BIO
Agricola de Cologne
launched on 1 January 2000 as an artist brand, is standing for the
--> interdisciplinary media artist, director of experimental shortfilms and videos, curator of media art
--> founder & director of artvideoKOELN – the curatorial initiative „art & moving images“ serving since 2010 as the operating platform for a wide range of activities around "art & moving images", running CologneOFF - Cologne International Videoart Festival and Le Musee di-visioniste - the new museum of networked art
Agricola de Cologne is standing also for a broad bandwidth of dynamic curatorial contexts he is initiating in physical and virtual space, the co-curator and co-organiser of external festivals and exhibitions, the jury member of divers festivals, and not to forget the designer of a cross-platform culture.
Since its/his launch in 2000, Agricola de Cologne was presented @ more than 600 festivals and media art events in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Knoxville, Pittsburgh, Mexico City, Caracas, Maracaibo, Buenos Aires, Rosario, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile, Quito, Bogota, London, Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Madrid, Gijon, Sevilla, Valencia, Barcelona, Lisbon, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Tampere, Kopenhagen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Nagoya, Seoul, Manila, Hongkong, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, New Delhi, Guwahati, Mumbai, Jakarta, Perth, Melbourne, Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakesh, Istanbul, Ankara, Yerewan, Damaskus, Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Bethlehem, Gaza, Basel, Zurich, Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, Graz, Kiev, Kharkiv, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Moscow, St.Petersburg, Kansk, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Sofia, Varna, Bukarest, Arad, Timisoara, Budapest, Belgrade, Zagreb, Split, Lubljana, Rome, Naples, Milan, Pescara, Venice, Torino, Bologna, Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Nuremberg, & elsewhere, but also on biennials like ISEA Nagoya (2002), Venice Biennale 2003, 2005, 2007, Biennale of New Media Art Merida/MX 2003, Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth/Australia (2004), Biennale de Montreal (2004), Biennale of Video & New Media Santiago de Chile (2005), ISEA Singapore 2008.
His media art projects and videos were honoured with prizes and awards.
Links
Agricola de Cologne --> http://www.agricola-de.cologne
artvideoKOELN --> http://artvideo.koeln
Cologne International Videoart Festival --> http://coff.newmediafest.org
Le Musee di-visioniste - the new museum of networked art - http://www.nmartproject.net
SoundLAB - http://soundlab.newmediafest.org
LMD Interview Project - http://interviews.newmediafest.org
Final call: Slowtime?..............Quicktime as an artistic medium
Final call for proposals
Deadline 30 September 2003
***********************
Cinematheque at MediaCentre
of " Le Musee di-visioniste"
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/
is preparing another show case of streaming media
for autumn 2003, entitled:
"Slowtime?........"
[Quicktime (.mov) as an artistic medium]
Quicktime does not only represent a cross-plattform file format for
converting and
distributing (analogue/digital) video into an Internet compatible streaming
format, but has a lot of different features and characteristics which
predestine Quicktime to be a serious artistic medium beyond that.
Cinematheque invites artists who use Quicktime for their artistic purposes -
in which way ever - to submit up to two (2) works in Quicktime (.mov)
format.
It is preferred that the submitted work has an URL of itsown,
in this case there is no limit of file size.
But it is also possible to send the work via email
as .mov file, however, then will be a file size limit of 5MB for each
submitted work.
Deadline 30 September 2003
Please use this form for submitting:
*******************
1.name of artist, email address, URL
2. short biography/CV (not more than 300 words)
3. works (maximum 2): title of work, URL of work, year of production
4. short description of each submitted art work
(not more than 300 words each)
5. one screenshot for each submitted work (max. 800x600 pixels, .jpg only)
********************
Send this form completely filled out together with the media files to:
slowtime@le-musee-divisioniste.org
Deadline 30 September 2003
The coming show of "Slowtime?......" will be launched in November 2003.
Currently, the streaming media show "Winter Streams" is still running.
*********************
Cinematheque at MediaCentre
organises online show cases of streaming media
in the framework of Le Musee di-visioniste
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/
Le Musee di-visioniste
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org
is an online museum based on philosophical ideas,
and is corporate member of
NewMediaArtProjectNetwork -
the experimental plattform for net based art -
founded by Agricola de Cologne,
media artist and New Media curator
operating from Cologne/Germany.
