VIDEOHOLICA 2008 special selection

	Sergio Cruz, Portugal, “Animalz”, 2006, 3:00
	Animalz takes the urban B-Boy skills of Brighton and Hove’s B3 Boys into the city’s surrounding natural landscapes. Co-choreographed by Strictly Dance Fever’s JP Omari, the sixteen 8-14 year-old dancers were encouraged to bring out the animal in themselves in their performances.	Born in 1977 in Portugal. Lives and works in England and Portugal as a filmmaker, artist, sound designer, camera operator and editor. In 2006 he started MA studies in Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London. Awards: 2008 The FNAC New Talent Award; 2007 The Red Mansion Art Prize; 2006 Young Creators – Video area Prize.

	Nenad Nedeljkov, Serbia, “Passing”, 2007, 3:45
	“Passing” presents the idea about the state of the human being in permanent motion and the relation between the figure and its movement. For example running, walking or different reactions between certain people.	Born in 1971 in Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. Graduated in Painting in 1998 at The Academy of Arts , Novi Sad. Currently finishing MA on post graduate interdisciplinary studies at University of Art in Belgrade. Selected solo exhibitions: 2006 Gallery of Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Cultural Centre, Novi Sad; Selected group exhibitions: 2008 !Test, Festival of multimedia, Zagreb, Croatia; International stretch media art biennale, Belgrade; Balkan gate, Pecs, Hungary; 2007 Virtual Residency, Völklingen ,Germany; "Destiny and comments: the body", Cultural Center, Belgrade.

	Jean-Gabriel Periot, France, “Nijuman No Borei”, 2007, 10:00
	The Atomic-Bomb Dome – a massive form that stands in silence. The film presents almost 600 photographs from 1914 to 2006 showing the continuing existence of the dome before and after the war to the accompaniment of poetic laments. Here is Hiroshima seen via the French director's eyes over decades. A remarkable visual achievement and an emotional journey, in which Periot overlays photos revolving around one location in Hiroshima.	Born in 1974 in France. Currently lives and works as a filmmaker in France. Selected solo exhibitions: 2005 The Aftermath of the disaster, Galerie Aire, Moulin. 2001 Affaires Classées, Chapelle Saint-Jacques Vendôme. Selected group exhibitions: 2008 Off loop,Cafe del sol Barcelona; Awards: Grand Prix / Tampere international film festival; Best international short / Cork film festival; Grand Prix / International Odensee film festival; Best short documentary / Aarhus festival of independent arts; Jacek Kuron Award for best short documentary; Best short / Les écrans documentaires Arcueil; Best Documentary / Sapporo short festival.

	LEMEH 42, Italy, “How To Make A Table?”, 2008, 2:30
	Taking inspiration from the famous Italian song from the 80's, thе animation analyzes ironically the terms of industrial production using a famous brand known for its ambiental care.	Lemeh42 is a formation of two italian artists who realize videos, video installations and video performances.The duo was founded in 2007 even if they have started working together since 2005. Selected collective exhibitions: 2008 Musae Museo Sperimentale d'Arte Emergente 2008, Napoli, Italy; VIDEO.IT, Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Torino, Italy; Dueminutidifuturo, Circolo Culturale Bertold Brecht, Milano, Italy; VIDEOIT 9, Careof - Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, Italy; Awards: 2008 Award for the best editing in the experimental cinema, International Short Film Festival, Cyprus; First prize for the animation Per fare un tavolo Indyvision, Corsico, Italy; Second prize for the animation Per fare un tavolo,Pistoia Short Film Festival, Pistoia, Italy; 2007 Second Prize for the video “Il Silenzio dell’Amore”, Potenza, Italy; Italian E-Content Award, Milan, Italy; II Award in the section "E-Content on Creativity and Culture" for the interactive cd-rom "The eyes inside the rooms".

