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LUXNEWSWIREjanuary2007
[LUX NEWSWIRE is a monthly e-newsletter covering UK and international
artists' moving image news. Contributions are welcome under any of
the following headings, send information for inclusion to news[at]
lux.org.uk]
Contents
1. UK/International openings (festivals, gallery shows, screening
series)
2. Calls (festivals, open shows, competitions, conferences)
3. Opportunities (funding, residences, employment)
4. Publishing (books, online journals, videos, DVD, CD)
5. LUX news
1. UK/INTERNATIONAL OPENINGS
UK
LUX LONDON EVENTS CALENDAR the most comprehensive daily listing of
artists' moving image events, screenings and exhibitions in London
http://www.lux.org.uk/resources/calendar.htm
Norman McLaren, NFT, London. 4 – 28 January. http://www.bfi.org.uk/
incinemas/nft/seasons/mclaren/
Halloween Short Film Festival, ICA/ Curzon Soho, London. 6 – 15
January. http://www.shortfilms.org.uk/
Analogue, Pioneering video from the UK, Canada & Poland, Norwich
Gallery. 8 – 20 January. http://www.norwichgallery.co.uk
Jacco Olivier, Victoria Miro, London. 12 January- 10 February.
http://www.victoria-miro.com
Küba, Kutlug Ataman, Court 1, Magistrates Courts, Civic Centre,
Southampton, 16 January - 24 February
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~hansard/exhibition/offsite.htm
Sparky Chatroom’s Film Club, Studio Voltaire, London. 19 – 28
January, 2007. A film club organised by Spartacus Chetwynd & Studio
Voltaire including 'The Walk to Dover' by Lali Chetwynd.
http://www.studiovoltaire.org
Wake Up and Hide, Gary Stevens, Matts Gallery, London. 24 January –
18 March. http://www.mattsgallery.org
Ninna Nanna, Margaret Salmon, Whitechapel Gallery, London. 25 January
– 11 February. http://www.whitechapel.org
Meiro Koizumi, Dicksmith Gallery, London. 25 January – 25 February.
http://www.dicksmithgallery.co.uk
Another Album, Johanna Billing, Hollybush Gardens Gallery, London. 26
January – 25 February. http://www.hollybushgardens.co.uk
8th International Days of Documentary Cinema/ Europe's Point of
Divergence/ Convergence, Lubin, Poland. Deadline: 29 January. http://
www.rozstaje.ack.lubin.pl
Still Life & Responsible Tourism, Grace Ndiritu, Chisenhale Gallery,
London. 31 January – 18 March. http://www.chisenhale.org.uk
Familiars, Sofia Hulten, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. 31 January – 18
March. http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
INTERNATIONAL
Sleepwalkers, Doug Aitken, MOMA, New York, USA. 16 January – 12
February. Free outdoor exhibition. http://www.moma.org
19. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Festival for Expanded Media, Germany. 18
– 21 January. http://www.wand5.de/fiwi2007
International Film Festival Rotterdam , Netherlands. 24 January - 4
February 2007. http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
transmediale.07 unfinish!, Berlin, Germany. 31 January – 4 February.
http://www.transmediale.de
2. CALLS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
* denotes entry fees
Sonar International Short Film Festival VII, Firenze, Italy.
Deadline: 19 January. http://www.sonarfilmfestival.it/sff/eng_entry.htm
Next Festival 007, Vilnius, Lithuania. Deadline: 20 January. http://
www.nextfestival.net
Call for Papers. Screen / Space: The Projected Image in Contemporary
Art. April 20 –21, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Send abstracts
of up to 400 words, together with a brief biography, to either Tamara
Trodd (Tamara.Trodd at ed.ac.uk). Deadline for proposals: 26 January
23. Internationales KurzFilmFestival Hamburg, Germany. Deadline: 15
February. www.shortfilm.com/english/festival/index.php
12th International Media Art Biennale WRO 07, Wroclaw, Poland.
