Friday, April 15, 2005
AV.06: First Announcement (Call for Expressions of Interest)
AV.06: the second audiovisual festival
March 2006
NewcastleGateshead, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, UK
http://www.avfest.co.uk/
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 27 May 2005
http://www.avfest.co.uk/interest.html
The AV Festival is a new bi-annual international festival of digital art, moving image, music and new media convergence which takes place in the North East of England. The second AV festival - AV.06 - will take place across three cities in the North East of England during the first two weeks of March 2006. It will examine one of the key issues within creative and scientific practice - life.
AV.06 will include internationally renowned artists, filmmakers, researchers, technicians and musicians as well as emerging practitioners. Concerts, performances and exhibitions will be complemented by a conference and an education programme.
AV.06 will feature:
- new commissions of film, digital arts, music and games
- outdoor projects which will transform landmark public buildings or spaces
- live performance events at the Sage Gateshead and other concert venues
- a major strand of activity focussing on computer games
- a screening programme
- exhibitions and installations
- an international conference
- an education programme of workshops, seminars and lectures
- a programme of club events and parties
- a radio station broadcasting on-air and online
- digital projects for the region’s public transport system
AV.06 is providing creative practitioners with an opportunity to contribute ideas to the programme. If you have an existing project which could fit the thematic context of the programme, or an idea for a new work, we would like to hear about it.