Black Metal was originally a term that described the music of Venom, so it is only fitting that Cronos, the great forefather of this style, speaks his mind.Frightening attitudes clash as the truth is sought. Determine what is real and what is mere fabrication with the help of Gorgoroth, Immortal, Darkthrone, Celtic Frost, Gloomy Grim, King Diamond, Dark Funeral, Enslaved, Mortiis, and myriad others who have shaped the music.
Location Mu-Meson Archives, Crn Parramatta Rd & Trafalgar St, Annandale
Time Doors 7.30 for 8pm start
Cost $10 with supper
http://www.mumeson.org
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21374126302 ]]>
Black Metal was originally a term that described the music of Venom, so it is only fitting that Cronos, the great forefather of this style, speaks his mind.
Frightening attitudes clash as the truth is sought. Determine what is real and what is mere fabrication with the help of Gorgoroth, Immortal, Darkthrone, Celtic Frost, Gloomy Grim, King Diamond, Dark Funeral, Enslaved, Mortiis, and myriad others who have shaped the music.
Location Mu-Meson Archives, Crn Parramatta Rd & Trafalgar St, Annandale
Time Doors 7.30 for 8pm start
Cost $10 with supper
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Tending Networks: The 5th Aotearoa Digital Arts Symposium will address new developments, connections, and opportunities in digital, new media and electronic art practice in New Zealand and internationally.The symposium will feature presentations by major international artists Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries of Korea, and Adam Hyde, a New Zealander based in Amsterdam. A wide range of artists and researchers from Christchurch and around New Zealand will present current projects, and panel discussions will focus on the creation of new work, including the role of community networks, the value of collaboration, and the challenges posed by exhibiting digital art. ]]>
Tending Networks: The 5th Aotearoa Digital Arts Symposium will address new developments, connections, and opportunities in digital, new media and electronic art practice in New Zealand and internationally.
The symposium will feature presentations by major international artists Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries of Korea, and Adam Hyde, a New Zealander based in Amsterdam. A wide range of artists and researchers from Christchurch and around New Zealand will present current projects, and panel discussions will focus on the creation of new work, including the role of community networks, the value of collaboration, and the challenges posed by exhibiting digital art.
ADA, the Aotearoa Digital Arts Trust, invites artists, researchers, curators, art enthusiasts and all those interested in creative community networks from Christchurch and around New Zealand to participate. More detail on presenters and associated events follows.
Tending Networks takes place February 23-24, 2008,
at the Design and Arts College of New Zealand,
116 Worcester St, Christchurch.
Cost: $50 (waged), $30 (unwaged and Physics Room members)
For registration and more information email:
symposium@aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz
Tending Networks is supported by The Physics Room Contemporary Art Project Space, Design and Arts College of New Zealand, Creative New Zealand, the Asia New Zealand Foundation, and the ADA Trust.
visit http://symposium08.aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz for more details
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SCHOOL
6pm until 8pm, Seminar Rooms at Ben Pimlott Building (Ground Floor,
right), Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, SE14 6NW
FREE, ALL ARE WELCOME
** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE FOR ELENA COLOGNI'S CLUB SESSION HAS BEEN
CHANGED FROM THE 28th of FEBRUARY TO THE 6th of MARCH **
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*28 FEBRUARY with RAYMOND HARMON
:
Painting in Light: Experimental Film and the Advent of Improvisational
Cinema*
The traditional model for cinematic expression is as a controlled
environment moving forward in a linear direction. From its inception the
art of filmmaking has been dominated by a single form of chronological
development. Each film exists as a series of frames that are static at the
start of the film.
Improvisation, a language largely defined within the practice of music, is ]]>
Supported by the Goldsmiths DIGITAL STUDIOS and the Goldsmiths GRADUATE
SCHOOL
6pm until 8pm, Seminar Rooms at Ben Pimlott Building (Ground Floor,
right), Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, SE14 6NW
FREE, ALL ARE WELCOME
** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE FOR ELENA COLOGNI'S CLUB SESSION HAS BEEN
CHANGED FROM THE 28th of FEBRUARY TO THE 6th of MARCH **
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*28 FEBRUARY with RAYMOND HARMON
:
Painting in Light: Experimental Film and the Advent of Improvisational
Cinema*
The traditional model for cinematic expression is as a controlled
environment moving forward in a linear direction. From its inception the
art of filmmaking has been dominated by a single form of chronological
development. Each film exists as a series of frames that are static at the
start of the film.
Improvisation, a language largely defined within the practice of music, is
something that has slowly grown from impractical experimentation to a
living form of performance art over the past century.
Tracing the historic aspects of this new creative model this presentation
will cover the many parallels between diverse genres of musical
improvisation and the art of improvised cinema in the 21 century. From
paint on celluloid, to live lights shows through to contemporary VJ
culture "Painted in Light" explores the vast arena of the future of this
new paradigm of creative expression.
RAYMOND HARMON is a Chicago-based cross-genre media artist, filmmaker,
sound artist, and record producer, with a CV extending from performance
based 16mm and 8mm film to video circuit-bending and analog feedback
installations as well as sound and visual conceptual installations and
guerrilla media actions. Utilizing new media, web based content and
interactive architecture in coordination with public performance, graffiti
style ad bombing, and web based social engineering Harmon's work has
carved out an over arching form of contemporary media insurgency.
raymondharmon.com
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*6 MARCH with ELENA COLOGNI
:
The Film As Document In (Of) Real Time*
A meta-linguistic performative experiment.
Key questions:
1. In my video live installations I investigate the perception of time
(psychological time ), non simultaneous artist and audience interchange in
liveness, and the production of the video document. Live recording,
pre-recording and their transmission, as overlapping layers of
representation of time, unfold in duration.
2. I am now starting to contextualising the recent work, which I believe
challenges the early Bergsonian differentiation between memory and
perception based on the assumption that the former is linked to the past
(representation) and the latter to the present (action) (as in latest
Deleuzean scholar Guerlac ’s book).
3. I also contribute to the debate on performance documentation in
parallel to recent Auslander’s publication : embedding the document (eg.:
video recording) in the event allows audience to witness its very
production, thus emphasising the document’s ‘performativity’ aspect.
ELENA COLOGNI is an art practitioner. Currently Research Fellow at York St
John University, her PhD ‘The Artist’s Performative Practice Within The
Anti-Oculatcentric Discourse’ is from Central Saint Martins College of Art
and Design (CSM), London. After the post-doc AHRC and CSM awarded project
'Present Memory and Liveness in delivery and reception of video
documentation during performance art events', she was at Glasgow Centre
for Contemporary Arts for a Creative Lab residency focusing on questions
of migrations, remoteness and transmission of information over time and
space. She is active in the debate on practice as research methodologies,
as well as the relationship between performance and new media. Her artwork
has been presented internationally.
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*13 MARCH with ANNA HOWITT
:
The Empty Space Gallery*
The Empty Space Gallery exists to foster creativity, and encourage debate
about what ‘art’ is and what ‘artists’ are. It’s a novel way of
encouraging people to engage with this thing we call ‘art’ and what it
might be. Ultimately it is an experiment in ‘art’, ‘artists’, those that
believe in them and those that think they are. The Empty Space Gallery can
also be considered an anonymous art fair, where more established and
well-known artists share the same space and audience as unknown doodlers.
