[artinfo] Urban Research 2014 OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

[Klaus W. Eisenlohr]

Urban Research 2014 OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Urban Research is a special film program during 
the Berlin International Directors Lounge 
concerned with urban themes curated by Klaus W. 
Eisenlohr. For years the urban landscape has been 
under rapid change. Due to the increased economic 
pressure and shift towards mono-functional uses 
of the city, public space more and more vanishes. 
The newly awakened interest in old city centers, 
which is a rather positive development, has also 
created new demands in conjunction with the 
deregulations of national and municipal city 
tasks: the city has mainly become an object for 
real estate investment. On the other hand, new 
waves for urban movements towards a democratic 
renewal have appeared.

It may be surprising that in this field of 
creative expression, experimental film has found 
a renaissance, often in conjunction with analog 
methods. Also a diversity of documentary forms 
have arisen anew. Creative film nowadays uses a 
multitude of traditions mixing and recombining 
the white-cube gallery art, classical 
avant-garde, classic cinema and the tube, 
performance and new media, happening and radical 
activism. Concerning creative production and 
critical discussions, there seems to have been an 
increased interest in public space and urban 
themes. In addition the classical "theatre 
screening" seems to meet a new interest. Artists 
working in a diversity of fields have discovered 
again the "single channel" format as an easy way 
for presentation and discussing work on 
international platforms without the complications 
and the distribution costs of extended 
installations.

Urban Research 2014 will be first presented at 
the Berlin International Directors Lounge 6-16 
February 2014. The program has also been 
presented internationally in screenings in 
London, Mannheim, Hannover, Poznan, Freiburg, 
Essen, Dordrecht, Senigallia, St. Petersburg and 
Berlin.

Your Submission here:
http://urban-research.eu/DL2014/framesCall.html

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http://urban-research.eu/DL2014/framesCall.html
http://www.richfilm.de/

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Klaus W. Eisenlohr, Osnabrücker Str. 25, D-10589 Berlin, Germany



email:			klaus at richfilm.de
and film production:		http://www.richfilm.de


phone:			int.- 49 - 30 - 3409 5343 (BERLIN)