Public Screening of Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize Films
Times Square at Duffy Square – New York
12/17/09

Babelgum and Times Square Alliance present public screenings of nine winning art videos from the Babelgum Metropolois Art Prize, an international competition for the edgiest video artists from around the world. Actress and video artist Isabella Rossellini, who served as head judge for the contest, will kick off the event with the premiere of “Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair,” a short by Rossellini and Guy Maddin.

The event takes place from 7 to 8 p.m. in Times Square at Duffy Square, 47th and Broadway adjacent to TKTS Booth. Screens featuring the art videos include Fox News Corp (43rd St. and Broadway), MTV (Broadway between 46th and 47th Sts.) and Clear Channel/CNN (47th St. and 7th Ave).

Check out this VBS.tv interview of Guy Maddin:

About the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize: Launched in September 2009, the competition sought videos, of no more than 5 minutes in length, representing the work of the best and edgiest artists working in any medium, from performance art, painting and photography to sculpture, installation and new media. Over 450 individual entries from five continents were received and are available for viewing at the contest website. “The Metropolis Grand Art Prize ($20,000 grand prize)” and “The Best Street Art Video ($5,000 grand prize)” were determined by an illustrious judging panel led by iconic art-house actress and video artist Isabella Rossellini, and including Lee Wells, the Curator-at-Large for the SCOPE Art Fair and Co-founding Director of the video art archive Perpetual Art Machine and Cedar Lewisohn, Curator of the Tate Modern gallery’s groundbreaking Street Art (2008) exhibition. Babelgum’s online and mobile community voted to determine “The Audience Award ($5,000 grand prize).” The Prize is presented in association with SCOPE International Contemporary Art Show, Perpetual Art Machine and the Times Square Alliance.

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http://www.babelgum.com/metropolisartprize

via EM Staff, 14 December 2009 1:16pm | |