Deadline 30 September 2003
***********************
Cinematheque at MediaCentre
of " Le Musee di-visioniste"
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/
is preparing another show case of streaming media
for autumn 2003, entitled:
"Slowtime?........"
[Quicktime (.mov) as an artistic medium]
Quicktime does not only represent a cross-plattform file format for
converting and
distributing (analogue/digital) video into an Internet compatible streaming
format, but has a lot of different features and characteristics which
predestine Quicktime to be a serious artistic medium beyond that.
Cinematheque invites artists who use Quicktime for their artistic purposes -
in which way ever - to submit up to two (2) works in Quicktime (.mov)
format.
It is preferred that the submitted work has an URL of itsown,
in this case there is no limit of file size.
But it is also possible to send the work via email
as .mov file, however, then will be a file size limit of 5MB for each
submitted work.
Deadline 30 September 2003
Please use this form for submitting:
*******************
1.name of artist, email address, URL
2. short biography/CV (not more than 300 words)
3. works (maximum 2): title of work, URL of work, year of production
4. short description of each submitted art work
(not more than 300 words each)
5. one screenshot for each submitted work (max. 800x600 pixels, .jpg only)
********************
Send this form completely filled out together with the media files to:
slowtime@le-musee-divisioniste.org
Deadline 30 September 2003
The coming show of "Slowtime?......" will be launched in November 2003.
Currently, the streaming media show "Winter Streams" is still running.
*********************
Cinematheque at MediaCentre
organises online show cases of streaming media
in the framework of Le Musee di-visioniste
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/
Le Musee di-visioniste
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org
is an online museum based on philosophical ideas,
and is corporate member of
NewMediaArtProjectNetwork -
the experimental plattform for net based art -
founded by Agricola de Cologne,
media artist and New Media curator
operating from Cologne/Germany.
INCD media release: Artists around the world speak out for cultural diversity at the WTO's 5th ministerial meeting in Cancun
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Artists around the world speak out for cultural diversity
".we celebrate and encourage our cultural diversity and embrace and respect
our cultural differences." INCD Artists Letter
Sept 10, 2003 - The International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD -
www.incd.net) will launch the Artists Letter on Cultural Diversity during
the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 5th Ministerial Meeting in Cancun,
Mexico. Leading Mexican actress Angelica Aragon will release the letter at
a Public Forum being held on September 12th.
The INCD brings together artists and cultural organizations from 70
countries who are working together to counter the negative effects of
globalization on our cultures.
Signed by artists from 15 countries and all of the cultural sectors, the
Artists Letter calls on governments to protect cultures from the
infringements of trade agreements, to work to encourage more balanced
exchanges between cultures and to recognize the unique status of cultural
expression as a reflection of human identity. It is imperative that culture
not be reduced to its economic value as the WTO negotiations threaten to do.
Many governments are under pressure to bargain away their cultural identity
in the race to liberalize all sectors of the economy.
This is why Harry Belafonte, Ingmar Bergman, Nadine Gordimer, Danny Glover,
Sam Neill and 36 other artists have added their names to the growing
international movement to secure the right of all artists to practice their
craft and share the wealth of the world's cultures. The artists also
support the proposed new Convention on Cultural Diversity, currently under
consideration at UNESCO. This Convention would provide a permanent legal
basis for the promotion and protection of cultural diversity and ensure that
cultures can thrive in the era of globalization.
The Artists Letter is below with the list of the initial signatories. For
more information on the artists, please go to www.incd.net/letter/letter.htm
Public Forum:
Friday, Sept 12, 2003, 10:30-12:30
Hotel Best Western Plaze Caribe
Tulum Uxmal Lote 19, Cancun Mexico
www.incd.net/events/seminars.html
Media contacts:
Tammy Ballantyne
Artists Letter Project
tammyb@artslink.co.za
cell: 27 83 440 4984
Alexis Andrew
INCD Associate Coordinator
Tel: 1 613 238 3561 ext 17
incd@ccarts.ca
In Cancun:
Garry Neil
INCD Coordinator
Cell: 1 416 518 1256
Rafael Segovia
INCD Steering Committee/Mexico
Cell: 555.413.0306
AN OPEN LETTER FROM ARTISTS
It is time to secure the rights of artists globally. These rights are at
risk because international trade courts are ruling on artistic matters.
