October 17, 2016Photograph of: João Maria Gusmão + Pedro Paiv, The Riddle of the Lobster, 2016
Seoul is an energetic, exciting city, with a lot going on; commercial galleries, large museums, and many private institutions, which are run as not-for-profit spaces. Artists’ moving image can be seen at most types of space, whether government funded or privately financed.
Our first stop was at Seoul Mediacity Biennale at Seoul Museum of Art, which included moving image, installation and photographic work. It’s a curiously curated show, fragmented and difficult to navigate, with artworks intruding on others – a moving sculpture occludes a collection of photographs – and sound bleeds, making some work unintelligible.
An installation by Marguerite Humeau, an ugly yellow room with incomprehensible singing, vexes and confuses, and does little to satisfy, even the deadly black mamba venom mixed into the paint on the walls fails to grip. Other works sit in odd positions, screens hidden or in cocoons. Though there are some great works throughout the biennial, it just needs a little time and space.
One work stood out for me, João Maria Gusmão + Pedro Paiv’s installation of several 16mm projectors showing ordinary objects in glorious states; in one film, Chopping Fruits and Vegetables (2015), shows fruit and vegetables being thinly sliced, projected at speed, revealing the undeniable beauty of everyday food. Not perfectly installed, the fluttering of the 16mm projectors flew out to bleed over other work, but it pulsed beautifully on the lens.
Later that evening we went to the opening of MMCA’s Film & Video programme, opening with a film by Vincent Meessen, ‘One.Two.Three’, which crescendos inside a fiery rumba club after some slow-paced tension. MMCA’s deck overlooks the mountains, and we were treated to a blushing sunset. We met with Eunhee Kim, Assistant curator, MMCA Film and Video. Followed by dinner with Jangwook Lee, Director of EXiS Film Festival – a rich and comprehensive experimental film festival in Seoul – at his family’s restaurant for some traditional Korean food. Spicy bean soup (Doenjang-jjigae); the best.
Spotlight Gallery, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Saturday 22 October 2016 to Sunday 4 June 2017
A new display at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery will tell the story of experimental filmmaking in Brighton & Hove, from 1896 to the present day. The exhibition has been curated by Suzie Plumb, Royal Pavilion & Museum’s (RPM) Curator of Film, Media and Toys, and Jamie Wyld, Director of videoclub.
Unknown to many, both Brighton and Hove have played a rich and important part in international film history. Early filmmaking pioneers including George Albert Smith and James Williamson, who became known as the Brighton School and worked in Brighton at the turn of the 20th century, while Modern and contemporary filmmakers and moving image artists – like Jeff Keen, Ben Wheatley and Ben Rivers – have cemented the city’s status as a hotbed of experimental film.
Experimental Motion: the art of film innovation will explore Brighton & Hove’s success as a place for experimental film-making, and its significance nationally and internationally.
The display is part of RPM’s John Ellerman Foundation-funded project ‘Film Pioneers’, which aims to develop curatorial skills by enabling staff at the museum to research, display and document the city’s Film & Media collections.
Highlights of Experimental Motion will include:
– Rare objects from the history of filmmaking in Brighton & Hove, such as ground-breaking cameras made in the city.
– A new commission by Hong Kong-based artist Choi Sai Ho, Brighton is Our Playground, made by Choi while in residence at Phoenix Brighton during August 2016. The film was produced using archival footage from Screen Archive South East, blended with a contemporary soundtrack, composed by Choi. The residency and commission are part of Both Sides Now 3: Final Frontiers, a collaboration between videoclub and Videotage (Hong Kong).
– Work made in Brighton by amateur filmmakers and held within the collections of Screen Archive South East, which highlight the city as an inspiration for filmmaking.
– A selection of films, drawn from a call out for filmmakers in the city to contribute, will be screened during Cinecity in November 2016 (date TBC), and shown online.
– RPM’s Museum Collective, a group of young people working with filmmaker Lindsey Smith, are developing new creative contributions inspired by Jeff Keen’s work that respond to the theme of experimental filmmaking.
September 17, 2016Film2 HK1995, Dorotea Etzler, 1997
Both Sides Now 3: Final Frontiers
UK screenings (full details below):
6 October 16 – Fabrica, Brighton
3 December 16 – Exeter Phoenix
3 December 16 – ICA, London
7 December 16 – Phoenix, Leicester
Both Sides Now 3 – Final Frontiers brings together a collection of film and video from China and Hong Kong that explores displacement, migration and memory. The films explore developments within the culture and society of Hong Kong and China over several decades, including work which reflects on the ongoing dynamics of cultures in Hong Kong, China, and the UK. The programme contains work by some of Hong Kong and China’s most exciting artists working in film and video, and varies between animation, documentary and artists’ moving image.
