27/11/2008
Rencontres Internationales
Different venues, Paris
New cinema and contemporary art in Paris
From November 28 to December 7, the 17th Rencontres Internationales will create a space of discovery and reflection between new cinema and contemporary art:
• at the Centre Pompidou,
• the Jeu de Paume national museum,
• the Paris-Villette,
• the Maison Européenne de la Photographie,
• the Beaux-Arts de Paris,
• the Entrepot and the Nouveau Latina movie theatres,
• and other key locations. The Goethe Institute, the Cervantes Institute, The Canadian Cultural Centre, the Swedish Cultural Institute, the Finnish cultural centre.
With the presence of 150 artists and filmmakers from all-over the world, this rare event will propose an international program - film, video, installation, net art, concerts.
This year's program has been selected out of 6 500 proposals as well as by invitations made to certain artists and filmmakers. This program is the result of an elaborate international search of works: 200 works from Spain, France, Germany and 60 other countries, internationally-known artists and filmmakers with young artists and filmmakers presented for the first time in Paris. With many film premieres, a video program, multimedia concerts, a cycle of debates and panel discussions. A video library will offer a space where the whole programming, made of 90% of premieres, could be viewed and reviewed on request.
>>> SCREENING PROGRAM, notable works include:
• Pedro Costa (PT)
• Chantal Akerman (FR, BE)
• Artavazd Pelechian (AM)
• Antonio Muntadas (ES). His latest video "Political Advertisement VII 1952-2008" in collaboration with Marshall Reese (USA), will be presented.
• A film event by Philippe Grandrieux (FR) "Un lac" (2007, avant première)
• A film by Ken Jacobs (USA), "The Scenic route" (2008, première)
• A rare animation film by Yves Netzhammer (CH) "Furniture of proportions" (2008)
• The lastest work by Vasco Araujo (PT) "Augusta" (2008)
• A work by Manon de Boer (BE) over John Cage's composition 4'33 "Two Times 4'33" (2008)
• A film by Christian Barani (FR), in association with Arte (2008, avant première).
• Focuses on several countries: France, Germany, Spain and a selection of films and rare videos from Italy, Colombia, Kazakhstan.
Among the programmed artists, let us quote in particular:
• Emmanuelle Antille (CH), Knut Asdam (NO), Herman Asselberghs (BE), François Bucher (CO), CABELLO-CARCELLER (ES), Carles Congost (ES), Vicente Di Blanco (ES), Peter Downsbrough (BE/USA), Elise Florenty (FR) Charlotte Ginsborg (UK), Christophe Girardet (DE), Khalil Joreige & Joanna Hadjithomas (LB), Bouchra Khalili (MA), Delphine Kreuter (FR), Christian Merlhiot (FR), Eleonore de Montesquiou (FR), Miranda Pennell (UK), Erik Moskowitz & Amanda Trager (USA), Martin Sastre (UY), Jérôme Schlomoff (FR), Corinna Schnitt (DE), Volker Schreiner (DE), Shelly Silver (USA), William Wegman (USA), Liu Wei (CN), Laurence Weiner (USA).
A total of 30 screening programs. Each screening is built around a theme, a question through different forms and audiovisual practices (new documentary approaches, new fictions, video, experimental).
>>> EXHIBITION
The exhibition titled "DATA MEANINGS" presents 10 installations - multimedia installations, net art. It focuses on diversion and circulation of the digital data.
• Artists: Christophe Bruno (France), Claude Closky (France), JoDi (Netherlands), Ubermorgen (Austria), Mindaugas Gaspevicius (Lithuania), Ricardo Iglesias and Mario Ruiz (Spain), Joan Leandre (Spain), Michael Takeo Magruder (United Kingdam), RYBN (France), Marc Lee (Switzerland).
>>> FORUM
The 'Rencontres Internationales' offers more than a simple presentation of the works. It introduces an intercultural forum gathering various guests from all over the world - artists and filmmakers, institutions and emerging organizations - to testify to their reflections and their experiences, but also to artistic and cultural contexts that are often undergoing deep changes.
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Paris/Berlin/Madrid
In 2007, the Rencontres Internationales, which initially took place in Paris and Berlin, opened up to a third city: Madrid. This event now constitutes a unique artistic and cultural platform in Europe for artists, professional networks and various audiences. The venues in the three cities are in particular the Centre Pompidou and the Jeu de Paume national museum in Paris, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, the Reina Sofia National museum and the Spanish Cinematheque in Madrid.
The 'Rencontres Internationales' reflects specificities and convergences of artistic practices between new cinema and contemporary art, explores emerging media art practices and their critical purposes, and makes possible a necessary time when points of view meet and are exchanged.
The event aims at presenting works to a broad audience, at creating circulations between different art practices and between different audiences, as well as creating new exchanges between artists, filmmakers and professionals
It seeks to contribute to a reflection on our contemporary culture of image via a compelling program opened to everyone.
OPENING #1 - SCREENING
Friday November 28th, at 8pm
at the Centre Pompidou - Cinema 1
Entrance Plaza G. Pompidou - Subway station Rambuteau / Hotel de Ville / Les Halles
PRESENTATION, SCREENING, COCKTAIL
OPENING #2 - EXHIBITION
Saturday November 29th, at 7pm
at the Paris-Villette
Parc de la Villette - Subway station Porte de Pantin
Free entrance
PRESENTATION, COCKTAIL