Idea: A loop is a magic moment that never ends: a ‘perpetual mobile’ of visual emotion.
Invitation: You are cordially invited to participate in the loop pool project by ‘Raum fuer Projektion’ (space for projection). We would be very happy for you to create a video loop for this project. Do something new or use material that you have already shot / produced.
Final product: The final product will be a DVD & a Screening Tape with a selection of approximately fifty Video Loops by different Video Artists & Film makers. ‘loop pool 007’ will be released as a DVD and will be shown on different screenings by ‘Raum fuer Projektion’. During the Screenings there will be a DJ or Live Music. ‘loop pool 007’ is already the third edition of the project.
Presentation: ‘loop pool 007’ will be presented for the first time during four nights at the Festival Lounge of “International Short Film Festival Oberhausen†(4th-7th of May 2007).
Deadline 25th of March 2007 (premiere is scheduled on the 4th of May)
Format: Please send a file (DV PAL or DV NTSC, Quicktime or AVI, Sound: 48khz /16bit) on DVD-R or CD-R or a Mini-DV tape (PAL only). Please DON´T send a video-dvd or mp2 files.
Mailing-Address: Michael Heydebreck, Auenweg 173, Gebaeude 9, D-51063 Cologne, Germany.
Financial Arrangement: From the entries 50 video loops will be published on DVD by ‘Raum fuer Projektion’. There will be no Screening Fee for the presentation during International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. The Festival will pay for a DVD edition of 1000 (including promotional copies). Each artist will receive four specimen copies and the other DVDs will be sold. The wholesale price of the sold copies minus the cost of production and distribution goes to the participating artists & the label (50% artists / 50% label). Keep in mind that returns will be small.
Raum fuer Projektion is a temporary projection space and a DVD Label based in Cologne / Germany and run by film makers Ursula Boeckler & Georg Graw. contact:
Find more Info at http://www.raumfuerprojektion.de