Interface (2018)

Our – Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas – video Dreams, which is part of our project Oasis has been shown at INTERFACE|Video Art Event, IXth edition in Romania

Three stills from Dreams, 4k, 5:58 sec.

VisualContainer selection:
Lino Strangis, The dance of wired emotions, 5:15, 2016
Barbara Brugola, Loop, 8:38, 2017
Lucia Veronesi, Seduti nell’oscurità è tutto più chiaro, 4:00, 2017
Flavio Scutti, Rides, 5:26, 2016
Debora Hirsch, ETIX, 1:33, 2003
Cristobal Catalan, Space Scream, 8:00, 2017
Sonia Armaniaco, Disturbed glance, 2:48, 2015

Conflux selection:
Basic Bruegel (Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas), Dreams, 05:58, Canada;
Blas Payri, Three glances at Bacome, 04:40, 2016, Spain;
Christian Merrill, Collapse, Replace, Rebuild, 01:21, 2018, United States;
Damon Mohl, Night Clerk, 01:35, 2017, United States;
Daniel Antal Ary, Sequence, 2018, Universitatea Creștină Parțium, Romania;
David Webber, Letter I, 02:01, 2018, United States;
Eija Temisevä, And suddenly – you realize, 02:32, 2017, Finland;
Guli Silberstein, Impressure, 04:34, 2017, Israel;
Jenny Herrick, Duel, 05:00, 2018, United States;
Juan Carlos García-Sampedro Ferrero, I have come, 04:45, 2018, Spain;
Juliane Saul, Regression, 02:50, 2017, Germany;
Kai Welf Hoyme, Skeleton, 04:34, 2016, Germany;
Kimberly Burleigh, Periphery, 04:53, 2016, United States;
M. Dianela Torres, Uno no es tan débil como para sucumbir ante situaciones así, 04:36, 2017, Mexico;
M. Kardinal, Silencers, 04:57, 2017, Germany;
Marcela Alcalde, Audacia del Tiempo, 03:07, 2017, Argentina;
Mark Freeman, Body/Bag, 02:45, 2017, United States;
Michael Lyons, Film Loop 31: Shisendo, 01:30, Canada/U.K;
Nataša Prosenc Stearns, Untitled (Torso), 03:35, 2016, United States;
Oguzhan Kaya, Propaganda, 03:20,2017, Turkey;
Pierre Ajavon, Full Moon, 02:40,  2018, France;
Pierre Villemin, Glacies, 08:00, 2017, France;
Rafel Arnal, Ferran, 03:07, 2018, Spain;
Robert Sirvent, Dynamic within static (Dinámico en estático), 03:07, 2018, Spain;
Romain Claris, Cousins of clouds, 01:00, 2017, France;
Sevcan Sönmez, I feel like, 03:26, 2017, Turkey;
Steven Fraser, What It Feels Like, 03:00, 2018, United Kingdom;
Tereza M.Matza. Nyctophobia, 2018, Romania;
Theodora Prassa, Lavyrinthos, 02:45, 2017, Greece;
Vasilica Roman, Beyond the Limit.The Quest, 03:39, 2018, University of Oradea, Romania;
Vojtech Domlatil, Waves, 03:00, Czech Republic;
Zlatko Cosic, Story 2: Scenes 1-9, 05:00, 2017, Yugoslavia.

Being able to tridimensionally process images on digital devices allows the video artist to materialize his/her ideas through philosophical approaches of the virtual space, approaches that consider reality the base for future premises.

The interface must be understood not pejoratively, as a superficial surface or a simulation without any conceptual consistency, but as a succession of images representing the same object of reference, transformed in different ways by the artist without losing the concept.

Our proposal is to create hypothetical universes, alternative realities characterized by flexibility and conexions simultaneous to the imaginary world; realities that elude physical, ideological, aesthetic restrictions.

In this manner, the artist selects from the environment and its belonging phenomena, certain features that he/she will eventually either simplify or enrich with abstract elements belonging to the virtual space. Using diverse digital instruments, the artist delivers the idea that dominates the concept of the video project.

The result is an Interface that structures access to the succession of the created video images, that does not depend upon the researched reality because it evolves differently based on the video artist’s subjective and autoreferential choices.

Thus, two apparently contradictory worlds fusion and meet in the world of ideas and they become encrypted, transformed and reinterpreted inside the features and the concept of the future video art film. Although the reality we refer to hallmarks the artistic/aesthetic concept depending on the artist’s choices and attitudes, on his/her perspective on the referential element, the mark that is based on reality will not be visible any longer and therefore, the new image questions the credibility aspect.

