015.
> Theme: “Secret hiding places”.
> There is no entry fee.
> Previews must be uploaded to Youtube, Vimeo or to a personal website.
> Single channel videos only.
> Artists agree on having their video and stills used for promotion of the event.
> Artists accept to having their video screened at the museum and online, on a 'Secret Places' project site.
> Works must be made within the past 3 years
> If the work uses a language other than English, it must be subtitled in English.
> Maximum duration 15 minutes.
> Copyrights remain exclusively the property of the artist.
> Applications will be only accepted when you send the following documents to info@katakomben.nl, subject 'Secret Places’:
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Preview link to your video, with password if required.
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Your c.v. (no more then one page (PDF))
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Title, length, format and conceptual background information about the video (no more then one page (PDF))
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Your contact information
> Selected artist will be notified by October 1st at which point a screening copy will be requested. Deadline: 05-10-2015
The videos will be selected by Ana Frangovska and Maureen Bachaus.