As you well know, 2013 is conventionally considered the 50th of videoart. Was in 1963 that Nam June Paik expose his first videoinstallation, in Germany. Partners' list#TAG[Italy] #TAG use a vacant space to create a temporary exhibition gallery, located along the main road of the village, where the place can become new creative impulse. Curators and artists create exposure and site-specific installations to turn new light. 500X GALLERY[United States] 500X Gallery is Texas' oldest, artist run, cooperative gallery. Established in 1978, 500X provides one of the best exhibition spaces to up-and-coming artists in the city of Dallas. The gallery is located in a historic circa 1916 tire factory and air-conditioning warehouse and has over 3000 square feet of exhibition space. The plan for 500X Gallery was developed by two artists: Will Hipps, a Massachusetts native who moved to Dallas to teach, and Richard Childers, a local painter. The goal was to provide a space for artists to exhibit free of outside influences and dealer restrictions. 5TH BASE[United Kingdom] 5th Base is an art gallery just off Brick Lane in London. We have recently started our own film nights, screening short films by artists and filmmakers from all over the world. www.5thbase.co.ukAAC (curator: Camilla Boemio)[Italy] AAC An international nomadic platform for Contemporary Art ACADEMY OF CARRARA OF FINE ARTS[Italy] Born in 1796 by the will of Count Giacomo Carrara, the Academy of Carrara of Fine Arts in Bergamo is among the most ancient academies in Italy. The Institution of high education in art, managed by the City of Bergamo and legally recognized since 1988, is part of the Alta Formazione Artistica, Musicale e Coreutica (AFAM) pertaining to the Ministry of Education, University and Research. From 2002 it is in association with the University of Bergamo, implementing with the university an exchange of courses and credits. The connection of the school with the Pinacoteca dell’Accademia Carrara - with which they shares the eighteenth-century origin - and with the GAMeC - Gallery of modern and contem (...) www.accademiabellearti.bg.itARMENIAN CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY EXPERIMENTAL ART[Armenia] NPAKINO, the Cinema-Theater-Video department of ACCEA promotes independent film production in Armenia. It is the production basis for "ONE SHOT" International Short Film Festival (Yerevan, ARMENIA) which is held since 2003. The program sharing and creation of network among partner organizations and "one minute" and "short film" festivals is one of the most important objectives of "One Shot". ARTMUSICEVENT (curator: Nicola Valentini)[Italy] ArtmusicEvent was born in August 16th 2006 as a cultural association with the aim of giving high exposure to young emerging artists. ARTUR FIDALGO GALERIA (curator: Fernanda Pequeno)[Brazil] Artur Fidalgo galeria celebrated thirteen years in 2013, combining two apparently contradictory terms: continuity and change. Made up of opposites, this biorhythm reveals the crystallization of a path over time: that of renewal. ATHENS VIDEO ART FESTIVAL[Greece] Athens Video Art Festival (AVAF) is an annual digital arts and new media festival taking place in Greece, mainly Athens. Being part of an international art network, it reflects a wide range of ideas and developments in the art world. AVAART (curator: Txema Agiriano)[Spain] AVAart: a space for art, innovation and culture in Gijón (Spain) BS1 / BACK TO SQUARE JUAN - PWU (curator: Claro Ramirez)[Philippines] Made up of artists and cultural workers who bring their own specific competencies in art production, education and research, curation, artistic direction, and art management unto the table, Back to Square 1(BS1) is a broad attempt to make connections as opposed to the further defining of territorialities in the artworld. It occasions a recurring confluence of both high-profile and comparatively modest art projects across the Philippines to celebrate creativity and the artists’ capacity to do work that engages various publics. In a deliberate moving away from the clichéd image of the artist as alienated and alienating, BS1 hopes to find multiple entry points into various sites of existi (...) backtosquarejuan.comC.A.R.M.A. (curator: Veronica D'Auria)[Italy] Cultural association C.A.R.M.A. - Centro d'Arti e Ricerche Multimediali Applicate, born in Rome along 2009 by the encounter of critics, curators, artists, cultural brokers, graphic and web designers, and works in Italy ond overseas organizing shows, events, art seasons, festival, concerts workshop and talks within multimedia arts. The association offer itself like structure for research, production and promotion of contemporary arts, with a special attention for digital and electronics arts (videoart, videoinstallations, computer art, sound art, intermedial theater, avantgarde cinema and experimental electronic music). CENTRE3 FOR PRINT AND MEDIA ARTS (curator: Andrew Butkevicius)[Canada] Centre3 for Print and Media Arts is an