CALL FOR ENTRIES


Deadline: June 30, 2008

THEME
Third International Design and Cinema Conference (Design Cinema 2008) will be held on November 19-22, 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey. The meeting, themed as design-en-scène, is organized with the intention that scholars and practitioners will come together for interrogating the role and kinds of designed environments and their production that expand our experiences. We seek to bring to the front through this conference one of the ongoing discussions, in terms of potentials originating from design-cinema relations: representation and realization of the designed setting with reference to theory, tools, and practices. The topics fall under three categories:

Real
Designing of objects and environments
Experience of designed objects and environments

Hyper-real
Manipulation of the real
Blurring of the real

Virtual
Creation of a parallel universe
Implementation
Hybrid existences

CALL FOR WORKS
Since both design and cinema disciplines have physical outcomes, Design Cinema 2008 would like to bring practices, researches and creative outputs together under the ‘works exhibition’ and create a rich and provoking platform during the conference. Design Cinema is open to all artists, designers, scientists, professionals, amateurs and students around the world working in various categories to share their works with them.

WORKS CATEGORIES
Design Cinema 2008 offers to participants various categories for submitting their works. This enables the jury to make comparisons when evaluating the wide range of proposals submitted to the conference. Categories are as follows (but not limited to):

DESIGN CINEMA 2008
3rd DESIGN AND CINEMA CONFERENCE 2008
November 19 - 22, 2008
Taskisla-Istanbul
Share your Creativity
Artworks, creative and artistic projects, applications, performances, practices, etc.
Share your Production
Documentation of any kind that belong to categories of artistic productions, sets, props, costumes, behind the scenes, etc..
Share your Know-how
Unique, ingenious, inspiring, informative solutions, methods, motivations, etc.
Share your Research and/or Concept
Work that is ongoing or finalized; impressive concepts, implementations, tools, and applications, workflows, etc.
Share your Cross-border Journey
Works that exceed more than one field or domain of research.
Please note that each work should relate to the theme and may fall under more than one
category.

PRESENTATION FORMATS
Design Cinema 2008 welcomes submissions of work that can be presented at the conference in the formats below.
Film & Video; Narrative, Documentary, Experimental, Animation as Short/Medium/Feature Film
Digital Media Presentations; Interactive media, Video games, WWW, CGI, etc.
2-D; Frameable Image , Artwork.
Poster; Frameable imges of results and findings following a scheduled poster session.
Installation; Stand-alone setup / object for an audience that can include various media.
Performance; Live attractions featuring music and/or dance within an ambience.
Demo; Non-commerical presentations in various media that exhibit latest research ouputs, protoypes, interfaces.
Panel; Discussion followed by a Q&A on an established topic.

WORKS JURORS
Members of the Works’ Committee will be announced
DESIGN CINEMA 2008
3rd DESIGN AND CINEMA CONFERENCE 2008
November 19 - 22, 2008
Taskisla-Istanbul

IMPORTANT DATES
30 January 2008 2nd Announcement of Call for Works
30 June 2008 Deadline for works
30 July 2008 Notification of accepted works
30 September 2008 Submission of final works
30 October 2008 Deadline for Registration (check our website for more information)
19-22 November 2008 Conference

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS & GUIDELINES
Design Cinema 2008 Works will be held as a juried exhibition and open to all artists, designers, scientists, professionals, amateurs, students around the world working in various categories to share their works that are related to the conference theme. Works must be original in concept and design. Only works selected by the Jurors will be exhibited.

Submissions should include;

Completed entry form. (Proposal up to 750 words that describes your work and resume included)

Additional descriptive materials are compulsory. Images should be in jpeg format. All the digital video/presentation formats are accepted (avi, mpeg, mov, powerpoint, etc.) but VHS cassettes are not acceptable. DVDs or CDs should be compatible with both MAC and PC. All the images and movies should have an acceptable resolution level otherwise they won’t be taken into consideration. Please include all the detailed and technical information and descriptive visual material of the works (duration, materials, equipment, dimensions, installation method and etc...) If it is a work that is exhibited before, please include all the information and visual documentation of past exhibitions. If you are applying with a performance proposal, a detailed description of the performance that is supported by images and videos is compulsory.

Application fee: 25 Euros.
Note that these materials will not be returned to you unless a self-addressed stamped envelope or packaging is provided. Please remember that limited installation space is available. The production and installation costs of the selected works belong to the owners of the works. Design Cinema 2008 Works team may provide additional support depending on the available resources and facilities.

DESIGN CINEMA 2008
3rd DESIGN AND CINEMA CONFERENCE 2008
November 19 - 22, 2008
Taskisla-Istanbul
Send your proposals electronically to work@designcinema2008.org or physically to
Ayhan ENSICI
I.T.U. Mimarlık Fakultesi
Taskisla Kampusu
Taskisla Cad. Taksim / Istanbul
34437 TURKEY


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