NOVEMBER 25th-29th, 2009 Arts Santa Mònica la Rambla, 7 08001 Barcelona · Spain www.artssantamonica.cat  |
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| OFFICIAL COMPETITION SECTION We have received 253 works from over 45 countries during our 2009 call for entries. The following are the selected 76 films that have competed for jury and audience awards. |
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"Larry Cuba RETROSPECTIVE and other classics Curated by the iota Center –a public benefit arts organization devoted to Abstract Cinema and Visual Music. The center preserves classic abstract films, releases DVDs, and produces screenings of contemporary and historical work. This retrospective section features dot·line classics from the 50’s to the 80’s. The program will be screened in 16 mm. and introduced by Larry Cuba himself, director of three of the films in the selection, founder of the iota Center and a juror in our official competition. |
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NIKKA & ALBA G. CORRAL The space in between Thursday november 26th 21:30 hs. |
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TEXAS SCI-FI Figures / Frequencies Friday 27th november 21:30 hs. |
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ALBERT CALLEJO AMAT_VJ DIMA Lissajous Curves and Synthesis Saturday 28th november 21:30 hs. |
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TELENOIKA Telenoika Feedback Experience Saturday 28th november 22:30 hs. |
[saturday 28th november 21.30 hs.] Feedback is a hard-to-control live process. It talks about errors, cycles, responses, inputs, outputs and the life emerging from the signals. It’s a metaphor usually applied to intelligent processes in machines –what’s come to be known as Artificial Intelligence, if there could ever be such a thing. The question triggering the error and its feedback are processes very close to that of human trial-and-error learning. Machines learn and respond. “Telenoika Feedback Experience” is a get-together of various creators in Telenoika’s audiovisual open community, which will experiment with the responses and errors generated by video-mixers of different generations. |
PyR'09 · November 28th · Barcelona  |
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SERGI VALVERDE Complex Networks: The Architecture of Life Thursday 27th november 20:30 hs. |
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"L’Orquestra dels Luthiers Drapaires" Telenoika. |
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"enRED" Anita García |
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"PyR in Fashion Design" IED Students
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and we heartfully thank: Jaume Bosch | Albert Callejo | Alba G. Corral | Helena Febrés | Juanjo Fernández | Anita García Laboratorium | Lluís Ribalta Coma-Cros | Javier Romañach and the members of the jury :) |
The space in between
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Figures / Frequencies
"Complex Networks: The Architecture of Life"
Lissajous Curves and Synthesis
RETROSPECTIVE 09[trailer]
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[26th and 27th of November 2009] Addressed to school children, this open workshop proposes the realization of one or various collective micro·films emulating the technique "direct·on·film animation" that was popularized in the mid·fifties by artists like Norman Mclaren, Len Lye or Stan Brakhage. This technique requires 16 or 35mm film·strips which, once manipulated, can be edited and screened in situ. Due to the high costs of 35mm film and its projection technicalities, we will use paper strips instead.  Firstly, we’ll draw on cash register paper rolls -as if they were film strips- with markers, paint rollers and/or stamps. We’ll focus on the lengthwise treatment of the drawing, and not so much on the crosswise (frame-to-frame) treatment. We’ll draw perpendicular lines to demarcate the frames. We’ll then scan or take pictures of these frames, which will be edited and finally, screened. The result will be an abstract free-style collective film playing with dots and lines in constant motion, expansion and transformation. The workshop will be held in two four-hour sessions on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th of November 2009, from 11.00 AM to 3.00 PM. : working material matte paper rolls, markers, colored pens, acrylic paint, anilines, thin pencils, coloured ink, rulers, striker pins, magnifying glass, stickers, finger paints, gouache paint, paint rollers, foam balls, erasers, porex, sponges [to be used as rubber stamps] and some digital cameras. |
Escola Els Xiprers November 26th, 2009 · Barcelona Escola Mestre Morera November 27th, 2009 · Barcelona |
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[28th and 29th of November 2009] Addressed mainly to adults, this open workshop proposes to start out from the WHAT to reach the HOW. That is, contrary to most workshops –which focus on teaching how to use certain tools or techniques- the main issue here is our original concept (the story we want to tell with dots and lines). We’ll then think of the most appropriate tool to realize it. This workshop call for participation, invites people to bring their own tools for the realization of a dotline short film. Firstly, we’ll do several analog and digital exercises to explore our capability of abstraction; then, we’ll talk about what "dot" and "line" mean for the workshop teachers (we’ll screen our own dotline material...), we’ll throw some starting points and ideas and then, we’ll get down to work! Attendants can use the tools they already had in mind or get acquainted with other tools brought by the teachers or other attendants. Ink on toilet paper, code programming, crayons and markers, colored lights, custom software... all tools and techniques are welcome :) This workshop will be held in two four-hour sessions on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of November 2009, from 11.00 AM to 3.00 PM. |
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The instruments of “L’Orquestra dels Luthiers Drapaires” are the result of combining recycling processes with the reutilization of technological waste. After collecting the devises and various materials from the streets, garbage dumps and containers, we extract all the electronic, mechanical and constructive components that may be used for the building of audiovisual instruments. Then, we start prototyping the circuits, devising the mechanical systems and programming the digital control systems. Telenoika believes that it isn’t necessary to follow the market’s dynamics to gain access to audiovisual instruments, and that the waste generated by humans provides with enough raw material for the construction of sophisticated machines. The “Open hardware / Arduino” online social net offers wide access to the necessary knowledge for transforming this apparent waste into usable hardware, increasing the number of people who subscribe to the DIY and recycling philosophies. For Punto y Raya Festival, the Luthiers Drapaires have created an installation with old VGA monitors with modified tubes, which generate abstract colored patterns according to several ambient variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telenoika Telenoika was created in 2000 as a group of people interested in audiovisual creation, with the desire to share knowledge with their audience and continuously experiment with artistic languages thanks to the availability of new AV home-technologies. www.telenoika.net |
