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Fukt Magazine
German Online Magazine will be screening Delilah in Berlin at Kunstraum Kreuzberg Sunday January 17th 2010.
Started Animation Mentor online course January 2010
SSA: The Socoety of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition
La Cabina: A Sense of Purpose (After Mercero) was selected by invitation to be shown at this exhibition. Which is being held at the RSA gallery in Edinburgh,
Mar 21st - Apr 17th 2008
Musa art cafe & restaurant, 33 Exchange Street, Aberdeen.
Animations on display in Aberdeen. Musa art cafe on Exchange street.
Jan 7th - March 1st 2008
Nightcomers Project, Istanbul Biennial. Sept 6 - Nov 2, 2007
During
the Cultural Revolution in China in the 1960s and 1970s, the 'lower
class' was encouraged to post their critiques on the elite in the form
of 'Dazibao' (a journal/poster with large letters). Street corners
became public forums. In spite of totalitarian propaganda, this
approach showed a form of radical democracy, and even assumes an urban
guerrilla-like insurgency. It is no surprise that the 'Dazibao' was
banned in China after the Cultural Revolution precisely because it
contributed to the challenge of totalitarian rule; it became the voice
that claimed for reform and an openness from the 'bottom' of society.
The famous "Wall of Democracy" in Xidan, Beijing, was the most
remarkable example.
What is the most democratic form of
expression in our age of new technology and global communication? How
can it be demonstrated in the urban space today? A project of "Video
Dazibao" is obviously an answer. For the 10th International İstanbul
Biennial, five curators from Turkey have been invited to select over
150 short video works from an open-call to the public. During the
nights, the program, under the title of "Nightcomers", will be
projected in public spaces in different parts of the city, from the
centre to the periphery. The Dutch artists couple Bik Van der Pol have
researched and selected about 25 spots and have designed the mobile
projection device.
For the first time in the history of İstanbul
Biennial, a real open participation of the public has been made
possible so that thousands of people living in areas without access to
"high culture" can have direct contact with contemporary art. Or,
contemporary art is brought to the frontier of a true public gaze.
Locations & Dates
Artists/Films taking part
Gray's School of Art, Degree Show 2007 June 15-23, Aberdeen