> 1) To connect with work/people/audiences in other indie moving image > practices, curators can put together a program and try to get existing > microcinemas and media arts organizations to put it on their schedule - > there are thriving venues and organizations in most cities. This way you not > only don't deal with renting a hall/projector/etc., but you tap into the > REST of the moving image community.
again, i fear huge slowdowns because of the bureaucracy of the media organizations. use any contacts, do some inquiries...but dont let these folks slow you down. > 2) Along the same lines, I would be more interested in seeing videoblogging > work in MIXED programs that also show other moving image work. I've been > talking along these lines to a couple of places about programs for next > season that try to grapple with the questions about aesthetics and context > that Jen talks about in her post. Again, it takes curators. i think thats why its great that everyone can try it their own way. So Brook, you know this world of "moving image work". you would be the best person in San Francisco to connect the vlogging world and the m ore established video arts world. brook...the time is now! youve been talking about it for too long! just tell me how i can help you. > If this movement, for lack of a better term, is to have a real lasting place > and influence in the broader spectrum of moving image work (I know the > phrase is terribly academic but I can't think of a more inclusive one, and > anyway as conflicted as I am about it I live a good percentage of the time > in that world), it needs to be in dialog with other > film/video/installation/web art/etc. work. see.....im not sure if thats true. i think the academic side better begin reaching out...or else new video makers will totally go around the current system of grant/installation/festival process. jay -- Here I am.... http://jaydedman.com Check out the latest project: http://politicalvideo.org 500 hours of George Bush speeches!! Search, download, remix!!
