CLOSE UP VALLARTA 2ND International Video Creation Festival

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The second edition of CLOSE UP VALLARTA will take place from May 1 thru May 5, 2012 in various locations throughout Puerto Vallarta, such as Los Arcos on the Malecon, Teatro Vallarta, Centro Universitario de la Costa UDG (CUC), Centro Cultural Cuale and Gallery Haus Der Kunst proyectos.

CLOSE UP is a project created by artist Angel Delgado in Mexico City in October 2006. It was originally a national screening of video art presented over a number of years in different spaces: galleries, plazas, museums, universities and international festivals.

In 2011 it became an international festival of video creation, taking the name CLOSE UP VALLARTA, with its official base in the city of Puerto Vallarta. It is the only festival of its type in Mexico.

The project is an exhibition of videos in which material is presented that ranges from video art to experimental video, including video dance, video performance, erotic video art, experimental shorts and video animation. It constitutes a space of interrelation and promotion that enables us to encounter visual experimentation.

CLOSE UP VALLARTA offers the opportunity to present new work in video from both emerging and established artists, including students; it is interested in ensuring that art carried out in video not only circulates in museums and galleries but also in other spaces and to a wider public.

The curatorial proposal of CLOSE UP VALLARTA is concerned with liberating video art from a rigid and pre-established discourse. The project emulates the constant activity of the eye and arises from the modern tendency to visualize existence.

This year we received 170 videos from 159 artists from more than 25 countries. From these submissions, 72 videos were selected and will be presented in Teatro Vallarta on May 3, 4 and 5 at 8pm.

In addition to the presentation of competing videos within the different categories, there will be a solo exhibition by Michael Nyman in Gallery Haus Der Kunst proyectos, whose opening will be on May 1 at 8pm, lectures in Centro Universitario de la Costa UDG on May 2 at 11am, projection of videos by renowned international artists in the Arcos on the Malecon (Official Opening) on May 2 at 8pm, lectures by guest artists and the presentation of the New York Festival, Región 0 in the Centro Cultural Cuale at 11am.

GUEST ARTISTS

Amongst other guest artists and curators we will be welcoming Michael Nyman, Héctor Falcón, Fernando Llanos, Yair López, Eva Mendoza and Laura Turégano.

AWARDS

Solo Award, given by an important art collection
Individual Category Awards, given by Gallery Haus der Kunst
Local Artist Award, given by Los Mango Library
Most Chido (cool) Award, given by La Vida Chida
Dorado Award, given by El Dorado

JUDGES

Paola Paz Yee, Yaima Esterlich, Arturo Montero, Luis Moreno, Christian Köhl and Angel Delgado.

FESTIVAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Managing Director: Angel Delgado
Coordinator: Christian Köhl
Assistant Coordinator: Sergio Toledano
Design and Image Manager: Chicharito Magnético
Press and Media Manager: María Karina Macías
RP & Marketing: Estrella Planter