Thursday 06 December 2007 11:46:05 am

2008 CULTURAS - Intercultural Dialogue Exhibition and Awards

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The State Society for Cultural Commemorations, under the aegis of the Spanish Ministry of Culture, presents 2008 CULTURAS, the Exhibition and Awards for the Intercultural Dialogue of Short Films, Music, Photography, Video Art and Net.art, an event celebrating the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. This competition was conceived for the purpose of highlighting the aspects, concepts, themes, ideas and problems inherent in dialogue between cultures from the creators’ point of view. The Ministry of Culture will invite other international institutions to join in this initiative.

1. THEMES
The creations must respond to at least one of the 5 themes selected by the curators, which are as follows:

- BORDERS. A walled world
- JOURNEYS. In search of paradise
- LANGUAGES. Zeros and ones
- COORDINATES. Stages of change
- MARKED. Star and stigma

2. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
Creators of any age from around the world can participate in 2008 CULTURAS.

3. SUBMISSION OF PIECES TO THE COMPETITION
Pieces will be submitted via the web page www.2008culturas.com. Each participant may present as many pieces as he or she wishes within any of the five selected themes and formats described below. The piece must have been made directly by the creator, who must own all rights on the same without any restrictions or limitations.

4. SUBMISSION TIMELINE
Pieces may be submitted from 15 November 2007 to 31 March 2008, both dates included.

5. REGISTRATION FORM
The registration form that must be filled out by participants can be found on the web page. All fields are mandatory. If the piece was created by more than one person, each creator must include their fiscal identification number, national identity document or passport number and indicate their respective degrees of participation.

For more information, please see the 2008 CULTURAS website:

http://www.2008culturas.com