CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the film "It is Fine, Everything is Fine!" featuring Crispin Glover will not be screened. However we will be re-screening Crispin Glover's Film "What Is It?". Tonight's performance will be preceded by a brand-new, never before seen BIG SLIDE SHOW.Crispin Glover's remarkable film making début is described by the film-maker as "The adventures of a young man whose principle interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home. As tormented by an hubristic, racist inner-psyche ." The screening will be preceded by a live performance from Crispin Glover, presenting his Big Slide Show. Trust us – it's going to be a night to remember. Crispin Glover//USA//2005//72 mins
NB: This screening will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. Labels: crispin glover, darklight, film festival, it is fine everything is fine, screenings, what is it
Darklight '08 Update: The Budda Bag YouTube Salon Needs YOU!
The Budda Bag YouTube Salon returns to this year's Darklight by popular demand...
To put it simply: its DJing with YouTube.
And we're looking for participants.
The BUDDA BAG YOUTUBE SALON is set up for any user to vision mix between streaming YouTube videos. It is the perfect opportunity to showcase your own favourite online videos and an excuse to express yourself through the creation of a live mashup of audio and video, creating and rearranging works into a live video stream controlled by a single user that evades
rational analysis, but allowing subtle new meanings emerging from the chaos of Youtube's immense video library. The YOUTUBE salon is an experiment in a communal screening environment inspired by Web 2.0 (user controlled content), and might be a hint of how we enjoy our social cinema time in the future.
HOW TO USE THE BUDDA BAG YOUTUBE SALON
The salon will be set up much like any other screening room- one screen and an audience. The difference is that what appears on the screen will be streamed live over the internet from the YouTube video hosting website. Which videos are to be streamed are chosen by the participants, who will each be given a 30minute slot to show off their chosen videos. The participants will use a simple setup of three computers with outputs going through a vision mixer. The participant can then play one video, or one mixed with another while queuing up another.
Remember:
Each participant will be allowed a 30 minute time slot to show their YouTube videos. Each YouTube video should be fullscreened before playing. You may use the YouTube salon to show off your videos, or you can go crazy and mix videos up into a neverending mashup of audiovisual madness. The YouTube salon would especially suit DJs and visual artists with an interest in nu-media and technology.
PRACTICE
You can practice at home with your own computer and a broadband connection. Simply open up three browser windows, and point them all to YouTube. Start playing videos in each window, adjusting the volume of each to draw attention to each one.
Start clicking on random and not so random videos, throwing chaos into the mix. Begin to discover co-incidences and subtle hidden meanings. What you should have is a preview of the possibilites of the YouTube mashup.
email sinead at darklight dot ie to sign up for a slot TODAY!
Festival takes place 26st-29th June 2008
www.darklight.ie
Labels: Budda Bag YouTube Salon, darklight
Forum 2. The Evolution of Short Film
Download and listen to The Evolution of Short Film: From Production to Distribution, Networked Communities Consuming Culture. This was Forum 2 at the
Darklight 2007 Symposium and took place at Filmbase from 1.30 - 2.45pm on the 22nd of June 2007.
Focus:
There are now a proliferation of alternative distribution avenues, what began with MMORPGs (e.g.World of Warcraft) has evolved into communities like Second Life, Youtube is having a huge impact on the availability of TV and film productions as well as user generated productions. Is this where culture is finding new audiences?
We will discuss the pros and cons surrounding publishing and distribution of short film that both established and emerging digital environments provide.
How has short film evolved as an artform in recent times, responding to digital production methods, desktop movie making, interactive narrative, access to audiences through networked communities and downloads, in terms of narrative content and creative practice? Are we seeing an end to the “calling card” type of short, are short films defining new genres?
How does this impact creative writing, shorter shorts, interactive narrative, what is the role of the writer in interactive media, game writing. What is expected of ‘content producers’ in 2007? Does this catchall term of the past 10 years reflect an attitude towards creative process and are we now seeing the emergence of a more curated network?
We will ask a number of short filmmakers, writers, curators and distributors to respond to these questions.
Discussion led by Nicky Gogan, Director Darklight Festival
With:
Chris Shepherd - Animator and filmmaker
Philip Ilson - Director of Halloween Short Film Festival, progammer for the London Film Festival and Animate!
