Newsletter: Film and Video Programme

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Newsletter from 12.01.2009 transmediale.09 DEEP NORTH 28.01. - 01.02.2009 House of World Cultures Berlin, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 Film and Video Programme

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1. Screening Territories 2. Melting Fridges 3. State/s of Emergency 4. Recipes for Disaster 5. Competition programmes

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1. Screening Territories Under the leitmotif 'Screening Territories' the film and video section of transmediale.09 explores the theme of this years' festival. Together with the works from the international competition and a series of compilation programmes by invited guest curators , the programme includes more than 70 current productions by international artists The compilation programmes mainly feature selections from the entries to the transmediale award competition 2009 - where the majority of this year's award submissions may also be viewed at the project library in the foyer of the House of World Cultures throughout the period of the festival. Two special programme contributions come from invited guest curators. The Berlin based film curators Marcel Schwierin and Florian Wuest have compiled the two part programme 'Melting Fridges' and Marlene Rigler from Argos Arts in Brussels has curated a special selection of works entitled 'State/s of Emergency'. Many of the artists will be present at the festival providing an opportunity for discussion after the presentation of their work. On Sunday, February 1, the programme closes with the preview of the annual transmediale video selection. All film and video programmes will be on show at the theatre hall in House of World Cultures, admission is 6 euros, reduced 5 euros.

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2. Melting Fridges curated and presented by Marcel Schwierin & Florian Wuest Part I, Fri 30.01. 18.30 hrs Part II Sat 31.01. 15 hrs The refrigerator is among the most important technical achievements of everyday life and thus extends the so-called cooling chain. By means of this chain it is possible to preserve and eat perishable food independent of the time of year and to thus prevent typical nutritional deficiencies. In the 1950s the refrigerator, in addition to the car, television, and washing machine, symbolised the domestic modernity of the 'economic miracle'. Nevertheless, the electric refrigerator is a paradox: It cools its interior by heating up its surroundings and thereby becomes a reflection of a desolate progress-oriented society which enjoys its luxury on the inside at the cost of destroying its environment on the exterior. Part I: Dieter Werner for AEG, Lebensmittel im Eisschlaf, brd, 1960, 14:00 | Jorgen Leth, The Perfect Human, dk, 1967, 13:00 | Jam Handy for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Match Your Mood, us, 1968, 6:30 | Chris Welsby, Sky Light, uk, 1988, 26:00 | Bill Plympton for MTV, Acid Rain, us, 1989, 0:45 | Guido van der Werve, Nummer acht - Everything is going to be alright,nl, 2007, 10:00 | Part II: Edgar Reitz, Geschwindigkeit, brd, 1962, 13:00 | Takahiko Iimura, Kuzu (Junk), jp, 1962, 12:00 | Roland Goeschl & Otto M. Zykan for Humanic, Umweltschutzmauer at, 1972, 0:30 | John Halas, Automania 2000, uk, 1963, 10:00 | Gerhard Ruehm for Humanic, Wachstum, at, 0:20 | Pavel Medvedev, On the Third Planet from the Sun, ru, 2006, 31:00 |

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3. State/s of Emergency curated and presented by Marlene Rigler Sat, 31.01. 17.30 hrs Besides indicating a geographical direction, 'Deep North' is a powerful metaphor describing a state of paralysis in which an individual, a group or even a whole nation can find themselves as a result of being cut-off from the greater other. Indeed restrained contact with the outside world creates a state of isolation comparable to the common image of the northern hemisphere. On a social and political level, the concept of 'north' is particularly interesting in reference to examples taken from recent history, such as the Cold War resulting in the Berlin Wall, and the long-term conflicts in the Middle East. Living under such extreme conditions undoubtedly affects human relationships: social and emotional bonds are gradually decomposing due to the unfriendly climate, provoking a state of emergency at the level of the individual. By considering Deep North as a social metaphor, the works selected by Argos Centre for Art and Media emphasize the urge for transformation; through the awakening of new ideas, significant power shifts, and the sharing of interests, the ice can finally melt away, both in private relationships and in the realm of public politics. Hans op de Beeck, The Stewarts have a party, be, 2006, 4:19 | Nicolas Provost, Yellow Mellow, be, 2002, 2:38 | Hans op de Beeck, Coffee, be, 1999, 3:12 | Adam Leech, Silver Leaf, be, 2007, 6:00 | Dora Garcia, Zimmer, Gespraeche, de, 2006, 28:09 | Herman Asselberghs, Altogether, be, 2008, 17:38 | Vincent Meessen, A broken rule, be, 2007, 02:06 |

