VAFA - Video Art For All

VAFA 2011 opens on 2 Dec,2011— 2nd Macau Video Art International Open Call Festival

2011-11-14T03:03:00.000-08:00

Rui Calçada Bastos - All That Glitters

The 2nd VAFA (Video Art For All) - organized by Art For All Society(AFA) and Fundação Oriente – will be held at the Temporary Exhibitions Gallery and auditorium of Casa Garden - Fundação Oriente from 2^nd to 31^st of December.

The Second International Open Call Festival for Video Art in Macau received 165 submissions from 99 artists with origins in 38 countries from all over the world. The four regions of China – Mainland (7),Macau (6), Hong Kong (6) Taiwan (6) - totalizing 25 artists presents the largest number of artists in competition. USA comes second with 15 and Portugal third with 9.Other countries include Germany, Sweden, England, Italy, Turkey,India, Singapore and Chile.

The works submitted provided an exceptional debate between the members of the jury validating the very diverse and unique creative force behind today’s video art.

After a close examination on the submitted works the jury composed of artists and curators: João Vasco Paiva from Hong Kong, Alice Kok and José Drummond from Macau. The jury all agree to award the piece “All That Glitters” from Portuguese born and Berlin resident artist Rui Calçada Bastos. Rui Calçada Bastos - that has a close relationship with Macau and had exhibited in 2010 with AFA - entered the competition with one of his most appealing, mysterious and contemplative video works instantly winning the appreciation of the jury.

There were no fixed criteria concerning work theme or form as long as it could be understood as contemporary art and it was a difficult decision to agree on 10 artists for VAFA exhibition. About 30 other works will be shown during the festival on three screening sessions: “Moving and not moving” (focusing on narrative forms of video), “Animart” (animation as a common cultural ground), and “Like unlike” a special Macau, HK, Taiwan & China selection. Opening hours are between 11am to 8pm from 2^nd to 31^st of December, 2011（closed on Sunday. This event is partly sponsored by Secretariat of Social Affairs and Culture and the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macao SAR Government. For inquiries, please call 853-2836 6064, email to: afamacao@gmail.com or visit our website: www.afamacau.com.

Exhibition

Rui Calçada Bastos – All That Glitters – Portugal/Germany – 2’12’’ (Prize winner)

Alessandro Rolandi – One Harmonious afternoon – Italy/China – 11’50’’

Chris Dupuis – Just Friends – Canada – 4’30’’

Christoph Oertli – Kontinente – Switzerland – 7’13’’

Jean-Michel Roland – Technotools – France – 5’45’’

João Felino – Red – Portugal – 9’49’’

Jonas Nilsson – Seclusion II – Sweden – 3’54’’

Jorge Catoni – Chile Play Today – Chile – 00’30’’

Liao Chi Hu – Lydia/Hina/Elena/Lucy/Sarah/Ji-Min – Taiwan – 8’18’’

Piyarat Piyapongwiwat – Snowy Night – Thailand – 4’44’’

Screenings

Moving and not moving – 44’53’’

Anders Weberg – Dualism – Sweden – 2’51’’

Christin Bolewski – Mountain Water Painting – Germany – 6’13’’

Era Vati – Apple – Hungary – 3’35’’

Gili Avissar – Night Ride – Israel/Germany – 00’56’’

José Maçãs de Carvalho – Des Voeux Road (forever young) – Portugal – 3’49’’

Mariana Viegas – Mehr Licht – Portugal – 3’17’’

Sherman Ong – Tickets – Singapore – 10’22’’

Stefan Baltensperger – A Journey (Myanmar) – Switzerland – 1’27’’

Stefan Riebel – Untitled #64, #68, #75 – Germany – 2’32’’

Susanne Wiegner – One Moment Passes – Germany – 3’00’’

Vasilis Psarras – Nostalgia – UK/Greece – 6’51’’

Animart – 44’51’’

Dionisis Christofilogiannis + Eva Mitala – Pricra – Greece – 4’00’’

