Call for Entries

flag metamorphoses

8 Mar 2006
8 Mar 2006

Continuously growing and animated by as many participating artists from across the globe as possible, the flags of all nations in the world are morphed into each other through flash animation.

Using digital media, we can make the symbols dance: Between each two flags, scenes will appear that show an aspect of the relations between the two countries. This is an exploration into the meaning of imagery on flags, aiming to create interrelated associations through questioning, reassessing, fluidizing and re-mixing of diverse national iconography.

To find out how to participate with or without knowledge of
Flash, please visit: www.thyes.com/flag-metamorphoses

Next presentations in art contexts (DVD screenings):

AniMoweb, Flash animation festival, Modena, Italy,
March 2006, www.animoweb.it (screening + lecture)

F.I.L.E. International Electronic Language Festival,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March/April 2006, www.file.org.br
(exhibition, screening and lecture)

Independent Arts Festival, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, and Eindhoven, Netherlands, April 2006, www.sztuka-fabryka.be/festival

Switzerland: On large LED video displays in four Main
Stations in Zurich, Bern, Basel and Geneva, 2006.