Marking the 100th anniversary of John Cage’s birth and 20th anniversary of his death, this evening focuses on... more

Widely acclaimed for his great 16mm durational films about the American landscape, James Benning has been making new work in digital HD since 2009. We were... more

Three strangers arrive in rural Sagada. Past revolutionaries, they adopt different identities to manage their trauma. Exploring the legacy of failed revolution...more

For the finale of AV Festival 12, this leading British artist devised one of his legendary slow walks for Newcastle. Since the 1960s, Hamish Fulton has produced... more

One Million Years is an epic work of conceptual art. It speaks simply and directly about a subject... more

The UK premiere of Hanne Darboven’s Requiem is performed by Thomas Dahl, Director of Music at St. Peter’s Church in Hamburg and selected by the...more

James Benning is one of the most important figures in American avant-garde film. In 1971 he... more

In summer 2011, James Benning returned to his hometown of Milwaukee to make a third... more

This sound installation unites Western harmony and Eastern philosophy to mark both... more

This leading US minimalist composer and filmmaker, presented his music and films simultaneously in a special concert. The films... more

In this new commission, Kenneth Goldsmith read for three hours continuously, from the... more

This new composition for bass drum and highland bagpipes, is performed live within Yoshi Wada’s sound installation at the Discovery... more

Torsten Lauschmann’s critically acclaimed work has been described as too slow to be film, and too fast to be photography. Working across old and new... more

Ben Rivers’ first feature-length film documents the solitary existence of Jake, who lives in isolation in a remote Scottish forest... more

A panel of filmmakers and critics discussed their work and current trends within contemporary cinema, including: Lav Diaz... more

The UK premiere of two recent works by John Gerrard. Cuban School (Community 5^th of October) 2010 and Cuban School... more

The first UK solo exhibition by this leading new media artist revisits ideas of slow motion and duration. Making his own cinematic machines using... more

Elizabeth McAlpine’s work explores the two essential elements of all film: light and time. This exhibition brings together... more

A single screen video gives breathing instructions that induce a sense of calm and well being. Sculptures act as empathetic mascots... more

Leif Inge’s 9 Beet Stretch is Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th Symphony stretched to 24-hours, with no pitch distortion. This marathon... more

The UK premiere and fourth ever Sleep Concert. Steven Stapleton performed live throughout the night manipulating... more

Chris Watson is one of the world’s greatest sound recordists, famed for capturing the natural... more

Ben Russell’s stunning feature debut is an epic road movie drawing from documentary and...more

Fleeing the American invasion of the Philippines in the early 20th Century, a mother and her son retreat into the jungle. Ingeniously... more

This live performance for voice makes use of the unique acoustics of the Civic Centre entrance dome. It represents the Equinox... more

The UK premiere of this newly commissioned film chronicles a professional athlete’s journey from rest, to exhaustion, and recovery. Exhaustion... more

Thu 1 March 2012, 12pm–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

This exhibition focuses on artists whose work involves repetition, duration and the long... more

Agnes Meyer-Brandis’ work weaves together history, popular... more

Standard Time functions as a new civic clock. Projected in an empty shop window, this ‘digital clock’ tells the exact time of day... more

This group exhibition, including work by Catherine Richards, Michael Snow, Scott Rogers, Thomson & Craighead and Simon Pope... more

Joe Winter’s series …A History of Light involves fading pigmented papers with either natural or artificial light to produce... more

Double Tide documents a female clam digger in the mudflats of coastal Maine, as she wades slowly through the water. Filmed on the rare occasion in which... more

Heremias Book II introduces one of Lav Diaz's principle characters, the timid yet resolute craftsman and vendor Heremias. The film cuts between the story of...more

In a formerly prosperous, remote mining village, unemployed workers live in economic oppression... more

Slow Action is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film, operating between documentary, ethnography and fiction. Filmed at different islands across... more

Frost is a landmark European film, cementing Fred Kelemen as an inheritor of Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Werner... more

Fred Kelemen’s third feature is a devastating, tender and sublime masterpiece. Expanding the location to Portugal integrates... more

This preview of Bela Tarr’s last ever work, filmed in collaboration with Fred Kelemen, depicts six days in the life of a father, daughter ...more

