<nettime-ann> Mobilefest Calls - Extended up to 15th July

[Paulo Hartmann <paulo.hartmann@gmail.com>]

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We've extend Mobilefest call for papers/videos up to July 15th. 

Call for videos

http://www.mobilefest.org/conteudo_eng.aspx?id=16

Call for papers:

http://www.mobilefest.org/conteudo_eng.aspx?id=105

All the best,

Paulo Hartmann

CALL FOR PAPERS____________________________________________________

IV MOBILEFEST 2009 - International Festival of Mobile Art and Creativity

Call for Papers, Projects, Prototypes and Products.

THEME

How can mobile technology contribute to democracy, culture, art,

environment, peace, education, health and the Third Sector?

KEY WORDS

3g, mobile applications, interactive architecture, electronic art,

mobile activism, bluetooth, cyber culture, live cinema, mociology,

culture, democracy, inclusion design, ecology, education, d-i-y, gprs,

gps, LBS, innovation, mobile and wireless games, lbs, locative,

geotagging, electronic music, mobile music, m-health,_m-payment,

m-gov, mobile narrative, peace, interactive net performances with

mobile and wireless devices, interchange, video production and

distribution, augmented reality, open wireless, mesh, social nets,

rfid, expanded classroom, health, sms, mobile streaming, wearable

technolgies, tendencies, third-sector, citizen video, video call, TV

on mobile, wi-fi, wi-max, zigbee, etc.

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION

This seminar attracts leading academics, researchers and other

serious-minded people engaged in the pursuit of knowledge related to

mobile technology. Mobilefest seeks papers for live presentation.

For the participation at the exhibition with interactive

installations, performances or urban interventions send a detailed

technical rider: installation plan, photos, video and complete

description.

PAST TOPICS

activism, art and technology, democracy, digital divide, ecology and

e-waste, games and behavior, inclusive design, innovation, locative

media, licensing, m-government, m-learning, mobile art, mobile

marketing, mobile music, network culture, new forms of distribution,

performance, rfid, video mobile production, wearable technology,

wireless cities.

CRITERIA

Papers should be of an academic or serious research nature. Papers

should address current topics of direct relevance to Mobilefest's

theme. Abstracts should be at least 500 words.

Final papers should be at least 1000 words long, and authors should be

prepared to deliver a presentation limited to 45 minutes.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Papers may be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English.

Abstracts and final papers should be sent as email attachments in

.TXT, .RTF, .DOC or PDF format.

Presentations must be delivered in Portuguese or English.

Presentations will be limited to 45 minutes total.

DEADLINE

Abstracts must be received no later than 15th July 2009.

Abstracts will be selected for presentation by 15th August 2009.

Notification will be made via this website, as well as to the

applicant's listed contact email.

REGISTRATION FOR AUTHORS _

Registration must be received by 15th July 2009. Please submit the

following information via email to 2009@mobilefest.org:

Author's Full name:

Email address:

Optional 2nd email address:

Postal address:

City:

State:

Country:

Postal Code:

Landline telephone number:

Mobile number:

(Optional) University/Organisation/Company:_

Abstract Category (Please mark all that apply):

____Democracy

____Culture

____Art

____Environment

____Peace

____Education

____Health

____Third Sector

____All **

** MOBILEFEST is a transdisciplinary event.

The more interconnection of information, the better.

Short biography of principal author:

Abstract (minimum 500 words):

CALL FOR VIDEOS____________________________________________________

IV MOBILEFEST 2009 - International Festival of Mobile Art and Creativity

Call for mobile videos 2009

Mobilefest International Mobile Video Exhibition

17th to 28th September 2009

MIS - Museum of Image and Sound (Museu da Imagem e do Som) Sao Paulo, Brazil.

THEME: How can mobile technology contribute to democracy, culture,

art, environment, peace, education, health and the Third Sector?

Mobilefest Call for Mobile Videos has a cultural emphasis and, thus,

is not competitive by design. We seek the very best content possible

to share broadly with our participants and via mobile technologies.

The 2009 Call for Mobile Video is for professional

filmmakers/videographers (writers/producers/directors), as well as

amateurs (people that do not make their primary living in the

film/video business). Mobilefest also seeks participation and

contribution from artists, researchers and developers actively engaged

in discovering new possibilities for uses of mobile media.

