10th MARFICI | International Film Festival ‘Mar del Plata’ (Argentina)

“The Passengers” (2010) and “The Testament” (2013) are selected to participate to 10th MARFICI, Independent Film Festival of “Mar del Plata” held from 9th -16th August 2014 (Argentina).

The Independent Film Festival of Mar del Plata, MARFICI, celebrates ten years of life with a strong presence of local productions including the opening film, Hero Current, Miguel Monforte stands in Film + History section, which documents the Falklands veteran, Julio Aro, who lives in Mar del Plata and looking at their fallen comrades in unmarked graves in the cemetery of Darwin in the islands. The director also participated in previous editions of the festival was as programmer and fulfilling that role, he created the National Short Film Competition section and Dance Dreams, both dedicated to Argentine fictions.

The selection and scheduling of the festival was led by Diego Menegazzi, Veronica Paz and Guillermo Colantonio. The guest programmers are Fabian Sancho, Silvia Romero Unusual Film Festival.

The International Independent Film Festival of Mar del Plata was declared of interest Honorable Council General Pueyrredón.

The Festival was in charge of the Cultural Events Civil Association of Mar del Plata.

Official website: http://marfici.org/

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Festival | BigCi – Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives

From July 18-24, 2014 at Wollemi National Park (Australia)

Film “The Testament” (2013)
BigCi – Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives
From the 18th to 24th of July 2014
Artist residency at Wollemi National Park (Australia)

International video-art and photography festival
July 18-24, 2014

International ArtExpo, in collaboration with BigCi – Bilpin international ground for Creative initiatives, is proud to announce the opening of My Cities, Your Identities, international art festival of photography and video art, which will be held at BigCi – Bilpin international ground for Creative initiatives artist residency on the edge of Wollemi National Park, Australia, from the 18th to the 24th of July 2014. The opening party of the event will be on July 19, 2014 at BigCi, starting from 2 PM to 4 PM (free entry).

Organizer: International ArtExpo
Curator: Luca Curci
Press office: It’s LIQUID

Venue: BigCi – Bilpin international ground for Creative initiatives, Bilpin, NSW, Austraila. RSVP for address to sculptor@raebolotin.com
Opening: July 18, 2014 from 11.00 AM; opening party Saturday, July 19, 2014 from 2 PM to 4 PM
Dates: from the 18 to the 24 of July 2014; from 11 AM to 4 PM, free entry.

My Cities, Your Identities explores the parallel relationship between cities’ transformations and identities’ evolution: modern metropolis are often the result of the compound of different cities and cultures, as it is for contemporary identities. During this borderless time we have the possibility to live and experience a constant hybridization among cities, bodies, societies, cultures and new technologies, which shapes and regenerates our individualities. Our whole being evolves as well as contemporary cultures and modern cities do.

The exhibition is curated by Arch. Luca Curci (Founder of LUCA CURCI ARCHITECTS and It’s LIQUID Group).

BigCi (www.bigci.org) is an independent, artist run, not for profit micro artist residency program with a focus on supporting serious artists by facilitating their projects. BigCi provides a ground for the professional development of artists from various fields, such as the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Literature, Music, Photography, Film, and Hybrid Arts. Painters, sculptors, multimedia artists, performance artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers and other creative souls are invited to apply for the residency. In addition to the artist residency program, BigCi is available for a variety of events, performances, workshops, installations and exhibitions.

.VIDEO ART

.PHOTOGRAPHY
Tatjana Leuzzi . Germany | Tobias D. Oggenfuss . USA | Malgorzata Basinska . Norway |Ivana Russo . Italy

International ArtExpo is an art organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our artistic projects. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and critics from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.

It’s LIQUID Group
c/o Luca Curci Architects
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari, Italy
+39.0805234018
+39.3387574098

lucacurci@lucacurci.com
www.itsliquid.com

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Helicon Films | New design

Helicon Films
Indie Film Label
Cinematography and Sound design

Co-producers
Fred L’Epee
Ed Alvarado
Kenneth Gentry
(United States – Switzerland)

Official website
https://vimeo.com/channels/heliconfilms

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Festival “Morphos – Sustainable Empires” Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice (Italy)

AMYGDALA (2014)
International Festival “MORPHOS – Sustainable Empires”
From 06th to the 13th of June 2014
Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice (Italy)

MORPHOS – Sustainable Empires
International architecture, video-art, photography, installation and performing art festival

Opening: June 06, 2014

It’s LIQUID Group, in collaboration with International ArtExpo, is proud to announce the opening of MORPHOS – Sustainable Empires, international festival of architecture, photography, video art, installation and performing art, which will be held in the prestigious Palazzo Albrizzi in Venice (Italy), from the 06 to the 13 of June 2014. This will be the first event of the festival MORPHOS which will be organized in Venice in the months between June and November 2014, in the same period of Architecture Biennale. During the festival, it will be also presented the division Pixels of Identities, international exhibition of photography, video art, installation and performing art (Palazzo Albrizzi, 06 – 13 of June 2014).

The press conference and preview of the festival will be on June 05, 2014 at 05.00 PM, at Palazzo Albrizzi.

The opening of the event will be on Friday 06 of June 2014 at Palazzo Albrizzi, starting from 06.00 PM (free entry)

Organizers: It’s LIQUID & International ArtExpo
Curator: Luca Curci
Project coordinator: Maria Caterina Denora
Press office: It’s LIQUID
Venue: Palazzo Albrizzi, Cannaregio 4118, 30121 Venice, Italy
Opening: Friday 06 of June 2014, from 06.00 PM, free entry
Dates: from the 06 to the 13 of June 2014, from 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM, and from 03.00 PM to 06.00 PM, free entry.

MORPHOS – Sustainable Empires

.performing art
Zwann eï Collective . France | Sara Davidovics . Italy | Ya-Wen Fu . Germany

Palazzo Albrizzi is one of the Venetian aristocracy’s palaces, situated in Cannaregio 4118, near Campo San Paolo. Constructed by the famous Capello family, in the 18th century the Palazzo passed into the hands of the Albrizzi family. The palace is the headquarter of ACIT Venezia, one of the most important Italian-German cultural association, and has often been collateral venue of Venice Biennale.

It’s LIQUID Group
c/o Luca Curci Architects
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari, Italy

+39.0805234018
+39.3387574098
lucacurci@lucacurci.com
www.itsliquid.com

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Film ‘Elegia’ | Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Granada (Spain)

“Elegia”
Borderland – The entropy of identities
Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Granada
On 23rd of April 2014
Granada (Spain)

ART TOUR exhibition program. Contemporary Art, Sixth Edition, curated by Fernando Barrionuevo has been organized by MECA Mediterranean Arts Center in one of the most important launch of Art in Andalusia, particularly in the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Granada.

This exhibition of Contemporary Art shows fifty works of 26 professional artists who join the work of 5 emerging young artists, final year students of the Faculty, selected specially for this event, the latter by the Associate Dean Mazurek Bethlehem.

Furthermore Mediterranean Arts Center presents 45 video artists international program International ArtExpo It’s Liquid from 20 countries such as Spain, Italy, Germany, Syria, Finland, Switzerland, USA, Israel, France, Brazil, Norway, Cyprus, Korea , Holland, Australia, UK, Croatia, Argentina, Mexico and Canada.

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Metamorphosis / The room of Franz Kafka

From 1st&2nd March @nu things (Osaka, Japan)

Poster by AGI Yuzuru

“The Room of Franz Kafka“
Screening at Club + Art space @nu things
Event by AGI Yuzuru
1st & 2nd March
Osaka (Japan)

More info and program :
http://agiyuzuru.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/metamorphosis-the-room-of-franz-kafka/

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“In Exilum” / E-luminate Cambridge Festival

“In Exilum”
Official selection
E-luminate Cambridge Festival
Screening on 22nd of February
Cambridge (UK)

The Cambridge Super 8 Group is dedicated to the exhibition and creation of Super 8 film as a crucial art form in its own right.

As well as the annual festival, the Cambridge Super 8 Group has been active in programming a multitude of screenings, director talks and educational events in the city of Cambridge and in East Anglia.

Cambridge Super 8 is also committed to promoting new work and developing critical discussion as well as developing collaboration with other festivals.

Cambridge Super 8 is also committed to promoting new work and developing critical discussion as well as developing collaboration with other festivals.”

When
8 p.m. — 10 p.m.Sat 22nd

More info on: http://2014.e-luminatefestivals.co.uk/events/22/

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BorderBody – Mixing Cities | Bari, Italy International Art Festival

“Scapegrace”
Borders & Mixing Identities
Palazzo Barone Ferrara
From 13th to 21th february 2014
Bari (Italy)

“BorderBody – Mixing Identities” international art festival of photography, video art, installation and performing art will be held at the prestigiousPalazzo Barone Ferrara in Bari (Italy) from the 13 to the 21 of February 2014.

Palazzo Barone Ferrara is a magnificent historic building of XIX century, symbol of importance and progress of the city. Located in the centre of Bari, is the headquarters and exhibition space of Banca Apulia bank.

“BorderBody” exhibitions cycle is conceived as a diffused and nomadic festival in different places of the world. “Mixing Identities”, the second chapter of this 3-event cycle, is focused on the hybridization of social identities. In contemporary societies boundaries are getting more and more fleeting, and also the identity, that makes each person or place a recognizable entity, turns out fluid and multiple. Cultural, religious, ethnic borders become changeable too. This change, this mutation has allowed to cross the inside of the identities, creating new possible crossings, new blends. There is no more limit between an identity and the other one but it is possible to walk, to cross a passage and to find oneself halfway through it, in a non-place, in a non-identity.

Openings from the 13 to the 21 of February 2014, from 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM and from 03.00 PM to 06.00 PM, at Palazzo Barone Ferrara, C.so Vittorio Emanuele II n.102/A, Bari (Italy)

Video-screening program
During the opening night of “BorderBody – Mixing Identities” exhibition in Bari (Italy) will be projected all the selected videos. Here below the video-program for the following days:

Organizer: International ArtExpo
Curator: Luca Curci
Press office: It’s LIQUID

More info on:

http://www.lucacurci.com/artexpo/borderbody-italy-spain-opening.htm

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BorderBody – International Video Art Festival

Meca Mediterráneo Centro Artístico Almeria (Spain)

Scapegrace
BorderBody – International Art Festival
From 7th to 21th february 2014
MECA Mediterráneo Centro Artístico
Almeria (Spain)

Body Border. Mixing Identities, the second chapter of this series of 3 events organized by International Itsliquid ArtExpo and wherein MECA participates as unique exhibition center in Spain focuses on content related to the hybridization of social identities. In contemporary societies borders are increasingly fleeting and the identities and this makes each person can incorporate any recognizable identity with a fluid and multiple results. Religious or cultural ethnic borders change continually. This change, this mutation has allowed delve into the identities and create new intercultural mixtures.There is no boundary between one identity and another, but it is possible to walk, crossing a passage to find himself halfway through it, in a non-place, in a non-identity.

