About Us
In an effort to promote explorations into the tangible boundaries of the moving image the Metro Gallery presents Videopolis, showing chosen works for free in a non-competitive event. Held across the street from the Charles Theater during the Maryland Film Festival, we hope to feature work that doesn’t make more traditional festival formats. Videopolis hopes to juxtapose various forms of film and video, along with other mediums that comment upon or investigate the moving image, together in a relaxed environment for the enjoyment of artists, festival-goers and random passers-by. With people on all sides of the lens exploring how different disciplines may work together the results are expected to be innovative and entertaining. To encourage creative interaction amongst as many people as possible the entire process will be without fees.
Videopolis is a not-for-profit enterprise between a volunteer staff of co-curators and the Metro Gallery in Baltimore, MD. We are generally filmmakers and artists as well, and generally just want to enjoy the whole thing. If you want to contact us you can email film@themetrogallery.net.
Submissions
The Metro Gallery of Baltimore is currently accepting submissions for VIDEOPOLIS to be held on May 6th – 8th 2010. In an effort to further the appreciation of film in Baltimore and the surrounding areas the Metro Gallery will be presenting chosen works for free across the street from the Charles Theater during the Maryland Film Festival. To encourage creative interaction amongst as many people as possible the entire process will be without fees. This is not a competitive event. We are looking for film and video shorts, video installation artists and performers who incorporate film or video into their work. We are also looking for paintings, sculpture, photography or any visual exercise that investigates the moving image. ALL INSTALLATION PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY APRIL 10th! No specific type of content is favored, and works that have not been available via mainstream outlets are preferred. Submissions must be received by April 24th, 2010.
We accept dvd, mini-dv and vhs. Please fill out our submission form available below. All rights to submitted works remain the artists’ and we will screen selected works for this event only. Submissions will not be returned. This event is not affiliated with the Maryland Film Festival.
To download the Videopolis 2010 submission form click here.
For information please contact film@themetrogallery.net. All submissions should be sent to:
ATTN: Videopolis Submissions
1700 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Videopolis 2009
May 8-10, 2009
Metro Gallery 1700 N Charles Street
Videopolis 2009 May 8th-10th
Metro Gallery 1700 N Charles Street
The festival included features, shorts, and live performances that manipulate the moving image, as well as video installations that were available for viewing for a month. The festivities began Friday, May 8th with music videos and performances by System D-128, DrewTube, Dubpixel and Bardot’s Gems From the Vault. Saturday, May 9th featured the film “One Down” by Brian Morrison, comedy shorts and performances by Steve Strohmeier, Jana Hunter and the Papercuts. Sunday, May 10th we screened feature “Isle of the Damned”, documentary shorts, and closed with a live performance of an original score to Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” by Adrian Bond and Joanne Juskus.
Friday May 8th
Dubpixel Live VJ Set
Music Videos
Bardot’s Gems from the Film Vault
Systen D-128 aka Duey FM Live VJ Set
Drew TV YouTube Mixx
Saturday May 9th
Partita: Mathew Bainbridge
One Down: Brian Morrison
Written World: Kevin Blackistone
Comedy Shorts
Billy Dee : Unicorn, P.I.
Geoffrey Kixmiller /
Gideon Chase: Brand New Feelings
Mobtelevision: Death Takes a Holiday, Motel 6
Jason Dove: Klang Tour Journals
James Hollenbaugh/ James Roden: Dec. 2666
Stephen DeCubellis /Jim Bianco: I Got a Thing for You
Sunday May 10th
Isle Of The Damned: DireWit Films
Documentary Shorts
Morgan Showalter: NTSC
Jane Cottis: It’s a Lesbian World After All
Becka Dowding: Love, Mississippi
Narrative Shorts
Katherine Boule/Glenn Nelson: Misplaced
Joel Haddock: Better View
Experimental Shorts
Mike Bartolomeo: A Model for the Motion of a Spring
Emma Walters: Travelling Gnome
Brendan Sullivan: Monoliths
Suzzi Skripkina: The Garden
Suzzi Skripkina: Soundscape
Emily Slaughter: Arizona
Amy Mann: Hair
James Robert Brasic: Dream
Selina Loper: Dominoes
Eric Dyer: Copenhagen Cycles
Kinetic Sandwich
“Metropolis” w/ Live music by: Adrian Bond and Joanne Juskus