OVERVIEW

Today, several initiatives by non-governmental organizations (NGOs),

universities, media centers, companies, governments and regular

citizens all over the world use the new mobile technologies to promote

democracy, culture, art, the environment, peace, education, health and

the Third Sector. Mobilefest International Mobile Video Exhibition

will screen selected narrative, documentary and experimental

film/videos that support these.

GENERAL SUBMISSIONS

Films and videos submitted should relate to one or more of the stated

Mobilefest general theme categories (democracy, culture, art, peace,

the environment, education, health, and the Third Sector). Video about

the environment is separately considered.

1. Professional Submissions

Mobilefest seeks films/videos that may be narrative, documentary or

experimental in nature, provided they relate to democracy, culture,

art, peace, education, health and the Third Sector. They must be

suitable for viewing on a small format, although they need not have

been shot using mobile technology. Running time is not restricted.

Films/videos can be independent, studio produced, or corporate

sponsored.

Criteria

Submissions must be professionally produced/directed and may be

submitted either by the writer, director or producer(s). Videos

should have been completed during the previous year, although

exceptions will be allowed with advance permission from Mobilefest

organizers. Previously submitted entries may not be resubmitted.

2. Amateur Submissions

Citizen filmmakers and videographers unite! Submit your creations

that were made either using your mobile phone, or made for watching on

a mobile. Whether telling a story or documenting something, you can

submit your video as long as it relates to any of the themes of

Mobilefest.

ENVIRONMENT SUBMISSIONS

A significant aspect of Mobilefest is its commitment to screen

informative and consciousness-raising digital content (shot either by

professionals or amateurs around the world) that encourages the

mobilization of everyone to protect and preserve our planet for

generations to come.

Mobilefest calls on all mobile users around the world - professional,

amateur, citizen journalists, etc. - to mobilize for the protection of

the environment by sending noteworthy videos of the environment from

their mobiles or computers. In addition to images that may reveal

lack of respect towards our Earth - like illegal cutting of trees,

water pollution, wild animal smuggling, or other irregularities -

Mobilefest also seeks videos that show the beauties of nature to draw

attention to what future generations will miss if we don't take action

now to preserve and protect Mother Nature.

Criteria

- Only the rightful owner of material may submit it. Material may not

be submitted by third parties on behalf of anyone else.

- Submissions may include fiction and non-fiction films/videos that

reflect the issue of environmental protection.

- Submissions need not be professionally produced or directed.

- Special attention will be given to documentary footage - either

professional, amateur or citizen journalist - that captures

environmental mistreatment. If your video documents acts being

committed against the environment, please include date, approximate

time and place of shooting, and total running time of the video.

NEW MOBILE MEDIA POSSIBILITIES

Mobile and wireless technologies are making it possible for artists of

all kinds to stretch the boundaries of their creativity. Mobilefest

encourages producers, developers and artists to explore their

imagination in search of new artistic _expression_ that uses current

technology and hints at future possibilities for content production

and distribution.

Mobilefest Festival seeks artwork, video and mobile-related creativity

that incorporates such technologies as GPS; 3G/4G access; music;

wi-fi; scanning; video calls; micro-blogging; picture and video

messaging; new applications; localized content; real-time image

processing and recognition; augmented or mixed reality; streaming

video sharing; and mobile TV.

Criteria

We are looking for innovative and unique submissions that defy easy

categorization or prerequisites, so if you have something you believe

we should include, please send us a brief description (up to 500

words) of your project or digital artwork and then we will contact

you.

Please send your email to videos2009@mobilefest.org, ATTN: Paulo

Hartmann and Marcelo Godoy, and include the phrase NEW MEDIA

POSSIBILITIES in the subject line.

SHOWCASE OF MOBILE FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE

From its very beginning in 2006 Mobilefest has built an international

network of festivals that involve content production created by or for

mobile applications. Our goal is to share with the Brazilian audience

what others are doing concurrently around the world, and to present an

expressive exhibition of the extraordinary emerging mobile video

scene.

Universities, media centers, cultural associations or companies that

have produced or curated festivals about videos created for or by

mobiles are encouraged to participate. We will work closely with

foreign embassies and cultural centers of your country of origin so

that the organizer/representative of your festival also can

participate in Mobilefest International Seminar.

