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Georgian Video Art

Since the 80s, Georgian art has undergone an evolution, which ran parallel to the predominant, hegemonic discourse of the socio-cultural reality. Within this context, it has created artifacts in various forms of media, which were novel to the social reality and circumstances of the respective time, but did not trigger any adequate analyses of these impulses. The political and economical conditions of the 90s, which marked the aftermath of the Soviet breakdown, complicated actions directed towards categorization and preservation as well. Today, in the time of independence and re-orientation, t (read more) (posted on 2014-03-09)

Stefan Constantinescu at Dock 18

'I Dreamt of You so Much That...' film by Stefan Constantinescu (RO/SWE), 90’ 2009 - 2019 work in progress Friday, March 14, 2014, 7-9pm Dock 18, Seestr. 395, Rote Fabrik, Zurich a selection of 3 short films by artist Stefan Constantinescu from his ongoing 7-part series followed by an artist talk and reception. I Dreamt of You so Much That...a series of seven short films that together present one vision from different perspectives, examines intimate moments in the lives of seven couples, who question, challenge and push the limits of their relationship, while blurring the lines between pr (read more) (posted on 2014-03-09)

UMA Project tour 2014

( Bogotá, México DF, Buenos Aires, Huelva, Cuzco y Lima ) "Para el existente, la distancia es conocimiento, memoria y analogía” en La Velocidad de Liberación, Paul Virilio. El proyecto artístico de Carlos Gomes y Fran López Reyes, UMA desarrollado entre el 2011 y el 2013 y presentado hasta la fecha en Portugal, Grecia, España, Francia, Brasil y Cuba ha comenzado una gira que les llevará a mostrar su trabajo por América Latina, comisariado por Mario Gutiérrez Cru, director de PROYECTOR, Festival Internacional de Videoarte. El proyecto se presentará en dos formatos: > Video-in (read more) (posted on 2014-03-08)

Festival Videoformes 2014

Screenings Performances Round tables 19>22.03 / CLERMONT-FD (FRANCE) PRIX VIDEOFORMES 2014 - 9 programmes - 58 videos - 22 countries AWARDS / PALMARES : 22/03 - 19.30 - Maison du Peuple FOCUS PROGRAM : The Lost/ Reynold Reynolds - PICO (reMix)/John Sanborn - Ambiancé/Anders Weberg - Exquisite Corpse Video Project - Volume 4 Porn / Politics (curator : Kika Nicolela) VIDEO LOUNGE : Cage Suite VIDEOFORMES 2014 - E-Migrations/Karen Guillorel & Yann Minh - Videocollectifs - Concours Jeunes Publics 1 Minute - Atelier d'art thérapie PERFORMANCES & NUIT DES ARTS ELECTRONIQUES : Digital m (read more) (posted on 2014-03-08)

Remembering video art pioneer

The Tate Modern, London’s influential modern art museum, will hold a special exhibition later this year of the definitive works of the late Paik Nam-june, the Korean artist revered as the father of video art. The display is a project in partnership with Korea car maker Hyundai Motor, which in January announced an unprecedented 11-year commitment to funding the space, starting with the Paik exhibit. In a news conference in Seoul, Friday, Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota expressed hopes that the museum’s partnership with Hyundai will help it broaden the range of international works displa (read more) (posted on 2014-03-08)

Duplex Ride - Nos Modus

Live Drawing "Contaminazioni" di Cristiano Baricelli e visual di Valerio Visconti. Un incrocio di sinestesia tra suono e visione, che mette in comune le ricerche artistiche dei vari componenti di Duplex Ride. Un crocevia in cui gli elementi fondamentali di musica e immagini, sotto forma di concerti e proiezioni video, s'intersecano con altre forme di espressione creativa, dal reading poetico alla performance, dall'installazione al disegno dal vivo. NOS e' formato da Marco Cacciamani, Claudio Ferrari e Riccardo Canessa, che, tra le rispettive diverse passioni artistiche, qui condividono quella (read more) (posted on 2014-03-08)

IBB Videolounge

Over the course of one year, the IBB-Videolounge will present 12 artists who have drawn attention to themselves with innovative use of the media film and video in recent years. The selected artists are both established representatives of contemporary video art as well as emerging artists who have scarcely made their mark on Berlin’s active art scene. A new, changing programme of different works will be compiled each month. In March (05.03.–31.03.2014) IBB-Videolounge shows two works by Patrycja German (*1979, Wroclaw/Poland). She devises situations which require counterparts to join her i (read more) (posted on 2014-03-07)

... all silent but for the buzzing ...

