[artinfo] balkania-l: Fw: 6th VIDEOMEDEJA, Novi Sad, 26-28 April 2002
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From: "Zarevac Tanaskovic" <zarevac@EUnet.yu>
application form is on:
http://videomed.on.neobee.net/
> JUGOSLOVENSKO UDRUZENJE ZA VIDEO UMETNOST VIDEOMEDEJA
>
> YUGOSLAV VIDEO ART ASSOCIATION VIDEOMEDEJA
>
> Dear,
>
> I am writing to you in order to inform you that The Sixth International
> Video Festival VideoMedeja will take a place in Novi Sad from 26-28=
April
> 2002. Suggested but not obligatory subject of VideoMedeja 2002 is
> TRANSITION. Please enclose entry form together with your material.
For
> futher information about Programme 2002 see below.
>
> VideoMedeja site will soon be updated with all the information regarding
> this year festival. Information about festivals 1996-2000 you can =
already
> find on: http://www.videomedeja.org.yu
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Ivana Sremcevic co-ordinator YVAA VideoMedeja
>
>
>
> JUGOSLOVENSKO UDRUZENJE ZA VIDEO UMETNOST VIDEOMEDEJA
> YUGOSLAV VIDEO ART ASSOCIATION VIDEOMEDEJA
>
> Katolicka porta 5, 21000 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
> fax:+381 (0) 21 611 028
> tel: +381 (0) 64 137 20 88
> e-mail: videomed@neobee.net
> http://www.videomedeja.org.yu
>
>
>
>
> . V i d e o M e d e j a i s t h e o n l y i n t e r n a t i o n a l
> f e s t i v a l o f v i d e o a r t
> i n F R Y a n d h a s b e e n s u c c e s f u l l y r e a l i z e=
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> f o r a l r e a d y f i v e y e a r s
>
>
>
> Yugoslav Video Art Association VideoMedeja is an independent,
> non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan association of citizens. It
> was established in 1998. in Novi Sad with following goals:
>
> . afirmation, presentation and popularization of video art and new forms
of
> art, with a particular interest in works of female artists
> . technical and technological improvement in video and other art
production
> in FRY
> . enhancement of distribution of Yugoslav artists' work here and abroad,
as
> well as distribution of foreign artists' work in FRY
> . publishing and production of videos of Yugoslav and foreign artists
> . co-operation and association with related organizations in FRY and
abroad
>
> Basic programme activities of VideoMedeja are:
> . organization of festival, para-theatrical events, performances,
> installations, multimedia spectacles, expert's conferences, councils,
> workshops, study visits in VideoMedeja domain
> . publishing activities (publication and distribution of catalogues,
> magazines, books, CDs, movies, videos and audio tapes)
>
>
> THE FIFTH VIDEO SUMMIT VIDEOMEDEJA:
>
> In co-operation with Cultural Centre Novi Sad, YVA VideoMedeja realized
The
> Fifth International Video Summit VideoMedeja from 1. to 3. december 2000.
>
> In categories already typical for festival (video, video performance,
video
> installation, CD ROM and web presentation) 43 works were presented in
> official programme while 54 works of artists from Europe, America, Asia
and
> FRY were presented in accompanying non-competitive programme. In the
> off-programme following projects were presented;
>
> authorial presentations:
>
> Breda Beban (HR/UK) and Perry Bard (USA)
> Isabelle Froment (FR) and Dragana Zarevac (FRY)
>
>
> presentations:
>
> CD C3 Centre for Culture and Communication from Budapest/ Andrea Sekeres
(HU);
> Catalogue and CD " Videodocument" /Zemira Alajbegovic (SLO);
> project =ABCo.operation=BB /Rosana Ratkovcic (HR);
> distributor =ABHeure Exquise=BB / Thierry Destriez (FR);
> Centre for Contemporary Art from Belgrade/ Dejan Sretenovic;
> selection of festivals "Videoarcheology" from Bulgaria and "VideoGONG"
from
> Slovenia.
> Videos =ABSerbian millenium bug=BB by Aleksandar Karisik and Dragan
Zivancevic,
> and "Life" by Szilard Antala (Hammer Creative from Novi Sad) were
premiered
> during the festival.