How does The Empty Space Gallery work?
Individuals, whether ‘artists’ or not, are invited to submit anything they
deem to be ‘art’, in any medium whatsoever. The purpose of the experiment
is to gain some insight into, not so much how work is created, but how it
is received, consumed, and engaged with. The aim is to uncover some of the
processes we employ in order to decide whether something is ‘art’ or not.
Once the ‘works’ are received they are catalogued and sealed in plain
white A4 envelopes. Only these envelopes are placed on display; no details
of the ‘artist’ are available at this time. Visitors to the gallery are
invited to pick, at random, any envelope they choose and own whatever they
find inside.
In addition, visitors are also invited to create an ‘artwork’ there and
then, for inclusion in the gallery, which is then passed on again to
another visitor.
ANNA HOWITT is artistic director of The Forward Company, an
interdisciplinary arts company based in Berkshire. She also is an arts
and literary reviewer. She finished her MA in Contemporary Arts at the
Manchester Metropolitan University in 2001 and has since had a residency
at the South Street Arts Centre in Reading (2003-4).
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** PLEASE NOTE: KATE PULLINGER & CHRIS JOSEPH (whose Club event had to be
postponed for personal reasons) WILL BE KICKING OFF THE SUMMER TERM OF
CLUB EVENTS ON 24 APRIL **
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*24 APRIL with KATE PULLINGER & CHRIS JOSEPH
:
Flight Paths: a networked book*
"I have finished my weekly supermarket shop, stocking up on provisions for
my three kids, my husband, our dog and our cat. I push the loaded trolley
across the car park, battling to keep its wonky wheels on track. I pop
open the boot of my car and then for some reason, I have no idea why, I
look up, into the clear blue autumnal sky. And I see him. It takes me a
long moment to figure out what I am looking at. He is falling from the
sky. A dark mass, growing larger quickly. I let go of the trolley and am
dimly aware that it is getting away from me but I can’t move, I am stuck
there in the middle of the supermarket car park, watching, as he hurtles
toward the earth. I have no idea how long it takes – a few seconds, an
entire lifetime – but I stand there holding my breath as the city goes
about its business around me until…
He crashes into the roof of my car."
The car park of Sainsbury’s supermarket in Richmond, southwest London,
lies directly beneath one of the main flight paths into Heathrow Airport.
Over the last decade, on at least five separate occasions, the bodies of
young men have fallen from the sky and landed on or near this car park.
All these men were stowaways on flights from the Indian subcontinent who
had believed that they could find a way into the cargo hold of an airplane
by climbing up into the airplane wheel shaft. No one can survive this
journey. “Flight Paths” seeks to explore what happens when lives collide –
the airplane stowaway and the fictional suburban London housewife, quoted
above. This project will tell their stories; it will be a work of
digital fiction, a networked book, created on and through the internet.
The project will include a web iteration that opens up the research
process to the outside world, inviting discussion of the large array of
issues the project touches on.
Questions raised by this project include: what are the possibilities for
new narrative forms? How do we “write to be seen” or “write to be heard”
when creating multimedia narratives, and can we imagine writing to be
smelled, tasted, felt? What are the effects of collective authorship
across multiple forms?
KATE PULLINGER works both in print and new media. Her most recent novels
include A Little Stranger (2006) and Weird Sister (1999). Her current
digital fiction projects include her collaboration with Chris Joseph
(babel) on 'Inanimate Alice', a multimedia episodic digital fiction and
'Venus Redemption', a game for female casual gamers. Pullinger is Reader
in Creative Writing and New Media at De Montfort University.
CHRIS JOSEPH is a digital writer and artist who has created solo and
collaborative work as babel. His past projects include 'Inanimate Alice'
(with Kate Pullinger), an award-winning series of multimedia stories; 'The
Breathing Wall' (with Kate Pullinger and Stefan Schemat), a digital novel;
and 'Animalamina', a collection of interactive multimedia poetry for
children. He is editor of the post-dada magazine and network 391.org, and
a founding member of The 404, a network of artists. He is currently
Digital Writer in Residence at De Montfort University, Leicester.
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THE THURSDAY CLUB is an open forum discussion group for anyone interested
in the theories and practices of cross-disciplinarity, interactivity,
technologies and philosophies of the state-of-the-art in today’s (and
tomorrow’s) cultural landscape(s).
For more information email Maria X at drp01mc@gold.ac.uk
To find Goldsmiths check http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/find-us/
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I saw "South Coast" a documentary about Brighton (UK)'s hip hop community by Will Jewell last saturday night at the Jerusalem Cinematheque as part of the British Film Festival. I thought the film was a great balance of original roots of hip hop, respecting the US origins, whilst highlighting the original crews from the local Brighton community and featuring some of the up & coming artists also. a great snap shot into Brighton hip hop. it feels similar to Australian hip hop in some ways.
I wrote some names during the film so I could find out about them later. (hard to read my writing so hopefully I have these right!)
- poets vs MC night / battle
- young joe
- koaste - great beats and words about local issues / life
- cassiah (?) and danny - the park scene in the film
- deliverance
- brighton graf jam
- monkey sons
- remark
- slip jam - regular venue for around 5.5 years
- mc jam
- buzz
- brighton hip hop festival
- req 1
from what I can gather, their community is really healthy. they seem to have a few crews / people who are organising regular gigs & festivals. having a regular venue helps build a community I think, so they're lucky in that regard. and it seemed like a friendlier atmosphere as compared to london - people in the film commented on this as well. more laid back / beach town and being a smaller city I suppose.
after the film I asked Will if he could say something to the Australians as I'd upload it to show some of them so there's a message from him (the director) at the end.
there's a couple of minutes of the film shot whilst viewing it - sorry about the quality & fact this is pirated. there's hebrew subtitles overlayed.
mp4 video file : http://blip.tv/file/get/AliaK-SouthCoastBrightonUKHipHopDocumentaryByWil...
flash video file : http://blip.tv/file/get/AliaK-SouthCoastBrightonUKHipHopDocumentaryByWil...
or the blip post to play in a webpage : http://blip.tv/file/622825
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http://southcoastthemovie.co.uk is the film's website - they have videos/articles etc there.
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I recorded the directors talk after the film also - sorry about the audio quality - this is recorded on my phone camera. I recorded video but the zoom/quality is pretty bad so I just extracted the audio.
http://blip.tv/file/get/AliaK-WillJewellDirectorsTalkAfterSouthCoastShow...
or to play in a webpage : http://blip.tv/file/622851
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19/08/2008
Jerusalem Cinematheque - British Film Festival screening of Will Jewell's documentary on Brighton (UK) hip hop community - South Coast
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I saw "South Coast" a documentary about Brighton (UK)'s hip hop community by Will Jewell last saturday night at the Jerusalem Cinematheque as part of the British Film Festival. I thought the film was a great balance of original roots of hip hop, respecting the US origins, whilst highlighting the original crews from the local Brighton community and featuring some of the up & coming artists also. a great snap shot into Brighton hip hop. it feels similar to Australian hip hop in some ways.
