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Cue-Up:: November 29 2007

It was a dark and dreary night, for Cue-Up yesterday eve. Large and small violations of war conventions and murders flickered before us... finally, a puffy pink curtain descended.

Our guest presentation featured a screening of two works by independent video maker and educator Christopher Pavsek. He offered The one and all (7:00) and To those born after (29:00).
You can find more about his work here: pavsekfilms.com
Thank you for your screening, q&a, and for sticking around to see the works that came 'from the floor', Christopher.

The audience work screened:
Nic Brown, Aaron, 8:12, DVD. "A short film about a horrible man."
Jeff Languille, (untitled), 10:41, MiniDV. "Part of a series of 'landscape' works."
Brian Lye, Pink Paper Bag Man visits East Africa, 7:15, DVD. "A road trip documented in a group creative fashion."
Chris Brown, mouse, 1:00, DVD. "About mouse traps."

Watch this space for details on next year's series of Cue-Up events featuring the on-going theme: hospitality...

Can't wait to see you all there. In the meantime, feel free to leave comments about what you saw last night!

Cue Up Event #35:: Thursday November 29, 2007

Download the latest Cue-Up Poster - cue_up_flyer35.pdf

On November 29, 2007 at 8pm, the special guest at Cue-up will be, Christopher Pavsek.

Christopher Pavsek is an indepdendent film- and videomaker and Assistant Professor of Film in the School for Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University where he teaches film studies and film theory.  His films include "Welcome to the New World Order, AIDS in Vietnam" (2000), about the AIDS epidemic and economic liberalization in Vietnam; "The One and All" (2002), about patriotism in the USA after 9-11; and "To Those Born After" (2005), an experimental documentary inspired by the poem of the same title by Bertolt Brecht.  He is also currently working on two films. "The Hands of Men" is about human relationships to nature and "What Remains to Be Seen" will be an experimental documentary about the legacies of the current Bush administration.  He is also a film scholar and has published on European cinema and critical theory and is currently working on a book about the German filmmaker and theorist Alexander Kluge.

As usual, the guest presentation will be followed by an open-screening and discussion opportunity. If you want to present your new work or work in progress, come at 7:30 to get cued-up (first come, first serve).
VIVO, 1985 Main Street Vancouver, BC.

One more announcement:

    GET  INVOLVED::

    In 2008 Cue-Up will be TRANSFORMED!

    radical new  theme
    new look
    exciting guests
    awesome plans &  ideas

If you have volunteered, screened or been a guest in the past three years, you are invited to attend an open planning meeting for the NEW  SEASON!
When - November 29 @ 6 pm (before Cue-Up which starts at  7:30)
Where - VIVO - 1985 Main Street, Vancouver, BC
(Video Bucks are paid for Cue-Up planning and  volunteering.)

Be part of the transformation !

Paul Wong got 'unplugged' and everyone stayed the night

Cue Up was a buzz last Thursday night (September 27) when Paul Wong presented about ten of his recent video projects and works in progress. A week later, his images are still interrupting me. The views he shared were close to the body and persistent in their concern for community. It was moving and inspiring...that is an understatement. It is great to have Paul Wong hanging around VIVO again. Thank you for last week's generosity, Paul. Especially, thank you for sticking around and giving newer video producers some feed back. I have started a photo album (see left column). More photos of the event are to come.

Screening from the audience after Wong's presentation were the following:

Jeremy Isad Speir, Oratory, DVD, we saw an excerpt of about 15:00
Brian Kent Gotro, Mouth Trick and The Notion of Self, 10:00 (both on miniDV)
Laura Lee Coles, Air Light Sound, 4:30, miniDV
Cory Bildstein, Untitled, 4:40, DVD
Bojan, Russ, 6:00, DVD
Brian Lyg, Board Master, 9:00, DVD
Jeff Langille, Landscape ... , 5:46, MiniDV
Nic Brown, Two Short Films by Nic, 9:00, DVD
Donna Lee, Broken Family, 8:30, miniDV

MORE::

Here's a local opportunity for video artists: Laura Lee Coles is looking for a collaborator to VJ  an upcoming show. Download call_to_videovj_artist.doc.pdf

Don't miss the S:LAB Saloon and Open Studio at VIVO on Friday Night.  Look here for details: http://vivomediaarts.com/slab.php

Keep your eyes on our links category (I have just added ICTV ... TAKE A LOOK).

