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Frequently Asked Questions
Selection of Works
Yes. However work produced in the New Zealand context by non-New Zealanders may be eligible. Contact director@circuit.org
No. CIRCUIT is a curated site. However we gratefully accept and consider any submissions.
CIRCUIT is currently working with approximately 70 New Zealand artists and several hundred works. New works will be added to the website constantly.
Submissions are considered by the CIRCUIT Director and a rotating selection committee of artists and curators.
Putting Work Online
No. CIRCUIT only offers video for streaming.
We feel it is important to note the complete breadth of your practice. Each artist has a 300 word bio. This is the place to note your practice as a whole, and the place of the moving image within it. We can also put Exhibition Records on site; videos that document mixed media installation featuring the moving image.
Yes. The more exposure for an Artists work the better.
We consider that most of the works on CIRCUIT are realized through context and other variables; size, space, image quality, the viewer, other screens or media, site-specificity, etc. The works on CIRCUIT are intended to function as a textbook-style reference for study - not as the final work.
In terms of rentals, there are many instances worldwide where online representation has increased demand for an artists work. The best example in New Zealand is Len Lye.
Distribution to Galleries, etc.
Yes - we welcome them. As with requests from 3rd parties, all curated activities outside the CIRCUIT website will be cleared with the Artist first.
CIRCUIT will pass on any rental enquiry to the Artist. Longer term, CIRCUIT's goal is to distribute the collection through curated projects. We are not funded to do this at present.
No. CIRCUIT will pass on any sale enquiries to the Artist.
Technical
Yes. Up to 1280x720.
All works on the CIRCUIT website are hosted through Vimeo.com, where they are available only to CIRCUIT staff.
Vimeo have very clear and simple compression guidelines here - http://vimeo.com/help/compression
Yes, but if possible CIRCUIT prefer to get it directly from the Artist, which is easier for everyone. As CIRCUIT is not an archive we also encourage you to consider depositing original materials with organisations such as the New Zealand Film Archive, as well as developing your own file storage systems, to ensure future preservation.
Circuit Staff and Support
The CIRCUIT Director/Curator is Mark Williams. Production Assistant is Laura Duffy. Send all enquiries to <director@circuit.org.nz>.
Board members are Aaron Lister, Andrew Clifford, Christina Barton, Martin Patrick, Thomasin Sleigh, Mark Boddington, Shauna Mendez, Sonya Lacey, Karl Chitham.
Mark Williams, an independent curator based in Wellington. Formerly Exhibitions Manager at the New Zealand Film Archive 2004-2011. CIRCUIT was evolved following Williams' 3 month residency at London-based Artists Moving Image distributor LUX in 2009.
Creative New Zealand have funded the build of the site and the curation of works.
The CIRCUIT site was designed by The Hit Factory, a Wellington-based web company who have recently returned to New Zealand after ten years working abroad in Tokyo and Berlin. The CIRCUIT logo was designed by Duncan Munro. You can see more of Duncan's work here – http://www.luckystairsstudio.com/.
Future
CIRCUIT is hoping to begin curating packages of work from it's collection for distribution in gallery-based screenings and exhibitions. Specific territories include New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.
