Cinefeel - hybrid arts :: film - music

CADS

London's annual Creative & Design Awards - aka The Music Vision Awards - are organised by music industry trade publications Music Week and Promo Magazine, rewarding the best in promos, sleeve design, music DVDs, music television and so on. Since 1998, Cinefeel have curated the programme of left-field innovative music videos from outside the mainstream screened during the event.

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The

Addictive TV

"A Japanese weekend in Paris"

Screening 'Made In Japan' at Le Cube
(27.11.03)
A programme of videos focusing on Japanese artists and, in particular, the VJ scene in Tokyo - which is one of the most progressive in the world. The programme includes Flash animation by Devil Robots, music videos by Satoshi Tomioka, Power Graphixx, Imai Toonz and Delaware, short films by SSSR and other recorded work and animation by designers-VJs Glamoove, TomoGrapher, Ukawa Naohiro, Kloma, SanFrandisco and UNU.

Exhibition 'Go back2D' at Project101, Paris
(28.11.03 - 14-12.03)
" Goback2D" is a project from Takako Narita, gathering eight Japanese and English illustrators, all passionate about graphic art and cartoons. The "Tenugui" themed exhibition featured Tak (UK/Japan), Baku (Sapporo, Japan), Pete Fowler (London, UK), Lucy (Birmingham, UK), Matt Swell (Brighton, UK), Symbolon (Tokyo, Japan), Chris Drury (Manchester, UK) and Imai Toonz (Tokyo, Japan). Post gallery entertainment from DJs Breakfastisback (France) and VJs Sanfrandisco (Japan).

TomoGrapher

Crossover

A series of mixed-media events held on the cutting edge Paris boat venue Batofar in 1999 and 2000, mixing projections, installations, live music, DJs and VJs. The event brought over a number of British artists to Paris for the first time.

Over two years, artists who performed include Gus Gus DJs; halal grooves for the new millenium from U-Cef; a Rephlex party with the first live performance in France by Cylob and Ovuca; the first showcase in France of the Leaf label including a live AV performance by the Sons of Silence and the London based Sprawl Imprint; live performance from French artists Scratch Massive, Mr Neveux (Microbe Records), Olaf Hund (Musiques Hybrides) and DJ Ottoman. VJs who performed included Addictive TV, Glimpse, V-CR and VJ Tekyes.

Addictive TV

V-CR

OPTRONICA

"How can you not attend something

with a name as cool as Optronica?"

The Guardian

"Optronica's cutting-edge fusion of music and cinema

offers a dazzling vision of the future."

Time Out

Optronica was set up as a project to promote the work of audiovisual artists, VJs and art fusing music and images. Founded by artists and producers Addictive TV and anglo-french curators Cinefeel, Optronica’s activities encompass live audiovisual performances, installations, screenings of curated recordings and commission of original works. These are presented at the Optronica festival staged in London and via DVD releases and international touring programmes.

The bi-annual festival is organised in collaboration with the British Film Institute and staged at the BFI IMAX theatre, the BFI Southbank cinema complex, and other London venues including the ICA and National Theatre. At the IMAX, spectacular use of the giant screen and surround sound system provides an unrivalled technical and artistic setting for live shows and outdoors at the National Theatre giant projections are visible right across the river Thames. Live audiovisual performances have included Plaid & Bob Jaroc, Trevor Jackson, DJ Spooky, Karl Bartos from Kraftwerk, Peter Greenaway, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Reactable, Speedy J, Skoltz_Kolgen, Masakatsu Takagi and Addictive TV themselves.

Before its next edition in 2009, Optronica is on the road, presenting selections of audio/visual delights abroad.

In 2008, Cinefeel teamed up with Paris multimedia venue Le Cube to present a six month Optronica exhibition which featured over twenty international artists. Check here for details.

In 2009, Optronica’s new DVD label will release a number of audiovisual albums from artists including Si Begg & Robin Mahoney, The Mellowtrons and Exceeda.

"Optronica is a fine chance to glimpse at

and be part of the future."

Metro

More info here: www.optronica.org and on MySpace

Ctrl-lab

Trevor Jackson

Peter Greenaway

Optronica Lounge

Reactable