Festival Miden 2010 took place at the traditional neighborhoods of Kalamata’s Historic Centre, at Amfias square, in July 8-10, 2010. In its sixth realization, more than 800 videos were submitted from every part of the world. During the three nights of the festival a selection of 181 videos were screened, including tributes to foreign festivals and art-groups, interactive programs and installations.
Basic theme screenings (Upstream Eyeglasses, Sound & Vision, Just A cause and The Moneying of Life) were curated by Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, while guest curator Maria Bourika curated a special theme program entitled Supernatural and architects Mariaggela Koutiva and Olga Brouma curated and presented Land/e/scape, a special screening focusing on the exploration of space.
Also, many collaborations and special tributes to partner groups and festivals were presented (selected and curated by Gioula Papadopoulou) including VideoChannel: Found Footage (Germany), Art by Chance (Turkey), Cronosfera: Visions from the Future (Italy), FixC (Finland), Bluck Duck & Red Nomade (UK and Spain), Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University (Corfu, Greece), an interactive exhibition by Cinematheque (Germany) and a presentation of Pixels Dance, an interactive installation by Aggelos Chronis.
Festival Miden 2010 was a production of “Sea Level” (urban, non-profit company) and was realized with the support of the Municipality of Kalamata, Kalamata’s Historic Centre Organisation and the Messinia Chamber of Commerce.
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Participant artists – Program 2010
Program: Main Screening
Thursday 8 July, Amfeia’s Square, 9.30 p.m.
SUPERNATURAL
1. Nurcan Ogazi – The light (2009), U.K., 2:00
2. Chiara Passa – Landspace (2008), Italy, 5:23
3. Silvia Giambrone – Translation (2009), Italy, 1:04
4. Gjert Rognli – The forgotten place (2009), Norway, 9:30
5. Panagiotis (Akakios) Gavriil – Pan Ela (2010), Greece, 2:25
6. Kathleen Kralowec – The Garden of Mirrors (2010), USA, 4:00
7. Robby Rackleff – Dark Fortress Occult Master of Space: CDX (2010), USA, 1:50
8. Radio Free Clear Light – Bacchanal (2009), USA, 2:45
9. Malaka Dewapriy – Earth (2009), Sri Lanka, 4:00
10. Michael Petri– Butterbread (2008), Austria-Germany-Romania, 17:30
11. Roy LaGrone – Smile Beacon (2006), Italy, 3:04
Duration: 54 min
UPSTREAM EYEGLASSES
1. Lemeh42 – Inner Sound (2010), Italy, 10:00
2. Sally Grizzell Larson – Axiom (2010), USA, 01:34
3. Tobias Zehntner – Aquarium (2008), Denmark, 1:58
4. Pasquale Calone – Ravelo of Babylon (2007), France, 8:03
5. Tina Willgren – Vehicles (2009), Sweden, 2:29
6. Lou Anne Colodny – 2042 (2008), USA, 02:22
7. Jacopo Jenna – The Visible Man (2008), Italy, 12:00
8. Mary Zygouri – Decadent parade (2007), Italy, 3:10
9. Panayota Tzamourani – Burn the Memory (2010), Greece, 2:00
10. Naren Wilks – Collide-O-Scope (2010), U.K., 3:24
11. Ivan Petkov – Hormonic Harmonic (2008), Austria, 7:07
Duration: 55 min
Friday 9 July, Amfeia’s Square, 9.30 p.m.
LAND/E/SCAPE
1. Giorgos Itoudis – Confetish, 2010, Greece, 1:41
2. Jorge Garcia – The Beast, 2009, Spain, 5:20
3. Are Hauffen – Oh Dear Father, 2006, Norway-Germany, 4:41
4. Patricija Gilyte – Behind the Danube, 2008-2009, Germany, 2:26
5. Wei-Ming Ho – The Art-Qaeda’s Project, 2010, Taiwan, 6:08
6. Justyna Misiuk – Hidden, 2010, Poland, 1:39
7. Amanda Gutierrez – Lost Landscape, 2010, Canada/Mexico, 5:12
8. Pedro Torres – Metascape, 2009, Spain, 3:56
9. Kandis Friesen – Rachki, 2010, Canada, 4:47
10. Tobias Zehntner – Trace, 2010, U.K., 1:34
11. Sabine Linse – Out in the green, 2005, Germany, 6:26
12. Andrea Biagioni – Tell me who I am, 2009, Italy, 4:55
13. Sarah Iremonger – Ode to Courbet, 2009, Ireland, 2:50
14. Maria Svoronou – The weakness within, 2009, U.K., 7:01
15. Georgia Touliatou – Theme from Autumn Drizzle, 2009, Greece, 1:40
16. Giorgos Maraziotis – Spring, 2009, Greece, 4:24
Duration: 65 min
SOUND & VISION
1. Lucas Bonini – Lucha Libre (2009), Brazil, 2:38
2. Polina Zioga – Tasman – Solace (2010), Greece, 3:12
3. Ulrike Geitel – 17-11-2007 (2010), Germany, 7:25
4. Kelly Oliver and Keary Rosen – First Firing (2007), USA, 2:35
5. Ocusonic – Why Do You Have a Beard? (2010), Ireland, 6:02
6. Antti Savela – My Way (2010), Sweden, 4:50
7. Anton Hecht – Carousel (2010), U.K., 4
8. Stavroula Chantzi – Cataracte (2006), France, 4:29
9. Joshua Pablo Rosenstock – Surveillance Suite (2009), USA, 6:24
10. Marie Losier – Slap the Gondola! (2010), USA, 14
11. Sharon A. Mooney – Stone Blind (2009), USA, 2:34
Duration: 58 min
Saturday 10 July, Amfeia’s Square, 9.30 p.m.
