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The new Alpha-podcast series presents London-based label Astro:Dynamics
To celebrate the launch of our new podcast series, we present the London-based label Astro:Dynamics Read the full interview here . Enjoy the podcast and donate to help keep this initiative going.
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Download The Alpha-ville Podcast 2013 Wallpaper
To celebrate the launch of our new podcast series, we would like to offer you an exclusive alpha-podcast wallpaper - designed by Graphset. You can download it for free for desktop, Ipad or Facebook cover. The new podcast series launches tomorrow, watch this space!
http://www.alpha-ville.co.uk/wallpaper/
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Alpha-ville Director Joins Selector Panel for New Multimedia Photography Festival
Alpha-ville’s Director Carmen Salas has been invited to judge existing works as part of the Night Contact Festival open submission process. Night Contact is the new London multimedia and photography festival taking place on Friday 27th September in Dalston, East London. The panel is formed by leading professionals from the field of photography, film and new media including:
Aaron Schuman: Photographer and Curator Celia Davies: Acting Director, Photoworks Ravi Amaratunga: Media Project Manager, Channel 4 Carmen Salas: Creative Director, Alpha-ville
Summary of requirements: - the work will be projected - to be ...
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Athens Video Art Festival Call for Entries
Our friends from the Athens Video Art Festival are now calling for entries for the 2013 festival edition.
Athens Video Art Festival invites all contemporary artists to find inspiration in the urban environment and the inexhaustible potential of new media, experimenting and freeing themselves from all stereotypes. Proposals can be submitted by post or online, closing date is 10 April 2013.
The festival will take place on June 7-9, in the Historic and Commercial Centre of Athens. For more information: www.athensvideoartfestival.gr
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Summer Sessions 2013 Call for Artists
Summer Sessions Talent Development Network
The Summer Sessions are short-term residencies for young artists organised by a network of cultural organizations all over the world including Baltan Laboratories, iMAL, V2_ Chronus Art Center and Dundee Contemporary Arts.
The duration of a residency is roughly 8 weeks in the period between June 1st and September 30th. As an artists you can apply by submitting a video, in which you briefly explain your project, the support you need and why you should be a part of the Summer Sessions before the deadline. You can find more information about how to apply and previous pr...
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Alpha-ville January News
It’s 2013, we hope you’ve had a fantastic kick off to the new year and that you are filled with plenty of positive energy.
Here at the Alpha-ville HQ’s we continue our development phase, planning the exciting year ahead, introducing innovation and research projects as well as special events. Dates haven’t been confirmed yet, but don’t worry you will be the first to know. In the meantime, check the new festival page that gives a good overview of previous years and presents some of the artists involved at alpha-ville.co.uk/festival (http://www.alpha-ville.co.uk/festival/)
Picks of the week continue to flow every...
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Field Energy Flow App Out Now
Field Studio have released their brand new app experience: Energy Flow, a non-linear film that explores the physical, social and spiritual tensions in our world. Translating real-life events and processes into digital paintings in motion, Energy Flow weaves multiple story lines into an immersive, audio-visual experience that is unique every time it is played.
Visit the website for more infomation and behind the scenes or read a feature in Creative Applications.
Download it for free for IOS and Android: iOS: http://x.field.io/ef-ios Android: http://x.field.io/ef-android
Supported by The Creators Project.
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Emptyset at Sonica Festival
EMPTYSET + CLAYTON WELHAM Presented by Sonica & Alpha-ville Friday 30th November at Klub K4, Ljubliana, from 23h.
Our ICAS friends MoTA – Museum of Transitory Art present the 4th edition of Sonica, the Festival of Transitory Art that takes place in Ljubliana, Slovenia. A showcase of experimental audio, visual and cross media artistic practices. Sonica transforms classical gallery spaces into an interactive field of events, performances, installations, workshops and lectures, with a different theme each year.
This year’s theme refers to the “third culture”, raising questions about a new culture that is bor...