MECA Mediterranean Art Center presents the II edition of the International Video Art Contest 2014 in only two sessions in the MECA room located at C / Gran Capitán 105, Almería on 7 and 21 February will be presented the new 49 Video Artists winners.

Video artists

Organizer: International ArtExpo
Curator: Luca Curci
Press office: It’s LIQUID

More info on:
http://www.itsliquid.com/borderbody-italy-spain-opening.html

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Article “Pathology of the Image”

Pathology of the Image
Article by Fred L’Epee

Image.
Concept.
Psychology.

The image is a process that will never stop. We belong to her as she belongs to us. We film it. We look at it. It forms the expansion of us even. Our private impairment. The image is a psychological movement of gesture, act and its temporality. But the image also creates a pathology which influences psychologically our daily forms and our functional modes. Reversible as the symbolism of a mirror and dominated by the fascination of beauty and its opposite; the endless Aidos. Refusal and virtuousness of the body. It persecutes our existential and metaphysical pulpit to corrupt definitely the material which is our body. Definitely. The image and its movement. Picture is its expansion. A charming game became established there.

In my latest films, I explain the metaphysical presentation of the body, the loss of its form by its impairment. The image and its pathology when the body lose its form to become shapeless. This is some essential databases from the introspective research into the individual and the positioning of its corporate name. The influence of the image can only intervene when its representation is playing a role of psychological moderator. There is a visual launching.

The image becomes an imposing abstraction on our ways of life; and our cogitation. As a feeling and; the willingness to reassert laws. In reaction; we re-create a reaction. Like a matrix; we use it to imagine our freedom, our shouting, derive or social struggle. We belong to her as she belongs to us. This is our expansion. Our private alteration. Definitely, the charming game became established.

The image is a first form of solar love which is like a cloud that floats above the liquid element. Metaphysical exhibition which sometimes becomes storm, falling on the earth as rain while lightning smashes the layers of the atmosphere. Then the Body loses its likeness with form to become Shapeless.

Fred. L’Epee
Article available on:
http://larsbuchardt.blogspot.dk/2014/01/pathology-of-image-by-fred-lepee.html?spref=fb

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‘AXIAL ART MEETS – Avilés, Asturias [Spain]

Exhibition from 11 january to 22 march 2014

January – March 2014
Exhibition “Axial Art Meets”
Curated by Jaime Rodriguez and Cesar Naves
Exhibition of film posters
Films projection of “In Exilum”, “Contemporary Man”, “Scapegrace”.
From 11 january to 22 march 2014
Avilés, Asturias [Spain]

Axial Art Meets – FRED. L EPEE

AXIAL art_meets has been conceived to accommodate different kinds of artistic expression in a physical and virtual space, insisting on the new conditions that are needed to exhibit the latest creations, to promote various cultural encounters and generate a new area of interest, capable of attracting private collectors.

The space is exclusive and closed. It can only be accessed by means of a personal invitation or through a telephone or mail personal request. To request a visit of the space and access to the works of the artists represented by AXIAL art_meets entails a willingness to buy their works or other financial compensation to help the maintenance of culture and contemporary art.

The program consists on four annual exhibitions, either individual or collective, which will be previously announced on the website before each opening. Exhibitions can be watched free of charge on line. The purchase of the various pieces displayed, publications, artist books, limited editions can also be made on line.

More info:
http://www.kaosart.org/axial/ART_MEETS/for%20sale/Fred_L-Epee/Fred_L-Epee.html

Official website:
http://www.kaosart.org/axial/home.html

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BorderBody – Mixing Cities/ Bari, Italy

International Art Festival

“The Testament” (2013)
Borders & Mixing Identities
Palazzo Barone Ferrara
From Nov. 28th to Dec. 06th 2013
Bari (Italy)

BorderBody – Mixing Cities
International video-art, photography, installation and performing art festival
Opening: November 28th, 2013

“BorderBody – Mixing Cities” exhibition will be held in the prestigious Palazzo Barone Ferrara in Bari (Italy), from November 28th to December 06th 2013. Thirty-three international artists have been selected to take part in this exhibition.

“BorderBody – Mixing Cities” exhibition will be the first of 3 events held in Palazzo Barone Ferrara during the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014. “BorderBody” cycle will consist of “Mixing Cities”, “Mixing Identities” and “Mixing Future” exhibitions. “Mixing Cities” deals with modern urban changes and their influence on citizens, on hybridization between identities and urban settings in contemporary time. Artworks’ selection is based on the main concept of fluidity, motion, changing networks and cities transformations. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world.

organizer: International ArtExpo
curator: Luca Curci
press office: It’s LIQUID

exhibition & screening place: Palazzo Barone Ferrara, Bari (Italy)
dates: from November 28th to December 06th 2013, from 10.00 AM to 01.00 PM and from 03.00 PM to 06.00 PM, at Palazzo Barone Ferrara, C.so Vittorio Emanuele II n.102/A, Bari (Italy)

opening: November 28th, 2013, at 06.00 PM, at Palazzo Barone Ferrara, C.so Vittorio Emanuele II n.102/A, Bari (Italy)

.featured artists
Candaş Şişman . Turkey | Di Mainstone . UK | Jalila Essaïdi . The Netherlands | Paul Amlehn . New Zeland

.installation artists
Antonella Zito . Italy | Simone Tripaldi . Italy | Robert Kirov . Switzerland | Alejandro Schianchi . Argentina

During the event will be presented the stunning digital videos “Flux” and “Eff-Lux” by Turkish artist Candaş Şişman; the amazing project “Human Harp” by London based artist Di Mainstone, and “Bulletproof skin” video by the founder of “BioArt Laboratories” Jalila Essaïdi.

Candaş Şişman has received several awards since 2007, among which are an Honorary Mention from Prix ARS Electronica Computer Animation/Film/VFX and Best Prize in Sound Design from Roma Viedram Video Festival. London based artist and researcher Di Mainstone creates sculptures that connect to the body, designed to initiate movement and storytelling. Human Harp is a collaborative creative project led by Di Mainstone and supported by Queen Mary University of London. Jalila Essaïdi is an artist who uses biology – in particular ecology and the life sciences – as an artistic medium, and in 2010 she was a recipient of the Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award and got in 2012 a Honorary Mention in the Category of Hybrid Art of the Prix Ars Electronica 2012.

In the exhibition area it will be possible to listen to the sound artwork “Interzone” by Paul Amlehn, who has collaborated on music projects with musicians from the bands of Lou Reed, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Tom Waits, and others, and with members of the Kronos Quartet, and Philip Glass Ensemble.

The event is supported by Banca Apulia.

More info: http://www.lucacurci.com/artexpo/borderbody-bari-opening.htm

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“Scapegrace” (2013)

“Scapegrace” (2013)
Film soon released

Genre Experimental
Year 2013
Duration 23 mn 20s
Language English
Subtitles English

Synopsis

This film is based on soluble forms over three dimensions: body, time; and memory. An intrapsychic odyssey through the hippocampus mythology.

Co- producers:
Fred L’Epee
Ed Alvarado
Kenneth Gentry

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Interview: Fred L’Epee | It’s LIQUID Group Official website

Interview: Fred L’Epee | It’s LIQUID Group – Official website

http://www.itsliquid.com

Independent filmmaker Fred L’Epee (born 1976) is a emergent artist within the international film avant-garde. The modality of its work is based beyond the cinematic form in order to resuscitate an altered perception of the visual expression. His films and visual art works are a constant research of constructivity into cinematographic experimentalism through the shapes of human being’s existentialism. Themes of his work describes timelessness and its passage. Alteration of the body as a process of image. Narrative of the post-modernist fables. Fred L’Epee is also co-producer of Helicon Films in collaboration with Ed Alvarado and Kenneth Gentry. An Indie Film Label of cinematography and sound design.

The complete interview on:
http://www.itsliquid.com/interview-fred-lepee.html

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BorderBody – International Video Art Festival

Meca Mediterráneo Centro Artístico in Almeria (Spain)

“The Testament”
BorderBody – International Art Festival
From 14th to 28th November 2013
Meca Mediterráneo Centro Artístico
Almeria (Spain)

BorderBody – International Art Festival Photography, Video Art, Painting, Installation and Performing Art will be held in Almeria (Spain), at MECA Mediterráneo Centro Artístico, during the 14th and 28th of November,2013.

“BorderBody” is conceived as a diffused and nomadic exhibition in different places of the world. The festival is composed by two sections: “Mixing Cities”, which deals with modern urban changes and their influence on citizens, and “Mixing Identities” focused on the hybridization of social identities in contemporary time. Artworks’ selection is based on the main concept of fluidity, motion, changing networks and cities transformations. In contemporary society boundaries are getting more and more fleeting, and also the identity; what makes every person or place a recognizable entity, turns out fluid, multiple, making the cultural, religious, ethnic borders changeable too. This change, this mutation has allowed to cross the inside of the identities creating new possible crossings, new blends. There is no more limit between an identity and the other one but it is possible to walk, to cross a passage and to find oneself halfway through it, in a non-place, in a non-identity. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world.

Organizer: International ArtExpo
Curator: Luca Curci
Exhibition & screening places:
MECA Mediterráneo Centro Artístico in Almeria (Spain)
Openings:
November 14th and 28th, 2013 at MECA Mediterráneo Centro Artístico, from 07.00 PM, Calle Gran Capitán 105, Almería, Spain

International ArtExpo is an International art organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. We depend on the support of you. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our efforts. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and writers from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.

More info :
http://www.lucacurci.com/artexpo/borderbody-spainpoland-opening.htm

Program;
http://www.centromeca.com

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International Video Art Exhibition (Wrocław, Poland)

“The Testament” (2013)
BorderBody – International Art Festival
From 10th to 30th of November 2013
Gallery MD_S (Galeria sztuki Współczesnej MD_S)
Wrocław (Poland)

“BorderBody” is conceived as a diffused and nomadic exhibition in different places of the world. The festival is composed by two sections: “Mixing Cities”, which deals with modern urban changes and their influence on citizens, and “Mixing Identities” focused on the hybridization of social identities in contemporary time. Artworks’ selection is based on the main concept of fluidity, motion, changing networks and cities transformations. In contemporary society boundaries are getting more and more fleeting, and also the identity; what makes every person or place a recognizable entity, turns out fluid, multiple, making the cultural, religious, ethnic borders changeable too. This change, this mutation has allowed to cross the inside of the identities creating new possible crossings, new blends. There is no more limit between an identity and the other one but it is possible to walk, to cross a passage and to find oneself halfway through it, in a non-place, in a non-identity. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world.

