OSLO SCREEN FESTIVAL
The 2012 edition of Oslo Screen Festival inludes, among others, Closed Circuit (In the middle of Sweden). The Festival will take place from March 9th-11th with different venues in Oslo (Filmens Hus, Ny Musikk, UKS and Litteraturhuset).
More at the Oslo Screen Web Page.
GENERATION LOSS, MANILLA
Closed Circuit (In the middle of Sweden) is to be shown at the Generation Loss Festival in Manilla, Philippines March 2nd - Mars 16th. This screening is part of the ongoing tour of CologneOFF VII.
CEC 2012, INDIA
As part of the ongoing CologneOFF VII tour, Closed Circuit (In the middle of Sweden) is to be screened at the 7th annual Carnival of e-Creativity (CeC 2012). Cec 2012 is taking place at Sattal Estate, near Bhimtal, in the Himalayan Indian state of Uttarakhand from February 24 to February 26 2012. More at Cec 2012 webpage and CologneOFF webpage.
CINEMA PERPETUUM MOBILE FILM FESTIVAL, MINSK
The touring of Closed Circuit (In the middle of Sweden) with the CologneOFF VII goes on to Belarus with screenings at the Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Film Festival in Minsk 16 - 18 January 2012
More info.
WHITE BOX MUSEUM OF ART, BEIJING
Closed Circuit (In the middle of Sweden) will be part of InsideOut Step2 - Latest trends in Western Videoart at the White Box Museum in Beijing Dec 17th - 18th. The show will be an international selection from the first two editions of Arte Video Roma Festival proposed by C.A.R.M.A. - Applied Multimedia Art and Research Center (Rome, Italy). The selection will include some of the most interesting works collected by the curatorial board Le Momo Electronique during its several years monitoring work on Italian and foreign productions.
COLOGNE OFF VII IN MEXICO, CUBA AND MOROCCO
CologneOFF 2011 is currently touring a program including Closed Circuit (In the Middle of Sweden). It is titled "Art & the City: Mirrors", curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne and will be shown in Cuba, at the International Videoart Festival in Camaguey 25th-29th Nov 2011 and at ISA - Academy of Arts Havana - 2nd December 2011. Then back to Mexico again with a screening on 8 Dec 19h at CANTE - Centro de Arte y Nuevas Tecnologias in San Luis Potosi. Next stop is Morocco with screenings at the Digital Marrakech, Marrakech on 9th - 10th December. The program was also recently shown in Mexico City, at ExTeresa Arte Actual 10th - 11th November and at the Arte Video Roma, in Rome 21st - 23rd October. More here.
ÖÖ - WAS IT A DREAM?
Closed Circuit (In the middle of Sweden) will be presented at Öö - Was it a dream? in Tallinn, Estonia 22nd - 26th November. Öö - Was it a dream? is a platform showcasing and connecting avant-garde Nordic designers and artists. More info.
BETWEEN APPROPRIATION AND INTERVENTIONS
Hundekälte (Nächstes Jahr wirds noch kälter) and Untitled (Raining Stones) will take part in the exhibition Between appropriation and interventions, curated by Berlin-based curator Harald Theiss. The show at Christianssand Fine Arts Society, Kristiansand, Norway opens on October 8th and runs until November 20th.
SERIAL BOX VIDEO FESTIVAL
Portrait of a smiling man will take part in the Serial Box Video Festival in Columbia, MO, USA. The festival will run through the winter with an opening event on October 14th.
OBJEKTIV # 4
The new issue of Norwegian art magazine Objektiv, focuses on the moving image and features, among others, a text by Mattias Härenstam on Sam Taylor-Woods "A little death" (2003). Release at Fotogalleriet, Oslo October 13th at 19:00
More at the Objektiv webpage.
24TH FESTIVAL LES INSTANTS VIDÉO 2011
Closed Circuit (in the middle of Sweden) has been selected for 24th Festival Les Instants Vidéo 2011. The festival takes place in Marseille (la Friche Belle de Mai, les Grands Terrains, La Traverse, Où, Espace Culture, Art/Position, La Tengente, Bastide St Joseph, Mémorial la Marseillaise) from November 4th to 13th.
Another set of screenings will take place in Paris from November 5th to 13th. These screenings will take place at 104 (5 rue Curial, 75019 Paris) and is a collaboration with Jeune Creation.
More at the festival web page.
