PLASTIK is an inaugural international festival of artists’ moving image. The first of its kind in Ireland.

The festival is a collaboration between LUX Critical Forum Dublin (a meeting group for artists involved with the moving image), LUX, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios and the Irish Film Institute and is made possible through the generous support of the Arts Council.

Over three weekends in February, through a series of events taking place in Galway, Cork and Dublin, PLASTIK Festival of Artists’ Moving Image will create a new platform for considerations of both contemporary and historical approaches to this area of practice. In recent years there has been a significant increase of activity in this sphere, both here and abroad, and PLASTIK creates a site through which these changes can be considered, introducing audiences to a broad selection of works, many of which will be screening in Ireland for the first time.

GALWAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015, AN TAIBHDHEARC THEATRE

Curated by Megs Morley

PLASTIK Galway, subtitled ‘A State Within a State’, takes place on Saturday 7th February and will explore essay film. Features work by 2014 Turner Prize winner Duncan Campbell, as well as works from Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Louis Henderson, guest Brad Butler (the Museum of Non- Participation) and a tribute to the late Harun Farocki. A talk will also take place with Laura Rascaroli (UCC) who has written extensively on this area of practice.

Duncan Campbell currently in IMMA

Lawrence Abu Hamdan Feature in Frieze

Harun Farocki Obituary in New York Times

CORK 13 / 14 / 15 FEBRUARY

Curated by Aoife Desmond

PLASTIK Cork (mainly taking place in Crawford Art Gallery and Triskel Arts Centre) is subtitled ‘Phenomenal Love’ and considers in particular ‘expanded cinema’ gestures as they relate to contemporary practice. Special festival guests Luis Recoder and Sandra Gibson from New York will open ‘Phenomenal Love’ with a performance of their new work ‘Obliteration’. They will also present their seminal film installation ‘LightSpill’ and participate in the critical discussion ‘Film Is Dead, Long Live Film’. Guest curator Peter Taylor will present his programme ‘Plastic Passion’ which includes works by Wim Gijzen, Tim Leyendekker, James Richards (2014 Turner Prize Nominee) and Ben Russell. PLASTIK Cork also includes collaborative events with Plugd records and The Guesthouse with guest artists SineLove! (the Croatian audio visual duo) and Lichun Tseng Taiwanese film artist working at Filmwerkplaatz in Rotterdam.

Gibson & Recoder interview & Artforum

Ben Russell preview of Atlantis at CPH:DOX & excerpt

James Richards interview

DUBLIN 20 / 21 / 22 FEBRUARY

Curated by Jenny Brady, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Sibyl Montague & Fifi Smith

 

Spread over three days and a number of venues PLASTIK Dublin opens on Friday 20th with a programme of films selected by Gerard Byrne and Sarah Pierce from the LUX archive. All screening events at PLASTIK Dublin take place at the Irish Film Institute and will include works by David Gatten (a special guest of the festival), Cerith Wyn Evans, Laure Prouvost, John Smith, Cory Arcangel, Frances Stark, and many more. There will also be a number of discursive events initiated with the support of Maeve Connolly (IADT) and Benjamin Cook (LUX), with talks taking place at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. Saturday evening will feature a live performance by London based artist Hannah Sawtell and the festival will close on Sunday evening with a focus on the work of Christoph Schlingensief. Other guests of the festival include curators Filipa Ramos (Vdrome), Peter Taylor (IFFR), Guillaume Breton (Rowing Projects) and attending speakers including Regina Barunke (Temporary Gallery), George Clark (TATE) and Isla Leaver-Yap (LUX Scotland).

David Gatten overview Harvard Film Archive

Hannah Sawtell overview Vilma Gold

Laure Prouvost Turner Prize

Ticket information via plastikfestival.com/box-office

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PLASTIK Artist Moving Image is primarily funded by the Arts Council in Ireland.

Partners: LUX // Temple Bar Gallery & Studios // Irish Film Institute // Goethe Institute // Crawford Art Gallery // Crawford College of Art & Design // National Sculpture Factory // Plugd // Triskel Arts Centre // Cork City Council Arts Office // The Guesthouse // Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology // Filmbase // An Taibhdhearc Theatre // Galway Film Centre // 126 Gallery // Galway Arts Centre // Picture Palace // Huston School of Film & Digital Media // Galway Mayo Institute Technology Centre of Creative Arts & Media // Para Institution //

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PLASTIK 2015 SCHEDULE

GALWAY – 7 FEBRUARY – AN TAIBHDHEARC

CURATED BY MEGS MORLEY

PLASTIK CRITICAL FORUM AWARD (SCREENING)

12 PM

An opportunity to see new Irish works highlighting an emerging generation of artists engaging with the moving image.