	Beatriz Albuquerque, Portugal, “Futureoscope”, 2007, 4:24
	This piece observe and explores a logical reasoning that allows us to predict consequences of war actions (and stand by) and situations based on the present belic force rearrangement and therefore gives useful information about the future (How the future will be! War!Peace!).This is explored with a light/shadow-sculpted environment formed by letters/words that live in a virtual reality playground/game area that in itself is a mutation of reality. The space is one in which a real berserk future can actually take place and within the range of this virtual space a variable can be referenced as an alternative dimension to the Future. The sum of all technology and its features as well as its evolution in relation to the present can become a reality in the Future.	Born in 1978 in Portugal. Graduated in 2006 MA in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2004 Joins the Independent Performance Group founded by Marina Abramovic; Selected solo Exhibitions: 2008 Projecto: Trabalho de Graca, Galeria 3+1, Lisbon , Portugal; 2007 Collaboration II, Links Hall, Chicago, USA; Color, Musicircus, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago,USA; Project: Work For Free, The Institute for Community Understanding Between Art and The Everyday, InCUBATE Residency, Chicago, USA; Awards: 2006 Distinction Prize Ambient Series, PAC/edge Performance Festival, Chicago, USA; 2005 Distinction Prize, Concurso Nacional de Fotografia, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal; 2003 2º Award, "12 horas 12 fotos", Pelouro da Juventude de Aveiro, Aveiro – Portugal; Distinction Prize, "Jovem criador", Centro Cultural e de Congressos de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

	Jacob Ballinger /Juliane Beer, Austria, “Rocketman”, 2008, 12:00

Tobias Sternberg, Sweden, “Ballgames”, 2008, 2:00
Born in 1973 in Stockholm, Sweden. Currently lives and works in London. In 2005 he graduated in Critical Studies at Goldsmiths College, London. Selected solo exhibitions: 2006 Point of Sale. Cornexchange gallery, Edinburgh. Selected collective exhibitions: 2008 Lumen Eclipse, Cambridge, MA, USA; Outside Perspectives, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Republic of Ireland; Saison Vidéo 2007, Lille, France; Nature Untouched, Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway; 2006 AWOL, Young Artists’ Biennial 2nd edition, Bucharest, Romania; Smoke and Mirrors. Gallery and cinema exhibition at mac-Midlands Arts Centre and VIVID, Birmingham, UK; Saison Vidéo + Fringe#1 at Espace Croisé, Roubaix, France, in cooperation with Fabrica gallery, Brighton; The Maid of Corinth. Groupshow at the Market Gallery , Glasgow; Awards: 2004 Hamad Butt Fine Art Award – Goldsmiths College student award.	Ballgames is a visual exercise in what can be done with stop motion animation on a shoestring budget. It focuses on animating the real world, large objects and people. The artificially rendered movements of a basketball has been done as simple as possible, while yet trying to look convincing. What the film really asks is, how crude can an animation be and still trick the brain? It is not our eyes that see film, it is our brain. Cognitive science have just started to discover and name the functions in our visual cortex that allows us to so blatantly misinterpret flickering lights on a flat surface as to imagine objects and movements. Is it a ball we see, and if so, is it really bouncing? Is a ball suspended from strings and made to look like it is bouncing any less real than the fragmentary mirror images caught from a ball that were actually in motion? And where to draw the line? How much will the audience believe?

	Robin Kiteley, England, “Test Phantom”, 2007, 5:03
	This piece touches on themes of intimacy, memory and desire using a short monologue about an anonymous sexual experience. A fractured voice-over is counter pointed with images drawn from archive films illustrating the x-raying of the shoulder and the formation of clouds and weather systems.	Born in 1970, Nuneaton, Warwickshire,United Kingdom.In 2006 graduated in MA Contemporary Fine Art Practice from Leeds Metropolitan University. Selected group exhibitions: 2008 Athens Video Art Festival 2008, Athens, Greece; Art Video Screenings, Orebro, Sweden; Renditions in the Grey Zone, Studio 27, San Francisco,USA; 2007 Kinolevchuk Festival of Video Art – Lviv – Ukraine; Selected Awards: 2007 Audience Award for ‘Test Phantom’, Radical Reels Event, Compass of Resistance, International Film Festival; 2000 Postgraduate Student Prize, School of Computing & Maths, University of Huddersfield; 1993 Charles Robertson Scholarship, Department of English, University of Birmingham.