I wrote some names during the film so I could find out about them later. (hard to read my writing so hopefully I have these right!)
- poets vs MC night / battle
- young joe
- koaste - great beats and words about local issues / life
- cassiah (?) and danny - the park scene in the film
- deliverance
- brighton graf jam
- monkey sons
- remark
- slip jam - regular venue for around 5.5 years
- mc jam
- buzz
- brighton hip hop festival
- req 1
from what I can gather, their community is really healthy. they seem to have a few crews / people who are organising regular gigs & festivals. having a regular venue helps build a community I think, so they're lucky in that regard. and it seemed like a friendlier atmosphere as compared to london - people in the film commented on this as well. more laid back / beach town and being a smaller city I suppose.
after the film I asked Will if he could say something to the Australians as I'd upload it to show some of them so there's a message from him (the director) at the end.
there's a couple of minutes of the film shot whilst viewing it - sorry about the quality & fact this is pirated. there's hebrew subtitles overlayed.
mp4 video file : http://blip.tv/file/get/AliaK-SouthCoastBrightonUKHipHopDocumentaryByWil...
flash video file : http://blip.tv/file/get/AliaK-SouthCoastBrightonUKHipHopDocumentaryByWil...
or the blip post to play in a webpage : http://blip.tv/file/622825
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http://southcoastthemovie.co.uk is the film's website - they have videos/articles etc there.
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I recorded the directors talk after the film also - sorry about the audio quality - this is recorded on my phone camera. I recorded video but the zoom/quality is pretty bad so I just extracted the audio.
http://blip.tv/file/get/AliaK-WillJewellDirectorsTalkAfterSouthCoastShow...
or to play in a webpage : http://blip.tv/file/622851
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19/08/2008
Jerusalem Cinematheque - British Film Festival screening of Will Jewell's documentary on Brighton (UK) hip hop community - South Coast
]]>“Fatty, you with your thick face have hurt my instep!” (#5 in a series of actual English subtitles used in Hong Kong action movies)
PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO ANYONE YOU THINK MIGHT ENJOY IT. If youre reading this and you are not on our E-Mailout, just send us a request to trash@trashvideo.com.au or find out more on www.trashvideo.com.au TO LEAVE OUR MAILING LIST, PLEASE EMAIL US BACK WITH “UNSUBSCRIBE” IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
IN THIS EMAILOUT: NEW TRASH VIDEO SHORT FILM ON CHANNEL 31 TONIGHT! THE WENG WENG COLLECTION FOR SALE! OTHER FILM FESTIVAL STARTS TODAY!
Howdy all,
It was a hectic week leading up to our David Lynch/Inland Empire Fundraiser – many thanks to the intrepid Dendy publicity team spearheaded by Jill Robson, who never fails to come through to us. Thanks also to everyone who attended; unfortunately we had around 60 payers, which didn’t raise as much as we were hoping for (we had 250 tickets to sell…ouch…). SO the piles of new DVDs on the Trash shelves don’t actually exist as yet… here’s hoping for a good Christmas.
Meanwhile, our TV ad saturation campaign begins in earnest on Channel 31 from tonight: our 4 sixty second commercials are played in their entirety just before Plan 9 From Outer Space at 8.30pm. Please let me know what you think – they’re in French, black and white with subtitles, and deliberately Godard-esque. How this sells the concept of the shop, I have no idea, but I hope you’ll at least be entertained. Vive la revolution! Cheers, Andrew
SCHLOCK TREATMENT: Drive-In Double and Triple Features hosted by Trash Video’s ANDREW LEAVOLD, 8.30pm every Friday on 31, your Community TV!
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Premiering tonight before Plan 9… is Trash Video’s latest short film, a series of Godard-inspired sixty second commercials for Trash called “Apocalypse Mao, Or The Revolution Will Not Be Available On DVD: A Little Red Book In Four Chapters”. They’re b&w, in French with subtitles, and completely abstract! Let us know what you think…
NOVEMBER is “INVASION OF THE B KINGS” MONTH on SCHLOCK TREATMENT!
FRIDAY 16th NOVEMBER: ED WOOD JR TRIPLE #2! Ed Wood’s most famous Z-grade masterpiece Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), its pseudo-sequel Night Of The Ghouls (1959), plus teenage gang girls run riot in The Violent Years (1956)!
FRIDAY 23rd NOVEMBER: Our three B Kings return with The Thrill Killers (Ray Dennis Steckler, 1965), Zontar The Thing From Venus (Larry Buchanan, 1966), and the dead-headed western Deadwood 76 (Arch Hall Jr, 1965)
FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER: ED WOOD JR TRIPLE #3! Schlock Treatment exposes the “kinkier” side of Ed Wood– the cross-dressing Glen Or Glenda (1953), the pornography-obsessed The Sinister Urge (1960), and the topless go-go ghoulathon Orgy Of The Dead (1965)!
BUY YOUR OWN “SCHLOCK TREATMENT” ON DVD - $10 PER FILM!
You can now own your very own Schlock Treatment B-features on DVD-R. At $10 per movie (postpaid anywhere in Australia), you can go nuts! (PLEASE NOTE: Discs come without covers on DVD-R PAL all-region discs, and are believed to be in the public domain – we do not claim to have rights over the material, nor do we believe we are infringing copyright by copying them for your viewing pleasure!)
FOR YOUR HEIGHT ONLY (1981) Thats right - a FILIPINO MIDGET JAMES BOND RIPOFF!!! Follow Secret Agent Double O, played by three foot superstar Weng Weng, as he king hits the baddies in the crotch, gets the girl (shudder) and infiltrates the lair of the dwarf criminal mastermind Mr Giant. My vote for the MOST INSANE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!!!!
THE IMPOSSIBLE KID (1982) Weng Weng is back (on a miniature motorbike!), working for Interpol and battling the powerful international supercriminal Sockhead!