‘THE FILM ESSAY AS FORM’ (TALK)

1PM

Discussion with Laura Rascaroli (UCC) on her current research into the essay film and its relation to film theory, spatiality and geopolitics (free event but ticketed)

A STATE WITHIN A STATE: 01 (SCREENING)

3PM

Programme includes works by Duncan Campbell, Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Rabih Mroue.

A STATE WITHIN A STATE: 02 (SCREENING)

5 PM

Programme includes works by Anja Kirschner & David Panos and Louis Henderson. Followed by Q&A with artist filmmaker Brad Butler (Museum of non-participation)

HARUN FAROCKI (SCREENING)

8 PM

A tribute to the work of the incredibly influential and politically motivated artist and filmmaker Harun Farocki.

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CORK – 13/14/15 FEBRUARY – TRISKEL ARTS CENTRE / CRAWFORD ART GALLERY

CURATED BY AOIFE DESMOND

13 FEBRUARY

‘OBLITERATION’ (LIVE PERFORMANCE)

9 PM TRISKEL ARTS CENTRE

New York based artists Gibson and Recoder will perform their new work ‘Obliteration’

14 FEBRUARY

‘LIGHT SPILL’ (INSTALLATION)

Installation of Gibson and Recoder seminal work ‘Light Spill’

10 AM – 5PM CRAWFORD ART GALLERY

‘FILM IS OVER, LONG LIVE FILM’ (TALK)

12 PM CRAWFORD ART GALLERY

Panel discussion on Expanded Cinema, with panelists Sandra Gibson, Luis Recoder, Peter Taylor, Padraigh Treahy, Tim Leydekker and Laura Rascaroli. Chaired by Aoife Desmond.

PLASTIC PASSION (SCREENING)

3 PM CRAWFORD ART GALLERY

Selections of films curated by Peter Taylor (International FiIm Festival Rotterdam)

SINELOVE! (LIVE) PERFORMANCE

9 PM TRISKEL ART CENTRE (In association with PLUGD Records)

Audio-visual duo from Zagreb in association with Plugd

15 FEBRUARY

SUNDAY LUNCH AND SCREENING WITH LICHUN TSENG

1 PM The Guesthouse Project

Closing event with screening of 16 mm works from Filmwerkplaatz Rotterdam.

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DUBLIN – 20/21/22 FEBRUARY – IFI / TEMPLE BAR GALLERY + STUDIOS (TBG+S)

Curated by Jenny Brady, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Sibyl Montague & Fifi Smith

20 FEBRUARY

THE SHORT FORM (SCREENING)

6:30 PM IFI

Programme of films selected by Gerard Byrne and Sarah Pierce from the LUX archive. Followed by Q&A at TBG+S.

21 FEBRUARY

PLASTIK CRITICAL FORUM AWARD (SCREENING)

12 PM / IFI

Programme of new Irish works highlighting an emerging generation of artists engaging with the moving image.

PLASTIC PASSION (SCREENING)

4:15 PM / IFI

Curated by Peter Taylor (International Film Festival Rotterdam) featuring works by James Richards, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz and Ben Russell.

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (SCREENING)

6:30 PM / IFI

Curated by Filipa Ramos (Vdrome / Art Agenda) featuring works by Chris Marker, Frances Stark, and Cory Arcangel.

HANNAH SAWTELL (LIVE PERFORMANCE)

10 PM / TBA

London based artist Hannah Sawtell creates unique audio-visual performances creating dense environments of digital noise, sound and light.

22 FEBRUARY

DAVID GATTEN (WORKSHOP)

11 AM / TBG+S

A dialogue with the artist and screenings of his 16mm works including The Enjoyment of Reading (2001) and What the Water Said 4-6 (2007)

THE EXTRAVAGANT SHADOWS (SCREENING)

1 PM / IFI

David Gatten will be in attendance for a screening of his most recent work The Extravagant Shadows (2012).

THE AFRICAN TWIN TOWERS (SCREENING)

6 PM / IFI

Film-maker, director and artist Christoph Schlingensief’s The African Twin Towers (2009), is a provocative work evoking 9/11,mythology & colonialism. Includes a guest appearance from Patti Smith.

TALK AND DISCUSSIONS

SATURDAY 22

‘CURATING THE MOVING IMAGE’ (TALK)

2 PM / TBG+S

An opportunity to consider some of the questions facing curators and programmers working today in cinema and gallery contexts.

Chaired by Benjamin Cook (LUX) with guest speakers, Regina Barunke (Temporary Gallery) Guillaume Breton (Rowing Projects) George Clark (Tate) Isla Leaver-Yap (LUX Scotland) Peter Taylor (International Film Festival Rotterdam)

SUNDAY 22

‘SPECTATORSHIP IN QUESTION’ (TALK)

4 PM / TBG+S

Panel discussion on moving image spectatorship in the post- internet, post-cinema and post-broadcast era. Chaired by writer and researcher Maeve Connolly with guest speakers Jesse Jones (artist) Filipa Ramos (Vdrome) Lucy Reynolds (Central St Martins)