From March 22 – April 3, the Netherlands Media Art Institute and Time Frame will host ‘The Media City’ workshop, dedicated to the exploration of narrative architecture and social interaction in public spaces.
The Media City is a specialized project development workshop for urban projections in Amsterdam. From March 22 to April 3, eight top international artists from S. Paulo, Lima, Durban, Douala and the Netherlands will be given the opportunity to explore the possibilities of visual programming interfaces for urban facades and develop their own site-specific concept.
This event includes 3 semi-public lectures. These three evening sessions with artists presentation will try to bring in as much expertise and viewpoints as possible and will foster discussions about the workshop theme among artists, theoreticians, cultural workers and audience. The sessions are interlinked and designed to initiate an ongoing discussion among the participants. The conference language is English.
- Tuesday, March 23, 20.00 - 22:00 : Edwin van der Heide ,Gloria Arteaga, and Doeng Jahangeer.
- Monday, March 29, 20.00 – 22:00 : Mayura Subhedar, Goody Leye, Alexi Anastasieu and Walter Langelaar.
- Thursday, April 1, 20:00 – 22:00: SESSION CANCELLED
> Tutor: Alexis Anastasiou (BR), Director / VJ of Visualfarm, Brazil
> Selected artists for the workshop: Lucas Bambozzi (BR), Gloria Arteaga(PE), Goody Leye (CM), Doung Jahangeer (ZA), Mayura Subhedar (IN/NL), Marnix de Nijs (NL), Edwin van der Heide (NL) and Walter Langelaar (NL).
There are possibilities for artists and art students to engage the lectures and workshops. Lectures popen to the public, free entrance.
Participation in workshop: drinks and lunch € 10 per day. Please send your CV and short motivation max.100 words to elena@nimk.nl. Please specify your level of expertise on the following software: After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Final Cut, Modul8 and Pandora's Box.
More info: www.nimk.nl