Host an event that will appeal to art, media, technology
and music students alike! Make this an opportunity to discuss interdisciplinary
collaboration on your campus. Get students and faculty excited about
collaborating and using technology to create multimedia works!
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James Carlson,
Editor |
Since its beginning in 2002, the Luna Nova New-Music
Ensemble (www.lunanova.org) has given over fifty concerts of contemporary
music in colleges and art museums around the country. Ensemble members
have also worked closely with student composers giving master classes
and readings of new works, as well as making recordings of selected student
compositions. Recently, Luna Nova has begun to collaborate with visual
artists to create multimedia projects that involve either live performance
with video or using Luna Nova recordings as soundtracks for new video
works. Several of their collaborative projects with artists and composers
have resulted in compelling multimedia works that have been performed
in various concerts and conferences.
We are designing a program that will encourage college
students and faculty to collaborate on the creation of multimedia projects
and to give them a chance to have their work screened in multiple venues.
Here’s how it works:
It is easy to host the Luna Nova Film Exchange at your institution. Contact
us to request a set of festival DVDs for preview. Choose a time that
will be good for your audience, reserve a theater or media classroom
on your campus and advertise the event to your community. The DVDs will
be accompanied by promotional material for your event, including a poster
template that can be photocopied or printed and a press release. You
will also receive a .pdf of a program that includes detailed information
about the films, the creators and the technology used in the creative
process.
You and your colleagues may lead the discussion at
the presentation, or you may choose to bring in one or two of the creators
of the films to attend the screening and to discuss their work with audience
members. If you would like to fund the visit of one of the film’s
creators to your school, we will be happy to help coordinate these logistics.
Costs:
Ultimately, the host institution can host the LNFE at minimum expense.
There is no fee for hosting the festival; the creators of the films have
all given their permission screen these films for free as part of this
festival. The host institution or department is simply requested to cover
any additional costs, such as the printing of promotional materials and
program, venue fees, paid advertising, etc. If the host institution wishes
to invite one of the Luna Nova guest presenters those costs will include
travel expenses and a reasonable speaker’s fee.
Submissions (another reason
to become a host!):
Luna Nova presents six concerts at the annual Belvedere Chamber Music
Festival (www.belvederefestival.org) held each June in Memphis, TN. Students
and faculty from the host institutions will be eligible to submit films
to be considered by our editorial board for inclusion at future LNFE
Festival events. Film creators also have permission to use more than
sixty Luna Nova recordings as a resource for their media works. These
include masterworks of the 20th century and newly composed works. (Visit
www.lunanova.org to hear complete recordings.) The selection process
for projects to be programmed will be overseen by the Editorial Board.
Films should be submitted as a DVD and should be 20 minutes or less in
length.
Editorial Board:
James Carlson, chair (carlson@lunanova.org)
Sheri Wills (sws@sheriwills.com)
Pradip Malde (pmalde@sewanee.edu)
Inaugural Events:
University of the South, date TBA
Belvedere Chamber Music Festival June 18-21, 2008