JUST A CAUSE
1. Josephin Bottger – Trapezoid 2 (2009), Germany, 6:22
2. Kandis Friesen – Trade (2010), Canada, 5:30
3. Bettina Mooshammer – Sunset (2010), Germany, 4:38
4. Chris Konteos – Tree (2009), Greece, 0:30
5. Danai Konstanta – Bon Appetit (2009), Greece, 0:51
6. Stelios Dexis/ Murto Vounatsou – Post body (2010), Greece, 4:20
7. Sonja Lotta – Are your eating it or is it eating you? (2009), Switzerland, 2:30
8. Maria Korporal – The Waltz (2010), Italy, 3:12
9. Eva Olsson – The last dance (2009), Sweden, 1:25
10. Myriam Thyes – Global Vulva (2009), Germany, 6:43
11. Ulf Kristiansen – The Care Bears (2010), Norway, 3:00
12. Hadas Tapouchi – The Salute (2009), Israel, 6:00
13. Mary Zygouri – Symbiosis (2007), Italy, 2:00
14. Marylaure Decurnex – The bad and the ugly (2010), Switzerland, 4:20
15. Nick Briz – A New Ecology for the Citizen of the Digital Age (2009), USA, 4:15
Duration: 57 min
THE MONEYING OF LIFE
1. Tiziana Contino – Different by, 2010, Italy, 4:00
2. Anna Vasof – Global game, 2008, Austria, 1:16
3. Anna Vasof – 1-100, 2008, Austria, 3:25
4. Laura Mergoni – Tombola, 2009, Italy, 4:00
5. Svjetlan Junakovic – My Way, 2010, Croatia, 7:00
6. Hyeseung Yoo – We are Friends, 2010, South Korea, 2:23
7. Marius Tanasescu – Virtual counting money machine (1152 $), 2010, Canada, 1:24
8. Jan Verbeek – Counterparts, 2010, Germany-Japan, 8:43
9. Danijel Zezelj – A Different Bunny, 2010, USA, 2:29
10. Jonathan Johnson – Us Dollar Dead End, 2010, USA, 1:41
11. Anna Vasof – Choalas’ Dance, 2008, Austria, 2:10
12. Emeka Ogboh – JOS 2010, 2010, Nigeria, 9:10
Duration: 48 min
Parallel program: Screen Β
Thursday 8 July, 9.30 p.m.
VIDEOCHANNEL: FOUND FOOTAGE!
The online platform “VideoChannel-video project environments”, based in Cologne, Germany, has been established as a significant international database for video art, featuring videos, screening projects and curatorial contributions from local and international festivals from all over the world. “Found footage” is a filmmaking term which describes a method of compiling films partly or entirely of footage which has not been created by the filmmaker, and changing its meaning by placing it in a new context. The term refers to the “found object” (object trouve) of art history.” The program is curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne.
Participant artists:
1. Bill Domonkos – Lu deux fois (2006), USA, 3:11
2. Deinse Hood – Real Life (2008), USA, 3:08
3. Dr. Boston – I wish I had a date (2006), USA, 3:15
4. Alexander Mouton – Stare (2009), USA, 1:40
5. James Woodward – The Annihilation of Michael Phelps (2008), USA, 0:30
6. Constantin Hartenstein – LIFTN (2008), Germany, 1:20
7. Dennis Summers – The Whipping Off Moss Distinction Blues (2005), USA, 4:45
8. Jennifer Schwed – How do you love (2009), USA, 4:33
9. Rajorshi Ghosh – Pig (2009), USA, 1:00
10. Johanna Reich – Blast (2008), Germany, 1:00
11. Toban Nichols – Battlestations! (2008), USA, 6:28
12. Maria Canas Reyes – The Toro’s Revenge (2006), Spain, 2:00
13. Larry Caveney – In the Defence of An Old Bank Robber (2008), USA, 2:09
Duration: 41 min
videochannel.newmediafest.org/
ART BY CHANCE 2010
ART BY CHANCE is a mobile festival based in Turkey and promoting international artists and works of small duration (under 1minute). The festival presents curated screening programs in various cities all over the world, in digital signage points and digital screens in unexpected places. Internationally selected and themed creative short films catch you unexpectedly while travelling in the subway, waiting at the airport, shopping or just strolling around, adding more art and colour to city life and city culture. Festival Miden presents their most recent selection, themed “Time”.