The programme includes the following work:
Oranges on the Ground, Doreen CHAN, 2016, 3’43”, HDV
Boyfriend, Jennifer CHAN, 2014, 6’28”, HDV
Film2 HK1995, Dorotea ETZLER, 1997, 5’35”, HDV
H_CNY: Happy Chinese New Year!, Tiffany FUNG, 2016, 1’56”, HDV
Abandoned refugee prison – “The Rock”, HK Urbex, 2015, 4’22”, HDV
A love story: between the strait, Chun-yu LIU (Clare), 2015, 6’05”, HDV
Trailers, Susan Pui San LOK, 2015, 4’00”, HDV
And Counting, Art JONES, 2011, 11’59”, HDV
Portrait of the artist as a cultural worker, Zoran POPOSKI, 2010, 19’47”, DV
As you sweep the room imagine that the broom is someone that you love, or Sport, Ka-Man TSE, 2010, 3’17”, HDV
Dark River, Chi Jang YIN, 2010, 6’05”, DV
Lepus, WANG Yue, 2015, 4’57”, HDV
The UK Final Frontiers moving image programme has been curated by Videotage (Hong Kong), exposing some of the best filmmaking emerging from China, Hong Kong and beyond.
Event and venue details
Fabrica
Date and time: Thursday, 6 October 2016, Doors and bar 7pm, screening 7:30pm
Price: £3
Address: Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton BN1 1AG
To book tickets: www.fabrica.org.uk / 01273 778646
Exeter Phoenix
Date and time: Saturday, 3 December 2016 at 2:30pm
Price: £3
Address: Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3LS
Web / contact / tickets: www.exeterphoenix.org.uk / 01392 667080
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Date and time: Saturday, 3 December 2016 at 2pm
Price: £5 / free to members of the ICA
Address: 12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Web / contact / tickets: www.ica.org.uk / 020 7930 3647
Phoenix Cinema and Arts Centre
Date and time: Wednesday, 7 December 2016 at 6:30pm
Price: £4
Address: 4 Midland Street, Leicester LE1 1TG
Web / contact / tickets: www.phoenix.org.uk / 0116 242 2800
About Videotage
Videotage is a leading non-profit organization in Hong Kong focusing on the presentation, promotion, production and preservation of video and media art, serving artists in the expanding technological art and culture network. Since 1986, Videotage has developed itself from an umbrella for media artists, to a network of media art and culture for cross-disciplinary cultural productions, and platform to facilitate international exchange.
Both Sides Now 3 has been supported by Arts Council England and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Both Sides Nowexplores the cultural, political and social connections and differences between the UK and China & Hong Kong.
Our programme of UK-based artists will be shown across East Asia. Artists include: Adam Chodzko, Alia Syed, Ben Rivers, Charlie Tweed, Chooc Ly Tan, Iris Zaki, Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, Megan Broadmeadow and U. Kanad Chakrabarti.
The East Asia screening programme has been curated by Jamie Wyld and Moritz Cheung, videoclub.
Both Sides Now is curated and produced by videoclub (UK) and Videotage (Hong Kong). The aim is to open up dialogue between Chinese, Hong Kong and British film artists and audiences, working with artists’ moving image to reinterpret the experience of here and now for both cultures.
A wider programme of activity will take place in the UK, China, Hong Kong and other cities in East Asia region, including a residency at Phoenix Brighton (UK), and exhibitions at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (UK) and oi! in Hong Kong.
Videotage is a leading non-profit organisation in Hong Kong focusing on the presentation, promotion, production and preservation of video and media art, serving artists in the expanding technological art and culture network. Since 1986, Videotage has developed itself from an umbrella for media artists, to a network of media art and culture for cross-disciplinary cultural productions, and platform to facilitate international exchange.
Venue and screening details:
Osmosis Audiovisual Media Festival 2016 at Taiwan Power Company
Date and time: Friday, 19 August 2016 at 1pm
Price: FREE
Address:SNo.242, Sec. 3, Roosevelt Rd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100, Taiwan
Web / contact / tickets: www.facebook.com/events/273939299648852/+886 223 651234
OSMOSIS AV Media Festival 2016 at in89 Pier-2 Cinema
Date and time: Saturday, 27 August 2016 at 1pm
Price: $100TWD
Address: No.1, Dayong Rd, Yancheng Dist, Kaohsiung City 803, Taiwan
Web / contact / tickets: www.facebook.com/events/838693792898033//+886 752 14899
SongEun ArtSpace
Date and time: Monday, 26 September 2016 at 3pm
Price: FREE
Address: S.Atrium B2F, Apgujeong-Ro 75 Gil 6, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul 06011 Korea
Web / contact / tickets: www.songeunartspace.org/ +82 (0)2 3448 0100
British Council, Hong Kong
Date and time: Saturday, 22 October at 3pm
Price: FREE
Address: 3 Supreme Court Road,Admiralty,Hong Kong Island
Web / contact / tickets: www.britishcouncil.hk / +852 2913 5100
Boom Art Gallery Bar, Hong Kong
Date and time: Monday, 24 October at 7pm
Price: TBC
Address: G/F, 48 Sai St, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Web / contact / tickets: www.facebook.com/boom.hk /+852 9844 1688
Ray Art Centre
Date and time: Sunday, 30 October 2016 at 3pm
Price: FREE
Address: Room 182, Block 5A, 128 Huayuan Lu, near Jingxiang Lu, Shanghai, China, 200083
Web / contact / tickets: www.rayartcenter.org / +86 021 5393 1060
Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing
Date and time: 10 December 2016 at 2pm
Price: FREE
Address: 9 Jiu Xian Qiao Bei Lu, Chaoyang Qu, Beijing Shi, China, 100015
Web / contact / tickets: www.minshengart.com/enindex.aspx/+86 021 6282 8729
The 5th Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition 2016 at Woolloomooloo
Date and time: Friday, 09 December 2016 at 7pm
Price: TBC
Address: No.2 LN.120 Sec.2 Wuchang St. Taipei
Web / contact / tickets: www.twvideoart.org/ +886 (0)2 28942272
Supported by Arts Council England and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Art, Science, Tech brings together work by five artists who work with creative technology, to explore science, philosophy and culture. Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, Semiconductor (Joe Gerhardt and Ruth Jarman) and Feng Mengbo will present work at Fabrica on 4 August, as part of videoclub and Videotage‘s programme, Both Sides Now 3.
