OPEN CALL: Freewaves (experimental media art, video, animation, cell videos, wifi events, images for electronic moving signs+)

HollyWould… Freewaves’ 11th Festival of New Media Arts

Submission Deadline: February 29, 2008.

Freewaves’ HollyWould… festival will take place in October 2008, in the perceived world capital of media on Hollywood Boulevard. We are looking for INTERESTING WORKS THAT REPRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA or directly relate to Hollywood.

Selected festival works will be installed in this urban hall of mirrors in screening rooms, art centers, stores, vacant walls intersecting with audiences where they live, recreate and shop.

Media art works include experimental videos and films (narrative, documentary, art, animation, etc.), cell phone videos, DVDs, websites, simple installations, wifi events, images for moving signs and silent video billboards. Works from the festival will also appear on television and video-streamed on the Internet with artists’ permission.

Competitive selection process will be conducted online by a group of international and local curators with a range of specialties and backgrounds.

– Work must be completed since January 1, 2005.
– Notification of acceptance is in July 2008.
– Artists will be paid $100-$200 for selected works.

For submission details, online entry form and Hollywood Boulevard photo gallery, click here.

Contact: anne[at]freewaves.org or click here