CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Video screening

We are seeking films to screen as part of a visual arts exhibition:
Why I Ride: The Art of Bicycling in New York



EXHIBITION DATES
May 3–27, 2006

Your video should be no longer than five minutes long and fit into
the theme “Why I Ride”. 

We are encouraging and hoping for a very diverse slate of works.
From novices picking up a camera for the first time all the way on up
to professional videographers and filmmakers. All films submitted will
at least be shown at one of the venues on a loop.

Please feel free to profile your favorite cyclist, commuter, messenger,
activist, racer, bike group, delivery person, etc. OR yourself! What keeps
you or your subject going?  What inspires them?  What drew them to cycling
in the first place? Is it that early AM sunshine when you ride?  Or the thrill
of walking into an office wearing bike gear?  Is it the people?  The challenge
of traffic?  Or visiting the beach on weekends?  The possibilities and topics
are limitless. Please include in your video the text “Why I Ride” at least once.
The exhibition will showcase artists inspired by the freedom and mobility that
the bicycle makes possible in a congested metropolis like New York City.
These artists view interactions with neighbors and strangers — both friendly
and otherwise — as preferable to the isolation that grows out of our sprawling,
auto-dependent environment.

The exhibit will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with essays,
a Web site, bike tour, and other events in addition to the film screening.
Additional art work will be posted on our Web site to demonstrate the
stylistic richness and variety of people who ride bikes in New York City.
May has been designated as Bike Month by the city government.

Films will be screened at one of the spaces below, and another venue to be arranged.



EXHIBITION LOCATIONS
(Please send correspondence to whyiride@mindspring.com, not the spaces below. Thanks.)

Lower Eastside Girls Club gallery/cafe
56 E. 1st St.

Bicycle Habitat
244 Lafayette St.

NYC Velo
64 Second Ave.

Trackstar
231B Eldridge St.



*Note: Applicants outside NYC or the United States are welcome; however,
your film should relate to the theme of the exhibit: “Why I ride a bike in NYC.”
Applicants retain 100% of the rights to their work. We will put all submissions
on a video loop that will run at one of the art spaces (although we reserve
the right to reject entries for any reason.) We expect to secure a one-night
showing at a theater and/or have an outdoor film night at a TBD location near
the end of May/early June. Please note that not all videos may be chosen for
the film night event(s). In addition, submitted videos are eligible to be shown
on the cable-access program bikeTV.

www.biketv.org

Please feel free to submit your video to any other festivals, including those in NYC.



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