Eva Olsson – The Labyrinth – Sweden – 3’40’’

Fritz Gnad – Landscape Of Political Parties – Germany – 1’57’’

Henry Gwiazda – USA – 2’03’’

Ho Wei-Ming – Taiwan – 6’26’’

Hua Peng – Inhibited The Time To Live – China – 4’41’’

Isabella Gresser – Essay About Tiredness – Germany – 8’00’’

Markus Soukup – Masque – Germany/UK – 3’21’’

Marteen Van Maanen – Holland – 5’00’’

Russell J Chartier – Devil On a Dam – USA – 5’43’’

Like unlike – 44’46’’

Hsiao Yu-chi – Under Water – Taiwan – 0’50’’

Kenji Wong – Parade – HK – 5’25’’

Lampo Leong – Transformations and Memory – Macau/USA – 6’26’’

Peng Yun – Basic Introduction – China/Macau – 3’31’’

Silas Fong – Asleep – HK – 5’30’’

Tian Xiaolei – Paradise – China – 5’20’’

Wong Guy Shawn – Escape – HK – 1’00’’

Lucky Flower – Lotus Pond at Southern Chinese Riverside Town – China – 10’31’’

Niu Chun-Chiang – Taiwan – 6’13’’

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VAFA – Video Art for All International 2011

2011-06-12T14:38:00.001-07:00

VAFA – Video Art for All
International Video Art Open Call Festival 2011

Regulations

1. Requirement of the entry:
1.1 Submitted videos must have been completed after January 2009.
1.2 Running time must not exceed 15 minutes.
1.3 Non-English spoken videos should have English subtitles.

2. Submission of the entry form and Delivery of the entry:
2.1 Entry form can be submitted via e-mail.
2.2 Each submission should have one entry form.
2.3 Videos can be submitted online with the entry form or can be sent by post on a DVD with a printed version of the entry form.
2.4 If you choose to submit a DVD, please label it with title, author’s name, running time and aspect ratio.
2.5 If you choose to submit online, only AVI, MOV or MPEG files via free upload service such as www.sendspace.com, www.megaupload.com, www.megashare.com, www.dropbox.com or www.pando.com would be accepted.
2.6 Videos without application form will not be accepted for the competition.
2.7 All deliveries from international participants must be marked:
NO COMMERCIAL VALUE, CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY.
2.8 The selected entry will be asked to send a mini-DV tape or a DVD.
2.9 Shipping expenses are to be assumed by the applicant.

3. Mailing address:
All required materials should be delivered to one of the following:
By email: vafa.videoartforall@gmail.com
By post:
VAFA - Video Art For All
Rua Francisco Xavier Pereira 45-59, 3 Floor
Ed. Lun Hing Knitting Factory
Macau
706 North First Street,No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road,Chaoyang District, Beijing

4. Submission deadline:
The submission deadline is 31st August, 2011

5. Exhibition date and venue:
Exhibition will run from 30th November to 30th December, 2011 at Casa Garden – Fundação Oriente Macau.

6. Jury:
6.1 All submissions will be selected by the invited juries composed by Video artists from Macau, China and Hong Kong.
6.2 Selected artists will be informed by email of the results around two weeks before the exhibition opening.
6.3 Jury’s decisions are final and no appeal will be accepted.

7. Awards:
7.1 The best video will be awarded with US$ 1000. The awarded artist will be invited to present the work at the exhibition opening.

8. Criteria:
Video Art is today recognized as an autonomous art form therefore we have no fixed criteria concerning work theme or form as long as it can be understood as contemporary art. The only works that the selection committee will not consider are ones containing any kind of offensive or aggressive message/content.

