Welcome to 3minutes.net, a new project to encourage cross-media collaboration.

May 2006: 3minutes Tour Spain! See Media Section for Press Kit Workshops are usually scheduled for every month or so, although in early 2006, the key members are too busy working on other projects: Ellen is choreographing a show for Festival of Perth, and Kat and Jasper are developing their Video Painting workshops for Revelation Film Festival which will be held in July 2006, and we're touring to Spain together in May 2006. That should result in some new 3mins works. There will definitely be a workshop when we return though, and we encourage all members to be more active in collaborating online. If you're a musician, upload a 3 minute mix to the eGroup and see what the visuals members can come up with. Join the eGroup or email us if you would like more details about the workshops. The eGroup is full of useful links, and we post a lot of information about Festivals, competitions etc you might like to enter.

The basic idea of 3minutes.net is to provide a format for short, multimedia works where artists from different fields collaborate and submit works that are 3 minutes in duration. We then curate the pieces and produce DVDs that are a sort of communal showreel for the participants, and we send them to potential markets and offer them for sale to the general public.

We don't charge people to submit works, but then we don't pay participants either. Your works may or may not be selected for inclusion, depending on a number of criteria including how well they fit the intention of the project (collaboration) and the current theme (Light and Night).

We do NOT take on any form of copyright for your work, we simply require a non-exclusive licence to put your work on DVD and/or the web. If your work is shown, for example, by a TV station as a result of them being sent the 3minutes.net DVD, then you have the right to be paid an appropriate fee for usage directly by the station - that's between you and the TV station. We're simply aiming to be a facilitator in such relationships by providing exposure in a neat, pop format to a variety of markets.

Already 3minutes.net collaborations have been successful in arts festivals and competitions, despite our lack of funding meaning it's been a pretty small-scale affair. Works have been shown at festivals in four states, and one piece, Baba Avtomat and the Cylons, was shortlisted for the Harries National Digital Art Awards in 2005. See our VJzoo.com site for more details about our Hybrid Arts activities, both within the 3minutes.net format and beyond.

Please explore the site for more details, and please read the FAQs before emailing us.

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