The programme will include films by Achiampong and Blandy, and Semiconductor, and a live performance by Feng Mengbo who is here especially from Beijing to deliver his performance.
Programme
8:15pm – Doors and pay bar for drinks 8:30pm – Finding Fanon Part 2 by Larry Achiampong and David Blandy 8:40pm – 20Hzby Semiconductor 8:45pm – Break for drinks and tech set up for Feng Mengbo’s performance 9pm – Feng Mengbo live performance of Bruce Lee VJ Project 9:15pm – Drinks and informal conversation with curators and artists 9:30pm – Close
Venue and tickets
Time and date: 4 August 16, doors 8:15pm, start 8:30pm Venue: Fabrica, 40 Duke Street, Brighton BN1 1AG Contact: 01273 778646 / info@fabrica.org.uk Book tickets: GET YOUR TICKET HERE
Artworks
Finding Fanon Part 2 by Larry Achiampong and David Blandy
Finding Fanon Part 2 collides art-house cinema with digital culture’s Machinima, resulting in a work that explores the post-colonial condition from inside a simulated environment – the Grand Theft Auto 5 in-game video editor. This video work combines several stories, including how the artists’ familial histories relate to colonial history, an examination of how their relationship is formed through the virtual space, and thoughts on the implications of the post-human condition.
20Hz by Semiconductor
20Hz observes a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Working with data collected from the CARISMA radio array and interpreted as audio, we hear tweeting and rumbles caused by incoming solar wind, captured at the frequency of 20 Hertz. Generated directly by the sound, tangible and sculptural forms emerge suggestive of scientific visualisations. As different frequencies interact both visually and aurally, complex patterns emerge to create interference phenomena that probe the limits of our perception.
Bruce Lee VJ Project by Feng Mengbo
As a video game and martial art enthusiast, Feng merges the two by weaving the classics from Bruce Lee with music by New Pants, a Beijing-based indie band, to stimulate synchronized visual effect and rhythm.
Feng Mengbo has been intrigued by film as a classic medium, especially the ritualistic and theatrical nature of it, and he continues to experiment ways of film appreciation. Since his debut machinima Q3 in 1999. Feng has been employing video game and visual jockey as the creative tool in filmmaking. Recently, he continues exploring the possibility of mobile communication technology and augmented reality in filmmaking. BLVP is based on Feng’s repeated study on four films of Bruce Lee.
Feng creates a real-time immersive video performance by combining early ripped video, pirated VCD and video game in the 80s.
Both Sides Now 3
Both Sides Now 3 attempts, through moving image works, to explore national identity and culture, and to raise questions about both China & Hong Kong and the UK.
Both Sides Now is supported by videoclub (UK) and Videotage (Hong Kong) in collaboration with Phoenix Brighton. It is supported by Arts Council England, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Choi Sai Ho – artist in residence at Phoenix Brighton
Hong Kong-based artist Choi Sai Ho will be our artist in residence between 12 July and 12 August, working at Phoenix Brighton. He has been invited byvideocluband Videotage (Hong Kong) to create a new work for a new exhibition at Brighton Museum, Experimental Motion, working with archival footage from Screen Archive South East and Brighton’s pioneer filmmakers.
Choi Sai Ho’s new film will be exhibited as part of the Experimental Motion exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, opening on 22 October 16, running till 2 June 17. The exhibition is new display will tell the story of experimental filmmaking in Brighton & Hove, from 1896 to the present day, co-curated by Suzie Plumb, curator of film and media for Royal Pavilion and Museums, and Jamie Wyld, director ofvideoclub.
