From events-nyc at mailman.thing.net Mon Oct 15 12:31:56 2012 From: events-nyc at mailman.thing.net (THE THING NYC) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:31:56 -0400 Subject: [events-nyc] RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENTS Message-ID: * * *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Contact: Marie Mundaca*,* marie at remixedmedia.org 1-855-REMIX-NYC *RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL* * 2012* *Saturday, November 10, 2012, 10AM to Midnight* Brooklyn Lyceum: 227 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Tickets available at remixnyc.com *NEW YORK, NY (October 12, 2012)*?*RE/MIXED MEDIA* is pleased to announce the start of ticket sales for the *2012 RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL*, taking place Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Tickets are $8 and available at www.remixnyc.com. The *2012 RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL* features an exciting mix of work across and within a variety of disciplines. The festival will feature film and video screenings, panel discussions, theatrical presentations, musical performances, visual and audio installations, live painting, and even a wine tasting. Taking up the entirety of the massive Brooklyn Lyceum space, *the 2012 RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL* builds on the success of the previous two festivals, and promises to spark lively discussions about remix in all forms of art. This year, *RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL* is proud to announce its partnership with the *MAshRome Film Festival (mashrome.org)* in Rome, Italy. MAshRome Film Fest is the first festival in Italy dedicated to mash up and remix. MAshRome will presents *Archet-Hip-Hop, The Greek Theatre In Remix*. Described as Greek theatre meets contemporary arts, the performance mixes theatre, cinema, music, and dance mixed all together on the same stage, to give life to a new language. *Archet-Hip-Hop, The Greek Theatre In Remix *is an experimental retelling of Paolo Pasolini's 1969 film *Medea*, creating a unique retelling of the classic greek tragedy. MAshRome Film Fest winner *Alice in Popland* will also be screened, along with a number of other MAshRome Festival films. This year?s exciting line-up also includes: ? *Where Classics and Cartoons Collide *Comic book artist* R. Sikoryak * will present a reading and slide show from his book, *Masterpiece Comics*(Drawn and Quarterly). His comics adapt literary classics in the styles of famous cartoons. He will also perform one of his live action paintings. ? *Keynote address: The Framework of Culture, Remix, and Literature*Cultural analyst Eduardo Navas will discuss his research on how the recycling of material, as currently understood in terms of remix, is at play in literary practice in relation to a feedback loop which forms The Framework of Culture. Navas is the author *of **Remix Theory:** **The Aesthetics of Sampling**.* ? *Remix in Literature panel discussion* including literary critic *Ed Champion*, author *Jonathan Ames* (*Bored to Death, What?s Not to Love?)*and media theorist *McKenzie Wark* *(A Hacker Manifesto, Gamer Theory*), *moderated by Miriam Aziz. *A remix in literature can be as simple as an alternative version of a text or as complex as cut-ups, literary collages, or multimedia retellings of literary works. R remix in literature has a history as long as that of literature itself. Nearly all of Shakespeare?s plots were ?borrowed? (i.e. repurposed, retold, remixed) from other sources. In the 1920s, Tristan Tzara advocated a Dadaist poetry-writing technique of cutting up newspapers and rearranging the pieces. In the 1950s, the Situationist International (SI) developed the technique of d?tournement in which entire novels were cut up and recontextualized in order to turn media and capitalist culture against itself. William Burroughs used Bryon Gysin?s cut-up technique to remix language in the 60s. The tools of today?s digital culture makes it easy for artists to sample and manipulate selected source material through their own theoretical and artistic filters, with the resulting explosion of creativity engendering accusations of piracy and plagiarism. ? * Radioactive City screening.