Introduction The Rocket Festival is a music, arts and culture festival set in the mountains of Andalucia, Spain which celebrates its third edition on the 16th-18th May 2008. The festival has a strong visual arts, circus and performance element with sculpture, video art and cabaret performance throughout the site and the weekend. For 2008 the festival itself has a theme based on the story below and all artists and festival-goers will be encouraged dress up and join in
The story A group of artists looked into the future and envisioned a new home on a distant world. The Rocket was built as a vehicle to propel them through space and time to shake off the hum-drum of daily life on earth. The settlers land on the surface of a mysterious planet, discover they are not alone and the first thing they do of course, is throw a huge party! Space Bar For 2008 the festival's theme for sculpture, fancy-dress and décor will be centered around the main bar near the main stage which will be called the "Space Bar". The Space Bar is the hang-out for the new settlers, aliens, robots, bounty-hunters, jedis and all the flotsam and jetsam of the galaxy that fancy a drink and a knees-up. The Space Bar has a giant window onto the planets surface (video screen) and will host a variety of acts cabaret, bands, djs and more. Call for video artists Window onto a new world Video artists (producers, VJs) are invited to submit a silent video piece of 1 to 10 minutes to be presented on a 3m x 2m screen as the view from the Space Bar window looking out onto the planets surface. The brief is open to all interpretations but entries should work well on a large screen viewed at close quarters. The venue itself is an 18m x 30m white marquee which will be decorated as a spaceport bar. Please see http://www.rocketfestival.com/download/Rocket_Festival_2008_Call_for_Video-Artists.pdf for more details - any questions can be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks The Rocket Crew