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Endless lights, shadows, shapes and textures transform the milieu into an infinite fabric. A repeating Matrix weaves nets as if they were second skins, thus giving way to creation... The life we lead relates us to our surroundings in a visual way. This "era of (in)communication" forces us to assimilate concepts more quickly, leaving aside the "small things" and the experiences around them. This is why through my work I invite the audience to reflection... The pieces exhibited in this installation refer to the economy of resources, the revindication of the use of the hands and their muscles, and the quest for the voice and weight of the materials. NOTE: The collection created by designers FINK-GARCIA was exhibited at: Salón NUDE-FIM Valencia'07, CAD'07 BCN, Expo Withe Milan'08, NITS del MACBA BCN'08. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anita García Anita García has a multidisciplinary formation ranging between Arts and Design, as well as a wide experience as an Interior Designer, Creative, Illustrator and Photographer. She gives various workshops on Recycling and Design. www.lanitagarcia.blogspot.com www.alehopxanitagarcia.blogspot.com |
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Students from the Fashion Department at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Barcelona, will take part in Punto y Raya Festival’s second edition with the installation/exhibition/performance of various of the resulting works from the workshops carried out this October at the IED. Inspired by the basic notions of “dot” and “line”, the students had the chance to explore new creative forms in all the spheres of Design, so they had to elude the typical rules of the Fashion industry in order to approach a completely abstract concept. The explored themes were: Form: proposals for visual representations of dots and lines: maps, cities, bodies. Screenings and forum. Movement: the movement as the basis of audiovisual expression. From 2d to 3d creation. Screenings and forum. Form-Movement duality: the relation between form and movement in the space of representation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IED The Istituto Europeo di Design in Barcelona offers formation and research capabilities in the spheres of Design, Fashion, Visual Arts and Communication. The school is part of an international network based in Italy, Brazil and Spain, which supports practical and didactic initiatives related to Business practices through projects’ development and an I+ED department (Research + Education; in Spanish, Investigación + EDucación). www.iedbarcelona.es |
The snow begins to fall, all the shapes in front of me start shifting through thousands of white points floating in the air... When I awake, only the no-signal noise on the TV set opposite my couch. MATERIALS |
This project is a tribute to the moon, whom I've dedicated long hours of observation. For spreading light on my darkest moments, for helping me find answers and calming my most furious restlessness. Whom has given me happiness and peace. A magical dot in the atmosphere. MATERIALS Calico Fabric White Jersey Metal wires Elastic threads Black canvas Wall paint |
The Sping Bang’s concept is based on the Big Bang theory, the origin of the Universe. Through many years it’s been stated that the Universe emerged from a single particle concentrating all the energy. In the same manner, the thread is the designer’s main “particle”, from which he/she develops all his/her creations. “The Sping Bang” is based on threads and pins, of vital importance in the Fashion realm. We compared the thread to a line, which following a path through the pins (or dots) was taking the shape of a body, just like a designer drapes on a mannequin. MATERIALS Black thread Glue White Jersey Needles & pins Metal wires A garment rack |
This project started from my curiosity to find out what can happen when, instead of adding lines, you take them away. From trying to take a whole existing object, and making lines disappear out of it. For me it was really interesting to see how, when removing parts from the material, the object changes its character and starts becoming something else. Suddenly, the brown coat seems like a dry leaf, and the black one, a black leopard skin. And through the cuts you can see the inside, the inner parts of the garment, the seams, the lining... and also the light existing within. My message is one of looking: looking inside, at whom is inside the clothes, at what lies under all the layers. MATERIALS 2 used coats Glue Metal wires Scissors Enterlining |
The authors have created this garment to depict the feeling suggested by the concept of "Punto y Raya Festival". They have chosen Fire as the main element, as it is a clear example of what is immaterial, but constitutes matter. Fire is also the creative engine of this art piece: it melts the candles, and the dripping wax produces the drawings and textures on the white fabric in its path. This path begins with a drop, which reminds us of the dot, and drips down on the garment following a linear path. These interrelated stripes and spots show us that there's neither beginning nor end, only evolution. |
This project represents in a physic way, the pressure of our society towards the cult of the body and the search of perfection. The pins try to capture this social pressure clearly, a preassure which affects and slowly destroys our inner-self without us even noticing. Apparently, the body is beautiful and pure, yet our soul is black. The light bulb symbolizes the essence of the person (the soul). It’s represented by a dot (the light bulb) and several lines (the pins); because the dot and the line are the base of everything. We wanted to draw a parallel with the soul, which is the essence of a person. Each time we stress the exterior leaving our essence behind, letting it “melt away” (represented by the melting wax). Finally, the broken mirror –associated with Vanity- visually distorts the whole piece emphasizing the notion of a broken soul. MATERIALS Plaster Cast Glue Wax Needles & Pins Black paint Broken mirror Black paper 1 lightbulb |
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