Innovative Curatorial Projects – Paris / SingaporeEvents
05-07/06/2014 | 19:00 The African Time Machine @ Video in Progress - [Ljubljana]
Lowave presents a special screening of The African Time Machine at the Videos in Progress Festival 2014, organized by Kolektiva Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Comprising of works from the IN/FLUX series, the programme takes the spectator on a journey through African time and space: travelling across the remnants of its post-colonial era to the staged revolutions, interventions and reform that led to its present day culture and society. The programme will be screened daily from the 5-7 June 2014.
@ Video in Progress festival, CUK Kino Šiška and Atrij ZRC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
27/4/2014 | 19:00 Human Frames - Melancholy @ Contemporary Art Platform [Kuwait]
Melancholy is part of the art film collection Human Frames that concentrates on psychological states such as happiness, desire, madness, fanaticism, fear, anger, isolation, mono no aware and impermanence. This volume presents nine contemporary works from Asia and Europe that arouse our curiosity of other cultural interpretations of melancholy. The films invite us to revisit the things we once considered familiar, to look at them from a different perspective, and ultimately, to subject our own cultural system of reference to scrutiny.
@ Contemporary Art Platform, Shuwaikh Industrial 2, Koweït
13/4/2014 | 19:00 Human Frames - Impermanence @ Contemporary Art Platform [Kuwait]
Impermanence is part of the art film collection Human Frames that concentrates on psychological states such as happiness, desire, madness, fanaticism, fear, anger, isolation, melancholy and mono no aware. This volume presents five contemporary works from Asia and Europe that reflect on the permanent becoming and changing of all beings and the concomitant ephemerality of human existence. The films invite us to look back in order to move forward.
@ Contemporary Art Platform, Shuwaikh Industrial 2, Kuwait
08-10/4/14 - Lowave @ Festival National du Court Métrage Etudiant [Paris]
Come watch as a new wave of young filmmakers showcase their works at the National Festival of Student Short Films 2014! The event is organized by Télésorbonne in partnership with Lowave and the films in competition will be judged by our very own Mickaël Robert-Gonçalves on the 10th April. Find more details on the Télésorbonne site (in French).
@ Université Paris IV Sorbonne, Centre Malesherbes, 108 Boulevard Malesherbes, 75017 Paris
30/3/2014 | 19:00 Human Frames - Fear @ Contemporary Art Platform [Kuwait]
Fear is part of the art film collection Human Frames that concentrates on psychological states such as happiness, desire, madness, fanaticism, anger, isolation, melancholy, mono no aware and impermanence. This volume presents nine contemporary works from Asia and Europe that illustrate our body’s instinctive mechanism in the face of danger. Through various cinematographic means, the artists remind us just how much fear is expressed through language, images, and montage.
@ Contemporary Art Platform, Shuwaikh Industrial 2, Kuwait
26/03-18/5/14 - Going Places @ The Arts House [Singapore]
Lowave director Silke Schmickl collaborates with The Arts House in Singapore to celebrate its 10th Anniversary! The exhibition Going Places, which runs from 26 March to 18 May, combines the poetry of 26 local poets captured intimately by sound recordings of their own narrations. In a mix media installation of contemporary photography and archival film and photography from the Singapore Archives juxtaposed with the spoken word of Singapore's finest contemporary poets, the exhibition explores the evolution of Singapore's cityscape.
@ The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore 179429
