🗓️June 3-4, 2011Friday 19 – 22h, Saturday 16 – 19h

ATOPIA 📍34 Ivan Bjørndals gate, Oslo 0472 Norway

◆International Video Art Screening And Curator Meeting◆

Atopia is an artist initiative dedicated to development of film & video art. During two days 55 works will be screened selected by 11 curators from 8 countries: Hong Kong, Russia, USA, Lebanon, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Germany, and Norway. The curators will attend and present their program. After each program, there will be time for questions and discussion. Light refreshments when arriving, during pauses, and wine after the last screening.

Since its first appearance in the 1960s video art has become one of the most significant channels of contemporary artistic expression. Technically, video’s versatility makes it possible for artists to address political, social and anthropological issues and articulate their visions on increasingly introspective and personal levels. This dialogue and the exchange of ideas with other media makes video into a hybrid language stimulating minds of the artists, the audience imagination and critical thinking.

AVE aims to offer spectators a selection of works through which they can examine various artistic approaches and discover both the contrasts stemming from differences in cultural context as well as the common features due to the increasing globalization of the art world.

PROGRAM FRIDAY JUNE 3 at 19-22:What If Artist GroupHong Kong: Vik Lai and Beatrix PangArt Video ExchangeLebanon, Beirut: Eli SouaibyProgram USA, New York: Madeline DjerejianCYLAND MediaLabSt. Petersburg, Russia: Vika Ilyushkina «EXISTENCE» Video art programPROGRAM SATURDAY JUNE 4 at 16-19:namaTRE.ba projectTrebinje, Bosnia & Herzegovina: Igor BošnjakFestival Signes de NuitGermany: Dieter WieczorekArt Video ExchangeSerbia, Belgrade: Romic Norway, Oslo: Mona BentzenLocusNorway, Oslo Thale Fastvold and Tanja ThorjussenThe event is a collaboration between Atopia and Art Video Exchange-Norway Initiative: Farhad Kalantary, Atopia Producer and main curator: Mona Bentzen, Art Video Exchange-Norway