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4. Recipes for Disaster Sun, 01.02. 17.00 hrs Director John Webster convinces his wife and two small children that the whole family go on a one year 'oil diet', without having to give up their middle class suburban lifestyle. All the everyday things that we don't do, or that we cannot help doing, make up recipes for disaster. In this comedy of errors, they find themselves questioning their values and putting their willpower and, ultimately, their happiness to the test. John Webster, Recipes for Disaster / Katastrofin aineksia, fi, 2008, 85:00

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5. Competition programmes Deep Space Recordings Wed, 28.01. 14 hrs Andrea Polli, Ground Truth, us, 2008, 8:16 | Mario Asef, Bothered by the Border, kr/de, 2008, 5:44 | Liu Wei, Hopeless Land, cn, 2008, 7:16 | Larissa Sansour, A Space Exodus, dk, 2008, 4:27 | Lotte Schreiber, Borgate, at, 2008, 15:00 | Beatrice Gibson, A necessary music, uk/us 2008, 20:00 | Re:Nature Wed, 28.01. 18 hrs Florian Gwinner, Dekoration, de, 2007, 5:22 | Trish Adams, Host, au, 2008, 5:00 | Verena Maas, Brown, de/uk, 2008, 26:00 | Rainer Gamsjaeger, Trifter 1, at, 2008, 8:00 | Joanna Hoffmann, Secret Life, pl, 2008, 10:59 | Joern Staeger, Reise zum Wald, de, 2008, 7:00 | Field Textures Thu, 29.01. 13 hrs SOLU, Kamos Trilogy, fi, 2008, 10:08 | Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Night Sweat, at, 2008, 10:00 | Michael Aschauer, 24/7, Into the Direction of the Light, at, 2008, 8:43 | Elke Groen, Nightstill, at, 2007, 9:00 | Pink Twins, Pulse+, fi, 2007, 4:00 | Michaela Schwentner, Bellevue, at, 2008, 9:00 | Brigitta Wuersch, Green 1, ch, 2008, 3:21 | Momoko Seto, Planet A, fr, 2008, 10:00 | Distant Grounds Thu, 29.01. 16 hrs Etta Saefve, Unwavering (Sisyphus), nl/se, 2006-07, 4:00 | Roberto Bellini, Jardim Invisivel / Invisible Garden, br/us, 2008, 15:00 | Manuel Knapp, Distorted Areas~0.1', at, 2008, 4:34 | Angelika Brudniak / Cynthia Madansky, Minot, North Dakota, at/us, 2008, 18:00 | Mark Boswell, Unknown Unknow(s), us, 2008, 13:43 | Etta Saefve, Unfinished Harbor (Narcissus), nl/se, 2008, 5:54 | Manon de Boer, Two Times, be, 2008, 11:00 | Failing Relations Fri, 30.01. 13 hrs Claudia Salamanca, Muerte de un silo tiempo / Death at once, co/us, 2008, 10:24 | Karel De Cock, Resonance, be, 2008, 18:30 | Theo Ligthart, Peinliche Ordnung, de, 2008, 13:00 | Mihai Grecu, Coagulate, fr, 2008, 6:00 | Culture Panic Fri, 30.01. 16 hrs Surekha Kumar, Line of Control, in, 2008, 2:50 | Esther Johnson, Celestial, uk, 2007, 15:25 | Eric Schockmel, Syscapes # Interlude, uk, 2008, 22:28 | Joanna Hoffmann, Life is, pl, 2008, 14:00 | Bertrand Dezoteux, Le Corso, fr, 14:00, 2008 | Kristian Labusga, Rebel with a cause, de, 2008, 2:17 | Transit Spaces Sat, 31.01. 12 hrs Neil Beloufa, Kempinski, ml/fr, 2007, 13:58 | Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino, Not enough night, us, 2007, 7:44 | Markus Wambsganss, In Uranias, de/ir/us, 2007 / 2008, 16:31 | Joanne Richardson, In Transit, us/ro, 2008, 29:30 | Optical Vacuum Sun, 01.02. 14 hrs Barbara Musil, Market Sentiments, at/ee, 2007, 4:00 | Dariusz Kowalski, Optical Vacum, at, 2008, 55:00 | transmediale.09 video selection Sun, 01.02. 19.30 hrs The transmediale.09 video selection includes video works that come from a broad range of submissions to this year's festival competition, which will be presented worldwide in the annual tour programme in a similar constellation.

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