artist-run centre that is dedicated to promoting print and media arts in contemporary artistic discourse for practicing artists and the community at large. As a production, exhibition, education centre and animator of community arts, Centre3 supports both traditional and experimental print media and media art practices. The centre encourages research and innovation and provides forums for discussion and examination of critical and theoretical issues. Centre3 supports artists in the development of their professional endeavours and acts as a resource centre for the visual and media arts community.Centre3 strives for artistic professionalism and inclusiv (...) centre3.comCROSSTALK VIDEO ART FESTIVAL[Hungary] Crosstalk Video Art Festival was founded by Adrien Török in 2008. Besides the festival she initiated a monthly discussion series which resulted in more than 20 Hungarian and international media artists being presented to Budapest audiences; the discussion series was awarded in 2010 the Catalyst Award tranzit.hu. Currently she is recovering from an illness and with her support Crosstalk Video Art Festival is being produced by a four-member festival organizing group that includes: Eike (artist, founder of Videospace), Szilvi Német (curator, critic, art director of Dovin), Sugár János, Allan Siegel (both artists and instructors at MKE Intermedia Department). DIGITAL ARTS ENTERTAINMENT LABORATORY (curator: Kristin Juarez)[United States] The Digital Arts Entertainment Laboratory (DAEL) is an experimental entertainment research and production facility located on the campus of Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Through industry and university partnerships, DAEL facilitates the creation and testing of digital media content. DAEL fosters emerging media arts, trains graduate students and engages in user-centered media research. DIMANCHE ROUGE[France] Dimanche Rouge has rapidly grown into one of the largest monthly experimental performance festivals in Europe, presenting the work of over 600 artists from more than 60 different countries since February 2011. EAST ART GALLERY (curator: Amir Rad, Shadi Afshar)[Iran] East Art Gallery is an independent art gallery that exhibits and presents contemporary art and artists within a progressive curatorial framework, founded in October 2010. Its mission is to provide a platform for new approaches to visual art production, curatorial discourse, theoretical frameworks and critical thinking, and is dedicated to the presentation, interpretation, documentation, promotion, and enrichment of the arts through culturally diverse artists. FESTIVAL MEM[Spain] MEM, is an alternative festival oriented to audiovisual arts that take place in the city of Bilbao, in the Basque Country, Spain, the city of Guggenheim Foundation in Europe. FONLAD (curator: José Vieira)[Portugal] The On Line Festival for Digital Arts FONLAD appeared in 2005, by the hand of the artist José Vieira, with the goal to promote and reflect on new forms of digital contemporary art. GALLERIE CHARTIER (curator: Russel J Chartier, Jill Treadwell)[United States] Chartier An Arts Venue is a progressive and experimental media gallery and exhibition space displaying Contemporary video art, experimental music and performances and traditional mixed media works from a wide array of regional and international artists. HOLDUDVAR GALLERY (curator: Dorka Kaposi)[Hungary] Our Holdudvar Gallery presents you with the works of young and more well-known popular contemporary artists as well. For the art management of the Holdudvar Gallery is very important to create an open cultural workshop because the building of the old Casino - which was built in the 19th Century and has changed its names several times - has been always a community space. The management is convinced that such aThe great building with its community functions has to take in the contemporary art. Holdudvar Gallery has been cooperating with innovative galleries, artitsts, curators on high niveau, and organized a plenty of exhibitions, competitions so we have become an interesting space of arts.The (...) www.holdudvar.netIKONO TV[International] ikono is a media platform displaying and broadcasting visual arts, founded in 2006 by Elizabeth Markevitch. Through its two HDTV channels, ikonoMENASA (since December 2010) and ikonoTV (since December 2011) ikono broadcasts a unique program dedicated to the arts of all epochs from antiquity to contemporary art – 24/7 and in HD. INSTITUT FÜR ALLES MÖGLICHE[Germany] Institute for Everything Possible / All Kind of Things INTER ART CENTER / GALLERY (curator: Na Risong)[China] Established in 2006, Inter Art Center / Gallery is one of the most authoritative photo collections in China. Since its founding, Inter Art Center has been devoted to collecting, conserving, and exhibiting classic photography, as well as presenting contemporary art, new media art, and experimental art. With a large space of more than 1,000 square meters, Inter Art Center features the