15 May 2013

video feature
Georgia
CCA Tbilisi

Tbilisi

CCA – Contemporary Art Center Tbilisi/Georgia 16-18 May 2013

Today in 2013, is Wilfried’s 2nd day in Georgia und tomorrow the the screenings @ -CCA Tbilisi will be starting. One day ago, he arrived in Tbilisi coming from Istanbul. During his 3 days presentation Wilfried will be asked, why he actually was considering the collaboration in Georgia, while he obviously has not any benefit of it, the hiddeen meaning of this question was, while the Georgians have no benefit it. Wilfried was explaining, that he was curious of how Georgia, the ex-Sovjet republic located at the edge of Europe, would have developed after the system change and whether there are artists working with audio-visual media – and he found contemporary art in an absolute desolate situation. The local people are still busy with their own survival and have no capacities to deal with art which is like elsewhere recognized rather as a kind of luxury. But the political change did not represent also the change of the personal once in power, and the Georgian society is similiar to Russia and other ex-Sovjet countries now under the rule and influence of the orthodx church on one hand and one or two oligarchs dominating politics and public opinion.

The screening programs @ CCA Tbilisi

Agricola de Cologne prepared 9 special programs – a combination of screenings, lectures and discussions covering a wide range of aspects of art & moving images.
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1.1

Cologne OFF VII -Art & the City
selected by Agricola de Cologne

Matthias Härenstam (Sweden) – Closed Circuit, 2011, 3:01
Albert Merino (Spain) – The City and The Other, 2010, 3:09
Francesca Fini (Italy) – Oasis in the Desert, 2010, 5:00
Sarah Mock (Germany) – Is there a Way Out, 2011, 3:47
Yuriy Kruchak, Yulia Kostereva (UA) – The 7th of November, 2009, 3:36
Oksana Chepelyk (Ukraine) – Urban Multimedia Utopia: 10:00, 2002
Johanna Reich ( Germany) – A State of Crystal, 2010, 3’19
Liu Wei (China) – Hopeless Land, 2009, 7:28
Eva Olsson (Sweden) – Labyrinth, 2009, 3:41
Theme Bannenberg & NOK Snel (NL) – Behind Closed Doors, 2010, 7:38
Susanne Wiegner (Germany) – Just Midnight, 2010, 3:43
My Name is Scot (Canada) – Independance, 2011, 7:56

1.2

VideoChannel – Found Footage
curated by Gioula Papadopoulou – Videoart Festival Miden

01. Ran Slavin (Israel) – Facial Witness, 2006, 2:00
02. Andreas Zingerle (Austria) – EXTENSION OF HUMAN SIGHT, 2008, 3:10
03. Rajorshi Ghosh (USA) – pig, 2009, 1:00
04. Borja Alexandre (Spain) – “Suicide”, 2007, 8:00
05. Alexander Mouton (USA) – Stare, 2009, 1:40
06. Constantin Hartenstein (Germany) – LIFTN, 2008, 1:20
07. Maria Canas (Spain) – The Toro’s Revenge, 2006, 2:00
08. Bill Domonkos (USA) – Lu Deux Fois, 2008, 3:11
09. Clint Enns (Canada) – winnipeg stories: sacrificial memories, 2008, 4:38
10. Enrique Freaza (Spain) – Fictional Recall: Episode I, 2007, 1:09
11. Andrea Huyoff (Germany) – On the Waterfront, 2008, 2:30
12. Owen Mundy (USA) – Through a Glass Darkly, 2008, 12:30
13. Renata Padovan (Brazil) – ONCE, 2009, 2:11
14. Jonas Nilsson (SWE) – The Choice, 2009 2:15
15. Joshua Rosenstock (USA) – Dance of the Computer Lab, 2009, 1:18
16. Dr. Boston (USA) – I wish I had a date, 2006, 3:15
17. Lobo Pasolini (Brazil) – The Art of Videoart, 2007, 2:18
18. Angie Eng (USA) – Endings, 2008, 2:39

1.3

CologneOFF – Still Facing – performance in Videoart
selected by Agricola de Cologne

Shahar Marcus (Israel) – Still Burnicoffng, 2009, 2:32
Agricola de Cologne (Alemania) – Silent Cry, 3:05, 2008
Cynthia Whelan (UK) – Selfportrait, 3:27, 2005
Jasmine Kainy (Israel) – Comes from Outside, 2011, 3:35
Justyna Maluchnik (Poland) – Freedom – Polish part, 2009, 13:09
Sinasi Günes (Turkey) – Anatolia, 2006, 2:18
Beate Hecher/Markus Keim (Austria) – ln Absentia, 2012, 10:00
Angelika Herta (Austria) – Man of Iron, 2011, 1:53
Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (Iceland) – Toilet, 5:00, 2005
Johanna Reich (Germany) – BlueRed, 11:04, 2008
Fran Orallo (España) – The Life in White (La Vida en Blanco), 2006, 7:48