Opening:
November 10th, 2013 at MD_S (Galeria sztuki Współczesnej MD_S)
From 7.00 PM, Bolesława Chobrego 24, Wrocław Nadodrze, Poland

More info: www.lucacurci.com/artexpo

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Borders and Identities | International Video Exhibition
(Bari, October 05, 2013)

“The Testament” (2013)
Borders & Identities
9th Giornata del Contemporaneo
Palazzo Barone Ferrara
Opening: 5th October 2013
Bari (Italy)

Borders & Identities – October 05, 2013
International Video-Art exhibition
Opening: October 05, 2013

“Borders & Identities” exhibition, will be held in the prestigious Palazzo Barone Ferrara inBari (Italy), during the 9th Giornata del Contemporaneo – the Day of Contemporary Art – on October 05, 2013.

The Day of Contemporary Art is the major annual event promoted by the AMACI – Association of Italian Museums of Contemporary Art and it focuses on the art of our times and its public. It will be held throughout Italy to experience the complex and lively world of contemporary art. Since its inception, the Day of Contemporary Art has been supported by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, and has obtained not only the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic but also the sponsorship of Italy’s leading institutions.

organizer: International ArtExpo
curator: Luca Curci
press office: It’s LIQUID
screening place: “Spazio Apulia” conference room, Palazzo Barone Ferrara, Bari (Italy)
opening/dates: October 5th, 2013, from 10.00 AM to 07.00 PM, at Palazzo Barone Ferrara, C.so Vittorio Emanuele II n.102/A, Bari (Italy)

More info and program on:
http://www.lucacurci.com/artexpo/borders-identities-opening.htm

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Borderbody | Mixing cities and identities (Poland 2013)

BorderBody | Mixing Cities and Identities – Poland 2013
Opening: October 4th, 2013

BorderBody | Mixing Cities and Identities, festival of photography, video-art, computer graphics, architecture, installation and performing-art, will be held in Gdynia (Poland) at Gdynia InfoBox – Observatory of Changes, from the 4th to the 18th October 2013. Thirty-four artists, from different countries, have been selected to be part of this project.

“BorderBody” festival is composed by two sections: “Mixing Cities”, which deals with modern urban changesand their influence on citizens, and “Mixing Identities” focused on the hybridization of social identities in contemporary time. The selection was based on the main concept of fluidity, motion, changing networks and cities transformations. In contemporary society boundaries are getting more and more fleeting, and also the identity; what makes every person or place a recognizable entity, turns out fluid, multiple, making the cultural, religious, ethnic borders changeable too. This change, this mutation has allowed to cross the inside of the identities creating new possible crossings, new blends. And it’s just this “contemporaneity” that makes our civilization conceived as subjected to a process of continuous evolution and cultural hybridization. There is no more limit between an identity and the other one but it is possible to walk, to cross a passage and to find oneself halfway through it, in a non-place, in a non-identity. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world. Mixing sustainable transport; modern (ICT) communication infrastructure; sustainable economic development; and wise management of natural resources, human, intellectual and social capital, is the key to reach a future better life quality. Changes are always positive and they represent our future.

Organizer: International ArtExpo
Curator: Luca Curci
Exhibition & screening place: Gdynia InfoBox – Observatory of Changes, Gdynia (Poland)
Dates: from the 4th to the 18th October 2013, from Monday to Friday, from 10.00 AM to 7.00 PM; Saturday from 12.00 PM to 6.00 PM (Sunday closed)
Opening: October 4th, 2013 at Gdynia InfoBox – Observatory of Changes, at 6.00 PM, ul. Świętojańska 30 (30 Świętojańska St.), Gdynia, Poland

Gdynia InfoBox is a place of interest due to its remarkable architecture and also as a source of information on new projects in town provided in an interesting multi-medial and fascinating form. Gdynia InfoBox is a place where both the local community and tourists can have a good time in a coffee place with a terrace, or resting on a bench in the shade of the trees.

.Computer graphics artist
Laura Ferrarello . USA | Stéphanie Koett . Canada | Sarah Delaney . Australia

.Installation artists
Kaja Mihajlović . Slovenia

During the Festival will be projected the video presentation of the amazing project “Human Harp” by London based artist and researcher Di Mainstone which creates sculptures that connect to the body, designed to initiate movement and storytelling. Human Harp is a collaborative creative project led by Di Mainstone and supported by Queen Mary University of London.

International ArtExpo
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari (Italy)
+39.0805234018
+39.3387574098
lucacurci@lucacurci.com
www.lucacurci.com/artexpo

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BorderBody | Mixing Cities and Identities
(4th to 18th October 2013 in Poland)

“Contemporary Man” (2013)

Border Body | Mixing Cities and Identities
Gdynia InfoBox – Observatory of Changes
From 4th to 18th October 2013
Gdynia (Poland)

More info: http://www.lucacurci.com/artexpo/borderbody-opening.htm

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Festival Cinema Libre | Hamburg, Germany

Festival International Cinema Libre
From 30th August to 1rst September 2013
Hamburg (Germany)

Cinema Libre is produced by people who have to say something. Cinema libre is placing poetry before technique/technology, life before show, and facts before effects. It is the antidote to dominant and standardized pictures, which are shaping us. It differs from the cinema made by industry, television, business, entertainment, motion picture technology and money. Cinema Libre does not pay attention to public expectations. It is neither a job, nor a business. It does not look for a return on investment. It ignores codes, formats and fashions. It is a cinema of experiments and many times it is based on DIY, sharing, lightness and freshness.

To be independent from the film industry, movies can be self-produced, crowd funded and/or be produced with no money at all. These movies are sometimes labelled as “amateur movies”. Furthermore there are movies, which are under copyleft licences or under Creative Commons licences and can be shared and modified freely. Even some movies produced in the traditional way divert themselves from the conformism that is involved in/ belongs to the hegemonic system.

In the last decade, digital technologies extend the space of cinema libre.

This is a chance to promote the cinema libre, since the access from creation to diffusion is now available for many people.

By definition, cinema libre has no definition. That’s why this festival wants to be an occasion to develop this idea of cinema. By watching movies – your movies – and by giving space and time for discussions we will try to make the cinema libre defining itself.

CINEMA LIBRE is produced by people who have something to say. It is the poetry of the prior art, the life before the show and facts on the effects.CINEMA LIBRE is an antidote to dominant and standardized images that shape us daily and is different from the cinema, the wird. CINEMA made by industry, television, entertainment, special effects and money LIBRE is neither a job, nor is it a business, and it is not aimed at financial gain. It pays no attention to public expectations and ignores encodings, formats and fashion. CINEMA LIBRE is a cinema of experiments, which are often based on lightness, freshness, free content, and Do-It-Yourself.

Official Website:
http://www.festivalducinemalibre.com/

Program International Festival Cinema Libre :
http://festivalducinemalibre.com/?p=264

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Official selection | Festival du Cinema Libre
Hamburg, Germany (30/08 to 01/09/2013)

“The Testament”
Official Selection
Festival du Cinema Libre
From 30th August to 1rst September 2013
Hamburg (Germany)

Program Festival du Cinema Libre :
http://festivalducinemalibre.com/?p=264

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NORM/ No-madic Lives Project (2012-2014)
Multimedia exhibition at ‘MINUS 5′ Artspace (Beirut, Lebanon)

NORM/ No-madic Lives Project (2012-2014)
International video art project
Multimedia Exhibition at ‘MINUS 5′
From 23th August – 07th September 2013
Beirut (Lebanon)

Project: Influences overview

In the light of the tumultuous past 12 months – where political economic forces caused seismic shudders across the global financial system , combined with the deeply inspirational protests, regime change enacted during the Arab Spring across Yemen,Egypt, Libya now Syria. this project exhibtion is a reaction to these events in 2011 draws inspiration from actions of people across the globe who feel they can enact social change. the Project is dedicated to these people of regime change – irrespective of their cultural background or religion.

The key themes of “NORM/No-madic Lives” is that of trans-global cultural exchange of ideas : their similarities disjunctions utilising actual gallery spaces online promotion interaction. The project is intended to highlight not only pan-global artistic links expression but also the innovative use of digital technology contemporary communication modes ( digital art media ,email, web-site interaction) in new innovative modes of cultural exchange across borders travelling from city to city over the next 12-24 months.

“NORM/No-madic Lives” is an self-funded project utilising digital media, communication expression outside of the traditional modes of gallery representation or control.

Update :

1) Melbourne – March/ April 2012
2) Liverpool – October/ December 2012
3) Beirut – 2013
4) Copenhagen – 2013
5) San Francisco – 2013
6) Berlin – 2014
7) Bogota- 2014
8) Ramallah – 2014

Project Artists:

Simon Mack (liverpool-uk)
Phil Hargreaves (liverpool -uk)
(as Hargreaves + Mack)
Lorna Crane (melbourne-australia)
Dima Hourani (ramallah-palestine/norway)
Ghayyan al Amine (Shortfuse Films: beirut-lebanon)
Lars Buchardt (copenhagen -denmark)
Fred. L’Epée (switzerland-greece)
Other artists TBC

More info on: http://4art.com/profiles/blogs/normnomadic-lives-panglobal

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Multimedia exhibition at ‘MINUS 5′ Artspace
(23th Aug-07th Sept 2013 – Beirut, Lebanon)

“The Passengers”
NORM/ No-madic Lives Project (2012-2014)
Multimedia Exhibition at ‘MINUS 5′
From 23th August – 07th September
Beirut (Lebanon)

Project Artists:

More info: http://4art.com/profiles/blogs/normnomadic-lives-panglobal

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Festival ‘NIT ELECTRA SONORA’ (Spain)

SIDOL (2013)

In collaboration with Takuto Fukuda, Faraòn Meteosès.
Electro Acoustic Music Festival ‘NIT ELECTRA SONORA’
From 3rd to 4th August 2013.
Flix, Catalonia.
(Spain)

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/111736309001660/

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Videoholica International Festival 2013 (Varna, Bulgaria)

VIDEOHOLICA 2013
International Video Art Festival
[Out of focus!]
From 01 – 06 August 2013
Varna (Bulgaria)

The International Video Art Festival Videoholica 2013 will be held from1^st to 6^th of August in Varna under the title OUT OF FOCUS!, with an appeal for a visual, artistic and political defocusing.