* *Radioactive City** *(2011) is a diaristic and experimental documentary about Los Angeles during the Spring and Summer of 2011. Some of the imagery, and most of the film?s soundscape was appropriated from radio broadcasts, and from museum film screenings. The Fukushima disaster and an incident of sports violence at Dodger Stadium are the main focal points of the film. *Richard Sandler* is a documentary filmmaker and a still photographer; his films include, *The Gods of Times Square* (1999), *Brave New York* (2004), *Sway* (2006), and *AKA Martha?s Vineyard* (in post-production), for which he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2006. ? *Perfomance by S.T.D*. is a new super-group featuring Cecil Sinclair (S), Jason Trachtenburg (T), and Matt Dallow (D) ? a revolutionary, multi-media, educational film-strip, musical comedy extravaganza. ? *Performance by* *Tessa Makes Love* is a NYC band fronted by Russian-born, classically trained pianist and singer Tessa Lena who at one time FBI thought was Russian spy. Their sound has been compared to David Bowie, Tom Waits, Kate Bush and Diamanda Galas.. Tess Lena will be joined by Ian McDonald, a co-founding member of King Crimson and Foreigner. The *RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL* explores the art of remix. Digital technology has empowered artists and consumers alike to access media creation tools that were previously limited to professionals. The result is an explosion of creativity?of remix, user-generated content, and art that pushes the limits of copyright and tinkers with the premise of intellectual property. Founded in 2010, the *RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL* aims to bring public awareness and generate conversation around the vibrant art and practice of remix. The first festival in 2010 was a huge success where festival goers enjoyed appearances by Moby, Steinski, Ricky Powell, Sweatshoppe, Deanna Zandt, Jesper Juul, and over 50 other artists, performers, musicians and DJs. In 2011, over one thousand attendees packed into One Arm Red and the Underwater Lounge in DUMBO to enjoy more live performance, music, film and panel discussions on critical issues related to remix, sampling and creative appropriation. * * * * * * * * * * * * *RE/MIXED MEDIA FESTIVAL PARTIAL ROSTER 2012* * * *Jonathan Ames* is the creator of the television show *Bored to Death* and is the author of eight books, including *Wake Up, Sir!** *and *The Extra Man **.* * * *Eduardo Navas* researches and teaches principles of cultural analytics and digital humanities in the School of Visual Arts at The Pennsylvania State University, PA, and at The New School for Public Engagement, in NYC. He is the author of *Remix Theory:** **The Aesthetics of Sampling*. * * *Dom Barra* is an Italian visual artist who studied at the Leeds College of Art and Design. He utilizes digital art, mixed media paintings and subjects ranging from sociopolitical concerns to works with a more introspective topics. *Ping-Yao Chen* is a new media artist working in interactive art, art game and machinima production. He holds a BFA from Department of Art, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. *Joanna Soyka* is a imaginative, young artist & designer from Berlin. *The week ? a remix in seven chapters* is her first animated short film. Finished in January 2012, it had its premiere on screen at MAshRome Film Fest and won the MashNewExperience category. *Edward Champion* is Managing Editor of *Reluctant Habits*, a Brooklyn-based outlet committed to independent cultural journalism. His work has appeared in *The Los Angeles Times*, *The Washington Post*, *The Chicago Sun-Times,* and numerous other publications. *Maxx Klaxon*, produces music, videos, and performance art about love, power, and politics. Maxx is currently based in Brooklyn, New York, from which he broadcasts his provocative fusion of spoken, sung, and vocoded messages and video propaganda to a worldwide audience. *Tanya O?Debra* is a writer/performer/funny lady and one-half of the ECNY Award nominated comic sister duo The O?Debra Twins. *Eric Patrick* is a filmmaker whose work combines animation, live action, photographic effects, sound collage and performance to create experimental narratives. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his work has won numerous awards both domestically and internationally. *Richard Sandler* is a documentary filmmaker and a still photographer; his films include *The Gods of Times Square* (1999), *Brave New York* (2004), * Sway* (2006), and *AKA Martha?s Vineyard*, (in post-production), for which he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2006. *Faith Holland* is an American artist whose multimedia work engages digital culture, beauty culture, feminism, and appropriation.** * * *R. Sikoryak* is the author of *Masterpiece Comics**. *He?s drawn for *The Onion*, *The New Yorker*, *GQ*, *MAD*, *SpongeBob Comics*, and *Nickelodeon Magazine*, among many other publications, as well as the TV series *The Daily Show with Jon Stewart** *and *Ugly Americans*. *McKenzie Wark*, Ph.D. is a professor of culture and media at Eugene Lang College, the New School for Liberal Arts in New York City. His work explores the art, writing, and politics of the Situationist International (SI). He is the author of *The Beach** Beneath the Street: The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International* , *A Hacker Manifesto** *and *Gamer Theory** *.** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: