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Screening in Tallinn, Estonia tomorrow

Screening seven videos as the video artist of the Month at CologneOFF 2011.

CologneoFF 2011 Tallinn is collaboration between Cologne International Videoart Festival, artvideoKOELN; Le Musee di-visioniste – the new museum of networked art – and Estonian Academy of Arts

1 June – Wednesday
12h – 19h screenings at Estonian Academy of Arts

Germany curated by Agricola de Cologne /
Poland curated by Antoni Karwowski
Russia curated by Vika Ilyushkina /
Finland curated by Pekka Ruuska
Sweden curated by Jonas Nilsson/Eva Olsson /
Norway curated by Margarida Paiva
Latvia curated by Dzintars Zilgalvis /
Anders Weberg (CologneOFF videoartist of MAY 2011)
Estonia curated by Raivo Kelomees/
Iceland/Lithuania/Denmark curated by Agricola de Cologne

2 June – Thursday
12h-19h screenings at Estonian Academy of Arts

CologneOFF VI – special selection: Corporate Urban Interventions
Asia: Hongkong curated by Elle Pau & Alvis Choi
Digitalis – aspects of digital video
The Female Eye: Contextual Face curated by Evelin Stermitz & Women Directors Cut
Africa: Still Fighting curated by Kisito Assangni & South Africa
Figure it Out – performance in videoart”

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Exhibition in Tampere, Finland, May 26-28.

Bering the featured videoartist of the month May at the CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project and the following seven videos of mine will be screened:

Self, 1:00, 2010
Mirror, Mirror, 2:30, 2009
Dejected, 1:00, 2008
For Sore Eyes, 2:17, 2006
Undisclosed Beauty, 3:13, 2008
Mamo, 2:31, 2008

CologneOFF 2011 Tampere is collaboration between Cologne International Videoart Festival, artvideoKOELN; Le Musee di-visioniste – the new museum of networked art – and Arteles & Galleria Rajatila – Tampere

26 May – Thursday
Opening at Arteles
17h -18h CologneOFF VI – Corporate Urban Interventions
18h -19h Europe: Mediterranean: Italy
19h – 20h Latin America: Mexico
20h – 21h Europe: Balkan: Slovenia & Croatia
21h – 22h – Figure it Out – Performance in Videoart

27 May – Friday
17h- -21h screenings at Arteles
Videoart from the Nordic countries/Baltic Sea

17h – 18h Germany curated by Agricola de Cologne /Poland curated by Antoni Karwowski
18h – 19h Russia curated by Vika Ilyushkina /Finland curated by Pekka Ruuska
19h – 20h Sweden curated by Jonas Nilsson/Eva Olsson / Norway curated by Margarida Paiva
20h – 21h Estonia curated by Raivo Kelomees/ /Iceland curated by Agricola de Cologne
21h – 22h Latvia curated by Dzintars Zilgalvis /
Anders Weberg (videoartist of MAY 2011)

28 May – Saturday
17h-22h screenings Galleria Rajatila

17h – 18h Asia: Middle East: Syria & Iran
18h – 19h Europe: Mediterranean: Spain-Portugal
19h – 20h The Female Eye: Contextual Face & Women Directors Cut
20h – 21h Digitalis – aspects of digital video
21h – 22h Europe: Ex Sovjet Union

LINKS

http://artelesresidency.blogspot.com/2011/04/cologneoff-2011-baltic-sea-in-arteles.html

http://www.arteles.org/news.html

http://artelesnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/cologneoff-2011-baltic-sea-in-arteles-in-may/

http://urbanvoyerism.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html

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Exhibition in St.Petersburg, Russia. 19-21 May.

I’m the featured videoartist of the month May at the CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project and the following seven videos of mine will be screened:

Self, 1:00, 2010
Mirror, Mirror, 2:30, 2009
Dejected, 1:00, 2008
For Sore Eyes, 2:17, 2006
Undisclosed Beauty, 3:13, 2008
Mamo, 2:31, 2008

CologneOFF * 2011 St.Petersburg
a collaboration with NCCA – National Centre for Contemporary Art
ProArte, Smolny University and Cyland Media Art Lab.

PROGRAM
19 May – Thursday Opening 19-22 h lecture at Smolny University screening Corporate Urban Interventions”, afterwards round table discussion
20 May – Friday 17h- -21h video art screenings at PROARTE
17h-21.h Iceland/Lithuania curated by Agricola de Cologne Anders Weberg (videoartist of MAY 2011)
17h – 18h Germany curated by Agricola de Cologne
Poland curated by Antoni Karwowski
18h – 19h Russia curated by Vika Ilyushkina
Finland curated by Pekka Ruuska
19h – 20h Sweden curated by Jonas Nilsson/Eva Olsson
Norway curated by Margarida Paiva
20h – 21h Estonia curated by Raivo Kelomees/
Latvia curated by Dzintars Zilgalvis / 21 May – Saturday 16h-21h screenings at NCCA – National Center for Contemporary Art 16h – 17h Digitalis – aspects of digital video 17h – 18h Europe: Balkan: Greece: Partner: Athens Video Art Festival
Europe: Balkan : Romania: Kinema Ikon curated Calin Man
18h – 19h SFC – Shoah Film Collection III 19h – 20h Europe: Ex Sovjet Union 20h – 21h Partner: Asia: Hongkong curated by Alvis Choi & Ellen Pau

On its tour once around the globe,
CologneOFF 2011 is making four stops around the Baltic Sea in May /June 2011
focussing in its curated programs on videoart from the Nordic and Baltic countries
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Norway curated by Margarida Paiva, Oslo Screen Festival
Sweden curated by Jonas Nilsson & Eva Olsson, art:screen Sweden
Finland curated by Pekka Ruuska, Arteles Tampere
Germany, Iceland, Denmark & Lithuania curated by Agricola de Cologne, artvideoKOELN
Poland by Antoni Karwowski, OFFicyna Szczecin
Russia curated by Vika Ilyushkina, Cyland MediaLab St.Petersburg
Lativa curated by Dzingars Zingalvis, Noass Riga/Latvia
Estonia curated by Raivo Kelomees, Estonian Academy of Arts

and the solo feature – Anders Weberg (Sweden), videoartist of the Month May 2011

Besides this common focus, each of the 4 venues has its own structures of complementary screening and installation programs
including 19 curators, more than 400 videos by 250 videoartists.

The biggest presentation series so far, CologneOFF 2011 Baltic Sea
is demonstrating again the richness and diversity of global videoart creation.

The basic festival program CologneOFF VI can be reviewed 24hours seven days of a week, including all 80 videos in full length online.
Access via —>
http://coff.newmediafest.org/ or
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/

The PDF catalogue – downloadable for free –>
http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF2011_Baltic-Sea.pdf
gives all basic information about this unique media art context
CologneOFF 2011 and its programs.

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Exhibition in Finland. Two Videoworks curated.

HEP Finland, Culture Centre Laaksola, curated by Pekka Ruuska, co-curatorial Alison Williams
runs from 1 – 30 July, private view 30 June 2010.

The selected works:
Repressed
Mirror/Mirror (collaboration Alison Williams/South Africa)

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Screening 2 videos in Geneva April 30.

My 2 videos, “Repressed” and “Mirror/Mirror” selected for the Human Emotion Project by curator Pekka Ruuska.
HEP Geneva at Ivazion, Genéve, 30 April, 2010.

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