About Choi Sai Ho
Choi Sai Ho is an audio-visual media artist, who creates music, film and creative media works. He has participated in audio-visual performances for music festivals, art programmes and events including Perform Media Festival (USA), Electron Festival (Geneva), Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival (Hong Kong), and VideoBrazil Festival.
Both Sides Now 3
Both Sides Now 3 attempts, through moving image works, to explore national identity and culture, and to raise questions about both China & Hong Kong and the UK.
Both Sides Now is supported by videoclub (UK) and Videotage (Hong Kong) in collaboration with Phoenix Brighton. It is supported by Arts Council England, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
“… if you’re in search of something experimental, intriguing, challenging, perhaps even perplexing… think of this as a lucky dip, perhaps containing a future Turner Prize winner.” – The Guardian
Various screening dates for Selected VI
(Full venue dates and details below the programme)
25 May 2016, CCA Glasgow
02 June 2016, Plymouth Arts Centre
23 June 2016, Fabrica, Brighton
27 June 2016, Chapter, Cardiff
28 June 2016, Watershed, Bristol
07 July 2016, Whitechapel Gallery, London
13 July 2016, The Northern Charter, Newcastle
14 July 2016, HOME, Manchester
26 July 2016, Nottingham Contemporary
Selected 6 is a new collection of artists’ film and video touring the UK in May-July 2016, taking place at some of the UK’s leading venues for showcasing artists’ film.
Nominated by the artists shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award 2015, Selected brings together some of the best work from early career film and video artists from the UK in a vibrant programme of recent artists’ moving image.
Shortlisted artists for the 2015 Film London Jarman Award – Adam Chodzko, Seamus Harahan, Gail Pickering, Alia Syed, Bedwyr Williams and Andrea Luka Zimmerman – have nominated work by up-and-coming filmmaking talent, to develop an invigorating new programme of work. The screening will be followed by Q&A with artists.
Artists in the programme include: Megan Broadmeadow, Upanishad Kanad Chakrabarti, Robert Fox, Tom Goddard, Nina Mangalanayagam, Paul Rooney, Liberty Antonia Sadler and Charlie Tweed.
Programme:
A Corruption of Mass – Megan Broadmeadow, 2015, 2:41 mins Archimeters – Charlie Tweed, 2011, 4:38 mins Shift + F9 – U. Kanad Chakrabarti, 2014, 4:02 mins Balancing Act – Nina Mangalanayagam, 2015, 10:19 mins Lost High Street – Paul Rooney, 2008, 12 mins Chew Chew – Tom Goddard, 2015, 2:55 mins The Locoemotive Lounge – Robert Fox, 2014, 6 mins Private Theatre – Liberty Antonia Sadler, 2015, 4 mins Sink Women – Iris Zaki, 2014, 14 mins
Produced by videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network. Supported by Arts Council England and Film London.
Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network
Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) supports London-based artists working in moving image, working in partnership to deliver a comprehensive programme including production award schemes, regular screenings, talks and events, as well as the prestigious annual Film London Jarman Award.
Venue and screening details:
CCA Glasgow
Date and time: Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 7pm.
Price: FREE
Address: CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD
To book tickets (tickets also on door): www.cca-glasgow.com / 0141 352 4900 / Book a ticket
Plymouth Arts Centre
Date and time: Thursday, 2 June 2016, 6pm.
Price: £3 / free for PAC Home members.
Address: Plymouth Arts Centre, 38 Looe Street, Plymouth PL4 0EB
Web / contact: www.plymouthartscentre.org / 01752 206114
Fabrica
Date and time: Thursday, 23 June 2016, doors and bar 7pm, event starts 7:30pm
Price: £5
Address: Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton BN1 1AG
Web / contact: www.fabrica.org.uk / 01273 778646 / Book a ticket
Chapter
Date and time: Monday, 27 June 2016, 6pm.
Price: £3
Address: Chapter, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, Wales UK CF5 1QE
Web / contact: www.chapter.org / 029 2030 4400 / enquiry@chapter.org / Book a ticket
Watershed
Date and time: Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 6pm.
Price: £9.00 full / £6.50 concession / £4.50 aged 24 and under
Address: Watershed, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5TX
Web / contact: www.watershed.co.uk / 0117 927 5100 / info@watershed.co.uk / Book a ticket
Whitechapel Gallery
Date and time: Thursday, 07 July 2016, 7pm.
Price: £9.50 full / £7.50 concessions
Address: Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX
Web / tickets / contact: www.whitechapelgallery.org / 020 7522 78889 / Book a ticket
The Northern Charter
Date and time: Wednesday, 13 July 2016, time 6pm.
Price: FREE
Address: The Northern Charter, 5th Floor Commercial Union House, 39 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6QE
Web / contact: thenortherncharter.org / thenorthernchater@gmail.com
HOME
Date and time: Thursday, 14 July 2016, 6:20pm.
Price:£9 full / £7 concessions
Address: HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, M15 4FN
Web / Box office: homemcr.org / 0161 200 1500 / Book a ticket
Nottingham Contemporary
Date and time: Tuesday, 26 July 2016, 6:30pm.
