20 May 2003
EXTRA Meet the artist programme: Gúsztáv Hámos
Gúsztáv Hámos: Saturday 24 May at 21.00
The Hungarian artist Gúsztáv Hámos gives a presentation of the videotape 'Fremdkorper-Transposed Bodies-Foreign Bodies' and the book that just came out with it. This project came about with the cooperation with the artist Katja Pratschke.
From Hamos the following videotapes will be shown:
Luck Smith 1987, 5 min
Berlin Retour 1996, 7 min
Killer 1986, 8 min
Hámos's installation 'Hammer on the Anvil' is also on the festival programme.
Screening videotapes: Portraits
Thursday 22 and Friday 23 May at 14.00, 16.00, 18.00 and 20.00
Videotapes in which the artist often sketches a social portrait of a specific setting. One example of this is the video by Ivanka Helena Bakker (NL) who stayed three weeks in a complex in Hong Kong filming stories of the residents - mainly criminals, prostitutes and illegals. The following artists will be present to comment on their work:
Iratxe Jaio - A Twenty-Four Hours a Day Revolution
Almagul Menlibaeyeva - Eternal Bride
Ivanka Helena Bakker - Chungking House, de Luxe Hotel
Sven Augustijnen - Le Guide du Parc
Theo Eshetu - Africanized and Blood is not Fresh Water
André Colinet - Larguez les amarres
Some of the programme will be repeated on Saturday 24 May at 20.00.
www.wwvf.nl/portraits.
Workshop Jean Michel Bruyčre
From June 16 through 26 the Gasthuis organises in collaboration with the Holland Festival a workshop under the direction of the obstinate French artist Jean Michel Bruyčre. Gasthuis is looking for makers: theatremakers, visual artists, performers, filmmakers, writers, choreographers etc, for participation in this workshop. During the Holland Festival Bruyčre presents 'Enfants des Nuit' where he leads the visitors through the nights of Dakar in a maze of photos, installations, film and theatre.
In the coming years he intends to realise a large project concerning world citizens of the future. In his vision, borders between people and countries fade more and more. In his eyes asylum-seekers are the predecessors of the stateless world citizen of the future rather than 'helpless' refugees. In preparation of this project he will research, together with the participants, the background of illegal immigrants in Amsterdam mostly on location.
Registration for the workshop is possible through May 25 by email containing a short motivation and CV to: josta@thatergasthuis.nl.
For more information:
World Wide Video Festival
Keizersgracht 462
1016 GE Amsterdam
P: +31 (0)20 420 77 29
F: +31 (0)20 421 38 28
E: wwvf@wwvf.nl
W: www.wwvf.nl
