[microsound] FW: Media City 08 Fest: Windsor/Detroit area: Feb 13-16

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Artcite Inc/ House of Toast present:
MEDIA CITY 8
Eighth Annual International Festival of Experimental Film and Video
Wednesday, February 13- Saturday, February 16, 2002

New, short experimental film and video from around the world.

Unless otherwise noted, ALL EVENTS ARE AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE, 121
University Avenue West, Windsor.

TICKETS:
Each full night (all programs): $7 CDN, $6 CDN for Artcite/ HOT members,
available at the door.
FULL FESTIVAL PASS: $24 CDN, $20 CDN Artcite/ HOT members, available Feb.
6-13, 12-6 p.m. at Artcite.

MORE INFORMATION:
Media City program director Jeremy Rigsby at Artcite, tel/ fax: (519)
977-6564, email <info@xxxxxxxxxx>
Artcite Inc. and House of Toast are located at 109 University Ave. West,
Windsor.

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MEDIA CITY: GENERAL INFORMATION

Media City is an annual international festival of experimental film and
video art held in Windsor, Ontario. The festival is a co-presention of
Artcite Inc., Windsor's centre for the contemporary arts, and House of
Toast, Windsor's film and video collective. The festival presents short,
new experimental film in 35mm, 16mm and Super-8mm, and video art in several
formats. Visiting artists from across Canada and around the world present
retrospective screenings with audience discussions. Media City also
presents live film/ video/ sound performances and off-site video and media
installations in art galleries and other spaces.

The eighth annual Media City (Media City 8) is Wednesday, February 13 to
Saturday, February 16, 2002.  Programs begin at 8:00 p.m nightly with two
programs each night (three on Saturday, 16th), plus gallery openings for
installations held prior to the screenings on Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14,
plus late-night events, performances and parties every night.  Media City 8
will present more than 50 films, videos, installations and live
performances. Please refer to following information for complete festival
schedule and line-up.

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Wed. Feb.13
Media City 8, day one of four

6:30 p.m. Opening reception at Artcite Inc. for installations:
The Precious Stone and Gold Factory (Adriana Arenas Ilian, USA/ Colombia,
2002); Magic (Icelandic Love Corporation, Iceland, 2002); recent works of
Siree van der Velde (Netherlands). Arenas Ilian and van der Velde in
attendance.

8:00 p.m. Special Program One:
Film ist. (7-12) (Gustav Deutsch, Austria, 35mm, 93:00, 2002). Introduction
and discussion with the filmmaker.

10:30 p.m. Special Program Two:
Mody Bleach (Christophe Auger, Étienne Caire, Vincent Epplay, Gaëlle
Rouard, Xavier Quérel, France, live 8 x 16mm + sound performance, ca.
60:00, 2001).

Late night at the Press Club: opening night party with sounds by Bernard
Helling (Windsor).

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Thurs. Feb.14
Media City 8, day two of four

6:30 p.m. Opening reception at 315 Pelissier (Capitol Theatre upper floor)
Installations of Andrew Butkevicius, Sherrie Grabish, Louise Noguchi, June
Pak and Thoma Tjiong (Windsor). Artists in attendance.

8:00 p.m. International Program One:
Hostage: The Bachar Tapes (English Version) (Walid Ra'ad, USA/Lebanon,
video, 16:30, 2000); Angel Beach (Scott Stark, USA, 16mm, 25:00, 2001);
Drum Solo/ Solo de tambor (Liliana Porter, USA/Argentina, 16mm/video,
19:00, 2000).

9:30 p.m. International Program Two:
Images of Flying and Falling (Ariana Gerstein-McCollum, USA, 16mm/video,
25:00, 2001); childhood (Shizuko Tabata, Japan, Super-8mm/video, 2:30,
2001); nebel (mist) (Matthias Müller, Germany, 35mm, 12:00, 2000); The
Enjoyment of Reading (Lost and Found) (David Gatten, USA, 16mm, 13:00,
2001); #23.2 Book of Mirrors (Joost Rekveld, Netherlands, 35mm, 12:00,
2002).

Late night at MILK: live sound adn film performance with Big Chocolate
Flavour and citywide vaecuum plus films by John Deck and George Rizok
(Windsor).

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Friday, Feb. 15
Media City 8, day three of four
Eighth Annual International Festival of Experimental Film and Video
An Artcite Inc./ House of Toast presentation at the Capitol Theatre and
Arts Centre.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

8:00 p.m. International Program Three:
Rude Roll (How to Dance Ska) (Rick Raxlen, Canada, 16mm/video, 4:30, 2001);
Die Kunst der Fuge (Takashi Ishida, Japan, 16mm, 19:00, 2001); Suite (Robin
Dupuis, Québec, video, 3:00, 2001); Crib & Sift (Bruce McClure, USA, 3 x
16mm live projection, 14:00, 2001); 1:1 (Richard Reeves, Canada, 35mm,
2:30, 2001); Exposed (Siegfried Fruhauf, Austria, 16mm, 9:00, 2001).

9:30 p.m. Special Program Three: Retrospective screening and audience
discussion with Super-8 filmmaker/ festival juror Ichiro Sueoka (Japan).
Three films selected from the filmmaker's "Cinematic Cliche" series and
three films from his "Requiem for the Avant-garde" series.

Late night at the Amsterdam Lounge: Faceless Corporation presents ad
moiseam recording artists Tarmvred (Sweden) plus re:pro, Acclimate and
other acts. Tix $5 genral, $3 w. Media City Friday ticket stub, free for
Media City pass holders.

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2/16
Media City 8, day four of four
Eighth Annual International Festival of Experimental Film and Video
An Artcite Inc./ House of Toast presentation at the Capitol Theatre and
Arts Centre.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada


8:00 p.m.International Program Four:
Passage (Bärbel Neubauer, Germany, 35mm, 8:00, 2002); Timescape (Jun
Miyazaki, Japan, 16mm, 16:00, 2001);  Her Glacial Speed (Eve Heller, USA,
16mm, 4:30, 2001); DARK DARK (Abigail Child, USA, 16mm, 16:00, 2001); Dream
Work (Peter Tscherkassky, Austria, 35mm, 11:00, 2001).

9:30 p.m. International Program Five:
Mother (Oksana Buraja-Auruskeviciene, Lithuania, video, 16:30, 2001);
comunista! (Jim Finn, USA, 16mm/video, 3:30, 2001); Getting Stronger Every
Day (Miranda July, USA, video, 6:30, 2001); Praise! Praise!! Praise!!!
(Mizuki Akihama, Japan, Super-8mm/video, 25:00, 2000); Lasso (Salla Tykkä,
Finland, 35mm/video, 4:00, 2000).

11:00 p.m. Special Program Four:
domUSticks IDEOTRONs 2.0 (El Tractor, Québec, live video and sound
performance, ca. 40:00, 2002)

Late night at LIFT Cafe: festival closing party with ambient soundscapes by
Knurl, Hearing Trumpet and global rockabilly with DJ Slim Gene. Festival
award winners announced.


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