oops ! sorry bout the cross - mr stubbs chucked me a googli forced my hand somewhat though ...
relatively recently begun the process of being a maker, living in process, rather than as consumer, being processed, with a passionate though not exclusive emphasis on sculpting aural cinematix artist is a label i have yet to become comfortable with due in part to my small-steel-town roots ‘n cultcha, and, the numerous stars-in-their-i-i-i wannabe's who currently sicken with their gutless oh-so-radical conformity below is a post just received - too late for most i realise (inc. me unfortunately) but if your anywhere near ... here's to "kicking against the pricks" and support your local variant ! peace mark 26-28 February 2002 @ Leeds University Roger Stevens Building Theatre 22, 6-9pm Free Entry, Children & Donations Welcome Roger Stevens Building Overlooks the Water Fountain Opposite the Sports Centre at the Bottom of Campus Tuesday 26th February Feature: H3 6.55pm 6.10 Lush (Lou Danby UK, 2001,12m) A funky video montage presenting Leeds as a multicultural city. 6.22 Simulacrum (Anita Doron Canada, 2001, 26m) In a pre-apocalyptic, futuristic Soviet World, a woman named Dallas faces unsympathetic bureaucrats after her identity has been sabotaged. 6.55 H3 (Les Blair ,Ireland, 2001, 2hr) The inside story of one of the most remarkable prison protests in history. Wednesday 27th Features: Genoa No Answers followed by George Monbiot 6.10 Perception (Stefen Lewis ,New Zeland, 2001, 7m) When a blind man meets a small boy in an alleyway , nothing is quite what it seems. 6.17 Havana in Ninety (UK,2001, 3m) A look at Old Havana, declared World heritage by Unesco in 1982. 6.20 Funclub (Funclubbers UK, 2001, 1m) A hidden camera follows a man exercising his consumers rights 6.21 Say no to Leonard Chesire (Outside Centre, UK, 2m) A response to charity advertising. 6.24 Daily News (Marko Batista Slovenia 4m) A film about differences, politicians, protests and the great speeches!!! 6.29 Dialogue (Mathew Etches ,Canada,2001) A short film that explores how identities are created, and how one woman chooses to take an active role in her own identity. 6.40 The Conversation Stops (Lolita Stewart-White & Cheryl Whitehead,US.2001) Claims of racism, sexual harassment and homophobia encircle the Lechner Corporation. 7-8pm Genoa No Answers (Stephano Lorenzi Italy 2001, 1h) An independent production which aims to set the record straight after the barrage of state and capitalist anti-protestor propaganda which followed the violence in late July 2001. This is an Italian film and is translated in subtitles. 8.10-9pm George Monbiot talk on globalisation, protest and corporate takeover Thursday 28 Features: Talk by Greg Palast/Area K 6-7.15 Greg Palast (Newsnight, Observer) talks about his new book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, including the theft of the US Presidency by W 7.25 Seconds Away (Helen Mason ,UK, 2001, 3m) British drivers regularly break the speed limit on all cases of roads, at all times of the day and on all days of the week. 7.28 The Occupation (Year Zero UK, 2001, 16m) An imaginative and formally inventive documentary about the gentrification and (supposed) regeneration of the East End of London. 7.44 Academy for Plumbers (Simon Green ,UK, 2001, 14m) A pale faced man embarks on his first day at the Academy for Plumbers. A subterranean moss infested hovel, where students are clad in dirty overalls and oily faces. Programmed by a monstrous instructor, it is a tale about gravity and air, a surreal journey unbound by time, of a mans quest for freedom. 8pm Area K (Nadav Harel & Ramon Bloomberg US, 2001, 52m) Between the signing of the Oslo accord in 1991 and the recent Al Aksa intifada, a Palestinian fishing clan from Gaza strikes a deal with Israeli settlers to enable them to fish in Israeli waters. What follows is an unprecedented story of co-existence through mutual need and the universal language of the sea. ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
