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Focus Iran 2: Contemporary Photography and Video

Craft & Folk Art Museum   /   Deadline: 08/08/16

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Focus Iran 2: Contemporary Photography and Video is a biennial juried international exhibition of photography and video organized by the Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) in Los Angeles and the Farhang Foundation to showcase living artists whose works explore themes related to Iranian culture & heritage. The exhibition is an opportunity to facilitate the identification and development of emerging and mid-career photographers and media artists.

The exhibition will feature approximately 40 photographs and videos in a group exhibition to take place at the Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) between January 29 and May 7, 2017 and at University of California, Irvine's Viewpoint Gallery between September 16 and October 13, 2017. Selected artists will be determined from among all eligible entries received and reviewed by a panel of qualified judges. The jurors will consider pertinence to Iranian culture, skill, artistic vision, and impact in the selection process.

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Fees

Free

Eligibility

International artists 18 years of age and older are invited to apply between June 1 and August 8, 2016. There is no entry fee to participate, and submissions will be accepted through the free online service CaFÉ at http://www.callforentry.org

Requirements

Open to international artists, 18 years of age and older.

Only digital format photographs and videos are eligible. Video length: 9 minutes or less

Maximum of one (1) photographic work OR one (1) video/new media work per artist is accepted.

Each entry must be the original work of the participating artist, and they must be the sole owner of the copyright of such entry.

Employees and their immediate families (defined as spouses, parents, siblings, children, grandparents and in-laws) and any members of their households employed by CAFAM or Farhang Foundation, or any of its affiliates, parent corporations, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, are not eligible to participate.

All entries and payments must be received between 12:01AM PST (Pacific Standard Time) on June 1, 2016 and 11:59PM PST (Pacific Standard Time) on August 8, 2016. Any entries and/or payments submitted before the Competition Start or after the Final Deadline automatically will be void.

Photograph size maximum: 36 inches on the longest side. Photograph size minimum: 12 inches on the shortest side.

All entries will be processed through CaFÉ. Please do not send your entry to the CAFAM or Farhang Foundation. CaFÉ is free for artists to use. Create an account, upload your images, and select the images to enter into Focus Iran 2. Directions for uploading photos and video to CaFÉ are noted below.

Upload options for photography:

File format: JPEG only
File dimensions: No smaller than 1920 pixels on the longest side
File resolution: 72 ppi/dpi (standard web resolution)
File size: All digital files must be 3 MB or smaller
Upload options for video files:

File formats: 3GP, WMV, AVI, MOV, ASF, MPG, MP4, M2T, MKV, M2TS
Resolution: minimum 640 x 480, maximum 1920 x 1080
Aspect ratio: 4:3 or 16:9
Bit rate: recommended above 240 kbps
Frame rate: minimum 12 fps, recommended 30 fps. The frame rate of the original video should be maintained without re-sampling. In particular, pull down and other frame rate re-sampling techniques are strongly discouraged.
Codec: h.264, h.263, mpeg-1, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, Windows Media Video, and motion jpeg mpeg-1 muxed, Apple Lossless
Container: 3gp, asf, avi, mov, mpeg, mpeg-2, mp4, ogg
File size: 100 MB maximum

ARTIST NOTIFICATION AND DELIVERY OF ARTWORK

Finalists will be notified by email on or approximately October 17, 2016. Selected photographs and videos will be printed and framed or transferred to DVD by CAFAM for exhibition display.

Selected artists will be required to send a high-resolution copy of their selected work to Focus Iran’s Hightail account (link to be provided). Photographs must be sized to be 36-inches on the longest side (i.e. 36x20, 36x24, or 36x36) @ 300 DPI, saved either as a TIFF or a Photoshop file. Videos must be saved and uploaded as MP4 or MOV files @720p resolution with h.264 encoding. All works must be uploaded to Hightail no later than 11:59PM PST on October 28, 2016; a late submission may result in disqualification.

Finalists who are unable to meet the above requirements must contact Sasha Ali (sasha@cafam.org) at the museum to make alternative arrangements. Non-compliance with this time period or with these Rules of Entry may result in disqualification.

CALENDAR

Submission period:
Between 12:01AM Pacific Time on June 1, 2016 and 11:59PM Pacific Time on August 8, 2016

Judging period:
August 15

Awards

Approximately 40 selected photographs and videos will be displayed in a group exhibition to take place at the Craft & Folk Art Museum from January 29 to May 7, 2016.

Evaluation Criteria

A qualified panel of jurors will consider each photograph or video submission's according to:

- Technical Excellence
- Content (How well the work relates to Iranian culture and heritage)
- Composition/Structure
- Impact

Only digital format entries will be eligible, with a maximum of (1) one photograph OR (1) one video entry per artist.

Contact Information

Sasha Ali
5814 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, 90036

W: https://www.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=3485
E: sasha@cafam.org