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E-MOTIONAL BODIES&CITIES OPEN HOUSE

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During the “Open House” meeting we will introduce you to the mobility and artistic exchange project E-Motional Bodies & Cities. We will describe the various opportunities the project offers to the artists and art managers who wish to share their experience and ideas in the field of contemporary dance.

There are four Latvian artists who have joined the project now: Olga Zitluhina, Kaspars Lielgalvis, Katrina Albuze and Anna Dubrovska. At the open house meeting they will tell about their current artistic work and give an insight of their involvement in E- Motional Bodies & Cities project.

Besides, you will have an opportunity to meet Romanian artists – Mihaela Dancs and Madalina Dan – who have spent 28 days in artistic residence in Riga. They have lived in the Floating Arts Centre Noass in September, 2011, working on a dance piece that will be premiered in October, 2011, and performed for a wide Latvian audience in November, 2011. In the evening of September 27th Mihaela and Madalina will present an outcome of their creative process in Riga.

Meeting will end with friendly informal chat over a glass of wine.

Although the atmosphere is supposed to be warm, don’ t forget to take a) pullover for the chilly autumn evening on the Floating Art Centre!

E-Motional Bodies & Cities is a mobility and artistic exchange dance programme, gathering artists and managers from frorm five Europian countries – Cyprus, Ireland, Great Britain, Latvia, Romania. Project`s co–organizer in Latvia is Association of Professional Contemporary Dance Choreographers in Latvia.

Additional information about the project: www.e-motional.eu and www.dance.lv

Additional information about the event: Ilze Zīriņa, director at Association of Professional Contemporary Dance Choreographers in Latvia, e-mail: ilzezirina@gmail.com

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This invitation reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

This project has been co financed by Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia.

WATERPIECES 2011, SEPTEMBER 8 -10

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FESTIVALS FIRST DAY

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September 8 – Opening day

20:00 Opening of The Festival

20:30 – 23:00 “CologneOFF VII” programme

Inner war (50 min.)
Mysterious Entanglements (50 min)
A Matter of Identity (50 min)

23:00 – 00:30 Selection of works from 15th Japan Media Arts Festival (JMAF) Part I

Parallel to the screenings of Waterpieces 5 instalations from CologneOFF will take place on the floating art centre “Betanovuss”. Videoart from the countries around the Baltic Sea:

1. Germany curated by Agricola de Cologne / Poland curated by Antoni Karwowski
2. Russia curated by Vika Ilyushkina / Finland curated by Pekka Ruuska
3. Sweden curated by Jonas Nilsson / Eva Olsson / Norway curated by Margarida Paiva
4. Estonia curated by Raivo Kelomees / Iceland / Denmark / Latvia / Lithuania curated by Agricola de Cologne
5. The Caucasians: Solo – Irena Gabiani (Georgia), Videoart from Armenia

WATERPIECES 2011

FESTIVALS SECOND DAY

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September 9 – 2nd Day of the Festival

20:30 – 22:00 “CologneOFF VII” programme Art and the City

Mirrors (45 min.)
Velvet Undergraund (45 min.)

22:00 – 23:30 Selection of Films from The Archive of The International Short Film Festival Oberhauzen

Parallel to the screenings 5 programmes in the exhibition:

1. Still Fighting – Videoart from Africa
2. Solo Larissa Sansour / Videoart from Palestine
3. Black & White – CologneOFF VII – special selection
4. Land-scaping – CologneOFF VII – special selection
5. Expression of Freedom – Ex-Soviet Union

WATERPIECES 2011

FESTIVALS THIRD DAY

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September 10 – Final day of the Festival and Contemporary Culture Forum “White Night”

19:00 – 22:00 Ambient Music Evening “Skaļā daba”

22:00 – 22:30 presentation of works from Waterpieces animation workshop “Naive Animation in Naive Art Museum”

22:30 – 23:30 “CologneOFF” programme “1 minute Cologne” – 60×60 60 videos in 60 minutes

23:30 – 01:00 Selection of works from 15th Japan Media Arts Festival (JMAF) Part II

Parallel to the screenings 5 programmes in the exhibition:

1. Videoart from Chile & Argentina
2. Space, Colour & Emotions – videoart from Latin America
3. 20/20 & Home-made Videos – Hong Kong
4. Blackmail – Solo: Marianna & Daniel O’Reilly (UK)
5. Inner Ruling: Perceiving the Real – videoart from Asia

WATERPIECES 2011

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:14:14 +0000

10. septembrī festivāla "Ūdensgabali" noslēgumā bērnu rīts piedāvā tautas mūzikas vakara programmu SKAĻĀ DABA

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Uz AB dambja no 18. – 22. augustam budistu mūki veidos smilšu mandalu

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Peldošais mākslas centrs NOASS un Betanovuss Rīga, AB - Dambis 2, Rīga, LV-1050 Mākslinieka Rīgā veidoto darbu prezentācija 23. augustā plkst. 19:00

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

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Entering its second decade, this year’s “International Contemporary and Video Art Festival WATERPIECES” will set off around the world, offering visitors to the festival not only the latest trends and developments within video art, but also colourful and attractive selections of works from the most diverse countries and regions.

