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12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07
CALL FOR WORKS

WRO Center for Media Art Foundation in Wroclaw/Poland, announces an 
international competition open to any work created using electronic 
media techniques, exploring innovative forms of artistic communication.

The competition welcomes creators of artistic projects of diverse forms 
such as screenings (video art, computer animation), installations, 
objects, performances, multimedia concerts and network projects from 
all over the world. The main prize is 5000 euro and the total prize 
money awarded is 8000 euro.

Biennale: the new strategies and territories of digital artistic 
communication; Artists in the face of high culture's permeation with 
popular culture; global with local culture; commercial with independent 
culture; the role of individual artistic attitudes in the midst of 
global tendencies; the metamorphosis of an artistic experiment in the 
light of a spectacle society culture. Media arts that de-interpret the 
cultural context stemming from civilization as well as interferences 
into the code that steers behaviors within the social space. The 
creation and record of a changing picture of culture.

The deadline date for entry submission is 15.02.2007.

Presentation of works selected to the very final along with the 
international jury's announcement of competition results will take 
place during public screening at the WRO 07 Biennale.

Agenda:
	• 	16 - 20 May 2007 competition, special events, symposium;
	• 	16 May - 17 June 2007 exhibition

Places:
	• 	National Museum in Wroclaw;
	• 	WRO Art Center

The competition regulations and entry form are available in 
downloadable format at http://wro07.wrocenter.pl. Requests to receive 
the regulations and entry form by post can be made at 
print at wrocenter.pl.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
	• 	The International Competition WRO 07 is organized by The WRO Art 
Center. The competition is open to any work created using electronic 
media techniques, exploring innovative forms of artistic communication. 
The main prize is 5000 euro and the total prize money awarded is 8000 
euro.
	• 	Every participant may submit up to three works, completed after 
01.01.2005., for the competition. The works may be submitted by 
artists, producers, distributors and other persons or organizations 
holding rights to the submitted works.
	• 	Every work should be followed with a legibly filled-in entry form, 
synopsis, short biography and screenshot or graphics in TIFF or JPEG 
format. If it's required by the specificity of the work, the submission 
shall be followed with an additional description or appropriate 
technical information.
	• 	The deadline date for entry submission is 15.02.2007
	• 	There is no entry fee.
	• 	The submitted works are selected by the organizers. The authors of 
works qualifying for the competition will be individually notified 
about the selection. Additionally, the list of qualifying works shall 
be published on the internet website http://wro07.wrocenter.pl. Works 
qualifying for the competition will be judged by an international jury 
during public screenings at Biennale WRO.

Contact: WRO Art Center, ul. Kuznicza 29a, 54-137 Wroclaw 16, P.O. Box 
1385, Poland, tel.: + 48 71 344 83 69, tel./fax: + 48 71 342 26 91, 
http://wrocenter.pl, info at wrocenter.pl