We are artists and citizens of the global village. We come from every
community and work in all artistic fields. Through our words, music, films,
dance, paintings and plays, in every language on earth, we entertain, inform
and engage our fellow citizens in the adventure of being human.
It is an exciting time to be an artist. Technologies can overcome physical
distance and allow our works to be shared more widely than ever before. We
have the potential to exchange and blend our rich diversity of cultural
practices in ways our ancestors could only imagine.
It is also a dangerous time. Many human conflicts arise from a failure to
recognize cultural complexities or from perceived threats to cultural
values. The road to security and prosperity requires that we celebrate and
encourage our cultural diversity and embrace and respect our cultural
differences.
Some believe artistic creations are no different from conventional goods and
services and they deny or ignore the powerful cultural importance of works
of the human imagination. For some of the world's largest corporations,
artistic works are commodities to be bought and sold like any other. They
seek to dominate the world's markets with homogenized forms of popular
culture and thus marginalize artists in many of our communities.
Our world of unequal economic relationships has created unequal cultural
relationships. We believe governments have a responsibility to resist the
economic push by implementing policies that support diverse local artists
and cultural producers, and ensure pluralism in the media and the arts.
This will create more choice and bring about a greater balance in exchange
between cultures. Governments must also preserve threatened cultures and
languages, especially those of indigenous peoples.
An important struggle between these incompatible visions is underway in
trade negotiations. Trade officials negotiate rules that would hasten a
global monoculture and make it virtually impossible for communities to
support their artists. We oppose these efforts.
At the same time, discussions have started within and outside UNESCO to
develop a new global Convention on Cultural Diversity to provide a legal
foundation for government measures that support cultural diversity and to
encourage governments to use that authority domestically. We support this
initiative.
As artists, we come from different disciplines; as citizens, we come from
different countries.
But, we are united in our call to the world's leaders:
Artists around the world speak out for cultural diversity
".we celebrate and encourage our cultural diversity and embrace and respect
our cultural differences." INCD Artists Letter
Sept 10, 2003 - The International Network for Cultural Diversity (INCD -
www.incd.net) will launch the Artists Letter on Cultural Diversity during
the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 5th Ministerial Meeting in Cancun,
Mexico. Leading Mexican actress Angelica Aragon will release the letter at
a Public Forum being held on September 12th.
The INCD brings together artists and cultural organizations from 70
countries who are working together to counter the negative effects of
globalization on our cultures.
Signed by artists from 15 countries and all of the cultural sectors, the
Artists Letter calls on governments to protect cultures from the
infringements of trade agreements, to work to encourage more balanced
exchanges between cultures and to recognize the unique status of cultural
expression as a reflection of human identity. It is imperative that culture
not be reduced to its economic value as the WTO negotiations threaten to do.
Many governments are under pressure to bargain away their cultural identity
in the race to liberalize all sectors of the economy.
This is why Harry Belafonte, Ingmar Bergman, Nadine Gordimer, Danny Glover,
Sam Neill and 36 other artists have added their names to the growing
international movement to secure the right of all artists to practice their
craft and share the wealth of the world's cultures. The artists also
support the proposed new Convention on Cultural Diversity, currently under
consideration at UNESCO. This Convention would provide a permanent legal
basis for the promotion and protection of cultural diversity and ensure that
cultures can thrive in the era of globalization.
The Artists Letter is below with the list of the initial signatories. For
more information on the artists, please go to www.incd.net/letter/letter.htm
Public Forum:
Friday, Sept 12, 2003, 10:30-12:30
Hotel Best Western Plaze Caribe
Tulum Uxmal Lote 19, Cancun Mexico
www.incd.net/events/seminars.html
Media contacts:
Tammy Ballantyne
Artists Letter Project
tammyb@artslink.co.za
cell: 27 83 440 4984
Alexis Andrew
INCD Associate Coordinator
Tel: 1 613 238 3561 ext 17
incd@ccarts.ca
In Cancun:
Garry Neil
INCD Coordinator
Cell: 1 416 518 1256
Rafael Segovia
INCD Steering Committee/Mexico
Cell: 555.413.0306
AN OPEN LETTER FROM ARTISTS
It is time to secure the rights of artists globally. These rights are at
risk because international trade courts are ruling on artistic matters.