Pixel Magazine Publishing House, the Pixel book bar, a café, and the Inter Print Studio. Inter Art Gallery represents many top Chinese photographers, showing their work in China and internationally. Inter Art Center has an on-site design and publishing team, which has produced many influential catalogs and other (...) www.intergallery.cnITACI ART&CULT 中意文艺[Italy] The association ITACI Art&Cult operates in cultural mediation between Italy and China in the fields of culture and arts. Founded in 2012 by Frine Beba Favaloro and Valeria Noli, ITACI Art&Cult promotes cultural mediation, communication and supports education activities within events and/or for public and private bodies operating in Italy or China, under a joint perspective between the two countries. JAAGA (curator: Archana Prasad)[India] Jaaga, based in Bangalore, India, seeks to nurture innovative endeavors by providing space, core infrastructure, and a diverse social environment to artists, designers, geeks and activists. Jaaga is an example of a rack supported building. It is built primarily from heavy duty warehouse shelving components called pallet racks. We focus on art and culture that use digital technology in new ways - from cross-continental real-time poetry readings to installations seeking to manifest the coming Internet consciousness. www.jaaga.inKOLEKTIVA[Slovenia] Zavod Kolektiva is an NGO organization based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was established in 2008 by the art group KOLEKTIVA. It is run by artists Vesna Bukovec and Metka Zupanic and it is active in the field of contemporary visual art, with the focus on contemporary video. It is producing KOLEKTIVA’s art projects and producing, co-producing, organizing and curating video exhibitions. It is actively cooperating with international artists, curators and institutions. Zavod Kolektiva doesn’t have it’s own space and it is closely collaborating with Photon Gallery which hosts and co-produces most of exhibitions and events organized by Zavod Kolektiva. KROWSWORK (curator: Jasmine Moorhead)[United States] Krowswork was founded by Jasmine Moorhead in December of 2009 to provide a space to highlight two mediums she feels are at the zeitgeist of artistic consciousness: video and photography. As we navigate an increasingly mediated world, these art forms ideally serve as informed and inspired guides, reminding us of their unique transcendent and ritual possibilities. Cited as the Best New Innovative Gallery in its initial year, Krowswork has proven itself to be one of the Bay Area’s most consistent venues for experimentation among both emerging and established artists. The gallery’s exhibition DocumentO was selected by KQED Arts as one of the Top Ten Bay Area Art Experiences of 2012. Krowswor (...) www.krowswork.comLECTIO (curator: Előd Izsák)[Romania] LECTIO Cultural Association based in Oradea (Romania) is a private legal person, without any lucrative aims, in referance to achieve the following purposes: LXT FILM FUND (curator: Zhang Haitao)[China] Li Xianting’s Film Fund, also known as the LXT Film Fund, sponsored by the art critic Mr. Li Xianting, is the first non-profit research platform for Chinese independent film. On October 6, 2006, the Fund announced its establishment on the same day as the first Beijing Independent Film Festival. The fund focuses on the following activities: collecting, reserving and building a comprehensive Chinese independent film database; organizing film festivals and academic exchange events; and providing support to young talented directors. In addition, research and publishing are also an important part of its major efforts. Through open and experimental activities, the fund persists in promoting and (...) e.weibo.com/lixiantingfilmfundMAGMA[Romania] Magma is acting in two directions. On the one hand, it is boiling, forming under the surface, on the other hand, it comes to the surface from time to time, erupting. Niklas Luhman’s description of autopoetic may be considered as valid as the (self)-definition of being a collective action. Magma is autopoetic in the sense that it perpetually sustains, resuscitates itself, without considering any kind of formal or thematic restriction. Paradoxically, however, it cannot be perceived as a circular gesture, originating from and returning to itself. It is rather a collective manifestation of a self-functioning unit. In the following we offer a presentation of consecutive eruptions, which trace t (...) www.magma.maybe.ro/about.phpMURATCENTOVENTIDUE[Italy] Muratcentoventidue is a cultural association created in 2007 in Bari thanks to the initiative of Emanuele Gonnella, Angela Gonnella and Lello Gelao with the aim of promoting the artistic research and spreading the knowledge of contemporary art. Particularly it would offer a broader space to young artists and to experimentation, with the purpose of supporting the growth of a young artistic reality by exhibitions aiming at experimenting the potential of new artistic ways in