Archive for Publications
April 27, 2010 at 22:28:00 · Filed under Announcements, Publications
“From an eight-legged seductress to a piano playing chess: experimental film is very different to what it was a few years ago. […] New makers have appeared with new strategies.” That is the opening sentence of film³ [kyü-bik film] the book that accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam.
Through eleven in-depth interviews Anna Abrahams, filmmaker and head of our Dutch distribution office Filmbank, spotlights young Holland based filmmakers and visual artists who have enriched or renewed the language of film, who see outside the framework of the flat cinema screen and add an extra dimension to the presentation of their work.
Films are increasingly screened outside cinemas which is leading to the development of a new cinematic language. The ‘cubic films’ by the new generation of film artists are made to walk around or are augmented by live music or performance art. Cubic film is too arty for the cinemas and too cinematic for museums. How do filmmakers manifest themselves in this era of YouTube and Flickr? How do they use the latest computer technology in their work?
For more information on the book click here.
April 27, 2010 at 21:51:36 · Filed under Announcements, Scape_Time, Publications
The Optofonica DVD, published by 12k’s offshoot Line, presents immersive environments created by 42 artists from 13 different countries, inciting a unique multi-sensory awareness of both physical and mental (imagined) space.
Some works directly examine the slipping contours of kinetic phenomena, involving magnetism (Kanta Horio), fluid dynamics (Skoltz Kolgen), or acoustic levitation (Domnitch/Gelfand/Chartier). Others have invented an impossible phantom spatiality, stemming, for example, from brain wave interference (Ulf Langheinrich) or stereoscopically rendered interferential video signals (Bas van Koolwijk). All the pieces entail a search for hidden, transitory spaces that crosswire the perceptual spectrum.
After being presented worldwide (Sonic Acts, Elektra, Sonar, Nemo…) in the form of Surround Cinema as well as in the Optofonica Capsule (a tactile audio installation), this body of work, spanning 3 years, has been painstakingly archived, preserving as much as possible the intricacies of each composition.
For more information on the DVD click here.
April 27, 2010 at 21:25:03 · Filed under Announcements, Publications
The result of a technological malfunction, the visual glitch is generally an unwelcome visitor—a digital artifact representing error. But when viewed in their own right, seemingly randomized visual abstractions become fascinating designs that represent a unique hybrid of human intention and mechanical failure.
Recently released by Mark Batty Publishers, Glitch: Designing Imperfection, examines these errors as works of art and explores their origins. The editors culled more than 200 glitch images from the various artists who created them, both by accident and experiment. The striking visuals are interspersed with interviews conducted with artists Angela Lorenz, Johnny Rogers, Kim Cascone, Ant Scott and O.K. Parking. Glitch also leads off with particularly illuminating essays by Norwegian artist Per Platou and designer/author Iman Moradi.
For more information on this publication click here.
April 7, 2010 at 22:22:16 · Filed under Announcements, 12_Series, Publications
We just finished a book with DVD to honor the 12_series installation we made last year. The book contains writings on the installation by Murray Horne, Joost Rekveld and Arie Altena and is richly illustrated.
More information on the publication and a paypal button can be found find here.