The sixth Videoholica presents international video art in six consecutive days in six thematic blocks, one of which circulates around the theme of the festival OUT OF FOCUS! [DEFOCUS, REFOKUS! and IN FOCUS], and others focus on the sections of the festival and the locations where they will be presented [shorts –HorizonTAG – Club Horizont; animation – AniMenthol – Club Menthol]. Bulgarian videos are collected in the compilation BG FOCUS MOCUS that will be screened on August 2^nd in the backyard of the Puppet Theatre Varna.

147 video art works by 138 artists, who have been selected from a total of 289 videos of 222 authors, will compete for the official awards of Videoholica – GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE AND YOUNG VIDEOHOLIC. The jury of Videoholica 2012, who will adjudge the prizes, includes: Asena Gunal (cultural manager, Turkey), Vladiya Mihaylova (curator, Bulgaria), Eirini Olympiou (video art curator, Greece), Max Hattler (artist, UK / Germany), Marcantonio Lunardi (artist, Gold Videoholic of 2012, Italy).

The presentation program of Videoholica 2013 includes: Athens Video Art Festival – presentation and special selection 2013, which will be presented by the Director of the festival Ilias Chatzichristodoulou (Greece) and festival video art curator Eirini Olympiou (Greece); program manager Asena Gunal (Turkey) will present recent projects and initiatives of DEPO Center for Art, Culture and Debate in Istanbul; Bulgarian curator Vladiya Mihaylova (Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, Sofia) is coming to Videoholica 2013 with her latest curatorial project “On the Suspense or How to Hide a Bomb under the Table”, which presents young Bulgarian artists working in video art; GOLD VIDEOHOLIC 2012 Marcantonio Lunardi (Italy) will talk about his last film “Choir”; video artists Max Hattler (UK / Germany) and Sune Petersen (Denmark) will talk about their work as artists and will present their join audio-visual performance HATTLERIZED MOTORSAW.

The open-air locations of Videoholica 2013 are the State Puppet Theatre – Varna, HORIZONT Summer Club in the Sea Garden of Varna and Menthol Club at the central Varna beach. Varna City Art Gallery, ARHIS Gallery, GRAPHIT Gallery and contemporary space will host other projections as well as lectures and presentations of the sixth Videoholica.

The main sponsors of the VIDEOHOLICA 2013 are the Varna Municipality [Program for Creative Projects and Varna – Candidate for European Capital of Culture 2019] and Affect Media (Varna, Bulgaria). VIDEOHOLICA is organized by the Association Videoholica (Varna, Bulgaria) with the support of the Goethe-Institut Sofia (Bulgaria), Archis Gallery (Varna, Bulgaria), Club Menthol (Varna, Bulgaria), contemporary space (Varna, Bulgaria), GRAFFIT Gallery (Varna, Bulgaria), State Puppet Theater (Varna, Bulgaria), Summer Club HORIZONТ (Varna, Bulgaria), Varna City Art Gallery (Bulgaria) as well as with the support of many friends of Videoholica from home and abroad.

www.videoholica.org

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Official selection | Videoholica 2013

“The Testament”
Videoholica 2013
International Video Art Festival
From 01 – 06 August 2013
Program |Refocus
Varna (Bulgaria)

Videoholica program 2013:http://www.videoholica.org/en_2013program.htm

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Border cities & new identities | Romania 2013

“The Testament” (2013)
Border Cities & New Identities | Romania 2013
From July 26th to August 02nd 2013.
At the Water Plant “Uzina de Apa”
Suceava (Romania)

International ArtExpo is an independent group of artists founded in 2001 and mainly dedicated to contemporary art and videoart. Most of our last events have been realized in museums, galleries, private foundations and public institutions around the world. Our object is to use new technologies to globalize the language of art, to connect the conceptual points of contact of artists working in every part of the world, all united in the thick plot of the world net. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and writers from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.

More info: http://www.lucacurci.com/artexpo/

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Border cities & new identities | Romania 2013

Border Cities & New Identities | Romania 2013
Opening: July 26th, 2013
Prize: 1 International Exhibition organized by International ArtExpo

Border Cities & New Identities – International Art Festival of Architecture, Photography, Video Art, Computer Graphics, Painting and Performing Art, will be in Suceava (Romania), at The Water Plant “Uzina de Apa” – Center of Architecture, Urban Culture and Landscape, from the 26th July to 02nd August 2013. Thirty-three artists, from different countries, have been selected to be part of this project.

The selection was based on the main concept of hybridization between identities and urban environment, as the result of liquid identities and liquid contacts between people. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world. Mixing sustainable transport; modern (ICT) communication infrastructure; sustainable economic development; and wise management of natural resources, human, intellectual and social capital, is the key to reach a future better life quality.

Organizer: International ArtExpo
Curator: Luca Curci
Exhibition & screening place: The Water Plant “Uzina de Apa” – Center of Architecture, Urban Culture and Landscape, Suceava (Romania)
Dates: from the 26th July to 02nd August 2013, from 10.00 AM to 03.00 PM
Opening: July 26th, 2013 at The Water Plant “Uzina de Apa”, at 5.00 PM, Str. Apeductului nr.4, Suceava (Romania)

The Center of Architecture, Urban Culture and Landscape “Uzina de Apa” is the result of a conversion of an old, abandoned Water Plant into a Cultural Center. The project results as a collaboration including municipal authorities, local community and an array of architects, engineers and students. Moreover, private contractors and companies dedicated to innovative techniques are involved to achieve an exemplary public-private partnership. Although originally conceived as a technological construction, the new “Water Plant” is now capable of hosting events ranging from conferences to concerts and exhibitions. By reclaiming its place in the city, this project attempts the true meaning of the word “sustainability” (sus = under and tenere = to hold) – to keep in existence, to maintain and prolong.

.painters
Bertram Marstaller . Germany | Andreas Tomblin . Cyprus

.computer graphics artist
Elaine Eiger . Brazil | Ulrich Riedel . Germany

.performer
Wooguru . Germany

Contact: lucacurci@lucacurci.com
More info: www.lucacurci.com/artexpo

Press office
It’s LIQUID Group

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Official selection | Festival Miden 2013

“The Testament”
Official Selection
Festival Miden
04th – 06th July 2013
Historic Center of Kalamata
(Greece)

Video Art Festival Μiden is getting ready for its 9th edition, presenting once more a dynamic program of global video art creation at the Historic Center of Kalamata.

More than 1000 video artists and creators from all over the world responded to our call for entries sharing with us beautiful and strong images full of dreams, desires, aspirations and concerns, opening once more a window to the world. A world exactly as we dream of -despite the general recession and crisis: full of art, free expression and fresh ideas!

2013 edition of Festival Miden will take place at Kalamata’s Historic Center (Amfeias square) on 4-6 of July, with free entrance for the public as always. Besides the open air central screenings at Amfeias’ square (starting each night at 21.30), several parallel screenings & events are scheduled in the area of the Historic Center of Kalamata, while, for the first time, this year the festival presents at the same time a special selection in Athens in collaboration with CAMP – Contemporary Art Meeting Point (4-6 of July).

During its 3day events the festival will present over 300 videoworks from more than 45 countries, selected and curated by the festival’s team, while many tributes to significant festivals and groups from abroad will take place.

Festival Miden 2013 is realized with the support of the Municipality of Kalamata, in collaboration with Kalamata’s Youth Center and Kalamata’s Film Club – Filmhouse, while also Kallitechniko Steki and other venues at the Historic Center of Kalamata will kindly host parallel events.

The central curating is signed by Gioula Papadopoulou and Margarita Stavraki, while certain programs were curated this year by Ioanna Dimitrakopoulou-Koutava, Terpsi Kontargyri, Maria Bourika and Manuela Gascon.

Press Release:
http://issuu.com/gioula/docs/festival_miden_2013_program_eng

Parallel events program (in Kalamata and Athens):
http://issuu.com/gioula/docs/parallel_events_festival_miden_2013

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Liquid borders | Bari 2013

liquid borders- bari 2013

“La Corte – Fotografia e ricerca” cultural organization and International ArtExpo are proud to announce the opening of Liquid Borders – International art festival of photography, video art and installation, held in Bari (Italy) in the prestigious and historical locations of Castello Svevo (Swabian Castle), Santa Teresa dei Maschi and Sala Murat, from the 3rd to the 31st of July.

The press conference will be on Friday the 28th of June 2013 at 11.30 AM, in the Sala Sveva of Castello Svevo (Swabian Castle).

The openings of the event will be on Wednesday the 3rd of July 2013 at Castello Svevo (Swabian Castle), at 06.00 PM; and on Thursday the 4th of July 2013 in Santa Teresa dei Maschi at 05.00 PM, and at Sala Murat at 06.00 PM.

The event will last until July 31st 2013.

The Festival is based on the main concept of the hybridization among art, culture, physical and social identities in contemporary cities, and the mixing between people and space. Urban environments, people, rules and limits are no more distinct realities, but they constantly modify and get mixed together, generating new connections and hybrid results, with undefined ethic, social, sexual and religious borders. Forty-two artists, from all over the world, have been invited to present their artworks related to the theme, during the festival which will be hosted in the three venues of the city of Bari, until the end of July. The aim of the festival is to understand which are the borders still alive in contemporary metropolis, and which ones have become undefined and hybrid. To understand that, artists use material, pictures, sounds, videos and site-specific installations. Fausta Maria Bolettieri and Luca Curci, curators.

Liquid borders - Bari 2013

July 31st 2013, at the end of the Liquid Borders, there will be the selection of the winners of one International Exhibition organized by International ArtExpo and offered by It’s Liquid Group, 3 art residences at Palazzo Calò in Bari (Italy), Tenuta Pinto in Mola di Bari (Italy) and Palazzo Siena in Minervino di Lecce (Italy).

The catalogue is edited by Adda Editore.

Information regarding the venues
The Castello Svevo (Swabian Castle), symbol of the city of Bari, was built around 1132 by Norman King Roger II. The Castle is surrounded by a moat on all sides, except the northern section, which was bordering the sea and can be accessed from the bridge and the gate on the southern side. It is mainly composed of the Aragon walls and the main Swabian tower, and is currently used for exhibitions. Sala Murat is a cultural space of 400 square meters located in Piazza del Ferrarese, in the centre of Bari. It’s dedicated to art and contemporary exhibition, workshops and conferences. Inside the space it’s permanently exhibited a wall drawing by the minimalist artist Sol LeWitt. Santa Teresa dei Maschi is an ex-cloister, today seat of the Provincial Library for Culture and Arts “De Gemmis”, given in 1952 by Baron de Gennaro Gemmis.