The thus created video art brings into discussion the issue of promoting through images the way of perceiving reality through subjectivity, game, scenario, multiple hyper-realities and simulation inside the created virtual space. The end is the destruction of overused conventions on image interpreting; the traditional way of thinking is changed and prejudices about the image itself, about the relation between real and imaginary space, are broken.

We discover, therefore, a virtual labyrinth of ideas that counts on the numerous self-referential elements, apparently simultaneous and arbitrary, dominated by an aesthetic, conceptual chaotic diversity; contrary to this, the video image is an interface between reality and the artist’s video-conceptual subject.

Curator׃ Associate Professor Dr. Gabriela Diana Bohnstedt Gavrilaș

INTERFACE |Video Art Event,  IX^th edition will be presented from 05. 19-20, 2018 from 19-02 PM at the White Night of Museums to The Museum of “Ţǎrii Crişurilor“ in Oradea within “The days of Țării Crișurilor Muzeum“,  University of Oradea, Visual Arts Department, Faculty of Arts, Romania and in June in Italy at visualcontainer.org, visualcontainer.tv, box Videoart Project Space Milano, dotbox.it.

https://videoartevent.wordpress.com/

VerseFest – 23 mars (2018)

Merci à l’Association des auteures et auteurs de l’Ontario français, à VerseFest, à Yves Turbides, Avonlea Fotheringham, Nina Jane, David O’Meara et Monty Reid de m’avoir invité et de m’avoir si gentiment reçu. Ç’a été une belle expérience !

Verse Fest

Very happy to be part of Verse Fest 2018! I will be reading at the Knox Presbyterian Church (120 Lisgar Street) at the Plan 99 Reading Series event on Friday, March 23 at 7 pm.

VERSeFest is Ottawa’s annual International Festival of Poetry. Built on a mandate of fostering creative crossroads and community, we feature English and French poetry of all traditions, styles, and forms. Since 2011, we have showcased the best local, Canadian, and international poets performing in both spoken and written word genres. As one of Canada’s largest and most successful poetry festivals, our stages have featured readings by Griffin, Governor General, and Pulitzer Prize winners.

VERSeFest est le festival international de poésie qui se déroule annuellement à Ottawa. Notre
mandat consiste à encourager le rassemblement communautaire par le biais de carrefours de
créativité. C’est dans ce but que nous présentons en anglais et en français de la poésie
représentative de toutes les traditions, formes et styles. Depuis 2011, nous avons mis en valeur
les meilleurs poètes locaux, canadiens et internationaux dans les divers styles de poésie parlée et
écrite. Forts de notre succès comme l’un des festivals de poésie les plus importants du Canada,
notre scène a accueilli de nombreux gagnants du Prix Griffin, du Prix du Gouverneur général et
du Prix Pulitzer.

6th International Video Poetry Festival ATHENS (2018)

6th International Video Poetry Festival ATHENS 2018
Self Organised Theatre Embros
Riga Pallamidi 2 Psirri

FR.19 + SAT.20 JANUARY 2018 STARTS 17.00
134 video artists and poets from 25 countries. 5 performances
21 live poets + 3 djs. 4 live concerts. 2 video art installations + BookFair

FRIDAY 19 JANUARY VIDEO POETRY DAY starts at 17.00

GREECE: Yiannis Deliveis . Evi Stamou. George Zafiriou. Αngel Ballas & Katerina Bakagianni. Stellios Oikonomidis.Christine Papanicola Τziadora. Κarina Verdi & GlitchA. Lokatola ITALY: Francesca Bonfatti. Puccio Chiesa & Roberto Moroni SPAIN: Eduardo Yague. Hernán Talavera. Igor Luna. Cristina Ruberte París. Adriana Páramo Pérez FINLAND: Hanna Ojala PORTUGAL: Mario Henrique Leiria. Takis Panas. Andre Birken IRAN: Niyaz Saghari UNITED KINGDOM: Eleonore Dambre. Amber Agha AUSTRIA: Lisa Seidenberg SCOTLAND: Susannah Ramsay ALBANIA: Eni Derhemi GERMANY: Julian Weinert Justine Bauer & Andre Patten. mmmmmfilms: Adrian Fisher. Ginés Olivares . Luna Montenegro. Kuesti Fraun. Vera Sebert Soar FRANCE: Suki USA: Adrian Frost. Ellen Evjen Matt Mullins. Outlier Moving Pictures: Pam Falkenberg. Jack Cochran. Mark Freeman CANADA: James Pomeroy. Daniel H. Dugas. Valerie LeBlanc ISRAEL: Jasmin Even AUSTRALIA: Ian Gibbins. Rose Staff. Nick Azidis. Lisa Greenway. Elena Knox. Radheya Jegatheva. Marie Craven URUGUAY: Martín Klein BRAZIL: bagadefente COLOMBIA: Alejandro Fernández Mouján RUSSIA: Inga Shepeleva. Maria Terentieva. Dima Anikin ARGENTINA: Yanin Lorey. Paloma Violeta Gonzalez Santos MEXICO: Cristina Bustamante. Guillermo Fuentes SOUTH KOREA: Finn Harvor CHINA / NEW ZELAND: Chen Chen

http://theinstitute.info/?p=2600

Instants Video / Sablier (2017)