>
> Taking into consideration numerous problems of cultural life during
> transitional period, two sessions of round-table discussion with six
> different subjects were held:
>
> . Creation of destruction - the art of former Yugoslavia (introduction by
> Dejan Sretenovic and Zorica Jevremovic)
> . International forum of feminist art and theory (introduction by Rosana
> Ratkovcic)
> . Feministic theory and practice in local politics' network=
(introduction
> by Svenka Savic)
> . Cultural institutions today - their transformations and models of
> presentation (introduction by Dragan Sreckov)
> . Possibilities of introducing video into mediamarket of new Yugoslavia:
> ways and consequences (intoduction by Thierry Destriez)
> . Ethics of future: art and capital in post-industrial society
> (introduction by Biljana Tomic, Perry Bard and Zemira Alajbegovic)
>
> The jury consisted of Perry Bard(USA), Thierry Destriez(FR) and Milica
> Mrdja Kuzmanov(FRY) awarded the following authors:
> The Sphinx statuette award for the authorial opus was awarded to Breda
Beban;
> Isabelle Hayeur(CAN), Renata Poljak(CRO) and Gabrijela Vasic(FRY)=
received
> VideoMedeja plaquette.
> The =ABBogdanka Poznanovic=BB award for the best young author went to Mia
> Stojanovic(FRY)
>
>
> MONOGRAPH =ABVideoMedeja 1996-2000=BB:
>
> As an evidence of five years of VideoMedeja activities we published
> collection of texts =ABVideoMedeja 1996-2000=BB (300 copies) about=
festival
> itself - authopoetical essays written by the most prominent authors -
> participants of the festival, and theoretical essays on new media arts.
The
> presentation of this monograph will take place at festival in 2002.
>
> FESTIVAL'S ACTIVITIES NETWORK:
>
> Important part of VideoMedeja's activities are presentations of the
> festival. VideoMedeja has been offered to co-operate with leading=
European
> distributors which is an outstanding opportunity for the festival and its
> participants to promote not only their activities but our country also.=
We
> consider it of a huge importance to continue and intensify this kind of
> practice, so making a permanent effort in order to develope a network of
> familiar organizations, which aims are similar to VideoMedeja's ones, is
an
> inevitable part of VideoMedeja's activities.
> Sudden upsurge in interest of other cultural centres followed with
> numerous presentations of VideoMedeja:
> VideoMedeja was presented in Great Britain on one of the most prominent
> European video festival =ABVideoPositive=BB in Liverpool and Manchester;=
It
> also took part in off-programme in FIAT Podgorica, all night programme in
> BITEF theatre, Konkordija in Vrsac; As the only programme from former
> Yugoslavia we took part in Meeting Point in Sarajevo; VideoMedeja
> participated in The First Symposium of European Video Festivals in
Hungary,
> Sofia, Labin, Bucurest; In INTERSTANDING festival in Estonia VideoMedeja
> was presented among others credited for development of video art.
> We should also mention programme co-operation with Goethe Institute,
French
> Cultural Centre, REX and Remont from Belgrade and support given from
> Executive Committee of Novi Sad Assembly, KulturKontakt, Mamacash
> Foundation and Fund for an Open Society.
>
> ANNUAL PROGRAMME:
>
> During 2000 VideoMedeja, in co-operation with Photo Video Cinema
> Association of Vojvodina, organized weekly programmes. A large number of
> people who regulary attended these events suggested us that this kind of
> practice should be revived. Unfortunately, those programmes were stopped
> due to breaking the terms of contract which regulated use of the=
premises.
> Annual activities of VideoMedeja will include complex contents such are
> presentations, projections, lectures and workshops which will take place
in
> the new premises. Many Yugoslav and international artists, lectures and
> analysts are expected to take part in those programmes in order to=
realize
> VideoMedeja's primar aims which consist of explanation of basic notions=
in
> video art and presenting the possibilities of new media. The large
> VideoMedeja's archive, established as a gesture of participants' good=
will
> as their reaction on VideoMedeja's obeying copyrights laws, will be at
> disposal.
>
> programmes realized from October 2001 till January 2002:
>
> premiere "Be My Guest"- Tanja Ostojic (video performance)
> "Documents from Tokyo"- Mileta Postic (video, photos,
> broshures, lecture)
> web.art- Andrej Tisma ( internet
> art presentation)
>
>
>
> VIDEO PRODUCTION:
>
> =ABAmarisima=BB- Milica Mrdja Kuzmanov, 1999.
> *video is dedicated to art scene of 70's - with the stress on Katalin
Ladik
> whose activities largely contributed to authenticity and reputation of
that
> scene and who anticipated new forms of art, which presents the starting
> point of nowadays highly respected and influential form of art - video
art.
