Intl Experimental Media Congress

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Published on Tuesday, 06 April 2010 22:48

Written by L E Shannon

The International Experimental Media Congress is being held April 7-10, 2010 at the Ontario College of Art and Design and at York University in Toronto, Canada.  The first Congress since the 1989 Toronto Experimental Film Congress, this gathering promotes ongoing international conversations and platforms for creative discussions about the burning issues related to experimental media.  This year’s Congress coincides with the 23rd Images Festival, running through April 10th.

Public Sessions include:

Keynote Discussion with Yvonne Rainer, In conversation with filmmaker John Greyson
Performance and Book Launch with Barbara Hammer

Panels and Roundtables include:

• The Place of the Medium 
• 3D for Experimental Media Artists
• The Uncertainty Principle: Political Engagement and the Documentary in an Expanded Field 
• The Cinematic Enters the Gallery
• Permanence in Flux: Archival Practises

Speakers include:

Ann Balsamo, Professor of Interactive Media in the School of Cinematic Arts, and of Communications in the Annenberg School of Communications

Peggy Gale, freelance writer, editor and curator

Cheryl L’ Hirondelle (aka Waynohtêw, Cheryl Koprek), multi and interdisciplinary artist, singer/songwriter and musician

Ross Lipman, Senior Film Preservationist, UCLA Film & Television Archive

Steven Loft, curator, writer, media artist, and Executive Director of the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival (Toronto)

Ming-Yuen S. Ma, Associate Professor in Media Studies, Pitzer College in California

Andréa Picard, writer and curator, programmer at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Cinematheque

Donghyun Park, filmmaker, festival director of EXiS (Experimental Film and Video  Festival in Seoul), and Professor of Film at Myongji University, Korea

Daïchi Saïto, independent filmmaker

Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, film and video curator

Michael Snow, artist

David The, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore

Screenings are held with presentations and panels, as well as film screenings in association with the 23rd Images Festival.  Sessions include:

"Revenge of the Theory Persons, or Don’t Just Sit There, Gentle Presence"
curated by Oliver Husain and Kathleen Smith, a program of short films with dance or movement

"One Take Super 8", the first ever Toronto edition of the Super 8 filmmaking extravaganza — No Cuts! No Splices!

"Chamber of Public Secrets"
curated by Khaled Ramadan, this survey of video from Northern Africa and the Middle East is drawn from the Chamber of Public Secrets Archive

"Tom Chomont: Recent Restorations"
A screening of seven films recently restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archives, presented by archivist Ross Lipman

"Open Screening" - two nights when Congress registrants are invited to bring a short work to show.

For more information, visit www.experimentalcongress.org.  

The International Experimental Media Congress
April 7-10, 2010

Ontario College of Art and Design
100 McCaul Street, Toronto

York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto

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