THE FIVE BEST VIDEOS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART REVIEW THE 01
A FOREST WITHIN A FOREST, QNQ/AUJIK, Japan
DUOTONE, Alexander Isaenko, Yanina Boldyreva, Ukraine, Russia
FORESTS & STEPPE, Kristina Paustian, Germany
NEONS MELODY, Jean-Michel Rolland, France
THREE MODERN HAIKU, Cristián Tàpies, Chile
THE 01 SHOWS
Contemporary Art Gallery BWA, Olsztyn, 3rd April 2013
Colony of Artists, Gdansk, 5th April 2013
Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, 5th April 2013
Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, 7th April 2013
Bureau for Art Exhibitions, Kielce, 8th April 2013
Municipal Cultural Center Sokol, KOT Film Society, Nowy Sacz, 24th April 2013
Museum in Koszalin, Koszalin, 10th May 2013
Bielska Gallery BWA, Bielsko-Biala, 11th May 2013
Centre For Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, KINO.LAB, Warszawa,15th May 2013
Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, 18th May 2013
13 Muses Gallery, Szczecin, 18th May 2013
Municipal Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz, 18th May 2013
Contemporary Art Gallery, Przemysl, 18th May 2013
Bureau for Art Exhibitions, Zielona Gora, 20th May 2013
Centre For Contemporary Art Kronika, Bytom, 25th May 2013
Art Centre – Sielecki Castle, Sosnowiec, 10th June 2013
Cultural Centre, Suwalki, 13th June 2013
Centre Of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Torun, 13th June 2013
Arsenal Gallery, Poznan, 14th June 2013
City Art Gallery, Czestochowa, 14th June 2013
Museum of Art, Lodz, 21st June 2013
Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole, 21st June 2013
The five best works will be available on the website after the exhibition in the Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, which runs from 06.02.2013 to 03.03.2013.
NOTICE
It is unlikely that anybody half-way sensible would today venture to define what video art is. This state of affairs, awkward and fascinating in equal measures, is probably due to the high quality of the art productions employing this medium which has now fully come of age. The works which engaged the members of the jury of the Video Review The 01, covered a varied range: short constructs with a fluent narrative, works predominantly animated, artefacts that could function as multimedia installations, ocumentation of performance actions or para-documentaries, dealing with political, social or existential issues. To my mind, it is this last category that stood out from all others, coming over as they did as coherent artistic concepts, where the medium and the message dovetailed perfectly. A couple that particularly caught my eye were the
Tree Modern Haiku by the Chilean artist Cristián Tapies and
D-01, the work of Philippos Kappa from Greece.
Watching a few dozen contemporary films, mostly produced by young artists, one has to emphasise their incredible technical know-how, increasingly common in those who work with animation and montage technology, providing intellectual entertainment of a high calibre on the technical level. It is often the works which are the sparsest in their plot development that provide perfect examples: here, the author is able to display his virtuosity via subtle touches, seemingly effortless and barely deliberate, but all the more sophisticated and clever for all that. The best film of this kind that I’ve seen was Double Blind by the French artists Gilivanka Kedzior and Barbara Friedman.
The Video Art Review concentrated the minds of many artists, critics and eager audiences. The issues raised in the films presented before the jury demonstrate that this competition format has great potential for the future.
Krzysztof Siatka
MAIN SCREENING
26 January, 2013, 18.00
Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, audiovisual hall, Krakow, Poland
ONLINE SCREENINGS
26 January, 2013, 18.00 GTM London
26 January, 2013, 21.00 CST New York
JUDGING PANEL
Roger Ballen – photographer
Konrad Kuzyszyn – photographer, video artist, University of Arts in Poznan
Aneta Rostkowska – curator, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art
Fabio Scacchioli – filmmaker
Krzysztof Siatka – curator, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art
Artur Tajber – performance artist, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
ARTISTS QUALIFIED FOR THE REVIEW
Oliver Benton
Claudia Campus
Simon Coates
Pawel Dziemian
Freddie Fei Wang
Adam Forrester
Alexander Isaenko, Yanina Boldyreva
Philippos Kappa
Gilivanka Kedzior, Barbara Friedman
Dennis Neuschaefer-Rube
Kristina Paustian
Jonas Paz-Benavides
QNQ/AUJIK
Diego Ramirez
Sergio Esteban Romero Lozano
Jean-Michel Rolland
Janek Rous
Cristián Tàpies
Bonino Toia
Juan Pablo Villegas
András Zalavári |
United Kingdom
Italy
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
USA
Ukraine
Greece
France
Germany
Germany
Peru
Japan
Mexico
Colombia
France
Czech Republic
Chile
Argentina
Mexico
Hungary |
We received 219 entries in total from 38 different countries. We are delighted to be able to show a wide variety of takes on video art. As you will be aware we are unable to show all works. Despite the incredibly high standard of works submitted the selection panel had to make a decision and have chosen a total of 21 video works.
THE 01 Video Art Review is the first edition of presentations of videos by artists – both art students and established artists – from all over the world. The review is not a competition with prizes; moreover, not all the submitted works will be presented to the public. The jury will choose the 5 best works, which will be promoted on the THE VIDEO COMMUNITY webpage. The main screening will take place at a selected venue in Krakow (Poland) and there will also be two online screenings accessible on the internet.
THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FOR ALL THE 01 VIDEO ART REVIEW ACTIVITIES AND CORRESPONDENCE IS ENGLISH