Deadline: 15 February. NB accepts installation and performance
proposals as well as films and videos. http://wrocenter.pl
Evolution 2007, Leeds, UK. http://www.lumen.org.uk
3. OPPORTUNITIES
Fellowship. Arts Council England Helen Chadwick Fellowship, British
School in Rome/ University of Oxford. Deadline: 26 January. http://
bsr.ac.uk
Residency. Gibraltar Point International Artist Residency Program,
Toronto, Canada. Deadline: 21 February. http://
www.torontoartscape.on.ca/gpiarp
Residency. Cove Park, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Fairbairn
Programme Six-week residency for mid-career UK visual artists,
makers, critical writers and curators. Deadline: 16 April. http://
www.covepark.org
Residency. Arte association’s Artists’ Residency Sumu, Turku,
Finland. Deadline: 31 January. Residence is for new media artists,
working in the intersection of new technologies and contemporary art.
http://www.arte.fi/
4. PUBLISHING
The Films of Kenneth Anger: Volume One. DVD published in USA by
Fantoma. Contains Fireworks (1947, Puce Moment (1949), Rabbit's Moon
(1950, the rarely seen original 16 minute version, Eaux d'Artifice
(1953), Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954) http://www.fantoma.com
The animate! Book: Rethinking Animation edited by Benjamin Cook and
Gary Thomas. Book/ DVD published in UK by LUX
animate! is a groundbreaking commissioning project established by
Arts Council England and Channel 4 to support risk taking and
experimental animation works for television. Exploding the
traditional preconceptions of what animation is and could be,
animate! exists to break down barriers and challenge expectations.
The animate! book explores the vibrant discourses round the project,
taking it as a jumping off point for a wide ranging exploration of
the relationship between art and animation and the place of animation
and its concepts in contemporary art practice. Also Includes a DVD of
10 films commissioned by animate!: That's Nothin'/Cowboys Phil Mulloy
(1991), Soho Square Mario Carvalli (1992), Biogenesis William Latham
(1993), What She Wants Ruth Lingford (1994), Feeling My Way Jonathan
Hodgson (1997), Withdrawal George Barber (1997), Ferment Tim
Macmillan (1999), Love is All Olivier Harrison (1999), Rotting Artist
Ann Course & Paul Clark (2002), Perpetual Motion in the Land of Milk
and Honey AL + AL (2004). ISBN: 0-9548569-1-0 http://www.lux.org.uk/
shop/books.htm
NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM LUX SHOP http://www.lux.org.uk/shop/books.htm
Words Images Music (Nausea): Matthew Noel-Tod
Audio CD and book published to coincide with the exhibition of
Matthew Noel-Tod"s video Nausea (which is distributed by LUX) at
Outpost Gallery, Norwich, UK. July 2006. Illustrated with sequential
images from the video. The book contains a CD of "Nausea Songs", the
video"s soundtrack, composed by Thomas Stone of the group Merchant.
Features an extended version of a previously published essay by
Steven Ball and a newly commissioned essay by Rastko Novakovi.
Obcy Aktorzy / Foreign Actors: Matthew Noel-Tod
English and Polish language catalogue published to coincide with the
residency of Matthew Noel-Tod at the a-i-r Artists in Residence
laboratory, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw,
Poland. 2005-2006. The video produced during the residency, Obcy
Aktorzy / Foreign Actors (which is distributed by LUX), is discussed
at length in this publication, with many contextualising
illustrations designed to extend the project and underline the video.
Contains an in depth analysis of the video"s reframing of Polish
cinema via the films of Andrzej Wajda and Krzysztof Kiezlowski to the
Workshop of the Film Form.
The Sharpest Point: animation at the end of cinema
Book edited by Chris Gehman and Steve Reinke
The relatively new and constantly advancing technologies that allow
the digital modification and rendering of film has cultivated an
artistic climate in which even the most realistic cinematic
representations are technologically contrived. These representations
of reality may as well be considered animations - the world has
become a cartoon. With special attention to the impact of Canadian
works and writing in the context of the international cultural scene,
editors Chris Gehman and Steve Reinke bring together a collection of
critical essays and artist's projects that are indispensable for
anyone who, in this digital era, has begun to question the modern
cinematic experience.
5. LUX NEWS
SCREENINGS AND EVENTS
Sunday 14th January 2007, 7pm
LUX presents an evening of film and performance dedicated to
inclement weather, IN THE COLD, COLD NIGHT
at Arcola Theatre, 27 Arcola Street, London, E8 2DJ see http://
www.arcolatheatre.com for directions.
Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start, Tickets: £5
Advance bookings recommended to avoid disappointment, call Arcola
Theatre box office on 020 7503 16 46 or visit http://
www.arcolatheatre.com/index.php?action=showtemplate&sid=210
with performances by: Heather Jones X, Andrew Gaston, Paul Hood,
Susan Turcot, Dirty Snow and Viralux and a screening of Michael
Curran's LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE
“The white bees are swarming,” said Grandma.
“Do they have a queen too?” asked the little boy, for he knew that
real bees had such a ruler.
“Yes,” replied Grandma, “ she always flies right at the centre of the
storm”
IN THE COLD, COLD NIGHT will invoke the chill in winter tales, ice
crystals, battles of love and silence of snow. Crossing the
boundaries between music and art a focused constellation of
performances will introduce a special screening of LOVE IN A COLD
CLIMATE. Taking the form of a fractured journey LOVE IN A COLD
CLIMATE explores notions of coldness, the act of storytelling and
loneliness, all haunted by the spectre of Hans Christian Anderson's
Snow Queen. Whilst seeking the actress Natayla Klimova, who played
the role of the Snow Queen in Gennadi Kazinski's 1966 LENFILM
production, Curran drifts through a series of episodic encounters
which all strangely reflect upon his concerns. Comprised of telephone
recitations, fairy story, chance meetings and weather changes Love in
a Cold Climate emerges as an essay in love and longing.
From January 2007
Frieze Projects, LUX and the Independent Cinema Office present
The Artists Cinema
New short 35mm film commissions by leading international contemporary
artists
Manon de Boer Presto – Perfect Sound
Miguel Calderón Guest of Honor
Bonnie Camplin Special Afflictions by Roy Harryhozen
Phil Collins he who laughs last laughs longest
Apichatpong Weerasethakul The Anthem
Showing in front of feature films across the UK from January 2007 at:
Aberdeen The Belmont Picturehouse, Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Arts
Centre, Bradford National Media Museum, Brighton Duke of York’s
Picturehouse, Bristol Arnolfini, Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, Derby
Metro Cinema,
Dundee Dundee Contemporary Arts, Durham Gala Theatre and Cinema,
Edinburgh The Cameo, Exeter Exeter Picturehouse, Glasgow Glasgow Film
Theatre, Inverness Eden Court Theatre & Cinema, Manchester
Cornerhouse, Nottingham Broadway, Leicester Phoenix Arts, Liverpool
Picturehouse at FACT, London Barbican, Clapham Picturehouse, The
Gate, Greenwich Picturehouse, The Ritzy, Oxford Phoenix Picturehouse,
Sheffield Showroom Cinema, Southampton Harbour Lights Picturehouse,
Street Strode Theatre,
Totnes The Barn, DartingtonARTS, Warick Warick Arts Centre, York City
Screen Picturehouse.
The Artists Cinema commissions are produced by Frieze Projects and
LUX and were premiered at Frieze Art Fair 2006.
For up to date screening dates and venues see http://
www.theartistscinema.org.uk
LUXONLINE – British film and video artists online. http://www.lux.org.uk
New Artists on the site - January 2007
Sutapa Biswas
http://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/sutapa_biswas/index.html
Sutapa Biswas' beautiful and arresting photographs, films and
installations have been shown in museums and galleries worldwide. As
the curator and critic Guy Brett writes, "Biswas’ recent work is a
device for awakening memory, gaining a foothold in the flux of time
and conveying an insight into human lives".
Luxonline presents clips from filmworks such as Magnesium Bird
(http://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/sutapa_biswas/
magnesium_bird.html), and an illuminating essay by Jean Wainwright.
Anna Thew
http://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/anna_thew/index.html
Anna Thew is known for her lyrical single and multi-screen films:
mosaics of colour, text and music which present evocative portraits
of friends and places, whilst making reference to the iconic images
of cinema. Luxonline presents a comprehensive picture of her work,
with clips from well known works such as Hilda was a Goodlooker
(http://www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/anna_thew/
hilda_was_a_good_looker.html) and Cling Film (http://
www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/anna_thew/cling_film.html). Her site
also includes an insightful essay on her work by Yann Beauvais,
artist and founder of Light Cone, Paris.
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