The Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize is an artistic film competition which artists enter by submitting videos of their work. Entries include performance art, painting, photography, sculpture, installation and new media.
A pretty good $30,000 prize fund is offered too. Voting is open and you can judge the entries along-side the likes of Isabella Rossellini.
Best of all I love that fact that the winning films will appear on monitors in New York’s Times Square. Public film premiers are clearly the way forward.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Artistic Film Competitions
- More companies will create artistic film competitions to promote new media and diverse art forms.
- Public Film Premiers
- Businesses will increasingly use public screens as a way to introduce new works of art to a diverse audience.
- Crowdsourced Judging Panels
- More artistic film competitions will use crowdsourced judging panels to democratize the selection process and increase audience engagement.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Film Industry
- The film industry can create and sponsor artistic film competitions to discover new and diverse talent, while also generating publicity and buzz for their own brand.
- Art Industry
- The art industry can leverage artistic film competitions to promote a wider range of artistic expression and encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration.
- Advertising Industry
- Advertising agencies can sponsor and promote artistic film competitions to showcase their creative capabilities and align their brand with innovative forms of artistic expression.
