Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:00pm - 10:00pm http://colemanprojects.org.uk

A film screening event at Coleman Project Space featuring Luke Fowler, Marko Maetamm, Saleh Addonia, Dave Lewis, Christoph Steger
Awareness of identity and belonging have become one of the major debates within documentary television, politics and printed media in contemporary Britain. This programme of films does not operate in the same mode as purely documentary formats, nor do they pander to debates within British politics around otherness, integration and inclusion. What at first seems compartmentalised, under inspection becomes far more complex.
Is it the domestic, which often causes difficulties? Certainly it’s the particulars that matter most when speaking of fitting in. Both the maker and the subjects within these films are questioning what belonging means.

Theirs is an indirect approach to belonging. This is achieved through positioning the viewer in a difficult relationship to filmic content, funerary rituals, familicide and histories of ecology and madness.

Luke Fowler
Bogman Palmjaguar
30 mins

Marko Maetamm
Family
5 mins

Saleh Addonia
One Early Morning
7 mins

Dave Lewis
Anywhere but Here
11 mins

Christoph Steger
Mother, 2006
6:33 mins

Curators:
Frances Coleman, Bill Howard (The Projection Gallery), Ben Scott
Coleman Project Space
94 Webster Road
London, United Kingdom

ENCYCLOPEDIA PICTURA
BJORK'S WANDERLUST IN 3D

MARCH 13, 2008
DEITCH STUDIOS
4-40 44TH DRIVE
7-9PM, SCREENING 8PM

On Thursday, March 13, Deitch Projects and Ghost Robot will present Bjork's newest video, Wanderlust, directed by Encyclopedia Pictura. The video will be presented in 3D. This exclusive premiere will also include a behind-the-scenes look at how this complex 3D music video was achieved.
The video elaborates the fourth single off Bjork's latest album Volta into a mythical stereoscopic trip through an emersive mountain landscape. As a nomadic primitive, Bjork is mysteriously possessed to shepherd a herd of giant yaks down a treacherous river - drawn forward by a transcendental force which is both real and imagined. Along the way, Bjork faces an absurd physical struggle with a second self which has sprouted from her backpack.
Large scale mechanical puppets, detailed costumes, original concept paintings and sculptures, and behind the scenes 3d photography will be displayed along with the video.

The event will be the culmination of nine months of work on a project which was shot at Deitch Studios. Based on what Encyclopedia Pictura describes as "hand-drawn conceptual art", the video was shot with a custom made stereoscopic camera rig using a mixture of live action, puppets, scale models, and computer generated animation. It will be shown using 3D projection and special glasses will be provided for viewers.
Encyclopedia Pictura is Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch, a directing duo from San Francisco. Their previous videos for Grizzly Bear, Seventeen Evergreen, and Zion I established a distinct visual aesthetic, which has garnered them significant praise within the music video industry. This is their first gallery project. Deitch Studios is located on the bank of the East River on 44th Drive in Long Island City.

DEITCH PROJECTS
4-40 44th Drive
Long Island City, NY 11101
212 343 7300
WWW.DEITCH.COM

Sheffield-based art parctitioners No Fixed Abode have a cool new website, detailing their various interventions including their Sheffield-wide mobile cinema, and their performance at Robin Close and Webster Gotts’ art-karaoke night:
http://www.nofixedabode.org.uk/

…so hard to beat.

Better late than never, here's some photos from the best London art show I've been to in ages, at the Vegas Gallery, Redchurch Street, from their private view on 12th October.

Full set of photos from this event on Dan Shot Me . 

IN FOCUS is a London-wide contemporary art project, curated by Predrag Pajdic, relating to the Middle East. It will include:multimedia art exhibitions, series of film and video screenings, live art performances
& interventions as well as more than 100 educational activities, that will take place across London, during the spring/summer of 2007

Tate Modern, Opening May 4th 5 – 7pm with a live art performance
Make Me Stop Smoking by Rabih Mroué, in addition to THIS DAY, a series of 8 film and video programs, until May 13th 2007

Contemporary Art Platform, THE BREATH, multimedia exhibition, Opening on June 22nd
7 – 9.30pm, until September 7th 2007

Dazed Gallery, UNDO, exhibition, Opening on June 07th
7 – 10pm, until July 11h 2007

The ongoing events in the Middle East produce a flow of images that are often of war, destruction and conflict. Channelled by the media, these images remain in the subconscious, coming to mind whenever the term ‘Middle East’ is mentioned. IN FOCUS hopes to challenge these representations by showing 65 international contemporary artists whose work relates to the region but defies stereotypes. The project incorporates film, video, digital technology, conceptual work, installation photography and a number of live art performances and interventions.

