[rohrpost] NOMADS & RESIDENTS March 22

[Bik Van der Pol <bikvdpol@earthlink.net>]

NOMADS & RESIDENTS
A forum for visitors in the arts: making connections, supporting
networks, setting up meetings

Wednesday March 22nd, 7.00 pm at Experimental Intermedia
224 Centre Street, 3rd floor, New York (between Canal and Grand Street)

"Tactical Narrative"

brings together
Florian Wuest (artist, filmmaker, curator for experimental film and
video art, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
and
Shelly Silver (video and filmmaker based in New York)
Ashley Hunt (experimental video maker based in New York)
for a conversation on strategies of narrative in film and video work.

Florian Wuest will show and talk about his recent experimental film "Oh
Mother Earth, dear Fatherland" adressing the iconography of remembrance
in Germany. Starting from the critique of the Neue Wache (New Guard
House) in Berlin as the 'Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of
Germany', Oh Mother Earth, dear Fatherland examines the powerful links
between political symbolism and christian iconography. The image of the
sacrificed son in mother's arms leads a brazenly associative collage
comprising of own recordings and found footage.
34 min, color and b/w, 16mm, 1999

Shelly Silver will talk about the permutating equation:   camera +
cameraperson+subject=?
She will present a group of three videos:  Meet the People, 1986: 37
Stories About Leaving Home, 1996; Want (rough cut), 2000

Ashley Hunt  is currently developing a body of work about Prison
Privatization, tracing its history and influence on public imagination
as one of a number of forces that desires a growing prison population.
Among other material he will present a trailer for the resulting video
work. 6 min. VHS. 1999.


Big cities are in a continuous flux, with a coming and going of people
who settle in, stay temporarily or move through. Newcomers enter this
flux, become part of the life of the city, and make connections with
others. The city, as a space, contains possibilities through the dynamic
relationships between people, which may provoke an active engagement.
Strangers become friends, ideas become practice, models are being
transformed into action.

NOMADS & RESIDENTS makes connections with people who live here and with
people who visit, by setting up an active network of collaborators, and
creating and organizing public events in a variety of places. NOMADS &
RESIDENTS invites artists, guests, curators, critics, activists,
travelers and passers-by to present insight into their practice, their
ideas, histories, and drives.


The curatorial and organizing group of NOMADS & RESIDENTS  consists of
50% New York based and 50% temporary residents. They  actively seek out
information about who is coming to New York and when, they  invite
guests to present his/her ideas and  solicit the involvement of spaces
where these presentations can take place. They welcome advice, ideas
and  the enthusiastic support of others. The events will be partly
informal and casual, and will include presentations, lectures, talks,
sideshows, small exhibitions, performances. No real topics will be set
beforehand. Priority will be given to proposals that could become
projects that will be  shared among the participants, to a practice that
can make resources and ideas available for common use.

Liesbeth Bik (artist, The Netherlands)
Catherine Cruello (curator/organizer, New York)
Andrea Geyer (New York based artist)
Gordon Knox (New York based initiator and organizer)
Jan Kopp (artist, France)
John Menick (New York based artist)
Phill Niblock (New York based artist)
Olu Oguibe (New York based artist/curator)
Cesare Pietroiusti (artist, Italy)
Jos van der Pol (artist, the Netherlands)
Annette Schindler (New York based curator)
Shelly Silver (New York based artist)

For more information or suggestions for the program, contact us via
email at nomadsresidents@hotmail.com



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