9. Numbers of the entry:
Max 3 videos can be submitted.

10. Others:
10.1 The Festival entry is free.
10.2 Copies will not be returned, but will be kept in the organizer’s archive.
10.3 Selected works will be used in research work and non-commercial screenings related to the event.
10.4 Applicant should accept that an insert from his video, 30 seconds long at most, can be presented for Festival promotion purposes.
Applicant is responsible should hold all the copyright. The signing of the form is a guarantee of the originality of the work. Any breach on legal terms and the applicant will be disqualified.
10.6 The organizer reserves the right to interpret or amend the regulations and details of the Festival.

Form
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VAFA – Video Art for All

International Open Call Festival 2010

Entry's information: (Please write in Capitals)

Original title: ______________________________________________________________

Title in English: _____________________________________________________________

Director/Author: ___________________________________________________________

Country of production: ______________________ Duration: ____________________

Year of production: ___________________ Format: _____________________

Actors: ___________________________________________________________________

Music: ____________________________________________________________________

Other: ____________________________________________________________________

E-mail: ____________________________________________________________________

Contact number: ____________________________________________________________

Applicants should also submit the following information and materials:

Synopsis (Max 300 words/submission, English only in plain text, RTF (Rich Text Formal) or Word .doc as attachment)
Biography (Max 300 words/submission, English only in plain text, RTF (Rich Text Formal) or Word .doc as attachment)
2 screenshots for each submitted work (jpg, 800x600 px)

If you choose to send by post have this info on a separate CD.

I declare that the information submitted in my application is complete and truthful, and I shall abide by all rules and regulations of the Competition.

Signature:

VAFA 2010 Exhibition

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STEFAN RIEBEL – 60 – Germany

ANDERS WEBERG - I'm a Father and my Father is a Father – Sweden

ANE LAN – Woman Of The World – Norway

TOMOYUKI YAGO – One Two Three – Five – Japan

PENG YUN – Texture 1 – Macau

GIANFRANCO FOSHINO – Barbie – Chile

VAFA 2010 EXHIBITION

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List of Artists and Works

ANDERS WEBERG - I'm a Father and my Father is a Father – Sweden

ANE LAN – Woman Of The World – Norway

GIANFRANCO FOSHINO – Barbie – Chile

HERNANI GIL – The Internationale – Portugal

MARTE KIESSLING – Soliloquy – Germany

PENG YUN – Texture 1 – Macau

ROBERT CAHEN & JOHN BORST – Red Memory – France

STEFAN RIEBEL – 60 – Germany

TOBIAS ROSENBERGER – Large Scale – Germany

TOMOYUKI YAGO – One Two Three – Five – Japan

VAFA 2010 FESTIVAL PROGRAM

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NOVEMBER

Friday 12 - 6.30pm – EXHIBITION OPENING & AWARD CEREMONY

SCREENINGS

Friday 12 - 8.00pm – THE OTHER 12 – ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

Saturday - 13 6.30pm – REALITY SHOW

Monday 15 - 6.30pm – MOVEMENT VS NON MOVEMENT

Tuesday 16 - 6.30pm - NU DADA

Wednesday 17 - 6.30pm - EXQUISITE LIFE

Thursday 18 - 6.30pm – MACAU & HONG KONG

Monday 22 - 6.30pm – THE OTHER 12 – ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

Tuesday 23 - 6.30pm – REALITY SHOW

Wednesday 24 - 6.30pm – MOVEMENT AND NON MOVEMENT

Thursday 25 - 6.30pm – NU DADA

Friday 26 - 6.30pm – EXQUISITE LIFE

Saturday 27 - 6.30pm – MACAU & HONG KONG

Monday 29 - 6.30pm – THE OTHER 12 – ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

Tuesday 30 - 6.30pm – REALITY SHOW

DECEMBER
Wednesday 1 - 6.30pm – MOVEMENT AND NON MOVEMENT

Thursday 2 - 6.30pm – NU DADA

Friday 3 - 6.30pm – EXQUISITE LIFE

Saturday 4 - 6.30pm – MACAU & HONG KONG

SATURDAY 3 – EXHIBITION CLOSE

SCREENING PROGRAM

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THE OTHER 12 – ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