	Chiara Fumai, Italy, “The Moustache Woman”, 2007, 1:05
	An advertising video for the artist’s web site www.moustachewoman.com, a commercial page dedicated to the online selling of the Mustache Woman’s used panties. The author appears dressed with her typical long haired mustaches (made with her grandmother’s hair) and winks at the public. After its first online auction, the Mustache Woman site was proudly listed within adult web sites.	Born in 1978 in Rome, Italy. Lives and works in Milan and Switzerland. Graduated in 2005 at Architecture at Politecnico di Milano. Selected solo exhibitions: 2008 Careof video selection at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa; Massive Media at Area 57, Miami; Tutto Giusto (performance + exhibition) Careof Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano; 2007 The Night Is Still Young (performance + exhibition) at Kunstart, Bolzano; Ghost Tracks at Pad, Verona curated by Microgallery, Milano; Selected discography: 2008 Thank You Mr. Taylor; 2007 I ragazzi come me; Un altro ballo / Another dance.

	Ira Eduardovna, Russia/USA, “The room”, 2007, 1:00
	A spread of a triangle hotel room is presented. A female figure (myself) dressed in an USSR school uniform that also looks like a maid outfit, is drawing an outline on the floor. The action is shot 5 times, every time from a different angle that correlates with the spread. This repetition of the same “choreography” creates slight changes that are almost invisible, yet the time factor influences the experience and the action becomes e-rational. The window in the back, shows a scenery of a train ride, that transforms the room into a train car. Eventually, the female figure stands in the middle of the room, and her shadow fits the outline she traced on the floor.	Born in 1980 in USSR. Works and lives in Los Angeles, USA. Selected solo/ group exhibitions: 2008 The 809 International New Image Art Festival; Visions in the Nunnery, The nunnery gallery, London, United Kingdom; Transhift art festival, Knoxville, TN, USA; San Francisco women film festival, San Francisco, USA; 2007 "Risus" Art space MCV, Brooklyn NY, USA; Laptopia #4, experimental art festival, Levontin 7, Tel Aviv, Israel; " Man with the movie camera project, Aurora festival, Norwich, United Kingdom; 2006 Invitational Solo exhibition, Motti Mizrachi studio, Azor, Israel; 2005 Transition object, Ashdod museum of art, Israel; Transition object, Kfar Saba urban gallery of art, Israel.

	Luk Lenoir, Belgium, “The Prospect”, 2008, 5:08
	This video shot is in a 15th floor building. At the moment of filmin g, the building was somewhere between two conditions. Not so long ago people were living there and not so long from now people will be living there again. At the moment of filming this function was interrupted. The space existed at itself. In this way there is not only movement in the manipulation of the balls and the light, the cars and the sky but also the space.	Born in 1980 in Borgerhout, Belgium. Graduated in 2003 in Audiovisual Arts in Rits Brussels. 2005-2006 Postgraduated studies 'Preservation & Conservation of contemporary art', collaboration SMAK,Ugent, Academie Gent. Selected group exhibitions: 2006 Collaboration multimedia project Metrovox; 2007 Production and realisation of 3 videos for 'Art in Sight', Tumhout; 2008 'At the table' multimedia-event, Academie Tumhout; „Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” – video and multimedia festival, Antwerp.