Très content d’apprendre que mon vidéo-poème Sablier a été sélectionné pour la 30e édition du festival des Instants Vidéo. La projection aura lieu le 12 novembre 2017 à La Fosse (Marseille, FR).

http://www.instantsvideo.com/

Dimanche 12 de 19h30 à 23h30
LA FOSSE 63 rue Jean Cristofol 13003 Marseille

L’art vidéo et la performance sont des sports de combat à condition de ne pas prendre de gants pour déclarer ses amitiés.

Vidéo et Performances en trois rounds, des entr’actes pour exciter nos papilles et une prolongation pour ne pas oublier les amis disparus Phil Spectrum et Jean-Paul Curnier.

19h30
1er round à poings déliés
Retournement, performance d’Esmeralda Da Costa (Portugal)
Projection d’œuvres de Sara Simeoni (Italie), Esmeralda Da Costa (Portugal)

20h30
2e round Est-ce passe-temps de désirer l’impossible ?
Projection d’œuvres de Franck H Perrot (France), Jean-Michel Rolland (France), Johannes Christopher Gérard (Pays-Bas/Allemagne), Marck Emaya (Palestine), Dalila Dalléas Bouzar (France / Algérie)
Performance de Doriane Souilhol (France)

22h
3e round La lumière est une vibration qui fait sourire les ombres chatouilleuses
Projection d’œuvres de Mark Freeman (USA), Stéphen Urani (France), Daniel H. Dugas (Canada), Jack Williams (GB), Zak Spor & Marios Tsagkaris (Grèce / France)
Venomous Master (20′ – 2017) /Performance de Naoyuki Tanaka (Japon)

23h
Prolongation pour ne pas oublier nos amis disparus cet été Phil Spectrum et Jean-Paul Curnier
Projection autour d’un verre pour que la joie demeure de la conférence musicale Je vois, par instants… (IV 2007) offerte par le groupe Léda Atomica Musique et le philosophe Jean-Paul Curnier.

http://www.instantsvideo.com/blog/fr/archives/3023

Standard of Truth- Liberates Words (2014)

Standard de vérité / Standard of Truth.

Dugas H Daniel STANDARD OF TRUTH from liberated words poetry films on Vimeo.

Gotta Minute Film Festival (2014)

My video If Money (Daylight) has been included in the GMFF. This video, silent for the occasion, looks at the world through the transparent windows on banknotes.

September 15-21, 2014
Films in Transit
Silent one minute movies for one an all

Gotta Minute Launch Party
Septebmer 15 | 2:30 – 4:30pm
ETS LRT Churchill Station Pedway (near Winspear LRT entrance) in Edmonton’s Arts District.

Join us for popcorn, treats and all the fun as we launch Edmonton’s inaugural run of the Gotta Minute Film Festival.

Gotta Minute Screening Rooms
September 15 – 21 | During Library Operation Hours
Edmonton Public – Stanley Milner Library, 7 Winston Churchiill Square, Main Floor, Makerspace
Admission FREE

If you missed a show in transit or don’t take the train, you can watch the full 36 minute GOTTA MINUTE program at your leisure on the big screen in the Gotta Minute Screening Room.

There’s a program for Edmonton’s little ones as well! as well! GOTTA MINUTE Children’s Show Reel (10 minutes) will screen in the Milner Children’s program room whenever it is free.

Gotta Minute Awards Celebration
September 21 | 2 – 4pm
Milner Theatre (Basement) | Edmonton Public Stanley Milner Library, 7 Winston Churchill Square

Join us in applauding the Best of the Fest at the inaugural Gotta Minute Awards Celebration. Special Guests and Filmmakers will be in attendance. Come enjoy refreshments, a full screening of the 36 minute 2014 program and Award and Prize presentations.

Admission by invitation. Email gmff@fava.ca if you’d like to be put on the list!

Email Beth Wishart MacKenzie at gmff@fava.ca for more information.

gottaminutefilmfestival.com

Co-Kisser Festival (2013)

Le festival Co-Kisser a eu lieu le 19 octobre 2013 à Minneapolis-St-Paul dans l’auditorium du Minnesota College of Art and Design (MCAD). Ma vidéo Glissement faisait partie du programme Soul on the Road – Physics, Math, and Memory.

