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International Video Art Competition AQUART

Exhibition & Award Ceremony:

Athens Greece

Postponed for 2011

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Our life in Earth's Oceans in Year 2100 - Inspiration

Socioeconomic Issues

Nutrition and Health

Sustainability:

  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Biodiversity
Dream-Myth-Ambience
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Earth 2100:

Socio-Economic issues

How humanity is going to live in Earth's oceans?

Is the technology going to provide living habitats for future generations?

Will ocean communities be a way to escape conflicts on land?

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Earth 2100:

Nutrition & Health

Are the oceans going to feed the world?

Will Ocean Aquaculture feed the ever increasing human population?

Will Omega 3-HUFA in sea food bring better health and quality of life?

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Earth 2100: Energy Sources

Will oceanic renewable energy sources going to sustain the world?

Will wind, solar, tidal and wave oceanic resources bring the solution?

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Earth 2100: Biodiversity

Will sea creature, plants and habitats be protected?

Are we going to sustain the oceanic biodiversity treasure?

Are the oceans going to provide future molecules and chemicals to prolong quality of life and combat major diseases?

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Earth 2100: Climate

Will Gulf Stream slow down going to affect climate in North Europe?

Will technology resolve green house effect?

Will the Great Ocean Conveyor going to continue to regulate Global Climate?

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Earth 2100:

Dream-Myth-Ambience

Will humans be able to adapt to underwater living conditions?

Will we learn to communicate with dolphins and whales?

Will we discover that Atlantis was not a myth?

 

Concept

"Art is always the vehicle to bring dream and vision for mankind"
AQUARK invites Artists to imagine, visualize and present an optimistic vision of our life in the oceans in 2100.

HISTORY
  • The competition officially opened on February 10th 2008.
  • First round of Registrations closed in April 20th 2008
  • The First Round for submission of the videos ended on April 30th 2008

SUBMISSIONS to date

We would like to thank Artists from Greece, Spain, Romania, Italy, Canada, USA, Philippines, Venezuela, Netherlands and Israel that submitted their works. Some of these works were selected by the AQUART Committee and are going to be displayed soon for public voting on the AQUART - Virtual Gallery site. Several artists from Nigeria, India and China expressed intense interest to participate but lack of time to prepare their works due to short period allowed in the first submission period.

FOR TECHNICAL REASONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL THE AQUART is postponed for 2011



DEADLINES

  • AQUART Video Art Competition is postponed to 2011 !
  • NEW Deadlines WILL BE announced late 2010 !

AWARDS

Official Award Ceremony:

To be announced in late 2010 !!

  • First Award:        5.000 Euros
  • Second Award:  3.000 Euros
  • Third Award:       1.500 Euros

Public Award Ceremony:

To be announced in late 2010 !!

  • First Award:        2.000 Euros
  • Second Award:  1.500 Euros
  • Third Award:       1.000 Euros

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?


All Video artists could apply through the web site www.ourlifeintheoceans.com

AQUART International Video Art Competition is postponed to 2011!

For future registrations artists will be informed late 2010!!

   Committee


Y.Kolokotronis

Yannis Kolokotronis

imageProfessor of History of Art
Curator 1st AQUART.

Dr. Yannis Kolokotronis was born in Athens, in 1962. He is Professor of Art History at the Democritus University of Thrace (dept. of Architectural Engineering).

He has supervised a number of exhibitions in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Sweden and France.   Read More...

D.Koutsiabasakos

Dimitris Koutsabasiakos

imageFilm Director - Best New Coming Director 2006 - Thessaloniki Film Festival
Dimitris Koutsiabasakos was born in 1967.
From 1984 to 1986 he was a member of the Theatrical Group of Volos.
In 1988, for a year, he undergoes an intensive course of the Russian language at the Lomonoshov University in Moscow.
In 1989, after successful exams, he is accepted at the Pan-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (V.G.I.K.), in the Film Direction Section.   Read More...

D.Christofilogiannis

Dionisis Christofilogiannis

imageArtist

Born in Greece in 1973
At present live in Cluj Napoca - Romania

EDUCATION
2006 Master of Arts in Cluj- Napoca in Painting, Romania
present PhD of Arts in Cluj- Napoca in Painting, Romania
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M.Santorineos

Manthos Santorineos

imageArtist - Researcher
Assistant Professor in the Athens School of Fine Arts (Multimedia-Hypermedia Laboratory) www.medialab.asfa.gr/santorineos/en
Founder and Artistic Director of the FOURNOS Centre for Digital Culture www.fournos-culture.gr and the Mediaterra International Festival www.mediaterra.org
He is taking action, both on practical and theoretical level, on issues concerning Digital Culture.

G.Rostas

Gabriela Rostas

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PR coordinator at the University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.


Dr. Gabriela Rostas was born in Cluj in 1970.

She studied visual arts and worked in newspapers, as well as Radio and TV producer.She is the coordinator in Romania for the “The One Minutes Festival”. She participated and was awarded in several film festivals   Read More...

Videos

Dolphin playing 1

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Dolphin playing 2

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Michalis Arfaras

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Mythos

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LEGAL TERMS - GENERAL

Any dispute on the terms and the competition realisation is resolved by the Selection Committee and permanetely by the Competent Greek Courts applying the Greek Law.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Upon participation all artists state that they agree, without any demand on payment, that during the competition and the virtual exhibition the organiser receives the right to present their work online .... Read More

RESERVATIONS

The organiser does not have any responsibility for any problems of technical or software or mechanical malfunction that might arise during the competion or during the exhibition of the material in ATHENS in 2011... Read More
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