Wednesday 28 March

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WEDNESDAY 28 MARCH 2012

Our film programme continued to provide an introduction to slowness and cinema from across the world.

Tonight following his guest appearance as part of the Slow Cinema Weekend, we presented another acclaimed film by Lav Diaz Butterflies Have No Memories as a double bill with Independencia by young Philippine director Raya Martin. With our film loyalty card you could watch 4 films and the 5th was FREE.

All of our Exhibitions were open today.

In Sunderland, NGCA opened late this evening until 7.30pm.

Radio Boredcast was online 24-hours today, see the daily schedule below for 28 March 2012.

 

Yoshi Wada: Sound Ship upon Tyne
Yoshi Wada: Sound Ship upon Tyne

Fri 2 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 Discovery Museum

Part 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
On Kawara: One Million Years

Thu 1 March  – Sun 29 April 2012

 BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

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

James Benning: Milwaukee/Duisburg
James Benning: Milwaukee/Duisburg

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 Platform A Gallery

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

James Benning: One Way Boogie Woogie 2012
James Benning: One Way Boogie Woogie 2012

Thu 1 March – 9 June 2012

 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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

Susan Stenger: The Structures of Everyday Life: Full Circle
Susan Stenger: The Structures of Everyday Life: Full Circle

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 Newcastle Civic Centre

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

Jonathan Schipper: Slow Motion Car Crash
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
Torsten Lauschmann

Thu 1 March – Sun 6 May 2012

 Laing Art Gallery

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

Cyprien Gaillard
Cyprien Gaillard

Thu 1 March – Sun 1 July 2012

 mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

In his largest UK exhibition to date, award-winning artist Cyprien Gaillard presents two major film installations. The works show... more

John Gerrard
John Gerrard

Thu 1 March – Sun 1 July 2012

 mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

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

Julien Maire
Julien Maire

Thu 1 March – Sat 19 May 2012

 Hatton Gallery

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
Elizabeth McAlpine

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 Reg Vardy Gallery

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

Jem Finer: Slowplayer
Jem Finer: Slowplayer

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 The NewBridge Project

At 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
Benedict Drew: The Persuaders

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 CIRCA Site

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

Raya Martin: INDEPENDENCIA
Raya Martin: INDEPENDENCIA

Wed 28 March 2012, 7.30pm-10pm

 Star and Shadow Cinema

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

Bob Levene: Inertial Frame
Bob Levene: Inertial Frame

Thu 1 March – Sat 26 May 2012

 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Filmed in South West Finland, Inertial Frame captures the moving sea, sky and islands of the beautiful Finnish... more

John Smith, Manon de Boer, Martin Arnold, Ben Russell
John Smith, Manon de Boer, Martin Arnold, Ben Russell

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 CIRCA Screen

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

Agnes Meyer-Brandis: The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility
Agnes Meyer-Brandis: The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 Great North Museum: Hancock

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

Mark Formanek: Standard Time
Mark Formanek: Standard Time

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 50 Fawcett Street

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

Sneha Solanki: Super-natural
Sneha Solanki: Super-natural

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 Vane

Super-natural connects two points in time, the historical pre-enlightenment and genetic science of today, both periods... more

Various Artists: Mirror Neurons
Various Artists: Mirror Neurons

Thu 1 March – Sun 20 May 2012

 The National Glass Centre at the University of Sunderland

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

Joe Winter
Joe Winter

Thu 1 March – Sun 20 May 2012

 The National Glass Centre at the University of Sunderland

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

Lav Diaz: Butterflies Have No Memories
Lav Diaz: Butterflies Have No Memories

Wed 28 March 2012, 7.30pm-8.30pm

 Star and Shadow Cinema

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

Ikue Mori & Maja S.K Ratkje
Ikue Mori & Maja S.K Ratkje

Wed 28 March 2012, 8pm

 The Cluny

Sound and Music, [no.signal] and TUSK Music bring together the electrifying improvisors Ikue Mori and Maja S.K. Ratkje for their first eve... more

Radio Boredcast: Day 28
Radio Boredcast: Day 28

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. 

Marina Zurkow: Mesocosm (Northumberland UK)
Marina Zurkow: Mesocosm (Northumberland UK)

Thu 1 March – Sat 31 March 2012

 Vane

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

Owl Project & Ed Carter: ~Flow
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