[spectre] Jan van Eyck Weekend on video art (Maastricht 26-28 May 07)

[Andreas Broeckmann]

From:     "Kim Thehu" <kim.thehu at janvaneyck.nl>
Date:     10 May 2007 9:00 AM
Subject:  Jan van Eyck Video Weekend



Saturday 26 - Monday 28 May

Jan van Eyck Video Weekend

- screenings, presentations, discussions with among others Chantal
Akerman, Cel Crabeels, Robrecht Vanderbeeken, Johan Grimonprez, Mark
Nash, Pedro Costa, Catherine David, Chris Dercon, Corinne Castel, Dirk
de Wit, Pavel Braila, Knut Asdam, Rein Wolfs, Jennifer Steetskamp, Isa
Rosenberger


The Jan van Eyck Academie presents a three-day programme on video art.
International renowned artists, curators and academics scrutinise
topics regarding video art - of the past as well as its current state
of affairs. In addition, for the first time ever an elaborate programme
is set up with videos from the Jan van Eyck archive - the videos cover
a time span from the seventies to now. The programme offers experts and
the public at large a unique chance to get acquainted with the rich
tradition of Jan van Eyck video production.
More info:
http://janvaneyck.nl/0_2_3_events_info/arc_07_video_weekend.html


Saturday 26 - Monday 28 May
11:00 - 18:00
92 films equals 30h32m52s equals 35 years of video production
- screenings
The Jan van Eyck video collection, comprising more than 300 films,
inspired several current and former (advising) researchers and guests
to curate a programme of screenings. Based on memories, personal
preferences or specific themes they compiled an extensive programme
with films from the Jan van Eyck archive and external productions. The
aim is not to give a historical overview, yet the programme shows
videos from as early as 1972, when the medium was still in an
exploratory phase, to the latest release of 2007. Descriptions of the
videos and the motivation of the curators can be accessed at
http://janvaneyck.nl/0_2_3_events_info/
arc_07_video_weekend_descriptions.html and in a printed programme
brochure.

Saturday 26 May
20:00 hrs
  From black box to white cube
- round-table
Increasingly, filmmakers are invited to take part in art events such as
biennales and exhibitions; it would be interesting to ascertain why
that is. Is video art not sufficient in its own right? Is it too
abstract, too esoteric, too unprofessional, too much turned in on
itself? Or is it that filmmakers experience a kind of freedom when they
operate in an art context - the freedom to think beyond the structures,
methods and forms we ascribe to 'cinema'? Perhaps the cutting edge of
art is more seductive and rewarding than the fringe area of cinema? Why
do filmmakers who enter the white cube often make their work into
installations? How do they deal with this spatial dimension? Why is the
shift from white cube to black box much more uncommon and hardly ever
successful? Filmmakers Chantal Akerman and Pedro Costa, and curator
Catherine David will tackle these issues from their own experiences in
a round-table discussion chaired by curator Chris Dercon.

Sunday 27 May
11:00
The hidden story of video production
- round table
Video is an increasingly accessible, high-quality and affordable
medium. Yet, for the artist, attaining professional levels of
production and distribution involves complex and often problematic
negotiation. In this round-table discussion we will look at how aspects
of commissioning, financing structures, production, distribution and
archiving have developed over the past decades, how they work now,
where they might be heading and how they affect current artistic
production. We will also discuss the effect of the Internet and web
streaming on artistic methods, and on the curating and reception of
video art. The panel members of this round-table are freelance producer
Corinne Castel, artist Johan Grimonprez and theoretician Mark Nash. The
discussion is chaired by curator Dirk de Wit.

Monday 28 May
11:00
Looking back: The roots of video production at the Jan van Eyck Academie
- lecture
  From the 1970s onwards, the Jan van Eyck Academie has played a central
role in applying new technologies to the context of fine art. It was
one of the first institutes in the Netherlands where artists began to
experiment with video. From the 1980s onwards, these activities were
structurally organised via what was then called the 'video workplace'.
In an attempt to run through the history of video of the seventies and
eighties, Jennifer Steetskamp (Netherlands Media Art Institute,
Montevideo/TBA) will give a short introduction on the history of video
activities at the Jan van Eyck.

Monday 27 May
13:30
  From white cube to black box?
- lecture by Mark Nash
Mark Nash will consider the role of moving image art works in the
museum and gallery today, as well as the longer-term significance of
movement in contemporary art. He will show excerpts from a range of
contemporary works as well as installation shots of a number of recent
exhibitions, including his own Experiments with truth.
Head of Department of the Curating Contemporary Art department, Mark
Nash is a well-known specialist in contemporary fine art moving image
practices, avant-garde and world cinema. He was co-curator of Documenta
11 (2002) and film curator of the Berlin Biennial (2004).

at different times
Case histories: former researchers, artists stored in the Jan van Eyck
archive
- presentations
In the mid-80s the Jan van Eyck Academie established itself as the
leading centre for experimentation and production of video art in the
Netherlands. Over the years, many participants/researchers have
realised and developed video work at the academy. They are now invited
to talk about their work in relation to their career. For Case
histories, former participants/researchers Cel Crabeels (interviewed by
Robrecht Vanderbeeken), Knut Asdam (interviewed by Rein Wolfs), Pavel
Braila (with a comment by John Murphy), Johan Grimonprez and Isa
Rosenberger will trace their routes from then to now.


- financially supported by the Province of Limburg and the City of
Maastricht
- part of Kunsttour

Practical information
Language: English

Admission is free.

Contact:
Jan van Eyck Academie
Academieplein 1
6211 KM Maastricht
The Netherlands
kim.thehu at janvaneyck.nl
t +31 (0) 43.350.37.37
f +31 (0) 43.350.37.59
http://www.janvaneyck.nl