Hours
Castello Svevo.
Everyday, 9.00 AM – 6.30 PM

Sala Murat.
From Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00 AM – 1.00 PM, 6.00 PM – 9.00 PM

Santa Teresa dei Maschi.
From Monday to Friday, 9.00 AM – 2.00 PM;
Tuesday and Thursday, 3.00 PM – 6.00 PM

More info: http://www.itsliquid.com/liquid-borders-bari-2013.html

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Liquid borders | Bari 2013

“The Passengers” (2010)
Liquid Borders – International Art Exhibition
From July 3rd to July 31st 2013
Historical Locations:
Castello Svevo, Santa Teresa dei Maschi, Sala Murat.
Bari (Italy)

It’s LIQUID provides information about design companies, new architectural projects, art exhibitions at some of the world’s leading international galleries, museums, institutions, private and public groups, artists, architects, designers selected. It’s LIQUID reaches the combined audiences of International Art Fairs, galleries, museums, and is thus a powerful tool for getting directly to this influential audience with information about exhibition programs and other events.

Database demographics: 40% in North America / 45% in Europe / 15% in other locations (South America, Australia, Japan, etc.).
Key information: over 100.000 monthly unique visitors / over 500.000 monthly page views / over 80.000 newsletter subscribers.

More info: http://www.itsliquid.com/liquid-borders-bari-2013.html

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Interview | Fred. L’Epee

Fred. L’Epee
Interviewed by Mirjana Milosavljevic
Curated by Rosa Matilde Jiménez Cortés
Para proyecto EntreVistArtista (EVA) Entre Tú y Yo
© 2009 – 2013

The whole interview available on:
http://amor77roma.blogspot.mx/2013/05/entrevistartista-fred-lepee.html

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Liquid cities & temporary identities | Finland 2013

Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities | Finland 2013
Photography / Video Art / Computer Graphics / Painting / Performing Art

Opening: June 10th, 2013

Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities | Finland 2013 – International Art Festival of Photography, Video Art and Computer Graphics, Painting and Performing Art will be held in the city of Espoo (Finland), at Espoonsilta Gallery from the 10th June to 16th June 2013. Thirty-six artists, from different countries, have been selected to be part of this project.

The selection will be based on the main concept of hybridization between identities and urban environment, as the result of liquid identities and liquid contacts between people. People, backgrounds, societies, progress and all their inputs creates hybrid identities, modifying each other and being mixed in prospect to shape a better world. Mixing sustainable transport; modern (ICT) communication infrastructure; sustainable economic development; and wise management of natural resources, human, intellectual and social capital, is the key to reach a future better life quality.

Organizer: International ArtExpo
Curator: Luca Curci

Exhibition & screening place: Espoonsilta Gallery, Espoo (Finland)
Dates: from 10th to 16th June, 2013, from 4.00 to 7.00 PM
Opening: June 10th, 2013 at Espoonsilta Gallery, at 4.00 pm; Virastopiha no.3, Espoo, Finland

Espoonsilta Gallery is an artist run, non-profit contemporary art scene in the Center of Espoo (Finland) since 2006. Dedicated to contemporary art and music happenings, the gallery acts on local, national and international level.

Computer graphics artist
Evan & Karen Voltz . USA

Performing artist
Piia Rossi . Germany (date of performance: June 11, 2013)

International ArtExpo is a not for profit organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. We depend on the support of you. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our efforts. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and writers from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.

International ArtExpo
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33
70122 Bari (Italy)
+39.0805234018
+39.3387574098
lucacurci@lucacurci.com
www.lucacurci.com/artexpo

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International ArtExpo | Finland 2013

“The Testament” (2013)

Liquid Cities & Temporary Identities | Finland 2013
From 10th June to 16th June 2013.
Espoonsilta Gallery
Espoo (Finland)

International ArtExpo is an independent group of artists founded in 2001 and mainly dedicated to contemporary art and videoart. Most of our last events have been realized in museums, galleries, private foundations and public institutions around the world. Our object is to use new technologies to globalize the language of art, to connect the conceptual points of contact of artists working in every part of the world, all united in the thick plot of the world net. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and writers from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.

More info: http://www.lucacurci.com/artexpo/liquid-cities-temporary-identities-finland-2013.htm

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CONTEMPO 2013 | International Contemporary Art Festival

16th-20th May (Varna, Bulgaria)

Contempo 2013

Contempo was created following the idea of the artist raya georgieva (1978 -2009) and implemented by raya georgieva foundation. Contempo 2013 partners: association for cultural management sea blue, tereza art gallery , stalker studio,gallery 10, bulart gallery, contemporary space, arhis gallery , graffit gallery, cubo bar, city art gallery “ boris georgiev”, la playa, varna municipality, horizont complex, yoho hostel, varna archaeological museum, art department of regional library.

Contempo 2013 POSTER

Contempo -contemporary art festival is a noncommercial platform to encourage, present and promotе the art production of young authors up to 35 years old. The forum is settled to present a dynamic version of creative searches and trends in the younger generation of art, to promote their work and provide a stage for the realization of their artistic provocations. In contempo except for traditional art spaces are absorbed unconventional spaces as well, being promoted to a new culture and aesthetics, close to the interests and attitudes of young people in urban environments. Since its first edition in 2009 the festival was attended by more 12,000 people.

Raya georgieva foundation (rgf) is based in varna since 2010. it main objectives are to keep the memory of the artist’s talent and creativity of raya georgieva (1978-2009); support young artists to realize their idea; create a stage for dialogue and creative experimentation.

Contempo 2013 is curated by dora doncheva. guest – curators: margarita dorovska, krassimir rousev, svilen stefanov, yovo panchev

PROGRAM CONTEMPO 2013
http://www.contempo2013.blogspot.com

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Screening | Contempo 2013

Contempo 2013

International Contemporary Art Festival
Fifth edition
16- 20 may 2013
Varna, Bulgaria

The Testament (2013)
Contemporary man (2013)
Cycles (2012)
The Island (2011)

PROGRAM CONTEMPO 2013 >>download from here:
http://issuu.com/bulart.gallery/docs/poster_contempo_2013

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Exposition XXart 2013 – L’ Art en grands formats (3ème édition)

@Espace Nobuyoshi du 26 avril au 1er mai 2013

Exposition XXArt, l’art en grands formats, 3ème édition (entrée libre)
Du 26 avril au 1er mai 2013
Espace Nobuyoshi – La Mulonnière
37360 Saint Antoine du Rocher
France

Du 26 avril au 1er mai, 59 artistes s’exposent en grands formats à l’espace Nobuyoshi
(La Mulonnière – 37360 Saint Antoine du Rocher).

Plasticiens, peintres, sculpteurs, photographes, calligraphes, graffeurs et vidéastes seront au rendez-vous de cette troisième édition.

Ouverture du site tous les jours de 11h à 20h
Entrée Libre – parking – Espace restauration.

From 26 April to 1 May, 59 artists will exhibit in large formats at Nobuyoshi Space (Mulonnière – 37360 Saint Antoine du Rocher).

Artists, painters, sculptors, photographers, calligraphers, graffiti artists and videographers will be at the rendezvous of this third edition.

Opening the site every day from 11h to 20h
Free Admission – Parking – Dining area.

More info on:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/XXart/575548229131679

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Exposition XXArt 2013, 3ème édition.

Exposition XXArt
L’art en grands formats, 3ème édition.
Du 26 avril au 1er mai 2013
Espace Nobuyoshi – La Mulonnière
37360 Saint Antoine du Rocher
France

My films listed will be screened:

Elegia (2011)
Molecule Past (2009)
Scaramanga Land (2011)
The Departure (2009)
The Move (2010)
The Passengers (2010)
The room of Franz Kafka (2010)
The Testament (2013)
Unconcerned but not Indifferent (2011)

More info on: https://www.facebook.com/pages/XXart/575548229131679

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The Forgotten Film Gallery 2013

Welcome to the Mojave Desert !

Executive producer
Ginnetta Correli
Fred L’Epee

Follow the timeline of the Forgotten Film Gallery here:
theforgottenfilmgallery.wordpress.com/

Subscribe to the Forgotten Film Gallery Channel:
vimeo.com/channels/303404

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“The Forgotten Film Gallery 2013″ in Tecopa Jail and Soda Mountain Dry Lake. Mojave Desert, California.

By now I should share the beginning timeline for the 2013 Forgotten Film Gallery. More films with the lonely desert and the critters again. This time started with an old jail in Tecopa and part of an abandoned resort facing the Soda Dry Lake. Robert Fulton, manager of Cal Sate University Desert Studies Center welcomed us including myself, family our talented executive producer Fred L’Epee and our films as the Desert Research Center’s guests. He also gave a candid interview concerning some of the environmental challenges facing the Soda Mountains and the Mojave. More on that later along with more films and story stand tuned…

Featuring works from video and sound artists:
Frederic Chagnard
Agnès Hardy
Fred L’Epée
Dimitra Pouliopoulou
Rouzbeh Rashidi
Barbara De Dominicis
H.D. Lange
Roy Anamitra
Ginnetta Correli
Dirk Driesen
Jason Marsh
Chris Marsh
Istvan Horkay
Alastair Cook
Roland Quelven
Maria Niro
Fabio Scacchioli
David Sanchez Burr
Jared Blum
Zigo Rayopineal
Pinina Podestà
Sofia Koubli
Jesse Richards
Tania Giannouli
Ron Diorio
Swoon
Jon Obsworth
Ernest Worthing
Annie
Kent Tate
Punkomat
Maria Korporal
Jon Obsworth
Erick Flores Garnelo
J DeSalvo
Rasoul Moareknejad
Cis Minor

Follow “The Forgotten Film Gallery” here:
theforgottenfilmgallery.wordpress.com/

Subscribe to “The Forgotten Film Gallery” Channel:
vimeo.com/channels/303404

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Welcome to the Mojave Desert

“The Forgotten Film Gallery” is a web based documentary film and video art installation project which strives to showcase a collection of films dealing with interpretations of the forgotten and the indefinite time period during and after the present. The Forgotten Film Gallery will attempt to link the past, present and future using unique areas of the Mojave desert and the World Wide Web as it’s gallery installation space.

Goal
The goal for the Forgotten Film Gallery is to unite the new with the old. Link the past to the future using the remoteness of the desert as the gallery space and the world wide web as a platform to distribute a documentary freely with the public.

Impact
By utilizing the lonely desert as an audience. Contemporary artists might continue to create freely without the fear of rejection. Sharing the film on the web will also allow the general public to recognize and value the importance of our often under appreciated past and present natural environment.

Follow “The Forgotten Film Gallery” here:
theforgottenfilmgallery.wordpress.com/

Subscribe to “The Forgotten Film Gallery” Channel:
vimeo.com/channels/303404

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TECHNOPHOBIA FILM FESTIVAL 13′ SF premiere
The ATA (Artists’ Television Access)
March 22nd, San Fransisco, CA.

TECHNOPHOBIA: SF premiere
The ATA
992 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA
Friday, March 22nd. 8pm. $6.