Price: FREE
Address: Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB
Web / contact: www.nottinghamcontemporary.org / 0115 948 9750
February 17, 2016Common Descent – Daniel Shanken (2015)
Acentered: Reterritorised Network of European and Chinese Moving Image
videoclub will take part in Acentered: Reterritorised Network of European and Chinese Moving Image during Art Basel’s show in Hong Kong. Presented by the Art Basel Crowdfunding Initiative, Acentered is part of the Crowdfunding Lab and curated by Videotage.
The 21st century defines an emerging set of complex relationships between creativity, knowledge, capitalism, and innovative technologies. Today, we live in a world that revolves around networks and necessitates a belief in a future that is powered by the connection of people – a culture that embraces fluidity, collaboration, and creative mobility.
During Art Basel’s show in Hong Kong, the Crowdfunding Lab will feature video art works from the Videotage Media Art Collection, and also works from international art organisations, which include Casa Asia (Barcelona & Madrid), Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art/University of Salford Art Collection (Manchester), The Chinese University of Hong Kong/Department of Fine Arts, City University of Hong Kong/School of Creative Media, Connecting Spaces (Hong Kong-Zurich)/Zurich University of the Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University/Academy of Visual Arts, The Hong Kong Institute of Education/Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, Momentum (Berlin), and videoclub (London). Videotage will also organise a series of roundtable discussions at the booth on a variety of relevant topics in the art world today.
Works selected by videoclub include: Anjin 1600: Edo Wonderpark – David Blandy, From Our Own Correspondent – Lucy Clout, A Rat Biting Another Rat – Anita Delaney, The Lion and the Unicorn – Rachel Maclean, Common Descent – Daniel Shanken and The Udder – Marianna Simnett.
Exhibition
videoclub’s selection of British artists’ film and video is drawn from the recent programme, Both Sides Now II, a collaboration between videoclub and Videotage. This selection of films reflects upon the current psyche of the British people, arguably in a state of flux and uncertainty, echoed by the artists’ works.
In September 2014, Scotland had a referendum, to decide whether or not to stay part of the United Kingdom. Rachel Maclean’s ‘The Lion and the Unicorn’ represents both opposition and alliance to explore national identity and the tension felt in the country at the time of referendum.
In David Blandy’s ‘Anjin 1600: Edo Wonderpark’ we see the British explorer William Adams venturing to a new world, Japan, in 1600. The torturous journey, and Adams’ solitude, is pictured by Blandy through space battles and the starkness of a technology-filled future.
This state or sense of unfixedness in the UK perhaps stems from media-induced tension about personal concerns. ‘A Rat Biting Another Rat’, by Anita Delaney, harasses and unnerves with big beats and fast edits, nipping at our anxiety. And in Daniel Shanken’s ‘Common Descent’ we are challenged, unwittingly, to recognise what happens inside our head without us knowing about it, while exploring a psychedelic dreamland.
Irreverent images, playful characters and dance tunes slip and slide against anxiety and frayed nerves throughout the programme, forming unknown questions in our minds without us realising.
Public days
Thursday, 24 March 2016, 1pm to 9pm
Friday, 25 March 2016, 1pm to 8pm
Saturday, 26 March 2016, 11am to 6pm
Salon Program: Collaborative Network – Curating in the 21st Century
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre Address: Auditorium, Entrance Hall 1A, Level 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
Date and time: Friday, 25 March 2016, 2 to 3pm
How should curating be in the 21st century? By bringing together veteran curators across the globe,this discussion contemplates different views regarding contemporary curating, with a focus on new networking channels.
Speakers:
Menene Gras Balaguer, Culture and Exhibitions Director, Casa Asia, Barcelona & Madrid;
David Elliott, Freelance Curator, Writer and Teacher, Berlin & Belgrade;
Isaac Leung, Artist, Curator and Chairperson, Videotage, Hong Kong;
Jamie Wyld, Director, videoclub, London.
Moderator:
Adrian George, Deputy Director and Senior Curator, UK Government Art Collection, London.
Roundtable Discussion: Inside Out: The Rise and Rise of the Youtube Generation
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre Address: Crowdfunding Lab, Level 3 Concourse, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China
Date and time: Saturday, 26 March 2016, 2-4pm
Practicing video artists, famous local YouTubers, and film directors host a roundtable discussion exploring the impact of new channels and the rise of artists with non-conventional training, and how that is changing the art-making environment in Hong Kong.
Speakers:
Susie Au, Film Director, Installation Artist, Handmade Films, Hong Kong;
Chan Ka Ming, Angus Kwok & Yeung Chun Yin, One Letter Horse, Hong Kong;
Jan Cho, General Manager, TBWA\ Hong Kong, Head Of Digital, Hong Kong;
Ben Tang, Programme Manager in Arts Programme; TV and Advertising Director, Hong Kong;
Jamie Wyld, Director, videoclub, London.
Moderator:
Ellen Pau, Founding Director, Videotage, Hong Kong.
