Scope Foundation and Perpetual Art Machine presents the [PAM] 4th Annual Last Minute Open Call for New Video Art A Light at the End of the Tunnel curated by Lee Wells DEADLINE FRIDAY MAY 14, 2010 - CLOSED video must be delivered to the below address by this date "The Avant Garde Doesn't Give Up" - Asger Jorn 'Increase your necessity so that you may increase your perception.' --13th century Persian Sufi mystic Rumi, quoted by Bill Viola The concept of life, death and rebirth has followed humanity through the ages as the self and the collective whole passes through time, creating a relative chain of events that could be called the history of universal human experience. Its through all of these varying histories, and a perpetual creative avant garde that continue to seek a move vivid understanding of the interconnectedness of life. Our great quest to solve the questions of our age could be exemplified by one of humankinds greatest achievements at CERN Labs, Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, the worlds largest machine. As the scientists at CERN continue to probe the most fundamental questions of life and the origins of the universe, we seek artists that are asking similar big questions in their creative practice and use their creativity to reveal the world in new and unexpected ways. Why are we here? What does it all mean? When will we know? How is it all relative to art in the 21st century? Keywords: Awareness and Multidimensionality Religion and spirituality Life and Death Love and Beauty Extra-terrestrial life and aliens Dark matter and black holes Quantum physics and time travel The internet and technology Additional information and links can be found on our  Facebook announcement: CLICK HERE Selected works will be presented as a part of the Scope Cinema and Video program at Scope Basel 2010, June 15-19 in addition to being featured on perpetualartmachine.com. Future New York City screening location to be announced. (Fall 2010) Submission and processing fee * Five Dollars ($5) per per video submission *100% of submission fees go to perpetualartmachine.com technology development fund. We need your help to keep moving forward in order to help you. **we encourage artists from emerging economies to apply and will consider waving the fee on a case by case basis. Requirements. Artist must be a registered member of at the [PAM] video portal. So register if you haven’t already, its free. http://www.perpetualartmachine.com Video artworks created 2008 to the present Format:     quicktime H.264  or DVD NTSC             Layout:     single channel video Length:     1-7 minutes ARTIST INFORMATION     First and Last Name:     Address:         Country of origin:     Email address:        Website:     Phone (include country code):     Mobile (include country code):     Link for submission:     Short bio (200 word max.):       ABOUT YOUR WORK     Title and Year:     Duration:     Original format:     Description (200 word max.):     Short Discription (30 words or less): TERMS & CONDITIONS       1) Maximum of 3 submissions only per artist. 2) Please do not submit work created before 2008. 3) Incomplete applications will not be considered for participation. 4) No artist fees are available. 5) Submissions will not be returned. 6) By participating in this open call for video you fully accept these terms and conditions and agree that if you are among the selected artists, [PAM] may present your artwork at Scope Basel 2010, post it on its website www.perpetualartmachine.com, and possibly use it in any of its communication, publicity materials and partner web channels. 7) Artist declares that he/she has the copyright of the work and shoud be regarded as the sole artist. Please mail all submissions to: Lee Wells / Perpetual Art Machine c/o Scope Art Fair 355 West 36th St, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10018 Submissions must arrive at the above address NO LATER THAN Friday May 14, 2010. For more information please contact Lee Wells at: lee(at)leewells(dot)org

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Lee Wells said:

	Open call is closed Over 200 videos submitted. Going through them today and will have short list decided upon by end of day tomorrow.
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