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Since 1984 the Museum of Sculpture Glaskasten Marl has hosted the
Video Art Award, and since 2002 the Sound Art Award, which will be further
developed to the EUROPEAN SOUNDART AWARD.
The Museum in Marl has
shaped the unique profile of the Marl Media Awards not only through its
orientation as a sculpture museum, but also on the strength of its
placement in the modernist architecture of the Town Hall, completed in
1966. Because sculpture is a genus to which multifocality and spatial
reference are crucial, the video art competition was for the first
time launched with a specific substantive focus—for all artists
whose video works address questions of spatiality. The works submitted
for the Video Art Award must relate thematically, formally or in its
presentation to the specific (museum) space. The same idea applies to
the parallel competition in sound art. The national restriction has
also been dropped, and the new competitions are announced
internationally.
The closing date for submissions for both
competitions is 17 May 2013.
Two international prize-juries for
video art and sound art will select the winners of the Marler Media Art
Awards 2013, whose works will be exhibited in the Museum of Sculpture
Glaskasten Marl.
The awards ceremony of the Marler Media Art
Awards 2013 and the exhibition opening will take place on 20 October 2013
in the Museum of Sculpture Glaskasten Marl.
Marler Video Art
Award 2013
The works submitted for the Video Art Award 2013 must
relate thematically, formally or in its presentation to the specific
(museum) space. Therefore its ideal presentation location should not be a
cinema space. The spatial reference here also means avoiding linear
narrative structures while featuring a different, non-linear temporal
structure, such as a loop, which is ideal for presentation in a museum.
While classic, single-channel videos on a monitor or projected on a screen
remain acceptable, preference is given to multi-channel installations and
installations extended through use of additional materials.
Works submitted must have been produced after January 2010. Twenty
works will be selected by the jury for the exhibition in the museum and
will be presented together with the projects selected for the Sound Art
Award 2013.
From the German Klangkunst-Preis to the
EUROPEAN SOUNDART AWARD
Since its inception in 2002, the German
Klangkunst-Preis has been awarded to artistic works focusing specifically
on fostering the creative use of space and sound. In addition to the
intrinsic artistic quality, acoustic assurance and sculptural certainty are
above all the criteria for assessment and evaluation. Beginning in
2014, the EUROPEAN SOUNDART AWARD will expand the German Klangkunst-Preis
onto a Europe-wide platform and include the entire genre of acoustic
art.
The 2013 competition already incorporates the European
orientation, while remaining true to the constituting principles of the
German Klangkunst-Preis. Thus, the title: From the German Klangkunst-Preis
to the EUROPEAN SOUNDART AWARD. This year's competition marks the founders'
conclusion of the decade-long phase of the German Klangkunst-Preis.
For the Klangkunst-Preis 2013, existing artworks based on spatially
influenced sound creations should be entered. A jury of experts will
select works for an exhibition in the Glaskasten Marl Museum of
Sculpture, to open 20 October 2013. Additionally, the same jury
members will also invite a number of competing artists to Marl in the
summer of 2013 to develop a concept for the creative design of the
city centre. One of these concepts will be selected for completion.
The Klangkunst-Preis 2013 is to be awarded by the Museum of
Sculpture Glaskasten Marl, Culture Radio wdr 3 and the Initiative
Hören.
Further information on Marler Media Art
Awards 2013 and application forms can be found at www.marl.de/medienkunstpreise.
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