February 16, 2016Lu Yang Delusional Mandala – Lu Yang (2015) – Courtesy of the artist and Beijing Commune
East Asia Moving – at various venues
East Asia Moving presents recent work by artist filmmakers from China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore, giving a brief glimpse into moving image practices from East Asia. Deeply spiritual imagery combines with cutting edge biological technology in Lu Yang’s LuYangDelusional Mandala, while dark humour, the sublime and high energy intertwine throughout and between each film.
The programme contains a review of poetic, accomplished and emotive films, created by rising filmmaking talent from East Asia. Artists include: Lu Yang, Shi Zheng, Isamu Hirabayashi, Lai Tsung Yun, Ryu Biho, Kent Chan and Li Ming.
Curated by Moritz Cheung and Jamie Wyld for videoclub.
Venues and screening details
Phoenix Cinema and Arts Centre
Date and time: Thursday, 31 March 2016 at 6:30pm
Price: FREE
Address: 4 Midland Street, Leicester LE1 1TG
Web / contact / tickets: http://www.phoenix.org.uk / 0116 242 2800
Fabrica
Date and time: Thursday, 14 April 2016, Doors and bar 7pm, screening 7:30pm
Price: £3
Address: Fabrica, Duke Street, Brighton BN1 1AG
To book tickets: www.fabrica.org.uk / 01273 778646
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Date and time: Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 2pm
Price: £5 / free to members of the ICA
Address: 12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Web / contact / tickets: www.ica.org.uk / 020 7930 3647
As the first port of call and a place of recent collaboration and partnership, I wasn’t expecting to unfold such great opportunities in Hong Kong. Had some great meetings that really contributed to the development of Both Sides Now for 2016, and interesting information on venues/activity, including an educational exchange programme, a residency and super meetings with British Council and Swiss Consulate General.
Erwin Luthi is deputy director of the Swiss Consulate General – we decided to visit him as we’ve previously worked with Connecting Spaces (through Videotage), which is a project of Zurich University of the Arts. Erwin gave us some great advice regarding places we might want to present video work at, or who could be good collaborators, in Hong Kong and Switzerland, here are a few:
At British Council we met with Grace Zhang and Meijing Hei, who (very usefully) let us know that only ODA (official development assistance) countries (those in receipt of development aid) will receive funds from British Council from 2017. Which gives an interesting focus. British Council will be doingshowcase of British work in Korea during 2017, where there is potential for collaboration. And then Tokyo/Japan in 2020. We were encouraged to develop a clear digital strategy if we were wanting to approach British Council to get financial support.
While in Hong Kong we managed to outline a couple of good opportunities with partners, one with Hong Kong Institute of Education – a residency for an individual, to work on a collaborative artists’ film with artists from Hong Kong; the other an educational exchange with K11 Art Foundation, to bring together artists and students from the UK and Hong Kong.
October 24, 2015Anjin 1600: Edo Wonderpark – David Blandy
Both Sides Now II artists David Blandy and Wong Ping show and talk about their work, 29 November
As part of HOME’s November Artists’ Film Weekender Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA), Videotage and videoclub present a screening of two artists from the Both Sides Now 2 exhibition at CFCCA, curated by videoclub and Videotage.
UK based artist David Blandy and Hong Kong artist Wong Ping will each be presenting three of their films which explore nationality and identity. Both artists will also each host a Q+A session following their screenings.
Event: Sunday 29 November, 4pm Click here to purchase tickets, £6 full price / £4 concession or call 0161 200 1500 Address: HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester M15 4FN
Both Sides Now 2 is on at CFCCA from September 25 – 6 December 2015.
www.cfcca.org.uk/exhibition/both-sides-now/
Both Sides Now 2 screening programme supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council and Arts Council England.
Chinese artist-in-residence at Phoenix Brighton shows previous and current work, 2 November
Shi Zheng is in residence at Phoenix Brighton between October and November, as part of the international exchange programme, Both Sides Now, curated by videoclub and Videotage (Hong Kong).
At Phoenix’s latest SPOTLIGHT event, Shi Zheng will show some of his beautifully-rendered, computer-generated landscapes that run alongside his addictive, rhythmic soundscapes; he will also give us a glimpse of new work he has been creating during his residency at Phoenix.
In recent years he has shown work at international festivals including Sound Art China 2014 (Hong Kong), Sound Art China 2013 (Shanghai), FILE Electronic Language International Festival (Brazil), Today Art Museum (Beijing) and Ars Electronica 2012 and 2015 (Austria).
Get a drink and join us to experience Shi Zheng’s work.
Both Sides Now supports four artists in residence in 2015, enabling the programme to benefit practitioners, and to further support cultural exchange between China and the UK.
Two artists from each country will exchange, working at cultural institutions, where they will have access to local resources and contacts. The aim of the residency programme is to provide artists with the opportunity to explore new practices, develop new work and experience new cultures and share experiences.