Glissement est une œuvre qui s’interroge sur la mémoire et l’oubli par le biais d’images héritées de mon oncle Camille. Cet oncle était un organiste de talent, un photographe avide et un homme très privé. Après sa mort, ses photographies et ses diapositives ont été distribuées aux membres de la famille. J’ai reçu des images de Madrid, de Rome et de Paris, mais il y avait peu de contexte pour le matériel. On ne savait pas exactement qui peuplait toutes les images. Alors que la plupart d’entre elles avaient une qualité touristique, d’autres étaient plus personnelles. J’ai remarqué que certaines des couleurs commençaient à s’estomper. Son passé, que personne ne pouvait expliquer, disparaissait lentement. Bientôt, il ne resterait rien. J’ai commencé à superposer les images, à les doubler en espérant leur redonner une nouvelle vitalité.

Immédiatement après la projection du programme j’ai participé avec 3 autres vidéastes à une table ronde qui était centrée autour de la question « Pourquoi choisir la poésie vidéo comme moyen d’expression ». Question intéressante et d’actualité, car la vidéo-poésie est un genre de cinéma/vidéo qui a connu un regain d’intérêt au cours des dernières années. Beaucoup de nouveaux festivals, qui se spécialisent dans ce genre, sont apparus un peu partout dans le monde et il y a maintenant un réseau international d’organisations[1]. Selon Jen March, la directrice du festival, le nom Co-Kisser serait une métaphore pour exprimer l’étreinte entre les mots et les images. Une action et une liaison ; étroite et intense. Les œuvres qui ont été présentées dans le cadre de cette troisième édition étaient à l’image de cet embrassement : hybrides, pluriels et souvent expérimentales.

Je remercie artsnb pour leur aide financière qui m’a permis de me rendre à Minneapolis-St-Paul afin de prendre part aux activités du festival. J’y ai fait de belles rencontres et l’énergie, je devrais dire la synergie, continue de vibrer.

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[1] Aux Etats-Unis on retrouve, bien entendu, le festival Co-Kisser mais aussi un autre très récent qui vient de s’établir au Colorado :  The Body Electric Poetry Film Festival.

Glissement (2013)

Glissement (2012) has been selected for the C-K Poetry-Film Fest – October 19, 2013, Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Glissement – (French, English subtitles)
Year / Format Video /2012 / HD
Running time 2 min

Description
My uncle Camille was a gifted organist, an avid photographer and a very private man. When he died, his photographs and slides were distributed to family members, but nobody was able to provide any context for the material. I received one binder with images of Madrid, Rome and Paris. While most of them had a touristic quality attached to them, others were more personal.

As I looked at the images, I noticed that some of the colours were starting to fade away. His past, that nobody could explain, was slowly disappearing. Soon there would be nothing left.

I started to superimpose the images, to double them up in hopes that the memories embedded in there would gather new strength, new life.

Insomnie at La parola immaginata (2013)

Insomnie (2012) has been selected for the 6th EDITION of the video poetry competition LA PAROLA IMMAGINATA in Treviglio, Italy.

La parola immaginata

Trevigliopoesia is VIDEOPOETRY: Video-Art, Video Documentary and Poetry Film.
The word as language but also a symbol that becomes an element as the expression of thoughts, images, visions of the poets and their lives. Combining inspirations and influences from the field of philosophy, music, theatre and literature the result of the artistic creation meet the public showing the perfect union between POEM and VIDEO.

Under the patronage of the Office of Culture of the town of Treviglio, the arts association Nuvole in viaggio advertises the sixth edition of the video poetry competition LA PAROLA IMMAGINATA.

6th EDITION FINALISTS

• ALMADHOUN, Ghayath / SILKEBERG, Marie – “Your Memory is My Freedom” (Sweden)
• CAPDEVILA, Marc / ZANOGUERA, Tià / BALASCH, Albert – “A fora” (Spain)
• DALLA LIBERA, Antonio – “Firenze sovietica” (Italy)
• DIEM, Melissa – “The one about the bird” (Ireland)
• DUGAS, Daniel – “Insomnia” (Canada)
• GEMMI, Alberto – “Go Burning Atacama Go” (Italy)
• LeBLANC, Valerie – “Missing Parade Notes” (Canada)
• NEYES, Marc (Swoon) – “Drift” (Belgium)
• PEETERS, Jan – “Guesswork. Variation 8″ (Belgium)

SPECIAL MENTION UNDER 20

• CASCONE, Graziano / MARCHETTI, Ilaria (Liceo Artistico Statale Casorati di Novara) – “L’alba” (Italy)

NEXT STEPS

• all the videos are going online at www.videopoesia.org by the end of april
• selected videos are going to be shown in TREVIGLIOPOESIA 2013 (details soon available on this site); the winner is going to be announced during the last evening event of the Festival (june 2, 2013)

La parola immaginata