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EUROPE in your eyes

Official Announcement for e=mc25

This is the first Official Announcement aimed at all European artists or residents of any European country which are developing artistic and/or experimental on new technology.

Those works produced by teams composed of artists from different countries will be favourably considered.

The slogan for this official announcement is: EUROPE in your eyes

emclab is a european digital plataform to the experimentation and the development of art projects on new technologies.

- This plataform has as an fundamental objective the connection, in simultaneous and real time, among the 25 Capitals of the EU ,Santa Cruz of Tenerife, Bilbao and other cities for the presentation of the projects selected, through satellites of communication, teams of television and internet and screens of gigantic projection installed in the streets of the participating cities.

- Will Be available a DATES-ART with information of artists, institutions, Centers of Art and of European production for the establishment of
collaborative bonds.

GENERAL REGULATIONS
- Works/projects must have been produced after January 1st, 2005.
- The number of works/projects is not limited.
- Projects may be presented in any language. The translate must be included in Spanish or English, in case of being selected.
- The organization may use parts of the works for media broadcasting, within the promotional framework of e=mc25
- Following the process of selection, all participants will be notified in writing of the result, and the required presentation formats of their work.
- Authors will be responsible for copyright of their works.
- Works/projects selected will be exhibited in e=mc25
- A catalogue will be produced in Spanish and English, including all the works /projects.
- Artists with works selected shall agree to assign a copy to e=mc25, which may be used in the subsequent exhibitions.
- The organization is not responsible for the content of works in order to preserve freedom.

- Submission of a works/projects implies the acceptance of these regulations.

-The cities conecction to be at spring 2008

ENTRY
All submissions must be received by June 30th, 2007.

-The works should be sent by registered on line. [form on line]

-Post adress :

emc25.org
EUROPE in your eyes

c/Méndez Nuñez 102,6D
38001 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
España

SELECTION AND JURY
- Works presented will be selected by a committee of international expert/ace in art and new technologies.

- Jury's decision is final, and is not open to appeal.

SELECTED WORKS must include:
- Project description
- Technical credits.
- Technical requirements for its showing.
- Two colour photographs of every work/project sent.
- A short biography of author/ team, medialab or representative organization.
- A transcript of work/project in Spanish or English.
- All works must include in their front page: the work's title, the delivery address, and the data of author or representative organization.
- In case of not providing a correct delivery address, the organization will not be responsible for the works.

- Subsequently to the execution of the journey through the 25 Capitals of the EU and other European cities, will be announced the European Congress of artists and experts for the debate and the reflection on technological and digital art al object to devise proposals that contribute to invigorate the sector.

- In parallel, will be proposed to the European institutions the assignment of budgets for the development of artistic projects that link to the five continents.

We thank to all the participants the confidence in this platform.