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Feb 22

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Press Release – New Zealand International Arts Festival

Prepare for 24 days of extraordinary arts experiences when the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival opens in Wellington this Friday.
Around 900 artists from around the globe will descend on Wellington and fill its theatres – and streets – for New Zealand’s largest multi-arts festival. The 2012 programme spans everything from salsa to Shakespeare, from home-grown opera to fairy tales and features artists from as far afield as the Sahara and as close to home as Newtown.
“The 2012 Festival programme has been greeted with huge enthusiasm,’’ says Festival Executive Chair Kerry Prendergast. ‘’Wellington audiences have embraced the Festival and we’re also attracting increasing numbers from all over the country. Whether it’s the high-energy physical theatre of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Beautiful Burnout, the charm and wit of Circus Ronaldo’s vintage Big Top or the magical Fijian love story, Masi, there’s something for everyone. With nine world premieres, the new Town Hall Gigs and a feast of Shakespeare, there is plenty to choose from.’’

The opening weekend kicks off with the free First Contact 2012 opening night party on the waterfront: the Festival ‘’fan zone’’. Artist Michel Tuffery’s vibrant projected artworks will transform the facade of Te Papa into a moving canvas from 8.30pm, with music and dance from the Whitireia Performing Arts School, The Nomad, Horomona Horo – and more. From 6pm, French acrobats Les Philébulistes will perform Arcane, jaw-dropping feats atop their giant wheels at Waitangi Park.
The city’s theatres will pulse to the irresistible Brazilian rhythms of Grupo Corpo with Parabelo/Onqotô ; the devilish fairy tale of Kneehigh Theatre’s The Wild Bride; the monumental Stravinsky double-bill, Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms and Pan Pan Theatre’s unique take on Hamlet, The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane. The TelstraClear Festival Club, on Odlin’s Plaza, opens with the Barons of Tang’s ‘’gypsy death core’’. Other highlights of opening weekend include Taki Rua’s epic Michael James Manaia, and the New Zealand String Quartet begins its 25th anniversary celebrations with Beethoven! The Age of Enlightenment at St Mary of the Angels church. Tickets for most shows start at 48.
For those who have never been to a Festival event before, head down to the First Contact centre, in front of Te Papa throughout the Festival, for a chance to win discounted tickets.
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Feb 09

Amsterdam School of the Arts presents Remix Culture | Art …

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Remix Culture is an in-depth summer course for international professionals and students working in arts and media education. This intensive 6-day course focuses on the interdisciplinary options audiovisual media bring to art and media education. Media contents, techniques, knowledge sharing, means of expression and representation are constantly being merged and remixed in our modern society—mirrored by the arts.

Remix Culture offers arts and media educators new contents and didactics inspired by the contemporary media practices of professional artists and media-savvy youngsters. The course consists of formal lectures by inspiring experts, work- & discussion seminars and field trips to contemporary art/media institutes in Amsterdam. The course will be held at the beautiful Academy of Architecture, located in the city centre of Amsterdam.

ProgrammeThe Remix Culture program connects recent theoretical, aesthetic and technical insights with the professional practices of contemporary art and media educators. The summer course is didactically designed as a ‘learning seed’: It challenges participants to develop new teaching materials during the course. These materials grow out of the theory and examples of good practice that are presented and discussed. The summer course fosters the exchange of knowledge and experiences between the various international communities of practice that the participants represent.

Course goals           

Participants learn to:

• investigate and discuss ‘remixing’ developments in contemporary arts, media studies and social studies and apply them in new teaching materials;

• analyze and select relevant contemporary art and media works for educational use;

• apply forms of creative ‘easyware’ information technologies to their teaching practice;

• design interdisciplinary education material in cooperation with peers from other (arts) disciplines;

• build a professional network with international peers active in different forms of art and media education. 

Study load and credits

Remix Culture offers a varied and in depth program of 56 hours. Successful summer school participants receive a certificate (2 EC). Participants who take part in the subsequent research project (in which they report upon the implementation process of their self designed lessons) receive an extra certificate (1 EC) and a reimbursement.

