16 oktober 2014
Art Tracker
Support an alternative circuit to promote artists from different countries !
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17/10/2014
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€2.600
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Art Tracker
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Hi, my name is Virginie Thérèse Colombe and since 2 years, I have been pursuing a video art project which takes place in different countries.</p>
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This project is about meeting alternative artists in the countries where they are living and interviewing them to elaborate <strong>creative videos</strong>. Mostly because I want to make these interviews in a way that keeps the creative work of the artist expanding through it, but also to add a touch of documentary project and art work. </p>
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My goal is to develop an <strong>alternative network of artists</strong> that are not always visible outside their borders, bring the opportunity to connect with them, and create a <strong>platform </strong>which would promote them through creative interviews. For these reasons, I would like to find support to develop this project.</p>
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Until now I made this self-financed project possible with the simplest material (a camcorder), a lot of work and tutorials, restraining travel expenses by choosing the cheapest hostels, being hosted at friends places or travelling in night trains. </p>
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This remains the driving force of these travels, discovering a new art scene, meeting people whose creative work is marked with <strong>alternative spirit</strong>.</p>
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<strong>The birth</strong></p>
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The project started 2 years ago when I was about to travel from Brussels to Istanbul for the summertime. Passionate with travels since my early age, it was for me one more opportunity to discover new countries, cultures and traditions as well as expanding the network of people I knew. </p>
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But something happened that changed everything.</p>
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It was at an exhibition opening few days before my departure. I met a video artist who performs for bars in town. When I told him I was going abroad the week after, he suggested me to make something creative from this journey beside just exploring and decided to lend me one of his video cameras. And this is how everything began !</p>
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The week after, I was in the plane, with a backpack, a video camera, and lots of ideas !</p>
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<strong>The Idea</strong></p>
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The idea of interviewing artists came when I considered what to do with this camera. I have always been interested in art, experimenting painting, sculpture, photography as a teen, as well as being passionate for music documentaries and experimental movies.</p>
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Concerning the travels, I have been lucky to experiment them since I was a child, mostly to visit my family abroad. But it soon became a way of living, settling in several countries, exploring different areas, learning new languages and acquiring travel experiences.</p>
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Thus, the mix of travels and art appeared as a logical link for this project.</p>
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Also what makes a journey abroad a genuine experience ? People. Socializing, exchanging is a great feeling and by bringing a new sphere to these exchanges could allow me to meet even more people. Indeed, I was not anymore the simple traveler but the "cultural journalist". I came for a reason: discovering the local art scene and meeting the artists. And It was an opportunity I wanted to take!</p>
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So when I have decided to begin the project and the interviews, I was not expecting such enthusiasm from the people, neither finding myself in private circles, events, or even being hosted by artists themselves! The result has been more positive than I thought and I could come back home with lots of material from several countries!</p>
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At the end, it gave me the insurance and the confidence in having ideas, developing them and making them come real.</p>
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<strong>Getting started</strong></p>
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The development of the project took a while as I never did video editing before and therefore I had to learn everything by myself. I also realized that you need time to edit something in a proper way, so I had to go through a period of time in which I had to learn how to edit and how to arrange the interviews. It took several months and intensive work, before I could finalize my first interviews and even make trailers for the project. </p>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.vimeo.com%2Fvideo%2F77635225&wmode=opaque&src_secure=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F77635225&image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.vimeocdn.com%2Fvideo%2F452862014_640.jpg&key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=vimeo" width="540"></iframe></p>
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This is during this period that I also became more and more devoted to video editing, progressively becoming aware of the place that the project was taken in my life. So I have decided to develop it and to expand it by travelling in new countries. Thus I bought for the first time a small camera and went the next summer in Caucasus area, for new interviews.</p>
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The project was on and I called it <strong>Art Tracker</strong>.</p>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="296" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.vimeo.com%2Fvideo%2F98338971&wmode=opaque&src_secure=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F98338971&image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.vimeocdn.com%2Fvideo%2F479118602_960.jpg&key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=vimeo" width="540"></iframe></p>
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Since I have been working on it, I always wanted to give a sense to the interviews I have done. Each artist has his own creative world and it is this sphere that I would like to show, beside the interviews. Each video is directly linked to the persons through their creations so that each person interviewed can have a video that represent the best what is created. This is my goal in the editing process.</p>
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I could reach artists in various areas and create videos from interviews made in Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Georgia but I could also meet people who are willing to be interviewed in Finland, Poland and Bucharest ! </p>
