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This project has been funded with support
from the European Commision.
>>> BIENNALE! ARTIST FILM AND VIDEO
>>> Raum 3 Berlin, Ziegelstrasse 20, 10117 Berlin
>>> Eröffnung, Friday 17. Juni 2005, 7 - 10 PM
This Friday, Raum 3 will launch an eight day presentation of a selection of
works from the 2005 'Biennale! Artists Film and Video,' which was originally
organized by Anthony Gross for the temporarycontemporary, a small non-profit art
space in London. A total of eight works will be featured as a projection over
the next week, and will also be available for viewing on demand.
OPENING NIGHT FEATURE
FRIDAY, 17. Juni 2005, 7-10 pm
Mark Aerial Waller's Reversion of the Beast Folk (2004)
a ritualistic recreation of HG Wells' "The Island of Dr. Moreau"
Working through drawing, props, and site specific sculpture and installation,
Waller has been engaged in a critical re-evaluation of cinema. He is the founder
of The Wayward Cannon, a platform for event-based interventions in film and
television. His projects are typically durational, and introduce a specific
relationship between the films and the spaces in which they are presented; they
have included: a 15-hour monument to Fassbinder's "Berlin Alexanderplatz" (1980)
and "Simon & The Radioactive Flesh" a compilation of artist video's which aim to
adulterate Louis Bunuel's "Simon of the Desert" (1965).
Reversion of the Beast Folk (14 min) will be screened continuously from 7 to 10
pm on Friday evening, and features an accompanying light show. This event
represents the first presentation of Waller's work in Berlin.
SATURDAY, 18. Juni: Jen Wu
YouthInAsia1: Killing Me Softly (2005)
Wu uses personal experience as source material for the production of
installation work and video. In YouthInAsia, home-video footage of one of the
artist's teenage piano recitals is deployed to comment on the ritualized
violence of social interactions.
SUNDAY, 19. Juni: Damon Packard
Reflections of Evil (2002)
In execution and tone, Reflections of Evil is both a fairy tale and a horror
film set against the backdrop of Los Angeles' most visited theme parks. Since
its release, the work has achieved a cult status, and is as much a grotesque
comedy as it is a cruel engagement with Steven Spielberg's Hollywood. 120 min
MONDAY, 20. Juni: Lu Chunsheng
The History of Chemistry (2004)
A captain and crew traverse a sparse landscape-- a journey which begins in a
rocky coastal terrain and eventually reaches an industrialized site. Nearly
without dialogue, the narrative arc of The History of Chemistry is a productive
working through of absence, and the negotiation of psychic and physical space.
29 min
TUESDAY, 21. Juni: David Blandy
What is Soul? (2002)
In What is Soul?, Blandy is seated in a bedroom as he lip-syncs to R&B music. The work actively participates in the debates surrounding the
commercial marketing of so-called "ethnic" and "urban" music to white audiences;
as we watch the video, the authenticity of the artist's identification with
black experience is called into question.
WEDNESDAY, 22. Juni: Josefina Posch
No Comment (2003)
A snippet of the news shot during the American invasion of Afghanistan is
excerpted and slowed down. At this reduced speed, the colors which characterize
the standard news set and the station logo become hyperreal, as much as the
asinine giddiness of the newscasters turns sinister.
THURSDAY, 23. Juni: Oriana Fox
Consciousness, Understanding N' Trust (2004)
Fox assumes a number of feminine guises in her work, roles which ultimately do
not offer the most flattering depiction of female social dynamics. In this
highly post-feminist work, the artist's campy performance take place within a
range of domestic spaces that act as a forum, allowing her to explore questions
of her own identity.
FRIDAY, 24. Juni: Francis Lamb
The Fantasist (2003)
Lamb writes that she is interested in "how representations of space specific to
film affect both our imagination and our perception of our environment." He
isolates specific moments in film and re-edits them in order to emphasize the
emptiness and artificiality of its constructed worlds. As part of this project,
he has used video in The Fantasist as a means of unveiling cinematic conventions
and the discourses which surround it.
Raum 3 is the project space of Bootlab e.v., a non-profit organization, which
hosts a number of groups and individuals working on media related projects. Our
research interests include ASCII strategies, surveillance, copyright, wireless
networks, free radio (reboot.fm), and Open Source. Located in Berlin-Mitte,
Bootlab is housed in the former Telegraphy Center of Berlin, which also once
served as the headquarters for the East German Telecom. Bootlab has received
project support from the European Culture Commission, Kulturstiftung des Bundes,
the Heinrich Boell Stiftung and the Berlin City Council.
Contact and Hours
Bootlab: RAUM 3
Ziegelstrasse 20 - 10117 Berlin-Mitte
S-Bhf Oranienburger Strasse
Mo-Sa: 14-18 Uhr, So: 16-20 Uhr
T: +49 (0)30 26329577, M: +49 (0)176 235 949 26
http://www.bootlab.org/raum3
http://www.tempcontemp.co.uk
for more information, please contact: alena@bootlab.org
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