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

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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

The Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), is accepting professional and student film submissions for the 2008 festival, taking place 25 Oct. through 1 Nov. Competition categories include animation, documentary feature, documentary short, narrative feature, narrative short and student works. All entries must be postmarked by 16 June. Notification of selected entries will be completed by 15 Sept.

Paperless entries are preferred and can be submitted via Withoutabox’s International Film Festival Submission System (BrigitFest) at www.withoutabox.com. A paper entry form can be downloaded as a pdf file at www.scad.edu/filmfest by clicking on the “call for entries” link.
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At Left: 3×3 Illustration Annual No. 4 will be in bookstores in mid-January, cover illustration by Jay Vollmar.

This is your invitation to enter the fifth annual 3×3 illustration competition. This year you’ll find they’ve simplified the entry process, with less paperwork to send in, fewer forms to fill out and you can enter and pay for your entries online. So if you’ve entered before, you’ll notice a dramatic difference in the process. But what haunt changed is their selection of judges–the very best as always. 3×3 has assembled some of the top illustrators working today to judge their student show. Not only are these judges great illustrators - there also educators who hold a high standard when it comes to illustration.

All entries must be uploaded to the contest site or your package must be postmarked no later than 14 February. The deadline for the professional show, which includes judges such as Steven Heller and Isabel Warren Lynch, is 14 March. Visit the site to learn more.

The annual YCN Design & Communication Awards exist to inspire, support and showcase emerging creative talent, and to connect it with the creative industries. The awards centre around a collection of Live Creative Briefs, written each year by partnering organizations, and spanning broad creative disciplines. Every Summer, an exhibition of all Commended work is hosted in central London. The event presents all work Commended as part of the most recent awards, alongside much
more besides. The intention, as ever, is to put Commended work in front of as many senior figures from across the creative industries as possible – with a big celebratory Private View.

Categories include artwork, films and animation, interactive work (Mac-readable format DVD or CD with full URL), and any accompanying scripts. Submissions are invited from anyone aged 30 years or under at the time of their entry, and not working full time in a creative department (i.e at a design or advertising agency). If you are undertaking work experience or a creative placement then you are welcome to enter. Submissions are welcomed from overseas, and there is no entry fee. If you are in full-time education, there are no age restrictions. The deadline for submitting work is 6pm on the 28th March 2008. Visit the site to learn more.

The Japanese Design Tshirts store graniph is arranging the international T-shirts design award vol.2 from the 1st of February until the 31st of March 2008. We are calling young artists, designers, illustrators and photographers to send us their ideas for T-shirt designs. Everyone is welcome to apply regardingless age, gender or artistic background. The winners will receive cash prizes, will be promoted through the graniph website and the international press and have their design printed on a graniph T!

Detailed informations and the application form are available at www.graniph.com/award.