D’WILD WILD WENG (1982) Weng Weng’s third and rarest starring role as “Mr Weng”, a government agent sent to the troubled Santa Monica to rescue the townsfolk from the corrupt new Mayor. It’s a midget Filipino western, with everyone in Mexican mustaches and sombreros! Fans of Weng Weng will recognize most of the cast from For Your Height Only and The Impossible Kid, and will spill their cereal over two-foot-nine Weng’s insane gravity-defying antics. Click on the full review at www.dvdmaniacs.net/forums/showpost.php?p=488550&postcount=44
MEXICAN MADNESS: Santa Claus (versus Satan!), Santo In The Wax Museum, Wrestling Women vs The Aztec Ape, Cry Of The Bewitched,
FREAKS AND DELINQUENTS: The Fast And The Furious, The Wild Ride (Jack Nicholson), Assassin Of Youth, Marihuana The Weed With Roots In Hell!, Reefer Madness, Freaks, The Terror Of Tiny Town, Chained For Life
EURO-A-GO-GO: First Spaceship On Venus, Assignment: Outer Space, Nightmare Castle (Barbara Steele), Lady Frankenstein, The Giant Of Metropolis, The Last Days Of Pompeii (Steve Reeves/Sergio Lisa And The Devil (Mario Bava), Battle Of The Worlds, The Torture Chamber Of Dr Sadism (Christopher Lee), Tombs Of The Blind Dead (Spanish zombies), Horror Of The Zombies (Blind Dead #3), Bloody Pit Of Horror, Nosferatu, Fangs Of The Living Dead, Horrors Of Spider Island, King Of Kong Island, Werewolf In A Girl’s Dormitory
SONNY CHIBA: The Street Fighter, Return Of The Street Fighter, Sister Street Fighter, The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge
MAD, BAD KUNG FU: Champ Against Champ, The Dragon Lives Again, Devil’s Express, The Good, The Bad And The Loser, The Clones Of Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave, The Godfather Squad, Duel Of The Iron Fist, Ninja The Protector
DRIVE-IN HORROR & SCI FI! Beast From Haunted Cave, The Atomic Brain, The Amazing Transparent Man, I Walked With A Zombie, Night Of The Living Dead, White Zombie, The Brain Eaters, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, The Brain From Planet Arous, Carnival Of Souls, The Astounding She-Monster Fall Of The House Of Usher, The Last Man On Earth, The Galaxy Invader, Shriek Of The Mutilated, Claw Of Terror, Bucket Of Blood, Little Shop Of Horrors, The Wasp Woman, Cat-Women Of The Moon
MORE PHILIPPINES WEIRDNESS: Curse Of The Vampires, Beast Of The Yellow Night, TNT Jackson, Mad Doctor Of Blood Island, Beast Of Blood, The Blood Drinkers, Brides Of Blood, Blood Creature, Blood Thirst
JAPANESE MONSTERS: Gamera The Invincible, Warning From Space, Destroy All Planets (Gamera), The X From Outer Space
ARCH HALL Jr: Eegah! (1962), Wild Guitar (1962), The Sadist (1963), The Nasty Rabbit (1964)
SPAGHETTI WESTERNS (and WAR): A Bullet For The General, Boot Hill (Terence Hill/Bud Spencer), They Call Me Trinity (Hill/Spencer), My Name Is Nobody (Hill & Sergio Leone!), A Town Called Bastard, Five For Hell, Texas Adios, Keoma, Run Man Run, A Bullet For Sandoval, The Battle Of The Last Panzer, Four Of The Apocalypse (Lucio Fulci)
JUST PLAIN WEIRD: Hercules Goes Bananas (Schwarzie’s first!), Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (insane kiddie nightmare from 1964), Incubus (William Shatner 1965 horror in ESPERANTO!)
GIVEAWAYS THIS WEEKEND
INTO THE WILD: When 22 year old college graduate Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch, Lords of Dogtown, Alpha Dogs) walked away from a promising career and a life of privilege into the wild in search of adventure, his journey transformed him into an enduring symbol for countless people. Each strand of this real life journey is woven into Sean Penns screen adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s acclaimed bestseller INTO THE WILD, which is as much about the insatiable yearning for family, home and connection, as it is the search for truth and happiness. McCandless quest took him from the wheat fields of South Dakota on a renegade trip down the Colorado River to the non-conformists’ refuge of Slab City, California, and beyond. Along the way, he encountered a series of colorful characters at the very edges of society who shaped his understanding of the world and in turn McCandless changed their lives forever. In the end, he tested himself by heading alone into the wilds of the great North, where everything he had seen and learned and felt came to a head in ways he could never have expected. INTO THE WILD is an unforgettable journey, brought to the big screen by Academy Award® winner Sean Penn and starring Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn and Jena Malone. With cinematography by Eric Gautier (The Motorcycle Diaries) and a soundtrack by Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, INTO THE WILD is a haunting, stunning film, simply not to be missed. We have TWENTY DOUBLE PASSES to give away this weekend to the first 20 customers to rent something, for the special SNEAK PREVIEW SCREENINGS for any participating cinema over the weekend Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th November, courtesy of the wildcats at Paramount Pictures. Click www.intothewild.com.au
USED AND RECOMMENDED:
OTHER FILM FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND!
Inauguration of the Cine-Soma Friday 16th November 2007, 6pm - 11pm at Institute of Modern Art, 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia Beam in to the glorious revelry of the 3rd OtherFilm Festival opening night. This gala happening samples from the glittering galaxy of expanded cinema stars gracing this year's OFF, celebrating the startling promiscuity & seductive fidelity of contemporary experimental cinematic expression. Refreshments provided for the lips, eyes & ears. Join us as we flick the switch to synaesthesia. IMO Orchestra (Brisbane/Japan)
free-wheeling big-band excursions into pop-chaos & noise-love… Deadnotes (Brisbane) sublime post-punk mariachi miniatures… Robin Fox / Ross Manning (Melbourne) high-octane light/sound sensitive arcane technophilia… Nigel Bunn (Dunedin, New Zealand) hand-crafted/mind-manifested celluloid machine-object-sculptures… Vladimir (Portland, USA) customized-collectivised individual cinematic spectacles with View-Masters™ & reels provided for all. Plus optical sample bags by Cait Foran, Palate-pleasing catering by There's a Hair in This! And The Forest Café, drinks by Little Creatures and Fiji Water.
Monster Soup Saturday 17th November 2007, 2pm – 11pm at Ahimsa House, 26 Horan St, West End, Brisbane, Australia Film & food – art-forms usually subjected to industrial mass-production, but so much more scrumptious when hand-made with love. Break some bread with us as we nourish all the senses by honouring OFF07 special guest Dirk de Bruyn with a luscious retrospective screening & nutritionally-enriched talks on avant-garde film. 2pm Vegan Cooking open workshop - the art & craft of cruelty-free cuisine: hands-on demos, discussion of 'the edible metaphor' & recipe swappage (bring your fave!) 7pm Discourse with Jam & Bread (come early for eating & seating) Delectation & discussion by workshop participants, facilitators & invited guests Aktionist Appetiser by Jon Dale (Adelaide) KUNST/UND REVOLUTION: Action/Film/Vision Dinner Discourse by Sally McIntyre (Christchurch, New Zealand) From Len Lye to Lovin' on Like Minds: Expr-MINTAL Fillum in EnZed, Dessert Debate by Danni Zuvela (OtherFilm), Fetish Object or Ancestor Worship? Film & the Subversion of Digital Terra Nullius, Shining Light Struck Screening of collective film made by OFF07 participants, presented by Kerry Laitala, Venting Gallery (nomadic / New Zealand) celluloid, danger, perversion & the unknown/unknowable, Dirk de Bruyn Retrospective Screening Program (Melbourne) A peek into the past of an Australian experimental cinema legend. Glorious 16mm film program with sympathetic vibrations by Jon Dale, Joel Stern, Lloyd Barrett & Joe Musgrove.
