WORLD OF ART, School of Contemporary Arts
www.worldofart.org
Year 2007/08

SEMINAR
Workshop No. 4

Video Essay
23. 6. - 8. 7. 2008

Tutors: Zemira Alajbegović Pečovnik and Neven Korda
SCCA Project room, Metelkova 6, Ljubljana and selected locations

ATTENTION: Application deadline is extended till Thursday, June 19th!
Please see changes of the workshop dates as well!

The workshop's objective is to introduce workshop participants with theory and practice of video essay in the field of culture and art.

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.

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.

Subject of the video essay will be Visiting Artist, final project of WoA Laboratorium of Curatorial Practices, within which this year's participants host Romanian artist Mircea Nicolae at Metelkova mesto between May 27th - June 27th. The opening of the final exhibition will take place in Alkatraz Gallery on Friday, June 27th, 2008.

Schedule:

June 23rd (Monday), SCCA Project Room, Metelkova 6.
3 pm - 6 pm
Workshop on Functional Video - theory, part I
Overview of TV broadcasts on cultural and art events. Discussion on the subject of the video, writing the script and organising work.

June 24th (Tuesday) - June 27th (Friday), Metelkova Mesto.
Shooting on location depending on arrangement (appr. four hours in four days, depending on the script, program of visiting artist and including opening of the exhibition)

July 7th (Monday) and July 8th (Tuesday), SCCA Project room, Metelkova 6.
12 am - 3 pm
Workshop on Functional Video - editing and post-production, part II
Post-production: writing and reading the text, editing the piece, viewing the finished pieces and discussion

Zemira Alajbegović Pečovnik 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.

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 at www.korda-art.si

The price is 20 EUR for individuals and 30 EUR for representatives of institutions. The copy of paid receipt is a precondition for participation in the workshop. The number of available places is limited to 10 participants.

Application deadline is extended till Thursday, June 19th!

Application procedure:
Send the electronic application form along with your CV and motivation letter (max. 800 caracters) to our e-mail: svetumetnosti@scca-ljubljana.si

Contact:
Contact person: Maja Lozić
Zavod SCCA-Ljubljana (office hours: 11.00-15.00)
Metelkova 6
1000 Ljubljana
Tel: +386 41 367 425
Fax +386 1 430 06 29
e-mail: svetumetnosti@scca-ljubljana.si