1. Emilia& Marek Straszak – 17.01.1922, Poland
2. Henriette Vogtherr – Before the Game is After the Game, Germany
3. Thomas Zachmeier – Contemplate Impermanence, Germany
4. Serhat Dogan- Jeff Treves – Cyclist, Turkey
5. Emmy Storm – Eindeloos, Belgium
6. Todd Herman – Eye, USA
7. Sylvain Favardin- Ludmila Korenarova – Follow the white rabbit, Belgium
8. Frank Becker- Bernd Straub Molitor – Half a minute of eternity, Germany
9. Eckhard Kruse – How to Use Time Flexibly, Germany
10. Appu N. Bhattathiri – Irreversible, India
11. Michael Ramsey – Is this your limb?, USA
12. Michal Wojtasik- Agnieszka Kosinska – Mechanism, Poland
13. Kathryn Maguire – Melt, Ireland
14. Ahmet Serif Yildirim- Davut Toy – Movemento, Turkey
15. Caroline Arce Herrero – No Time, Spain
16. Georgi Krastev – Parallel Spaces, Boulgaria
17. Pouya Ahmadi – Portrait and temporality, Switzerland
18. Christopher Dax Norman – Prelude to A Symphony (in Sweatch), USA
19. Ozgur Erman – Solid/ Liquid, Turkey
20. Manas Bhattacharya & Madhuban Mitra – Temp Mort (dead time), India
21. Caley Jane Dimmock – Thanks Warhol, Canada
22. Wiracha Daochai – The best Buddhist, Thailand
23. Alexander Schmutzler – Time cubed, Germany
24. Justin Lincoln – Time makes every static image dynamic, USA
25. Arttu Lehtovaara – Timebank, Finland
26. Daniel Coss & Niall Staines – Trains, dames & timetables, Ireland
27. Aaron Rositzka – Julius Krenz – Twentyfour seven, Germany
28. Emre Ozerden – Until, after, Turkey
29. Bele Albrecht – Up and down at day, Germany
30. Amila Galappatthi – Waiting, Sri Lanka
31. Zane Raudina – Wake Up, Latvia
Duration: 20 min
Cinematheque – FLASH & THUNDER
Flash & Thunder is a special interactive exhibition of Flash works, curated & programmed by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne for Cinematheque online platform. The program explores Flash as a medium and tool for artistic creations. The software program “FLASH” represents a vector based developing environment, which enables the creator to combine different media and develop vector based animations especially for the Internet. Artists captured it for artistic purposes, and it became one of the most popular software tools for the net, computer based animations and interactive applications like games.
Participant artists:
Aaron Oldenbourg (USA), Myriam Thyes (Switzerland), Bill Domonkos (USA), Renaud Vercey (France), David Clark (Canada), Roderick Coover (USA), Rita Sa (Portugal), Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo & Stephanie Strickland (USA), Alexander Moton (USA), Alan Bigelow (USA), Chris Joseph (U.K.), Edmond Salsali (USA), Hermes Mangialardo (Italy), Matthew Randall (U.K.)
Interractive installation
http://cinema.nmartproject.net/cinema_d/flash-feature.html
Friday 9 July, 9.30 p.m.
CRONOSFERA: VISIONS FROM THE FUTURE – IRIDESCENT WORLDS
A very interesting video art and new media festival that fuses Cinema, the Audio-Visual world and new technologies, conjugating Science and Art, based in Torino, Italy. Cronosfera presents a special selection from its recent 2010 edition “Visions from the future – Iridescent worlds”. “Visions from the future – Iridescent worlds” turns bright looks to the earth and the sky inspired by cosmological and cosmogonic visions, explores the alchemy of our earth, our history, the social evolution, spirituality and the mysteries surrounding man. Curators: Luisa Mizzoni [alias luxi lu], Emilio Corti, Francesca Mizzoni [alias Infrason]
Participant artists:
Angela Steffen – Lebensader
Tom Beddard – The Formula
Thobias Boesen – Out of a forest
Vladimir Todorovic – Silica_Esc
Isacco Vasapollo – Senza Titolo
Rimas Sakaluskas – Synchronisation
Massimo Avantaggiato – In exitu
Bryan Lunch & Petra Pokos – Seven shorts
David Montogomery – Elements of time
Thorsten Fleish – Dromosphere
David Pascal Panariello – La storia di Tich
Alessandro Vitali – Anthropomorphos
Fabio Scacchioli – Look at that fire
Luca Mander – Eppur si muove
Duration: 60 min
4 NOW
Four remarkable artists. A virtual coexistence.