Looking Backward<>Looking Forward Sunday 18th November 2007, 6pm - 11pm at Institute of Modern Art, 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia. Gaze, unfazed, into the light: looking back into avant-garde cinematic history, & forward to the future of film as a medium. Soaked in the silky glow of film's ongoing twilight zone, this is film art suffused with an intensely sensual inner-spaciness. Tonight we bring the brightest new film asterisms, leading lights & historical luminaries together in the exploration of the continually unfolding cinematic present. Small Gauge Gaze OtherFilm-commissioned multi-beam Super8 experiments by Anika Wilkins, Eric Bridgeman, Nathan Corum, Lucy Ransome, Chloe Cogle & Marian Drew; with atmospheres by Sophie Adamus, Lisa Miller, Christina Tester Daji Igarashi (Hiroshima, Japan) / Midori Kawai (Shiga, Japan) cosmological photo-sonic installation environment rapture Louise Curham (Sydney) / Erik Griswold (Brisbane) eye-vibrating jewel-hued Super8 assemblages showered with sonic objects, prepared strings & ivories Dirk de Bruyn (Melbourne) / Warren Burt (Wollongong) star-crossed reunion of long-term significant others, re-consummating their Four Seasons; radiant 16mm multi-beam macrocosmic miscellanea performance Bruce McClure (New York, USA) violently, beautifully stroboscopic 16mm extravaganza probing the spatial & sensual boundaries of space & prolonging the pleasure of the film projector
Curated by Sally Golding, Joel Stern and Danni Zuvela – OtherFilm www.otherfilm.org
AND FINALLY...
MORE WENG WENG DISCOVERED! Thanks to Simon Santos in Philippines (www.video48.blogspot.com), two more Weng Weng films uncovered: The Cute The Sexy n The Tiny (1982) and an early one from 1978 (possibly his film debut): Chopsuey Met Big Time Papa (1978)! Click www.dvdmaniacs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=33229&page=1 for more details
TRASH VIDEO: “Carefully cleaning our collection of personal hygiene films since 1995”
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ph 07 38447844 (or intl code + 61 + 7 + 38447844)
OPENING HOURS: Monday to Thursday 12pm to 9pm, Friday to Sunday 10am to 10pm
e-mail: trash@trashvideo.com.au
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www.otherfilm.org
Illuminating the Process... OtherFilm Workshops this week!
Lightstruck
A workshop for moving photogram creations delivered by Kerry Laitala (San Francisco)
Saturday 17th November 2007, 10am - 4pm
Queensland College of Art,
Photography darkrooms (level 3)
226 Grey St, South Bank, Brisbane, Australia
FREE / open to all - beginners and advanced encouraged
Modern day cine-mesmerist, film artist, film educator and creator of Muse of Cinema (35mm, 2006; featured in Rotterdam Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival etc.), Kerry Laitala invites you to delve into her ultra-specialist treasure trove of knowledge on early cinema, optical film art, and her deep fascination with the spectre/spectator.
In this special one-off workshop, Kerry leads participants through a hands-on journey into the cinematic unknown. Working with 35mm colour film stock, torch light and an array of random objects and liquid, participants will create a collective abstract film over the course of the workshop using the photogram technique. Like May Ray's early photogram films (coined 'Rayograms'), experimental cinema artists have constantly re-imagined available resources creatively, to explore the limitless possibilities of moving image.
Instructional: Place found objects and materials directly onto the film and cast their shadows upon the raw emulsion with light! BYO transparent, translucent and opaque materials used to form latent shadowgraphic traces which are brought to life through hand processing; feathers, buttons, shells, sequins, Letraset letters, symbols and numbers, images printed on to acetate, painted film, anything graphically or texturally interesting.... . A vintage filmstrip projector will be engaged to project the film back the very same evening at the OFF07 event Monster Soup!
Info on Kerry Laitala: www.othercinema.com/klaitala
All are encouraged; however bookings are preferable, email to secure a spot! info@otherfilm.org
Note: You must wear enclosed shoes to enter the photographic darkroom environment.
Pull the Trigger!
Shooting and developing Super8 today delivered by Richard Tuohy (Nano Lab)
Sunday 18th November 11 - 3pm
Queensland College of Art,
Photography darkrooms (level 3)
226 Grey St, South Bank, Brisbane, Australia
FREE / open to all - beginners and advanced encouraged
Richard Tuohy, founder of Nano Lab (Daylesford, Victoria), lends his expertise, guidance and enthusiasm for all things Super8, with this hands-on demo to shooting and processing.
Explore a range of small-gauge cameras each with special functions and dis-functions. BYO cameras if you want to discuss them. Learn how to control and manipulate focus and exposure settings as well as some techno guff like cartridge re-notching and other small-gauge specific details. Enter the exotic amateur world of Super8 home processing, and consider the options still available for lab processing. Richard will also demo reversal colour film processing using Ektachrome film stock in an E6 bath.
Info on Richard Tuohy and Nano Lab: www.nanolab.com.au
All are encouraged; however bookings are preferable, email to secure a spot! info@otherfilm.org
Note: You must wear enclosed shoes to enter the photographic darkroom environment.
Sponsored by the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
Product support Kodak Australasia
Pre - OtherFilm Festival Event
Artist Talk - Kerry Laitala
Thursday 15th November 6.30pm
State Library of Queensland,
Auditorium 2 (level 2), Cultural Centre,
Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane, Australia
Laitala grew up in the wilds of the Maine coast, developing a chronic passion for old things. Her penchant for medical imagery and artifacts of decay springs from occupations in medical and dental institutions where she works during the day (when she is not teaching film classes at the San Francisco Art Institute). Laitala also has a deep, abiding interest in the early history of cinema and pre-cinematic explorations, which have informed her work immensely. For every work she produces, she places her fingers on the pulse of the piece and allows it to grow organically, without a script or prescribed plan. She prescribes to the concepts laid down by early feminist and cine-club founder Germaine Dulac, maker of surrealist films in the 1920's, that cinema should not be enslaved by narrative and theatre, but rather should give form to our dreams and fantasies, and applies this to expansion of the cinema at every opportunity...
We have to thank a range of amazing folks, bodies, bureaucracies for all the support they've given us. The OtherFilm Festival 2007 has been brought into being by the Australia Council for the Arts, the Brisbane City Council, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Queensland College of Art; Griffith University, and numerous volunteers.
Curated by OtherFilm
Sally Golding, Joel Stern and Danni Zuvela
www.otherfilm.org
One of the most influential and important artists of the late twentieth century and the figurehead of Pop art, Andy Warhol created some of the most recognisable images of modern culture. The exhibition includes his important 'Death in America' works; iconic images of Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Onassis, Mao Zedong and Elvis Presley; and his Campbell's soup cans. The exhibition will show for the first time in Australia Warhol's early commercial work, Interview magazine as well as his late monumental paintings. 'Andy Warhol' will also investigate how the artist represented himself through his art practice, including his Self-Portrait paintings, Time Capsules, drawings, films and videos.
In addition to works from The Andy Warhol Museum, the exhibition includes loans from the National Gallery of Australia; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; the National Gallery of Victoria; and private collections.
