[spectre] Public Domain Festival, July 15 - 18, Bournemouth Lower Gardens, Dorset UK

[Helen Sloan]

Dear Spectre

I thought you might like to know about SCAN's festival next weekend in
Bouremouth UK. It would be great to see you if you can make it. Do get in
touch if you would like more details.

Best
Helen
Helen Sloan
Director
SCAN
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public//domain
A Festival of Digital Art, Music, Interaction and Screenings
Outdoor Screen, Bournemouth Lower Gardens
16 ­ 18 July, 2010 


Special Extra Event: 15 July, 19.30, The Cabinet of Living Cinema,
Bournemouth Lower Gardens. The Cabinet create live scored music to selected
short films.  In association with Future Shorts, and sponsored by Becks Vier
ŒMusic Inspires Art¹ UK tour.

Public Domain is a three-day festival focused around the big outdoor screen
in Bournemouth Lower Gardens (Dorset UK) and looking at its relationship
with public spaces across the whole town. The festival includes film
screenings, family workshops, installations, performances and  participatory
events from leading artists with international profiles encouraging
participants to explore what it means to share parks, gardens and other
public spaces.The festival invites everyone to take part through
collaboration and creativity in the workshops and some of the artworks, or
simply by bringing a picnic and experiencing one of the many screenings and
concerts that are on offer over the weekend.

On Friday, the event will launch with a headline rare event for UK with
Keith Tippett and Julie Tippetts, celebrated experimental jazz musicians
playing with bassist and cellist along to films by Buster Keaton, digital
pioneers Steina and Woody Vasulka and live generative animation from Stephen
Bell; followed by DJ Set Geek Chic Soundsytem with VJ Comix. In the
afternoon there will be artist talks at Russell-Cotes Gallery on the
seafront.

Saturday takes an animation theme with animation workshops for families
followed by a screening of the acclaimed Pixar film Wall-E. In the evening,
Alex Reuben¹s film Routes claimed as one of the top films of the decade will
focus on American dance and music from the Deep South leading to hip hop;
events then move to an Americana night at local bar sixty million postcards.

On Sunday the theme is narrative and storytelling with workshops for World
Listening Day from Joe Stevens, computer graphics and animation language
processing with Boredomreseach followed by a screening of contemporary
stories Where the Wild Things Are and Forbidden Planet.

Throughout the weekend there will be screenings from artists: Steina and
Woody Vasulka (Friday), Animate Projects, Students from the top courses in
animation at Bournemouth University and Arts University College Bournemouth,
Lou Pack, Jane Mason and Becky Edmunds, and Bob Cotton. Installations will
come from Rob Smith, Jennie Savage and a new commission from Tom Davis,
Curtis McKinney and Alain Renaud Flow: The Musical Boat Race.

All events are free. Everyone welcome. Bring a Picnic
For full programme:  http://www.scansite.org/publicdomain
More details: info at scansite.org or 01202 961451

The event is organised by SCAN in partnership with Bournemouth Borough
Council. Supported by: BSO Resonate, BU, AUCB, Skillset Bournemouth Screen
and Media Academy, sixty million postcards, Animate Projects, Arts Council
England, Big Bear Events, Dance South West, Pavilion Dance, Steinway & Sons