Mon Jan 16, 2012 21:00

Carbondale, Illinois
United States of America

Studio 27 is looking for short videos and films for our next program at the Big Muddy Film Festival 34 at Southern Illinois University. We are curating a special out-of-competition screening titled "Utopia?" For this program, we are seeking experimental films and videos (under 30 minutes) that critique or express a fundamental shift in the trajectory of contemporary utopian thought and practice. We are interested in work that explores how utopia, as a projection of what is possible in the future, can be an implicit critique of what is lacking in the present, an indication of how far we have to go to achieve an ideal society. As the notion of dystopia is integrally connected to utopia, we also welcome work that is dystopic in nature. How do the limitations and contradictions of the present drive us toward escape or change? Another timely concern is how utopia is not necessarily a physical or geographic space. Rather, it can be an internal space, a transformation of individual or social consciousness. How does the hope for radical social transformation haunt contemporary media art, and how does the utopian work of the historical avant-garde speak to present day aspirations?

For the purpose of this program, we will only consider work that is experimental in nature, or radically pushes the formal or conceptual boundaries of its genre. Please send us a prescreening copy of your work on playable DVD (or provide us a URL where we can stream or download a high quality preview). All submissions must include a brief project synopsis, artist statement, and contact information (email address, phone number).

For more information contact us at: jessicaallee@studio27.org

Fri Dec 09, 2011 09:20

Carbondale, Illinois
United States of America

The Big Muddy Film Festival, based at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has become one of the best-respected, wholly independent, community-focused film festivals. In its 34th year, Big Muddy is among the oldest student-organized film festivals in the United States.
The Festival provides cash awards to the best works in competition in the categories of experimental, documentary, narrative, and animation. The program is juried by three artists or critics of national and international recognition. Past Jurors have included Barbara Hammer, Naomi Uman, Jim Jarmusch, Kerry Laitala, James Benning, and Sasha Waters-Freyer.
 
The Big Muddy Film Festival is looking for films of any style, length, content, and genre. The Festival is organized into the categories of experimental, narrative, documentary, and animation.
 
Submission to the festival can be made through Withoutabox.com or by downloading an entry form from the Big Muddy Film Festival 34 website at bigmuddyfilm.com.
Regular Deadline: 11.11.11
Extended Deadline: 12.09.11

Sat Aug 12, 2006 14:39

Abrasions: Architecture and Accident

Studio 27, a microcinema showcasing experimental media in the San Francisco Bay Area, is looking for short videos and films for our next screening, scheduled for late October. This show will focus on work dealing with the architectural landscape and space as re-envisioned through time.

Possible themes might include: topography and the cartography of desire, architecture and the missing, fragments, disposession, and the architectural disaster. We are also interested in work that questions the relationship between buildings and their occupants, such as the role individuals hold in transforming space.

For more information on our ongoing quarterly series visit www.studio27.org

We are requesting work less than 30 minutes in length on playable DVDs (all region), MiniDVs (NTSC), or data DVDs (as a Quicktime movie file, especially for digital animations).

Submission Deadline (received by): September 30, 2006

Include with your submission a brief written description of the work, and a short filmmaker bio. Also include a SASE if you would like your materials returned to you (only U.S. mail will be returned). Please indicate where you saw our call.

Mail to:

Jessica Allee
Studio 27
588 Sutter Street, #11
San Francisco, CA 94102
U.S.A.

Please direct questions to: jessicaallee@studio27.org

Wed Jul 26, 2006 00:00 - Wed Jul 26, 2006

Studio 27 presents an evening of avant-garde films and videos that have a particular relevance in the context of George W. Bush's abuse of executive power, in his administration's so-called "war on terror." This event, titled "State of Exception," asks: What are the consequences of living in a political system that is formed in the ideology of war? How did it come to this? What is possible?

Films and videos by: Mark Amerika, Dominic Angerame, Tony Cokes, Eva Drangsholt, Yin-Ju Chen, James T. Hong, Jean-Gabriel Periot, Trace Reddell, Eugene Rodriguez, Rick Silva, Andres Tapia-Urzua, Myriam Thyes

Admission is free!
Studio 27
689 Bryant Street (at 5th Street, San Francisco)

Friday, July 28, 2006
9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

For more information please see our website at studio27.org

Fri Jun 30, 2006 00:00 - Wed May 17, 2006

Studio 27, a micro-cinema showcasing experimental media in the San Francisco Bay Area, is looking for recent short videos and films. Our next screening, in July, takes its title and theme from the book State of Exception by Georgio Agamben. Agamben describes a political condition that has a compelling contemporary resonance in the United States. In states of siege or war, governmental institutions have justified the suspension of civil law, arguing that the higher law of sustaining the state's well-being requires that certain civil liberties be withheld. We are interested in showing documentary and experimental media that responds to this condition, or that opens a dialogue for discussing the necessity or consequences of the current administration's direction. We welcome work from all sides of the political spectrum.

Possible themes might include: human rights and responsibilities, conditions of crisis that are under-represented, the impact of terrorism on everyday life, subversive action and celebration, the degradation of basic civil liberties, the resurgence of racism and discrimination, nationalism and xenophobia, $ymbols for a better tomorrow, new techniques for keeping the public anxious or apathetic, how enhanced surveillance technologies are eroding our privacy, immigration and alienation, and incarceration without due process.

For more information on our ongoing quarterly series visit www.studio27.org

We will accept work under 30 minutes in length on data DVDs (as a Quicktime movie file, especially for digital animations), playable DVDs (all region), or MiniDVs (ntsc).

Submission Deadline (received by): June 30, 2006

Include with your submission a brief written description of the work, and a short filmmaker bio. Also include a SASE if you would like your materials returned to you (only U.S. mail will be returned).

Mail to:

Wago Kreider
Studio 27
633 Post Street, #11
San Francisco, CA 94109

Please direct questions to: wagokreider@studio27.org