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Video of Byetone Live AV at Alpha-ville LIVE
Watch the video of BYETONE's performance at the last Alpha-ville LIVE at Hackney Empire on Saturday 6th October 2012.
Alpha-ville LIVE presents BYETONE from Alpha ville on Vimeo.
Camera: Nye Williams, Omar Barchetta
Editor: Omar Barchetta
Supported by Arts Council England and XL Video.
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Video of Alpha-ville Live with Murcof and Simon Geilfus
Watch the video of the latest Alpha-ville Live event with Murcof and Simon Geilfus of AntiVJ. It was the London premiere of their collaboration, presented at the Hackney Empire theatre in London on Saturday 6th October 2012. The evening featured also performances by The Field and Byetone.
Music: Murcof Visuals: Simon Geilfus antivj.com/murcof Camera: Nye Williams, Omar Barchetta Editor: Nye Williams
Alpha-ville LIVE: Murcof + Simon Geilfus, AntiVJ (Hackney Empire 06.10.12) from Alpha ville on Vimeo.
Supported by XL Video and Arts Council England.
Videos of the other performances coming soon…
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Alpha-ville News Post Events Report
MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who came along and took part on the events on Saturday 6th October, it was an overwhelming response after months of preparation.
The ALPHA-VILLE SCREENING DOUBLE BILL took place at Hackney Picturehouse and featured an eclectic selection of moving image works. The Future of Moving Image Award 2012 winners were revealed by London Short Film Festival director Philip Ilson:
1st Prize: ‘The Pub’ by Joseph Pierce (UK, 2011) 2nd Prize: ‘Sigh’t by Daniel Lazo and Eran (Israel, 2012)
Aneta Piotrowska pick ups the award for The Pub.And the Audience Award also went to ‘The Pub’, congratul...
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Set Times for Alpha-ville Live
SET TIMES FOR TONIGHT
19:00-20:00 Special guest DJ: Ulrich Schnauss
20:00-21:00 Murcof & Simon Geilfus, AntiVJ
21:00-21:20 Latete Atoto DJ
21:20-22:05 The Field
22:05-22:15 Latete Atoto DJ
22:15-23:00 Byetone
Please make sure you arrive early. The theatre policy is that once the performances have started we can't let you in, so for the Murcof show, make sure you arrive before 20h. Doors will totally close at 21:15h.
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Alpha-ville Live Special Guest Ulrich Schnauss
We are excited to announce a special guest added to the Alpha-ville LIVE at Hackney Empire Line Up:
ULRICH SCHNAUSS
DJ Set // 7-8pm
All event info here.
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Alpha-ville this Saturday Full Programme
Alpha-ville presents a full day celebrating the richness of the digital culture in Hackney on Saturday 6th October 2012. Head over to Hackney Central/London Fields area to discover the day, use the journey planner to get travel information. If you make it early enough we recommend that you visit the lovely local market Broadway Market.
The events take place in 2 venues: Hackney Picturehouse and Hackney Empire. As you can see from the picture below, both venues are across the road, both in Mare Street, just by the Hackney Town Hall.
At 12pm we open the events at Hackney Picturehouse with an interactive install...
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Feature and interview with directors on Creators Project
Read a feature about the upcoming events alongside an interview with the Alpha-ville directors on The Creators Project blog: "Alpha-ville LIVE Brings A Showcase Of Audiovisual Talent To Hackney".
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FUTURE OF MOVING IMAGE AWARD FINALISTS
We are excited to announce the 10 finalists for the Future of Moving Image Award. These films will be screened on 6th October at Hackney Picturehouse:
“Brave New Old“, Adam Wells (Animation, 2012, UK) “Clouds, a Computational Documentary“, James George & Jonathan Minard (Documentary, 2012, USA) “Gamma“, Factory Fifteen (Short Film, 2011, UK) “Medium“, Sam Williams & Clayton Welham (Music Video, 2012, UK) “Not over”, Toru Hayai (Animation, 2012, Japan) “Robot Readable World“, Timo Arnall (Experimental, 2012, UK) “Sight“, Eran May Raz & Daniel Lazo (Short Film, 2012, Israel) “The Natural Order of Things“, Sarah ...