Andrew Keogh - Filmmaker with Western Plumbers (formerly Dogmedia Productions)
Kevin Flanagan - Visual Artist and Curator
Chris O' Hearn - Babelgum
Don't forget to visit
darklight.ie for more information about the entire festival which has been taking place every year since 1999.
Labels: artform, artists, arts, darklight, digital, dublin, evolution, film festival, short film
Darklight Symposium-Mercury Boy Podcast
Mercury Boy came to the Darklight Symposium this year and spoke to Nicky Gogan, Festival Director and Philip Ilson, Curator and Director of Halloween Short Film Festival. Check out their podcast here:
http://mercuryboyinc.com/podcast/week6.htmlLabels: darklight, dublin, mercuryboy, podcast, symposium, the bubble
Toon Boom Workshop
Download and listen to the Toon Boom Workshop. This was Workshop 1 at the
Darklight 2007 Symposium and took place at Filmbase from 11:30am to 12:30pm on the 22ns of June 2007.
The workshop was a Wobbly Land Case Study with
Brown Bag Films led by Matthew Darragh (Animation Director) and Ronan O Neil (Tech Supervisor of wobbly land)
Toon Boom is a leading software solution for animation studios to create high quality animations for film, video, television, games, web sites, mobile devices, training applications and more. Brown Bag Films, the Oscar-nominated Irish studio, spent a lot of time researching software before settling on Toon Boom. Most recently, they went into production with "Wobbly Land" using Toon Boom and kindly offered to give a workshop presentation at Darklight on how Toon Boom can be effectively used in the studio production process. This was an exciting and interesting workshop for anyone interested in cutting-edge animation.
Don't forget to visit
darklight.ie for more information about the entire festival which is still taking place.
Labels: animation, artists, brown bag films, cinema, darklight, digital, masterclass, screenings, symposium, talks, toon boom, wobbly land, workshops
Darklight 2007 Forum 1: TELEVISION 2.0 The Future of TV
Download and listen to the Television 2.0 - The Future of TV. This was Forum 1 at the
Darklight 2007 Symposium and took place at Filmbase from 10 to 11:30am on the 22ns of June 2007.
Steve McCormack of Wildwave led the panel discussion which included:
Sheila De Courcy - RTÉ Young Peoples Programme
Campbell Scott - Director of Consumer Solutions, Eircom
Karl Ahern - Head of TV and Video, O2 Ireland.
Chris O Hearne - Babelgum
This forum investigates the impact of; Digital TV (satellite, Cable, DTT), Mobile TV (DVB-H, MMBS, DAB etc.), Interactive Mobile TV, IPTV and the next generation set top boxes. What is an IPTV application? (BT Home, Joost, Babelgum) What happens when Telcos become broadcasters? How does advertising work in On Demand scenario? How are the film and TV industries responding to the challenge? (alliance Atlantis on Joost)
Don't forget to visit
darklight.ie for more information about the entire festival which is still taking place.
Labels: artists, arts, association, Babelgum, cinema, darklight, digital, dublin, Eircom, future, Ireland, Joost, o2, RTE, screenings, symposium, talks, technology, television 2.0
Darklight 2007 Launch and D.A.T.A.
Download and listen to the coverage of the
Darklight 2007 Symposium launch &
DATA group meeting.
The launch and DATA meeting took place Thursday evening, the 21st of June and included speeches from Nicky Gogan, director of the Darklight Festival, as well as works from:
Benjamin Gaulon - recyclism.com
Blackletter.ie
John Buckey and David Walker - The Kingdom
Paul Makepeace - paulm.com
plus more:
The Dublin Art and Technology Association (DATA) is an exciting informal forum for artists, technologists, musicians, and academia to promote, explore, discuss, and exhibit art and technology in Ireland and the world. After successful monthly events (with over 100+ attendees each time) above the Stags Head Pub in Dublin, an "Electronics for Artists Workshop" and an expanding emailing-list and website, the group has showcased a large body of work including videos and interactive works by Dublin collective Delicious Nine, Eamon Doyle's interactive musical car "Datsincredible", NYC artists Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Dublin-based artist Anna Hill's space project "Space Synapse", audio/visual artist Tim Redfern, and musical performances by Dennis McNulty (DECAL), Connor Curran (Forwind.net), and Philip Stewart.
Don't forget to visit
darklight.ie for more information about the entire festival. There are a lot more podcasts and videos to come... so keep watching this space!
Labels: artists, arts, association, cinema, darklight, data, digital, dublin, screenings, symposium, talks, technology