Film, music, performance art, complimentary food and wine,& a raffle with special prizes!

Technophobia is a film festival for 2013 that critiques the darkness of humanity, technology, and the future that is being born out of our society and culture.

Featuring existential films by both local and international artists that explore such concepts as identity, morality, corruption, depravity, sexuality, and gender.

For this special SF screening, free food and beverage will be provided along with a raffle to celebrate the premiere of bay area artist Cassandra Sechler’s film Wireboy, which will also be screened at this event.

FEATURED ARTISTS:

AMELIE RAVALEC
ANTHONY ROUSSEAU
BEATRICE GUENET
CASSANDRA SECHLER
CHRIS MARSH
COLTON LONG
CRAIG JACOBSON
DREAMS FOR DEAD CATS
DANNY BEAR
EAT CAKE AND WORSHIP SATAN
FERNANDA PAVAO
FRED LEPEE
H.D. LANGE
JAMES CLEELAND
KATE RHOADES
LINDSAY DENNIBERG
LINDSAY LAVEN
LUCIANO DE AZEVEDO
MOSES
M. WOODS
PETER MCADAM
ANDERS WEBERG

More info : http://www.atasite.org/2013/03/technophobia-film-festival/

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“Database” (2011)
TECHNOPHOBIA FILM FESTIVAL 2013
The ATA (Artists’ Television Access)
March 22nd, San Fransisco, CA.

Experimental film by Fred. L’Epee/ Switzerland-Greece/ 2011.

“Consider a life. Receive the erased memories.
And broken heart on the palm of my hand.
Wishes for the last day enduring.”

More info on:

http://www.atasite.org/2013/03/technophobia-film-festival/

http://www.dreamsfordeadcats.com/technophobiafilmfestival

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TECHNOPHOBIA FESTIVAL 2013

Saturday, Feb.16th. 5pm-10pm.
The O Mansion.
Capitol Hill.
Washington, D.C.

Technophobia is a film festival for 2013 that explores the darkness of humanity, technology and the future that is being born out of our society and culture.

Featuring existential films that explore such concepts as identity, morality, corruption, depravity, sexuality, gender, and the horrors of humanity come together for several special screenings.

ARTIST

AMELIE RAVALEC
ANTHONY ROUSSEAU
BEATRICE GUENET
CASSANDRA SECHLER
CHRIS MARSH
COLTON LONG
CRAIG JACOBSON
DANNY BEAR
EAT CAKE AND WORSHIP SATAN
FERNANDA PAVAO
FRED LEPEE
H.D. LANGE
KATE RHOADES
LAPTOP HOOLIGANS
LINDSAY DENNIBERG
LINDSAY LAVEN
LUCIANO DE AZEVEDO
MOSES
M. WOODS
PETER MCADAM
ANDERS WEBERG

Scheduled screenings:

TECHNOPHOBIA:on Capitol Hill
The O Mansion
2020 O St. NW
Washington, D.C.
Saturday, Feb.16th. 5pm-10pm.$65. Limited number of tickets! Purchase yours here.
K&&K CTF, cocktails, appetizers, scavenger hunt. live music, film,
and over 32 secret doors & 100 rooms in O Mansion to explore.

More info: http://www.dreamsfordeadcats.com/technophobiafilmfestival

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Database (2011)

TECHNOPHOBIA FESTIVAL 2013
Saturday, Feb.16th. 5pm-10pm.
The O Mansion.
Capitol Hill.
Washington, D.C.

Experimental film by Fred. L’Epee/ Switzerland-Greece/ 2011.

“Consider a life. Receive the erased memories.
And broken heart on the palm of my hand.
Wishes for the last day enduring.”

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Helicon Films presents Ed Alvarado

Ed Alvarado
Visual artist

Co-producer of Helicon Films.
Indie Film Label of Cinematography and Sound design.
In collaboration with Fred L’Epee

More info: https://vimeo.com/channels/heliconfilms

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“In Exilum” (2012) via Festival Miden

Screenings event in Chios (Greece)

In Exilum (2012)

Film Fred. L’Epee will be screening via Festival Miden.
Part of the program “Now you see me…Now you don’t”.
From 2nd to 3th Febuary 2013
Calliope Artspace, Chios.
(Greece)

More info and program:
http://www.festivalmiden.gr/deltiatypou_eng.html

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Institut 17 Elektronische Musik und Akustik

“SIDOL”

Audio visual collaboration between Takuto Fukuda,
Faraòn Meteosès and Fred L’Epee will be screened
at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics.
@20:00 on 29th January to IEM Cube, Graz (Austria).

More info on: http://iem.kug.ac.at/en/events.html

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CONTEMPOLAB 2012

Program contempolab 2012

Contempolab 2012

Varna 15-16th December 2012

Bulgaria

CONTEMPOLAB 2012

Third edition of contempolab will run as an open meeting – a conversation between curators, gallerists and cultural managers of NGOs dedicated to survival strategies in contemporary izkustvo. Tselta collection of profiles is to share experience, exchange of working tricks definition of the main difficulties , consolidation of interests and resources to change the legal obstacles. In parallel program included art Laban matinee, submit a draft of Cyril 0 Kuzmanov curated Vladiya Mihailova portrait of director Alexander Nikolov. Screening of the film “Elegy” a Film by Fred L’Epee & Dimitra Pouliopoulou / Switzerland- Greece.

Dec. 16, 2012 / Sunday / 15: 00 – 18:00
The interview of art professionals
Contemporary Space, St M.Balabanov 21

Dec. 15, 2012/ 19: 00 – 21:00
Contemporary Space, St M.Balabanov 21 presentation of the project 0.
Curator Vladiya Mikhailova, the project Cyril Kuzmanov.

Dec. 16th, 2012 / 11:00 to 12:00
Bulart Shipka Gallery 22
Art Matin – Screening of the film “Elegy”
Fred L’Epee & Dimitra Pouliopoulou / Switzerland-Greece.

Dec. 16th, 2012 /18:30
Bulart Shipka Gallery
ART “blind” zone, street St.Stambolov 2
Portrait of director Alexander Nikolov/ Screening of his movies from 1998 – 2012 and call.

Contempolab is an educational art management platform for young professionals, artists, gallerists and curators of the festival program contempo.

Festival of Contemporary Art Contempo e noncommercial platform to encourage, promote and present the work of young artists to 35 godini.Sazdaden the idea of the artist Raya Georgieva / 1978-2009 / contempo realized by the “Georgieva Heaven” in 2009 and in partnership with support formal, informal youth organizations, businesses and public entities in the field of culture and creative industrii. Kurator a 2012 Contempo is Dora Doncheva.

Foundation “Raya Georgieva“ was established in 2009 in Varna. Its main objectives are to keep the memory of the work of artist Raya Georgieva / 1978 – 2009 / supports and enables young artists to realize their ideas, creating scenes and events for creative dialogue and experimentation.

Partners contempolab 2012:
Association for Cultural Management “Sea Blue” gallery “Bulart”, Contemporary Space, Art In the Dark Zone, Artin Vision Archaeological Museum – Varna, Formalno.com

Contact:

Foundation Raya Georgieva

(+ 359) 0887 244 882

www.contempolab.blogspot.com

e-mail: contempo.weekend @ gmail.com

Contact Us

– Space contemporary: www.facebook.com / ContemporarySpace

– Bulart Gallery: www.dorabulart.com

– Association for Cultural Management “navy”: www.sea-blue.org

– ART “blind” zone: www.natamno.com

– Artin Vision: www.artinvision.bg

– Archaeological Museum Varna: www.archaeo.museumvarna.com

– “Open Art”: www.openarts.info

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Annual Bulart Exhibition | 11 .12. 2012
Ecology of memory / Random project

Bulart gallery
presents
Ecology of memory | Random project

Annual Bulart Exhibition
Ecology of memory / Random project
11 december 2012 – 30 january 2013

About the project
In the project “Ecology of memory / random project” participated 20 artists from Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Greece. The main idea is to create a kind of semiotic puzzle of modalities of collective consciousness today, the new form which is recovering by popular culture and which creates new filtered approach to present life- system of values. As a tool in the project are included the works from the gallery collection, part of its sixteen years history.its is forming archetypal important points of the research. The visual code of the project handled by means of video, photography, sculpture and painting, and also the irony is a must-read condition.

Bulart gallery | 22 shipka st.| Varna 9000| Bulgaria

http://www.dorabulart.com

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Elegia (2011) at the BULART GALLERY.
Varna, Bulgaria (Dec.11th – 30th Jan. 2013)

Elegia (2011)
Film Fred. L’Epée & Dimitra Pouliopoulou

“Ecology of memory /Random project”
Annual exhibition | Bulart gallery @ 7 pm
11 december 2012 – 30 january 2013
Varna, Bulgaria.

See more in www.dorabulart.com

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International Film Festival of Thessaloniki (December 12th – 16th 2012)

06 TiSFF 2012

THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
December 12th – 16th 2012.
ALEXANDROS Cultural Center
Thessaloniki (Greece)

06 TiSFF PROGRAM

http://www.tisff.eu/index.php/en/program

Official website

http://www.tisff.eu/index.php/en/

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Official Selection for the Thessaloniki International Film Festival

ELEGIA (2011)
Film by Fred. L’Epee & Dimitra Pouliopoulou.

OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR THE 6th TiSFF.
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
December 12th – 16th 2012.
Thessaloniki (Greece)

For more info about the festival:
http://www.tisff.eu

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NORM/NO-madic Lives – International video art project /
Video Art multi- City travelling Exhibition from 2012 to 2014

Project: influences overview

“NORM/No-madic Lives” is an self-funded project utilising digital media, communication expression outside of the traditional modes of gallery representation or control.

UPDATE : 2012 >>

1) Melbourne 2012 – first exhibition city

2) Liverpool – 2012: second exhibition city

3) Beirut – 2012: venue TBC

4) Copenhagen – 2013 venue TBC

5) San Francisco – 2013 venue TBC

6) Berlin – 2014 venue TBC

7) Ramallah – 2012 venue TBC

Participating artists:

Hargreaves + Mack (liverpool-uk)

Lorna Crane (melbourne-australia)

Dima Hourani (ramallah-palestine/norway)

Ghayyan al Amine (Shortfuse Films: beirut-lebanon)

Lars Buchardt (copenhagen -denmark)

Fred. L’Epée (switzerland-greece)

And other artists TBC.

The project to include all or some of the following cities:
Melbourne, LA, Liverpool, Berlin, Beirut.

