Open Call SMCK ON REEL 2023, Civilization Rebooted at ROJW (Romanian Jewelry Week)

"If our civilization perishes, or dies in a nuclear accident or war, how will it re-emerge?"

This year's SMCK On Reel festival title “Civilization Rebooted” addresses today's most pressing issues such as climate change, environmental pollution, war, fear, death, totalitarianism, censorship, propaganda on the one hand, and recycling, renaissance, social justice, democracy, new values and new aesthetics on the other hand.
Create and send your video, reel or short film based on a personal narrative, story or statement that reflects the title/topic of Civilization Rebooted.

Accepted videos for SMCK On Reel / Civilization Rebooted will be screened during the triple edition of Romanian Jewelry Week in:

• 30 June – 2 July, Timisoara / ISHO  European Capital of Culture '23.
• 17 – 31 August,  Chisinau / the National Museum of History of Moldova - Chisinau.
• 4 – 8 October, Bucharest / ROJW in the National Library of Romania Bucharest.
 
In addition, all videos will be presented on the SMCK On Reel website. SMCK On Reel / Civilization Rebooted at Romanian Jewelry Week will also be featured in SMCK Magazine's #9 coming out in October 2023.

Individual artists, initiatives or groups working in the field of jewelry art, object, performance, fashion, textile, applied arts or crafts, are welcome to apply. Videos can be filmed with professional video equipment or simply with a mobile phone – what matters is the story or message.
 
Reels - the art of the moving image - unfold the artist's narrative and allow the public to better understand the maker's background, work and message. Reels and storytelling are particularly important to highlight the meaning of the objects presented.

More than 100 international jewelry artists, designers, art institutions and collectives participated in SMCK On Reel 2022 and 2023 – in Munich, Vilnius, Bucharest, Leipzig, Hamburg. They have created amazing video short films - artworks in their own right.


- How to participate:
 
1st Category: Artists, Designers, Crafters
Submit a video (max. 3 minutes – in exceptional cases longer) you made in the last three years, along with a short biography and weblink.
Participation fee: 120,00 euros, payable in one or two instalments.
No application fee is charged. See technical details below.
 
2nd Category: Institutions, Galleries, Art & Design Schools
Submit a video (max. 3 minutes – in exceptional cases longer)  you made in the last three years, along with a web link.
Participation fee: 175,00 euros, payable in one or two instalments.
No application fee is charged. See technical details below.
 
- Technical details for your submission:
 
1. Video
• Make sure that you have sent us your original video file (not only the video link).
• The video file should be in the highest possible resolution (1920x1080px /  1080x1080  etc. / HD). We accept the video formats: mp4, mpeg4, m4v, mov.
• Your video needs to have a title (usually at the start) and the film credits (usually at the end of the video). Film credits may contain the artist's name, assistants, sound/music, and website link...
 
2. Statement & Bio
• Please send us a short statement/text about your video with a maximum of 120 words.
• Please also send us a (very) short bio with a maximum of 120 words.
 
3. Photo(s)
• Send us a minimum of one photo/maximum of up to 4 photos of your jewelry work for SMCK Magazine and the SMCK On Reel website.
• The photo(s) have/has to be of good quality and in the highest possible resolution.
• Along with your photo(s), please send the captions, including title, year, category (brooch, necklace, etc.) material, technique of the work - plus the name of the photographer.
 
Send your application to: magazine@smck.org

Attachments smaller than 20MB can be sent directly via e-mail. For files larger than 20MB, please use any file-sharing service (WeTransfer etc.). Please try to compile the requested material in one file.

Deadline for submissions is Sunday 18 June 2023.

LINKS:
SMCK ON REEL jewelry video festival Website
Christoph Ziegler and Loukia Richards Interview for ROJW
SMCK ON REEL Romanian Jewelry Week 2022