Represented artists and IN FOCUS this summer 07 in London are: Mohamed Abdulla, Abdellatif Abdul-Hamid, Anthony Abou Khalife, Mania Akbari, Akram Al Ashqar, Yasmeen Al Awadi, Mounira Al Solh, Rowan Alfaqih, Doa Aly, Omar Amiralay, Ayreen Anastas, Ziad Antar & Rasha Salti, Oreet Ashery, Mireille Astore, Maja Bajevic, Tim Blake, Ali Cherri, Hassan Choubassi, Tareq El Ghosein & Chris Kienke, Roza El-Hassan, Hala Elkoussy, Shady El Noshokaty, Shadi Habib Allah, Khaled Hafez, Mohammed Hammed, Susan Hefuna, Hilda Hiary, Mahmoud Hojeij, The Infinity Project, Hisham Jaber, Lamia Joreige, Annemarie Jacir & Nassin Amaouche, Emily Jacir, Ahmed Khaled, Nesrine Khodr, Khorso Khosravi, Nedim Kufi, Rabih Mroué, Vesna Milicevic, Enas Muthafar, Diane Nerwen, Khalil Rabah, Ayman Ramadan, Khaled Ramadan, Mario Rizzi, Paul Ryan, Jackie Salloum, Lina Saneh, Larissa Sansour, Wael Shawky, Emilia Telese & Guyan Porter, Sadegh Tirafkan, Milica Tomic & Branimir Stojanovic, Vladimir Tomic, Jalal Toufic, Sharif Waked, Rachel Wilberforce, Akram Zaatari and Sameh Zoabi.A full colour catalogue will accompany the exhibition, with essays by Predrag Pajdic & Paul Ryan, Olivia Snaije, Mahmoud Hojeij, Jalal Toufic, a forward by Sacha Craddock, an introduction by Charles Asprey and interviews with selected artists.

For further information please visit: www.infocusdialogue.com

Lia Anna Henning: Eat Me, 2006

Exhibition in the Kunstmuseum Bonn from 15 March to 15 April 2007. Red, erotic, carnal, halfway between glamour and cannibalism: this is how the mouth with its impeccable white teeth filling the screen of the monitor shows itself. This work by video artist Lia Anna Hennig is one of the 48 exhibits presented at the VIDEONALE in the Kunstmuseum Bonn. Besides the latest video creations by artists such as Jeanne Faust, Christoph Girardet or Mischa Kuball, the exhibition also presents works by young artists like the Japanese Hideyuki Tanaka, who shows the strange rites surrounding a godlike figure called Jappy.

"We want to show the whole spectrum of video art today. Above all, we are interested in the appeal of the contemporary", says Georg Elben, curator of VIDEONALE 11.

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PROJEKTAR at Seven Seven by The Projection Gallery with Continental Breakfast 

The Projection Gallery showing at Seven Seven Contemporary Art in East London. Consisting of 26 artists' works on video, this event will showcases the strength of The Projection Gallery's collection. 

The show runs from 8-25 February, 

The Projection Gallery.com is an artists' short film group and portal, established in 2004, and with over 150 artist members from around the globe. Recently acclaimed in the successful and highly popular show at Liverpool Biennial 2006, the team at The Projection Gallery collate and present artists' works on video, film, animation, installation, installation, performance and across other media.

The team is run by volunteer artists and curators, with the aim to bring works of the highest quality to the international stage, to explore inter-media collaboration, and to provoke dialogue and discussion between participants. 

They are now preparing for entries to shows in Artminus, National Gallery, Czech Republic and Deviant! festival, Sweden, plus a bulletin and entrance to film festivals are also in progress, so let them know if there is an event you would like them to be part of. The Projection Gallery is now operating an open submissions policy, so if you are an artist or wish to assist friends, please do pass on  website details!   

  www.theprojectiongallery.com www.sevenseven.org.uk

The Institute of Contemporary Arts, in association with Sony Ericsson, is delighted to launch All Tomorrow’s Pictures – a pioneering project which aims to highlight the creative potential of fusing art and technology by providing a vision of the future as part of ICA’s 60th anniversary celebrations. 59 high profile names spanning the artistic and cultural spectrum from film, design, art and architecture to literature, music, fashion, dance, science and politics, have committed to produce a single image or series of images inspired by the theme of ‘Tomorrow’ - using the state-of-the-art cybershot mobile phone Sony Ericsson K800i. Names confirmed include Bloc Party, Peter Blake, Chapman Brothers, Alison Goldfrapp, Helena Christensen and Nathalie Press.

