Call for video/animation about time and/or butterflies – deadline 8 August 2015

Coloring Coorain is seeking submissions of short video/animation/film, to be screened in the program! For this call, we are looking for video/animation/film work under 2 minutes in length, with 30 seconds to 1 minute being idea, that is about butterflies AND//OR time, especially the passage of long periods of time. (We mostly expect entries that deal with time, but only time will tell what entries we will get.)

jumping off points to consider:
– melting clocks
– Waiting for Godot
– As Time Goes By
– Mariah Carey’s album Butterfly
– The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
– Damien Hirst’s Kaleidoscope paintings*
– Christian Marclay’s The Clock

Coloring Coorain is interested in highlighting artists from minority groups, particularly queer, femme-identified, and POC artists. That said, we are also interested in high quality work from artists of all backgrounds.

Coloring Coorain is an artists’ television show, screened on several Community Television networks and on vimeo/youtube and occasional gallery shows and festivals. In submitting, you agree to have your work included in these screenings. Your work will be credited (obviously) and, when possible, a link included. To see the show, check it out here: http://www.coorain.com/coloring-coorain.html or search “Coloring Coorain” on youtube or vimeo.

To submit, email links to vimeo/youtube/streaming site of your choice, artist statement/cv/website/relevant information (a/s/l?) to coloringcoorain at gmail by August 8, 2015.

*Coloring Coorain does not endorse Damien Hirst, although we like these particular paintings in this instance. We do, however, endorse Mariah Carey.