We are artists and citizens of the global village. We come from every
community and work in all artistic fields. Through our words, music, films,
dance, paintings and plays, in every language on earth, we entertain, inform
and engage our fellow citizens in the adventure of being human.
It is an exciting time to be an artist. Technologies can overcome physical
distance and allow our works to be shared more widely than ever before. We
have the potential to exchange and blend our rich diversity of cultural
practices in ways our ancestors could only imagine.
It is also a dangerous time. Many human conflicts arise from a failure to
recognize cultural complexities or from perceived threats to cultural
values. The road to security and prosperity requires that we celebrate and
encourage our cultural diversity and embrace and respect our cultural
differences.
Some believe artistic creations are no different from conventional goods and
services and they deny or ignore the powerful cultural importance of works
of the human imagination. For some of the world's largest corporations,
artistic works are commodities to be bought and sold like any other. They
seek to dominate the world's markets with homogenized forms of popular
culture and thus marginalize artists in many of our communities.
Our world of unequal economic relationships has created unequal cultural
relationships. We believe governments have a responsibility to resist the
economic push by implementing policies that support diverse local artists
and cultural producers, and ensure pluralism in the media and the arts.
This will create more choice and bring about a greater balance in exchange
between cultures. Governments must also preserve threatened cultures and
languages, especially those of indigenous peoples.
An important struggle between these incompatible visions is underway in
trade negotiations. Trade officials negotiate rules that would hasten a
global monoculture and make it virtually impossible for communities to
support their artists. We oppose these efforts.
At the same time, discussions have started within and outside UNESCO to
develop a new global Convention on Cultural Diversity to provide a legal
foundation for government measures that support cultural diversity and to
encourage governments to use that authority domestically. We support this
initiative.
As artists, we come from different disciplines; as citizens, we come from
different countries.
But, we are united in our call to the world's leaders:
Le Musee di-visioniste - informs:
Le Musee di-visionsite
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org
has now finished the frist reconstruction phase
and is prepared to lauch the first show of the new season 2003/2004 on 27
September 2003, entitled:
"{self}_presentation 2003"
at the ExhibitionHall.
A new design allows now easy access to all shows
of the "Featured Artists" series presented at ExhibitionHall between October
2001 and October 2003,
including artists as
STANZA, Ricardo Mbarak, Kevin Jones, Wayne Quilliams, Brice Bowman,
MaxHattler/Martin Heaton, Irina Paskali, Jaka Zeleznikar, Gregory Chatonsky,
Shirin Kouladije, Max Greenberg, Manday Morrison, Coco Gordon, Melissa Ulto,
Valeri Rose, Patrick Simmons, Daniel Young, Dan Norton, JIMPUNK, Nicolas
Clauss
Besides the
ExhibitionHall on www.le-musee-divisioniste.org,
currently following museum departments are open to the public:
MediaCentre/Cinematheque on
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/
(which will be also completely reconstructed until the launch of next show
in November, entitled: "Slowtime?......Quicktime as an artistic medium")
and
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org
(just recentely reconstructed, will open the new season on 13 October with
the competition and showcase of "Perspectives'03" and the Feature: "Netart
from German speaking countries"
in co-operation with Computer Space Festival Sofia/Bulgaria and
Goethe-Institut-Internationes Sofia/Bulgaria)
******************************************
Le Musee di-visioniste
www.le-musee-divisionsite.org
info@le-musee-divisionsite.org
||the museum environment based a a philosophical idea||
is a corporate member of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne -
the experimental platform for net based art -
operating from Cologne Germany.
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org
has now finished the frist reconstruction phase
and is prepared to lauch the first show of the new season 2003/2004 on 27
September 2003, entitled:
"{self}_presentation 2003"
at the ExhibitionHall.
