DRIFT: FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE FOR 25 UK ARTISTS AND FILM-MAKERS
DRIFT is New Media Scotland's latest curated programme of artists’ films and videos, launching this Friday, 6 August 2004, 6 – 8 pm at Stills ScreenLab, 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh.
The world premiere of DRIFT is part of the 58th Edinburgh International Film Festival's 'Black Box' strand, dedicated to the space 'where film and visual arts collide'. DRIFT will be showing daily at Stills ScreenLab, 11 am – 6 pm until 19 September 2004, admission free.
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DRIFT is a programme of short films by UK sound artists and film-makers which reveal the cinematic relationships between sound and image. DRIFT plays with our aural perceptions, featuring along the way bursts of sound art, noise, experimental music, field recordings, urban and rural soundscapes.
"Sound is a living, relevant medium in our predominantly visual culture", says Iliyana Nedkova who curated the programme. "Perhaps attuned to the theories of acoustic ecology, which promotes the appreciation of natural soundscapes, some of the DRIFT artists explore the energy elements: air, wind, earth, sun, water. Others attempt to redefine our visual and sonic perceptions of performance art, digital animation, and even playback technology".
DRIFT artists were selected from over 80 open submission entries and following further curatorial research. The artists featured are Richard Ashrowan, Victoria Clare Bernie, Susan Black, Chris Bowman, Butler Brothers, John Carson, Peter Collis, Michelle Deignan, Alexander Hamilton, Ian Helliwell, Rob Kennedy & diskono, Paddy Kernohan, Holger Mohaupt, Jayne Parker, Emily Richardson, Kelly Richardson, Susanne Ramsenthaler, Aura Satz, Simon Tricker and Shannon Tofts.
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After its world premiere in Edinburgh, DRIFT will tour to other venues in Scotland, the UK and internationally. The programme is part of New Media Scotland's ongoing exploration of sound art and experimental music, including radio broadcasts, moving image, publications and occasional live events.
For more information visit http://www.mediascot.org/drift
DRIFT is curated by Iliyana Nedkova. Initiated and produced by New Media Scotland. Supported by the Edinburgh International Film Festival, British Council Scotland and Lux, London. Funded by the Scottish Arts Council and the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology.
New Media Scotland’s touring programmes have shown to widespread acclaim in venues from Berlin to Bogota, Edinburgh to Edmonton, Minneapolis to Newcastle, Sofia to Sao Paolo. Other New Media Scotland curated programmes of artists’ films and videos available for tour include: FRAME BY FRAME: The first retrospective of Croatian video art from the 1970s onwards, mixing established and new talent. CROSSING OVER TIME: 23 inspirational short films by international artists question the transition to democracy in the New Europe. DESKTOP ICONS: Back by popular demand until end of 2004 only. Small screen wonders for big screen entertainment directed by world class film-makers.
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New Media Scotland is an agency enabling cultural activity shaped by new technologies. Projects range from video and sound art to creative practice involving the Internet, interactivity, wireless and biotech. New Media Scotland is supported by the Scottish Arts Council.
For further details please contact:
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