Mobilefest receives extensive media coverage throughout Brazil. The

festivals represented will be included in Mobilefest's official

programme and have their logos published in the official catalogue.

Past international festivals represented have included:

. Mobifest Canada?(Canada)

. Pocket Shorts?(England)

. Pocket Films (France)

. Arte Mov?(Brazil)

. Microfilmes?(Portugal)

. The 4th Screen?(USA)

. FilMobile (UK)

. MobilityFest (Colombia)

To participate in the Exhibition of Mobile Festivals

We request that you send us, by email, some background information

about your festival, as well as a representative clip-reel of up to

1-hr. that characterizes the content and nature of your unique

festival. Please see technical specifications below.

Please send your email to videos2009@mobilefest.org,

ATTN: Marcelo Godoy and Paulo Hartmann, Mobilefest organizers, and

include the phrase SHOWCASE OF FESTIVALS in the subject line of your

email.

REGISTRATION/DEADLINE

All submissions are due no later than 15th July 2009

Selections for screening will be announced on 15th August 2009, via

this website and the registered director/producer also will be

informed via email.

Registration fee: Free

Registration should be sent by email to videos2009@mobilefest.org,

with the word REGISTRATION in the subject line, with the following

information:

Director's (Producer's) Full name:

Email address:

Optional 2nd email address:

Postal address:

City:

State:

Country:

Postal Code:

Landline telephone number:

Mobile number:

Description (maximum 200 words):

Tags:

Video Category (Please mark all that apply):

____Democracy

____Culture

____Art

____Environment

____Peace

____Education

____Health

____Third Sector

____All

Short biography of submitting writer, director or producer:

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS

Subtitles

If dialogue is not in Portuguese, English or Spanish, please include

subtitles in one of these languages.

Acceptable formats for all video submissions

Digital: 3GP, MPEG2, AVI, MOV?Files.

Can be up to 5Mb, with minimum resolution 128 x 96 pixels and maximum

resolution 720 x 480 pixels.

(Non-digital) Physical:?DVD, DV, Mini-DV, must be NTSC format.

Videos should be accompanied by the following information:

. A brief description (max. 200 words)

. Technical information (including total running time; year shot);

. Whether or not video has been broadcast and if so, where/when;

. Names of primary production crew.

Please submit this descriptive information as an email attachment in

.RTF, .DOC or PDF format.

Additionally, please include three (3) stills from the video in JPEG

(640 x 480 pixels), no compression, from 100kb to 500kb, with 200 dpi

resolution.

HOW/WHERE TO SEND

Videos up to 5 MB should be sent to: videos2009@mobilefest.org

Videos up to 50MB can be sent to mobilefestfestival@gmail.com

Videos over 50MB must be sent on physical media (DVD, DV, Mini- DV,

NTSC-only), to the following address:

Mobilefest

R. Helena, 280, cj. 1107

Sao Paulo - SP - Brazil

CEP 04552-050

ATTN: 50 MB+ video

You must send your submission with some sort of tracking or return

receipt (or proof of signature) to verify our receipt. Mobilefest

cannot be responsible for materials that never arrive. Materials will

not be returned. DO NOT SEND YOUR ONLY COPY!!!

MOBILEFEST COLLECTION

All materials sent will become part of Mobilefest's permanent video

collection. You consent to its possible use in conventional or

digital media, advertising and/or promotional materials for

Mobilefest, or at any venues related to Mobilefest, including but not

limited to school concerts, university functions, and social

gatherings. In such instances where any recognizable portion of your

video is used, Mobilefest will make best efforts to give credit to the

writer, director or producer who originally submitted the material.

QUESTIONS?

Please email us at videos2009@mobilefest.org

Important: Registrations will be considered complete and valid only

when the festival receives the emailed registration form and

corresponding DVD or video file (or physical entry). Registration

forms must be submitted electronically. You may send an additional

hard copy of your registration with a physical entry for

identification purposes, but you must submit your official

registration electronically.

Paulo Hartmann

skype:

paulohartmann

mobile: +5511 94531314

office: +5511 35257428

((((((MOBILEFEST))))))

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www.mobilefest.com.br

Rua Helena 280, 1107

04552-050

Sao Paulo

Brazil

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