From 2 – 4 September we will kick off the festival with a creative animation workshop “Naïve animation at the Naïve Art Museum” which will be run by “Multenkulten” Studio, and attended by a select group of invited participants aged from 16 – 116 years. Apply for the workshop.

This year’s Waterpieces Festival has the special honour of welcoming the travelling video festival “CologneOFF – Video Art in the Global Context” programme, which combines video selections from all over the world. On the opening day of the festival, a lecture on video art in the global context will be given by CologneOFF Director Wilfried Agricola de Cologne.

“Cologne OFF” is one of the world’s most notable video festivals and stands out through the geographical diversity of its video selections, as well as the number of art curators it invites. Throughout 2011, the travelling video festival programme has visited more than 40 countries across six continents.

The festival’s traditional nightly outdoor screenings will also be held continuing the festival’s long-standing collaboration with the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, as well as the Japan Media Arts Festival.

This year, Oberhausen will present a programme of video works by young artists, while over two evenings the Japan Media Arts Festival will showcase the latest achievements in technology, as well as accenting the impact of pop culture and the development of video.

As part of the “White Night” Contemporary Art Festival – saying neither yes nor no, nor white, nor black – the conclusion of Waterpieces will be rounded off by an evening of ambient music “Noisy Nature” (Skaļā darba), as well as a presentation of video works created by the participants in the animation workshop.

During the festival, “Betanovuss” Floating Arts Centre will host an exhibition in which five different selections of video works will be shown every evening, showcasing programmes compiled by different curators from all over the world comprised of colourful, vivid and captivating works of video art, as well as three works made by Finish video artist Eric Mutel in 2010 – “2x IS”, ”Warm up”, “Mute”.

We look forward to seeing you soon at the 11th International Contemporary and Video Art Festival Waterpieces!

PROGRAMME:

September 8 – Opening day

20:00 Opening of The Festival

20:30 – 23:00 “CologneOFF VII” programme

Inner war (50 min.)
Mysterious Entanglements (50 min)
A Matter of Identity (50 min)

23:00 – 00:30 Selection of works from 15th Japan Media Arts Festival (JMAF) Part I

Parallel to the screenings of Waterpieces 5 instalations from CologneOFF will take place on the floating art centre “Betanovuss”. Videoart from the countries around the Baltic Sea:

September 9 – 2nd Day of the Festival

20:30 – 22:00 “CologneOFF VII” programme Art and the City

Mirrors (45 min.)
Velvet Undergraund (45 min.)

22:00 – 23:30 Selection of Films from The Archive of The International Short Film Festival Oberhauzen

Parallel to the screenings 5 programmes in the exhibition:

September 10 – Final day of the Festival and Contemporary Culture Forum “White Night”

19:00 – 22:00 Ambient Music Evening “Skaļā daba”

22:00 – 22:30 presentation of works from Waterpieces animation workshop “Naive Animation in Naive Art Museum”

22:30 – 23:30 “CologneOFF” programme “1 minute Cologne” – 60×60 60 videos in 60 minutes

23:30 – 01:00 Selection of works from 15th Japan Media Arts Festival (JMAF) Part II

Parallel to the screenings 5 programmes in the exhibition:

ORGANIZED BY:

SUPPORTED BY:

ABLV Charitable Foundation

15TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

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Japan Media Arts Festival now are accepting entries on works for the 15th festival.

Application period: From Friday, July 15, 2011. Applications must arrive on or before Thursday, September 22, 2011.

Application form: Application website

Entry Divisions: Art, Entertainment, Animation, Manga

1. Art Division

Artwork created with computers or other electronic devices.
Interactive art, media installations, video works, digital photographs, graphic art, website works, etc.

2. Entertainment Division

Entertainment created with computers or other electronic devices.
Games (including web games and social network games), video works (music videos, publicity films including TV commercials, digital special effects videos), toys (including figures), character merchandise, website works (including advertisements, etc.), application software, etc.

3. Animation Division

Theatrical animation.
TV animation;
Other original animation, animated short films, etc.

4. Manga Division

Published in book form.
Published in magazines (including works still being serialized).
Produced independently and in small private magazines.
Produced on websites (PC/mobile), etc.

Awards:

For each division, one Grand Prize, four Excellence Awards and three New Face Awards will be awarded on the basis of artistic quality and creativity. In addition, a Special Achievement Award will be awarded on the recommendation of the jury to a person or group having made a special contribution to media art in the four specified divisions.

Grand Prize: Certificate from Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Trophy - 600,000 Japanese Yen.

Excellence Award: Certificate from Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Trophy - 300,000 Japanese Yen.

New Face Award: Certificate from Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Trophy - 200,000 Japanese Yen.

Special Achievement Award: Certificate from Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Trophy. Jury Selection - Works considered to have special merit will be exhibited or screened along with the award-winning works at international media art and film festivals in Japan and elsewhere.

■ Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Tokyo Midtown

■ Exhibition of Award-winning Works:

Wednesday, February 22 through Sunday, March 4, 2012

The National Art Center, Tokyo

Please visit the official website for more information. Official website: http://bunka-jmaf.jp/en

Special program from Japan Media Arts Festival will be shown at International contemporary and video art festival Waterpieces 2011 at September 8 and 10 at the Floating Art Centre Noass and Betanovuss, AB dam 2, Riga.

Wish you good luck,

Culture and Art’s Project NOASS team.