John Cage, Henri Chopin, Patrick Coyle, Ian Giles, Marlene Haring, Alexandrina Hemsley & Jamila Johnson-Small, Patrick Hough, Jacob Kirkegaard, Liz Magic Laser, Lina Lapelyte, Hassan Meer, Nástio Mosquito, Laure Prouvost, Ryder Ripps, Alex Schweder, John Stezaker, Jon Wozencroft Graduating RCA Curating Contemporary Art students present an international group exhibition that explores the indistinct spaces which lie between chatter and silence. Taking its title from Samuel Beckett's Not I (1972), ... all silent but for the buzzing ... aims to transport the distant whispering of Beckett's play (read more) (posted on 2014-03-07)

Douglas Gordon

A spectacular installation by Douglas Gordon in permanent collection, "Pretty much every film and video work from about 1992 until now". Acquired in 2003, Pretty much every film and video work from about 1992 until now has just been considerably enriched with 43 new videos by the artist. This makes the museum the world's largest holder of Gordon's video works. This presentation is a significant addition to such other major ensembles as Raoul Dufy's Magic of Electricity, Henri Matisse's two Dances and Christian Boltanski's Reserve des Enfants. MUSEE D'ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS - MAM Pa (read more) (posted on 2014-03-07)

Videovisioni

Ogni venerdì del mese di marzo alle ore 18.00 la Galleria Nuvole presenta la rassegna Videovisioni, la cui selezione degli artisti è stata affidata a Rita Casdia. Sono quattro gli appuntamenti alla scoperta della video arte in Italia che mettono a confronto un ventaglio di video-artisti diversi, due per volta, con lo scopo di presentare al pubblico le diverse e possibili declinazioni che la video arte ha assunto oggi come pratica artistica. Le opere di ciascun artista si connotano sia per la loro unicità dettata dalle tematiche affrontate, sia dai generi esplorati con un voluto e consap (read more) (posted on 2014-03-07)

Videada Vol.06

Convocatoria abierta para realizadores peruanos y latinoamericanos Cierre de la convocatoria: Martes 11 de Marzo 2014 El año 2008 elgalpon.espacio creó LA VIDEADA, espacio de difusión de propuestas experimentales en video, que apuesten por un lenguaje de ¨riesgo¨, realizados por ciudadanos en general. La Videada se creó con el objetivo de generar un espacio en el cual se encuentren, se conozcan y se formen redes entre creadores autónomos e independientes, fortaleciendo un circuito poco desarrollado de este tipo de propuestas en Lima. Además desde la edición Vol.05, la videada ya n (read more) (posted on 2014-03-07)

Adventures In Video Art

Join Anne Spalter as she talks about her exciting work involving art and technology. Her video pieces are based on original footage shot in remote locations, from moving vehicles. Be prepared to see adventure, the unexpected, and serendipitous moments that you would’t expect. Anne will show material from and discuss the backstories of several works, as well as some of the computer-based methods of creation. The pieces are location, weather, and time-specific videos shot from cars, high-rise buildings from the air, and underwater. These images fold in on themselves and abstract forms and pat (read more) (posted on 2014-03-06)

CIDVIdeoart

El CIDV es una espacio dedicado a la investigación y al archivo del vídeo arte y la experimentación audiovisual, un lugar en el que confluyen artistas, críticos, comisarios, galerías, plataformas, festivales e instituciones que promuevan este medio. Un lugar de encuentro para investigadores y un espacio para la conservación y archivo de este patrimonio. Para formar parte del archivo es necesario enviar por correo postal: -*Dossier de artista. -Vídeos en Alta Calidad (FORMATO) -Publicaciones y catálogos del artista. (Bibliografía, links, etc…) -Documentación de prensa. -Imáge (read more) (posted on 2014-03-06)

Lo schermo dell'arte Film Festival

Da giovedì 6 a domenica 9 marzo, Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana ospita per la prima volta al Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi una selezione di nove film della sesta edizione dello Schermo dell’arte Film Festival, la rassegna internazionale tenutasi a Firenze lo scorso novembre. Una collaborazione ideale, quella tra il Festival nato a Firenze nel 2008 e il Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi che nella presentazione al pubblico di video e film d’artista concentra molta parte della propria programmazione culturale. Nel ricco programma, film realizzati da artisti, tra i quali il Turner Prize 2005 (read more) (posted on 2014-03-06)

