Mediaspirit Fest 2011
Mediaspirit Festival 2010- 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
St . Elizabeth C.H.S., Thornhill, On
Call for Productions featuring…
Thirst, Hunger, Longing …
… From a thirst that imprisons to a thirst that frees us for greater things
… Hunger for Justice and Peace
… Thirst for Mission and Vocation
… Longing for True Friendship and
Community
…Thirst for a Special Love
… even Thirst for God
My soul thirst for God, the living God. Psalm 43
God…My soul is thirsting for you, my body pines for you,
like a dry and parched land without water. Psalm 63
…let all who are thirsty come; all who want it
may have the water of life, and have it free. Revelation 22.17
...no one who drinks the water I shall give
will ever be thirsty again. The Gospel of John 4.14
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness and justice,
for they shall be satisfied. The Gospel of Matthew 5.6
Through our longing, God increases desire.
By this desire he hollows out the soul.
By hollowing it out he enables it to desire. St. Augustine
Productions for the festival will be in any audio-visual media or their combination, ranging from the traditional media of painting, sculpture and photo to today’s media of music, video and all social media. Some media you might consider:
Photo, Video, Cellphone Video, Narrative, Sound, Music, Drama, Dance, Graphic Design, Graffiti, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, Music, Lyrics, Melody, Dub, Rap, Posters, Banners, Oil, Watercolour, etc., and any combination of these media - All reasonable sizes and formats - Max length of presentation of any media is 4 minutes.
Presenters at the festival will be eligible for five awards of excellence of $100.00 each, given to those who have ‘awakened thirst’ in one of the categories listed above. Awards will be given only to those who attend the festival and present their production.
Mediaspirit Festival 2010 -2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
St . Elizabeth C.H.S., Thornhill, On
Thematic Guidelines
Thirst, Hunger, Longing …
Choose one of these basic approaches:
Option I: Work with an explicitly religious subject, e.g. produce a sculpture of a religious figure, photo of a religious situation, object, etc.
Option II: Use the inherent qualities of your chosen media (e.g., photo, video, music, etc.) to uncover or highlight signs of Spirit in situations that are not explicitly religious, in ordinary life, in human situations, in the life of persons, in and by the materials of your media.
Of course, even Option I requires a spiritual use of media, i.e., using features of your chosen media to show the inner spiritual character of your religious topic or subject.
Your anticipated audience is an international one. Produce something that can address young people in any part of the world, such as those who will attend the World Youth Day. Your work has to engage all cultures.
Award winners will be chosen by both a committee of experts and by participants of the festival on May 10 at St. Elizabeth's, to be announced that evening.
For questions relating to subject matter, contact the organizers at fdcoffey@yahoo.com
Procedural Points
1. Submissions must be received at St. Elizabeth's by Tuesday, May 10, c/o F. Coffey.
2. Submissions must include an application using the form below.
3. All youth are eligible as submitters only if they have the recommendation of a school or institutional professional signing their application form.
4. Some works will be displayed on the Mediaspirit Web site.
5. Contributors should participate in the festival, running from 4:00 – 8:00 pm on May 10, 2011.
Contacts: F. Coffey, St. Elizabeth's Catholic HS 525 New Westminster Thornhill ON L4J 7X3 Canada Tel 905-882-1460 Fax 905-882-5074, Email: fdcoffey@yahoo.com See "Mediaspirit Festival" at www.questprogram.com