The first edition of MADATAC, 'Open Show of Contemporary Audiovisual Art' will be held next December 10-12 in Madrid, Spain, with the aim to 'spotlight work which challenges the conventional cinematic narrative.'
The official competition includes ninety works from all over the world, divided into five programmes, two fo them for the Ibero-American Selection (35 works) and three for Rest of the World Selection (55 works). At the end of each screening session there will be a forum with the video artists. There will be daily showings of video creations, open discussions with video artists, lectures, round-table debates, audio-visual performances and forums.
Those works awarded in the competition will be screened in the weekly TV programme Transfera, dedicated to videoart.
Official Section, International Competition
Venue: Academia De Cine, Calle Zurbano, 3, 28010 Madrid
Programme 1: Friday December 11th, 21:00 h.
- Angelo Picozzi (UK), 00:06:03:08 (2006) 6' 03"
- Clement Zerbola [Hellaimorth] (France), 11 (2004-05) 15' 00"
- Ger Ger (Germany), Black Balloons (2008) 4' 26"
- Mihai Grecu (Romania), Coagulate (2008) 6' 00"
- Bret F. Battey (UK). Autarkeia Aggregatum (2005) 9' 30"
- Judith Van Der Made (Netherlands), Afgrond (2007) 7' 10"
- Sachiko Hayashi (Japan), Boop-Oop-A-Doop (2003-04) 5' 16"
- Fanis Logothetis (Greece), Blaze (2006) 5' 00"
- Sonia Armaniaco (Italy), E=Motionalmixproj (2008-09) 5' 08"
- Agricola De Cologne (Germany), Bareback - Serial Discharge (2007) 6'00"
- Atsuko Nojiri (Japan), Untitled (2005) 4' 11"
- Eva Drangsholt (Norway), Young Lions (2005-07) 6' 38"
- Sylvia Schedelbauer (USA), False Friends (2007) 5' 00"
- Pasquale Napolitano (Italy), City (2009) 4' 00"
- Tk.Kim Nguyen (Switzerland), Salle D'ô (2007) 10' 40"
- Shige Moriya (Japan), Impurity (2003) 6' 00"
- Anders Weberg (Sweden), Undisclosed Beauty (2008) 3' 13"
Programme 2: Saturday, December 12th, 12:00 h.
- Takehito Etani (Japan), The Third Eye Project (2002) 4'
- Martyn Blundell (U.K.), Madrigal (2007) 2' 20"
- Debora Prado (USA), Janela (2006) 1' 34"
- Fabienne Gautier (France), Iceland (2006) 4' 19"
- Brian Delevie & Isshaela Ingham (USA), Emanations (2008) 9' 48"
- Ruggero Mantovani (Italy), Il Narratore Cieco (2008) 1' 52"
- Robin Lyons (UK), Leaves (2007) 7' 10"
- Karl Lind (USA), Lullaby (2003) 3' 00"
- Olga Mink (Netherlands), Voiceprint (2008) 3' 28"
- Rui Felipe Antunes (UK), Xtnz (2006) 5' 00"
- Chieko Taira (Japan), Suien - Hydroflame (2002) 6' 48"
- Henry Gwiazda (USA), In Bed With Light (2007) 2' 07"
- Jennifer Beth Guerin (USA), Kate Walker (New Zealand) Elsewhere (2007) 2' 10"
- Robin Whenary (UK), Motion (2001-07) 4' 30"
- Blaz Erzetic (Slovenia), Openminded (2004) 3' 36"
- Felecia Carlisle (USA), Bird Cage (2007) 1' 39"
- Karolina Demirovic (Croatia), A Life (2007) 3' 01"
- Richard O'sullivan (UK), Ferndale, Western Canyon (2005-07) 12' 14"
- Ivana Cekovic (Luxemburgo), Pairau (1998-2004) 3' 00"
- Theodor Tzantarmas (Greece), Going Through (2007) 3' 55"
- Pietro Mele (Italy), Ottana (2008) 11'' 45"
- Rafaël (Belgium | Spain), Bodies & Metals (2009) 3 '00"
Programme 3: Saturday, December 12th, 18:00 h.
- Yoko Fukuoka (Japan), Lost Of The Beginning (2003) 3' 36"
- Dennis H. Miller. Northeastern University, Boston. (USA), White Noise (2007) 9' 45"
- Laurent Vicente (France), Polis (2006) 7' 30"
- Jeremy Newman (USA), Lurk (2006) 2' 18"
- Graziano Staino (Italy), Sospiri Dal Cielo (2007) 3' 35"
- Bill Alves (USA), Stellation (2008) 12' 00"
- Daniel Ronnstam (Sweden), Starved (2006) 6' 25"
- Lemeh42 [Lorenza Paolini + Michele Santini] (Italy), Study On Human Form & Humanity #1 (2008) 1' 53"
- Akiko Nakamura (Japan), Times Strokes (2002) 3' 42"
- Jean-Pierre Gagne (USA), Cherchez La Femme (2007) 1' 00"
- Blake Carrington (USA), Sky & Wires: At Home & Homeless (2007) 8'25"
- Aysegül Güryüksel (Turkey), Kimsenin Evcili (2007) 6' 31"
- Kevin Evensen (USA), Wind, Water, Stone (2006) 2' 05"
- Catherine Renaud Baret (France), Dans Les Meanders Du Fleuve Monde (2007) 10' 00"
- Kye Wilson & Denise Callender & Neil Hunt (U.K.), The Kiss (2006) 7' 00"
- Shahram Entekhabi (Iran | Germany), Watching (2007) 5' 06"
Official Section, Iberoamerican Competition
Venue: Instituto Cervantes, Calle Alcalá, 49, 28014 Madrid
Programme 1: Thursday December 10th, 18:00 h.