Oscars 2014: The video art in '12 Years a Slave'

The most devastating scene in “12 Years a Slave” – a movie filled to the brim with devastating scenes, and one that rightly won the Best Picture Oscar at Sunday night’s Academy Awards – comes near the end. It speaks of director Steve McQueen’s background as a gifted video artist. (He won the Tate Museum’s Turner Prize in 1999, chiefly for his video installation, “Drumroll”). The scene shows only Solomon Northup, the free black man who has been abducted into slavery’s unspeakable world of physical, emotional and spiritual atrocities, all chronicled in excruciating, sometime (read more) (posted on 2014-03-04)

Donna | immagine | musica

Nell'ambito delle manifestazioni oranizzate dal Comune di Venezia Do.Ve. e in collaborazione con Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival alla Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi onlus di Venezia venerdi 7 marzo dalle ore 15.00 Incontri con videoartiste Debora Vrizzi, Elisabetta Di Sopra e Maria Teresa Sartori, a cura di Angela Mengoni (Università Iuav di Venezia) e Stefano Jacoviello (Università di Siena) In collaborazione con Ikono tv Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi onlus | San Vidal 2893 - 30124 Venezia (posted on 2014-03-04)

Michael E. Smith - Ian Cheng

Michael E. Smith / A cura di Simone Menegoi e Alexis Vaillant Ian Cheng / A cura di Filipa Ramos La Triennale di Milano è lieta di presentare, per la prima volta in un'istituzione italiana, i due giovani artisti americani Michael E. Smith e Ian Cheng, con due mostre personali che dialogano nello spazio espositivo con elementi risonanti e tematiche comuni. I due artisti, sia pure molto diversi nei linguaggi espressivi, condividono un approccio visionario; entrambi analizzano le tensioni contemporanee e immaginano possibili modalità di reazione e di resistenza attraverso logiche d’opposizi (read more) (posted on 2014-03-04)

AnimateCologne 2014

animateCOLOGNE – Cologne Art & Animation Festival launched in September 2012 successfully as new branch of Cologne International Videoart Festival is now open to receive submissions for the 2014 edition. animateCologne – Cologne Art & Animation Festival would like give the animation more attention, relevance and space as a particular artistic expression by using a new festival format based on an exceptional permament collection of animated art contents to be extended once a year via a new festival edition. As a part of ” CologneOFF 201XX – videoart in a global context” – a world (read more) (posted on 2014-03-03)

Moving pictures from the Arab world

The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture is a Beirut-based, non-state body disbursing money to individuals and institutions devoted to, as its name suggests, Arab cultural production. By AFAC’s reckoning, it has supported over 150 films since it began awarding grants in 2007, and assists more than 25 film projects yearly.Over the past few years, regional and international film and fine art platforms have exhibited a range of AFAC-supported audio-visual works, from feature films and documentaries to short-form video art. To contribute to the diffusion of these works – and to help publicize its wo (read more) (posted on 2014-03-03)

Teresa Hubbard - Alexander Birchler

Ballroom Marfa is pleased to present Sound Speed Marker by Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler. The three video installations and related photographs, covering a span of five years of work, explore film's relationship to place and the traces that movie making leaves behind. The exhibition includes the premiere of Giant (2014), a work commissioned by Ballroom Marfa. The exhibition will be on view at Ballroom Marfa until July 31, 2014 and will be accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue to be published in December 2014. Sound Speed Marker will travel to the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Decemb (read more) (posted on 2014-03-02)

Kajsa Dahlberg

Curator Kathrin Becker Kajsa Dahlberg (born 1973 in Gothenburg, lives and works in Berlin), in her art practice, reflects the media of video, text and sound as well as their history of reception in view of the construction and communication of narrative structures in the context of political representation, history and identity. For her solo exhibition at the n.b.k. Showroom, Dahlberg produced a new cinematic piece that deals with the issue of work and focuses on the phenomenon of time as a central aspect of negotiation in the confrontation of the needs of workers and employers. The examinat (read more) (posted on 2014-03-02)

