From: Joanna Raczynska (email suppressed)
Date: Sun Mar 18 2007 - 11:22:59 PDT
Please accept this announcement for the Multimediale Festival happening in
DC next month. The Stateless Cinema collective I'm a part of is involved in
a screening during this fest on April 20, Provisions Library in DC at 8 pm.
Hope you can make it if you're in the area!
best
Joanna
MULTIMEDIALE
CAPTURING THE CAPITAL!
A Festival of Art, Politics, and New Media
April 19 - April 22, 2007
Washington, DC
Presented by Provisions Library
in association with the American University Art Department
& the George Washington University Department of Fine Arts & Art History
sponsored by Viridian Restaurant
We are pleased to announce MULTIMEDIALE, a four-day multimedia arts festival
that brings together artists from the Washington, DC region centered around
the theme: CAPTURING THE CAPITAL! MULTIMEDIALE seeks to energize the DC arts
community with new ideas about art, society and politics. Visit our Web site
at http://www.multimedialedc.org for news and dialogue. MULTIMEDIALE is
organized by Randall Packer and curator Niels Van Tomme. All events are free
and open to the public.
Actions:
Assume the identity of your congressman... participatory "people's tours" of
the Capital... pray at America's Grave, a burial site for the nation... a
teacart interrogation of government's involvement in military conflicts... a
forensic striptease that collects false remembrances of political events...
performance protests in front of surveillance cameras... and much more!
Artists:
John James Anderson, Ben Azarra, Mark Cooley, Edgar Endress, Alberto Gaitán,
Jeff Gates, Brian Judy, Bryan Leister, Rebecca Mills, Randall Packer,
Siobhan Rigg, Fereshteh Toosi
Events:
Thursday, April 19, 7PM
Lecture: Beral Madra
Art as Mediation
American University, Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC
co-presented by the George Washington University Department of Fine Arts &
Art History
Internationally renowned Turkish curator Beral Madra is the keynote speaker
for Multimediale. Active in the Middle Eastern political art scene, she will
discuss current strategies of practicing art as a tool to introduce ways of
mutual understanding, reciprocity and participation - an important process
for democratization, social awareness, and the emergent mediation between
life and art.
Friday, April 20 - Sunday, April 22, 12-8PM
Exhibition: Capturing the Capital!
Provisions Library, 1611 Connecticut Ave, 2nd Floor, Dupont Circle,
Washington DC
An exhibition of installations, public performances, and Net art, conceived
as a timely critique of political conditions in America. The artists will
create site-specific works that transform the city of Washington DC as a
real-time artistic environment.
Friday, April 20, 8PM
Video art screening: You are my torture / I am your chamber
Provisions Library
An evening of international video art questioning the abundant presence of
media in human existence at the beginning of the 21st century. The videos
are at times ironically, philosophically or politically inspired reflections
on the presence of media in everyday life. Co-curated by Stateless Cinema.
Saturday April 21, 6PM
Curator's Walkthrough: Walk & Talk
Provisions Library
A walkthrough with curator Niels Van Tomme. He will discuss Multimediale and
his collaboration with the artists in the creation of the exhibition.
Saturday, April 21, 8PM
Live Performance: Perform!
Provisions Library
If all the world is a stage, then each of us is a performer. And if
Washington, DC is the stage of world politics, then all our performances are
political. Perform! is an evening of new music and experimental media
performance art.
Sunday, April 22, 3PM
Panel Discussion: The artist's responsibility in a political environment
Provisions Library
A panel discussion that invites prominent figures from the DC arts community
to reflect and discuss the role of the artist from an artistic, political
and activist perspective. Panelists: Margaret Parsons, Moderator (National
Gallery of Art), Leanne Mella (US State Department), Randall Packer
(American University), Paul Roth (Corcoran Gallery of Art), Don Russell
(Provisions Library), Niels Van Tomme (independent curator), Jenny Toomey
(Future of Music),
Sunday, April 22, 5PM-8PM
Closing Reception: Capturing the Capital! (my end is my beginning)
Provisions Library
sponsored by Viridian Restaurant
All events are free and open to the public.
Where:
American University
Abramson Family Recital Hall
Katzen Arts Center
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC
Provisions Library
1611 Connecticut Ave NW
2nd Floor, Dupont Circle
Washington, DC
Contact:
info @ multimedialedc.org
Advisory Board: Georgio Furioso, Bill Gilcher, Margaret Parsons, Andrea
Pollan, Paul Roth, Don Russell
More Information:
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