>
> Apart from the festival preparations, our premises, due to permanent
> co-operation with professional camerman Zeljko Mandic, will be used at=
the
> same time as a studio (light, background) with professional equipment for
> video production (DV camera) and post-production (DV editing), and for
> various programmes hold during the year. Special part of VideoMedeja
> activities is production of video works by artists from FRY which will be
> premiered on festival 2002.
>
> Creating conditions for production, VideoMedeja offers possibilities for
> realisation of its basic concept - in form of video art, video
> installations, video performance, new media.
>
> During January 2002. VideoMedeja produced new video by Tanja Ostojic=
=ABI'll
> be your Angel=BB
> *video resulted from archive materials from Venice Bienalle 2002. and=
will
> be premiered in Zagreb (March 2002.), and in FRY on festival VideoMedeja
> (April 2002.)
>
>
> PROGRAMME CONCEPTION OF THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL=
VIDEOMEDEJA
> 2002:
>
> APRIL 26th 27th and 28th 2002; CULTURAL CENTRE NOVI SAD
>
> subject: TRANSITION
> >> Association/Festival VideoMedeja has realised its first=
five
> >>editions in specific socio-hystorical context, and, due to this, it was
> >>forced to develop, beside professional, an enthusiastic way of
> >>functioning. This meant reliance on the support from international
> >>organizations dedicated to activities towards democratization of a
> >>society, help from critics and artists friendly oriented towards our
> >>situation which sometimes caused ad-hoc preparations of the festival=
and
> >>making last-minute decisions. Since social conditions has been
thoroughly
> >>changed, VideoMedeja must become truly professional institution,
governed
> >>by internationally recognized artists, professional and skilled in
> >>matters of organizing artistic events and manifestations. These changes
> >>in Association's functioning are reflection of transitional processes=
in
> >>specific Yugoslav social context. At the same time, there is a clearly
> >>visible need that this period of socio-economic changes should reflect
on
> >>festival also, as primar activity of Videomedeja. Transition is here
> >>understood in its wider meaning , not only as an economical and
political
> >>process, but also as numerous phenomena which relates on the way of
> >>creating, presenting of work of art and defining the art market, change
> >>of artist's role in a society , change of content of the work of art,
and
> >>finally change of artist's personality and there attitude towards=
world,
> >>body, gender and art.
> In that way, transition is, in both formal and essential meaning, the
> crucial moment of this year festival.
>
> Tradition of holding the festival every first weekend in December was
> interruprted due to Associations's decision not to go into realization of
> the festival without essential working conditions (premises, telefon).
> Owing to city's Committee for Culture and Cultural Centre of Novi Sad,
> Association was enabled to continue with its activities in premise of
> Cultural Centre of Novi Sad, so the festival has been postponed for 26th,
> 27th and 28th April 2002.
>
> Regarding programme, sixth video festival VideoMedeja keeps its basic
> festival focus: presenting new videos and related media forms. Due to
> succesfull attempt in 1997. (in 1996. only videos made by participants
from
> Central and Eastern Europe were presented, while since 1997. list of
> participants includes artists from all over the world) we are planning to
> continue with these practice, not only because of comparisons of artistic
> achievements and gaining an adequate and realistic picture of state of
> video art nowadays, but also for pointing out the most important features
> of current technological development of this media, which proved to be
> benefitial for Yugoslav and other Eastern European artists. Besides this
> programme dimensions which drew attention of public, authors and critics,
> we will make an endavour regarding strengthening infrastructure of the
> festival (premises+phone+stuff) in order to keep festival's continuity.
The
> forthcoming festival is opportunity to present monograph =ABVideoMedeja
> 1996-2000=BB.
> In comparison with previous festivals various inovations will be
introduced:
>
> highly selected and segmented main programme (official selection in
> competition for awards) and equally structured, problematically based
> accompanying programmes.
>
> presentation of the new tendencies which are noticeable in bringing few
> media together with stress on more popular forms which would be a
> contribution in the creation of contents familiar to young audience from
> whom is expected an active participation during the festival (for
instance,
> mix of electronic music and video, computer animation, video games,
> examples of interactive installations etc.) It is our aim to break
existing
> taboos conected with new techologies and to make youth familiar with new
> media.
>
> curator: Dragana Zarevac
> the board of the festival: Vera Kopicl, Zoran Pantelic and Dragan
Zivancevic
> co-ordinator: Ivana Sremcevic
> contact person: Ivana Sremcevic tel: +381(64) 137 20 88; e mail:
> ivasfilm@yahoo.com
>
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