Teachers & speakers

Emiel Heijnen – course director of Remix Culture, Amsterdam School of the ArtsEvan Roth – artist & researcher, member of Graffiti Research Lab and F.A.T. LabProf. Dr. Paul Duncum – University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignProf. Dr. Folkert Haanstra – Amsterdam School of the Arts, Utrecht University(more teachers & speakers will be added on our website) 

Organisation & partners

Master of Education in Arts, Amsterdam School of the ArtsNetherlands Media Art InstituteStedelijk Museum AmsterdamAcademy of Fine Art in Education, Amsterdam School of the Arts 

Information, application and contact

www.ahk.nl/remixculture

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Jan 30

'The Artist' Sweeps the Inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema …

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“The Artist” took three of the five Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards, winning best picture, director and actor.Tying for best screenplay are “The Ides of March” and “Margin Call,” with the jury tied in voting.  Meryl Streep won best actress for her performance in “The Iron Lady.”AACTA President Geoffrey Rush announced the awards at an awards ceremony at Soho House in Beverly Hills.The AACTA International Awards recognize film excellence regardless of geography. The jury is comprised of “eminent Australian screen practitioners from a cross-section of crafts, and with a wealth of local and international experience.”Full release follows.Los Angeles, CA – The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts announced the winners of its newly launched AACTA International Awards recognizing International Achievements in Film in the following five award categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress.  The winners for the AACTA International Awards were announced tonight by AACTA President, Geoffrey Rush, at an intimate awards Ceremony at Soho House in Beverly Hills.  Elegant and nostalgic, the black and white, almost completely silent film The Artist, was the big winner at the AACTA International Awards, being awarded Best Film for producer Thomas Langmann, and Best Direction for French director Michel Hazanavicius. The film’s lead actor, Jean Dujardin, was awarded Best Actor for his powerful performance as George Valentin, a star of the silent film era, struggling to adjust to the arrival of the ‘talkies’.The multi-award winning Meryl Streep was awarded the AACTA International Award for Best Actress for her role in The Iron Lady, trumping five other nominees in this highly contested category with her impressive portrayal of formidable former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.  The award for Best Screenplay proved fiercely competitive, with two joint winners announced after jury voting was tied in this category. The two winners were the adapted screenplay from The Ides of March for George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, and the original screenplay from Margin Call for first time writer and director J.C. Chandor.The AACTA International Awards recognise film excellence regardless of geography, as determined by a jury of eminent Australian screen practitioners from a cross-section of crafts, and with a wealth of local and international experience.Speaking of the AACTA International Awards, AACTA President Geoffrey Rush said: “The Australian Academy’s newly launched International Awards are dedicated to identifying and awarding the pinnacle of screen excellence and success regardless of geography. Some 70 years since our American friends first awarded Australians with an Oscar, and with Australians since awarded more than 60 Oscars and BAFTAs, it’s great that the Australian industry now has the opportunity to formally recognise the outstanding work of our international colleagues through the AACTA International Awards. As our industry becomes a truly global entity, with screen performers and practitioners crossing borders to bring us the best of the big and small screens, it is fitting that the new Australian Academy recognises the industry’s best, both at home and abroad.”  AFI | AACTA CEO, Damian Trewhella, commented: “Australia has produced some of the best screen professionals and productions in the world, and an important part of the Australian Academy’s role is to recognise and promote this. One of the key vehicles for this is the annual AACTA Awards – Australia’s highest screen accolades, and the Australian equivalent of the BAFTAs and Oscars.  By announcing and presenting our first ever AACTA International Awards in Los Angeles in January, we have established the AACTA Awards as part of the global screen awards conversation, drawing greater recognition for our Awards, our talented award recipients, and the Australian screen industry.  On behalf of AFI | AACTA, I congratulate all inaugural AACTA International Award winners, and acknowledge the role they have played in this proud moment in Australian screen history.”Clips from the AACTA International Awards Ceremony will be shown at the inaugural Samsung AACTA Awards Ceremony at the Sydney Opera House on 31 January 2012, broadcast throughout Australia on the Nine Network at 9:30pm AEST.AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARDS NOMINEES AND WINNERSAACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY    •    The Artist. Michel Hazanavicius    •    The Descendants. Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash    •    The Ides Of March. George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon – JOINT WINNER    •    Margin Call J.C. Chandor – JOINT WINNER    •    Melancholia.  Lars von Trier    •    Midnight In Paris.  Woody Allen    •    Moneyball. Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin    •    We Need To Talk About Kevin. Lynne Ramsay, Rory KinnearAACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION    •    The Artist. Michel Hazanavicius – WINNER    •    Drive. Nicolas Winding Refn    •    Hugo.  Martin Scorsese    •    Margin Call. J.C. Chandor    •    Melancholia. Lars von Trier    •    Midnight In Paris. Woody Allen    •    The Tree Of Life.  Terrence Malick    •    We Need To Talk About Kevin. Lynne RamsayAACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR    •    George Clooney. The Descendants    •    Leonardo DiCaprio. J. Edgar    •    Jean Dujardin. The Artist – WINNER    •    Michael Fassbender. Shame    •    Ryan Gosling. The Ides Of March    •    Brad Pitt. MoneyballAACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS    •    Glenn Close. Albert Nobbs    •    Kirsten Dunst. Melancholia    •    Meryl Streep. The Iron Lady – WINNER    •    Tilda Swinton. We Need To Talk About Kevin    •    Mia Wasikowska. Jane Eyre    •    Michelle Williams. My Week With MarilynAACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST FILM    •    The Artist – WINNER    •    The Descendants    •    Hugo    •    The Ides Of March    •    Margin Call    •    Melancholia    •    Midnight In Paris    •    Moneyball    •    The Tree Of Life    •    We Need To Talk About Kevin

