OPEN CALL: Short Films Inspired By Creative Collaborations
Stroud International Textiles (SIT) launches exciting new initiative.
As part of the ‘Pairings II’ exhibition and Symposium that open this spring SIT is launching a new challenge: to artists and designer makers to create an original short film – up to 150 seconds long – on the spring exhibition theme of collaborating and sharing creative ideas.
The films should focus on collaboration and can show individuals exchanging skills, the shared use of equipment, tools, or can be a more conceptual presentation.
Entrants can interpret ‘Pairings’ however they like – whether about techniques, ideas, physical objects, skills or conversations - or anything else. (It could be about Pairing the film-making technology itself).
Films can be in documentary, animation, live action, comedy, drama, performance or any other genre. Any artist can enter - from anywhere in the world.
The short films do not have to be highly polished we want them to be original and imaginative.
Whether shot on a mobile phone, Super8 or HD, whether it’s hand-drawn or 3D – we want to see what results from your own Pairings and collaborations,
Selected work will be shown online to run alongside the main “Pairings II” exhibition and will be showcased on SIT website, Facebook and other online locations. We will also be screening a selection of the films at the Pairings exhibition throughout May.
Deadline for final submissions is 1st April 2012.
To download full details and enter, go to
Once it’s ready you are asked to submit your film via Vimeo.com.
This fantastic initiative compliments the ‘Pairings II-conversations & collaborations’ exhibition at the Museum in the Park Stroud that opens on 28th April. Leading designer makers will display the outcomes of these playful duets and trios and the conversations between the makers, where wood meets metal meets stitch – where paper meets embroidery meets radical knitting - and where you can observe the results of a textile artist collaborating with a plastic surgeon and a pattern cutter from Saville Row..
ENDS
Contacts: Sarah Dixon Digital Manager 01453 766122 sarah@spidercreative.co.uk
Lizzi Walton SIT Artistic Director 01453 751056 info@stroudsit.org
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(SIT would like acknowledge the Crafts Council for giving us the inspiration for this project following their successful Power of Making exhibition at the V & A and linked video call)
Stroud International Textiles (SIT) is a Not for Profit Company Limited by Guarantee No. 6608614.
SIT was established in 2005 and runs a year round educational programme that profiles textile skills and a wide range of crafts for all ages and abilities.
The organisation has built a reputation nationally and internationally, for excellence and innovation.
We aim to broaden the perspective of textile arts to other art forms such as contemporary crafts, performance, dance, music, written word and to create opportunities for artists to develop their creative practices.
We attract over 20,000 people to our spring exhibitions alone/ 30,000 + annually
We support the local economy.
Our patrons are Mary La Trobe Bateman OBE, Jilly Edwards and Lulu Guinness OBE.
“PAIRINGS II- conversations & collaborations” EXHIBITION DETAILS:
Opens April 28th – May 27th 2012
Free Admission
Museum in the Park, Stratford Park
Private View: April 27th – opened by Joanna Foster Chair of Crafts Council and Lulu Guinness designer and business woman.
Symposium 5th May 2012
Pairings II – conversations & collaborations is supported by Arts Council England.
Stroud District Council, Renishaw plc.
SIT is partnering with Stroud College , Museum in the Park Stroud and Manchester Metropolitan University
Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people’s lives. It supports a range of artistic activities from theatre to music, literature to dance, photography to digital art, and carnival to crafts. Great art inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves, and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2011 and 2015, Arts Council England will invest £1.4 billion of public money from government and a further £0.85 billion from the National Lottery to create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country
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