Joel S Bachar on Tue, 15 Sep 1998 22:46:50 +0100 |
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Syndicate: 1999 Independent Exposure Call for Works |
Please forgive me any repeat sendings. Please forward as you see fit. Thank you. Joel Blackchair Productionsâ?? â??Independent Exposure 1999â?? Program Seattle video and film artist, Joel S. Bachar founded Blackchair Productions in 1992. Due to the overwhelming lack of independent-oriented screening venues, Blackchair Productions began the â??Independent Exposureâ?? microcinema screening program in 1996. This program, held every month at the Speakeasy Cafe has presented the works of over 200 artists from 30 states, 65 cities and 11 countries and has gained an enviable reputation in the network of microcinemas around the country as well as around the world. 1999, the fourth season of the program, will be partially funded by the King County Cultural Arts Commission which means the artists whose works are shown will be paid an honorarium, a gesture that is practically unheard of in the independent film and video arts. â??Independent Exposureâ?? is fast reaching a wider audience by being hosted at other microcinemas throughout the world and has been seen hundreds of times in 33 cities, 15 states and 13 countries! Some of the hosting venues have been: CinemaTexas (Austin, TX); The Knitting Factory (New York City); School of the Art Institute of Chicago; The Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design; The Mansion Theatre (Baltimore, MD); Arizona International Film Festival (Tucson, AZ); Tortured Artists Film Festival (Tacoma, WA); Artistâ??s Television Access (San Francisco, CA); The Casting Couch (San Francisco); Eye for an I Cinema (Boulder, CO); North Carolina Independent Filmmakers Association; The Can (Tacoma, WA); Project304 (Bangkok, Thailand); The Terminal Bar (Prague, Czech Republic); the Vrij Media Cafe (The Netherlands) and The Soros Center for Contemporary Art (Republic of Macedonia); Split Film Festival (Split, Croatia). Arrangements are currently being made for screenings in Los Angeles, Melbourne (Australia), France, Denmark, Germany, Serbia, Croatia, England, Northern Ireland and Winnipeg (Canada)! Additionally, the program is netcast every month on The Sync (www.thesync.com). Ultimately, Blackchair Productions, through their â??Independent Exposureâ?? screening program and other advocacy efforts, hope to expose, promote and distribute the independent video and film arts to the widest audience possible. For those interested, here is our 1999 Call for Works (which differs from previous years): Blackchair Productions is accepting video, film and computer-art submissions on an ongoing basis for their monthly screening program called â??Independent Exposure.â?? 1999 begins the programâ??s fourth year and we want to include you in the show! Artists will be paid an Honorarium! We are looking for experimental, narrative, humorous, dramatic, erotic, subversive, animation and underground works, but will review anything for a possible screening. Works selected will, in most cases, continue on to national and international venues for additional screenings. Submit a VHS (or S-VHS) clearly labeled with name, title, length, phone-number along with any support materials including photos! Also include a US$5.00 entry fee which will be returned to you if your work is not selected! Include an SASE if you wish the work(s) returned. We will get back to you! Send submissions to: Blackchair Productions, 2318 Second Ave., #313-A, Seattle, WA, 98121, USA. Info/details: 206-568-6051, joel@speakeasy.org, www.speakeasy.org/blackchair