EMMEDIA presents:

Fresh Short Shorts

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 @ 9:00 PM
Broken City Patio - 613 11 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta
FREE Admission

EMMEDIA is proud to present a summer series of free outdoor screenings at the relaxing Broken City Patio, showcasing works from different media art centres coast to coast. Starting with the east coast of Halifax and ending in the west coast of Vancouver, experience a unique collection of Canadian video art from across Canada. Join us on a warm summer night as we survey contemporary and historical media artworks that experiment with the medium of video, while enjoying a refreshing pint!

August 5 @ 9-10PM - The Banff Centre showcase (Banff)

The Walter Phillips Gallery, located at The Banff Centre, is exclusively committed to the production, presentation, collection and analysis of contemporary art and curatorial practice. The Gallery maintains an art collection of more than 1400 artworks that can be viewed throughout The Banff Centre. Comprised primarily of works by artists who have participated in its various programs, the Collection documents the history of The Banff Centre and acknowledges its significance in the development of visual art culture.

SCREENING PROGRAM:

Cross-Cultural Television (1987)
by Antoni Muntadas and Hank Bull
Curated by Jacqueline Bell

Cross-Cultural Television (1987) is a video work by Antoni Muntadas and Hank Bull. The video premiered at The Banff Centre in 1987 as part of a screening of Infermental VI, “the first international magazine on videocassette.” The title Cross-Cultural Television is descriptive, as the thirty-five minute video is comprised almost exclusively of clips from news broadcasts from around the world. The selection of clips would seemingly emphasize the differences in approaches to the medium of television, however instead the work reveals a striking resemblance in visual cues, reportage and format of TV news globally. The work was produced by Western Front, Vancouver in conjunction with Infermental VI, organized by Hank Bull and Veruschka Bódy.

About the Curator:

Jacqueline Bell is a writer and curator currently based in Banff, Alberta where she is completing the curatorial research practicum at Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre.

EMMEDIA's Fresh Short Shorts Series

July 15 - Centre for Art Tapes showcase (Halifax) >
July 29 - Video Pool showcase (Winnipeg) >
August 5 - The Banff Centre showcase (Banff) >
August 19 - VIVO Media Arts Centre showcase (Vancouver) >

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