Due to overwhelming response, the RE:Vision team is extending the Re:Store deadlines. The final deadline for registration AND entry is Friday February 15, 2008. They want to ensure that we receive every BRILLIANT idea possible, so register and submit your entry with them by February 15th

In the coming competitions, they’ll also be seeking your sustainable ideas for planning, construction and architecture. Visit www.urbanrevision.com for complete rules, details and prizes.

If you’re interested in breaking into editorial photography, check out our seminar on building a freelance photo career on Wednesday, 30 January with Pulitzer-winning photo editor Stella Kramer. A student at her last class wrote, “Stella offers refreshing, candid insights into a side of the business that photographers rarely see. Her ability to clearly describe what photo editors are looking for was a real eye-opener.”

Stella Kramer is a multi-award-winning photo editor who has worked in the New York publishing industry for more than 15 years. She was part of the photo team at The New York Times that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in recognition of the Portraits of Grief which ran after September 11th, and a 2002 Infinity Award for Public Service from the International Center of Photography. She has worked at The New York Times, People, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, MONEY, and Brill’s Content, where she was director of photography.

This seminar will be held Wednesday, 30 January from 6:30 to 9:30 pm at mediabistro in NY. Visit the site to learn more and to register.

TMA Hellerau hosts an international competition of CYNETart, inviting artists and art groups to present their projects every two years. They can apply with projects that fully utilise digital technologies in their conceptual, creative and performing processes, thereby opening up opportunities for digital performance and their relationship to factors such as time, space, physical presence and social encounters. An international jury with representatives from well-established media culture institutions and experienced scientists with a background in media art history will decide about the winner of the CYNETart-award and the sponsorship award. It will also decide on the award of the artist-in-residence-scholarship funded by the Ministry of Culture. On the occasion of the Chess Olympiad 2008 in Dresden (12th until 25th November 2008) we will together with Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG (ZMD) tender a so-called chess-media-art-award for the amount of €5.000 for the first time.

Deadline for submissions: 22nd March 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

Via: Chris Joseph

You all know the routine by now. Register for the Red Bull Art of Can exhibition in Houston and complete the forms before midnight 6, April. You receive email confirmation once your registration is received, and you’ll then need to submit a Transfer Agreement Form with your artwork. Artwork will be accepted from 29 March - 6 April at The Winter Street Studios in Houston.

Ok - what’s the first step? That’s right. See you at the application form.

Notice that the deadlines for application and for the acceptance of artwork in Houston are the same (6 April) - if I were you I’d fill out that application ASAP.

The International Women’s Film Festival (IWFF), hosted by the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), is an annual exhibition of films by and about women — the one and only running women’s film festival of is kind in the Philippines held during Women’s Month. It aims to highlight the importance of raising women’s consciousness, promoting women’s rights and empowerment primarily through cinema.
The IWFF Festival Committee would like to invite women filmmakers from all over the world to be part of this event by submitting their works. All genres are accepted. There is no entry fee to join this competition. Successful entries will be exhibited at the festival. Trophies and prizes will be given away to the best works.

Entries should reach the IWFF organizers by 18 February 2008. Visit the site to learn more about the guidelines and acceptable categories.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

One Million People to Audition for ‘America’s Next Video Star’

Uvoto.com Launches World’s Largest Talent Contest and Interactive TV Show

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 16, 2008 — What if a few tips from your friends could launch your singing career? What if your mom really is your biggest fan? Does a local indie band from Kansas really have a fair shot at fame in Hollywood? Until now the answer was no, but that is all about to change with the beta launch of www.uvoto.com and the world’s largest talent contest called “America’s Next Video Star.”

The free contest gives millions of people the chance to become the next TV star by sharing their audition videos online in categories such as singing, dancing, acting, modeling, fitness, cooking, and martial arts. The videos are promoted on digital media networks, social network community sites, blogs, mobile phone carriers, and television, thus making it the largest interactive TV contest platform in the
USA.

Contestants can catapult to the top of the rankings chart and earn money by accepting tips from fans who text message their supporting votes. Uvoto.com is unique because it provides a marketplace to directly pay money collected from advertising and votes specifically to the stars who receive tips. This business model can disrupt the Hollywood dependence on singular mass audiences and successfully aggregates many micro-audiences. Uvoto does not spend money on commercials or have celebrity judges who influence mass opinion. Instead Uvoto lets the Mob of fans decide the winners and tip their favorite performers. The contest allows unlimited numbers of contestants to access media distribution channels and promotion tools that spread through viral marketing.

America’s Next Video Star was created by a San Diego start-up called N1NE Multimedia. Tom Marchesello is the young CEO who turned down VC money, and quietly built the company over the last 2 years. He says it is easy to make mistakes if you listen to too many of the wrong people: “I had an idea for making a powerful media experience that bridged TV, mobile, and web technology. But the challenge was to make it be fun and easy to use. I think Uvoto is the first generation of platform that really achieves the goal of delivering fairness and opportunity to millions of talented people. I’m excited to see who is going to be America’s Next Star.” For additional information on Uvoto and America’s Next Video Star, contact Tom Marchesello or visit www.uvoto.com.

About N1NE Multimedia:

N1NE Multimedia is a digital media and entertainment company that produces interactive television shows, SMS voting systems, and Web 2.0 applications. The CEO is Tom Marchesello, an Internet and technology entrepreneur, who has previously built innovative media companies such as e-commerce giant SonyStyle.com to digital advertising network FuelCast Media.

Contact:

Tom Marchesello
N1NE.com
858-240-2248
www.uvoto.com