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Communication

Communication has always been a key tool of industry. As the mechanical and electrical developments of the Industrial Revolution ushered in the age of communication technology, humanity became unbound by physical location.

If we now think nothing of interrupting a webcam chat to take a call on a mobile phone whilst catching up on emails, all these things each originally seemed as surreal as the first sound of a human voice over miles of telephone wire. There is nothing intrinsically “unnatural” about this – we are only replicating the patterns at work in our own bodies, where nerves and neural networks send rapid-fire messages simultaneously, keeping us appraised of our experience.

Today new thinking in digital technology offers a resolution to the more industrially-oriented conventions of wired life. Computers were first created and sold for business purposes, but today they are personal companions with operating systems that children can navigate.

Submissions Wanted !!

We want you to be a part of the biggest indoor screen installation in the world. The point of I-REZ is to pose questions about global matters that affect us all and look for answers – in the community, in technology, in our use of media and in ourselves.

We are embedding thousands of clips into the main images which are all based on a storyboard exploring global issues and making connections with Manchester – the first "Modern" city – where the event takes place.

We want your stories and ideas to be part of the video mosaic that tells the wider story about our world – so please submit !

Imagine youtube x500 set to the beats of some great DJ’s ….

Please read more about the event here and on Manchester Festival site and have a look at our submissions guidelines.

Then go get or make your clips and submit them, alerting the FRIEND that is closest in theme to your submission.

If your vid gets accepted, your friend will let you know. We’ll be posting the best submissions up on the various friends’ pages…

Here are some questions to get you started .

• what does freedom mean to you?
• are you free?
• what are you afraid of?
• do you want to save our planet?
• who or what do you look up to?
• what do you believe in?
• how do you experience nature?
• do you know where your food comes from?
• do you know where your food comes from?
• Is there life without the internet or mobile phones?

Please choose categories to submit to

• INDUSTRIALISATION
• COMMUNICATION
• ENTERTAINMENT
• MUSIC
• POLITICS and RELIGION
• DANCE and FASHION
• SPEED and TRAVEL
• SOCIETY and CULTURE
• SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
• ECOLOGY

Submission Guidelines:

Video clips 3 to 30 seconds long

Size no smaller than 180 x 135 and up to PAL resolution

25 frames/sec

We don’t mind what codec you use – however please avoid DivX and any codec that uses very high compression

For upload :email irez@microchunk.com for login details

Or mail DVD or DV tape :
IREZ
Microchunk Ltd
3rd floor
72 Gt Eastern St
London, EC2A 3JL

more info at myspace.com/irez