LUX MONTHLY - LUXNEWSWIREjanuary2008

Fri Jan 4 16:24:51 CST 2008

LUXNEWSWIREjanuary2008

[LUX NEWSWIRE is a monthly e-newsletter covering UK and international  
artists' moving image news.]

Contents
1. UK 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 OPENINGS

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/events.htm you can also subscribe to  
the calendar in any software that uses the ical format (such as apple  
ical and windows calendar) by entering http://www.google.com/calendar/ 
ical/calendar%40lux.org.uk/public/basic.ics

UK

5th London Short Film Festival 4th – 14th January 2008 http:// 
www.shortfilms.org.uk

Sarah Beddington, Bloomberg Space, London. 12 January - 23 February.  
http://www.bloombergspace.com

Paul Pfeiffer, Thomas Dane Gallery, London. 17 January – 16 February.  
http://www.thomasdane.com

Fire Under Snow, Darren Almond, Parasol unit, London. 18 January – 30  
March. http://www.parasol-unit.org

Replays: Selected video works 1994 - 2007, Willie Doherty - Matts  
Gallery, London. 23 January - 16 March. http://www.mattsgallery.org

Momentary Momentum, Kettles Yard, Cambridge.   24 January – 3 March.  
An international survey of animated drawing, including works by  
Francis Alÿs, William Kentridge, Kara Walker, and David Shrigley.  
http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk

Ryan Gander, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. 30 January – 24 March.
http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk

2. CALLS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
* denotes entry fees
NEW LUX Calls and Opportunities deadline calendar available now at
http://www.lux.org.uk/resources/opportunities.htm
Or subscribe with any calendar programme which uses the ical format  
(such as apple ical or windows calendar) by entering http:// 
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PDX Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival - Portland,  
USA. Deadline: 18 January http://www.peripheralproduce.com/pdxff.php *

International Festival of Animated Films AniFest Prague - Prague,  
Czech Republic. Deadline: 21 January. http://www.anifest.cz

Festival de court-métrage - Bruxelles, Belgium. Deadline: 1 February.  
http://www.courtmetrage.be

Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany. Deadline: 1 February. http:// 
www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/entry-form.html

Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, Canada. Deadline: 1 February.  
http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com

VIDEOEX - Experimentalfilm & Video Festival, Zurich, Switzerland.  
Deadline: 2 February. http://www.videoex.ch

IndieLisboa, Portugal. Deadline: 5 February. http://www.indielisboa.com

3. OPPORTUNITIES

Residency: Visual Arts in Rural Communities  - Highgreen,  
Northumberland, UK. Deadline: 12 December. http://www.varc.org.uk

Residency: Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, USA. Deadline: 18  
January http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org

Residency. Rijksakademie Research Residency, Amsterdam, Netherlands.  
Deadline: 1 February. http://www.rijksakademie.nl

Residency. De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Deadline: 1 February.
http://www.de-ateliers.nl/index.cfm?chapter_id=32

Awards. The Wellcome Trust/ small to medium-sized projects, UK.  
Deadline: 15 February http://www.wellcome.ac.uk

4. PUBLISHING

The Films of Stefan and Franciszka Themerson. DVD published in UK and  
Poland by LUX and CCA Warsaw. Includes the Themerson’s remaining  
films plus extensive notes by Stefan Themerson. Launching at the  
British Library on 9th January (see details below) then available  
from LUX shop http://www.lux.org.uk/shop/video.htm

Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor,  
Scott MacDonald. Book published in USA by University of California  
Press. 978-0520250871. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10790.html

Building Bridges. The Cinema of Jean Rouch. Edited by Joram ten Brink

Preface by Michael Renov. Book published by Wallflower Press in UK.  
ISBN 978-1-905674-47-3 http://www.wallflowerpress.co.uk

Truth or Dare: Art and Documentary, edited by Gail Pearce and Cahal  
McLaughlin. Book published in UK by Intellect Books.
ISBN 9781841501758 http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk

Alexander Hahn Works 1976 – 2006. Book/DVD published in Germany by  
Kehrer Art Books, Heidelberg, 2007, 216 pages, 180 color and 72 b/w  
illustrations, w. DVD, German/English, ISBN 978-3-939583-20-2 http:// 
www.artbooksheidelberg.de/html/en/program/detail.html?ID=228

5. LUX NEWS

NEW ON LUXONLINE

Luxonline Vodcasts
Luxonline launches the first of a series of artist Vodcasts with  
video artist Harold Offeh. See the Luxonline homepage to download the  
movie to your computer.
www.luxonline.org.uk/vodcasts.html

New Theme: The Portrait
A look at the use of the portrait in artists' film and video; from  
turning the camera on themselves to images of friends and family and  
subversive takes on famous faces.
www.luxonline.org.uk/themes/portraits.html

New Works
My Blood Self, A series of new works by Grace Ndiritu.  
www.luxonline.org.uk/artists/grace_ndiritu/filmography.html

SCREENINGS AND EVENTS

Wednesday 9 January 6.30pm
A Night for the Themersons, British Library, London. A night to  
celebrate the life and work of Stefan and Franciszka Themerson to  
mark the launch of a new DVD of their films published by LUX and  
Centre for Contemporary Art Warsaw and presented as part of Breaking  
the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900 – 1937  
http://tinyurl.com/3bx6no

Thursday 17 January 6.30pm
Argument and Aurélien Froment, Goethe Institute, London
Screening of Anthony McCall and Andrew Tyndall’s provocative film  
essay Argument plus an artist’s presentation by Aurélien Froment. In  
collaboration with Serpentine Gallery as part of the Anthony McCall  
exhibition. http://www.serpentinegallery.org

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