	Thorsten Fleisch, Germany, “Energie!”, 2007, 5:00
	From a mere technical point of view the tv/video screen comes alive by a controlled beam of electrons in the cathode ray tube. For 'Energie!' an uncontrolled high voltage discharge of approx. 30.000 volts exposes photographic paper which is then arranged in time to create new visual systems of electron organization. Even though the result is abstract it tells a universal story older than the world itself.	Born in Koblenz, Germany in 1972. Graduated in Film Städelschule in Frankfurt. Since 2001 member of the board of artistic directors of The International Experimental Cinema Exposition (TIE). Selected Festivals/Screenings: 2008 Cartes Flux 3, Espoo, Finland; San Francisco Film Festival, San Francisco, USA; Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, USA; Internationales Videofestival Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Vienna Independent Shorts, Vienna, Austria; Animafest Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia; 2008 Int. Short Film Festival Salento Finibus Terrae, San Vito dei Normanni, Italy; Awards: Grant from Filmbüro NW; Grant from the Museum of Contemporary Cinema.

	Zsolt Vasarhelyi, Hungary, “Yamakasi”, 2007, 4:36
	Yamakasi is an activity mostly engaged in by immigrants and originating from the suburbs of France. It is the art of movement (l'art du déplacement), which consists of the “conquering” – in practical terms, climbing – of objects located usually in the city, but sometimes also in the natural environment. The video piece entitled Yamakasi shows the struggle of the individual. At first, it appears that the protagonist of the video is a mountaineer or yamakasi who is trying to climb a cliff. As the perspective broadens, however, we gradually realise that this is neither a mountain nor is this about climbing in the traditional sense of the word; only the image slewed round with the angle of 90 degrees has deceived our perception of space. The climber is crawling in urban space, literally at the bottom of that space: on the street. He drags himself along by grabbing into the protrusions of the city, while the passers-by indifferently sweep by him. The strenuous and slow advancement signifies achievement that is basically immeasurable on a social scale. From the perspective of the individual, however, it means something entirely different: the formulation of a conscious relationship with the environment and the self as a result of inner motivation. It is concentration and effort, the psychic art of movement.	Born 1970 in Debrecen, Hungary. Graduated in Painting Program, University of Pécs, Faculty of Arts, Pécs, Hungary. In 2002 gained PhD of Liberal Arts (DLA) studies.Member of the Studio of Young Artists' Association and the National Society of Hungarian Artists. Selected solo Exhibitions: 2007 Yamakasi, Deák Erika Gallery, Budapest; 2005 PLAY, Vadnai Gallery, Budapest (with Ádám Szabó); 2004 Room and Fish , Vadnai Gallery, Budapest; 2003 SNITT , Dorottya Gallery, Budapest; 1998 House of Youth, Pécs; 1996 House of Arts, Pécs; Selected group еxhibitions: 2007 Lost and Found, MODEM, Debrecen; Change of scale, Zsolnay Gyár, Pécs; Aktuelle Videokunst aus Ungarn, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Németország; Selected works of recent video art from Hungary, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; 2006 Sculptures, 2B Gallery, Budapest; Lost and Found, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany; Ten Years of the STRABAG Painting Prize, Ludwig Museum– Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest; Aktuelle Videokunst aus Ungarn, Ungarischer Akzent, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany; Awards: 2007 Support of the National Cultural Fund for production of new works; 2006 Support of the Studio of Young Artists' Association for production of new works; 2001 STRABAG Prize for painters.

	Simone Bennet, Netherlands, “The Truth Machine”, 2007, 10:45
	A short film about a car accident based on an old Persian fable: Truth is a mirror which fell to earth in a million pieces, and each human being picked up a piece, looked at it and saw themselves reflected. And each decided they saw the truth…but not realising that truth is splintered among all people.	Lives and works in Amsterdam. In 2002 graduated in Audiovisual Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam. Selected films: 2008 Collaborations with Erik Alkema EEA-ASA Gallery, Amsterdam; Iedereen kan overal naar binnen, The Truth Machine Lost & Found, Amsterdam; The Truth Machine Amsterdam Shorts Festival, De Balie, Kriterion, Amsterdam; The Truth Machine O&O Celluloid / Digitaal #7 De Balie, Amsterdam; 2007 Wild West Sweet home Dutch national film festival 1 minute, Utrecht; Ginger Binger “Home Affairs”, Kenya International Film Festival, Kenya; Film projects: 2008 The Truth Machine in distribution of Filmbank, Amsterdam; 2007 Films and Performances in collaboration with Erik Alkema, Amsterdam; Courtship Display in distribution of Filmbank, Amsterdam; Just another Rip-off series in the collection of Bildwechsel Hamburg; Berlinale Talent Campus 2007; 2006 Co-writer Scenario with Tom Mason ‘Busy Bodies’ comedy series for television.

	Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand, USA, “Let’s Get Married”, 2008, 3:30
	Single channel or three channel video installation Let’s Get Married is a collaborative project between artist team of Magsamen + Hillerbrand and Austin playwright, Kirk Lynn based on the surrealist writings of Comte de Lautréamont. In this video three people playfully construct and devour faces made out of bread, peanut butter and jelly. The images become chaotic as the audio of bees buzzing and a woman reciting lines that end with “peanut butter and jelly”. Another video plays beautifully lit pieces of bread that are being shuffled and organized. This project was inspired by writing by Lautremont: All my life I have seen narrow shouldered men, without exception, perform innumerable stupid actions, brutalize his fellows and poison minds by every conceivable means. Seeing these things I have desired to laugh and smile with the others, but this strange imitation was impossible for me. I have taken a knife and severed the flesh at the spots where the lips come together, cutting them into a smile. For a moment I thought to have accomplished my end. I looked into the mirror and inspected the mouth I had deliberately butchered. It was a mistake! The blood falling copiously from the two wounds made it impossible to distinguish whether this was really the smile of other men. But after several minutes of comparison I could see clearly that my smile in no way resembled human laughter: in other words, I was not laughing.	Live and work in Houston, TX, USA. Mary Magsamen graduated in University of Denver and Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA. Stephan Hillerbrand graduated in Southern Methodist University and Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA; Selected solo Exhibitions: 2007 Mary Magsamen & Stephan Hillerbrand, Еxit (a gallery space), Cleveland, OH; 2006 Exhale: Mary Magsamen & Stephan Hillerbrand, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA; 2005 Air-hunger, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Selected group Exhibitions: 2006 After, Boston Center for the Arts Mills Gallery, Boston, MA; LA Freewaves New Media Art Festival, UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; LiveBox Gallery at the NOVA Art Fair, Chicago, IL; Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI; Mis-demeanor, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH; He Said, She Said: Mary Magsamen & Stephan Hillerbrand, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 2005 Play, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY; curated by Ariel Shanberg; Grants/Awards: 2003 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Residency at the Woolworth Building; 2004 Experimental Television Center Residency; 2005 Experimental Television Center Residency; 2005 Ohio Art Council Individual Creativity Award

	Samba Fall, Senegal/Norway, “Consomania”, 2007, 4:41
	The consumption became the morality of our societies. Is it spirit to destroy the bases of the human being? Is the question that settles this film. This work is inspired of how we consume, why we consume and which impact our choices of consumption have on the planet and on those who live there.	Born in 1977 in Senegal. Graduated in 2003 in Mediefabrikken, Oslo. Selected solo exhibitions: 2004 Space Pol's Poteen, Amsterdam; 2003 S.Jacobsen Arkitekter, Oslo; Selected group exhibitions:2009 Collective show at the Jean Paul Blachere foundation for contemporary art, France; 2008 Collective show «Le bonheur et ces emphecement" at the ODDC22 art centre, France; International show at the Dakart Biennial; Prize: 2008 Jean Paul Blachere foundation Prize at the Dakart biennial; Filmography: 2007 Consumania; Electricbody; Patriotes; 2006 Trond volden; 2004 Femme cherche mari.