These interpretations of the future, borne from this project by eminent creative icons of our time, will be assembled into a beautifully-produced hardback book, unveiled at a gala charity event at the ICA later this year, with an auction of the original prints set to raise vital funds for the future of the institution. In addition, a limited edition boxed version of the book will also be available. The 60th contributor will be chosen via a public competition in February – more details to follow.

Ekow Eshun, Artistic Director of the ICA, commented: “The ICA has been championing new art, ideas and creativity since 1947 and as part of our 60th anniversary celebrations we are delighted to be collaborating with Sony Ericsson on this exciting project which will present a vision of tomorrow from 59 of the world’s leading and upcoming creative talent and one member of the public. Each image will be as unique as the individuals. Ultimately the resulting collection will not only reflect a prescient vision of tomorrow but in doing so will also reveal a fascinating view of today.” link

Bruce Nauman: Infrared Outtakes: Neck Pull (photographed by Jack Fulton), 1968/2006; four Epson UltraChrome K3 inkjet prints; 20 x 28 in. each; University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, gift of the artist and Gemini G.E.L. LLC. Copyright 2006 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.  

The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) presents A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s, a major exhibition of early work by Bruce Nauman, one of the most influential artists working today. The exhibition is the first ever to focus on the years Nauman lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, and features the full range of his work from the 1960s, when he laid the foundation for all of his subsequent, ground-breaking work in sculpture, performance, and film and video art.

Curated by Constance Lewallen, BAM/PFA senior curator, the exhibition will provide new research and insight into a vital early stage of Nauman's career. Featured in the exhibition will be more than 100 works - several of which have never been exhibited before - including drawings, sculpture, neon reliefs, photographs, films, videos, sound and text works, installations, artist books, and ephemera. A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s will be on view at BAM/PFA from Wednesday, January 17 through Sunday, April 15, 2007, before touring Europe and the United States.

Nauman is widely regarded as being among the most important living American artists. His work employs forms that range from Post-Minimalism and Conceptual art to film and video and installation art, through which a series of themes and ideas consistently appear: the use of the body as a material; the integration of art and language; the relationship of art and architecture; and such dichotomies as concealment and revelation, interior and exterior, and positive and negative space, among others.

Calling Nauman's work "more pertinent than ever," the New York Times recently stated: "A pioneer in Post-Minimalist video and performance art, and a sculptor of seemingly limitless versatility, Mr. Nauman has been famous and critically admired since he arrived on the scene…and his work has exerted an important influence on contemporary art ever since." LINK

Brad Pitt Voom Potrait

Iconic artist and theater director Robert Wilson has created a series of video portraits of celebrities, ordinary people and animals called "VOOM Portraits." Known for his glacier-paced theatrical productions with Tom Waits and Lou Reed, Wilson's now bringing his aesthetic to a video format. The recent developments in HD technology have allowed Wilson to create something like a precise hybrid of still photography and motion pictures. Actors such as Brad Pitt (as a crazy person on the streets in the rain), Isabelle Huppert (as Greta Garbo), Steve Buscemi (as a mad butcher chewing gum on a variety show), Robert Downey Jr. (as a dreaming corpse in a Rembrandt painting), and Winona Ryder (as Winnie, the main female character in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, buried up to her neck in sand) were asked to "think of nothing" and move slowly and steadily to collaborate in Wilson's vision of who they might be.

"VOOM Portraits" opens at Paula Cooper this Saturday, 13 January 2007 and runs through 4 February 2007. The show consists of the large scale projection of the portrait of Winona Ryder and a dozen snow owls in front of a polka dotted background. A much larger show of 36 portraits opens at Phillips de Pury & Co. on 17 January 2007 and runs through 14 February 2007. The shows are produced by VOOM HD Networks and will travel to LA, Moscow and the Far East and, later in 2007, can be seen on the VOOM HD Networks suite of channels. VOOM Portraits LINK

Opening Reception: 13 January 2007, 6-8pm
13 January-4 February 2007
Paula Cooper Gallery
534 W 21st Street
New York, NY 10011 map
tel. 01 212 255 1105

VOOM Portraits
Opening Reception: 16 January 2007, 6-8pm
17 January-14 February 2007
Phillips de Pury & Co.
450 West 15th Street

via coolhunting.com
New York, NY 10011 map
tel. 01 212 940 1200