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SanctionedArray

Call for Video Art Entries

Submissions end October 20th, 2010 EST.

SanctionedArray is an online database of video art conceived in response to the restrictions of artists' submissions to The Guggenheim Museum's and YouTube's video biennial, Play (www.youtube.com/play). Artists' submissions to Play are limited by OFAC sanctions (www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/) - where citizens or residents of Belarus , Cote d'Ivoire , Congo , Cuba , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon , North Korea , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , Myanmar/Burma, and Zimbabwe are not eligible to submit their work. We maintain that the application of these OFAC sanctions to virtual transmissions of video art perpetuates the causes that led to the imposition of them; and we invite those who wish to protest the continuity of such restrictions - artists of any origin, including those from the sanctioned countries - to submit their work to SanctionedArray.
   

We hope to showcase the most notable and varied video works from creators anywhere. Submission of virtual entries to SanctionedArray, follow online video formats proposed by YouTube and The Guggenheim, except forEligibility 1.d. (www.sites.google.com/site/ytplayterms/all). A large number of invited art professionals shall serve as jurors in SanctionedArray by rating the online entries in a process and open source code created and generously provided to us by Apexart (www.apexart.org). One hundred videos will be selected from the online entries to be showcased online. The selection criteria are not predetermined in the call for submissions, and will be calibrated by the jurors in the process of selection. 
   

SanctionedArray's selected video entries shall also be launched at the screening event on October 25th and 26th, 2010 at WHITE BOX in New York City . This event shall coincide with the Play biennial at The Guggenheim New York, extending representation of video entries considered not eligible by Origin, by YouTube and The Guggenheim, "challenging a status quo," as proposed by Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, The Guggenheim. 
   

 A roundtable on October 26, 2010 starting 7 PM, with esteemed artists, curators, and legal experts will provide an opportunity to discuss terms, conditions, and consequences of both Play and SanctionedArray.  
   

At SanctionedArray, we look forward to having "everybody play."  
   

To submit your work, please go to www.sanctionedarray.specifyothers.com. Submission deadline is October 20th, 2010 EST.  
   

Conceived and organized by SpecifyOthers in collaboration with WHITE BOX.