1. Theodoros Zafeiropoulos – The Rafter of Medusa (2009), USA, 9:56
2. Konstantinos Tiligadis – Chink (2010), Greece, 3:57
3. Ronnie Cramer – Mugs (2009), USA, 4:00
4. Makis Faros – Αs this blood (2010), Greece, 1:33
Duration: 20 min
FixC co-operative: FIXATION
Helsinki-based FixC is an independent artists co-operative, which was launched to generate, distribute and promote video art, media art and experimental cinema and to produce curated touring exhibitions and screenings. They present in Festival Miden a program entitled “FIXATION”, a journey through many worlds of moving image works, made by 6 FixC co-operative artists.
Participant artists:
1. Juha van Ingen – Flutter (2006), 3:31
2. Maria Duncker – Love Bites (2004), 1:00
3. Seppo Renval – Exotique (2009), 9:00
4. Seppo Renvall – Planet of The Apes (2006), 2:45
5. Kari Yli-annala – A life of ones own (2008), 9:00
6. Maria Duncker – Holy road (2009), 2:19
7. Rita Jokiranta – Chasing Yesterday (2007), 3:24
Duration: 40 min
Saturday 10 July, 9.30 p.m.
Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University: student videos
Marianna Strapatsaki, an acclaimed Greek video-artist and Professor of the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, curates a special screening, presenting student videos from the Department of Audio & Visual Arts.
Participants:
1. Antonis Dimitropoulos
2. Christos Mitsianis
3. Viky Bisbiki
4. Christos Kalaitzoglou
5. Stefanos Papadas
6. Olga Doulkeridou
7. Konstantina Vetsiou
8. Stefanos Goutsios
9. Dimitris Politis
Duration: 24 min
http://www.ionio.gr/depts/avarts/
RED NOMADE and BLACK DUCK
BLACK DUCK undertakes curatorial projects to promote the work of contemporary artists working in performance, installation, digital media and video to an international audience. Projects include participation in festivals, international exchanges, exhibitions and events. RED NOMADE is an international cooperation project interested in the exchange of contemporary artists and intellectuals aiming to generate artistic, cultural and academic events in different cities in order to facilitate the meeting of visual artists, art critics, curators, writers and intellectuals. RED NOMADE and BLACK DUCK present in Festival Miden a program with recent works by 10 artists, curated by Cristina Ghetti and Ima Pico.
Participant artists:
1. Cristina Ghetti – Hypnoptic (2008), Argentina, 9:50
2. Dolo Piqueras – Diazepam (2007), Spain, 2:00
3. Laura Rodriguez Moscatel – Kromo Xoma (2008), Spain, 1:30
4. Rous Hernandez – Geometric Translation (2010), Spain, 1:48
5. Patrcicia Aragon Martin – Dots (2010), Spain, 1:45
6. Teresa Tomas – Son (2009), Spain, 1: 30
7. Zibe – Domingo (2009), Argentina, 3:24
8. Racciatti / Bobbio – Interestratos (2009), Argentina 5:48
9. Carolina Loyola-Garcia – Untold Coffee Stories (2006), USA, 4:00
10. Consuelo Zori – Habitat (2009), Argentina 1:25
Duration: 33 min
www.blackduckarts.blogspot.com
ANGELOS CHRONIS: PixelsDance
PixelsDance is an interactive installation that investigates the interaction of the body with the screen. Through the manipulation of a pixels field and the generation of sound, it provokes the viewer to transform the virtual space. A “pixels dance” is thus generated, translating the gestures of the performer to an evolving visual and music performance. Angelos Chronis studied Architecture and currently follows an MSc course on Adaptive Architecture & Computation, at Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London.
Interractive installation
Festival Miden 2010 collaborators:
Art Director-Curator:
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos
Curator of tributes and collaborations:
Gioula Papadopoulou
Guest curators:
Maria Bourika
Mariaggela Koutiva-Olga Brouma
Technical support:
Stavros Kapetis
Assistance:
Margarita Stavraki
Sibel Amet
Nikos Syrigos
Stavroula Baka
Poster 2010 image:
Laura Mergoni
Web design:
George Polychronidis
Christos Tsamardas
Many thanks to:
Theo Konstantopoulos, Marianna Strapatsaki, Ioannis Vlachogiannis, Filaretos Vourkos, Olga Papadopoulou and Youth Center of Kalamata for their help
Partner groups and festivals:
Communication Sponsors:
Supporters:
Under the auspices of the Municipality of Kalamata
With the support of the Messinian Chamber of Commerce
Festival Miden is organized
by Sea Level
(urban, non-commercial company)