[ARENA] 國際錄影節 2011 2nd Macau International Video Art Festival

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*國際錄影節 2011 2nd Macau International Video Art FestivalVAFA 2011 opens on
Dec 2 -Dec 31, 2011


The 2nd VAFA (Video Art For All) - organized by Art For All Society (AFA)
and Fundação Oriente – will be held at the Temporary Exhibitions Gallery
and auditorium of Casa Garden - Fundação Oriente from December 2nd to 31st.

Exhibition:

Alessandro Rolandi – One Harmonious afternoon – Italy/China – 11’50’’
Chris Dupuis – Just Friends – Canada – 4’30’’
Christoph Oertli – Kontinente – Switzerland – 7’13’’
Jean-Michel Roland – Technotools – France – 5’45’’
João Felino – Red – Portugal – 9’49’’
Jonas Nilsson – Seclusion II – Sweden – 3’54’’
Jorge Catoni – Chile Play Today – Chile – 00’30’’
Liao Chi Hu – Lydia/Hina/Elena/Lucy/Sarah/Ji-Min – Taiwan – 8’18’’
Piyarat Piyapongwiwat – Snowy Night – Thailand – 4’44’’
Rui Calçada Bastos – All That Glitters – Portugal/Germany – 2’12’’ (Prize
winner)


The Second International Open Call Festival for Video Art in Macau received
165 submissions from 99 artists with origins in 38 countries from all over
the world. The four regions of China – Mainland (7), Macau (6), Hong Kong
(6) Taiwan (6) - totalizing 25 artists presents the largest number of
artists in competition. USA comes second with 15 and Portugal third with 9.
Other countries include Germany, Sweden, England, Italy, Turkey,India,
Singapore and Chile.

The works submitted provided an exceptional debate between the members of
the jury validating the very diverse and unique creative force behind
today’s video art.

After a close examination on the submitted works the jury composed of
artists and curators: João Vasco Paiva from Hong Kong, Alice Kok and José
Drummond from Macau, all agree to award the piece “All That Glitters” from
Portuguese born and Berlin resident artist Rui Calçada Bastos. Rui Calçada
Bastos - that has a close relationship with Macau and had exhibited in 2010
with AFA - entered the competition with one of his most appealing,
mysterious and contemplative video works instantly winning the appreciation
of the jury.
There were no fixed criteria concerning work theme or form as long as it
could be understood as contemporary art and it was a difficult decision to
agree on 10 artists for VAFA exhibition.

About 30 other works will be shown during the festival on three screening
sessions: “Moving and not moving” (focusing on narrative forms of video),
“Animart” (animation as a common cultural ground), and “Like unlike” a
special Macau, HK, Taiwan & China selection.

Screenings:

Moving and not moving – 44’53’’

Anders Weberg – Dualism – Sweden – 2’51’’
Christin Bolewski – Mountain Water Painting – Germany – 6’13’’
Era Vati – Apple – Hungary – 3’35’’
Gili Avissar – Night Ride – Israel/Germany – 00’56’’
José Maçãs de Carvalho – Des Voeux Road (forever young) – Portugal – 3’49’’
Mariana Viegas – Mehr Licht – Portugal – 3’17’’
Sherman Ong – Tickets – Singapore – 10’22’’
Stefan Baltensperger – A Journey (Myanmar) – Switzerland – 1’27’’
Stefan Riebel – Untitled #64, #68, #75 – Germany – 2’32’’
Susanne Wiegner – One Moment Passes – Germany – 3’00’’
Vasilis Psarras – Nostalgia – UK/Greece – 6’51’’

Animart – 44’51’’

Dionisis Christofilogiannis – Pricra – Greece – 4’00’’
Eva Olsson – The Labyrinth – Sweden – 3’40’’
Fritz Gnad – Landscape Of Political Parties – Germany – 1’57’’
Henry Gwiazda – USA – 2’03’’
Ho Wei-Ming – Taiwan – 6’26’’
Hua Peng – Inhibited The Time To Live – China – 4’41’’
Isabella Gresser – Essay About Tiredness – Germany – 8’00’’
Markus Soukup – Masque – Germany/UK – 3’21’’
Marteen Van Maanen – Holland – 5’00’’
Russell J Chartier – Devil On a Dam – USA – 5’43’’

Like unlike – 44’46’’

Hsiao Yu-chi – Under Water – Taiwan – 0’50’’
Kenji Wong – Parade – HK – 5’25’’
Lampo Leong – Transformations and Memory – Macau/USA – 6’26’’
Peng Yun – Basic Introduction – China/Macau – 3’31’’
Silas Fong – Asleep – HK – 5’30’’
Tian Xiaolei – Paradise – China – 5’20’’
Wong Guy Shawn – Escape – HK – 1’00’’
Lucky Flower – Lotus Pond at Southern Chinese Riverside Town – China –
10’31’’
Niu Chun-Chiang – Taiwan – 6’13’’

Opening hours:
11am to 8pm from 2nd to 31st of December, 2011（closed on Sunday).
This event is partly sponsored by Secretariat of Social Affairs and Culture
and the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macao SAR Government. For inquiries,
please call 853-2836 6064, email to: afamacao  gmail.com or visit our
website: www.afamacau.com.

VAFA - Video Art For All
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