[spectre] ArtCast: Open Call for Podcastable Art

[Jennifer Stoddart]

folly, a leading digital arts organisation working in Cumbria,
Lancashire and online, is looking for video and audio work for ArtCast,
folly's ongoing series of podcasting programmes.
 
Through ArtCast folly explores the possibilities of the podcasting
medium and provides a platform for public access to new and innovative
art. 

ArtCast launched in October 2007 alongside folly's VELOCITY festival of
digital culture, with a series of audio podcasts selected from an
international open call. This series is available to download from
www.folly.co.uk/artcast and has been described as "outstanding" and
"unique" by those who have experienced it. Since folly first started
publishing podcastable content, nearly 15000 people have experienced art
in this format via www.folly.co.uk 

In April 2008 folly will release the second ArtCast series, in
collaboration with the moves08 festival - www.movementonscreen.org.uk

Building on moves07's success in positioning itself as a key platform
for the industry and audiences interested in screen-based work exploring
'choreographed movement', moves returns for the fourth year in
Manchester, Lancaster, Chester and Liverpool.

Taking place 22-26 April 2008, moves08 will showcase a three-day
conference focusing on the interaction of choreographed movement and
sound in screen-based work, seven international screenings including a
North West showcase, a five-day filmmaking lab throughout the North
West, a masterclass, live events and installations in Manchester,
Lancaster, and Liverpool. A programme of work curated for the BBC Big
Screens will also be showing throughout the UK. Through its Discovery
strand, moves08 will give a special place to students and emerging
artists.

For April's ArtCast series, folly is calling for submissions of existing
moving image and audio work, from the broad spectrum of contemporary
arts practice.  Submissions should address themes and subjects broadly
relating to the theme of moves08: the interaction of choreographed
movement and sound. 

Submissions are welcome from all artists working with film, video,
moving image or sound, dancers and choreographers, experimental
musicians and composers, writers and performance artists etc, basically
anyone who has created work which they consider to be suitable for a
video or audio podcast.

folly welcomes submissions from international artists

The deadline for submissions is 29th February 2008

moves08 Festival Director, Pascale Moyse, and Award-winning filmmaker
and moves' board member, Rachel Davies, will join folly in the selection
of works in early March 2008.

Successful submissions will be published as podcasts from 3rd April 2008

Please note that there is no fee available for selected works.

For more information contact Jennifer Stoddart, folly Programme
Coordinator on jennifer.stoddart at folly.co.uk or +44 (0)1524 388550

How to submit:

Submissions should be accompanied by a submission form and equal
opportunities monitoring form, available to download online at
www.folly.co.uk/artcastcall

File Format: OGG
Video Codec:  theora, 320 x 240, 480kbps 
Audio Codec:  vorbis, Stereo, 128 kbps, 44100KHz
Maximum file size 30MB (For video this means a maximum duration of
approximately 5 min 30 sec)
Questions about these file requirements can be directed to
jennifer.stoddart at folly.co.uk

Please send your submissions by email to jennifer.stoddart at folly.co.uk
Or on disc by post to Jennifer Stoddart, Programme Coordinator
folly, 6.4.4 Alston House
White Cross
Lancaster UK
LA1 4XQ

folly is committed to Equal Opportunities in our employment, programme
and services

www.folly.co.uk/opportunities