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TEDxSAArtistsVillage and Rat Powered Films in cooperation with CSUF
Grand Central Art Center invite you to participate in the 1st annual
TEDxSAArtistsVillage Short Video/Film Festival. Showcasing the best of
new short video and film, the TEDxSAArtistsVillage Short Video and Film
Festival will debut at TEDxSAArtistsVillage on 10.1.11 in Santa Ana CA.

TEDxSAArtistsVillage, produced by Creative Orange County, a "think
tank" @ the intersection of culture, commerce and community, is the
successor to TEDxFullerton, 9.10.10, the first ever TEDx event in Orange
County CA. TEDxFullerton began the conversation about what is means to
be a "creative" community.

This year's TEDx and Festival theme is "extraordinary".
The Festival is opened to all video and film makers worldwide. Entries
will be juried; first, second, third and audience award winners will be
chosen. All award winning short videos and/or films will be shown at
TEDxSAArtistsVillage, 10.1.11.

Other accepted entries will be featured on TEDxSAArtistsVillage website
(www.tedxsaartistsvillage.com
(in construction) and Rat Powered Film's blog,
http://www.ratpoweredfilmsredux.com
. We may also offer other
publicity and promotion opportunities as related to the TEDx and
Festival events.

Entries must meet these criteria:

§ Incorporate theme, "extraordinary".

§ Run a maximum of 10 minutes (no minimum running time).

§ Experimental, narrative, animated, and documentary approaches are
all acceptable, either color or black-and-white, in NTSC or PAL format.

§ All films must be submitted on DVD. And able to be viewed on a
standard DVD player.

§ There is no entry fee.

§ Deadline is 8.31.11

§ Announcement of Award Winners, 10.1.11

Other pertinent information:

§ Please send DVD to Rat Powered Films, c/o CSUF Grand Central Art
Center, 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701.

§ Include: Brief description (2-3 sentences), running time, brief
bio (1 paragraph) and complete contact information: name, address,
telephone number, email address.

§ Entries not selected will be kept by Rat Powered Films for its
archives unless a self-addressed stamped envelope is included.

§ If chosen, you will provide a still image of your entry in digital
format (.jpg) and give

Rat Powered Films the right to make copies for promotional purposes.

§ Questions? Please email Amy & Bob at ratpoweredfilms@mac.com

Jurors include:

Amy Caterina studied at CSU Fullerton where she received her M.F.A. in
Photography in 2002. After college, Caterina co-founded Rat Powered
Films, an organization dedicated to the presentation of art films from
around the globe. Caterina completed 6 Shorts About (non) Motherhood, a
short film that investigates conventions and assumptions about marriage
and having a baby. In early 2005, Caterina started knitting and began
Pseudo-Sod, a series that quickly emerged as a major component in her
evolving oeuvre of mixed media installations. She was selected to be the
artist-in-residence at the Huntington Beach Art Center in conjunction
with the exhibition MANufacture; during her residency she displays mixed
media knitted "grass" covered deer and moose, beside four
cemetery plot sized sections of "grass." The Pseudo-Sod car
cover was also featured in 2005 for the first time and presented in
various locations throughout Orange County. In 2008, Caterina was
artist-in-residence, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA,
opening her first solo exhibition titled, This Used to be Real Estate,
Now it's Only Fields and Trees. She currently teaches traditional
photography, filmmaking, digital photography, and art history at Santa
Ana College, Goldenwest College, Coastline College and Irvine Valley
College. Caterina also works as a freelance curator. This summer she
will be exhibiting at the Huntington Beach Art Center, SCA Gallery,
participating in a yarn bombing at the 18th Street Studios in Santa
Monica and will begin a 6 month residency at Irvine's Great Park.

Bob Pece is a visual artist, curator and filmmaker whose independent
films incorporate live action and hand drawn animation. His short films
include imaginative characters derived from his gallery works which have
been exhibited throughout southern California since 1973. He received a
Master of Fine Arts degree from UC Irvine in 1977. In 1994 he began
outdoor film screenings at Griffin-Linton Gallery in Costa Mesa which
eventually led, in 1997, to co-curating the internationally recognized
Arizona State University Short Film and Video Festival with John Spiak
which is celebrating 16 years of success. In early 2011 he was juror,
programmer and technician for the Smogdance Film Society, and is
currently exhibiting in SCA Porject Gallery.

Rat Powered Films

Bob Pece and Amy Caterina are Santa Ana-based Rat Powered Films.
Beginning in 2002, Rat Powered Films curated and screened dozens of
film/video events throughout Orange and Los Angeles counties, the most
notable being 6 Booths in 7 Weeks, in 2003 and Take Off Your Coat, Stay
Awhile, in 2006 at Santa Ana's Grand Central Art Center and Rats is
a Four-Letter Word in 2009 at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana. RPF
received a grant from the Downtown Santa Ana Business Council and
National Alliance of Mental Illness Orange County. They have several
film projects in the works including Consumption, a collection of short
films interviewing people who work in the field of mental health,
consumers, and people who have experienced the stigma of mental illness,
Art-as-Anodyne, interviews with men and women in conjunction with A
Window Between Worlds, a non-profit organization dedicated to using art
to help end domestic violence, and a series of interviews featured at
CSU Fullerton in Spring 2011 as part of an exhibition chronicling the
history of the art department. In early 2011, they were members of the
jury panel for the Smogdance Film Society Short Film and Video Festival.

TEDx

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local,
self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like
experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to
spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local,
self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized
TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx
program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

TED

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. Its founder, Richard
Saul Wurman, started it in 1984 in Monterey CA as a conference bringing
together people from those three worlds. Since then, its scope has
broadened to include science, business, the arts, and the global issues
facing our world. The annual conference now brings together the
world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to
give the talk of their lives -- in 18 minutes. Attendees have called it
"the ultimate brain spa" and "a four-day journey into the
future." In 2001, Chris Anderson's Sapling Foundation acquired
TED. In recent years, TED has expanded to include an international
conference, TEDGlobal; media initiatives, including TEDTalks andTED.com;
and the TED Prize. TED2010, "The Rediscovery of Wonder," was
held February 28-March 4, 2011 in Long Beach, California, with a
simulcast event in Palm Springs, California. For details on all upcoming
conferences and events, visit www.TED.com.

Creative Orange County

Creative Orange County is a "think tank @ the intersection of culture,
commerce and community". Vision is to inspire, engage Orange County CA
to be a "Creative" Community Showcase via partnerships and
collaborations with like minded individuals and organizations

from LA Culture Net