Belfast Electronic Arts Symposium
The University of Ulster is hosting the 2009 International Symposium on Electronic Art launching in Belfast from the 23rd August. The week long conference will be running a series of events, such as keynote lectures and presentations, networking opportunities, exhibitions, themed screenings and workshops aimed at gathering the international art, science and technology community together.
Belfast Exposed gallery has commissioned a new work in response to ISEA’s theme ‘Engaged Creativity in Mobile Environments’.
The project, Red Light, by artist Redmond Entwistle, considers the space that Belfast finds itself in between the unfinished work of the peace-process, and the phantom promises of the market economy.
The Red Light project brings together a gallery installation and three short films, also being screened in cinemas around the city.
The main gallery space of Belfast Exposed has integrated a sound and light installation, feeding live sound into the gallery from Belfast’s new shopping centre Victoria Square. On display are previously unpublished photographs from Belfast Exposed’s archive collection. The light in the gallery brightens and dims in response to the city’s ambient sounds.
The three short films which are also available online at http://www.belfastexposed.org anticipate some of the prospects and perils of the near future. Drawing on original interviews with professionals from the film and IT industry in Belfast, two industries through which the city hopes to attract investment and establish its position within an international pecking order of knowledge economies and creative industries.
The short films will also be showing at local cinemas:
Red Light artist, Redmond Entwistle, will be making a presentation on Thurs 27 Aug, 2:30pm for ISEA 2009 -15th Symposium on Electronic Art, Waterfront Belfast, Lanyon Place.
Artist film selection at QFT: From the Clouds to the Resistance (Italy 1978) Directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet Sun 30 Aug, 6:45pm. Introduced by Redmond Entwistle. www.queensfilmtheatre.com
