ATTRACTION OF THE OPPOSITES

ATTRACTION OF THE OPPOSITES + IFFR
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CUCOSA | Raampoortstraat 16 | 3032 AH Rotterdam
10 - 12 February: Fr - Su 12.00 - 18.00 hrs. during Art Rotterdam
16 February - 09 March: Thu - Sa 12.00 - 18.00 hrs
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Attraction of the Opposites is part of IFFR's XL jubilee program. Especially for this occassion there were two compilations of Dutch art videos presented with work by Serge Onnen, Jan van Nuenen, Jasper Scheepbouwer, Adonis Migkos, Martin Hansen, Anne Hartog, Alexander van Merle, Toine Klaassen, Cindy Jansen, Gil & Moti and Duro Toomato. In addition 6 International video art festivals were invited to contribute short video programs: Festival Miden (GR), CologneOFF (DE), Art:Screen (SE), FiXc (FI), Black Duck+Red Nomade (SP/ARG) and the global festival ART BY CHANCE.

CUCOSA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
January 26 — February 6, 2011

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The IFFR always lends Rotterdam a festive atmosphere, but this edition things were bigger than ever. Some of the city's buildings or institutions became festival locations to celebrate the IFFR's fortieth anniversary. These additional locations hosted, among other things, film screenings, exhibitions of video work or film-related art. A special XL pass gave visitors access to the XL locations during the festival.

XL doesn't just stand for the number 40, but also for "extra locations". For the duration of the festival 40 unique places in Rotterdam were transformed into festival locations.

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Festival Miden, Greece
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ALL GREEK TO ME – NOT ALL GREEK TO ME
VIDEO ART FROM GREECE

Festival Miden presents a selection of videos by Greek contemporary artists, in two screening programs entitled "All Greek to Me" and "Not All Greek to Me".

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Festival Miden*, the first Greek video art festival presented in open public spaces, is an annual video art & new media cultural event held in Kalamata, GR.

The festival is founded, organized and curated by a team of contemporary Greek artists, who are all linked with Kalamata since childhood. It is an independent organization, supported by Kalamata's Historic Centre Organization, the Messinia Chamber of Commerce and the Municipality of Kalamata.

The main purpose of the festival is the free presentation, promotion and development of Greek and international video art and new media art, in times dominated and defined by "image" and "technology", creating a new, alternative, peripheral meeting point for emerging and established video and media artists from Greece and all over the world.

Since 2005, Festival Miden has been gradually established as one of the most successful and interesting video art festivals in Greece and abroad and has been a significant point of cultural exchange for Greek, European and international video art.
Festival Miden has presented screening programs, exhibitions and collaborations all over Greece, while collaborating with various art groups, art schools, art spaces, organizations and other festivals in Greece and internationally.

(*Miden means "zero" in Greek)

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Festival Miden, Greece
Curated by Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Gioula Papadopoulou
January 27 — 31, 2011

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art:screen, Sweden
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art:screen is an event and platform that showcases new, innovative and contemporary moving image from swedish and international artists. Like visual portraits of today's political, social and cultural differences art:screen shows single-channel screening programmes consisting of
a number of short works.

art:screen started 2005 under the name Art Video Screening which changed to art:screen in December 2010. Art Video Screening was the initiator and head co-ordinator of Örebro International Videoart Festival 2008 and 2010 in co-operation with the art institutions in Örebro. From 2012 art:screen will be the head co-ordinator for art:screen fest, a festival there the main concept is to invite curators from around the world to curate screening programmes, and to be an international plattform for networking and co-operation possibilities between curators.

art:screen is co-operating with international video festivals and art organizers there art:screen is invited to curate screening programmes. art:screen is also offering screening programmes to swedish art institutions and art associations that wants to broaden their art activities, but doesn't have access to or possesses video works.

art:screen, Sweden
January 28 — 30, 2011

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Cologne OFF, Germany
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Attracted by the opposite?
Do people really feel attracted by the opposite? Black does not exist without white, good not without bad. The one is depending on the other. If an opposite is existing, at all, the existing "standard" is being defined via its opposite, which is setting the actual values, the relations between each other. Being attracted by the opposite is actually no more than searching consciously or unconsciously for the "whole", an attempt to find an unity combining and relating the two opposite poles to each other. An uptopia? The selection of videos is spotlighting not only the phenomenon of the duality from different points of views and positions, but also the resulting relativity.

Cologne OFF, Germany
Curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
January 28 & February 2, 2011

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Red Nomade & black duck
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Pure Abstract

RED NOMADE http://rednomade.wordpress.com is an international cooperation project interested in the exchange of contemporary artists and intellectuals. The collective aim is to generate artistic, cultural and academic events in different cities in order to facilitate the meeting of visual artists, art critics, curators, writers and intellectuals.

black duck http://www.blackduckarts.blogspot.com undertakes curatorial projects to promote the work of contemporary artists working in performance, installation, digital media and video to an international audience. Projects include participation in festivals, international exchanges, exhibitions and events.

Red Nomade and black duck, Spain/Argentina
Curated by Red Nomade and black duck
January 29 — February 1, 2011

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ART BY CHANCE
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ART BY CHANCE 2010 SELECTION \ TIME
Time stands still. Time passes. Time defines the balance humanity seeks to establish in modern life. Since the very rejection of time by primitive societies its concept has dramatically changed. Today our concepts of time play an important role in shaping the way in which we live our lives. Art by Chance 2010 has set out to explore how the perception of time is unique to every individual and how time can influence the narrative of city life, one of modern man's greatest challenges. Films touching the untouchable theme of time in their own time.

ART BY CHANCE
January 29 — February 2, 2011

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FixC, Finland
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CUCOSA | Raampoortstraat 16 | 3032 AH Rotterdam
10 - 12 February: Fr - Su 12.00 - 18.00 hrs. during Art Rotterdam
16 February - 09 March: Thu - Sa 12.00 - 18.00 hrs

Fixation

A brief journey through the diverse worlds of moving image. The works are done by the artists of FixC co-operative.

Helsinki-based FixC is an independent artists co-operative, which was launched to generate, distribute and promote video art, media art and experimental cinema and to produce curated touring exhibitions and arrange screenings.

FixC, Finland
January 30 — February 1, 2011

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Dutch Film & Video
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Animation | Dutch Film & Video
Duro Toomato: Early Works

Curated by Kiki Petratou
February 3 — February 6, 2011

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