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Call for Video Submissions | “The Virtuosic Image”
Deadline: October 31st 2017
The Virtuosic Image
Video Out Distribution is seeking works that aesthetically and/or thematically investigate the virtuosic image.
In the digital age, arguments made for the value of the ‘poor image’ have elevated its degraded, glitched and pixelated qualities into a canonical art form. Special effects at the consumer-grade level have become so advanced that anyone with the right app can become an in-device editing suite. Whereas the retro-futuristic warmth of VHS is accessibly trendy, the value once bestowed onto analogue film form is fading away, as digital technologies are becoming ever the more advanced in replicating imperfections of dust, scratches, and grains.
Video Out is interested in work that addresses what it means for an image to be virtuosic in our current moment. What does technical mastery mean in a time of pick-and-choose codecs? How can current consumer-grade technologies be used in the manner of an auteur?
To submit, please send a weblink of the work (Wetransfers not accepted), a short synopsis, and an artist bio to distribution@vivomediaarts.com. Digital (including digitized film) submissions only, maximum two submissions per artist. Send your submission with the subject: VirtuosicImage_LastName by October 31st 2017.
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Video Out Distribution is an international, non-exclusive distributor and is a part of VIVO Media Arts Centre located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Works selected will be invited into distribution with Video Out, and will be screened at VIVO’s New Additions series, in conversation with existing works within the collection.
For further information please contact:
Casey Wei, Distribution and Outreach Manager
distribution@vivomediaarts.com
VIVO is located in the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples in a warehouse space at 2625 Kaslo Street south of East Broadway at the end of E 10th. Transit line 9 stops at Kaslo Street on Broadway. From the bus stop, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight decline. The closest skytrain station is Renfrew Station, which is three blocks south-east of VIVO and has an elevator. From there, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight incline. There is parking available at VIVO, including wheelchair access parking. There is a bike rack at the entrance. The front entrance leads indoors to a set of 7 stairs to the lobby.
A wheelchair ramp is located at the west side of the main entrance. The ramp has two runs: the first run is 20 feet long, and the second run is 26 feet. The ramp is 60 inches wide. The slope is 1:12. The ramp itself is concrete and has handrails on both sides. There is an outward swinging door (34 inch width) at the top of the ramp leading to a vestibule. A second outward swinging door (33 inch width) opens into the exhibition space. Buzzers and intercoms are located at both doors to notify staff during regular office hours or events to unlock the doors. Once unlocked, visitors can use automatic operators to open the doors.
There are two all-gender washrooms. One has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The other is a single room with a urinal and is wheelchair accessible: the door is 33 inches wide and inward swinging, without automation. The toilet has 11 inch clearance on the left side and a handrail.
To reach the bathrooms from the studio, exit through the double doors and proceed straight through the lobby and down the hall . Turn left, and the two bathrooms will be on your right side. The closest one has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The far bathroom is accessible.