Papa Westray will be enjoying an international contemporary art festival between 6th and 13th February.
The 2012 instalment of Papay Gyro Nights follows the succesful inaugural festival of 2011, and is the brainchild of locally based artists IVANOV + CHAN.
Taking advantage of the extremities of the festival's setting, climate and timing, a diverse range of themes and artforms will be explored, with emphasis on experimental film and video art in conjunction with performance, music and architecture.
The full programme is listed below (you may need to click Read More)
The festival is supported by the Danish Cultural Institute, Institut Francais and Land Art Papa Westray.
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| 6-13FEBRUARY 2012 |
| PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS ART FESTIVAL is an international contemporary art festival (mainly experimental film and video art in connection with visual art, performance, music and architecture) holding place in unique settings of extreme remoteness of the island Papa Westray (aka Papay, or Papey in Meiri), and in the time of extreme winter weather conditions. The idea of the festival has originated from the ancient Papay tradition of The Night of The Gyros (or Gygr, Gryla, Grylur, Grøleks, Skeklers as its know in other Nordic countries), which till the beginning of 20s century was celebrated on the island in the first full moon of February. Against as reconstructing what is gone and almost forgotten, the Festival is a reflection on the folktale, the island's landscape and heritage as well as interpretation of tradition and ritual through new developments in art, music and architecture. The Festival as a Research lab and the place for a discussion about interaction between new media, ideas in relation to tradition and ritual. During the Festival the Island will be transformed into art space and artworks will be screened and exhibited in old farm buildings, boat house, workshps, ruins and open landscape |
| www.papaygyronights.papawestray.org |
| PROGRAMME |
| 16MM / RETROSPECTIVE: Patrick Bokanowski: L'ANGE DÉJEUNER DU MATIN LA FEMME QUI SE POUDRE (France) FEATURE FILM*: Bertrand Mandico: BORO IN THE BOX (France) Yulene Olaizola: PARAISOS ARTIFICIALES (Mexico) FESTIVAL EXCHANGE / NOVA (Northern Video Art Network): selection curated by Juha van Ingen (FixC cooperative - Finland), Kristín Scheving (700IS - Iceland) and Niclas Hallberg (Formverk (art zone) - Sweden) Gun Holmström: NORDIC MOSH (Finland) Sini Pelkki: PASSAGE (Finland) Erkka Nissinen: RIGID REGIME (Finland) Þórður Grímsson: WL/DW - Portrait Anna (Iceland) Kristín Scheving: GARNAFLÆKJA (Iceland) Dodda Maggý: HITRA (Iceland) Una Lorenzen: PRANAM (Iceland) Magnús Árnason: IRRITATION (Iceland) Elísabet Brynhildardóttir & Selma Hreggviðsdóttir: TANKUR (Iceland) Gustaf Broms: CYANOHEAD (Sweden) Petra Lindholm: NO END (Sweden) Stina Pehrsdotter: URGING ABSENCE (Sweden) Anders Weberg: DUALISM (Sweden) VIDEO THEATRE: Filippos Tsitsopoulos: THE MADRIGAL OF THE EXPLOSION OF THE WISE WHALE (Spain) Olivier de Sagazan: TRANSFIGURATION (France) SHORT FILM & VIDEO ART: Aunstrup & Hafslund: FIG.1 (Copenhagen - London - Oslo) Alessandro Amaducci: NOT WITH A BANG (Italy) Flo Kaufmann + Zimoun: SWARF, MAGNETIC FIELDS, MICROPHONES, SOUND SYSTEM (Switzerland) Katrin Ottarsdóttir: REGIN SMIðUR (Faroe - Denmark) Leyla Rodriguez & Cristian Straub: THE FRUITS ELECTRIC (Germany) Makino Takashi: STILL IN COSMOS (Japan) Marianna Mørkøre & Rannvá Káradóttir: MARE / MAGMA / BOW (Faroe - London) Mie Olise: PLAYING SHIP (Copenhagen - New York) Valentina Ferrandes: THE OYSTER EFFECT (Italy) LAPW RESIDENCIES: Armando Seijo: LIVE PAINTING (London) David Kew: SURVEY 1 - SHORT FILM (London) Genetic Moo: THE NAUTILUS AND THE NAUTILOID - INTERACTIVE VIDEO ART (London) DOCUMENTRY: André V Larsen: FAR OUT - ORKA (Denmark) Kaspar Astrup Schröder: MY PLAYGROUND (Denmark) Tom Hovinbøle: NOR NOISE (Norway) LIVE MUSIC: BIRD RADIO (London) STORYTELLING: Fran Flett Hollinrake (Orkney) Tom Muir (Orkney) ARCHITECTURE: MAD Architects: ORDOS MUSEUM (China) Multiplicities: GLEN RIDGE HOUSE (New York) Valerio Olgiati: ATELIER BARDILL (Switzerland) BOOK LAUNCH: Antonio Nodar: FROM PORTRAIT TO SELF-PORTRAIT (Barcelona - Paris - London - Orkney) |
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| FIRE LIT PROCESSION and BONFIRE |
| BONFIRE - first open international architectural competition announcement |
| SNÆ - launch of the first issue of the festival's catalogue + magazine |
| KNAP O HOWAR ART PRIZE - contemporary art prize awarded by Papay people |
| GYRO SEMINAR - conversations about contemporary art practice in relation to tradition, ritual and folklore |
| WORKSHOPS |
| ART FAIR - selection of art works for sale |
| SHOP - books, cd's, dvd's and festival's merchandise |
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| TRADITIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL FOOD AND BEVERAGES, GUIDED TOURS AND UNGUIDED DRILTS AROUND PAPAY AND SPOOT HUNTING (IF WEATHER PERMITS) |
| CONTACT, BOOKINGS & INFORMATION: PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS ART FESTIVAL TREDWALL PAPA WESTRAY (PAPAY) ORKNEY KW17 2BU SCOTLAND T: +44(0)1857 644 340 M: E: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it www.papaygyronights.papawestray.org |
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