The four artists in the programme are: Lucy Clout, Wong Ping, Daniel Shanken and Shi Zheng. The programme is supported by Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (UK), Cinecity + Phoenix Brighton (UK), V Art Center (in association with Chronus Art Center), and Wuhan K11 Art Village.
Supported by the associated organisations, Arts Council England and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
October 24, 2015The Lion and the Unicorn – Rachel Maclean (2012)
Both Sides Now 2: It was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times?
Exhibition at K11 Chi Art Space, Hong Kong, 9 Oct – 1 Nov 2015
Both Sides Now 2 attempts, through moving image works, to explore national identity and culture, and to raise questions about China & Hong Kong and the UK. Comparisons between both countries arise – revolution and referendum, richness and austerity, lions and tigers. And unicorns.
The programme at K11 includes work by: David Blandy, Linda Lai, Anita Delaney, Choi Sai Ho, Chow Chun Fai, Jo Law, MAP Office, Law Yuk Mui, Benedict Drew, Silas Fong, João Vasco Paiva, Chloe Cheuk, Marianna Simnett, Angela Su, Lucy Clout, Rachel Maclean, Ellen Pau, Wong Ping, Daniel Shanken and Ben Rivers.
Both Sides Now – It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times? is the second phase of a long-term project that proposes (historical) re-readings of artists’ moving image from Hong Kong, China and the UK. By selecting video works of art, animations and documentary films, produced by Hong Kong and UK artists from 1989 to 2015, the project will reinterpret the experience of here and now by looking into the potentially excluded and forgotten moving images of Hong Kong.
In the new edition, videoclub (UK) and Videotage (HK) bring together internationally-recognised artists from the fields of video and film during a several month-long programme from June – August 2015. To build on the ideas posited from the success of Both Sides Now – Somewhere between Hong Kong and the UK, 15 arts organisations in the UK, China and Hong Kong will take part in various extensive screenings, exhibitions and artists-in-residence programmes.
Opening date and times: 9 September 2015, 6pm – 8pm
Exhibition dates: 9 October – 1 November 2015
Address: 18 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station Exit D2 / The Masterpiece
The exhibition has been curated by videoclub (UK) and Videotage (Hong Kong) in collaboration with K11. It is supported by K11, Arts Council England, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Both Sides Now 2 attempts, through moving image works, to explore national identity and culture, and to raise questions about both China & Hong Kong and the UK. Comparisons between both countries arise – revolution and referendum, richness and austerity, lions and tigers. And unicorns.
The programme at CFCCA includes work by: David Blandy, Birdy Chu, Lucy Clout, Lu Yang, Rachel Maclean, Map Office, Ellen Pau, Wong Ping, Daniel Shanken, Ben Rivers.
Both Sides Now 2 – It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times? is the second phase of a long-term project that proposes (historical) re-readings of artists’ moving image from Hong Kong, China and the UK. By selecting video works of art, animations and documentary films, produced by Hong Kong and UK artists from 1989 to 2015, the project will reinterpret the experience of here and now by looking into the potentially excluded and forgotten moving images of Hong Kong.
In the new edition, videoclub (UK) and Videotage (HK) bring together internationally-recognised artists from the fields of video and film during a several month-long programme from June – August 2015. To build on the ideas posited from the success of Both Sides Now – Somewhere between Hong Kong and the UK, 15 arts organisations in the UK, China and Hong Kong will take part in various extensive screenings, exhibitions and artists-in-residence programmes.
Opening date and times: 24 September 2015, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Exhibition dates: 25 September – 6 December 2015
Address: Market Buildings, 13 Thomas St, Manchester M4 1EU
The exhibition has been curated by videoclub (UK) and Videotage (Hong Kong) in collaboration with CFCCA. It is supported by CFCCA, Arts Council England, and Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Both Sides Now supports four artists in residence in 2015, enabling the programme to benefit practitioners, and to further support cultural exchange between China and the UK.
Two artists from each country will exchange, working at cultural institutions, where they will have access to local resources and contacts. The aim of the residency programme is to provide artists with the opportunity to explore new practices, develop new work and experience new cultures and share experiences.
The four artists in the programme are: Lucy Clout, Wong Ping, Daniel Shanken and Shi Zheng. The programme is supported by Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (UK), Cinecity + Phoenix Brighton (UK), V Art Center (in association with Chronus Art Center), and Wuhan K11 Art Village.
Daniel Shanken at Wuhan K11 Art Village, Wuhan, China
Daniel Shanken is an artist from Los Angeles, USA, living and working in London, UK. He works in a variety of mediums drawing from the likes of hypnotherapy, neurology, advertising, and scripted spaces. Recently his work has been shown at the Whitechapel Gallery, CCA Glasgow, Nottingham Contemporary, Five Years Gallery, Kiasma Helsinki, and CGP London.
K11 is committed to promoting the development of contemporary art and the communication between young artists in the fields of visual arts, design, multimedia, music and other creative genres. K11 art village hopes that through art exhibitions and exchange activities in our art spaces, the habitats of the community can become the basis of an artistic life. Art events are organized for the whole community to participate, thereby strengthening the linkage of art, people, nature.