Lisandro Alonso’s second feature is the enigmatic journey of released convict Vargas... more

Evoking Ulysses, Lisandro Alonso’s latest film follows estranged seaman Ferrel on a journey home to his family. Filmed in snowy Tierra del Fuego, the world’s most... more

The Art of Time explores how leading artists and thinkers are inventing new and radical notions of time, contesting the idea that... more

Russian Ark is a unique journey through time and Russian history. Filmed entirely in the Hermitage Museum, Sokurov’s... more

Aurora is the story of the fall of an ordinary man, set in contemporary post-Communist Romania. We follow protagonist Viorel... more 

This radically minimalist film features five extended, seemingly single-take sequences, shot on a hand-held DV camera along the shores... more

Hors Satan is a mesmerising and brutal drama set in the sparse grandeur of Northern France’s Opal Coast. A nameless outsider... more

Hailed as the Beckett of cinema, Costa has produced a staggering trilogy observing the demolition of the Fontainhas housing... more

Serra’s striking, controversial adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote... more

This debut feature won the prestigious Tiger Award at Rotterdam 2011. Evoking the traditional Thai belief... more

Described as a hospital comedy with a metaphysical bent, Syndromes and a Century is inspired... more

This simple and serene film shows the life of a Buddhist monk as he passes through the... more

Winner of the Camera d’Or at Cannes 2011, this slow paced road movie tells the story of a long distance truck driver, who agrees... more

Sublimely shot entirely on location in the Mexican Mennonite community near Chihuahua, Silent Light opens and closes with slowly... more

A rare chance to hear these musicians talk about their work and shared histories, referencing the New York minimalist... more

Three live performances embrace the concept of Hauntology at the moment we skip an hour to mark the beginning of British... more

Bring along your own vinyl records and hear them played live by the artist on his specially adapted slow record player, within his Slowplayer exhibition... more

Formed in 1980 :zoviet*france: is a prolific music group based in Newcastle, who are pioneers of ambient and electronic... more

This peatlands walk led to a bothy screening of the film Layerscape, created collaboratively by... more

This circular walk with artist Mike Collier and natural historian... more

Over the past 20 years, Tim Brennan has developed a walking-based art practice he refers to as ‘the manouvre’. Following... more

Sat 3 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Sun 4 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Mon 5 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Wed 7 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Thu 8 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Fri 9 March 2012, 12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Sun 11 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Mon 12 March 2012,12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here.

Tue 13 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Thu 15 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Fri 16 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Sat 17 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Mon 19 March 2012,12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Tue 20 March 2012, 12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Wed 21 March 2012, 12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Fri 23 March 2012, 12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Sat 24 March 2012,12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Sun 25 March 2012, 12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Tue 27 March 2012, 12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Wed 28 March 2012, 12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Thu 29 March 2012, 12am–12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Sat 31 March 2012, 12am-12am
Radio Boredcast is archived at WFMU where you can listen to all 744-hours of this online radio project that ran continuously for the Festival month. The programme schedule for this day can be viewed here. 

Taking its point of departure from the AV Festival 12 theme of slowness, the symposium investigated how we might... more

This tour was part of a series of ‘slow’ tours designed and led by AV Festival Volunteer Guides, to further explore the AV Festival 12 theme: As Slow As Possible... more

The tour was part of a series of 'slow' tours designed and led by AV Festival Volunteer Guides, to further explore the AV Festival 12 theme: As Slow As Possible... more

Clive Gillman, Director of DCA, Dundee, introduced the work of Torsten Lauschmann in this exhibition tour, organised by Contemporary Art Society... more

For AV Festival 12 CRUMB delivered a new professional development workshop for contemporary... more

Datarama is a democratic data-sharing event led by Polytechnic, an open show-and-tell session for people that like to make interesting things with technology... more

AV Festival 12 opened with 24 continuous hours of exhibition openings and events across the North East... more

AV Festival 12 opened with 24 continuous hours of exhibition openings and events... more

Mesocosm (Northumberland UK) is a 146-hour animated portrait of the Northumberland moors... more

~Flow is a tidemill: a floating building on the River Tyne that generates its own power using a tidal water wheel. The building houses electro acoustic musical... more