Impakt Invites: LOOP Barcelona
Thursday, October 15 2009 / 19:00
Filmtheater 't Hoogt, Hall 2
LOOP is a platform devoted to the promotion of video art. It organizes an international event that takes place in Barcelona every year in May. Next to the LOOP Fair, the first art fair specialized in video art, the event includes LOOP Festival, a festival that involves the city of Barcelona and LOOP Panels, a programme with seminars, artist-talks and curated presentations. Emilio Alvarez, one of the directors of LOOP will present a selection of Highlights of LOOP’09 that was organized from May 21 to 31, 2009.
www.loop-barcelona.com
Maïder Fortuné
La Licorne (France, 2005, video, 7:00 min) (works)
In
a confined room enclosed with black walls, a light magnifies the body of
a mythical animal, a white unicorn. A black rain begins to fall, the ...
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook (Thailand, 2008, video, 18:00 min) (works)
This
video is one out of a series of international encounters between
classical paintings and Thai villagers and farmers.
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook’s The
Two Planets series explores
how narratives of art ...
Delay Glass
Txuspo Poyo (Spain, 2007, video, 8:54 min) (works)
Delay
Glass makes a reference to the unfinished work by Marcel Duchamp, "The
large Glass" in a simulation where scientific contributions, technology,
mechanical and erotic acquire a rotating ...
Bade Area
Chen Chieh-jen (Taiwan, 2005, video, 30:00 min, silent) (works)
This
film was made in the Bade Area of Taoyuan County, Taiwan. Chen Chieh-jen
invited local temporary laborers to wander around the area, and enter
office buildings and ...
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