Mine and Robert Willims film Elsewhereness:CapeTown will be screened at the 3rd annual Antimatter Film Festival, October 8 to 16, 2010 in Victoria, BC, Canada within the frameworks of the City Breath Project curated by Kai Lossgott.
More info about the elsewhereness film series at: http://www.elsewhereness.com
Elsewhereness:Yokohama will be screened at the PAm festival Senigallia, Gallery Ghreardin, Senigallia, Italy , July 8-11.
urban research selection | urban interference and the city’s symbols
The success of modern cities as social entities is connected with the liability of relative security and trust in the social contract between citizens. As Jan Philippe Reemtsma states: “If I happen to drop into a violent situation, I will neither be made responsible for not being armed, nor for having failed to defend myself.” (memory-quoted). Although this unwritten contract is part of the production of modernity, urban identity, myths and symbols often tell about violent situations. Therefore, films talking about urban symbols often deal with the uncanny, with the precarious balance between the violence of law enforcement and violent social decay.
On the other hand, with urban interventions, artists try to play a more active role in society . Some artists see themselves as “political activist” and try to change politics and society; others just try to reach a different, more divers audience; or, they like to reach out for a seemingly impossible dream. All of them, however, share visions and ideas about urban life. And those inspirations may be infectious!
Curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr
More info:http://www.pamfestival.com/videoproiezione-di-klaus-w-eisenlohr/
Selected films
Elsewhereness: Yokohama 7min 00sec 2008 Anders Weberg SW
Zwischenzeit 06min 32sec 2008 Mischa Leinkauf + Mathias Wermke DE
Seven After Eleven 07min sec 2008 Christina McPhee US
Buda 03min 06sec Beatriz + Carlos Matiella MX
Sintia 04min 28sec Jose Matiella+Ivan Meza MX
Amusement Park 1min 00sec 2001 Pilvi Takala FI
Jalkeilla Taas (Up And About Again) 10min 49sec 2009 Maarit Suomi-Väänänen FI
Drive 9min 15sec 2003 Elena Näsänen FI
Drive! 1min 32sec 2008 Elham Rokni IL
Easy Rider 4min 25sec 2006 Pilvi Takala FI
Simulacro 0min 41sec 2005 Hector Falcon MX
Play Ground 06min 58sec 2009 Rinat Edelstein IL
Night Meter 4min 23sec 2000 Yaron Lapid UK
Interception 05min 20sec 2007-2009 Roch Forowicz PL
Stormwater / Estanque de tormentas 14min 23sec 2009 Tom Skipp ES
Zwischenzeit 06min 32sec 2008 Mischa Leinkauf + Mathias Wermke DE
Elsewhereness:Capetown as part the CITY BREATH project will be screened at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival.
Schreiner Hall, Grahamstown National Arts Festival.
Thu 1 July, 10:00 AM. 1h 17 mins.
Downstairs at the Glennie Festival Centre, Grahamstown National Arts Festival.
Sat 03 Jul, 12:00 PM. 1h 17 mins.
CITY BREATH. 2009. 01:07:11. DVD. Experimental film selection from South Africa.
Curator / director: Kai Lossgott.
Filmmakers / artists / choreographers / poets: Terry Westby-Nunn, Louise Coetzer, Lolette Smith, Colleen Alborough, João Oreccia, Khanyisile Mbongwa, James Tayler, Niklas Zimmer, Mandilakhe Yengo, Alude Mahali, Ananda Fuchs, Tanya van Schalkwyk, Mduduzi Nyembe, Bandile Gumbi, Maia Grotepass, Mark Wilby, Fabian Oliver Wargau, Nileru, Jeanette Ginslov, Erica Luttich, Anni Snyman, Koeka Stander, Rat Western, Maaike Bakker, Sean Buch, Emma Jane Laurence, Anders Weberg, Robert Willim
The third film in the growing series are now online.
Elsewhereness:Manchester
Commissioned by FutureEverything 2010 in Manchester, England.
Video:Anders Weberg Sound:Robert Willim
The previous in the series: Yokohama and Cape Town can be viewed on the project page: http://www.elsewhereness.com
Up until May 20 it can still be viewed in the art exhibition at FutureEverything in Manchester but here it is now on Vimeo.
Read curatorial overview on the art programme at the FutureEverything 2010 festival.
by Drew Hemment with Kate Taylor & Karen Gaskill.
Mine and Robert Willims film Elsewhereness:Manchester is part of the program.
http://www.futureeverything.org/blog/2010/04/artcuratorialstatement/
The first stills from the finished work Elsewhereness:Manchester that will premiere at
FutureEverything 2010, 12-15 May, Manchester, England.
http://www.futureeverything.org/
A new piece in the Elsewhereness series was selected and will premiere at
FutureEverything 2010, 12-15 May, Manchester England.
From the FutureEverything-website:
”After 15 years at the forefront of art, music and ideas, Futuresonic is now FutureEverything. FutureEverything 2010 takes place 12-15 May 2010 in Manchester, England.
Festival – The FutureEverything festival (formerlyFuturesonic, est. 1995) is attended by 75,000 people and is completely unique, bringing together world premieres of cutting edge artworks, an explosive city-wide music programme, and visionary thinkers from around the world.”
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