Sunday 8th November 2009 11 am – 4 pm The Star and Shadow Cinema Make and Mend Market
Stepney Bank
Ouseburn, Newcastle Upon Tyne England NE1 2NP
The Make and Mend Market is the 1st monthly craft, art & flea market in Newcastle. The event showcases new creative talent in the area and gives people the chance to recycle quality items no longer in use & help keep them out of landfill. The market alternates between the Grainger Arcade in Newcastle City Centre and the Star and Shadow Cinema in Ouseburn, Newcastle which was built and is run entirely by volunteers. It has been running for almost 2 years now and is a great alternative to High Street shopping.
At this event we will have 20 stalls from local traders, new designers and artists offering clothing, jewellery, homewares, art and more.
Some of the goodies we’ll have on offer:
Handmade retro jewellery from Candy Doll Couture
Vintage & 2nd hand homewares from Louise Bradley
Karon from Calmic Therapies giving mini reiki sessions & massage
Beautiful prints & wall hangings from Doris Illustrated
Lovingly handcrafted instruments by Mike Smith
Recycled vintage accessories from Make Do & Mend Arts
+ loads more.
Wunderbar Festival “Housewarming”
138 St. Lawrence Square
Newcastle England NE6 1SU
“Jorn Ebner and Monica Ross cordially invite you to a housewarming in reverse.
On this site a row of council flats was demolished in 2008 to make way for the Byker South Redevelopment plan. The scheme has recently been shelved due to the current economic crisis – a situation that reflects the fragility of the social housing sector within society.
Housewarming will take place in open space, unsheltered and probably cold. No house stands here and another may or may not again: the artists imply the history of their private occupation of a flat on this site as the basis to host the sharing of social space. Tea, coffee, drinks and snacks will be provided by the artists, but guests are also welcome to contribute refreshments to be shared by all.
Housewarming is produced by Michelle Hirschhorn and supported by Wunderbar Festival, Newcastle City Council, ISIS Arts and the Friends of St. Lawrence Park.”
Bijou Theater
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
October 25 – 7 pm COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS
Directed by Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McCleod
Produced by University of Iowa professorKembrew McCleod, Copyright Criminals is a documentary that poses the question: Can you own a sound? The film traces the history of sampling in the music industry and the increasing government regulation on the practice, featuring interviews from music legends like Chuck D, George Clinton, and Clyde Stubblefield.
Q&A session with producer Kembrew McCleod following the free screening.
Also showing in DC at the JCC. More here.
[text from Bijou mailing. Cross-posted to Signal Fire.]
Klatsassin takes its title from a Tsilhqot’in chief (the Tsilhqot’in are Athapascan-speaking Aboriginal people in British Columbia) and will include two series of photographs and a high-definition video projection. The video, set in 1864 in the forests of Canada’s Cariboo Mountains, focuses on the hostility between the Tsilhqot’in tribe and encroaching settlers seeking gold on the Chilcotin Plateau. Klatsassin led an insurgency but at first evaded capture. He was eventually lured with the gift of tobacco, taken prisoner, tried for murder, and hanged.
[text and graphic from google search for 'Klatsassin'. Caption: "Stan Douglas. still from Klatsassin (the prospector). 2006." Cross-posted to The Data Stream.]
ISIS Arts
5 Charlotte Square
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Thursday, October 1 6 – 8pm
Maia Urstad
“Maia Urstad works at the intersection of audio and visual art. Maia’s work involves integrating sound into specific locations. Recent practice includes outdoor and indoor sound installations and performances, using CD and cassette-radios for both sound transmission and as sculptural objects, commenting on the temporary nature of present technology. The sound-textures for these projects are made from found/concrete sound sources, particularly signals from radio broadcast and telecommunication. At present she is investigating multi-channel FM transmissions sent to multiple radios as sound installations and performances.”
[FYA, celebrity and parody in the service of advocacy from the aptly dubbed "Funny or Die" site and MoveOn.org. Featuring Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Thomas Lennon, Donald Faison, Linda Cardellini, Masi Oka, Ben Garant, Jordana Spiro, Lauren, Drew, and Chad Carter. Cross-posted to The Data Stream.]
“After the Net explores the paradoxical development of the Internet. As the current Web 2.0 hype begins to wane, the exhibition reflects upon the promises of technological progress, global networking and instantaneous communication. Presented artworks draw attention to key developments: from cybernetics to free and open source software, and social networking platforms.
Reflected in the title, the exhibition makes explicit reference to the documentary film The Net by Lutz Dammbeck (2003.
[text and graphic from project website. Cross-posted to The Data Stream.]
Laguna Art Museum
307 Cliff Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
(949) 494-8971
WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon
“… explores various forms of cultural production based on World of Warcraft in particular and on gaming in general. While surveying Warcraft’s Fifteen-year history, the exhibition looks at artistic practices that have been influenced by game culture. The actual works by the producer of World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, provide a starting point and reference.”
more
[text and graphic from museum website, which provides the additional information: "This exhibition is generously supported by Blizzard Entertainment, the Samia Family and Tierzero." Cross-posted to The Data Stream.]
Positions in flux:
On the changing role of the artist and institution in the networked society
“The symposium ‘Positions in flux: On the changing role of the artist and institution in the networked society’ will center on some of the major parameters for the current and future development of contemporary art. In particular it will reflect on the aspect of cultural sustainability of art projects, art and technology initiatives and art curating.
‘Positions in flux’ will give floor to international artists, theoreticians, critics, cultural producers and aims to initiate a truly critical debate. The symposium is designed for a broad audience working in the field of contemporary culture and art, with a desire to understand what comes ahead and how to respond to these changes on an artistic or institutional level. ‘Positions in flux’ will provide a platform and “thinkspace†for artists, cultural workers, theoreticians and a broader public to envision the future in our field and to provide us with the necessary information to make choices for a meaningful and sustainable development of society and culture.”