A new design allows now easy access to all shows
of the "Featured Artists" series presented at ExhibitionHall between October
2001 and October 2003,
including artists as
STANZA, Ricardo Mbarak, Kevin Jones, Wayne Quilliams, Brice Bowman,
MaxHattler/Martin Heaton, Irina Paskali, Jaka Zeleznikar, Gregory Chatonsky,
Shirin Kouladije, Max Greenberg, Manday Morrison, Coco Gordon, Melissa Ulto,
Valeri Rose, Patrick Simmons, Daniel Young, Dan Norton, JIMPUNK, Nicolas
Clauss
Besides the
ExhibitionHall on www.le-musee-divisioniste.org,
currently following museum departments are open to the public:
MediaCentre/Cinematheque on
www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/mediacentre/
(which will be also completely reconstructed until the launch of next show
in November, entitled: "Slowtime?......Quicktime as an artistic medium")
and
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
www.javamuseum.org
(just recentely reconstructed, will open the new season on 13 October with
the competition and showcase of "Perspectives'03" and the Feature: "Netart
from German speaking countries"
in co-operation with Computer Space Festival Sofia/Bulgaria and
Goethe-Institut-Internationes Sofia/Bulgaria)
******************************************
Le Musee di-visioniste
www.le-musee-divisionsite.org
info@le-musee-divisionsite.org
||the museum environment based a a philosophical idea||
is a corporate member of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne -
the experimental platform for net based art -
operating from Cologne Germany.
PRESS RELEASE
'Perspectives'03' -
competition and showcase
deadline 1 September 2003
organised by
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)
www.javamuseum.org
in co-operation with
Computer Space Festival Sofia/Bulgaria
www.computerspace.org
and
Goethe Institut - Internationes Sofia/Bulgaria
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91 artists from 18 countries will enter the selection process with 173
works.
The finalists will be notified by 21 September 2003.
"Perspective'03" - the show will be launched on 13 October and will be
presented in physical space as part of Computer Space Festival Sofia from 16
until 18 October 2003.
The Goethe Institut -Internationes Sofia will present in co-operation with
JavaMuseum during the festival as an accompanying program the featured
show:
"Netart from German speaking countries"
curated by Agricola de Cologne,
including following artists
Reiner Strasser, Nadja Kutz und Tim Nikolai Hoffmann
Jens Sundheim, Sascha Buttner, Bernhard Reuss,
Martin Mittelmeier, kyon, Per Pegelow, Jurgen Trautwein
Franz Alken, Ralf Hellmann, Joern Ebner, Thomas Tirel
Roman Minaev, Stephan Harger, Malte Steiner, AmbientTV, Johannes Auer,
Isabel Saij, Marcello Mercado and Agricola de Cologne.
"Netart from German speaking countries" belongs to the "3rd of Java series"
and will remain online for permanent as an ongoing project.New artists and
new net based art works are welcome at any time.
*************************************
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)
www.javamuseum.org
info@javamuseum.org
is part of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne
- the experimental platform for net based art -
operating from Cologne/Germany.
competition and showcase
deadline 1 September 2003
organised by
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)
www.javamuseum.org
in co-operation with
Computer Space Festival Sofia/Bulgaria
www.computerspace.org
and
Goethe Institut - Internationes Sofia/Bulgaria
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::::::::::
91 artists from 18 countries will enter the selection process with 173
works.
The finalists will be notified by 21 September 2003.
"Perspective'03" - the show will be launched on 13 October and will be
presented in physical space as part of Computer Space Festival Sofia from 16
until 18 October 2003.
The Goethe Institut -Internationes Sofia will present in co-operation with
JavaMuseum during the festival as an accompanying program the featured
show:
"Netart from German speaking countries"
curated by Agricola de Cologne,
including following artists
Reiner Strasser, Nadja Kutz und Tim Nikolai Hoffmann
Jens Sundheim, Sascha Buttner, Bernhard Reuss,
Martin Mittelmeier, kyon, Per Pegelow, Jurgen Trautwein
Franz Alken, Ralf Hellmann, Joern Ebner, Thomas Tirel
Roman Minaev, Stephan Harger, Malte Steiner, AmbientTV, Johannes Auer,
Isabel Saij, Marcello Mercado and Agricola de Cologne.
"Netart from German speaking countries" belongs to the "3rd of Java series"
and will remain online for permanent as an ongoing project.New artists and
new net based art works are welcome at any time.
*************************************
JavaMuseum -
Forum for Internet Technologies in Contemporary Art
(Java=Joint Advanced Virtual Affairs)
www.javamuseum.org
info@javamuseum.org
is part of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne
- the experimental platform for net based art -
operating from Cologne/Germany.
