Festival Black Box 2.0 à Seattle

L’Agence consulaire de France à Seattle est heureuse de vous annoncer la seconde édition du Festival Black Box 2.0

Black Box 2.0 / Seattle / May 6th – June 7th, 2015

Pour cette seconde édition, le festival s’étend dans de multiples lieux à travers la ville de Seattle. L’idée étant de montrer comment les artistes d’aujourd’hui poussent, à travers l’utilisation des nouvelles technologies, la création et étendent le langage cinématographique. 

Ce festival est présenté en partenariat avec le Seattle Art Museum, le Seattle International Film Festival, le Cornish College for the Arts and Dxarts, la branche art et technologie de l’Universite de Washington.

Curators’ statement: www.blackboxfestival.org/about

Black Box 2.0 Program

The second edition of Seattle’s first international art, film and technology festival includes over sixty artists exhibited in eight locations throughout the city.

BLACK BOX 2.0 takes place May 6 – June 7, 2015, during the Seattle International Film Festival. It is organized independently by Aktionsart, a new art and technology nonprofit in the Pacific Northwest. Programming is nomadic and antidisciplinary, presenting contemporary artists who expand the language of cinema. The festival is focused on experimental film, video, new media art and moving-image-based work.

BLACK BOX 2.0 is curated by Julia Fryett (Founder/ Director of Aktionsart) and Anne Couillaud (Independent Curator).

Featured Artists (French artists in bold)

Sophia Al-Maria, Knut Asdam, Ed Atkins, Will  Benedict, Sue de Beer, Dara Birnbaum, Zach Blas, Jacob Ciocci, Phil Collins, Isabelle Cornaro, Petra Cortright, Brice Dellsperger, Wojtek Doroszuk, Tom Duggan, Ellie Ga, Lola Gonzalez, Richard Healy, Patrick Hough, Pierre Huyghe, Josh Kline, David Leonard, Kalup Linzy, Sara Ludy, Jonas Lund, Liz Magic Laser, Basim Magdy, Michael McCrea, Jonathan Monaghan, Dylan Neuwirth, Joel Ong, Daniel Peterson, Heather Phillipson, Julien Previeux, Laure Prouvost, Sabrina Ratte, Tivon Rice, Ben Rivers, Hannah Sanghee Park, Erica Scourti, Roman Signer, Rick Silva, Lisa Tan, Katie Torn, Robert Twomey, Jessica Warboys, Gillian Wearing, Saskia Wolde Olbers

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

Black Box 2.0 Opening Night / MAY 5, 8-10PM
Olympic Sculpture Park, Paccar PavilionTICKETS

Blurred Edges: Non/Fiction / MAY 10, 5-7PM
French artists included: Pierre Huyghe and Isabelle Cornaro
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheeff Auditorium TICKETS

Over Deliver Every Time / MAY 31, 5-7PM
French artists included: Brice Dellsperger, Laure Prouvost
and Julien Previeux

Seattle Art Museum, Pletstcheeff Auditorium TICKETS

Control / Shift / Escape
Main Gallery at Cornish College of the Artsdetails

Landscapes, RevisitedFrench artist included: Lola Gonzalez
Olympic Sculpture Park, Alvord Art Labdetails

Everywhere and Nowhere: Cinema Today

Wojtek Doroszuk, Kalup Linzy, Petra Cortright, Basim Magdy

Unlimited, Raisbeck Performance Hall

  • Gillian Wearing / WE ARE HERE / 2014
  • Phil Collins / TOMORROW IS ALWAYS TOO LONG / 2014 / West Coast Premiere
  • Lisa Tan / WAVES / 2014 /Â West Coast Premiere
  • Knut Asdam / EGRESS / 2013 / West Coast Premiere
  • Sue de Beer / THE GHOSTS / 2011 / West Coast Premiere

Black Box Fête, June 6
Secret event and location, to be announced HERE closer to the date!

FULL PROGRAM: www.blackboxfestival.org

BLACK BOX IS FREE BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED: BOOK TICKETS

BLACK BOX HUB
Morningside, 201 Westlake Avenue N. / Seattle WA
Thursday – Sunday, noon – 5PM

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