| Night
2: Friday March 3, 2006 |
| TIME |
TYPE |
NAME |
TITLE |
LANGUAGE |
| 21h00
- 22h10 |
Video
Screening 2 |
Transmediale
(International Media Art Festival Berlin) – Germany |
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The award
competition of “Transmediale” in its 18th year. This continuity
of selecting and presenting video art has fostered the popularity
of the festival, and the quality of the participating works
from all over the world. For the “Transmediale.05” competition,
again more than 900 works were submitted.
The
selection consists of eight video works that participated
in the 2005 edition and give an insight into current artistic
video production.
For
the video selection program of “Transmediale.05”, we deliberately
chose works that differ strongly in the way they were produced.
| Videos
selection |
| |
Chris
Oakley , « The Catalogue », 2004 (United
Kingdom), 5’
Oakley's
vidéo work deals with the retail
environment. It places the viewer into the position
of a remote and dispassionate agency, observing humanity
as a series of units whose value is defined by their
spending capacity and future needs. |
| |
Mylicon,
« Chrom »,
2004 (Italy), 4’23’’
An
imaginary raid into an operating-theatre : an anaesthetized
video/body, a temporary loss of consciousness, a state
in which everything flows and the boundaries between
body and space become blurred. |
| |
Corinna
Schnitt, “Living A Beautiful Life”, 2003 (Germany),
13’
From
their stylish Los Angeles villa, an attractive married
couple pontificates on how ideal their lifestyle is.
At first it appears as though the interview is for real,
however as time passes, the pair seems more and more
like actors. |
 |
NomIg.,
« pdx_01
»,
2004 (Canada), 7’32’’
The
audiovisual composition explores the strength within
an 'ebb and flow' relationship between audio and video,
the relationship between video and the 'space' in which
it is presented, and the juxtaposition of abstract and
concrete imagery as a theoretical tool. |
| |
Lina
Selander, « Reconstruction » , 2004,
6’30’’
A
video and sound composition created from old photos
with scenes from a typical family album. The motif remains
hidden ; the viewer only sees the back of the photos.
What are visible however are holes, threads and notes
on the prints which connect people and visual elements
on an abstract plane. |
 |
Juan
Romero, “A Pragmatic Of Links”, 2004 (Spain),
10’30’’
'A
Pragmatic of Links' is an attempt to stage a parasitological
vision based on image processing, whilst focusing on
interference and broken imagery as a central dramaturgical
element. |
| |
Le
Collectif Magique, « BIC BAC JOB »,
2004 (France), 13’
'The
ghost of the ghost of my youth' as the four French artists
alternatively call their video work, oscillates between
Lyçeé Raymond Naves and a derelict factory. The non-linear
and highly subjective narration revolves around Nicolas
Santenas Santos, lead guitarist of 'Hypnolove'. |
| |
Johann
Lurf, (ohne titel), 2003, 3’
Bit
by bit the screen fills up : 12 clips are put into context
with each other through split screens. Voices, languages
and sound begin to overlay, different genres, in colour
and black and white, compete for the viewer’s attention. |
| Total
running time: 63 min. |
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