the art languages. It would also promote artistic experiences by using new techniques and materials such as videos, video installations, digital photography, computer art, sound art. www.muratcentoventidue.comNEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY[Bulgaria] New Bulgarian University was established on September 18, 1991 by decision of the Grand National Assembly. On July 5, 2001 NBU received institutional accreditation from the National Agency for Assessment and Accreditation for a maximum 5-year period, and in December 2006 received institutional accreditation for a maximum period. Since 2004, the NBU has been approved by The Open University in the UK, as an appropriate organisation to offer higher education programmes leading to Open University Validated Awards. The University in Bulgaria introduces first credit system, the teaching of professional degrees, bachelor's and master's degree, distance and continuing education. Personalities of wo (...) e-edu.nbu.bg/?lang=enNEWHAM NDP (curator: Nadia Perrotta)[United Kingdom] Newham NDP is a regeneration and development Charity, with two community buildings in Newham, London. As part of wider strategy of community regeneration, Newham NDP has a rolling programme of arts, which includes exhibitions, courses, activities, and classes, for varied ages and abilities. This programme is developed across both buildings, as well as in partnership with other organisations, and arts spaces. Newham NDP is dedicated to providing innovative and diverse programming which benefits the wider community. NOW&AFTER (curator: Marina Fomenko)[Russian Federation] International Video Art Festival Now&After is an annual event taking place in Moscow. OZON INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL (curator: Filip Rutkowski)[Poland] The group, whose task is to transform the creative potential of young artists into actions broadening the horizons of art, effected from a meeting of 3 students of Academy of Fine Art in Katowice and History of Art. PERAS DE OLMO - ARS CONTINUA[Argentina] Space of production, exhibition & exchanges on contemporary art, with special interest on the experimental & time-based artistic practices, unique projects, publishing laboratory & residencies. PHOTON[Slovenia] Centre for Contemporary Photography of Central and South East Europe PROYECTOR[Spain] PROYECTOR is a international videoart festival, with 6 years of experience, that we realize in Portugal and Spain with the collaboration of curators and festivals of all over the world. REGIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF COLIMA (curator: Miguel Angel Sanchez Romero)[Mexico] The Regional Museum of History of Colima is located in the city center, in an old nineteenth century colonial mansion located in the Portal Morelos and Reforma street. RICHLAND COLLEGE (curator: Colette Copeland)[United States] For 40 years, Richland College of the Dallas County Community College District has focused on teaching, learning and community building. In recognition of these efforts, the White House and the Dept. of Commerce named Richland a 2005 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the only community college to have received this award. Richland helps students build their future through courses that can be applied to the first two years of a baccalaureate degree, one- or two-year certificates in a number of career fields, and training in the latest technology for students who want to advance in their current careers. The student body of approximately 20,000 college credit students a (...) www.rlc.dcccd.edu/multimediaSEED SPACE (curator: Adrienne Outlaw)[United States] Founded in 2010, Seed Space is a lab for site-specific installation, sculpture, video, sound and performance-based art in Nashville, Tennessee. We support our program in three specific ways. We bring in nationally recognized art critics to write our exhibition essays. We host regularly scheduled public talks. We facilitate meetings among artists, critics and curators. Through these means we aim to foster an exchange between a growing network of local and national artistic communities, which we believe is one of the best ways to support the careers of emerging artists. www.seedspace.orgSMART (curator: Szolga Hajnal)[Hungary] The SmArt Cultural Association, founded in 2004, based in Pécs, Hungary , is a group of young artists, aesthetics and philosophers. The aim of it is to organize several programs and conferences in the field of arts, culture, interdisciplinarity, and sciences. The goal is to create a room for self-expression, discuss, colluquy and deliverance. We focus particularly on young people, their (sub)cultures in urban surroundings, their forms of expression. We consider it relevant to bridge between the mainstream- and the subcultures, to potentiate and to boost the communication between different age-groups. THE FORMAT[Italy] THE FORMAT- Contemporary Culture Gallery shows as a contemporary cultural container harder than