If you want anything added or changed on this blog, contact us. Do you want to make a comment on the show last week?, get in touch! We would love to have some critical responses to what was shown. These might be from the producers who screened or from audience members. Let us know what Cue Up was like for you. cueup[at]videoinstudios.com

COMING SOON

Mark Your Calendars:
September 27th, our next Cue Up event, will present artist Paul Wong to share his recent work and also provide another opportunity to all video producers to show their work or works in progress.  If interested please bring your works on VHS, DVD or MiniDV to Video In Video Out at 1965 Main Street, Vancouver, BC by 7:30 pm to be screened at 8pm. Screenings will be on a first come first served basis.

About Paul Wong:

This co-founding director and visionary influential member of Video In is back on Main Street ready to roll tape.
This very special evening will include preview of recent, new and works in progress. The first informal video salon that Wong
has hosted for many years in Vancouver.

Since his teenage years, Paul Wong has used video as mirror  and probe, both to discover his own identity and to interact with the world at  large. Based in Vancouver, he is a self-invented video pioneer and  award-winning artist, curator, and organizer of events, conferences, and  public interventions since the 1970s. His work is varied and eclectic, ranging  from conceptual performances to complex narratives. He is known particularly  for his tough engagement with issues of race, sex, and  death.

Winner of the Bell Canada Award in Video Art in 1992, he  was the first recipient of the Transforming Art Award from the Asian Heritage  Foundation in 2002 and the inaugural winner of the Trailblazer Expressions  Award in 2003, created by Heritage Canada, the National Film Board, and CHUM  Limited (one of Canada's leading media companies and content providers). In  2005, Paul Wong received Canada's
Governor  General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.

Print and distribute this poster: Download Cue-Up-flyer33.gif

See you at Cue-Up!!

Links & News

Last week's Cue-Up generated more discussion about the use of small format film footage in video. This seems to be a continuation of the excitement around the "wildly successful" 2nd Annual Super8 Film Festival that was produced by Project 8 on June 29th at VIVO. In fact one of last week's volunteers and participants, Tiina Liimu, was a Project 8 participant. She showed the film-based video that emerged from her Project8 involvement.
The music video, Forget About It, that was screened by Will, included some found film footage. By the way the band featured in Forget About It is The Elixxxirs .

From our discussions, I promised to post a link to Kevin Scromeda of Bright Light Transfers ("specializing in small format film and analogue transfers"). I have found his transfers to be of very high quality and affordable price. He can be reached through email: brightlight(at)telus.net

We have the 'LINKS' column initiated to the left, so let us know if we need to add something! Use the comments button at the end of the post, or email us at cueup(at)videoinstudios.com for comments, communiques, opinions, ideas...

Cue Up Event #33:: Thursday July 26, 2007

This past Thursday was our 33rd Cue Up event at Video In Video Out here in Vancouver.  With no guest this month the participating producers showed the following: 

Will, Forget About It, DVD, 4:13;

Nic, 2 short videos, DVD, 7 min;

Tina Liimu, Transversals, MiniDV, 8:10. 

The opportunity to discuss the work of these producers provides some feedback for their work and an opportunity to explore additional projects.

September, our next Cue Up event, will present artist Paul Wong to share his recent work and also provide another opportunity to all video producers to show their work or works in progress.  If interested please bring your works on VHS, DVD or MiniDV to Video In Video Out at 1965 Main Street, Vancouver, BC by 7:30 pm to be screened at 8pm. Screenings will be on a first come first served basis.

NOW ON SCREEN

Announcing:: Cue-Up is blogging - - - on your screen NOW.
Watch this page for updates and announcements about Cue-Up events and news. Here you will be able to read about the videos or presentations made at regular Cue-Up open-screening events. Links will happily be loaded for easy access to the projects that get talked about and plugged. This is also where you will be able to share ideas and hear from that vibrant audience that makes up both the stage and the floor of Cue-Up.

So welcome to this official web location for information about Cue-Up and all coming Cue-Up events.

To start things off, note this week's Cue-Up event:

WHEN: Thursday evening, July 26, 2007 @ 7:30 (for those with videos to cue-up for screening) and 8:00 (for those coming as audience)
WHERE: Video In Video Out (VIVO), 1965 Main Street, Vancouver, BC CANADA

Note: there will be no guest presentation at this event, so bring lots of work to screen (on a first-come first-serve basis, as usual).

For Posting, or distribution: Download cue_up_flyer33.pdf

Hope to see you and your video or media works and works-in-progress there!