Lessons from Lars von Trier by Daniel Fawcett

27.04.10
The Five Obstructions, Lars von Trier and Jorgen Leth “This is therapy, not a film competition with yourself. You’ve made the best film, I assume the best was the first. We are using it to go back in time, to see where we can go and examine it.” Lars von Trier, The Five Obstructions Get the Flash Player to see the wordTube Media Player. var WT1_1 = { params : ...
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Mauricio Arango wins Video Salon

17.04.10
Mauricio Arango Since 2007 Matt Roberts Arts has produced the annual Salon Art Prize exhibiting the work of 244 artists and photographers. This year saw the inclusion of a new Video Art Salon, for which 41 artists were selected by Mike Sperlinger (LUX) and artist Zineb Sedira. The exhibition was split into two parts with works being shown through a video wall at the organisations project space ...
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Tabaimo: Boundary Layer at Parasol unit

01.04.10
Tabaimo: Boundary Layer at Parasol Unit Dates: 26 May – 6 August | Location: Parasol unit, London Parasol unit presents the first solo exhibition in London devoted to the work of the Japanese artist Tabaimo. Since her graduation from art school in 1999, Tabaimo’s innovative and large-scale animated drawings have been extensively shown to major critical acclaim, both in Japan and internationally. Tabaimo is known for her ...
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Making of OffOn by Scott Bartlett

29.03.10
OffOn by Scott Bartlett Scott Bartlett made this documentary in 1980 of a recreation of OffOn that he created with a class at UCLA to use as a teaching tool. It is a wonderful insight into how the methods we take for granted today, were constructed with low-fi methods, along with snippets of what led him down the experimental video path. OffOn is a film by ...
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Ruanne Abou-Rahme and Basel Abbas on Collapse

28.10.09
B.Abbas and R.Abou-Rahme, Collapse (video still), single channel DV (2009), image courtesy of the artists Palestinian artists Ruanne Abou-Rahme and Basel Abbas spoke to APEngine about their sound and video installation, Collapse, which was exhibited at The Delfina Foundation, London, earlier this year as a work-in-progress. Can you explain what Collapse is for someone who hasn’t seen the piece? Collapse is a sound and video installation, which uses ...
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Shaun Gladwell at Spacex

08.10.09
Interceptor Surf Sequence, Shaun Gladwell Dates: 3 October-29 November 2009 | Location: Spacex, Exeter Spacex has staged a bit of a coup is securing the first UK show by Shaun Gladwell, who was a hit representing Australia at this year’s Venice Biennale. Gladwell’s video offers everything you might want from art… beautiful, considered, political… with some skateboarding and roadkill thrown in. Seven Year Linework presents a selection ...
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Army of YouTube by Rosemary Heather

07.10.09
Still from Jib Kidder's Heavenhurst Prophet Posse Faced with the awe-inspiring popularity of web-monoliths like YouTube, contemporary art risks becoming nothing more than a quaint relic of the 20th century. It’s probably not fair to compare contemporary art practice with YouTube; yet there is evidence to suggest that somewhere in the ulterior of its collective brain, the art world does just this, and finds itself ...
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