[syndicate] Call for Media-Creative People in Berlin for Screenings on Four Media Facades

[anna balint]

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

I would be happy if you could forward this call to people of your  
circle of friends that will be staying in Berlin during this Summer.  
We are looking for applicants interested to take part in a workshop  
and in the development of site-specific content for four selected  
media facades in Berlin.

Thanks very much in advance for your help!
Best wishes from Berlin,

Mirjam


Call for Media-Creative People in Berlin for Screenings on Four Media  
Facades

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Deadline for applications: 15. April 2008
www.mediaarchitecture.org/mediafacades2008

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We are looking for creative people such as artists, media producer,  
interaction designer, filmmakers, software developer, architects,  
urbanists and digital poets to develop site-specific contents for  
four media facades in urban areas of Berlin. The works will be  
presented to a broad expert audience and the Berlin public from  
18.10. - 3.11. 2008 during the main activities of the Media Facades  
Festival Berlin 2008.

GERMAN VERSION  www.mediaarchitecture.org/mediafacades2008/screenings/ 
call


MEDIA FACADES FESTIVAL BERLIN 2008
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Myths and Potentials of Media Architecture and Urban Screens

The MEDIA FACADES FESTIVAL BERLIN 2008 is an action research project,  
engaging a wide range of stakeholders with distinctive interests in  
the public space. The event will promote a multi-disciplinary  
approach to technology, architecture and media art in modern cities  
through a program of round tables, a workshop, panel sessions,  
lectures, urban screenings and an exhibition.


THE FOUR MEDIA FACADES IN BERLIN

1. SAP media facade in the Rosenthaler Straße in Mitte
2. O2 World media facade in Friedrichshain
3. Night screen at the Gasometer in Schöneberg
4. The fourth facade will be announced soon

For details and description of locations and technology see under  
facades on the mentioned website.


THE WORKSHOP AND URBAN SCREENINGS

Media architecture as a type of urban screens is a new exhibition and  
media format in public space. Four media facades in central Berlin  
will serve as test areas for creative contents. The wide variation of  
possible creative non-commercial content should be explored in this  
interdisciplinary project. The main focus is on exploring a new  
format in terms of content, form, spatiality and local relation.

A three day workshop in July for selected participants will be  
organised to prepare for the two production phases. We will discuss  
the cultural, political, social, but also commercial role and the  
particular character of the four different urban screens. Each  
participant will then develop one specific project for one of the  
four facades. The first results will be tested by the participants  
for feasibility in an early test screening.

Experiences and observation of the audience’s reaction during the  
final screenings will publicly be discussed in a panel discussion  
during the Art Forum Berlin and will be summarised in a publication.


CRITERIA

Applicants should have a base in Berlin and have to be present during  
the key dates. Each of the up to 16 selected participants will get an  
overall budget of 1000 Euros. The operators of the selected facades  
have assured special technical advice and support concerning their  
facade infrastructure.

Due to possible uneven selections of preferred facades, you might  
have to accept to adjust your project idea to another facade.


TIMELINE

15. April 2008 / Deadline
23. April 2008 / Jury meeting
2.-4. July 2008 / Workshop (3 days)
July/August 2008 / First development phase
Beginning of Sept 2008 / Test screenings on the four facades (1 day)
Sept-Oct 2008 / Second development phase
18. Oct 2008 / Vernissage of the urban screening during the conference
18. Oct–3. Nov 2008 / Screenings on the four media facades (16 days)
Beginning of Nov 2008 / Discussion and presentation at the Art Forum  
Berlin


APPLICATION FORM

Please use the official form for application, online downloadable at:
www.mediaarchitecture.org/mediafacades2008/screenings/call


CONTACT

Mirjam Struppek, screenings at mediaarchitecture.org


THE FESTIVAL IS A COOPERATION OF

Public Art Lab Berlin  /  www.publicartlab.com
International Urban Screens Association  /  www.urbanscreens.net
Media Architecture Group Vienna   /  www.mediaarchitecture.org


SUPPORTED BY

Capital Culture Funds  /  www.hauptstadtkulturfonds.berlin.de
Project Future Berlin  /  www.projektzukunft.berlin.de
German Architecture Centre  /  www.daz.de
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