Hello Experimenters!
I’m back after a long break to move! I am still partially living out of boxes and getting settled in my new digs, but I’m figuring out this new routine. I missed all of you while I was away. Drop me a line! Let me know what you’ve been up to.
On my end: I’ve got new students who are truly delightful, I’m working out of the first office that I don’t have to share with colleagues (though let it be known that my last set of officemates were a joy), and I’m taking full advantage of the fresh food options in my less urban digs. In short, things are good, I’m working hard, and–best of all–I like the work.
You’ve probably noticed that this is coming to you on a Tuesday instead of Monday. It turns out that my Monday/Wednesday teaching schedule makes it difficult to mail out on our normal day. I think it’s fair to say that this is going out on Tuesdays this Fall.
In solidarity,
Gabby
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Emergency Funds
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Filmmaker’s Guide To Applying For US Coronavirus Federal Relief
Emergency Resources for Artists and Freelancers
COVID-19 Funding for Artists in New England
PCA COVID-19 NEA Emergency Grants
Calls for Entry
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Regular Deadline August 31st (TODAY)
Ann Arbor Film Festival Regular Deadline August 31st (TODAY)
Moinho Cine Fest due August 31st (TODAY)
Aesthetica due August 31st (TODAY)
Swedenborg Film Festival Deadline September 1st
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival Earlybird Deadline September 1st
This is Not an Art Competition due September 1st
MONSTERFUCKERS due September 1st
Decolonising Film & Screen Studies due September 1st
The 2021 Film And Video Poetry Symposium Deadline September 4th
Kinoskop Regular Deadline September 5th
Calling all Artists: Macabre due September 5th
Sundance Film Festival Regular Deadline (Features) September 6th
Ignite Street Food & Fire Festival due September 7th
Freedom for Free due September 7th
Light Matter Film Festival due September 10th
Festival Prisme #4 Deadline September 13th
Punto de Vista due September 19th
IFFR Deadline September 22nd
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival Earlybird September 24th
World Cyanotype Day 2021 due September 25th
Call Out to Curators for FAB Festival 2022 due September 26th
RISC due September 30th
EURASIA PHOTO CONTEST due September 30th
Biennale della Fotografia Femminile due September 30th
SPLICE Film Fest Early Bird Deadline September 30th
Moinho Cine Fest due September 30th
Political Statement due October 7th
Images Festival due October 15th
Thomas Edison Film Festival Regular Deadline October 15th
ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival: BLUE/S! Regular Deadline October 23rd
VII nodoCCS Video Festival 2021 due October 30th
Experiments in Cinema Regular Deadline November 1st
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival Regular Deadline November 10th
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival Regular Deadline November 26th
SPLICE Film Fest Regular Deadline December 24th
World Channel Nonfiction Millennium Film Journal
Exploding Cinema Joker Joker TV
Open Residencies & Fellowships
Romanian Association of Contemporary Art Residency due August 31st (TODAY)
Franconia due September 1st
BAICC due September 5th
AirLand due September 10th
Princeton Arts Fellow due September 14th
HAMBIDGE RESIDENCIES – Spring 22 due September 15th
The Loisaida Center Emerging Artist Residency
SomoS Berlin Virtual Artist Residency
Open Funds
AXS Film Fund due September 17th
Black Artists Grant (UK)
Things to Watch
Remains to be Streamed, IG Live (Ongoing, Tuesdays 8PM PT)
Grace O’Connell: New Materials (September 2nd 12 PM PT)
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters (September 1st – 6th)
Happy Valley by Simon Liu (August 26th – September 9th)
Int. Landscapes by Daniel & Clara
Double Reflection by Wang Chun Hong
My father at grandma’s funeral by Jhan Bo-jyun
Laleh Khorramian’s Epic Animations
How to Raise a Black Boy by Justice Jamal Jones
Things to Read
Article/Essay: Rachel Remick: The Manipura Sanctum And The Practice of Care
Book Recommendation: This is (Still) Not a Solution by The Sustainable Darkroom
Poem: Becoming Seventy by Joy Harjo
Things to Do
Assignment: It’s time to learn that thing you’ve been meaning to learn! You know the one that I mean. Maybe it’s a household chore you’ve been putting off learning or a feather you’ve been meaning to put into your creative cap. For my part, I’m going to start experimenting with cyanotypes after looking at others’ attempts with envy. What’s the thing you’ve been meaning to learn/try? Who can help you figure it out?
Journal: As we approach the ninth month of this 12 month calendar, take a moment to take stock. What have you done this year? What books have you read? Who have you spent time with? What have you done creatively? Try not to think of this as a checklist or all accomplishment oriented. Try to think of how you’ll remember this year in a few years time. What does this year mean to you?
