Victor Alimpiev at Regina Gallery

14.03.11
A still image from film 'Weak Rot Front' by Victor Alimpiev Regina Gallery will next month be the host to the first solo exhibition of Russian video artist Victor Alimpiev. The exhibition entitled Several, juxtaposes Alimpiev’s practice as a multifaceted artist – painter, choreographer, filmmaker – exploring the artist’s poetic visual language and his interest in interhuman relationships. Alimpiev’s video works are reminiscent of twentieth century avant-garde theatre with its expressive gestures and diluted language. Thoroughly choreographed but ...
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Flatpack Festival

12.03.11
Make it New John by Duncan Campbell Flatpack Festival consists of five days of cinematic wonders in various venues spread across Birmingham city. From mobile cinema to bunker installations and shadow shows, this years programme of events looks even greater than previous years. This years programme sees Animate Projects and Flatpack Festival present a screening of experimental film Make It New John, followed by artist Duncan Campbell ...
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Broken Stillness at Salisbury Arts Centre

04.03.11
Boken Stillness - Folkstone APEngine recommends Broken Stillness at Salisbury Arts Centre. An exhibition curated by Helen Sloan, Director of SCAN which includes innovative artists such as boredomresearch, Susan Collins, Sigune Hamman, Peter Hardie, Tim Head and Susan Sloan. Broken Stillness comprises subtle, beautiful and hypnotic work which uses digital practices to examine the border where well-established forms of image-making, especially painting and photography, meet the possibilities offered by new ...
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Courtisane Festival 2011

27.02.11
Gerhard-Jan Claes & Olivia Rochette The Courtisane Festival is this year preparing to celebrate it’s tenth anniversary in style. Courtisane, in search for relevant and alternative cinematographic forms and experiences brings once again this year a number of surprises. Resistant and poignant, experimental and reflexive, complex and sensual : the selection of works in the programme represent a kaleidoscopic mosaic of styles, media, gestures, languages and emotions; ...
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Branchage event featuring ‘manual animation’ by Daniel Barrow

24.02.11
Trash Spy 1 , 2008, original drawing from the performance "Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry" The next Branchage event will be taking place in March and it sounds like a very exciting one! The event will be a live performance based piece featuring ‘manual animation’ by Daniel Barrow. Winnipeg-bred, Montreal-based artist Daniel Barrow uses obsolete technologies to present written, pictorial and ...
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The Pixel Lab 2011

18.02.11
For its second year, Power to the Pixel’s leading cross-media course, The Pixel Lab, will be held in Potsdam, Germany from 26 June to 2 July 2011. The Pixel Lab provides European film and media professionals with essential training in creating, financing and distributing cross-media projects to build sustainable businesses and become competitive in the international marketplace. The course looks at the whole digital ecosystem for ...
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Terry Gilliam honoured at Bradford International Film Festival

18.02.11
Bradford International Film Festival which runs from 16-27th March has announced that award winning film maker Terry Gilliam will receive the Fellowship Award and a retrospective tribute to his work at the 17th annual event. The Fellowship honours a practitioner who has made significant contributions to several areas of filmmaking. Terry Gilliam has definitely exceded this, bringing his unusual mind set to an array of films from ...
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