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However, it would be amazing if I could have some support, knowing that I can't afford all these travels by myself, as I have done until now. Indeed I would love to keep on developing this project, bringing back from these travels, some images that would give an other information about what is done in the field of alternative Art in this country or that area, when sometimes we don't have any idea about what is made over there.</p>
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For this reason I am asking your help to encourage me in developing this project and contribute in posting the next interviews online !</p>
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Allocation of funds
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<strong>The funds that I can get through this will help me with:</strong></p>
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Acquire better equipment, like a new video camera</p>
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I would need a help to buy new material at the best price, a better camcorder or a second-hand DSLR photo camera.</p>
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The budget for that would be 1000 euros. </p>
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<strong>Travel expenses </strong></p>
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Next interviews will be in Helsinki, Warsaw and Bucharest in November </p>
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<strong>Transportation</strong> </p>
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Here is the next trip with approximate prices:</p>
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Istanbul-Helsinki : 225 euros</p>
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Helsinki-Warsaw : 150 euros </p>
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Warsaw-Bucharest : 175 euros </p>
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Bucharest-Istanbul : 125 euros</p>
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The total of this tour would be maximum 700 euros with airport taxes and payment fees. </p>
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<strong>Meals </strong></p>
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Within this tour, 100 euros budget per country would be used for food, staying 3 days in each, so 300 euros in total.</p>
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Price per Diem : 30 euros 30 euros x 10 days (12-22.11) = 300 euros.</p>
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<strong>Lodging</strong></p>
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<strong>As I have contacts in these countries, I am hosted for the lodging! </strong></p>
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<u><strong>No compensation is asked for that!</strong></u></p>
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<strong>Commission</strong></p>
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Refund of Kisskissbankbank commission: 175 euros</p>
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This project is to bring an <strong>overview of creativity in foreign art scenes</strong> that you would not have been aware before and to make these artists visible by showing their work through creative videos online, on social medias and video platforms. </p>
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<strong>To increase the visibility of the artists</strong>, the videos could also be proposed to art galleries, collectives, and local or creative TV channels and film festivals. </p>
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<strong>It is an alternative to established circuits</strong>, giving the artists the opportunity to have a unique promotional video, showed to various communities in different countries. Consequently by supporting this project, you would support also the artists ! </p>
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Some areas are still not visible in the global Art scene, due to a lack of information or transmission, expanding and spreading mostly in small circles. Nevertheless this project's goal is to reach these areas and <strong>put the light on unknown or locally known artists</strong>. </p>
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It would help also to establish a <strong>connection between artists</strong> from different parts of the globe ! Indeed, some people may have similar ideas or may work in the same field and this would be the opportunity for them to connect each other. It could bring collaborations, a participation in international events, invitations to exhibitions or fairs, etc. </p>
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Finally with the collected materials made in diverse areas and browsing various art fields, it would progressively lead towards the <strong>elaboration of a collective memory</strong> and in the future, the making of a database and archive. It could save some works from being lost as some would not have been showed outside a closed circle. </p>
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Rewards
€5
- 2 contributions
Positive thinking !
I send you all my positive energy and visualize good things for you !
€15
You will receive an Art Tracker poster!
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Estimated delivery: November 2014
€18
I will send you two cards of your choice issued from the snapshots of my videos + a poster ! > Shipping costs included
Estimated delivery: November 2014
€25
You will receive two coasters + a poster + two snaphot cards of your choice
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€30
- 2 contributions
You will receive a set of 8 snapshot cards + two stickers + two coasters OR a poster
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€40
- 3 contributions
I will send you the DVD of interviews and trailers with two snapshot cards, two stickers, two coasters !
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€45
I will send you the DVD package + a poster of your choice
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€55
- 1 contribution
I will send you the Art Tracker Package that includes 4 stickers, 1 DVD of interviews and trailers, a set of 8 postcards and a designed booklet of the project.
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€65
- 2 contributions
I will send you the Art Tracker Package with some extra scenes on the DVD + 4 coasters OR two coasters and a poster ! > Shipping costs included
Estimated delivery: November 2014
€100
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I will make a special sequence for you on one of the next videos, with a placement of your creative work if you are an artist, a photographer, painter, writer, designer...Your name will appear on the credits of the video. I will send you the DVD with the video in a DVD package.
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€200
- 1 contribution
I will add your own music on my video as a soundtrack, background music or sample, you will be credited on the video and I will send you a package of your choice !
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€500
Send me your rushes and I will make the editing for a personalized video ! It will be posted on the Facebook page of the project and I will send you the Art Tracker Package ! > Shipping costs included
Estimated delivery: November 2014