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AV FESTIVAL 12: OPENING WEEKEND
Fri 2 March 2012 – Sun 4 March 2012
The Festival opening weekend focused on strategies used by artists to explore the concept of durational experience, through music, live performance and film across Newcastle and Gateshead.
From the sustained music of Phill Niblock, Yoshi Wada, Susan Stenger and John Cage at The Sage Gateshead; to Hanne Darboven’s century of composed time and Kenneth Goldsmiths’ weather diary; to the slow shifts from dawn to dusk in the films of James Benning and Sharon Lockhart.
This weekend included new commissions and UK premieres, plus special guest appearances and talks by the artists.
Highlights included: the pairing of films by James Benning and Sharon Lockhart screened as dusk descended over the Festival; performances by Yoshi Wada with the City of Newcastle Pipe Band; Kenneth Goldsmith’s epic reading in the unique environment of Morden Tower; and the closing concert of Hanne Darboven’s Requiem.
Various Artists: Lament for John Cage
Sat 3 March 2012, 8-10.30pm
The Sage GatesheadMarking the 100th anniversary of John Cage’s birth and 20th anniversary of his death, this evening focuses on... more
James Benning: Nightfall
Sat 3 March 2012, 3.50–6pm
Tyneside CinemaWidely 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
Hanne Darboven: Requiem
Sun 4 March 2012, 8-10pm
St Thomas the Martyr ChurchThe 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
Phill Niblock: The Movement of People Working
Fri 2 March 2012, 7.45-10.15pm
The Sage GatesheadThis leading US minimalist composer and filmmaker, presented his music and films simultaneously in a special concert. The films... more
Kenneth Goldsmith: The 1703 Weather Diary of Thomas Appletree
Sun 4 March 2012, 11am-2pm
Morden TowerIn this new commission, Kenneth Goldsmith read for three hours continuously, from the... more
Yoshi Wada: Sound Ship upon Tyne Live
Sun 4 March 2012, 2-30-3.15pm
Discovery MuseumThis new composition for bass drum and highland bagpipes, is performed live within Yoshi Wada’s sound installation at the Discovery... more
Leif Inge: 9 Beet Stretch
Thu 1 March, 12am – Fri 2 March 2012, 12am
Star and Shadow CinemaLeif Inge’s 9 Beet Stretch is Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th Symphony stretched to 24-hours, with no pitch distortion. This marathon... more
Sharon Lockhart: Double Tide
Sun 4 March 2012, 4–6pm
Tyneside CinemaDouble 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
Fergus Daly & Katherine Waugh: The Art of Time
Sat 3 March 2012, 1.30-3.20pm
Tyneside CinemaThe Art of Time explores how leading artists and thinkers are inventing new and radical notions of time, contesting the idea that... more
Talk: Phill Niblock, Susan Stenger, Yoshi Wada
Sat 3 March 2012, 11am-12pm
Tyneside CinemaA rare chance to hear these musicians talk about their work and shared histories, referencing the New York minimalist... more
Jem Finer: Slowplayer Live Mix
Sat 3 March 2012, 12-6pm
The NewBridge ProjectBring 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
