February 2012
In February 2012, VideoChannel releases a new feature, dealing with football (soccer) as a topic in videoart, entitled:
Forever – The Ball!
No commentsJanuary 2012
January 2012 starts with
CologneOFF 2012 – videoart in a global context
and two features of videoart from Mexico & Belarus
November Focus –> Portugal
During November 2011 CologneOFF 2011 has its focus on Portugal , featuring the video artist Margarida Paiva
No commentsOctober Focus –> China
During October2011 CologneOFF 2011 has its focus on China , featuring the artists couple Lily & Honglei as the solo feature from China, accompanied by a special feature of videoart from a feminist point of view curated by Evelyn Stermitz: Contextual Face
No commentsSeptember focus —> Caucasus
During September 2011 CologneOFF 2011 has its focus on the geographical region “Caucasus” , featuring Irina Gabiani as the solo feature from Georgia, accompanied by a curated feature of videoart from Armenia by Vahram Akimian.
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CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project – 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2011
textual information on
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/ (English)
http://coff2011.newmediafest.org (Deutsch)
August focus —> Middle East
During August 2011 CologneOFF 2011 has its focus on the geographical region “Middle East” , featuring Larissa Sansour as the solo feature from Palestine, further “Close to my Heart” – videoart from Iran curated by Alysse Stepanian and “Windows to Gaza” – videoart from Palestine.
This feature starts with the solo artist presentation of this month:
–> Larissa Sansour
–> Messages from Gaza
videoart from Palestine
CologneOFF in collaboration with “Windows from Gaza”
featuring Ayman Asraq – Mohammed Harb
Shareef Sarhan – Majed Shala – Basel El Maqusi
and a selection of videoart from Iran
–> Close to My Heart
curated by Alysse Stepanian
featuring these artists Morehshin Allahyari – Maneli Aygani – Neda Darzi
Samira Eskandarfar – Gelare Khoshgozaran – Laleh Mehran – Payam Mofidi
Hamed Shahihi – Parya Vatankhah
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CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project – 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2011
textual information on
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/ (English)
http://coff2011.newmediafest.org (Deutsch)
June/July Focus –> UK/Ireland
During JUNE & JULY 2011, CologneOFF 2011 has its focus on the geographical region “UK/Ireland” .
This feature starts with the solo artist presentation of this month:
Marianna & Daniel O`Reilly (UK)
and a selection of videoart from UK & Ireland
featuring
Laura Brocken (UK) – Sam Holden – (UK) “
Robin Kiteley (UK) – Cynthia Whelan (UK) –
Anna FC Smith (UK) – Fintan Ryan (Ireland)
Michael Fortune (Ireland) – Lee Welch (Ireland)
Neamh Heery (Ireland)
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CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project – 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2011
textual information on
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/ (English)
http://coff2011.newmediafest.org (Deutsch)
May Focus –> Nordic & Baltic countries
During MAY 2011, CologneOFF 2011 has its focus on the geographical region “BALTIC SEA”; featuring videos from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Lativa, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany.
The feature starts with the solo artist presentation of this month:
Anders Weberg (Sweden)
The videos of his solo presentation, as they are presented between 12 May and 2 June 2011 at in Szczcein, St.Petersburg, Tampere & Tallinn–> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=953
give evidence of an abundant creativity.
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CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project – 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2011
textual information on
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/ (English)
http://coff2011.newmediafest.org (Deutsch)
PDF catalogue CologneOFF 2011 Baltic Sea – 12 May – 2 June 2011
April Focus: Balkan countries
During APRL 2011, CologneOFF 2011 has its focus on the geographical region “BALKAN”; featuring videos from Serbia, Greece, Romania, Slovenia and Croatia
The feature starts with the solo artist presentation of this month:
Boris Sribar (Serbia)
Boris Sribar has a very loud artistic voice. The videos of his solo presentation, as they were presented between 31 March and 2 April 011 at Arad Art Museum (Romania) –> http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=953
give evidence of his “loud “talent of provoking in its best sense.
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CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project – 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2011
textual information on
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/ (English)
http://coff2011.newmediafest.org (Deutsch)
March: Focus –> Germany – solo feature – Johanna Reich
During March 2011, CologneOFF 2011 has its focus on the geographical region German speaking countries Germany and Austria.
The feature starts with the solo artist presentation of this month:
Johanna Reich
Johanna Reich is one of the most outstanding young German videoartists. Born in Minden/Germany, Johanna Reich lives and works currently in Cologne, after her studies at theacademiies of Muenster ; Hamburg (& Cologne, Germany, she participate in the major festivals and received prestigeous prizes and awards.
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CologneOFF 2011 – videoart in a global context
nomadic festival project – 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2011
textual information on
http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/ (English)
http://coff2011.newmediafest.org (Deutsch)