[spectre] Multichannel Screening Programme 20 June - 6 July, ArtSway UK Opening event 20 June 6pm - 9pm

[Helen Sloan]

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Dear Colleagues and Friends

I would like to invite you to SCAN's latest project and collaboration with
ArtSway. After the success of last year's screening programme, Multichannel
will be held for over two weeks in 2008 and we had an overwhelming response
from artists making single screen work from all over the world.

Paul B Davis will be in residence, as part of Distributed South's programme
and network of media arts events across the South of England, to complement
the screenings and we will hold an opening screening and seminar event on
20th June starting at 6pm.

I do hope you will be able to attend.

With best wishes
Helen
Helen Sloan
Director
SCAN

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MultiChannel
Friday 20 June ­ Sunday 6 July 2008
 
Multichannel is a screening programme, organised and curated by ArtSway and
SCAN, which will take place in ArtSway¹s galleries. This year¹s programme
features film and video works by 37 artists and looks to expand upon the
highly successful 2007 Multichannel screening programme. The continuing
intention of the curators is to present single screen video works by artists
and practitioners who reflect current trends in contemporary lens-based
work, as well as screening films by cutting edge practitioners from the
previous two decades.
 
Multichannel has been expanded from the three days of screenings in 2007, to
almost three weeks for this year¹s programme.  In addition, there was an
open call for artists to submit work for selection ­ resulting in 150
high-calibre lens-based artists sending works from across the UK, Europe and
as far afield as the United States. Alongside the open call a number of
exceptional artists have been invited by the curators to exhibit their work.
 
The single channel works selected for Multichannel are curated into a
screening programme that will cover the following areas: Film/Video and
Music; Narrative and Journey; Film/Video as Material; Psychological
Narrative. The 37 artists included in the programme have been grouped into
an area that the curators feel best reflects themes inherent in their work,
and are as follows:
 
In ArtSway¹s Gallery 2:
Film/Video and Music: Andrew Brand; Anahita Hekmat; Pete Gomes; Jen-Kuang
Chang; Alison Ballard; Paul B Davis; Rachel Cattle; Flow Motion.
 
Narrative and Journey: Steve Hines; Michael Fortune; Jeannie Driver; David
Kendall, David Bickerstaff; Thomson & Craighead; Gair Dunlop; Kevin Logan;
Nina Sverdvik; Amanda Loomes, Manuel Saiz; John Davis.
 
In ArtSway¹s Gallery 3:
Film/Video as Material: Ranulph Glanville; Nicola Naismith; Cynthia Beth
Rubin; Karen Reed; Joe Duffy; Simon Woolham.
 
Psychological Narrative: Hannu Karjailainen; Anna Siebert; Lucy Cash; Tina
Gonsalves; Sarah Pucill; Joel Papps; Kevin Pocock; Jordan Baseman; Benjamin
Cooper.
 
Artist in Residence and Education Programme:
Alongside the screening programme there will be a number of talks and
events. Paul B. Davis, an artist and musician with an international
reputation for his work reconfiguring video and computer games, will also be
in residence for one week during Multichannel as part of the Distributed
South media arts initiative curated by Space Media and SCAN. Paul will spend
part of his residency teaching local school children from St Luke¹s Primary,
Sway, the basics of computer programming and electronics.
 
Late Night Special Screening and Panel Discussion:
Friday 20 June 2008, 6pm ­ 9pm
Join curators Helen Sloan (SCAN) and Peter Bonnell (ArtSway) for a late
night screening from 6pm to 8pm. At 8pm there will be an informal panel
discussion, led by Helen and Peter ­ featuring contributions from many
artists exhibiting work in Mutlichannel. FREE ­ all welcome. Refreshments
will be served.
 
Gallery Talk: Wednesday 2 June 2008, 7pm
Brian McClave: Stereoscopic Video
Brighton based artist Brian McClave will give an overview and demonstration
in ArtSway¹s gallery 2 of his ground breaking stereoscopic video work. Brian
has worked predominantly for the past 12 years with the medium of digital,
stereoscopic (3D) video. This technology is informed by lens-based practice
from 19th century photography to 21st century digital gaming. McClave¹s
stereoscopic videos are often multi-layered with information occupying
different spacial layers within the 3D environment. This technique allows
for a superimposition of related themes and images in a way that is
impossible in 2D video work. FREE: Booking Essential
 
Multichannel Filmmaking Clinic with Steve Lewis:
Saturday 28 June & Saturday 5 July, 2008, 10am ­ 5pm
Two daylong drop-in advice clinics for those who need help with all aspects
of filmmaking. There will be 10 half-hour slots available on each day for
young people, students and adults of any ability. If you are looking for
trouble shooting advice for a film that you want to make, or you¹re
struggling to make an existing work ­ experienced filmmaker Steve Lewis will
be on hand to help.  COST: £10 per half-hour slot. Booking Essential
 
For further details of all events contact Jack Lewis:
jack.lewis at artsway.org.uk or telephone +44 (0)1590 682260

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