STEFAN RIEBEL – 25 – Germany

AGNIESZKA POKRYWKA – The End – Poland

ANDERS WEBERG – Mamo – Sweden

PENG YUN – Texture 2 – Macau

AGNIESZKA GAWEDZKA – Small Nowere – Poland

VIVIAN LEE – Island Of Sentosa – Singapore

SUMAN SAMAJPATI & SOURAV ROY CHOWDHURY (TAXI) – Swimming Around – India

ELSIE SHEN – Sunrise Sunset – China

ROLAND WEGERER – I’m Not A Fish – Austria

JENNIFER CAMPBELL – Point No Point – Canada

JONATHAN FRANCO – Landowner – Portugal

LIU WEI – The Wounded City – China

REALITY SHOW

AARON OLDENBURG – Pieces of Jonestown - USA 3’28’’

HONG WEILONG – New World – Singapore 7’49’’

OCTAVIAN FEDOROVICI – Casablanca 1pm – Romania 1’45’’

FRANCE BENOIT - Hand To Toe – Canada 8’33’’

JEREMY NEWMAN – Domestic Rhythms – USA

KWAN SHEUNG CHI - Doing it with Chi… making an Exit Bag - Hong Kong 3’44’’

CLEMENS WILHELM – Spring Scream - Germany

LARRY CAVENEY - GMN Projects “Dancing Dan” – USA 4’38’’

JOSHUA WF THOMSON – The Ultimate City – England

MOVEMENT VS NON MOVEMENT

GIORDANA GUERRIERO, FRANCESCA MACCARRONE, PATRIZIA MONZANI, NICOLA TRABUCCO – Embers – Italy

NICOLE RADEMACHER – The Delay – USA

MURIEL MONTINI – Children’s Games – France

GIANFRANCO FOSHINO – The Waiting – Chile

DIEGO FIORI – Donate Silence – Italy

NU DADA

ALESSANDRO PERINI – Click For Details – Italy

WANG TING – Heating – China

JONATHAN FRANCO – Living Land - Portugal

BIYING ZHANG – In The Field – USA/China

UNAI – Ping Pong Studio – Spain

ALYSSE STEPANIAN – Roghieh – USA/Iran

ROLAND WEGERER – How To Clean A Puddle – Austria

EXQUISITE LIFE

LEMEH42 – Inner Sound – Italy

CHIARA PASSA - The virtual Prigione - Italy

MARTE KIESSLING – Me Myself And I – Germany

MATTHIEU CHERUBINI – Sweet – Switzerland

CHRISTIN BOLEWSKI – Mountain – Water Painting – Germany

EMMA BOWEN – Fairfield – Scotland

RUSSEL CHARTIER – Confined – USA

MACAU

AO IEONG WENG FONG – Think In Sick

JOSE CHAVES – New Small People

MAX BESSMERTYNI – Si Monumentum Requiris Circumspice

RITA PORTUGAL – Courtesy Of My Grandmother

SARA PEREIRA - Dasein

JAMES JACINTO & SILVIE LAI – DVD 1

JAMES JACINTO & SILVIE LAI – DVD 2

NG FONG CHAO – Nam Wan Lake

CATARINA CORTESAO TERRA – Alice In Dreamland

SCORPIO LOI – Sleepyhead

HONG KONG

KIT POON – Digestion

KWAN SHEUNG CHI - My Last Merit

MAX FONG – Repeat

MAX FONG – Slow

ROBERT IOLINI – Daimaru Ghost Bus

ROBERT IOLINI – Routine Duet

ROBERT IOLINI – Spectral Times

VIENNE CHAN – Traum

JOLENE MOK – Working Again

LINDA C. H. LAI – Non-place, Other Space

VAFA 2010 WINNER

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Orient Foundation Casa Garden Gallery Opens with VAFA 2010

VAFA 2010 - The First International Open Call Festival for Video Art in Macau, organized by Art For All Society (AFA) and Orient Foundation, will run from November 12 to December 3, 2010 at Casa Garden – Orient Foundation.