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Jan 27

Shortlist for the UK's largest arts prize | e-flux

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Anders Kreuger & Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy in Cardiffselecting the shortlist.

The shortlist for the Artes Mundi 5 Exhibition and Prize was announced today by Ben Borthwick, Artes Mundi’s Artistic Director, following an extensive research process by two selectors—Anders Kreuger, Curator at M HKA in Antwerp, Belgium and Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, Curator of Contemporary Art at Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York and curatorial agent for dOCUMENTA (13). The selectors chose from over 750 nominations, including 576 individual artists from more than 90 countries, identifying artists whose work explores and comments on lived experience. The seven artists shortlisted for this year’s Artes Mundi Prize are:
Miriam Bäckström (born 1967, Sweden)Tania Bruguera (born 1968, Cuba)Phil Collins (born 1970, Great Britain)Sheela Gowda (born 1957, India)Teresa Margolles (born 1963, Mexico)Darius Mikšys (born 1969, Lithuania)Apolonija Šušterši? (born 1965, Slovenia)
Some of the artists look at specific cultural or historical contexts while others engage with broader themes of human experience. The range of thematic concerns, artistic media and nationalities demonstrates the scope of the Artes Mundi Prize, which will be underlined in a major exhibition of works by the shortlisted artists at Wales’s new National Museum of Art from 6 October 2012. The 14-week exhibition will be installed in 800 square metres of new contemporary art galleries, reinforcing Artes Mundi’s longstanding partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.
An international judging panel will award the 40,000 GBP prize to one of the artists in late November 2012. All other shortlisted artists will receive a new award of 4,000 GBP each. A new partnership with Mostyn, a contemporary gallery in North Wales, will also see one of the shortlisted artists present a solo show there in the 2013.
Ben Borthwick, who joined Artes Mundi from Tate Modern in 2010, said:“We are delighted with the exceptional quality of this shortlist which was drawn from a very strong field of nominations. We look forward to welcoming the artists to Wales and creating an exhibition in October that will give audiences the opportunity to engage with the most exciting international contemporary art.”
Anders Kreuger, one of the selectors, added:“Shortlisting for Artes Mundi has been an honour—and a responsibility to be taken seriously. Almost 600 artists were nominated this year, and it was a huge challenge to whittle these highly accomplished individuals down to just seven. We have chosen seven very different but equally talented artists, of different generations and from all across the globe, to exhibit at National Museum of Art this autumn.”
Artes Mundi is an international arts organisation based in Wales. Established in 2002, Artes Mundi is committed to supporting groundbreaking contemporary visual artists from around the world whose work engages with social reality and lived experience.
In 2010 the Artes Mundi 4 Prize was awarded to Yael Bartana who went on to represent Poland at the 2011 Venice Biennale. The first Artes Mundi Prize was awarded in 2004 to Xu Bing, a Chinese born artist living between New York and Beijing. In 2006 the Artes Mundi 2 Prize was awarded to the Finnish artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila and in 2008 the Indian artist NS Harsha received the prize at Artes Mundi 3.
Artes Mundi is publicly funded by the Arts Council of Wales and by Cardiff City Council. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the principal sponsor of the Artes Mundi 5 Exhibition and Prize.
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Jan 25

