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Films Punto y Raya 2106 TRAILER: Punto y Raya Festival 2016 | Official Competition can be view on their vimeo channel. Great work done by Punto y Raya and KinoManual [kinomanual.pl] for the motion graphics and the compilation. The compilation itself is put together so well, it in itself is a pleasure to look and hear. Information on vimeo “:: Punto y Raya Festival 2016 OCTOBER 20th-23rd 2016 @ ZKM in KARLSRUHE, Germany. FREE ADMITTANCE until full capacity is reached. The sixth edition of Punto y Raya Festival encompasses four intensive and wonderful days of pure Abstract Art in Motion. These are the 117 films selected (out of the 842 received this year) to participate in the Official Competition. puntoyrayafestival.com zkm.de Thanks KinoManual (Maciej Bączyk & Aga Jarząb) for the motion graphics! kinomanual.pl "

Punto Y Raya Festival 2016 WHEN: OCTOBER 20th-23rd 2016 @ ZKM in KARLSRUHE, Germany. FREE ADMISSION until full capacity is reached. Punto y Raya Festival Logo The sixth edition of Punto y Raya Festival encompasses four intensive and wonderful days of pure Abstract Art in Motion, featuring: Official Competition (117 films from 33 countries) German Panorama curated by Robert Seidel, Dirk de Bruyn retrospective & Hong Kong Visual Music PyRformances by Dirk de Bruyn (AU), YRO (France) and Robert Lippok (DE) Installation by Larry Cuba (USA) Academy programme with masterclasses and retrospectives by Jodie Mack (USA), Max Hattler (DE·Hong Kong), Dirk de Bruyn (AU) & Holger Lang (Austria). puntoyrayafestival.com zkm.de Teaser created by KinoManual (Maciej Bączyk & Aga Jarząb) in Wrocław, Poland kinomanual.pl View Teaser: Press Release: The sixth edition of Punto y Raya Festival, dubbed “the most abstract in the world” in its nine-year trajectory, arrives at the place where Absol...

The artist Alexandra Grant (American, b.1973) is creating works that engage with words, in such a way that her works are a form of writing art. The meaning comes from words and the material of art is used to shape that meaning into art works. She is represented at Artsy.net and that are the basis of the shaping of the material Biography from artsy.net "Describing herself as “a writer who writes with materials,” Alexandra Grant produces paintings, drawings, sculptures, and installations based on language. She is interested in how we engage with words, through reading, writing, speaking, and translation, and how it shapes our perception of others, the world, and ourselves. Her ongoing collaborations with philosophers, linguists, and actors, including Michael Joyce, Hélène Cixous, and Keanu Reeves, have earned her the designation, “radical collaborator.” Beginning with a text by or conversation with these collaborators, she transforms words into art. In her ongoing, multiface...

Press Release: CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE NEXT LES RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES IN PARIS IS OPEN UNTIL JULY 15, 2016 Among the main events in Europe dedicated to contemporary practices of moving image, the next Les Rencontres Internationales will be held in Paris in December 2016. Il offers every year a new international programme made of works by internationally renowned artists and filmmakers, along with works by young artists shown for the first time. FILM, VIDEO, MULTIMEDIA ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION can submit one or several works. The call for entries is open to cinema, video and multimedia works, without any restriction for length or genre. Any submission is free, regardless of geographical origins. Read more FILM AND VIDEO * Video / Experimental video * Fiction, exp. fiction / Short, middle and full length * Documentary, exp. documentary * Experimental film * Animation MULTIMEDIA * Video installation, multimedia installation * Multimedia concert, multime...

Addictive TV perform at SPLICE , London’s new and only audiovisual performing arts festival which runs from 3-5 June, 2016 " Addictive TV ’s line-up is founder Graham Daniels and mash-up guru Mark Vidler, aka Go Home Productions. The pair met in 2005, through EMI, working together on Mark’s album track Rapture Riders – remixing Blondie’s Rapture with The Doors Riders on the Storm. The album Mashed was released in 2007. Graham and Mark’s shared passion for film and music, plus their parallel journeys through VJ and mash-up DJ cultures, have brought the guys to where they are now; entertaining audiences and winning new fans by playing and making music their own way, audiovisually." [Source:  http://www.addictive.tv/biography ] Graham and Mark kindly agreed to an email interview, thank you very much guys for taking the time to answer rather long questions! The performing duo will be performing 3-5 June, 2016 at Splice - an exciting new performing arts festival. THE D...

Submit your abstract short films to the Punto Y Raya 2016 Call for Entries. The deadline is Sunday, July 31st 2016 (inclusive). http://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/en/index.php Participation is free and submissions are made online. All techniques are welcome; just remember: only ABSTRACT (non-representational) imagery, the soundtrack cannot feature any articulated words, and the runtime should not exceed 8 minutes. Please take a look at the PARTICIPATION rules for more information. Here is the link to the teaser created by KinoManual (Maciej Bączyk and Aga Jarząb). http://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/en/16_eligibility.php The sixth edition of Punto Y Raya will take place from October 20th through 23rd 2016 at ZKM [Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie] in Karlsruhe, Germany. As always, the festival will be hosting the Short Film Competition, other guest Screenings, Academy & Junior activities, and PyRformances (live cinema sessions MAD info@puntoyrayafestival.com www.puntoyrayaf...

SPLICE FESTIVAL, the UK’s only dedicated audiovisual performing arts festival will open in London this summer, 3rd - 5th June. The brand new festival brings together a host of incredible and diverse artists from around the globe for a three-day feast of live cinema , audio/video remixing and visual music from both established and emerging artists with performances, workshops, talks and networking events. Boasting a live AV performance by Cassetteboy as headline, the festival programme will also include a special DJ set by Plaid (Warp Records), a live AV remix set from Addictive TV , abstract visual electronica from Sculpture , bass heavy electro AV from Germany’s incite/ , video turntablism from Solid Steel’s DJ Cheeba , live cinema from The Light Surgeons , plus music from Mexico’s Incognito Traveller (BBE records) and a selection of artists and VJs from across Europe. Coldcut’s Matt Black (Ninja Tune), Cymatics expert Zach Walker and Leon Trimble host free workshops inc...