The Australian Cinémathèque will present one of the largest and most complete surveys of Andy Warhol's film work to date. This major program of 53 films and 279 Screen Tests from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, includes many never before seen in Australia. Programs of documentaries, American independent cinema, and films for children will also be screened. Selected film and video works will also be shown within the exhibition. Screening details to be announced.
http://www.qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/coming_soon/andy_warhol for more details
(info via QAG website)
for more information on Andy Warhol, visit the http://www.warholstars.org/ website ]]>
One of the most influential and important artists of the late twentieth century and the figurehead of Pop art, Andy Warhol created some of the most recognisable images of modern culture. The exhibition includes his important 'Death in America' works; iconic images of Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Onassis, Mao Zedong and Elvis Presley; and his Campbell's soup cans. The exhibition will show for the first time in Australia Warhol's early commercial work, Interview magazine as well as his late monumental paintings. 'Andy Warhol' will also investigate how the artist represented himself through his art practice, including his Self-Portrait paintings, Time Capsules, drawings, films and videos.
In addition to works from The Andy Warhol Museum, the exhibition includes loans from the National Gallery of Australia; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; the National Gallery of Victoria; and private collections.
The Australian Cinémathèque will present one of the largest and most complete surveys of Andy Warhol's film work to date. This major program of 53 films and 279 Screen Tests from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, includes many never before seen in Australia. Programs of documentaries, American independent cinema, and films for children will also be screened. Selected film and video works will also be shown within the exhibition. Screening details to be announced.
http://www.qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/coming_soon/andy_warhol for more details
(info via QAG website)
for more information on Andy Warhol, visit the http://www.warholstars.org/ website
]]>All over the world, as channels of the mass media become a part of the corporate structure, television and image-making have steadily withdrawn into an artificial world of make-believe and propaganda, and it has increasingly been left to documentary films to tell the other stories.
Documentaries have the ability to enter the real lives of people, and the inner spaces of people’s struggles, their triumphs and setbacks. They have ripped apart the facades created by the propaganda machines of governments and industrial empires, they document important social events and present reflective journeys that question, disturb and inspire. And since they challenge, and seek to free, it is obvious that attempts will be made to control them, bind them and prevent their dissemination.
The Delhi Film Archive, is an autonomous platform, voluntarily run by filmmakers with the support of those who believe in free speech. It is independent of any state body or institutional support, and is run entirely with the voluntary contributions of individuals.
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tonight I saw a documentary called "Recognized" at the Jerusalem Cinematheque by director Ori Kleiner which shows some bedouins who live in the Negev desert & have been displaced by the Israeli government and who have had their homes demolished and property confiscated. I'm afraid I still don't really know why. the film mentioned the people were not counted as Israeli citizens, despite them and their ancestors being born in Israel and having lived in the region for longer than the State of Israel has existed. and also that in some cases the land has been claimed by the military and national parks.
it's a good film to see though as I wasn't aware this was happening. to be honest, some of what was mentioned reminded me of India and it's relocation of villages (though some people I've spoken to say this doesn't exist, despite me seeing video footage, photos and reports via the Sarai i-fellows of it occurring)
the film mentions support from Regional Council of the Unrecognized Villages in the Negev - http://www.idealist.org/en/org/160469-22 has some information
dukium.org has some info - time to read up on this..
links page on dukium.org : http://dukium.org/modules.php?name=RefLinks
some other work by the director Ori Kleiner can be found @ :
http://www.holyfly.com/POA/
http://www.wac.ucla.edu/extensionsjournal/v2/kleiner.htm
http://www.oznik.com/art/040613.html
the film blurb :
Recognized
A documentary film by Ori Kleiner
Israel/USA 2007
61min
Hebrew and Arabic w/English subtitles
Additional Camera: Natasha Dudinski
Original Music and Sound Editing: Grundik Kasyansky
"Bedouin usually appear in the Israeli collective consciousness as
either "ethnographic" or "demographic"issues. Their representation by
means of various objects—coffee, camels, tents, carpets—keeps most
Israelis from grasping Bedouin as subjects with wishes and wills,
frustrations and fears; as possessing not only a past, but also a
future. The film Recognized is made up of documentary moments that
trace the uprooted experiences of Nuri al-Ukbi, Salman Abu Jlidan, Eid
Al-Athamin, Ibrahim Abu Afash, and Samaher Abu Jlidan whom history has
cast in the roles of protagonists antagonized by a State that
established itself up on their ancestral lands. Recognized is not a
film about Bedouin, but about people forced into the role of
Bedouin—the only identity theState of Israel allows them, the very
identity it systematically denies them. Substandard citizenship,
coupled with daily existential obstacles posed by the State, are what
this film is about. Recognized was filmed entirely on
location in the Negev desert in the summer of 2006. " ]]>
tonight I saw a documentary called "Recognized" at the Jerusalem Cinematheque by director Ori Kleiner which shows some bedouins who live in the Negev desert & have been displaced by the Israeli government and who have had their homes demolished and property confiscated. I'm afraid I still don't really know why. the film mentioned the people were not counted as Israeli citizens, despite them and their ancestors being born in Israel and having lived in the region for longer than the State of Israel has existed. and also that in some cases the land has been claimed by the military and national parks.
it's a good film to see though as I wasn't aware this was happening. to be honest, some of what was mentioned reminded me of India and it's relocation of villages (though some people I've spoken to say this doesn't exist, despite me seeing video footage, photos and reports via the Sarai i-fellows of it occurring)
the film mentions support from Regional Council of the Unrecognized Villages in the Negev - http://www.idealist.org/en/org/160469-22 has some information
dukium.org has some info - time to read up on this..
links page on dukium.org : http://dukium.org/modules.php?name=RefLinks
some other work by the director Ori Kleiner can be found @ :
http://www.holyfly.com/POA/
http://www.wac.ucla.edu/extensionsjournal/v2/kleiner.htm
http://www.oznik.com/art/040613.html
the film blurb :
Recognized
A documentary film by Ori Kleiner
Israel/USA 2007
61min
Hebrew and Arabic w/English subtitles
Additional Camera: Natasha Dudinski
Original Music and Sound Editing: Grundik Kasyansky
"Bedouin usually appear in the Israeli collective consciousness as
either "ethnographic" or "demographic"issues. Their representation by
means of various objects—coffee, camels, tents, carpets—keeps most
Israelis from grasping Bedouin as subjects with wishes and wills,
frustrations and fears; as possessing not only a past, but also a
future. The film Recognized is made up of documentary moments that
trace the uprooted experiences of Nuri al-Ukbi, Salman Abu Jlidan, Eid
Al-Athamin, Ibrahim Abu Afash, and Samaher Abu Jlidan whom history has
cast in the roles of protagonists antagonized by a State that
established itself up on their ancestral lands. Recognized is not a
film about Bedouin, but about people forced into the role of
Bedouin—the only identity theState of Israel allows them, the very
identity it systematically denies them. Substandard citizenship,
coupled with daily existential obstacles posed by the State, are what
this film is about. Recognized was filmed entirely on
location in the Negev desert in the summer of 2006. "
We are a group of media professionals working on issues of gender justice, human rights and development.
We founded DRISHTI as a Non Profit Public Charitable Trust in 1993, with a firm faith in the ability of video, theatre, radio, other media and the arts to contribute to struggles for a just, humane and peaceful society.
