Monday 08 Mar to Sunday 14 Mar 2010
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Monday 8 March 2010
Ten Skies (2004)
9:00 p.m.
Ten Skies is one of the great works of US experimental filmmaker James Benning: ten shots of the sky, each lasting ten minutes.
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Tuesday 9 March 2010
Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
11:00 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Child Tax Credit, Pension Credit, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc. More »
English Language Conversation Group
4:00 p.m.
An English Langauge Conversation group for asylum seekers, refugees and other students of English. All welcome: volunteers and learners alike. More »
Av Festival & No-Fi: Atsuhiro Ito
8:00 p.m.
Japan’s Atsuhiro Ito performs using his device the Optron, essentially fluorescent light tubes with integrated guitar pick-ups sent through a guitar amp stack. Produced by NO-FI.
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Wednesday 10 March 2010
Power Down
9:00 p.m.
With only communal energy and candles as fuel, expect to see mesmerising pre-cinematic technologies and early animation devices including shadow puppetry, magic lanterns and the predecessor of the zoetrope... More »
Thursday 11 March 2010
Craig Baldwin: Mock Up On Mu (2008)
9:00 p.m.
Special guest appearance by Craig Baldwin, filmmaker and founder of the Other Cinema in San Francisco. Mock Up On Mu (114 mins) is a radical mix of spy, sci-fi, Western and even horror genres.
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Friday 12 March 2010
Datarama - Av Festival 2010
8:30 p.m.
Datarama is a democratic data-sharing event: a show-and-tell session for all people who like to make interesting things with technology.
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Saturday 13 March 2010
New Volunteer Induction
11:00 a.m.
Crafty Diy Session
12:00 p.m.
1st in a series of lo-tech, non-expert skillshares and creative sessions, run by whoever turns up on the 2nd Saturday of the month (which is also volunteer induction day). More »
Nothing Is New, Everything Is Permitted
9:00 p.m.
This incredible evening includes live performances by artists, musicians and poets who have creatively dissected, recycled and quoted.
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Sunday 14 March 2010
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
2:00 p.m.
Waltz with Bashir (Hebrew: ואלס עם באשיר - Vals Im Bashir) is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War. To be followed by a talk with Miri Weingarten of Israeli Physicians for Human Rights.
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Lucky Dragons - Av Festival Closing Party!
9:00 p.m.
The Festival closing party harnesses all of the human energy of the past 10 days...
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