BLABBERMOUTH.NET – Former MORTIIS Drummer Hits The Arts

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Former MORTIIS drummer Svein Traserud (a.k.a. Leo Troy), who left the band in 2007 to pursue his interest in the contemporary arts, will make his U.K. debut at the third Parallax AF International Art Fair in London in February. He will be exhibiting a range of his works at the event which takes place at Chelsea Town Hall, Kings Road, from Thursday, February 16 to Saturday, February 18. Entry is free to the public.The Parallax AF International Art Fair showcases modern artists from around the world and will this year feature works from the U.K., USA, West and East Europe, Asia, South America, Turkey, UAE and Oceania.Traserud was a member of MORTIIS for six years during which time he undertook numerous tours and appeared on the 2004 album “The Grudge”, which was released through Earache Records. The album produced two U.K. singles — “The Grudge” and “Decadent & Desperate”, which charted at No. 51 and No. 49, respectively.For the rock drummer turned artist, art has become a burning passion. His motivation behind his works is “old versus new” as he mixes new medium with old crafts. Possessing a keen interest for the abstract and the unusual, his inspiration is the surreal and futuristic with a tendency towards the use of dark hues. He has an approach that often sees him using an extensive range of media in his works.Though mainly self taught, Svein spent ten years assisting leading Norwegian artist Tor-Arne Moen, where he learned the intricacies of traditional wood cutting. Moen has described Traserud’s works as providing “puzzling images, saturated and often dramatic in effect, which intensifies the desire to search deeper in the work. At first the image is attention grabbing, then a second wave summons further inner curiosity.”Svein Traserud has set his sights high with an aim and desire to establish something unique in the art world. Commenting on what he hopes to achieve, he explains that “My grand idea is to develop and create something new and outrageous, something that the art world can’t ignore.”Some of his works can be seen at www.the-opisthodome.com.

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Jan 25

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Opportunity: Perform at International Youth Arts Festival 2012
Posted on 24 January 2012 Written by A Younger Theatre

Our friends over at the International Youth Arts Festival (IYAF) wanted us to put the following message out. If you’re young and full of talent waiting for a stage, you might want to apply to participate in this growing festival in Kingston, London.
Don’t Forget: Deadline is 31st January.More Information: www.iyafestival.org.uk
From 29th June -22 July 2012 the streets and venues of Kingston will come alive as young people from the ages of 5 to 26 showcase the very best in youth arts selected from the UK and Internationally.
For the first time the International Youth Arts Festival will open with a week of participatory projects, workshops and schools engagement work (29th June – 5th July).  The latter part of the festival will be the celebration which we have all come to love!  18 days of performances, exhibitions and showcases of incredible youth work from around the world in addition to special events which culminate the projects delivered in the first week.  Applications are encouraged for both parts of the festival as are projects which can deliver engagement at the beginning of the festival, followed by a performance element in the second part.
Applications are open to any arts projects involving young people (0yrs – 26yrs).  These projects may involve young people as performers, creators and artists or as producers and event managers.  IYAF is also happy to receive applications for adult work which is specifically targeted at young people.
Full details are available by clicking on the IYAF 2012 – Participate tab or by clicking on the following links:Click here to download the Application to participate form for 2012Click here to download the Guidelines for applicants 2012
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Jan 11

Knight Arts Foundation Picks 55 Finalists For Challenge …

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Knight Arts Foundation has picked 55 projects as finalists for its Challenge Philadelphia grants. The winners will share some $3-million in funding.
Imagine a Philadelphia were Latin jazz concerts pop up in unexpected places on a portable stage, where restaurants and storefronts serve as art exhibit space, where artists create on floating workstations in the Schuylkill.

