Av Festival 2010 At The Star And Shadow Cinema

9:00 p.m. Friday 5 to 12:00 a.m. Sunday 14 March 2010

The Star and Shadow Cinema is very proud to be taking part to the AV Festival…

THE AV FESTIVAL (5 - 14 March)

The AV Festival is the biennial international Festival of electronic arts, taking place from 5-14 March 2010.

This year the curatorial theme is energy: a universal force that connects, transforms and renews life. Exploring energy from scientific, technological, environmental and spiritual perspectives we present work that resonates across the Festival centres in NewcastleGateshead, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, and beyond.

It's a packed and diverse programme with 24 exhibitions, 20 performances, 10 screenings, 14 talks, 3 symposia, 4 club nights, 2 residencies and even our very own café. We are thrilled to include legendary and inspiring artists, filmmakers and musicians such as: Kenneth Anger, Bruce Conner, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Liliane Lijn, Alan Moore, Charlemagne Palestine and Iain Sinclair, who have all innovated in their respective fields.

For a whole programme of the AV festival, you can have a look at their website here

FULL PROGRAMME OF THE AV AT THE STAR AND SHADOW HERE:

Festival events:

Friday 5 March 2010

Club Night: The Astro-Botanical Garden

9:00 p.m.

S&S launches as AV Festival 10 late night hub with a 70's sci-fi inspired hallway-makeover - remember the Hawaiian Beach Party makeover from Summer 07? More »

Saturday 6 March 2010

Club Night: Road To Rimini: Moustache Records Speciale

10:00 p.m.

One more of Rimini's legendary parties for tonight: in an attempt to harness more energy than the boffins at CERN, the Rimini brothers have looked to the Rotterdam-based Moustache Records... More »

Sunday 7 March 2010

Double Bill: The Day The Earth Caught Fire + Silent Running

7:00 p.m.

Nervous Energy - Double Bill More »

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. More »

Tuesday 9 March 2010

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. More »

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. More »