[Frameworks] CVM Call for New Visual Music Work

[CVM Programs]

*CVM’s CALL FOR NEW VISUAL MUSIC WORK*


For twenty years Center for Visual Music (CVM), a nonprofit film archive,
has been dedicated to visual music, experimental animation and abstract
media. CVM has preserved a significant body of at-risk Visual Music films
by Oskar Fischinger, Jordan Belson, Mary Ellen Bute, Charles Dockum, Jules
Engel, James Whitney and others.

As part of our anniversary celebrations, CVM is looking for submissions of
new short visual music work. A short film, *a new work not released or
screened elsewhere (including film festivals), or already online*. The new
film should be original; we are not looking for work that reuses or
incorporates footage, shots or images from existing Visual Music films, or
is a direct imitation. The chosen film will be shown for a month on CVM's
website and social media, and at a later date, shown in some theatres as
part of CVM's programs (digital exhibition).

This call is made to give attention to the Visual Music work celebrated by
Center for Visual Music in relation to image and movement, abstraction and
music, not only from historical creators like Oskar Fischinger, but also
continuing with contemporary artists.


The new film should be original. Length should be 8 minutes or under. We
are seeking abstract visual music work (please do not submit documentaries,
for instance). Please note, we are unable to showcase the film on social
media, Vimeo or YouTube if the music is not cleared.


A jury will choose works to be included in this celebration. We are looking
forward to seeing your new Visual Music work!



*JURORS*

  Jean-Michel Bouhours, curator/film historian, former Head of Cinema
Department at Center Pompidou, Paris

  yann beauvais, curator/film historian/artist, Founder of Light Cone
distribution, Paris

  Cindy Keefer, curator/archivist, Director of Center for Visual Music, Los
Angeles



*SUBMISSIONS*


If you would like to submit a work, please submit *a link ONLY* to a
password protected site to view online, to CVM at CVMnewwork at gmail.com  Please
do not email any files or attachments. *ONE submission* per filmmaker,
please. Deadline is September 30, 2024 to send the link.


For the final chosen work, we will need in the future a ProRes, mpg4 or
h.264 file (not DCP). DO NOT SEND THESE YET. The chosen work will become
part of the CVM collection after the celebration event, upon your
agreement. Filmmaker will retain their copyright and assign CVM a license
to screen and distribute within their programs, for a specified period.


*When you submit, please include in your email:*


Name, contact info (including city), title of film, length, and year
completed.

Please confirm it has not yet been released or shown. Please do not submit
works already shown at festivals or elsewhere, or posted on your social
media channels.

What is the soundtrack, by whom, and is the music cleared?

Are all of the images original? Is there anything included created by
others, or from public domain footage?

If you have a description or synopsis, please include in the body of the
email.


PLEASE DO NOT ATTACH CVs or documents. Please put all info in the body of
the email.

If selected, will you agree to give CVM a license to exhibit and distribute
this film?



*THANK YOU!*


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CVM is a 501(c)3 nonprofit California archive devoted to visual music,
experimental animation and abstract media. CVM's archives house the world's
largest collection of Visual Music resources. The collections include
film/video/digital media and related papers, books, monographs, artwork,
animation process materials, documentation, photography, equipment and
artifacts. CVM owns the films and papers of Oskar Fischinger, plus many
animation drawings, and the original research collection of animation
historian William Moritz. Film preservation is a core part of CVM's
mission. CVM's films, programs, and presentations are regularly featured at
museum exhibitions, cinematheques, universities, archives and symposia
worldwide. CVM also organizes traveling film programs, museum and gallery
exhibitions, virtual seminars and symposia, and recently co-published a
monograph on Oskar Fischinger.

Please visit our site for extensive online resources.
*www.centerforvisualmusic.org
<http://www.centerforvisualmusic.org>*


*Oskar Fischinger research site:  www.centerforvisualmusic.org/Fischinger
<http://www.centerforvisualmusic.org/Fischinger>*






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