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[Recommends] YOUNG PROGRAMMERS FILM FESTIVAL - Call for submissions

[Recommends] YOUNG PROGRAMMERS FILM FESTIVAL - Call for submissions

Friday 27th Jan 2012

If you’re 13-21 and make films, please send them our way! Films selected for screening will be chosen by Young Programmers, a panel of 14-19 year olds based at They Eat Culture in Preston. They will be choosing their favourite films to be screened at Young Programmers Film Festival 2012 on March 3rd, and an overall winner will be announced within each category.

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The Title Art Prize [BLANKSPACE]

Upcoming Event: The Title Art Prize [BLANKSPACE]

Thursday 27 October 2011 (6-9pm) - Sunday 27 November 2011

BLANKSPACE, Manchester

To celebrate 5 years of supporting emerging practitioners, Blank Media Collective is launching an important new art prize in Manchester featuring the nation’s top emerging visual artists.

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[Exhibition Opportunity] Inside

[Exhibition Opportunity] Inside

Wednesday 3rd Aug 2011

Blank Media Collective invites emerging artists to submit works which trigger the collective subconscious of the viewing audience. Through immersing the participant within the viewing space, Inside explores the psychological connection between the audience and the work, demonstrating art’s ability to unsettle, move and disturb. Deadline Extended: 14 October 2011 (Midnight)

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[Opportunity] Host Your Exhibition / Event at BLANKSPACE

[Opportunity] Host Your Exhibition / Event at BLANKSPACE

Tuesday 5th Jul 2011

Blank Media Collective is delighted to offer emerging practitioners and groups the opportunity to host your exhibition or event at BLANKSPACE.

BLANKSPACE is proud to continue the great work set out by easaHQ during 2010 by offering emerging artists, groups and organisations the opportunity to come and use this iconic space. Whether it’s a solo/group exhibition, performance/rehearsal space, workshop, lecture, meeting or even a space to come and make your own work, BLANKSPACE is open to ideas.

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[Recommends] Ways of Looking 2011 - Call for Submissions

[Recommends] Ways of Looking 2011 - Call for Submissions

Monday 4th Jul 2011

Pop Up Art Space, Bradford is calling for submissions for an exhibition exploring the theme of Evidence.

Evidence can demonstrate something; it can be used to prove something. Evidence plays a role in the law, medicine, and science. There can be circumstantial evidence, direct evidence or evidence that suggests truth as opposed to evidence that proves truth.

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[Opportunity] The Title Art Prize

[Opportunity] The Title Art Prize

Thursday 9th Jun 2011

To celebrate 5 years of supporting emerging practitioners, Blank Media Collective is launching an important new art prize in Manchester. We are looking for exciting visual artists from the UK working within any medium, concept or scale to submit new works.

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[Recommends] Virgin Media Shorts

[Recommends] Virgin Media Shorts

Tuesday 10th May 2011

Now in its fourth year, Virgin Media Shorts is the only short film competition to give aspiring British filmmakers the opportunity to show their work to millions of people across the country on four screens – in cinema, on TV, online and on mobile.

This year’s competition closes on 7th July 2011, after which 12 shortlisted entries will be chosen to be shown in cinemas nationwide for a whole year. From this shortlist of 12, a Grand Prize winner will be chosen by our industry judging panel and film fans everywhere can vote for their favourite to win the People’s Choice Award.

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[Recommends] Call For Entries - Odd’s Mini Cine Picture Show

[Recommends] Call For Entries - Odd’s Mini Cine Picture Show

Sunday 3rd Apr 2011

The Picture Show is a monthly short film night in the heart of Manchester’s creative Northern Quarter. We invite filmmakers and artist’s at any level to show their mini movie masterpieces on the big screen. All we ask is that the work is a little bit ODD!

For our May event, we are proud to be included as part of the fringe of FutureEverything festival. FutureEverything is a festival of art, music and ideas that takes over Manchester 11-14 May 2011. As part of their fringe, we are hosting an evening dedicated to the celebrating the best of Northern talent!

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[Recommends] Festival Miden - Call for Entries

[Recommends] Festival Miden - Call for Entries

Thursday 10th Feb 2011

Video Art Festival Miden invites all video artists and video creators to participate in this year’s events, which will take place, like the past years, in public spaces at the Historic Centre of the city of Kalamata, Greece, in July 2011.

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Freedom From Selection | BLANKSPACE

Upcoming Event: Freedom From Selection | BLANKSPACE

Thursday 24 February 2011 - Sunday 6 March 2011

BLANKSPACE, Manchester

Freedom From Selection forms an investigation into the area of human biology from a group of five contemporary artists. Practitioners consider the ways in which their own act of ‘making’ can relate to the extensive research and experimentation that lead scientists to uncover new and often radical theories, cures and discoveries.

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