Call for Entries

Optica, International Festival of Video Art Location: Gijon, Asturias, Spain Contact: Jose Ramon Gonzalez, enquiries@opticafestival.com Deadline: July 29 2007 Exhibition date: November 16 2007 - November 18 2007 Dear friend,

The purpose of this message is to inform you that we have already begun to
work on Optica 2007, International Festival of Video Art. Optica' s aim,
organized by the cultural collective Interferencias, is the promotion of
audiovisual culture. After the past edition, Optica presents with new
forces, waiting to become one of the principals join points for the
dialogue with the video-art. The Festival will take place in the city of
Gijon (Asturias, Spain) from November 16th to 18th. For further
information about the last edition, consult www.opticafestival.com

Optica 2007 is divided into different sections: independent artists,
galleries, documentary section, meetings with artists, performances and
parties.

Note for galleries.- Optica Festival offers the opportunity of presenting
new video works by emerging and established artists. The participation is
through invitation and it is free of charges.

If you' re inside the world of the video art: independent artist, gallery
owner, institution, curator..., it would be a pleasure to be able to count
on your participation in our programme. To that end, we' d like to invite
you to submit a proposal for this third edition.

The deadline for receiving works is 29th of July. Among all the works
received, the Festival Jury will select four, which will be awarded with
the prizes for Best Video Artworks, Optica 2007.

Optica' s Awards 2006:
Independent Artist Award: Jerry King-Musser (USA)
Gallery Award: Jan Fabr, Galerie MAM (Austria)
Optica Special Award: Carlos Cid Ruiz, Rafael Prez Hernando Gallery
(Spain) Jury Special Award: Mariana Vassileva, Galerie DNA (Germany)

General enquiries can be made via e-mail at enquiries@opticafestival.com

Thank you for your attention. Best regards, awaiting your reply.

Optica Festival 2007
www.opticafestival.com

Delivery address:
Optica, International Festival of Video Art
Department of Communication / Departamento de Comunicacin
P.O. Box 529. 33201 Gijn. Asturias.
Spain / Espaa
T.: +34 699 78 30 61
www.opticafestival.com

URL: www.opticafestival.com