July 06 // 09 2023
Festival
The independent organization for the exploration and promotion of video art, Miden, "flood" Kalamata with contemporary video art, in a 4-day screening event, activating a different part of the city each day in different ways.
Video art, video-performance, video-dance, experimental music videos, experimental animation, artificial intelligence, personal narratives, contemporary social-political-existential reflections and images from the future meet in a rich international program, which traces the trends of our time on a global level, through the work of established as well as emerging young artists.
Festival includes public evening screenings in different open spaces every night (Aristomenous pedestrian street, seaside screenings at...The independent organization for the exploration and promotion of video art, Miden, "flood" Kalamata with contemporary video art, in a 4-day screening event, activating a different part of the city each day in different ways.
Video art, video-performance, video-dance, experimental music videos, experimental animation, artificial intelligence, personal narratives, contemporary social-political-existential reflections and images from the future meet in a rich international program, which traces the trends of our time on a global level, through the work of established as well as emerging young artists.
Festival includes public evening screenings in different open spaces every night (Aristomenous pedestrian street, seaside screenings at the Marina and the eastern beach) as well as morning events at the Archaeological Museum of Messinia, which include presentations and talks by invited artists and curators, audio-visual presentations and tributes.
The events are held in collaboration with the New Film Club of Kalamata – Filmhouse and the organization K.A.NE. (Social Development of Youth), with the support of the Municipality of Kalamata and the Municipal Cultural Organization FARIS, as well as private partners. The morning events are held in co-organization with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Messenia and the Archaeological Museum of Messenia. This year Miden also collaborates with the Portuguese video art & performance festival FONLAD to present a “Best of” selection from 2022’s edition curated by Jose Vieira and Sergio Gomes.
The program of Video Art Miden includes:
- two sections dedicated to videodance and videoperformance, which explore the various versions of body, movement and space, curated by Margarita Stavraki.
- a section dedicated to silence and its particular conceptual narratives, curated by Martha Zoupa.
- two sections dealing with issues of human coexistence with artificial intelligence, algorithmic reality and the different versions of our technological future: “Algorithmic lies”, curated by Nikos Podias and “Future memories”, curated by Gioula & Olga Papadopoulou.
- selections that explore the human condition in various ways, such as “Happiness is a warm gun”, curated by Olga Papadima, with works that search for the meaning of life and happiness in an aggressively oppressive reality, and the selections “Thinker” and “Chasing my tail” (curated by Olga Papadopoulou), with works that either express doubt or depict the Sisyphean dimension of life, giving us food for thought.
- thematic units that deal with the concept of human freedom from a different perspective: “To the Zoo”, a selection that focuses on the relation between human, nature and the animal kingdom, curated by Maria Bourika, and “Fuck off”, conceptualized and co-curated by Danny Kargas, a unit that focuses on the right to diversity, acceptance and the freedom (and liberation) of the human body. Issues of human rights and freedom are also the main theme in the selection of short films curated by Vassilis Papaefstathiou and the New Film Club of Kalamata-Filmhouse, which will “close” the festival screenings on the last night.
- a more surreal note is given to the program with the selection “Who the hell is Alan Wu” (curated by Gioula & Olga Papadopoulou), with works sharply commenting on reality through symbolic and surreal images that reflect it as if in a distorting mirror, with a (sometimes bitter) humorous tone.
Where: Kalamata, Greek
When: 6-9.07.2023
Video art, video-performance, video-dance, experimental music videos, experimental animation, artificial intelligence, personal narratives, contemporary social-political-existential reflections and images from the future meet in a rich international program, which traces the trends of our time on a global level, through the work of established as well as emerging young artists.
Festival includes public evening screenings in different open spaces every night (Aristomenous pedestrian street, seaside screenings at...The independent organization for the exploration and promotion of video art, Miden, "flood" Kalamata with contemporary video art, in a 4-day screening event, activating a different part of the city each day in different ways.
Video art, video-performance, video-dance, experimental music videos, experimental animation, artificial intelligence, personal narratives, contemporary social-political-existential reflections and images from the future meet in a rich international program, which traces the trends of our time on a global level, through the work of established as well as emerging young artists.
Festival includes public evening screenings in different open spaces every night (Aristomenous pedestrian street, seaside screenings at the Marina and the eastern beach) as well as morning events at the Archaeological Museum of Messinia, which include presentations and talks by invited artists and curators, audio-visual presentations and tributes.
The events are held in collaboration with the New Film Club of Kalamata – Filmhouse and the organization K.A.NE. (Social Development of Youth), with the support of the Municipality of Kalamata and the Municipal Cultural Organization FARIS, as well as private partners. The morning events are held in co-organization with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Messenia and the Archaeological Museum of Messenia. This year Miden also collaborates with the Portuguese video art & performance festival FONLAD to present a “Best of” selection from 2022’s edition curated by Jose Vieira and Sergio Gomes.
The program of Video Art Miden includes:
- two sections dedicated to videodance and videoperformance, which explore the various versions of body, movement and space, curated by Margarita Stavraki.
- a section dedicated to silence and its particular conceptual narratives, curated by Martha Zoupa.
- two sections dealing with issues of human coexistence with artificial intelligence, algorithmic reality and the different versions of our technological future: “Algorithmic lies”, curated by Nikos Podias and “Future memories”, curated by Gioula & Olga Papadopoulou.
- selections that explore the human condition in various ways, such as “Happiness is a warm gun”, curated by Olga Papadima, with works that search for the meaning of life and happiness in an aggressively oppressive reality, and the selections “Thinker” and “Chasing my tail” (curated by Olga Papadopoulou), with works that either express doubt or depict the Sisyphean dimension of life, giving us food for thought.
- thematic units that deal with the concept of human freedom from a different perspective: “To the Zoo”, a selection that focuses on the relation between human, nature and the animal kingdom, curated by Maria Bourika, and “Fuck off”, conceptualized and co-curated by Danny Kargas, a unit that focuses on the right to diversity, acceptance and the freedom (and liberation) of the human body. Issues of human rights and freedom are also the main theme in the selection of short films curated by Vassilis Papaefstathiou and the New Film Club of Kalamata-Filmhouse, which will “close” the festival screenings on the last night.
- a more surreal note is given to the program with the selection “Who the hell is Alan Wu” (curated by Gioula & Olga Papadopoulou), with works sharply commenting on reality through symbolic and surreal images that reflect it as if in a distorting mirror, with a (sometimes bitter) humorous tone.
Where: Kalamata, Greek
When: 6-9.07.2023
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