Simon Mack
Project curator/artist

Project links :
http://www.artreview.com/profiles/blogs/normnomadic-lives-panglobal
http://youtu.be/sgXVrNWkB5U
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NORMNO-madic-Lives-international-video-art-project/356195087782360?ref=hl

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Natural Short Maker – Release of the week
“The Passengers” Film by Fred. L’Epée

Natural Short Maker
Société de diffusion de courts-métrages en ligne

Nouvelle sortie de films sur www.naturalshortmaker.com dès demain ! Découvrez-les vite ! Réalisateurs, encouragez votre entourage à s’abonner pour vous soutenir !

Sortie de la semaine “The Passengers” (2010) on Natural Short Maker

Pour toute question, n’hésitez pas à nous écrire à contact@naturalshortmaker.com

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Videoholica 2012 / 5th International Festival
Varna, Bulgaria from 30.07 – 03.08 2012.
Selection film “The Island” / Fred. L’Epee

The Island (2011)
Film Fred. L’Epée
VIDEOHOLICA 2012
Official selection – 05th Edition
30th July – 03 August
Archeological Museum
Varna, Bulgaria

To everyone’s surprise, including to the surprise of the organizers, the 5th International Video Art Festival Videoholica 2012 in Varna is a fact.

This year again, video art, in various renderings and compilations, programs and locations, lectures and presentations from all around the world, will be shown in Varna from 30 July to 3 August. The fifth jubilee Videoholica will run in five consecutive days and will present six video compilations in a competition programme, which will be evaluated by a five-member international jury.

The competition programme Videoholica 2012 is assorted in six video art blocks – three, so-called international video art compilations/BLOCK IN-TER 1, 2 and 3; a selection of themed video that interprets the objects water, rivers and seas /THIS TIME WATERS, RIVERS AND SEAS ONLY, WITHOUT ANY PEOPLE OF LABOUR/; a video art selection in aspect ratio of 4:3, which is being neglected lately /4:3 BLOCK/; and a selection of video art from countries that were part of the former Soviet Bloc /EKS-BLOCK/.

After a six-month international Open Call of Videoholica 2012, 192 authors applied with 279 video art works to take part in this year’s festival. Out of these, Videoholica will present 129 videos of 110 authors who will compete for the first official awards in the five-year history of Videoholica, namely GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE AND YOUNG VIDEOHOLIC. The jury of Videoholica 2012, who will adjudge the prizes, includes: Arvidas Zhalpis (artist, curator / Kaunas, Lithuania); Dora Doncheva (curator, gallerist / Varna), Stefan Nikolaev (artist, researcher / Sofia), Ivo Ivanov (artist, DJ / Sofia) and Elitsa Mateeva (theater critic, director / Varna).

Within the initiative of Videoholica to invite Bulgarian pioneers in video art, Videoholica 2012 presents the artist Krassimir Tersiev with an artist talk in the Graphite Gallery and solo exhibition in gallery Bulart on July 31. Three international video festivals are visiting Videoholica 2012 with presentations and video art selections: Festival “Kaunas mene. Kalbėjimasis” (Kaunas, Lithuania), Festival Oodaaq (Rennes, France), International Video Festival in Kansk (Kansk, Russia). An audio-visual performance, based on the radio play “Facebook” by Elitsa Mateeva with visual interference by Neno Belchev, can be seen on 31 July in the Archaeological Museum – Varna after the evening screening. The audience of Videoholica 2012 will see the projection program of Dauhaus Studio, Sofia, namely “TIME – MATERIAL”, presented by Ivo Ivanov, who will open Videoholica 2012 with audio-visual set on July 30 in the Archaeological Museum – Varna.

The open-air locations of Videoholica 2012 are the traditional Archaeological Museum – Varna, the State Puppet Theatre – Varna, with the recent addition of the HORIZONT Summer Club in the Sea Garden of Varna. ARHIS, GRAPHITE and BULART galleries will host lectures, presentations and exhibitions of the fifth Videoholica.

The main sponsor of the VIDEOHOLICA 2012 is Affect Media (Varna). VIDEOHOLICA is organized by the Association Videoholica (Varna) with the logistical support of the Archaeological Museum (Varna), Gallery Arhis (Varna), Gallery Bulart (Varna), Gallery Graphite (Varna), Puppet Theatre (Varna) and Summer Club Horizont (Varna) as well as with the support of many friends of Videoholica from home and abroad.

For more information, contact:
Pavlina Mladenova
videoholica@gmail.com
http://www.videoholica.org

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Festival Miden 2012: And back to zero*

Video Art Festival Miden
5-7 July 2012
Historic Centre of Kalamata, Greece

Amid hard and overall decadence and despite economic difficulties, Festival Miden vividly returns at the Historic Centre of Kalamata to present its new program of contemporary videoart. Restless voices from all over the world will be there via their creations to share with us drastic images full of dreams, aspirations, concerns and fears, opening a window from where we could possibly draw strength and optimism

During its 3day events the festival will present 216 videoworks from 45 countries, selected out of more than 1500 video-entries.

The festival’s thematic programs include “[Un]natural disaster”, “There’s a room in the elephant”, “99%”, “YOU & I”, “StayStill”, “Dream a little dream”, “How to Art”, “2084”, “Locall calling!” and “Now you see me… now you don’t”, curated by the festival’s team. Along with it’s own selections, the festival presents special tributes to significant festivals, platforms & groups from Greece & abroad. This year, the festival will present videoart selections from: Art:screen (Sweden), Nova (Nordic Countries), Atopia (Norway), CologneOFF/ Cologne International Videoart Festival (Germany) and Madatac (Spain).

Furthermore, two very interesting parallel events are scheduled: the presentation of “Animacall”, an international project by Contemporary Art Centre of Thessaloniki (State Museum of Contemporary Art), at the Archaeological Museum of Messenia, while later in July one more program dedicated to animation, entitled “Anim[n]ation”, will be screened in the context of the 6th Kalamata Street Festival which is organized by the Youth Center of Kalamata at the Railway Park.

You can view the detailed program here

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“In Exilum” (2012) – Selection Festival Miden

“In Exilum” (2012)
Film Fred. L’Epée
Official Selection Festival Miden
05th -07th July 2012
Historic Center of Kalamata
Greece

“2012 edition” of Festival Miden will take place at Kalamata’s Historic Centre (Amfeias square) on 5-6-7 of July, with free entrance for the public as always.

During its 3day events the festival will present 216 videoworks from 45 countries, selected out of more than 1500 video-entries.

The festival’s thematic programs include “[Un]natural disaster”, “There’s a room in the elephant”, “99%”, “YOU & I”, “StayStill”, “Dream a little dream”, “How to Art”, “2084”, “Locall calling!” and “Now you see me… now you don’t”, curated by the festival’s team. Along with it’s own selections, the festival presents special tributes to significant festivals, platforms & groups from Greece & abroad. This year, the festival will present videoart selections from:Art:screen (Sweden), Nova (Nordic Countries), Atopia (Norway), CologneOFF/ Cologne International Videoart Festival (Germany) and Madatac (Spain).

Furthermore, two very interesting parallel events are scheduled: the presentation of “Animacall”, an international project by Contemporary Art Centre of Thessaloniki (State Museum of Contemporary Art), at the Archaeological Museum of Messenia, while later in July one more program dedicated to animation, entitled “Anim[n]ation”, will be screened in the context of the 6th Kalamata Street Festival which is organized by the Youth Center of Kalamata at the Railway Park.

Download Press Release
View (or download) the detailed program in eng
View (or download) the printed program (texts in Greek)

(*Miden means “zero” in Greek)

Website: http://www.festivalmiden.gr/

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Cinema – Forum des Images (Paris)
Projection “The Passengers” (2010)

The Passengers (2010)
Film Fred L’Epée

LE 23 JUIN À 15H00 au Forum des Images
Paris

FORUM DES IMAGES (PARIS)

Who we are…

Created in 1988 to compile an audiovisual memory bank of Paris, the Forum des Images has since celebrated cinema and moving pictures of all kinds. Fiction films, documentaries, animated films, shorts and feature films, television series, computer films… at the Forum, all genres, formats and audiovisual disciplines find a unique meeting place designed for sharing ideas and emotions; a place both recognized by industry professionals and tremendously successful with audiences.

Celebrating diversity and international cinema, encouraging cultural exchanges and critical thought, rethinking our era and our world, pushing limits and creating surprise, promoting film literacy amongst the youngest audiences… And all this through the eye of the camera!

A rich and eclectic program

Thematic film series, the backbone of our programming policy, offer the opportunity to shed new and original light on major social themes by instituting a dialogue between very diverse works, from art house films to mainstream popular productions past and present. Every year, the Forum des Images organizes a dozen festivals, which are open to the general public and which emphasize contemporary productions. It also organizes events centered on animation and documentaries. Last but not least, it offers programs for young audiences, specifically designed for 18-month-old children and older.

A crossroads to meet and exchange views

The Académie is where the Forum stages debates open to all visiters. Guests include industry professionals and influential personalities from other fields who come to share their views on the silver screen: philosophers, sociologists, historians… Master classes, discussions and film courses have already brought together renowned cinema personalities: Michael Caine, Michel Ciment, Francis Ford Coppola, Costa-Gavras, Gérard Depardieu, Amos Gitaï, Stéphane Goudet, James Gray, Isabelle Huppert, Mike Leigh, Peter Lord, Axelle Ropert, Jerry Schatzberg, Agnès Varda, etc.

A collection of films unique in the world

With over 5,000 hours of filmed material, this priceless cultural heritage focused on the city of Paris harbors treasures dating from 1895 up to the present day in a wide variety of formats and genres: feature films shot in Paris, shorts from the early years of cinema, animated films, documentaries, music videos, advertisements, stock footage, etc. All digitized and readily available at all times, these works can be consulted on individual screens, one person or several people at a time. Cinema à la carte for everyone!

Website: http://www.forumdesimages.fr/

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VideoBites -The Everything Else #07 (Berlin)

Cycle 2.0 (2012)
Film by Fred. L’Epée and Dimitra Pouliopoulou
VideoBites 07 – I love sunshine
Curated by Elmur Net
Dienstag / Thuesday on 5th June @ 19:30 Uhr
Abteilung für Alles Andere – a.a.a
Berlin – Mitte (Germany)

Elmur.net and A.A.A. present a monthly evening of experimental videos, clips and moving images in relation to “Everything Else!” Join the visual conversation among creative citizens from around the globe.