K11 art village provides a platform for young artists dedicated to their art and yet do not have the financial means to support themselves. We are constantly in search of young artists who are full of talent, passion and unique ideas and invite them to join our artist-in-residence programe to use our artist studios for creation. Moreover, they can gain access to a wide range of nationwide and overseas creative resources, exhibition opportunities, media exposure, academic exchange, as well as public awareness.
Lucy Clout at V Art Center, in association with Chronus Art Center, Shanghai, China
Residency dates: 1 – 16 August 2015
Lucy Clout
Lucy Clout’s previous work has investigated the experience of viewing performance, interrogating the communicative aspects of the physical and social relationships between the audience and the art-object/performer. She graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Sculpture in 2009, and has exhibited in commercial and non-commercial spaces in the UK and internationally.
Established in 2010, V ART CENTER is located in the Shanghai M50 Innovation Park. As a non-profitable space affiliated with SIVA of Fudan University, the center is presided by Mr. Ding Yi, a famous modern artist and an associate dean of SIVA. Both of its exhibition halls in Building No. 3 and No.6 are being operated in an open manner. This young space shall maintain its vitality all the time, presenting a dialogue platform for modern arts in Shanghai.
Established in 2013, Chronus Art Center (CAC) is China’s first non-profit art organization dedicated to the presentation, research / creation and scholarship of media art. CAC with its exhibitions, residency-oriented fellowships, lectures and workshop programs and through its archiving and publishing initiatives, creates a multifaceted and vibrant platform for the discourse, production and dissemination of media art in a global context. CAC is positioned to advance artistic innovation and cultural awareness by critically engaging with media technologies that are transforming and reshaping contemporary experiences.
Shi Zheng at Phoenix Brighton with Cinecity at the University of Brighton, UK
Shi’s work takes on multiple forms such as audio-visual installation work, recordings, and concert pieces. He composes time-based sculpture, using field recordings and digital generated structures, and reconstructs, architecturally, audiovisual phenomenon.
In 2013, Shi Zheng co-founded new media group RMBit with nenghuo, Zhipeng Wang, and Wei Weng. The group has participated in several significant exhibitions and performance, including exhibitions and performances in art institutions and cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei.
In recent years, his work has been shown at international festivals including Sound Art China 2014 (HongKong), Sound Art China 2013 (Shanghai), FILE Electronic Language International Festival (Brazil), Today Art Museum (Beijing) and Ars Electronica 2012 (Linz).
Phoenix Arts Association Ltd (trading as Phoenix Brighton) is a charitable (not-for-profit) arts organisation based in central Brighton.
Its charitable objectives are:
1.The promotion of the arts
2.Advancement of public education in the appreciation, production and practice of the arts, particularly in the towns of Brighton & Hove, and in other areas of Sussex
3.To relieve poor artists by providing workspace and studio facilities and by the provision of advice in artist development seminars.
Phoenix provides 100+ studio spaces, short-term project space for hire by community groups and supports a gallery and education programme which bring together professional artists and the general public in a friendly and creative environment.
CINECITY is a partnership between the Duke of York’s Picturehouse, Screen Archive South East and the University of Brighton. We deliver a year-round programme of film and moving image events, screenings and exhibitions and present the annual CINECITY The Brighton Film Festival, the region’s major celebration of film. Our patrons include Nick Cave, Paddy Considine, Steve Coogan, John Hillcoat and Henry Normal.
CINECITY celebrates its 13th edition of the festival in November 2015 with the very best in international cinema and a global mix of premieres and previews, artists’ cinema and installations, treasures from the archive, retrospectives, free education screenings and events, talks and debates.
Wong Ping at Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, Manchester, UK
Residency dates: 25 September – 6 December 2015
Wong Ping
Wong Ping is a Cantonese animator and director based in Hong Kong, mixing topics such as teenage lust, shame and sexual suppression with a surprisingly fresh and luscious colour palette. NOWNESS writes about him: “Wong Ping gives new meaning to NSFW… His gasp-inducing imagination feeds into our child-like curiosity to toy with social and cultural taboos”. He likes to hike, which gives him numerous, randomly meaningless but beautiful inspirations.
Wong Ping was selected as one of the Saatchi & Saatchi 2013 new directors and his work has been internationally screened and exhibited.
The Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (formerly Chinese Arts Centre) is leading the UK in exploring a changing international dynamic. This is the Chinese Century and Chinese contemporary art and visual culture is a vibrant force, fast gaining momentum.
CFCCA has a proud 29-year history of ‘first’ UK solo exhibitions, featuring exceptional artists that go on to achieve international acclaim. We work with a wide array of partners to provide people with a lively and innovative programme of exhibitions, residencies, engagement projects, festivals, symposia and events.
CFCCA is uniquely placed to explore the Chinese Century through art and the trans-cultural debates that will shape our future.
