Panoramic Opportunity

Call for Content for IDA360

Immersive Digital Arena - Experimental Week, February 2010

Do you have high quality; innovative 360° based photographic, video, audio, graphic or animation material that you would like to be shown in a panoramic, immersive environment? This is an exciting opportunity to view and experiment with your work on a large scale alongside other leading panoramic and immersive artists, specialists and media professionals.

ICCI (Innovation for the Creative & Cultural Industries) at the University of Plymouth, in collaboration with Igloo Vision (www.igloovision.com) are hosting a test event in February in preparation for a large scale, week long, public event ‘IDA360’ to be held in Plymouth during October 2010, using a larger 20m diameter x 6m high 360° screen with 6.1 surround sound system.

We would like to invite potential exhibitors to contribute new and experimental work to test within a 12.5 metre diameter immersive arena in February. This test event will be held over 5 days, 15th – 19th February 2010 during which we will show work and explore the possibilities of this viewing environment. We are particularly interested in content that combines image and audio and may contain a narrative.

The material will be shown using five 1080p HD streams combined for one 360° image, run from five PC’s in sync across a network. It is also possible to project 5 standard format screens simultaneously.

At this time we are looking for:
1. One example per person; image, video or audio (video maximum duration 3 minutes, short exerts from longer videos accepted)
2. Resolution: (9600x1080) photographs or (5120 x 768 or 9600 x 1080) for video.
3. Image formats: JPEG, TIFF
4. Video formats: preferably uncompressed QuickTime movies in five separate files. For example a panoramic film made at 5210 x 768 would be sliced into five 1024 x 768 files. These will be converted onsite into the required code for the system we are using
5. If compression is necessary for video files then use Quick Time h.264 compressor, set everything to high quality, 100% and set a key frame for every frame.
6. Video should be at a frame rate: ideally 30fps but others fps acceptable.
7. Audio: stereo wav files are ideal, however you may have created a sound piece in 6.1 in which case you would need to save as 3 separate stereo Wavs. These would need to be flattened to 1) as front & left, 2) as mid & right, 3) as back & right.
8. If you have video with a stereo soundtrack and do not have the ability to extract the audio this can be completed on site.
9. This information is available online: http://plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=28780

Expressions of Interest and a brief overview of your work By 29th January 2010
Copy of your work on CD or DVD, with technical requirements attached By 8th February 2010

Please note that this is an experimental event so that if you have any technical questions such as how to split video into 5 screens, or would wish to carry out experimental work in person; then please contact us by the 29th January.

1. ICCI do not guarantee that any submissions will be shown at the main IDA360 event, October 2010
2. Please do not send original material, ensure you retain a copy, submissions will not be returned.
3. We reserve the right not to display offensive or otherwise inappropriate material and reserve the ultimate right not to display media content for any reason. The University of Plymouth will not be held liable for any eventuality arising from the presentation of media material.
4. By sending work to us you represent that you are the original author of the submission, that you have all the necessary permissions and release forms from individuals, properties and other owners of dominant intellectual property in the relevant jurisdictions.
5. By sending content you licence us the non-exclusive use of your submission for the period of February 2010. Any other use of the material would be subject to an additional agreement.

All work should be sent on CD or DVD only to the address below and include the following information:

Your name, home/business address, e-mail address, telephone number including national code, title of work, location & date produced, File type/ size/ compression, short description, duration and any further information.

ICCI/IDA360
209-210, Smeaton Building,
The University of Plymouth, e: icci@plymouth.ac.uk
Drake Circus,
Plymouth, PL4 8AA t: +44 (0)1752 585060
United Kingdom

w: plymouth.ac.uk/ICCI
Administrator Sarah Hemingway sarah.hemingway@plymouth.ac.uk