A.A.A is an open salon-style format in which we do things and present statements, which we in relation to the “All Other / all others” Things that we find and put together. We collect ideas, expectations, set pieces and other snippets of a joint reflection on the phenomenon of “All Other / Others”. Welcome ; )

+ INFO:
info@elmur.net
http://www.elmur.net/
http://www.a-a-a.cc/

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The Visual ARTBEAT Magazine – Issue #9

Contemporary Art Magazine
May – August 2012 Edition
Contemporary Art Magazine for European and Middle Eastern Art
Limited Edition

www.visualartbeat.com

Issue #9

Contributors

Marcin Owczarek / Boris Eldagsen / Daniel Jude Venditti / Ellen Jantzen / Jamie Maxtone-Graham / Maria Platero Jedsada Tangtrakulwong / Beomsik Won / Roberta Holden / Vincent van Oss / Alessandro Amaducci / Julia Gerlach / Jan von Holleben / Anne Gegu / Mark Jackson / Toby Tatum / Murat Ekmekci / Rodrigo Andrian Holly Birtles / Giacomo Favilla / Peter BB Davis / Cristian Chironi / Parisa Ghaderi / Chris Raecker / Ralfonso Walter Seidl / Fred L’Epee / Jose Goncalves / Dario Pacheco / Umit Ince / Greg Shapley / Caglar Cinar / Faruk Aksel / Peter Russell / Seval Aksel / Nathaniel Fox-Pappas / Tugce Asilkan / Gruppo Sinestetico / Sarah Knill-Jones / Yesim Agaoglu / Jacob Fabricius.

INDEX

E.V.A Experimental Video Art
Spring Screening Collection 2012

Participating Video Artists

Fred L’Epee / Jose Goncalves / Dario Pacheco / Umit Ince / Greg Shapley / Caglar Cinar / Faruk Aksel / Peter Russell / Seval Aksel / Nathaniel Fox-Pappas / Tugce Asilkan

Editor
Sebnem Basimi Holzer

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Southend Film Festival (UK) – ONEIROI
Selection of short films “In Exilum” (2012)

Part of Southend Film Festival, Oneiroi brings a selection of short films about dreaming and night time.

This special programme will feature two hours of the latest strange and wonderful short films and videos about dreaming and the night-time made by international filmmakers, all in sumptuous high definition. This is curated by Michaela Freeman who, between 2010 and 2012, presented the monthly short film showcase ‘Last Friday Shorts’ at TAP.

(www.lastfridayshorts.co.uk)

Films by:

Amy Frampton
Spiral Silverstar
Marta Deuble
Nazir Tanbouli
Dustin Grella
Patrick Loy
Boldi Risko
Donna Kuhn
Fred. L’Epee

Curated by Michaela Freeman.
http://www.michaelafreeman.com/2012/06/07/southend-film-festival/

For more information about the festival, see their website.

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9th Cotec Congress of Occupational Therapy
Stockholm (24th-27th May 2012)

‘Hypothesis of travelling’ (2010) 19mn
A documentary by mental health service users at occupational therapy department.

Miranda Pouliopoulou¹, Dimitra Pouliopoulou¹, Fred. L’Epée ²¹⁾Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece ²⁾Film maker, Switzerland

Introduction: From 2008 onwards, a cinematography group consisting of mental health service users functions at the Social Rehabilitation Unit, Occupational Therapy Department of the Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece. Among its projects, “Hypothesis of Travelling” documentary was realised.

Aim: The direct participation and active contribution of the service users, in order to express themselves through filmic art.

Methods: Documentary was based on the creativity of users, their own immediate experience and their active contribution in all stages of its realisation, aided by constant dialogue among occupational therapist, psychologist and film maker. Six users worked as extras in a major movie and the whole event was recorded.

Results: Developed an open dialogue over psychiatric rehabilitation putting forward the creation of an audiovisual project at the Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki.

Conclusion: When specialists and service users cooperate on an equal basis, transcending psychiatric establishment boundaries, social rehabilitation and de-stigmatisation is feasible.

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Experimental Video Art/ Bashimi Art House
Cultural event in Antalya (Turkey)

The Island (2011)
Film by Fred. L’Epée
26 March – 06 April 2012
Venues: Akdeniz (Mediterranean) University/ Fine Art Faculty
Olbia Art Gallery and Fine Art Faculty Exhibition Saloon

BachModern Project pleased to present:
E.V.A. – Experimental Video Art / Spring Screening Collection.

Organisation Responsibles: Sebnem Basimi Holzer and Cengiz Bodur.
Antalya/ Turkey

PRESS RELEASE_ENGLISH
http://www.bashimi.org/EVA_SPRING_Press_Release.pdf

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VideoBites -The Everything Else #04 (Berlin)

The Island (2011)
VideoBites — The Everything Else #04
Organized by Elmur Net.
6th March 2012 at 18:30
A.A.A. in Berlin-Mitte: Ackerstraße 18.
10115 BERLIN

A rainbow, a sunrise or a sunset, a street, a year, a day or an afternoon, a minute, a second, waves, vibrations, rythm and unrhythm , synchronicity, connexions and disconnections. Time, Change, doubts, decisions, plans, actions, destiny, revolutions and evolutions… Is everything connected to everything else? what is “the other” and what is “me”? Is it another language, culture or point of view? Is it something I am not interested on, or may I just not know about it? … Is the everything else weird, mysterious, distant or ignored? Beautiful, curious or inspiring? Is is out there? or is it inside? what is it that, we call the “Everything Else”?

+ INFO:
info@elmur.net
http://www.elmur.net/
http://www.a-a-a.cc/

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BeyondZero at Stockwell Studios (London)

“The Passengers” (2010)
Film by Fred. L’Epée

BeyondZero Exhibition.
Flexi Space @ Stockwell Studios.
From 9th to 18th March 2012.
McCall Close, Jeffryes Road.
London (UK)

ProjectOroom in collaboration with CIA (Creative Intelligence Agency) and Stockwell Studios invites artists worldwide to submit exciting, thought provoking art work for a Climate Change themed exhibition at Flexi Space – Stockwell Studios London. BeyondZero aims to explore the impact of climate change and its effects on our environment and societies. The theme can be interpreted broadly: whether critical, utopian, ironic, literal or metaphorical, we invite all artists to explore this theme and share their views on Climate Change.

To visit in London the “BeyondZero Exhibition” at Stockwell Studios: http://www.visitlondon.com/events/detail/24824111-beyondzero-at-stockwell-studios

Website: http://stockwellstudios.org.uk/

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Mindscapes SHOW on February 11th 8 p.m.
Artists’ Television Access (ATA) in San Fransisco

Molecule Past (2009)
The room of franz kafka (2010)
Films by Fred. L’Epée

Mindscapes Show will be screened at Artists’ Television Access (ATA)
in San Francisco on Saturday, February 11th, 2012.

MINDSCAPES IS A FILM ART EVENT THAT STRIVES TO BRING TOGETHER EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO SHARE THEIR ART & PHILOSOPHY IN AN ART HOUSE SETTING.

VIDEO ARTISTS GINNETTA CORRELI AND CASSANDRA SECHLER CREATED MINDSCAPES IN ORDER TO BRING TOGETHER ARTISTS IN AN ONLINE COMMUNITY AND TO CREATE A NICHE FOR DARK, PERSONAL FILMS THAT ARE OFTEN IGNORED BY THE COMMERCIAL WORLD.

“I feel that these films represent a much larger critical movement that is happening under the skin of society and the mainstream art world. These films demand attention, and we hope to have audience members walking away provoked, saddened, concerned, and perhaps somewhat disturbed by what they have seen at the show.”

ARTISTS:

CRAIG MURRAY
JASON MARSH
ALASTAIR COOK
ANTHONY ROUSSEAU
H.D. LANGE
CASSANDRA SECHLER
NARA DENNING
LINDSAY LAVEN
CRAIG JACOBSON
CHARLES CHADWICK
GINNETTA CORRELI
MOSES
VERONICA MOTA
BEATRICE GUENET
NUNO O.C. MADEIRA
SIMON THEIS HANSEN
NABIL SHABAN
RUSTY RODIER
LOWELL LEVENE-SIMS
MARIANO RENTERIA GARNICA
ROLAND QUELVEN
TAMAS MESMER
GUILLAUME BAYCHELIER
JAMIE DEAN
JEAN-LUC CHARLES
FABIO SCACCHIOLI
ADRIANA NOVOA
NICLAS HALLBERG
IOANN MARIA
ALEXANDER JORGENSEN
EAT CAKE AND WORSHIP SATAN
AS HUMAN PATTERN
JOAO KREFER
SHIMRIT
FRED L’EPEE
JEREMY ROMBERG
MADEMOISELLE L.

PRESS RELEASE: http://www.atasite.org/2012/02/mindscapes/

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VideoBites – The Everything Else #01 Berlin

The Passengers (2010)
Film by Fred. L’Epée
VideoBites — The Everything Else #01
Organized by Elmur Net.
01 December 2012 at 18:30
Venue: A.A.A. in Berlin-Mitte: Ackerstraße 18,
10115 BERLIN

+ INFO:
info@elmur.net
http://www.elmur.net/
http://www.a-a-a.cc/

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Festival MADATAC 03 in Madrid (Spain)
Official Selection “The Car” (2010)

The Car (2010) Film by Fred. L’Epée

MADATAC Festival
Screening program “This is War”
December 13, 6pm –7pm 2011.
Museo Reina Sofía
Madrid
Spain.

More info: http://www.madatac.es/

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MADATAC Festival to 12-18 Dec. 2011
(Madrid, Spain)

Calendario Madatac

Festival Miden presents “This is War” at MADATAC, Madrid.

Festival Miden has been invited to present the screening program “This is War” at MADATAC festival, which will take place in Madrid, Spain, on December 12 to 18, 2011. “This is War” will be screened on Tuesday, December 13, 18.00-19.00h, at Museo Reina Sofía.

The program, which was initially presented at the last edition of Festival Miden last July in Kalamata, GR (http://www.festivalmiden.gr/festival2011_eng.html), will be presented slightly altered, without the participation of Wei-Ming Ho, because “Self-destruction for eternity” has been selected for the Competitive International Section of MADATAC. So, our best wishes and good luck to Wei-Ming Ho!

Participant artists:

Chiara Balsamo, Marie Magescas, Jonathan Johnson, Niall Farrell, Fred. L’Epee, Ava Lanche, Nikos Pastras, Tamar Meir, Roland Quelven, Robby Rackleff, Edward Salem, Mohamad El Hadidi – Mayye Zayed, Rajorshi Ghosh, Sylvia Winkler & Stephan Koeperl

Curated by: Gioula Papadopoulou + Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos.

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Poster by AGI Yuzuru

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When 8 p.m. — 10 p.m.Sat 22nd

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“In Exilum” (2012) via Festival Miden

Screenings event in Chios (Greece)

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Annual Bulart Exhibition Ecology of memory / Random project 11 december 2012 – 30 january 2013

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When
8 p.m. — 10 p.m.Sat 22nd

Annual Bulart Exhibition
Ecology of memory / Random project
11 december 2012 – 30 january 2013