Videotage Newsletter November

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  VIDEOTAGE NEWS November 2002

  1. Microwave International Media Art Festival
  2. Cattle Depot Arts Festival
  3. Indies Channel Presents Yau Ching’s Ho Yuk –– Let’s Love Hong Kong and a
  Selection of Yau’s Shorts
  4. Painful History Presented by Ying E Chi
  5. Opening of a New Art Space in Hong Kong – [via]
  6. Learn Theories and Practical Skills first-hand from Senior Arts Managers
  7. MAAP 2002 in Beijing
  8. Support Rhizome
  9. Spark Video Art Calls for Video Work
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  1.With the theme of “Temp?ral Being”, this year marks the 6th successful
  year of the Microwave International Media Arts Festival. The event features
  artist-in-residence workshops hosted by Austrian artist collective “Time’s
  Up”, screenings of international and local videos, seminars, forums, musical
  performances and exhibitions. Slovenian net art pioneer Vuk Cosic is invited
  to curate an innovative net art exhibition in Videotage studio.
  More info: www.videotagr.org.hk/new/index.htm

  2. Cattle Depot Artist Village is opened for public on 8-10th November 2002.
  Organised by Cattle Depot “villagers”, the event includes exhibitions,
  screenings, open forum, opera performance and a flea market place. Check out
  the interactive works created by Videotage members, Guy Cheung, Frankie
  Lung, Terry Lai, Tina Shum and Adrian Yeung. Opens at 6pm-11pm on 8th Nov;
  9am-11pm on 9th-10th Nov. Address: Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau
  Kok Road, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong

  3. Yau Ching’s a latest feature Ho Yuk –– Let’s Love Hong Kong will be shown
  at Hong Kong Arts Centre’s Indies Channel on 22nd and 23rd November.
  Accompanying the film is a selection of Yau’s early experimental shorts,
  plus a seminar on the 23rd November.
  Enquiry: 2582-0280

  4. Also in Hong Kong Arts Centre, there are screenings organised by Indie
  film distributor Ying E Chi. The Final Night of the Royal Hong Kong Police
  (Part 1& 2) looks at the legacy of Hong Kong’s former colonial government
  through the eyes of several policeman while Conjugation is set in 1989,
  Bejing and revolves around a group of young people trying to cope with life
  in the aftermath of the June 4th incident.
  Ticket info: www.ticketek.com.hk

  5. Founded by Lam Hiu Tung and Tse Yin Mo, [via] is a privately owned art
  place dedicated to the promotion of art and cultural activities in Hong
  Kong. Apart from self-curated theme exhibitions, [via] is also opened for
  hire to art enthusiasts and artists for exhibitions and gatherings. Located
  at Marble Road, Basement Shop 44, China United Centre, North Point.
  E-mail: videoiste at yahoo.com

  6. Organised by the Hong Kong Arts Centre, Professional Certificate in Art
  Management is a professional course designed for local practicing art
  managers. It offers training on practices and theories of arts management.
  Taught by a team of senior arts managers in Hong Kong. Deadline for
  application: 18th November, 2002.
  Contact: 2922-2822.

  7. The annual MAAP new media arts festival was held in Beijing for the first
  time. Videotage was one of the supporting art organisations. Based in
  Brisbane, Australia, the festival aims to promote new media arts in the Asia
  Pacific regions. It has obviously done a good job.
  More info: www.maap.org.au

  8. Support the striving net art community Rhizome.org by donation. Every
  little helps.
  More info: www.rhizome.org/support

  9. Spark Video Art organise monthly video art series at Spark Contemporary
  Art Space in Syracuse, New York. Each monthly event consists of one SPARK
  VIDEO INTERNATIONAL programme and one programme of community based video
  known as SPARK HOME VIDEO. They are currently accepting video submission for
  the coming programme year and the deadline is 1st April, 2003.
  More info: http://cgr.syr.edu/spark


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  Unit 13, Block PB 567, Cattle Depot Artist Village
  63 Ma Tau Kok Road
  To Kwa Wan, Kowloon
  Hong Kong
  Tel: 852-2573.1869
  Fax: 852-2503.5978
  URL: http://www.videotage.org.hk

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