the past and it goes beyond the physical object showing polysemic identity. THE RED HOUSE (curator: Ventsislav Zankov)[Bulgaria] The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate organises and presents socio-political, artistic, cultural as well as socially engaged and educational programmes. The organisation stimulates the development of independent sector of the contemporary art in Bulgaria, provides training in less known fields and methods in the arts, culture, social activities and practices in Bulgaria, contributes pluralism in the aesthetical and organisational forms in arts and culture in Bulgaria, develops group culture and processes, through presentation of various social topics creates environment for adequate publicity, develops critical thinking and public speaking, stimulates the development of verious communi (...) www.redhouse-sofia.orgTHE SCIENTIST (curator: Vitaliano Teti)[Italy] International Videoart Festival TORRANCE ART MUSEUM (curator: Max Presneill)[United States] The Torrance Art Museum is the premier contemporary art venue in the South Bay area of Los Angeles and encourages all people to develop and increase their understanding and appreciation for modern and contemporary artwork via a variety of exhibitions offered in its two gallery spaces, as well as educational programs, artist talks, lectures, and symposia. VIDEO BABEL (curator: Vera Tyuleneva)[Perù] VideoBabel International Festival VIDEOARTIST IRAN (curator: Fereshteh Alamshah)[Iran] Videoartist is an annually festival take places in Iran. It also holds conference and exhibition in domestic and international level. Videoartist aims to create novel spaces to nurture video as an art form. It provides a platform for young artists to present their experiments, besides it is an opportunity for the well-known and pioneer video artists. The videoartist website tries to provide papers, thesis and all kind of information related to video art and make a progressive space for artists to exchange their ideas and art works. VIDEOPLAY (curator: Silvio Javier De Gracia)[Argentina] Videoplay is an Argentina-based international platform for the dissemination of videoart over the world. This is an initiative started in 2004 by the visual artist and curator Silvio De Gracia, who is an artist-run with an extensive experience of organization and curating international festivals and events in videoart. Currently, Videoplay is focusing especially on the gender of the videoperformance and other works which, though not clearly framed within the category of art-action, reflect a deep anchorage in the performatic sphere. The main purpose is to spread the videoperformance made by artists from around the world, especially Latin American artists. www.videoplay-platform.netVISIVA[Italy] VISIVA: from a timber factory of early ‘900 to a coffee and wicker mill, formerly a supermarket, today transformed into the “city of images”, comes the first cultural center of Lazio, which with its 7000 sqm is the largest private space in Italy. VISIVA aims at enhancing the growing process of cultural and creative entrepreneurship on the Italian territory. VIZII INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF VISUAL CULTURE (curator: Kateryna Vashtalova)[Ukraine] VIZII 2013 (Visions 2013) aims to create a platform for dialogue between the viewer and the artist. The festival brings together traditional, contemporary, and experimental art, providing the audience with an opportunity to enrich their aesthetic experience and to become directly involved in cultural transformations in society. WEBSTER UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES (curator: Zlatko Ćosić)[United States] The Webster University Film Series, St. Louis’ cinematic alternative since 1979, is a nationally known and recognized year-round film exhibition program. The Midwest’s premiere hosting venue for American and foreign features, documentaries, classic and experimental cinema, and national and international artist presenting their work, the Film Series represents a genuine cinematic alternative in the St. Louis community. Additionally, the Webster University Film Series has become the location for many national tours of international cinema, often acting as the only such venue in Missouri. The Series is host to speakers and visiting artists who address the pertinent issues in films presented (...) www2.webster.edu/filmseriesXX.9.12 FABRIKARTE (curator: Donatella Meropiali, Maria Angela Brion)[Italy] XX.9.12 FABRIKA was founded in December 2004 as an alternative art space with the intention of promoting contemporary art. ZETA GALLERY & ART CENTER (curator: Valentina Koca)[Albania] Zeta Art Center & Gallery started its activity in 2007. It is a non- profit center focused on visual arts that promotes collaborative, professional practices between the artists and curators, critics, researchers and other art professionals in order to contribute to the establishing of an active contemporary art scene in Albania. |