- Fernando García Tamajón [Malaventura] (Spain), Monstruos Marinos (2005) 7' 30"
- Mit Borràs (Spain), Deafland (Tierra De Sordos, 2008) 3' 45"
- Antonio Alvarado (Spain), Ternuras De Guerra (2008) 5' 46"
- Daniel Rodrigo (Spain | Uk), Fashion Death (Muerte Elegante, 2007) 4' 40"
- José Alejandro Lopez (Colombia | Sweden), Moment (Momento, 2005) 1' 03"
- José Alejandro Lopez (Colombia|Sweden), Dogma (2006) 0' 58"
- Behdad Rezazadeh (Iran | Spain), Místicos Eufemismos Blasfemos De Efímera Musitación Interespiritual (Blasphemous Mystical Euphemisms Of Ephemeral Intraspiritual Musitations, 2003) 1'09"
- Noelia Garcia Muriana (Spain), Patron Xx (2004) 5'
- Elias Robledo (Spain), Zahatoviguetza (2005) 11' 15"
- Pedro Sanchez [PS3] (Spain), The Mistery Of Kaiten Sushi (El Misterio De Kaiten Sushi, 2005-07) 4' 00"
- Electronic Global Culture [Alex Contri, Joan Gisbert, Garbi Kw] (Spain), Premix-Project 1 (Proyecto Premix 1, 2007) 5' 53"
- Domingo Sanchez Blanco (Spain), La Cueva Del Otro-El Señuelo (The Cave Of The Other - A Decoy, 2005) 4' 00"
- Roberto Delgado (Spain), Contra Natura (2007) 4' 57"
- Antonio Murga (Spain), Pentálogo Insalvable (Insurmountable Pentalogos, 2004) 6' 00"
- Boris Franco Navarrete [Siro] (Spain), Handmade (Hecho A Mano, 2008) 11' 39"
- Miquel Jordà (Spain), Body And Soul (Cuerpo Y Alma, 2005) 4' 40"
Programme 2: Friday, December 11th, 18:00 h.
- Marco Casado | Salvador Ortega (México), She Dreamt We Dreamt (Ella Sonó Nosotros Soñamos, 2007) 4' 15"
- Mario Sarramián (Spain), Espiritual (Spiritual, 2007)) 1' 16"
- Mario Sarramián (Spain), Investigaciones Sobre La Identidad [Aya2V5] (2007) 1' 30"
- Mario Sarramián (Spain), Investigaciones Sobre La Identidad [Japanese Sex] (2007) 1' 00"
- Teresa Tomás (Spain), Destejer El Arco Iris (Undoing The Rainbow, 2007) 12' 50"
- Alberto Guerreiro (Portugal), X-Machina (2006) 9' 55"
- Gerard Freixes (Spain), Aislado (Isolated, 2007) 3' 30"
- Left Hand Rotation (Spain), Madrid, Cerrado Por Vacaciones: Parques, Delicias, Depósitos, Cárcel. (Madrid, Closed For Holiday, 2008) 3' 10"
- Marta Moreno Muñoz [Umabeecroft] (Spain), Riyaz Master Project (Proyecto Maestro Riyaz, 2006-07) 4' 15"
- Antonio Dyaz (Spain), Eye (2007) 3' 00"
- Carlos Urbina & Adolfo Nuñez (Spain), Tótem (2006) 6' 00"
- Denica Sabeva (Spain), Ensoñación Líquida (Liquid Dreaminess, 2008) 5' 00"
- Garbi Kw (Spain), Sueño Cubista (Cubist Dream, 2009) 5' 28"
- Claudio Caldini (Argentina), Heliografía (Heliography, 1993) 5' 45"
- Colectivo Post-Op (Spain), Implantes (Implants, 2004) 5' 00"
- Tomás Ochoa (Ecuador | Spain), Indios Medievales Parte I (Medieval Indians Part I, 2008) 6'
- Juanjo Fernández Rivero (España | Spain), 120 Grados (120 Degrees, 2008) 5' 49"
- Diego Arandojo (Argentina), Mi Calle Es Mi Cuerpo (My Street Is My Body, 2009) 6' 00"
- Equipo Moral: Chema Alonso & Carlos Tmori (Spain), Damas O'puestas + Epílogo (Ladies O'pposed Plus Epilogue; 2004) 3' 30"
Open Session
Viernes 11 de Diciembre. 12:00 h.
Venue: Instituto Cervantes, Calle Alcalá, 49, 28014 Madrid
Video artist Mabel Palacin will screen her pieces 'La distancia correcta' (The right distance) and 'Una noche sin fin' (An endless night) and participate in a discussion on her creative approach.
Monographies
Viernes 11 de Diciembre. 16:00 h.
Venue: Academia De Cine, Calle Zurbano, 3, 28010 Madrid
Screening of works by Chinese video artist, Gao Shiqiang
- Revolution (2007) 55'54
- One Day One Night (2005) 20' 15"
- Faint With Oxygen (2008) 28' 58"