2.1

Trace of Transformation
animateCOLOGNE – Cologne Art & Animation Festival
selection coordinated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne

Part I
Curated by Agricola de Cologne

Stine Gonsholt (Norway) – Balance, 2009, 3:02
Kristian de la Riva (UK) – Cut, 2009, 3:00
Karolien Soete (Belgium) – Prolegomena, 2011, 7’32″
Kristina Frank (Sweden) – Take to the woods, 2011, 6:01
Eric Patrick (USA)- Retrocognition, 2012, 17:37

Part II
Curated by Myriam Thyes

DoDomani Studio (Italy) – The Box, 2012, 3:00
Andrea Ferri (Italy) – Satura, 2008, 2:30
Natalia Biegaj (Poland) – For Katy, 2012, 3:26
Karolina Glusiec (Poland) – Velocity, 2012, 6:00
Shuai Cheng Pu (Taiwan) – Ferry Paradise, 2012, 3:48
Susanne Wiegner (Germany) – At the Museum, 2012, 3:00
Arjan Brentjes (Netherlands) – Il était une fois un Artiste, 2011, 6:34
David Clark (UK) – Odd Jobs, 2010, 4:16

2.2
exDox –experimental documentary film festival
selection curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne

Iva Kontic (Serbia) – Mechanical Dream, 2011, 11:00
Mickael Muraz (France) – As the Train Goes By, 2012, 3:00
Verena Kyselka (Germany) – Territoriy of Beauties, 2012, 23:00
Michael Murnau (UK) – Hanging On Me, 2012, 7:26
Richard Bolland (RSA) – I Dream Manenberg, 2010, 15:00

2.3
“Look! That’s it!” – Global Art & Moving Images Awards
coordinated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne

# Cologne International Videoart Festival (Germany) – Curator Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
–> Owen Eric Wood (Canada) – Return, 2011, 5:00

# exDox – experimental documentary film festival (Germany) – Curator: Agricola de Cologne
–> Yiotis Vrantzas (Greece) – Phone call from Cairo, 2012, 4:55

# Manipulated Images (Los Angeles, USA) – Curator: Alysse Stepanian
–> Guli Silberstein (UK/Israel) – Disturbdance, 2012, 3:25

# Now & After – Videoart Festival Moskow (Russia) – Curator: Marina Formenko
–> Alexandra Mitlyanskaya, Russia, “Babylon 2010”, 2010, 5’00”

# Fonlad – Digital Art Festival Coimbra(Portugal) – Curator: José Vieira
–> Jacob Tonsky (USA) – “Balance Study: Threshold”, 2008, 1:02

# VideoBabel – Festival of Videoart (Peru)
Curator: Vera Tyuleneva
–> Jean Paul Zelada (Peru) – “Ciudad Cero”, 2010, 3:38

# AudioVisioni Digitali (Rome) – Curator: Veronica d’Auria
–> Lino Strangis (Italy) – Wake Up From the Drift, 4:12, 2012

# Ferrara Video & Arte Ferrara (Italy) – Curator: Vitiliano Teti
–> Claudia Carboni (italy) “Real-lusion”, 2010, 4: 34

# Linoleum Intern. Animation & Media Art Festival (Russia) – Curator: Olga Martynenko
–> Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina) – Luminaris, 2011, 5:53

# Digital Marrakesh Festival (Morocco) – Curator: AZ Taleb
–> Arab Media Lab Project, (Morocco/NL) – Recruiting identities, 2011, 6.20

# City Breath Festival Cape Town (South Africa) – Curator: Kai Lossgott
–> Khanyisile Mbongwa, James Taylor (RSA) – Fragmented, 4′53”, 2009

# VideoArt Festival Miden (Greece) – Curators: Gioula Papadopoulou & Giorgos Dimitrapoulos
–> Shahar Marcus (Israel) – The curator, 2011, 4:22

3.1

VideoChannel – curatorial platform for art & moving images
[self] imaging – artists portraying themeselves in video
selected by Agricola de Cologne

Lee Welch (Ireland)- Again & Again, 2003, 1:00
Shiftwork (UK) – Text Field, 2004, 1:10
Luc Gut (CH) – Alter Ego, 2008, 2 min
Barry Morse (USA) – Mouse’s Birthday, 3:37, 2010
Angela Washko (USA) – Washko’s PR, 2010, 2:00
Anders Weberg (Sweden) – SELF, 2010, 1:00
Agricola de Cologne (Germany) – Distortion Projected, 4:50, 2005
Maria Korporal (Italy) – A Midwinter Night¹s Dream, 2010, 3:37
Sally & Mo(Iceland) – Misty, 2009, 3:33
Alexandre Rangel ( Brazil) – “Scalp”, 2010, 4:02
Lara Salinas (Spain) – Endocrinology nº 3, 2009, 4:00
Virginie Foloppe (France) – “J.F.’s Toolbox”, 2004, 5:50
Sonja Vuk (Croatia),My Way, 2005, 1:00
Isobel Blank (Italy) – “Selfportrait”, 2009,2:53
Shigeo Arikawa (Japan) – Her Ironical Me, 2008, 15:00
Johanna Reich (Germany) – Front, 2005, 2:04
Doug Garth Williams (USA) – Back & Forth, 2009, 2:42

