Archive for August, 2009
Straylight Performance Weekender With Amanda Coogan: The Call For Participants Begins Here.
Posted by admin in Latestnews on August 13th, 2009
Straylight is the visual art strand of the Darklight Film Festival.
For this year’s Straylight programme, artist Amanda Coogan and Straylight coordinator Niamh Murphy are hosting a weekend-long series of workshops and performance saloons for artists with an interest in creating work for performance. The workshops will explore the creation of both sequential and durational performance, and will culminate nightly in a live event open to the general public. The Darklight Performance Weekender takes place from at the Dublin Art Mill, off Frances Street, from Friday 9th – Sunday 11th October forthcoming: participation is free, and places are extremely limited. This is a unique opportunity to work with one of the country’s most acclaimed artists; the event is open to both emerging and established talent.
If you’re interested in participating in the Darklight Performance Weekender, or require further information, contact Niamh Murphy via nevostik76(at)gmail.com by 31st August 2009.
More on Amanda Coogan HERE.
Your New Favorite EU Viral, Part One
Posted by admin in Latestnews on August 11th, 2009
Thanks to all those who made Saturday’s Darklight/EU Democracy & Dialogue viral filmmaking workshop a massive success – you can view comprehensive footage from the day HERE. While you’re at it, enjoy the first of two viral videos produced by crack filmmaking teams on the day:
From The Vaults: Paddy Considine @ Darklight ‘08
Posted by admin in Latestnews on August 7th, 2009
A true gentleman. Fact. And one of the highlights of last year’s Darklight bash:
Video Painting Submissions For Open And Darklight
Posted by admin in Latestnews on August 6th, 2009
Open Gallery in association with Darklight Festival is looking for new Irish Artists, who
can add to the existing portfolio of the Open Gallery. We are looking for artists that
are willing to open themselves to new ways of seeing the world, free from the strictures
of our particular cultural understanding; through an exploration of the video painting
medium. Further information can be found at www.opengallery.co.uk/darklightcompetition
Open is a London gallery dedicated to the video painting: a new form of video art
pioneered by the Artscape Project. The origins of the Artscape Project can be found in
2001 when the first video paintings were shot by Hilary Lawson, a philosopher and
documentary film maker, in an attempt to escape the limitations of the traditional video
narrative. Subsequently, a collective of artists, including William Raban, Sanchita
Islam, Nina Danino, Tina Keane, and Isabelle Inghilieri, was formed to develop the video
painting medium.
Video paintings are filmed in a single take with a stationary camera. They contain no
edits or subsequent manipulation. Video paintings show the world in real time. The video
painting is non-narrative. There is no dialogue, no sound. In contrast to the film and
video tradition which has been dominated by the provision of meaning and understanding,
the video painting aims to show moving image in a different way and create a new visual
experience.
The competition is open to artists resident in the Republic of Ireland. Artists wishing
to enter should register at www.opengallery.co.uk/darklightcompetition by 18th August and
submit their video painting work by 1st September. Entries should be accompanied by:
-A current C.V. outlining your previous art / film history & education
-A brief statement about your submitted video work
-Up to 5 printed stills from your submitted video work
The short listed artists will have their work exhibited by Open Gallery at Darklight
2009, where a winner will be selected by a panel of judges. Work by the winner will then
be shown by Open at a series of exhibitions in the UK.
More on Open Gallery HERE.
Anyone For The Last Few Workshop Places?
Posted by admin in Latestnews on August 4th, 2009
We already had an amazing response to our Democracy & Dialogue competition – be sure to enjoy this brief message from the one and only Mister Hughie Dunne:
There are a few (and we mean three) places left for our FREE viral video workshop this Saturday – to nab a place, go HERE immediately. And yes, we’re busy working away on the 2009 Darklight programme. And yes, it’s going to be amazing.
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