What is a motion portrait? Is there such a thing? What distinguishes motion portraits from biographical films and documentaries? Portraiture and self-portraiture have fascinating histories in painting, drawing, sculpture and photography, but what has happened to the form of the portrait in the digital age? Are contemporary filmmakers, video artists, animators and programmers pushing the disciplines of the portrait and self-portrait into motion? Accepting all artworks which can be screened in video (including film, video, motion graphics, animation, programming, game interfaces, flip books, etc.) No entry fee.

Please send submissions as .mov data files on DVD, with current CV/resume and artist statement to:

Open Call--Motion Portraiture and Self-Portraiture
c/o Darren Douglas Floyd AIR
123 Risley Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853-5801

df278@cornell.edu