Moving Image

Moving Image art fair returns to the Waterfront New York Tunnel, March 6-9, 2014 with a selection of 35 single-channel videos and installations by artists represented by galleries and non-profit institutions from around the world. Moving Image has been conceived to offer a viewing experience with the excitement and vitality of a fair, while allowing moving-image-based artworks to be understood and appreciated on their own terms. Highlights of the 2014 New York fair include historical works by highly influential pioneers of video and filmmaking, including Nam June Paik's 1995 sculpture Dog (Sc (read more) (posted on 2014-03-02)

Ed Atkins

Da febbraio a giugno 2014, il Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi presenta nuovi video di artisti della Collezione Pinault. Ed Atkins è nato nel 1982 a Londra, Regno Unito, dove vive a lavora. E' conosciuto per i suoi video che sfidano le convenzioni narrative e usa spesso la tecnologia motion capture. Crea anche molte transizione da un soggetto a un altro. Even Pricks è il culmine di una serie di lavori sul tema della depressione, sia nel senso psicologico sia nel senso fisico. Il video unisce testi, immagini e dialoghi frammentati e deformati. Ed Atkins crea degli avatar misantropi: umani e ani (read more) (posted on 2014-03-02)

Looking at the Big Sky

Curated by Ellen Pau. The act of looking at the sky reveals individual state like at certain time, space and perspective. Perhaps the most straight- forward of this act is weather forecast, looking up during daytime, spotting the clouds and sensing the wind, then decide whether to take the umbrella or not. But in different time, space and location, the same act of looking up could be consequences of various sequences of fortunate or unfortunate events and hence bring forward a very different set of psychological and emotional reverberations. In Chinese, we have a saying “Looking at the sky (read more) (posted on 2014-03-01)

(W)hen (O)ceans (M)eet

The exhibition 'When Oceans Meet' is a two-part, themed programme of video and film projections by a group of international artists to be held over the course of six weeks at Michaelis School of Fine Art's Upper Gallery. Featured artists include Vasco Araújo (PT), Jesper Just (DK), Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz (CH/DE), Claudia Ulisses (PT), Adrián Paci (AL), Allan Sekula & Noël Burch (US). Conceived by Nancy Dantas, this programme has been curated as a tentative response to the wider histories and issues prompted by 'Miss Gay Western Cape' and 'Spring Queen', two local beauty pageants curr (read more) (posted on 2014-03-01)

Bill Viola

Bill Viola est sans conteste le plus célèbre représentant de l’art vidéo. Un large corpus de son oeuvre, allant de 1977 à aujourd’hui, mêlant tableaux en mouvement et installations monumentales, est pour la première fois présenté au Grand Palais. Dans une quête à la fois intimiste et universelle, l’artiste exprime son cheminement émotionnel et spirituel à travers de grands thèmes métaphysiques - vie, mort, transfiguration… Cette exposition est organisée par la Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais et le Studio Bill Viola Commissariat : Jérôme Neutres , conse (read more) (posted on 2014-03-01)

Videoart at Midnight N° 13: Mathilde ter Heijne

LAMENT, SONG FOR TRANSITION Berlin, 2014, 6:37 min, HD video, color, sound, Ed. 40 (+10 artist’s proofs) Lamenting is an age-old oral tradition that combines singing and weeping. All over the world, women traditionally sang – and still sing – these songs at transitional moments in life such as funerals and weddings, upon the departure of a loved one going off to war, or simply to commiserate about the hardships of life. The lament ritual is used to express sorrow and grief, to heal hurts and traumas, and to bridge the past with the present in order to forge ahead into the future. Lam (read more) (posted on 2014-03-01)

Combat Prize

PREMIO COMBAT PRIZE was born with the purpose of investigating the most interesting ideas in international contemporary art. The name COMBAT draws its conceptual inspiration from combat films, videos shot by American military cameramen during World War II battles. Combat films, often shot on the frontline and live, filmed the horrors of the war to document and show to the American people - not yet used to reality TV – what was going on, including the most bloody events. PREMIO COMBAT PRIZE shares the same objective, which is maybe ambitious but certainly effective from a cultural viewpoint (read more) (posted on 2014-03-01)

