Outcasting
Over the past few months I have also received funding as part of a social entrepreneurship scheme run by Unltd (www.unltd.org.uk) to research the potential for a broadcasting platform for anyone working with moving images whether artists, filmmakers, animators, archival sources. This started with a promising chat with a local cable channel who were willing to support the project but this fell through. I shelved the broadcasting element and decided to focus on the internet as the easiest and more controllable format to start with and since then I’ve been working with a developer (www.coolpants.co.uk) and designer to create a site using movies converted into Flash movies. This allows a good viewing quality but low file sizes which is ideal when you’re doing this on a budget. The launch date for the site, called www.outcasting.org was going to coincide with an exchange exhibition of moving image work between Russia and Wales, but the funding application was rejected so it meant another change of direction. Hopefully the project will launch in the next few months and I’ll be posting a call for submissions soon but anyone with any questions email to outcasting [at] mac.com
