SEMINAR FOR WRITING

Tender for workshop No. 6
Video Essay

Tutors: Zemira Alajbegović and Neven Korda (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
June 20-July 3, 2007
SCCA Project room, Metelkova 6, Ljubljana, and selected locations

Deadline for entries: Monday, June 18, 2007

Compared to other media, the advantage of a video essay on a certain visual arts event (exhibition, installation etc.) lies in that it possesses the capability to present the event to spectators either in part or in its entirety, with the possibility to present at once the authors, curators and others involved. The textual part is therefore usually brief: the information, opinion, or comment should be neither extensive nor verbally saturated. The way the event is shot is however important, as well as how we choose the images out of the recorded material; how we combine them with statements and off-texts; in other words, what is the relation between the picture and the script in shaping up the essay.

Within the frame of the workshop, the participants will work on all the phases of the making of video essay. We will shoot selected event in collaboration with the camera person, then write a script, choose the interlocutors and finally edit the essay, either alone or in collaboration with an editor, and put music and titles on it.

The Workshop on Functional Video will run in the frame of the Video Essay Workshop. It will present in theory and practice the conceptual background and the principle of editing.

The subject of video essay is LabSus, the concluding experimental project of the World of Art Laboratorium, that will take place from June 23 to June 29 in Škuc Gallery.

More:
www.worldofart.org/current/laboratorium/labsus

Schedule

June 20 (Wednesday) and June 21 (Thursday)
16.00-19.00
Workshop on Functional Video - editing and post-production, part 1
Lecture: Some basic information on video recordings and their mutual conversion in relation to two basic purposes of work with video: managing video and its distribution. Elaborating on basic concepts of managing video material. The key terms i.e. technologies in the field of video enacted by those terms.

June 22 (Friday)
12.00: Press conference LabSus
Following the press conference: discussion on the subject of the video; writing the script and organising work. Getting acquainted with the rules of shooting and editing, with possible mistakes, etc.

June 23-29 (Saturday-Friday)
Shooting on location (app. two hours daily, depending on the arrangement, script and programme)

June 30-July 3 (Saturday-Tuesday)
Functional Video Workshop - editing and post-production, part 2
Post-production: writing and reading the text, editing the piece, viewing the finished pieces and discussing on them

April 14 (Saturday)
10.00-14.00 Presentation of the written texts
14.00-15.30 Break
15.30-17.30 Division in groups and discussion of the written texts
17.30-19.00 Groups get together and present their remarks and conclusions

The workshop will be led in English language.

Tutors

Neven Korda is an artist in the field of performative and projected art. He is director and author of theatre performances, author movies, documentaries, video clips. He is tutor and executor of workshops on functional video. He is also active in the field of archiving and preserving video recordings.
More: www.korda-art.si

Zemira Alajbegović is a director, scriptwriter and journalist. She received her B.A. at the Faculty of Sociology, Politology and Journalism in Ljubljana. She is author of short movies, documentaries and TV programmes in the field of arts and culture.

The price of the workshop is 20 euros for individuals and 30 euros for representatives of institutions (the price includes VAT). The copy of paid receipt is a precondition for participation in the workshop. The number of available places is limited to ten participants.

Deadline for entries: Monday, June 18, 2007

The entry should be either e-mailed to svetumetnosti@scca-ljubljana.si, mailed to the mailing address or brought in person to: Zavod SCCA-Ljubljana, Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Office hours: 11.00-15.00

Contact:
Zavod SCCA-Ljubljana (office hours: 11.00-15.00)
Contact persons: Tevž Logar or Saša Nabergoj
Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Tel: +386 41 367 425, Fax +386 1 430 06 29,
e-mail: svetumetnosti@scca-ljubljana.si

SCCA-Ljubljana is a member of Asociacija, the association of non-government organisations and independent creators in the field of culture and art in Slovenia.