ARTISTS FILM CLUB & ARTPROJX SPACE LATE - 2009
image: bianco-valente
Mon 9 March 2009 - 6.30-8.30pm
at Artprojx Space | Artist Film Club
BIANCO-VALENTE / MASS: “SELF ORGANIZING STRUCTURES”
curated by sybin – susanna bianchini
One Night Only
For the first time in London and for one night only, a not to be missed chance to see the work of the most representative duo for Italian contemporary video art: Giovanna Bianco and Pino Valente, introduced by the young curator sybin (Susanna Bianchini), present a 33 minutes video titled Self Organizing Structures, accompanied by the sound specifically created for it by the electronic musician Mario Masullo, aka Mass.
Bianco-Valente are fascinated by the dualism between the body, a flesh organic structure, finite and dependent on space and time, and the mind, carried about by it, a spontaneous phenomenon without visible boundaries, totally free and self-referential. They try to understand if and where it is possible to locate a point of contact linking the two domains indivisibly, the material and the immaterial. Therefore, their imaginary visions have no beginning and no end, looking like dreams or psychedelic hallucinations, always challenging the viewer’s attempt to find something recognizable and questioning the qualities of the electronic images, which seems to be so close to the instability of mental images.
Among their many works, Self Organizing Structures (2003) is a sort of summary of all Bianco-Valente’s poetics, further expanding the artist’s interest towards the flourishing field of Electronic Music developed by their fellow citizen, Mass in particular. The profitable collaboration produced an elegant box with the video DVD and the CD, easily purchasable on the internet. Self Organizing Structures was successfully presented in a live performance at the 48.Venice Biennale of Contemporary Music (2008), the Moderna Museet Stockholm (2007), the Auditorium in Rome during the Rome European Festival (2003) and the MACBA in Barcelona, in occasion of Sonar (2004).
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Image: Radek Community + Dmitri Gutov, Demonstration, 2000
Sat 28 Feb 6-9pm
at Artprojx Space| Artists Film Club
PERFORMANCE FOR VIDEO
from the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein archive
Introductions by Kathrin Becker and David Thorp
The City As a Stage
Curated by Kathrin Becker, Head of Video-Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)
Christian Jankowski (GER+USA), The hunt, 1992-1997, 1:11 Min.
KP Brehmer (GER), Walkings Nr. 1-6, 1969/70, 15 Min.
Denis Beaubois (AUS), In the Event of Amnesia the City will recall, 1997, 8:25 Min.
Calin Dan (ROMANIA/NL), Sample City, 2003,11:45 Min.
Josef Robakowski (PL), From my window 1978-1999, 2000, 20 Min.
Radek Community + Dmitri Gutov (RUS), Demonstration, 2000, 5:11 Min. (fragment)
Larissa Sansour (PALESTINE/DK), Happy Days, 2006, 3 Min.
Ira Schneider (USA/GER), The New York City Parking Game, 1987, 8:30 min
Hiroharu Mori (JAPAN), Defocused Story, 2004, 4:37 Min.
The program The City As a Stage presents a selection of video works that use the city as a place for staging various actions and performances that are documented on video. These works use urban architecture as a framework to reopen imaginative space. The public is invited to not only go for an imaginary journey to the various locations but to create its own imaginary city and to find a poetic relationship with it.
Screening time 68 mins
Image: Shahram Entekhabi, Miguel, 2005
My favourite pastime / London
Curated by Kathrin Becker, Head of Video-Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)
Marc Aschenbrenner, Zweite Sonne, 2005, 7 Min.
Discoteca Flaming Star (Cristina Gomez Barrio/Wolfgang Mayer), Anger and Depression, 2004, 3 Min.
Patrycja German, Barszcz, 2004, 2:30 Min.
Nevin Aladag, Familie Tezcan, 2001, 6:40 Min.
Annika Eriksson, Anagram, 2001, 7 Min.
Bjørn Melhus, The Oral Thing, 2001, 8 Min. (Co-production Neuer Berliner Kunstverein)
Shahram Entekhabi, Miguel, 2005, 1:15 Min.
Oleg Kulik, I Love Europe, She Does Not Love Me Back, 1996, 6:20 Min.
Moser & Schwinger, Acting Facts. From testimonies to Peers Commision 1970, 2003, 9:40 Min.
Rui Calçada Bastos, Quadrifolgio, 2001-2002, 8 Min.
pastime (English): noun;
syllable division: pas-time; plural: pas-times;
something done to pass one's time in a pleasant way.
My favourite pastime/London explores the role that theatricality plays in video in a series of staged performances that examine the way in which a shift in context can alter the viewer’s perception and understanding of an art work. At the same time it recalls the conception of art as l´art-pour-l´art, a philosophy that claims the intrinsic value of art as the only "true" art, divorced from any didactic, moral, or utilitarian function.
Screening time 60 mins
Both programmes will be screened consecutively with a brief introduction by the curators. Curated by Kathrin Becker. Head of Video Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k) in association with David Thorp.
Thurs 26 Feb 6-9.30pm
at Artprojx Space
boyleANDshaw Art Salon Project 3
The third in a series of nights curated by boyleANDshaw to promote the work of emerging contemporary art practitioners. Expect a vibrant mix of film and music including a series of short films selected by Marthe Fjellestad and live music from artists from Toy Soldier Records.
Marthe Fjellestad's film programme includes works by Simon Cunningham, Mark Tovell, Marte Haug, Sanitas Pradittasnee, olsen&johansen, Lucy Keany and Tom Brill with interval snacks provided by the Kitchen Ladies.
Toy Soldier Records Showcase line up includes:
Raymond Detritus
http://www.myspace.com/raymonddetritus
Dan Ormsby
http://www.myspace.com/danormsby
Curly Hair
http://www.myspace.com/wearecurlyhair
Finishing with a DJ set from Sam and Rob
Thursday 22 January 6-9.30pm
boyleANDshaw Art Salon Project 2
David Ferrando Giraut: cry wolf, 2007
The second in a series of nights curated by boyleANDshaw to promote the work of emerging contemporary art practitioners.
A vibrant mix of film and music including new work from artists:
Nicholas Marechal
Sophie Muskett
Emma Boulding
Geoffrey Langford
Charlesworth
Lewandowski & Mann
Jessica Meredith
Thomas Malyon
Stefan Demming
David Ferrando Giraut
Kristen Lovelock
Deniz Soezen
Finishing the night with a DJ set from
Toy Soldier Records founder Jess Weiss.
ARTPROJX SPACE LATE is a series of monthly interventions from contemporary art practitioners and curators who are creatively engaging with current philosophical and theoretical ideas. This could take the form of a performance, film screening or theorist/artist-led discussion. ARTPROJX SPACE LATE is curated by boyleANDshaw. This series of their events are supported by Awards For All