3.2
another day, another war
selection curated by Agricola de Cologne

Casey McKee (USA) -Corporate Warfare, 2005, 3:32
Les Riches Dounaniers (France) – Motorized Ordeal, 2009, 8:46
Jonas Nilsson (Sweden) – Seclusion II, 2011, 3:54
Andres Jurado (Colombia) – 2:48 minutes with the door, 2009, 3:01
Peter Freund (USA) – Is Paris Burning, 2012, 2:19
Omar Robert Hamilton (Egypt) – The People Demand the Fall of the Regime, 2011, 4:00
Shahar Marcus (Israel) – 1,2,3 Herring, 2011, 2:27
Zohar Kfir (Canada/Israel) – Gaza Airport, 2012, 7:12
Mohammed Harb (Palestine) – Without Windows, 2009, 5:00
Karla Spiluttini (Austria) – Tiananmen, 2010, 3:18
Jared Katsiane (USA) – Before War, 2010, 05:40
Marie Magescas (France) – WAR desease, 2010, 8:26
Max Hattler (Germany) – Spin, 2010, 3:55

3.3

CologneOFF VIII – memory & identity
selected by Agricola de Cologne

Pablo Fernandez-Pujol (Spain) – 142-143 – 2010, 2:10
Mark Kadota (Japan) – Un-Caged, 2012, 5:30
Ryota Hamasaki (Japan) – Desertion, 2011, 10:00
Hamza Halloubi (Morocco) – Untitled (Lait), 2007, 0:51
Manuela Barile (Portugal) – Morolojam 2008, 8:05
Emanuela Iorga (Moldova) – My Jazz, 2011, 3:20
Antti Salvela (Sweden) – “Mother”, 2008, 1:00
Anthony Rousseau (France) – Climax, 2008, 1:00
Johnny Milner (Australia) – The Chest, 2007, 3:15
Valerio de Bonis (Italy) A Gift for…, 2010, 6:15
Przemek Węgrzyn (Poland) – The Spring, 2011, 3:20
Irina Gabiani (Georgia) – Diachronicon – 2010, 1:00
Eimhin Hawes (Ireland) – Passage, 2009, 7:30
Wrik Mead (Canada) – Winter’s End, 2010, 8:00

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Tomorrow, 17 March the orthodx church is planning a gigantic demonstration against homosexuals and the liberation of the law again homosexuals. Wilfried will exploring that he was in the morning joining this demonstration by chance while he made his personal sight seeing, not knowing at first what the demonstration is all about, and when he later the day is continuing his presentation at -CCA Tbilisi , the director will tell him about the reason for the demonstration and, what Wilfried will be frightening, by listening to the CCA director, the orthodox church would be right to persecute homosexuals further on like it was in Sovjet times.

Wilfried is thinking, he would be in a wrong film – if already artists would be against homosexuals and other minorities, usually the most open minded social group, how would be the Georgian society in general? Wilfried will see his visit in Georgia suddenly with different eyes – Georgia wasn’t on a good way and for Wilfried – there is no place, because also art is discriminated. Himself completely open-minded, he feels like his sympathy for Georgia is dramatically shrinking, he feels increasingly uncomfortable and he will be glad to escape from the country after 3 days. Wilfried likes the local history and the landscape, but he does not like the mentality of the people he is meeting. The way, how dogmatically conservative the Georgian society was, the way it was art – at least, what is considered officially as contemporary art, and video as an art medium has no relevance, because there is no progressive art education and following studies of moving images is possible only outside of the country. So, the best creative people are leaving the country, like it happens in other post-sovjet countries, as well.

How desolate the situation of art is, shows the fact, that only a few younger people are involved in CCA and the audience attending Wilfried’s presentation is consisting of no more than 10 people, mostly students – but they will be really eager to follow Wilfried’s screenings, because it is a rare moment, that the Georgian people got the chance to view such a diversity of videoart around the world, but in the eyes of the locals Wilfried’s visit has no relevance, because nobody has any material benefit. And initiating a collaboration with CCA does not make sense, because Georgian videart does not exist which Wilfried might present in the framework of his global activities. So, Wilfried’s visit is quite embarassing for all sides, and that will Wilfried avoid in Future!