We believe that social communication need not be dry, boring, pedantic or depressing. In fact we believe that good form and technique must be used to communicate issues of social importance more effectively.
We work in partnership with the people whose lives, stories and experiences make the subject of our films. People are not reduced to passive objects of our creative process. They participate in it with a sense of ownership, and get involved in conceptualizing its contents, writing the scripts, acting and making edit selections. In other words, we help communities use the media as a means to articulate their resistance to structures of oppression, to communicate an alternative vision, to put forth their dreams and aspirations. We believe this process itself can be empowering, and therefore is as important as the end product of any project we undertake.
We work to ensure the widest possible dissemination of our films. Through video screenings organized by NGOs and women’s groups amongst small communities, our films create a lateral networking of knowledge and ideas at the grassroots level.
Communicating alternative value frameworks using alternative media does not mean we under-value the power and importance of the mass media, their incredible outreach, along with their ability to impact mainstream and also middle class attitudes. We have worked with the weekly serial format on radio as well as produced public service advertisements for the television networks in India.
Apart from production work in video, theatre and radio, we also undertake training and media planning for campaigns and events.
Drishti is structured as a collective of individuals. We are distinct in our creative identities and areas of concern, yet together in ideology, approach and spirit.
]]>The festival broadcasted four programs; documentary, fiction, animation and art plus three special programs.
Composed by the KAN festival was a special program presenting a select number of films including films from Agnieszka Smoczynska, Anna Maszczynska and Anna Pankiewicz.
CultureTV brought a special program with selected international video art works. Including works from Pipilotti Rist, Grimanesa Amoros, Gaelle Denis and Bathtime in Clerkenwell by Alex Budovsky.
Visit : www.culturetv.tv
Isfth broadcasted in a special program films from James Harvey, The City of Photographers by Sebastian Moreno and four recent works from Dré Didderiëns www dredidderiens nl. This program was curated by Mak Kapetanovic.
We screened 18 hours of independent films from more than 100 filmmakers from over 20 different countries. The Festival was proud to present these films and their makers to you. ]]>
The festival broadcasted four programs; documentary, fiction, animation and art plus three special programs.
Composed by the KAN festival was a special program presenting a select number of films including films from Agnieszka Smoczynska, Anna Maszczynska and Anna Pankiewicz.
CultureTV brought a special program with selected international video art works. Including works from Pipilotti Rist, Grimanesa Amoros, Gaelle Denis and Bathtime in Clerkenwell by Alex Budovsky.
Visit : www.culturetv.tv
Isfth broadcasted in a special program films from James Harvey, The City of Photographers by Sebastian Moreno and four recent works from Dré Didderiëns www dredidderiens nl. This program was curated by Mak Kapetanovic.
We screened 18 hours of independent films from more than 100 filmmakers from over 20 different countries. The Festival was proud to present these films and their makers to you.
]]>http://otherfilm.org
24 March 2006
Brisbane, Australia
more photos @ http://flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/otherfilmfestival/
]]>24 March 2006
Brisbane, Australia
more photos @ http://flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/otherfilmfestival/
The screening of the documentary film, The Last Valley will take place at the Capitol Theatre Melbourne, 113 Swanston St (Opposite Melbourne Town Hall) on Tuesday 14th November 2006 from 8pm. This is the only opportunity to see the film prior to the Victorian state election. ABC have yet to announce a screening date.
The film is about the collapse of the East Gippsland logging industry after 50 years of unsustainable logging and the consequences of that for the local communities and environment. The film includes the controversial attempt by the Victorian government to log the iconic Goolengook valley.
http://www.waitawhilefilms.com.au ]]>
The screening of the documentary film, The Last Valley will take place at the Capitol Theatre Melbourne, 113 Swanston St (Opposite Melbourne Town Hall) on Tuesday 14th November 2006 from 8pm. This is the only opportunity to see the film prior to the Victorian state election. ABC have yet to announce a screening date.
The film is about the collapse of the East Gippsland logging industry after 50 years of unsustainable logging and the consequences of that for the local communities and environment. The film includes the controversial attempt by the Victorian government to log the iconic Goolengook valley.
http://www.waitawhilefilms.com.au for more details
]]>featuring Scanner, David Shea + others
Thursday Nov 9 - Saturday November 11, Brisbane Powerhouse
A Festival celebrating the sound of vision in cinema.
Truly beautiful imagery and deeply evocative sound by acclaimed international and Australian artists.
http://brisbanepowerhouse.com.au/ ]]>
featuring Scanner, David Shea + others
Thursday Nov 9 - Saturday November 11, Brisbane Powerhouse
http://brisbanepowerhouse.com.au/
SOUND POLAROIDS FESTIVAL
A Festival celebrating the sound of vision in cinema.
Truly beautiful imagery and deeply evocative sound by acclaimed international and Australian artists.
REPORTAGE
In Brisbane for the first time, reportage is a dynamic cinematic experience featuring photo essays by Australia’s best photojournalists and documentary photographers set to a moving soundtrack.
ANG FANG QUARTET
Experience the classic Charlie Chaplin comedy The Gold Rush the way it was meant to be seen - with a musical score performed live in the cinema by the extraordinary Ang Fang Quartet. Red hot swing meets slapstick in this night of hilarious entertainment. A 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival favourite.
ELECTROMA
Get excited. Daft Punk, the elusive and reclusive French electro duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have created a psychedelic musical and visual odyssey about the quest of two robots to become human. This is the Australian premiere of Daft Punk’s directorial debut.
SCANNER: 52 SPACES & DAVID SHEA
Internationally respected UK sound artist Scanner uses the seductive conversation, musical fragments and city soundscapes to create an homage to Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni and his city of Rome. With The Eclipse (1962) as the focus, Antonioni’s classic film is reflected back to the audience in harmonics, hushed voices and sound effects.
New York composer David Shea is a master of collage and reinvention. Symphony of Scenes is a unique electronic music spectacle celebrating the visuals of iconic film auteurs including Sam Fuller, John Cassevetes and King Hu and the sound/composition of giants Bernard Hermman and Toru Takamitsu.
ENGULFED BY A MILLION ATOMS
This installation by Melbourne media and sound artist, Bruce Mowson was inspired by the 60s TV series, The Time Tunnel in
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Cost: Tickets from $15
Box Office: 3358 8600
Event Date/s: Thu 09 Nov 2006 - Sat 11 Nov 2006
Lost in Light project team are raising money to buy an 8mm/super 8 film to video transfer system. They accept 8mm/super 8 films submissions and transfer them to video for you for free as long as they can post them to their site & Internet Archive ( archive.org) also. This creates an archive of 8mm/super 8 films before they become lost & also helps give the films a new life and audience.
There's also videos about the project by the project team which a worth a look for more info. The project is based in the US but they are accepting submissions from overseas also.