ENTR'ACTE INTERMEDIALE
Closed Circuit (In the middle of Sweden) will be shown on Italian TV channel Tele Ambiente on Sunday November 13th at 23.15. The show called Entr'acte Intermediale is the first TV show in Italy to specialize in video art and experimental cinema.
Closed Circuit was chosen, together with Riccardo Arenas 25.675 and Igor Imhoffs Small White Dots, from this years edition of the Arte Video Roma Festival.
ARTE VIDEO ROMA FESTIVAL
Closed circuit (In the middle of Sweden) will be shown as part of the Arte Video Roma Festival 21th - 23th October, Cinema Theater Volturno, Rome. More at the festival web page,
5TH JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL
Closed Circuit ( In the middle of Sweden) will be part of the 5th Jakarta International Video Festival, titled "OK Video FLESH". The festival will be held at The National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta 6 - 17 October and is organized by ruangrupa. Opening on October 6th at 19:30. More at the festival web page.
NEW SCREEN NEWCASTLE
Closed Circuit (In the middle of Sweden) will be screened as part of the New Screen - New Castle Video art festival in Newcastle from 9th - 11th Sep. The event focuses on Norwegian video art and is organized by Audhild Dahlstrøm of NABROAD.
Closed Circuit will be screened in a curated program on Sun 11th Sep at 14:00 at the Side Cinema. More at NewScreen webpage.
COLOGNE OFF VII
Closed Circuit (in the middle of Sweden) is included in a program, part of the CologneOFF VII curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne. The program is titled Art & the city - A velvet underground and will be shown at Shams - The Sunflower Art Centre in Beirut, Lebanon 31 Aug - 3 September 2011 and in Riga, Latvia as part of Baltic Sea V, a collaboration with the cultural organisation NOASS and Waterpieces Contemporary and Video Art Festival 8-10 September 2011.
More at Cologne OFF webpage.
NORDIC ART EXPRESS
Portrait of a smiling man has been selected for the touring video program "Flaggfabriken presenterer Nordic Art Express", curated by Maya Økland and Hilde Jørgensen. The video program will tour the Nordic countries and the Baltic States through 2011.
The screening program has so far been shown at Fotogalleriet, Oslo, the Film School in Lodz, Poland, SUPERMARKET Art Fair in Stockholm, Landmark Bergen Kunsthall, the Trajector Art Fair in Brussels, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery in Tallinn and at the Fishfabrique in St. Petersburg. More to follow.
VIDEOHOLICA 2011
Closed Circuit (in the middle of Sweden) is included in the 2011 Videoholica Festival 5 - 12 August in Varna, Bulgaria. For more see festival webpage.
NORWEGIAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Portrait of a smiling man will be shown in a screening of new Norwegian performance video, titled That's Entertainment! curated by Susanne Ø Sæther for Atelier Nord at the Norwegian Short Filmfestival in Grimstad. The screening will take place on Thu 16th June at Cinema Pan at 17:00. For more info see their webpage.
21. INTERNATIONALES VIDEOFESTIVAL BOCHUM
Portrait of a smiling man will be screened as part of the 21. International Videofestival in Bochum 26th - 28th of May. For more see their webpage.
ÅPENT FORUM
Mattias will do a presentation of his work and practise at Åpent Forum, the National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo on May 2nd at 17:00.
The lecture will be a double feature together with a presentation of St.Peterburg - based art platform Chto delat/What is to be done?
Free of charge and open for everyone.
TIDENS KRAV, OSLO
Mattias Härenstam will do a solo project at the artist-run gallery Tidens Krav, Skippergata 18 in Oslo. Opening on Thursday April 28th at 19:00. Opening hours Fri 29th April - Sun 1st May 13:00 - 17:00 and Fri 6th May - Sun 8th May 13:00 - 17:00
It features a brand new 4-channel video installation, titled Drawing Circles (...the distance is always the same).
Read more and watch video excerpts and stills
Issue Three of online art magazine Måg contains a feature on Mattias Härenstams exhibition at Akershus Art Centre.
SPRING EXHIBITION AT FOTOGALLERIET, OSLO
Portrait of a smiling man participating at the annual Spring Exhibition at Fotogalleriet, Oslo.
Solo show at Akershus Art Centre in Lillestrøm, Norway opening on Sat 19th Feb at 13:00.
Open until 20th March 2011. Opening hours Wed - Sun 12 - 16, Thu 12 - 18. Map
Portrait of a smiling man is part of the special selection of the Videoholica video art festival (Varna, Bulgaria) and is now being toured in a screening program.
