Category: Film

Call for Submissions for Exhibition closes 4 November 2011 This exhibition will be used to examine interactions between humans, technology, and biology, with the aim of re-invigorating the social, cultural and environmental value of non-human life. Artworks that contain / deal with “wet biology” are encouraged, ethics /quarantine clearance must also be confirmed if this is required.  The exhibition will be held at the Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. Please email word documents and Jpegs  to Donna Franklin at donna_franki@yahoo.com,  including an Artist Statement, 300 word Biography, contact details and a photograph of proposed work or previous workt for further information.  The Exhibition will run for two weeks in either May or June 2012.
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June 21, 2011 7:00 pm

Explore the tensions expressed through art, from land rights to climate change, activism to historical preservation and the schism of place to create new meaning.

A panel of experts – Monash Gallery of Art curator Sephen Zagala and arists Julie Gough, Ash Keating and Deborah Kelly – will explore art and film works that make bold statements through their landscapes. More Info

The TAC’s Make a Film Make a Difference (MAFMAD) competition is looking for two young Victorians to create a short film about looking after their mates on the road.

Budding filmmakers aged up to 25 years old have until 20 June to submit their ideas on the 2011 theme, Party in the Car.

The best two short film ideas will receive a $20,000 production budget and the help of mentors to produce their film, plus $5,000 prize money. The winning films will be shown online and at music festivals next summer.

More info go to www.mafmad.com.au

Time has moved on and what was once the problem of The Boiling Frog has now become the nightmare of The Steaming Toad. This is climate science at the edge of the stove. In this series, Australia’s foremost frogman, H.G. Nelson, is joined swamp-side by the Professor of Disaster Modelling at Lameroo University, Professor Amanda Keller. Join them as they go head to head with some of the world’s the leading thinkers on climate science.

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CLIMARTE is inviting YOU to produce a creative, inspiring and engaging thirty second or one minute video showing why we need a carbon tax to put a price on carbon pollution.

We will place accepted videos on our website and send them on to politicians, policy makers, artists and arts institutions. We might even be able to get one onto TV! The deadline is the end of June More Information