Video Art Festival Miden

Video Art Festival Miden invites all video artists and video creators to participate in this year’s 10th edition of the festival. The festival call is open to every creator (individuals, groups or organizations) of any nationality and background. There is no entry fee. Entry forms and preview links can be submitted electronically until March 31, 2014 Please read carefully entry rules and regulations before filling the entry form. THEME The proposed video can be of any genre (video art, experimental video, animation, short movie etc.) and there are no thematic restrictions. But every ye (read more) (posted on 2014-02-28)

Berlin Music Video Awards

Berlin Music Video Awards found its new home! We are excited to announce this year's location - PLATOON KUNSTHALLE Berlin! The Berlin Music Video Awards (BMVA) are an annual festival that puts filmmakers and the art behind music videos in the spotlight. Supporting both unknown and famous artists, it is a primary networking event for the video and music industries in Europe. Filled with a vast selection of music video marathons, professional judges, live performances, filmmaking workshops and networking events, the festival is not only a meeting ground for filmmakers, but also for musicians (read more) (posted on 2014-02-28)

Francesca Fini

Incontro di approfondimento sugli ultimi lavori video dell'artista nell'ambito della rassegna "Sofa chats videoarte da salotto", introdotti dal collettivo collaab.it che presenta anche un'esclusiva intervista all'artista realizzata per l'occasione. L'incontro, che verra' riproposto su Radio Fragola la domenica successiva alle 11.30, intende analizzare il rapporto fra videoarte e nuovi media, la Fini infatti e' un'artista interdisciplinare che spazia dalla performance alla videoarte con progetti che affrontano sempre questioni sociali e politiche, come i due video proposti che prendono in esame (read more) (posted on 2014-02-28)

Videoformes 2014

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DIGITAL ARTS SCREENINGS: PRIX VIDEOFORMES 2014, FOCUS Programs (Reynold Reynolds, Anders Weberg, John Sanborn, Exquisite Corpse Video Project). VIDEO LOUNGE : Cage Suite VIDEOFORMES 2014, Karen Guillorel & Yann Minh, Videocollectifs, Vidéos Jeunes Publics 1 Minute. ROUND TABLES PERFORMANCES: Thomas Israël & Gauthier Keyaerts. NUIT DES ARTS ELECTRONIQUES : ANDROMAKERS, PANOPTIC, ST4LK, TEMPS REELS. EXHIBITIONS: Bill Viola, Clémence Demesme, Jean-Charles Eustache, Samuel Rousseau, Julien Piedpremier, Jacques Perconte, Scenocosme, Rachel Rosalen & Rafael Marche (read more) (posted on 2014-02-28)

Variations of the Moon

Artists: David Claerbout, Ryota Kuwakubo, Nam June Paik, Kyuchul Ahn, Se-kwon Ahn, Sohee Cho and Hiraki Sawa Curated by Chaeyoung Lee Nam June Paik Art Center presents Variations of the Moon, its first special exhibition in 2014, from February 26 to June 29. Variations of the Moon intends to turn everyday routine 'moments' into 'poetic' moments by showing various artistic temporalities. This exhibition will make visitors reflect on the beauty of 'shadow' enfolding the 'moonlight.' The audience will also get to think about the harmonious life between people and nature, which is filled and e (read more) (posted on 2014-02-28)

Animare la natura

Sembrano piccoli sogni diventati disegno e poi animati. I video di questi dieci artisti, provenienti da diversi Paesi e con formazioni artistiche di varia natura, riescono a incantare spettatori di ogni età. Sembrano pensati per i più piccoli ma nascondono riflessioni che valicano i confini dell’istinto e del gioco per giungere a metafore profonde anche sull’esistenza umana e sul ruolo della natura. Una breve mostra in due sedi: a Palazzetto Tito, sede della Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, e al Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo, del circuito dei Musei Civici veneziani. La prima sempre rivolta al (read more) (posted on 2014-02-28)

Living in the post-socialism

Bulgarski Video Art The selection has been made from videos, which have been taken a part in the festival VIDEOHOLICA since 2010 onwards. Start: 19:00 On 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall was destroyed by the Berlin citizens with hammers, pickaxes and anything they had on hand. However, 25 years after its falldown, such similar "wall" still exists in people’s minds on both sides of the former Iron Curtain’s countries and it is not possible simply to destroy it using just hammers. Where is Bulgaria after all these 25 years - the small country on the edge of Southeast Europe, which has re (read more) (posted on 2014-02-27)