Hong KOng Documentary Festival

《誌同志》全球首映暨座談會

日期：二零零九年三月二十一日（星期六）
時間：下午二時三十分至五時三十分
地點：香港中文大學崇基學院李冠春堂（信和樓三樓）
票價：四十元正

《誌同志》影片概述：
中國改革開放30年以來，性別與性傾向議題日益受到關注，男權中心和異性戀霸權正在受到女性主義和多元性取向的挑戰與修正。30年的中國新歷史，性觀念、性行為、性媒介，在頑固的保守間曲折地進步。
我們正處於影像影響世界的時代。以影像直擊的方式總結與回顧30年以來中國同性戀議題的發展。追蹤記錄30年以來在同性戀平權活動中親歷歷史的人物，展現歷史重要變革事件，譬如中國同性戀非罪化、非病化，譬如中國人同性戀觀念變化與媒體的正面報導，譬如中國有關同性戀立法、學術研究、文學創作與發表、藝術產品與展示方面的成績，譬如性學界、醫學界和同性戀社群聯手抗擊AIDS。
用一部長篇電影，訪問親歷中國30年LGBT觀念及生活變遷的30餘位知名人士，及時地記錄和保存歷史，以探討現在，以開拓未來。
以下，是影片重點拍攝與關注的議題---學術出版：從翻譯，到社會學研究，到學術草根化；性學研究：從「無性時代」，到「開放的性」，到「一胎化時代」；法律與法規：從非法，到不非法，到合法化呼籲；性別政治：從「無名」，到「隱身」，到「現身」；經濟：從統一供給式到「粉紅經濟」；精神衛生與健康：從「病態說」到「非病化」；文化與傳媒：從虛無到熱點；文學與藝術：從地下，到公開出版，到播客；社區生活：從隱秘到公開。

映後座談會
主持：彭麗君（香港中文大學文化及宗教研究系教授）
嘉賓：崔子恩（《誌同志》導演）、
梁兆輝（香港電台《自己人》節目主持人）、
江紹祺（香港大學社會學系助理教授）、
楊宜瑄（香港中文大學文化及宗教研究系導師）

Just love Roy Andersson

Miserable is funny, comical, and so miserable. I think this is what "hyper-reality" means to the director of "song from the second floor " and "you, the living", Roy Andersson. He made ad for a living and here are some of them, still you can see "him" in the video


And here is a little the scene behind "you, the living".

A swarm of angles : Worlds will shatter

After the "one world one dream" unfaithfulness in Olympics, I am pleased to see the "worlds will shatter" open source trailer video from A Swarm of Angels, an open source collaborative feature film project started by the UK filmmaker Matt Hanson.


Worlds Will Shatter - The Unfold trailer from Nine Orders on Vimeo.

I have been tracking this project on this blog and am looking foreward to the finish work. It sure comes a long way from 2006 to phase 3 here. 1 million pound is not easy but Matt made it.

It is so gorgous that they speak Italian

Peter Greenaway -A scene from drowning by numbers.

Archives at Argos and you tube video selcted by INC

image taken from one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous Magic Lantern Performances

With the first edition of the bi-annual event OPEN ARCHIVE #1, Argos opens its collections, revealing the multiple correlations latent in the numerous audio-visual works comprising its archive. A series of curated programmes and specially grouped thematic sections highlight the new acquisitions and works selected by an international jury. A lively, diverse series of conferences, lectures, performances and screenings completes the project aiming to activate some of the key issues in audiovisual culture today. The long list of international guests includes Tony Conrad, Ken Jacobs, Eliane Radigue, Lev Manovich, Laura Mulvey, Keith Sanborn, Charles Curtis, David Toop, Steve Reinke, Philippe-Alain Michaud, among many others.

Parallely to OPEN ARCHIVE #1, Argos will continue its extra muros activities with a series of international events featuring works and artists from the Argos collections. In October and November the Ecran d'Art series at Cinéma Arenberg will bring to Brussels the work of Japanese artist Naomi Kawase and British avant-garde filmmaker John Smith. Another legendary avant-garde filmmaker, Kenneth Anger, will be the subject of a full retrospective programme and international seminar taking place in November at the Film Museum.



VIDEO VORTEX : RESPONSES TO YOUTUBE
Conference
Fri 05.10.2007 11:00 - 19:00

Over the past years the moving image has claimed an increasingly prominent place on the Internet. Thanks to a wide range of technologies and web applications it has become possible, not only to record and distribute video, but to edit and remix it on-line as well. With this world of possibilities within reach of a multitude of social actors, the potential of video as a personal means of expression has arrived at a totally new dimension. How is this potential being used? How do artists and activists react to the popularity of YouTube and other 'user-generated-content' websites? What is the impact of the availability of massive on-line images and sound databases on aesthetics and narrativity? How is Cinema, as an art form and experience, influenced by the development of widely spreading internet practices? What does YouTube tell us about the state of art in visual culture? And how does the participation culture of video-sharing and vlogging reach some degree of autonomy and diversity, escaping the laws of the mass media and the strong grip of media conglomerates?

This Video Vortex conference is the first in a series of international events, aimed at critical research and reflection surrounding the production and distribution of on-line video content, at the instigation of the Institute of Network Cultures (INC).

Johan Grimonprez, Peter Horvath, Lev Manovich, Ana Kronschnabl & Tomas Rawlings, Adrian Miles, Simon Ruschmeyer, Keith Sanborn, Peter Westenberg

moderated by Geert Lovink
Co-production with Institute of Network Cultures

20:30 VIDEO VORTEX screenings: the Conference will be followed by a selection of exceptional, witty and provoking Internet videos, compiled for the occassion by international and local guests.