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SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2012
Our Equinox Music Weekend of special concerts ended today, with the second episode of a new work by Attila Csihar the baritone voice of Sunn 0))). Inspired by alchemy he performs a specially created text in Enochian, the language of Angels.
Our Walks series continued today, with an early morning walk with artist Mike Collier and natural historian Keith Bowey that meanders along the banks of the River Wear.
The film programme continued to provide an introduction to slowness and cinema from across the world. Tonight Sivaroj Kongsakul’s debut feature Eternity plays at Star and Shadow Cinema. Winning the prestigious Tiger Award at Rotterdam 2011, it follows a man through three stages of being. With our film loyalty card you could watch 4 films and the 5th was FREE.
All of our Exhibitions were open today, except for:
Sunderland venues: NGCA, Reg Vardy Gallery and 50 Fawcett Street.
Radio Boredcast was online 24-hours today, see the daily schedule below for 25 March 2012.
Yoshi Wada: Sound Ship upon Tyne
Fri 2 March – Sat 31 March 2012
Discovery MuseumPart of the American minimalist music and Fluxus scenes in 1960-70s New York, Yoshi Wada was influenced by George... more
On Kawara: One Million Years
Thu 1 March – Sun 29 April 2012
One Million Years is an epic work of conceptual art. It speaks simply and directly about a subject... more
James Benning: Milwaukee/Duisburg
Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012
Platform A GalleryJames Benning is one of the most important figures in American avant-garde film. In 1971 he... more
Susan Stenger: The Structures of Everyday Life: Full Circle
Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012
Newcastle Civic CentreThis sound installation unites Western harmony and Eastern philosophy to mark both... more
Jonathan Schipper: Slow Motion Car Crash
Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012
16 Saville Row / Locus +Jonathan Schipper’s work provides an alternative way of experiencing the world by slowing... more
Torsten Lauschmann
Thu 1 March – Sun 6 May 2012
Laing Art GalleryTorsten 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
Cyprien Gaillard
Thu 1 March – Sun 1 July 2012
mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern ArtIn his largest UK exhibition to date, award-winning artist Cyprien Gaillard presents two major film installations. The works show... more
John Gerrard
Thu 1 March – Sun 1 July 2012
mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern ArtThe UK premiere of two recent works by John Gerrard. Cuban School (Community 5th of October) 2010 and Cuban School... more
Julien Maire
Thu 1 March – Sat 19 May 2012
Hatton GalleryThe first UK solo exhibition by this leading new media artist revisits ideas of slow motion and duration. Making his own cinematic machines using... more
Jem Finer: Slowplayer
Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012
The NewBridge ProjectAt extreme slow speeds, the spin of a record player is reduced to a glacial crawl, the music to seismic rumbling. A beat may last a minute... more
Benedict Drew: The Persuaders
Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012
CIRCA SiteA single screen video gives breathing instructions that induce a sense of calm and well being. Sculptures act as empathetic mascots... more
Attila Csihar: A Scrying: First and Second Action (NCL)
Sat 24 March 2012, 7-9pm and Sun 25 March 2012, 8-10pm
Tyne Bridge North TowerAttila Csihar, the baritone voice of Sunn 0))) and Norwegian black metal pioneers Mayhem, created... more
Chris Watson: Teesside Sound Walk
Sat 24 March 2012, 11am–3.30pm
Seal Sands Nature ReserveChris Watson is one of the world’s greatest sound recordists, famed for capturing the natural... more
Agnes Meyer-Brandis: The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility
Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012
Great North Museum: HancockAgnes Meyer-Brandis’ work weaves together history, popular... more
Sneha Solanki: Super-natural
Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012
VaneSuper-natural connects two points in time, the historical pre-enlightenment and genetic science of today, both periods... more
Various Artists: Mirror Neurons
Thu 1 March – Sun 20 May 2012
The National Glass Centre at the University of SunderlandThis group exhibition, including work by Catherine Richards, Michael Snow, Scott Rogers, Thomson & Craighead and Simon Pope... more
Joe Winter
Thu 1 March – Sun 20 May 2012
The National Glass Centre at the University of SunderlandJoe Winter’s series …A History of Light involves fading pigmented papers with either natural or artificial light to produce... more
Sivaroj Kongsakul: Eternity
Sun 25 March 2012, 7.30pm-9.30pm
This debut feature won the prestigious Tiger Award at Rotterdam 2011. Evoking the traditional Thai belief... more
Mike Collier: Street Flowers – Urban Survivors of the Privileged Land
Sun 25 March 2012, 7.30am–11am
River WearThis circular walk with artist Mike Collier and natural historian... more
Radio Boredcast: Day 25
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.
Marina Zurkow: Mesocosm (Northumberland UK)
Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012
VaneMesocosm (Northumberland UK) is a 146-hour animated portrait of the Northumberland moors... more
Owl Project & Ed Carter: ~Flow
Sun 25 March - September 2012
Newcastle Quayside~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
