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Opening: zaterdag 9 februari van 16.00 tot 18.00 uur
On Saturday 9 February Galerie Bart is opening a duo exhibition of work by Sabi van Hemert and Yvonne Lacet. You are cordially invited to join us between 4 and 6 pm!
The sculptures of Sabi van Hemert (b. 1967) evoke associations with people and animals. They portray the balance between many conflicting feelings and thoughts. The choice of materials gives the works an estranged, sensual, tough and vulnerable character. Sabi graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam in 2001.
For her photographs, Yvonne Lacet (b. 1980) uses cardboard and paper to make a simplified version of everyday scenes. She eliminates all the frills, reducing to its essence what she wants to portray. For her latest work, Yvonne was inspired by cities and the night-time. Yvonne Lacet graduated in 2004 from the Utrecht School of the Arts. The same year she received the Steenbergen Grant and the Piet Bakker Prize. In 2006 she won the Audience Award of the XLR exhibition by Kunstuitleen Utrecht/Bureau Beyond.
Sonic Acts XII – The Cinematic Experience 21–24 February 2008 Amsterdam Paradiso, De Balie, Netherlands Media Arts Institute, Melkweg.
With: Asher, François Bayle, BJNilsen, Bobby&Blumm, Michel Chion, Cluster, Boris Debackere, D-Fuse, Timothy Druckrey, Christian Fennesz, Hildur Gudnadottir, Mike Harding, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Pierre Henry, Kurt Hentschläger, Gerard Holthuis, Erkki Huhtamo, Ken Jacobs, Douglas Kahn, Kenneth Kirschner, Frank Kooi, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Pe Lang, Ulf Langheinrich, Leafcutter John, Leerraum, Rose Lowder, Diego Losa, Julien Maire, Ivo Malec, Bruce McClure, Arjen Mulder, Marnix de Nijs, Joachim Nordwall, Stephen O'Malley, Otolab, Bernard Parmegiani, Pita, Pomassl & Nikita Tsymbal, Mahmoud Refat, Joost Rekveld, Pierre Schaeffer, Schlammpeitziger, Jeffrey Shaw, Signal (Carsten Nicolai, Frank Bretschneider & Olaf Bender), Mika Taanila, Daniel Teruggi, TeZ, Kasper Toeplitz, Mika Vainio, C.Spencer Yeh, Christian Zanési, Zimoun
Sonic Acts XII will be held between 21 and 24 February 2008 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The 12th edition is devoted to The Cinematic Experience and incorporates an international conference, a wide range of concerts and performances, an exhibition and a diverse programme of films.
The programme will focus on the rich history of the cinematic experience, from magic lanterns, colour organs and zootropes to experience machines and immersive environments. Sonic Acts will also peer into the future. Will cinema distance itself from narrative in the near future? What is the prospect for celluloid? And what role will sensory deprivation play in future cinema?
Conference The three-day conference will provide a comprehensive overview of the cinematic experience. International experts from the fields of film, visual arts, music, science, literature and art history will reflect on historic developments, the current situation and near-future developments, from the perspective of their respective specialities. Speakers include Jeffrey Shaw, Douglas Kahn, Arjen Mulder, Timothy Druckrey and Ken Jacobs.
Live performances The performance programme features a homage to The Drone as a way to challenge time; a wide range of cinematic performances featuring old and new heroes of the audiovisual avant-garde; and a series of cinematic sound works and performances designed for the Acousmonium. With: Stephen O'Malley, Mika Vainio, Fennesz, Signal, Ulf Langheinrich, D-Fuse, Cluster, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Pomassl and many others.
Film Programme The film programme highlights essential building blocks of cinema with programmes such as Absolute Frame, Absolute Time and Absolute Sound, and Artist in Focus programmes presenting Ken Jacobs, Rose Lowder, and Mika Taanila. The programme Future Cinema will explore the developments cinema might undergo in the future. With films from: Mika Taanila, Peter Tscherkassky, Stan Brakhage, Jose Antonio Sistiaga, Tony Conrad, Gerard Holthuis, Pierre Hebert and many others.
Exhibition The exhibition will be held from 21 February until 22 March 2008 at Netherlands Media Arts Institute (NMAI) and Melkweg Mediaroom. It will present works that create various forms of cinematic experience, ranging from music to visual art, installations and media arts. Featured artists include: Julien Maire, Ulf Langheinrich, Boris Debackere, Leerraum [ ] and Kurt Hentschläger.
Tickets Conference & Festival Passepartout: 50 euro / 40 euro* Festival Passepartout (excl. conference): 35 euro / 30 euro* Day Ticket (valid for conference & live performances): 20 euro / 15 euro* Single Film Ticket De Balie: 7 euro / 5* Ticket Opening Evening (21 February 2008): 12,50 euro / 10 euro* Evening Tickets (22-24 February 2008): 15 euro / 12,50 euro* Exhibition Ticket NMai: 2,50 euro / 1,50 euro* (free of charge with any festival ticket for the entire exhibition period.) The exhibition at Melkweg Mediaroom is accessible free of charge.
*Concessions are available for students (CJP) and 65+. De Groene Amsterdammer readers’ offer allows for reduced admission available at the box-offices of the venues.
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an exhibition from Floor van Keulen met: Frank Koolen, Kasper Jacobs, Joris Lindhout, Lily van der Stokker, Moritz Ebinger, Daragh Reeves, Jan Pieter Fokkens, Marijn van Kreij, Michiel Romeijn and Kasper Jacobs.
The film 'Mr. Deeds goes to town ' by Frank Capra (1936) originated the notion of 'doodling '. The new exhibition in W139 owes something to both film and drawing. Drawing as a fluid line that takes different shapes, film as a shrouded plane that is illuminated and extinguished. The works hover between drawing and writing, registering and narrating. Consciously, unconsciously, consciously. The simple addition of a new letter would suddenly enable an infinity of new words. From the cave by torchlight to the self-illuminating screen; the exhibition was devised within the consciousness of this time-span. http://www.w139.nl/e/index.html
