The 2010 Great North Run Moving Image Commission is now open for submissions.
£30,000
is offered to artists and film makers to create a new moving image work
in response to the Bupa Great North Run, the world's largest
half-marathon. The commission is open to artists with at least three
years post-graduate experience.
The final work is to be delivered by by summer 2012, to be launch in
the North East, as part of the 2010 Great North Run Cultural Programme,
with an extract screened during the BBC's live coverage of the Bupa
Great North Run.
The deadline for submissions is Monday 8th June 2009.
The selection panel includes Amanda Ritson (Arts Council England),
Soraya Rodriguez (Zoo Art Fair), Beth Rowson (Great North Run Cultural
Programme) and Caroline Smith (curator and arts consultant) .
The brief is available to download here. If you have any problems downloading this document, email beth@greatnorthrunculture.org