	Gerard Freixes Ribera, Spain, “Aislado”, 2007, 3:20
	Loneliness may be found in a desert island or in the middle of a big urban crowd.	Born in Igualada on 1978. Graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Currently works as video editor while doing other personal works. Selected filmography: 2008 “ALONE”; “MIZRAB PROJECT”; 2007“AISLADO” Videocreation; Prize: Best film Vallecas Puerta de Cine; Winer Magmart-Casoria museum, Italia; Best audiovisual creation Las Rozas; Special Prize FIVAD Festival Imagen VideoArte Digital; Winner FOCFERIA Videoart; Screened at: EMAF European Media Art Festival, Germany, Videomedeja, Serbia,T-10 Festival,USA; BigScreen Festival, China; Naoussa Film Festival, Greece;

	Jennifer Campbell, Canada, “Trigger”, 2007, 1:00
	Trigger depicts the artist's mouth activating the push button of a photo cable release and beside it the resulting mechanical movement of the plunger at the opposite end of the device.	Born in 1976 in Vancouver, Canada. In 2004 graduated in Photography in Concordia University MFA, Montreal. Selected solo exhibitions: 2009 Playher; Upcoming solo exhibition, AXENEO 7, Gatineau Quebec; 2005 Chafing- Solo Exhibition, West Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia; 2004 Chafing - Solo Exhibition, Dazibao, centre de photographies actuelles, Montreal; Selected group exhibitions: 2008 Coming of Age- Centennial Video Special, Crawl Space, Seattle WA; Awards: 2007 Conseils des arts et letters du Quebec : travel grant; Conseils des arts et letters du Quebec : artistic research and creation: Type B; 2004 Canada Council for the Arts: Creation/Production Grant (2004-2005);CIAM research grant: Hexagram; 2003 Mills Purchase Prize: Concordia University; BC Arts Council Scholarship: Senior Award.

	Jun’ichiro Ishii, Japan/France, “Promenade”, 2007, 8:30
	The video work "PROMENADE" is a metaphor for the accelerating human society, which, as depicted here, begins at 100%, or Normal, speed. It accelerates gradually to a speed 128,000% of Normal. In the 128,000% segment, the performance consists of walking just 100 meters, but takes three hours. The work is a challenge to an Un-functional or Meaningless Thing. Furthermore, it addresses the notion of non-function, or "without meaning" in this case; I pose a question to the increasing modern consumerism that results from the Utopian yearnings sought after by humans.	Born in 1975 in Fukuoka, Japan. Lives and works in Paris, France. Graduated in 2002, Kyushu-Sangyoh University, Fukuoka, Japan. Since 2007 Member of the Maison des Artistes, France. Selected solo exhibitions: 2008 “WEDNESDAY” Project based in ComPeung, Exhibit in Minimal Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand; 2005 “Area Guide Project 2005 Shingondeok-dong Seoul” Shingondeok-dong, Seoul, South Korea; 2004 “Foot Print Project I ” Young-Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, KwangJu, South Korea; 2002 “HOSE PROJECT 2002 in Taio Goldmine” Taio Goldmine Museum, Oita, Japan; 2001 “HOSE PROJECT 2001 in Nakatsue Village” Nakatsue Village, Oita, Japan; “HOSE PROJECT Installation Exhibition” Iris Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan; Selected collective exhibitions: 2008 Up coming "Histoires d'Eaux - Histoires d'Art 2008" Greoux, France; 2007 “Never Been to Teheran” 8 places in Iran / Turkey / USA / NEW Zealand / Denmark / Germany; “TIME TO SEE” ES KONSEPT, Istanbul, Turkey; “Borderline - 44th INTERNATIONAL TROY FESTIVAL” Canakkale, Turkey;“ARTS NATURE 2007” Chastreix-Sancy, Auvergne, France ;

	Victor Mutelekesha, Zambia/Norway, "Cry the beloved continent” – 2007 – 7:47
	This is an attempt to remain true to an ultimate human emotion expressed not by will but by pressure from the bowels. Listening to news out of Africa my loved continent, I can stand the bad, hence the nostalgia feeling. Now that I have experienced enough to even make me cry, it should serve a purpose, to allow me look forward and work for a day when I will not cry but be happy, because humanity will have found answers to real happiness other than the pursuit of power, fame, glory, money, superiority over the other.	Born in 1976 in Chililabombwe, Zambia. In 2001 he enrolled at the national Arts Academy in Oslo, Norway.

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