Parade, Vicki Bennett

Applications are now open for the 2011 Great North Run Moving Image Commission, which will award an artist and/or filmmaker £30,000 to create a new moving image work in response to the world’s largest half-marathon that takes place in the North East.

The work will be presented as part of the following year’s programme with an extract screened on the BBC as part of their live coverage of the run.

The Great North Run Moving Image Commissions to date have focused on the stories of those that take part, the physical exertion and movement of runners, the architecture of the route and the footage archives of The Great North Run. You can see Parade made by Vicki Bennett for the 2009 Moving Image Commission on the site.

The deadline for applications is Monday 7 June, 5pm. Visit the Great North Run website for more details.