New Feature on Violence Online Festival
Violence TV and "Hurray Violence" -
departments of Violence Media Incorporated -
are proud to feature on
Violence Online Festival
www.newmediafest.org/violence/
the streaming video, entitled
"Houdini - The EX best friend"
by Ivana Ozestki and Kadranco Pongrac (Croatia)
a documentary about human violence against animals.
Running time: 31 minutes
(DSL required)
***************************
About the film - Short description
>>Houdini - The EX best friend<<
The story is about animals, dogs - mongrels who have no market value in a
human made world, and about people who are extremely brutal those those
animals.
Dog pounds and some dog shelters - asylums in Croatia are places of
brutality and torture, where they steal the money given for the animals by
the Government. They take the money for food, medical treatment and
euthansia in their pockets and kill the animals by hanging them on the wire
or even more brutal .... charging the government for all treatments. In time
we encountered a few people who help ease the suffering of these unfortunate
animals .... all of them were volunteers.
.........................................................................
About the creators
Ivana Ozetski,
born on 07.06.1971 in Zagreb/Croatia
1998 - graduated on Academy of Applied Arts Zagreb,
painting- class Prof.E. Kokot
since 1994 - member of Croatian Union of Visual Arts
since 1995 - working on different short films and music videos
2002 - scenario for the documentary "Houdini - Your EX best friend"
as a painter she had 6 solo shows and more than 30 group exhibitions
Jadranko Pongrac
born 19.07.1972 in Zagreb
-graduated in Electrotechnical School in Zagreb.
1991 he started to work for Croatian Television. He worked for ten years on
10 film and documentaries in education and information section.
1993 he directed the musical "Lievs are covering Detroit", and several music
videos.
2002/2003 he directed the documentary "Houdini- Your Ex best friend"
supported by the Ministery of Culture of Croatia
******************************************
The featured film can be accessed from
the startpage
www.newmediafest.org/violence/startviolence.htm
or from Violence Magazine
where all new additions can be found.
............................................................................
.......
Violence Online Festival
www.newmediafest.org
violence@newmediafest.org
is corporate member of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne -
the experimental platform for net based art -
operating from Cologne/Germany.
departments of Violence Media Incorporated -
are proud to feature on
Violence Online Festival
www.newmediafest.org/violence/
the streaming video, entitled
"Houdini - The EX best friend"
by Ivana Ozestki and Kadranco Pongrac (Croatia)
a documentary about human violence against animals.
Running time: 31 minutes
(DSL required)
***************************
About the film - Short description
>>Houdini - The EX best friend<<
The story is about animals, dogs - mongrels who have no market value in a
human made world, and about people who are extremely brutal those those
animals.
Dog pounds and some dog shelters - asylums in Croatia are places of
brutality and torture, where they steal the money given for the animals by
the Government. They take the money for food, medical treatment and
euthansia in their pockets and kill the animals by hanging them on the wire
or even more brutal .... charging the government for all treatments. In time
we encountered a few people who help ease the suffering of these unfortunate
animals .... all of them were volunteers.
.........................................................................
About the creators
Ivana Ozetski,
born on 07.06.1971 in Zagreb/Croatia
1998 - graduated on Academy of Applied Arts Zagreb,
painting- class Prof.E. Kokot
since 1994 - member of Croatian Union of Visual Arts
since 1995 - working on different short films and music videos
2002 - scenario for the documentary "Houdini - Your EX best friend"
as a painter she had 6 solo shows and more than 30 group exhibitions
Jadranko Pongrac
born 19.07.1972 in Zagreb
-graduated in Electrotechnical School in Zagreb.
1991 he started to work for Croatian Television. He worked for ten years on
10 film and documentaries in education and information section.
1993 he directed the musical "Lievs are covering Detroit", and several music
videos.
2002/2003 he directed the documentary "Houdini- Your Ex best friend"
supported by the Ministery of Culture of Croatia
******************************************
The featured film can be accessed from
the startpage
www.newmediafest.org/violence/startviolence.htm
or from Violence Magazine
where all new additions can be found.
............................................................................
.......
Violence Online Festival
www.newmediafest.org
violence@newmediafest.org
is corporate member of
[NewMediaArtProjectNetwork] :||cologne -
the experimental platform for net based art -
operating from Cologne/Germany.