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CONVOCATORIA DO BELLUARD

Publicado por Eduardo Bonito el 17 de Julio de 2009 a las 11:18am
CALL FOR PROPOSALSThe Festival Belluard Bollwerk International and the Pour-cent culturel Migros are looking for artistic projects that are dealing with Urban Myths.An urban myth or urban legend is a modern story of obscure origin, consisting of unusual elements of humor, caution or horror, and thought to be true by those circulating them. Urban legends might be based on true facts, but they are often distorted, exaggerated, or sensationalized over time.The most remarkable thing about urban legends is that so many people believe them and pass them on, without verifying if they are true. People frequently allege that such tales happened to a "friend of a friend”. Few urban legends can be traced to their actual origins.Urban legends circulate in varying forms and are sometimes repeated in the media or distributed by e-mail. In some cases their diffusion might even be organized, in order to manipulate the massesDespite its name, a typical urban legend does not necessarily originate in an urban setting. The term is simply used to differentiate modern legend from traditional folklore in preindustrial times.http://www.belluard.ch/en/contest2009
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