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Call for Volunteers
Alpha-ville would not be possible with the dedication and enthusiasm of it’s volunteers. We are currently seeking enthusiastic and hard-working volunteers to help us deliver our October events. Volunteering with Alpha-ville is a fun and rewarding way to gain insight into running events and a great way to network and gain industry contacts.
We are looking for volunteers for the following roles:
Front of House FOH volunteers will assist the Front of House Manager Manager in running the event on the day as well as being the first point of contact for guests attending the event.
Drivers Volunteer drivers ...
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Alpha-ville 2012 SCREENING Trailer
A taste of the upcoming screening programmes at Hackney Picturehouse on Saturday 6th October 2012. Music by The Field Edited by Nye Williams
Alpha-ville 2012 SCREENING Programme Trailer from Alpha ville on Vimeo.
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New Partnership with XL Video
We are very proud to announce a new partnership with XL Video, the multi-award winning provider of audio-visual equipment and services to concert touring, theatre & the arts, corporate, indoor/outdoor events, and television. From creative LED solutions to video equipment hire, XL Video is an industry leader for professional audio & video equipment.
XL have supplied equipment and services at the world’s largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Festival and they have also worked in the first true ‘digital scenery’ at a theatre at Woman in White and with some other amazing names including Glastonbury Festival and Mas...
Run Riot Guest Editors
We are delighted to be guest editors in Run Riot magazine this week. You’ll find an exclusive interview with the Alpha-ville directors as well as a selection of recommended events including: Alpha-ville Live, Alpha-ville Screenings, Prism at LDF and Blackest Ever Black showcase at Corsica Studios. All that and more on Run Riot.
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Tickets for Alpha-ville Screenings Now On Sale!
Tickets for the upcoming Alpha-ville Screenings are now on sale via the Hackney Picturehouse website.
You can buy flat rate £8 tickets for each show:
or a discount rate of £12 for both on site or over the phone. Box Office Number: 0871 902 5734
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Alpha-ville News: Sep-Oct 2012
Find out what is on at Alpha-ville in the next couple of months from London to Berlin: LIVE, SCREENINGS, ICAS SUITE, and more...
Alpha-ville NEWS.
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Alpha-ville goes to Berlin, ICAS Suite!
We are very excited to announce that Alpha-ville will take part in the ICAS Suite, organised by CTM Festival. The events take place from 5th to 8th September, and they are part of the Berlin Music Week. Read more here.
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Partner News
Bombay Sapphire Imagination Series: Short Film Competition in association with Shooting People
Shooting People are supporting Bombay Sapphire and Tribeca Film Festival’s worldwide Imagination Series competition, which will give five filmmakers the chance to make their own short film using a script written by Oscar-winner Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious). The script is stripped of all direction so the idea is to use your imagination and transform his story into anything you want.
Go to http://shootingpeople.org/imaginationseries for the full details and to find out how to submit your idea before August 1...
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Moving Image Submissions Extended
We have extended the submission period for moving image works until Sunday 5th August. You can still submit one or two works for the screening programme selection and for the Future of Moving Image Award. The selected works will be communicated in mid September. All submission information on this page: 2012 Call for Submission
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Alpha-ville screening programmes available for touring and exhibition
Our 2012 screening programme is available for touring and exhibition in the formats of screening and installation.Our programmes have been screened at Hackney Picturehouse, Vortex Jazz Club and internationally at Transvisualia Festival, TodaysArt Brussels, Madiated Cities, Manitoba and Athens Video Art festival among others.
Unifinity (2012)
Duration: 1:01:38
Eclectic programme of moving image works, featuring talents from different genres including animation, experimental, documentary, music video and CGI. The programme reflects on current ideas about how technology influences art and society. It includes t...
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