The Have Money Will Vlog site is a site used to raise money for interesting projects such as this one (they've done some cool ones in the past). If you're interested in making a donation or submitting some film, visit the links below.
http://havemoneywillvlog.com/ = pledge site
http://lostinlight.org/ = project site
video about the project:
quicktime version = http://blip.tv/file/get/Lostinlight-Proposal448.mov
flash version = http://blip.tv/file/get/Lostinlight-Proposal865.flv
windows media version = http://blip.tv/file/get/Lostinlight-Proposal713.wmv
info from the hmwv site :
"This is a project about the 8mm film format. But 8mm is dead, you say? On the contrary! Not only is the format alive with innovation by filmmakers around the world, but hours and hours of Super 8 and regular 8mm film exist in attics and basements the world over—as home movies, educational films, works of art—that is slowly fading from the historical record.
We're here to preserve that record before these films are lost, and to make those films available for viewing by the public and for use by artists seeking new, compelling footage. Lost in Light is a project devoted to preserving, showcasing, and celebrating films created on the small-gauge 8mm film format.
To that end, we will provide free Super 8 and 8mm to video transfers to anyone who asks, in exchange for posting their video to the Lost in Light site and on the Internet Archive with their choice of Creative
Commons licenses. In addition, Lost in Light will include articles and features by members of the filmmaking and film preservation communities, video tutorials for making 8mm films, as well as creative work, all with the goal of preserving and championing this important film format.
The site will have a soft launch with some content as soon as funding is available, with a full, hard launch set for January 2007."
(I'm on the hmwv team maillist so can vouch for the project - I said I'd send out the info to some Aus/NZ/film/video lists to help out.)
subscribe to the Lost in Light newsfeed
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Lost in Light project team are raising money to buy an 8mm/super 8 film to video transfer system. They accept 8mm/super 8 films submissions and transfer them to video for you for free as long as they can post them to their site & Internet Archive ( archive.org) also. This creates an archive of 8mm/super 8 films before they become lost & also helps give the films a new life and audience.
There's also videos about the project by the project team which a worth a look for more info. The project is based in the US but they are accepting submissions from overseas also.
The Have Money Will Vlog site is a site used to raise money for interesting projects such as this one (they've done some cool ones in the past). If you're interested in making a donation or submitting some film, visit the links below.
http://havemoneywillvlog.com/ = pledge site
http://lostinlight.org/ = project site
video about the project:
quicktime version = http://blip.tv/file/get/Lostinlight-Proposal448.mov
flash version = http://blip.tv/file/get/Lostinlight-Proposal865.flv
windows media version = http://blip.tv/file/get/Lostinlight-Proposal713.wmv
info from the hmwv site :
"This is a project about the 8mm film format. But 8mm is dead, you say? On the contrary! Not only is the format alive with innovation by filmmakers around the world, but hours and hours of Super 8 and regular 8mm film exist in attics and basements the world over—as home movies, educational films, works of art—that is slowly fading from the historical record.
We're here to preserve that record before these films are lost, and to make those films available for viewing by the public and for use by artists seeking new, compelling footage. Lost in Light is a project devoted to preserving, showcasing, and celebrating films created on the small-gauge 8mm film format.
To that end, we will provide free Super 8 and 8mm to video transfers to anyone who asks, in exchange for posting their video to the Lost in Light site and on the Internet Archive with their choice of Creative
Commons licenses. In addition, Lost in Light will include articles and features by members of the filmmaking and film preservation communities, video tutorials for making 8mm films, as well as creative work, all with the goal of preserving and championing this important film format.
The site will have a soft launch with some content as soon as funding is available, with a full, hard launch set for January 2007."
(I'm on the hmwv team maillist so can vouch for the project - I said I'd send out the info to some Aus/NZ/film/video lists to help out.)
subscribe to the Lost in Light newsfeed
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Watch the video
parts of Ian Andrew's performance and presentation of his video works at Electrofringe 2006, Newcastle, Australia, sunday 01/10/2006
http://www.thisisnotart.org
http://www.thisisnotart.org/Members/ben/ian-andrews/
Ian Andrews, born 1961 (Australia) is a Sydney based independent film, video and sound artist who has been practicing since 1981. Much of Andrews' work consists of video/sound collage, "cut-up", and agit-prop culture jamming utilising a diverse range of visual styles from animation to "found" footage. The work is often characterised by themes such as technology and subjectivity. He will present a live performance, followed by discussion around his work and writing. ]]>
parts of Ian Andrew's performance and presentation of his video works at Electrofringe 2006, Newcastle, Australia, sunday 01/10/2006
http://www.thisisnotart.org/Members/ben/ian-andrews/
Ian Andrews, born 1961 (Australia) is a Sydney based independent film, video and sound artist who has been practicing since 1981. Much of Andrews' work consists of video/sound collage, "cut-up", and agit-prop culture jamming utilising a diverse range of visual styles from animation to "found" footage. The work is often characterised by themes such as technology and subjectivity. He will present a live performance, followed by discussion around his work and writing.
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slideshow video of photos taken during the 2003 This is Not Art and Electrofringe festivals in Newcastle, Australia 01-06 October 2003
http://www.thisisnotart.org has info about this year's festival
http://www.massarcade.com/electrofringe has the 2003 electrofringe website - you can find the program on this site
http://flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/tina2003/ has photos of the event
]]>slideshow video of photos taken during the 2003 This is Not Art and Electrofringe festivals in Newcastle, Australia 01-06 October 2003
http://www.thisisnotart.org has info about this year's festival
http://www.massarcade.com/electrofringe has the 2003 electrofringe website - you can find the program on this site
http://flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/tina2003/ has photos of the event
]]>biography from http://www.innersense.com.au/mif/cantrill.html
Arthur and Corinne Cantrill have been making films since 1960; at first documentaries on art, then experimental film since 1969; and they edited and published Cantrills Filmnotes, a journal on film and video art, from 1971 to 2000. ]]>
biography from http://www.innersense.com.au/mif/cantrill.html
Arthur and Corinne Cantrill have been making films since 1960; at first documentaries on art, then experimental film since 1969; and they edited and published Cantrills Filmnotes, a journal on film and video art, from 1971 to 2000.
still from In This Life's Body (1984)
Their filmwork and publishing is well-known internationally: they are represented in several film collections including those of The Royal Film Archive of Belgium, Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek (Berlin), Deutsches Filmmuseum (Frankfurt), Musée national d'art moderne (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris), New York Museum of Modern Art, PRÉA (Avignon), The British Council, and the National Library of Australia.
Their films have been shown at the Centre Pompidou and The Louvre in Paris, the New York Museum of Modern Art, as well as other art museums and film festivals. Arthur Cantrill has given lectures on 19th Century Proto-Cinema, Len Lye, Colour in Cinema etc. at Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, Kino Arsenal in Berlin, The National Library of Australia, ScreenSound Australia and other places.
Arthur Cantrill recently retired as Associate Professor of Media Arts in the School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne, and now holds the emeritus position of Senior Associate there.
Visit the FilmNotes page for details on the publication they were responsible for
http://www.innersense.com.au/mif/cantrill_filmnotes.html
and the Filmography page for a list of their work
http://www.sca.unimelb.edu.au/staff/arthur/filmography.html
visit http://www.innersense.com.au/mif/cantrill.html for more details
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