VAFA – Video Art For All ended their International Open Call on September 30 were received 180 complete submissions from 117 artists from the 4 corners of the world. The creative force behind video art is very diverse and the submissions received for VAFA provided much debate between the members of the jury.

The jury had no fixed criteria concerning work theme or form as long as it could be understood as contemporary art.

A difficult decision was made to agree on 10 artists for VAFA exhibition. 40 other works will be shown during the festival in 5 different programs with several screenings. A special screening will also be done reuniting 9 artists from Macau and 7 from Hong Kong with 20 works.

The first prize is attributed by The Orient Foundation and goes to Germany. Tomoyuki Yago from Japan and Anders Weberg from Sweden were on the last three to win the competition but the prize ended up to be awarded to Stefan Riebel for his conceptual animations. The artist will be present at the Exhibition opening and award ceremony to receive the price of USD 1,000 and will do a small talk about his work.

The opening of VAFA - Video Art For All will take place at 6:30pm on Friday, 12 of November at Orient Foundation, Casa Garden Temporary Exhibitions Gallery. The exhibition period will last till 3 of December and the opening hours are from 11am to 9pm everyday except Sundays. email: vafa.videoartforall@gmail.com.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED

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VAFA 2010

2010-08-10T02:54:00.000-07:00

International Open Call Festival

Regulations

1. Requirement of the entry:

1.1 Submitted videos must have been completed after January 2008.

1.2 Running time must not exceed 10 minutes.

1.3 Non English spoken videos should have English subtitles.

2. Submission of the entry form and Delivery of the entry:

2.1 Entry form can be submit via e-mail.

2.2 Each submission should have one entry form.

2.3 Videos can be sent online with the entry form or can be sent by post on a

DVD with a printed version of the entry form.

2.4 If you choose to send a DVD, please label it with title, author’s name, running time

and aspect ratio.

2.5 If you choose to send online, only AVI, MOV or MPEG files via free

upload service like www.sendspace.com or www.pando.com would be accepted.

2.6 Videos without application form will not be accepted for the competition.

2.7 All deliveries from international participants must be marked:

NO COMMERCIAL VALUE, CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY.

2.8 The selected entry will be asked to send a mini-DV tape or a DVD.

2.9 Shipping expenses are the responsibility of the entrant.

3. Mailing address:

All required material should be delivered to one of the following address:

- vafa.videoartforall@gmail.com

- VAFA - Video Art For All

Rua Francisco Xavier Pereira 45-59, 3 Floor

Ed. Lun Hing Knitting Factory

Macau

4. Submission deadline:

The submission deadline is on September 30, 2010

5. Exhibition date and venue:

Exhibition will run from November 5, 2010 to December 3, 2010
at Casa Garden – Fundação Oriente, Macau.

6. Jury:

6.1 All submissions will be selected by the invited juries composed by Video artists
from Macau and Hong Kong.

6.2 Selected artists will be informed by email of the results 3 weeks
before the exhibition opening.

6.3 All decisions are final.

7. Awards:

7.1 The best video will be awarded with 1000 US and the artist will be invited to present

the work at the exhibition opening.

7.2 A catalogue will be made.

8. Criteria:

      Video Art is today recognized as an autonomous art form therefore we have no fixed
      criteria concerning work theme or form as long as it stays in the art field.
      The only works that the selection committee will not consider are ones containing
      any kind of offensive or aggressive message/content.

9. Numbers of the entry:

Max 3 videos can be submitted.

10. Others:

10.1 The Festival entry is free.

10.2 Copies will not be returned, but will be kept in the organizer archive.

10.3 Selected works will be used in research work and non-commercial screenings
related to the event.

10.4 Author accepts that an insert from his video, 30 seconds long at most, can be
presented for Festival promotion purposes.

10.5 All decisions are final.

10.6 The organizers have the right to explain this regulation.

Form

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