Those are a few of the ideas being considered for funding this year, the second of a three-year effort to make art more accessible.
Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Philadelphia program director, says they received ideas from all over. “We have lots of great ideas from small organizations, art collectives and individual artists,” plus quasi-governmental groups. The Center City District wants help putting a sculpture on the redone Dilworth Plaza and the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation wants to put on an international music and dance festival.
“Right now they’re all shoes, because they all made it to this phase so they all have an equal opportunity to become Knight Arts Challenge winners.”
Last year, 36 of the finalists were ultimately chosen. They include the outdoor simulcast of the Philadelphia Opera Company’s Carmen and free weekly concerts at the African American History Museum.
Frisby-Greenwood says the finalists will submit a full proposal outlining their ideas and the winners will be announced in April.

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By Pat Loeb
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Knight Arts Foundation has picked 55 projects as finalists for its Challenge Philadelphia grants. The winners will share some $3-million in funding.
Imagine a Philadelphia were Latin jazz concerts pop up in unexpected places on a portable stage, where restaurants and storefronts serve as art exhibit space, where artists create on floating workstations in the Schuylkill.

Those are a few of the ideas being considered for funding this year, the second of a three-year effort to make art more accessible.
Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Philadelphia program director, says they received ideas from all over. “We have lots of great ideas from small organizations, art collectives and individual artists,” plus quasi-governmental groups. The Center City District wants help putting a sculpture on the redone Dilworth Plaza and the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation wants to put on an international music and dance festival.
“Right now they’re all shoes, because they all made it to this phase so they all have an equal opportunity to become Knight Arts Challenge winners.”
Last year, 36 of the finalists were ultimately chosen. They include the outdoor simulcast of the Philadelphia Opera Company’s Carmen and free weekly concerts at the African American History Museum.
Frisby-Greenwood says the finalists will submit a full proposal outlining their ideas and the winners will be announced in April.

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Jan 11

Malaysian Gay Arts Festival Ban Challenged In Court

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Activists launched a rare legal case Tuesday aimed at fostering gay rights in Malaysia by challenging a police ban on an anti-homophobia arts festival.
The case highlights complaints about discrimination against gays at a time when international rights groups are urging authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia to abolish laws criminalizing same-sex relations.
The acquittal this week of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on charges of sodomizing a male former aide prompted Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to criticize the Malaysian government for insisting on laws that make sodomy punishable by 20-year prison sentences.
Organizers of a “Sexual Independence” festival held annually in Malaysia since 2008 filed a petition in the High Court in hopes of overturning a ban imposed last year on the relatively low-key event, which was supposed to feature musical performances, talks on sexuality issues and a poster exhibition.
Police ordered activists to scrap the event after Muslim organizations complained it could disrupt public peace. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin called the festival “inappropriate.”
The festival’s organizers said in a statement Tuesday that the ban was unconstitutional, adding that attempts “to prevent us from expressing ourselves are irrefutable evidence of the discrimination” against gays and transsexuals.
The Attorney General’s office opposed the organizers’ petition, saying in a court document seen by the AP that the ban was “not amenable for review.”
It added that the rights advocated by the festival were not recognized by the Constitution but were instead “contrary to law and public order.”
Government lawyer Noor Hisham Ismail confirmed officials were objecting on those grounds. He declined to elaborate.

The court scheduled a hearing Feb. 21 to decide whether the case was strong enough to merit further proceedings.
Public debate about gay rights in Malaysia has intensified in recent years, partly because some young gay men from the ethnic Malay Muslim majority have drawn criticism from religious conservatives for speaking openly about their sexuality. Religious groups have held demonstrations urging officials to curb what they described as rising cases of homosexuality.
Rights activists say homophobia is evident in many government policies, including the seldom-enforced law against sodomy and censorship rules forbidding movies and song lyrics that promote acceptance of gays.
The High Court acquitted opposition leader Anwar on Monday of sodomizing a 26-year-old man in a case he claimed was politically motivated. Anwar last week told the AP he considers the anti-sodomy law archaic and easily abused to breed intolerance and invade people’s privacy.
Amnesty International on Monday called Malaysia’s law against sodomy “repressive,” while Human Rights Watch said it had “no place in (a) modern, progressive democracy.”

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