Three days in a cinema to pick the brain of Mike Figgis, director, artist and musician. Sugar and cocaine. Digital and celluloid. Grain and focus. Portrait and landscape. Hollywood and independence. Script-writing and score notation. Bullshit and real bullshit. Theatre and self-obsession. Pornography and J.L. Godard. Brilliant, real and inspiring. http://www.mikefiggis.co.uk Thanks to Janine Dijkmeijer at Cinedans.nl
BUSH “BUSHMAN COMETH” DOOF this Saturday night (00:00-02:00) in Amsterdam. Last ever party in the current location of the Service Garage. http://www.deservicegarage.nl http://www.bushdoof.eu REVISIT EXQUISIT Duo-tentoonstelling Kaleb de Groot & Roosje Klap (laatste tentoonstelling op de huidige locatie van de Service Garage) Opening: zaterdag 29 mei, 20:00 uur Muziek: Nathalie Bruys & Emile Zile Geopend: [...]
Dafna Maimon’s take on arts industry workers, recent art school graduates, art guards and the dreams and fears of the people at the frontline of cultural institutions. The protagonists use black parcan theatre lights on mic stands to frame their monologues. A white light too strong. Lights. Camera. Action.The repetitious scenes were almost nausea inducing [...]
Upcoming concert at Steim, Amsterdam’s incubator of eclectic electronic aesthetics. for more on the Chinese scene: http://www.chinesenewear.com/ear/links.html — STEIM@40! presents: BEIJING UNDERGROUND Yan Jun / electronics and voice Wu Na / guqin Xiao He / guitar and voice Zhang Jian / laptop Thursday, Dec 10 2009 Time: 20:30 Door open: 20:00 Charge: 5 Euros YAN JUN [...]
http://www.steim.org/STEIMBLOG/?p=871 the brutal immediacy of the voice, the ability it has to inspire fleeting recollections of forgotten characters it’s animalistic sonic attack, the elemental nature of a cry inherently humorous and intimate both performers began their solo sets with renditions of dada and futurist sound poems from their respective countries, the transportation of voices through [...]
Documentation of the live video and orchestra performance, March 21 at World Music and Dance Center in Rotterdam. http://www.wmdc.nl/engels/program/content/Archive/2009/1809.php
A late upload following recent activity, travel and shows. I found some time to go through a pile of unlabelled documentation dv tape from recent trips. Two performances included here, Marclay’s ‘Screenplay’ videoscore and Mengbo’s performative quake mod ‘Q2008′, recorded on hot, humid nights during last year’s E-Arts festival in Shanghai. These were highly enjoyable [...]
A giant of the Japanese impro scene, Otomo Yoshihide is performing at Steim Amsterdam this Sunday afternoon. The man behind a plethora of solo releases and the phenomenal collaborations I.S.O. and Ground-Zero. Performing solo and duo with Dj Sniff. Tip: get there early it will be packed. http://www.steim.org