BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:76@whiteemotion.com DTSTART:20161104T180000Z DTEND:20161104T200000Z DTSTAMP:20161019T170417Z URL:https://whiteemotion.com/events/strange-umbrellas-15-at-rays-jazz-foyl es/ SUMMARY:Strange Umbrellas #15 at Rays Jazz @ Foyles! DESCRIPTION:STRANGE UMBRELLAS 15# presents a special selection of shot film s and unique performances at Ray's Jazz Cafe\, Foyles Bookshop London.\n\n SHORT FILMS\n\n- Karen Yasinsky\, Audition\, Color and Black and White\, 4 minutes.\nBio:\nKaren Yasinsky is an artist working primarily with animat ion and drawing. Her video installations and drawings have been shown in m any venues internationally including the Mori Art Musuem\, Tokyo\, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art\, NY\, UCLA Hammer Museum\, L.A. and Kunst Werke\, Berlin . Her animations have been screened worldwide at various venues and film f estivals including Museum of Modern Art\, NY Film Festival's Views from th e Avant Garde and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. She teaches a t Johns Hopkins University in Film and Media Studies. She is a Guggenheim fellow and a fellow of the American Academy in Berlin and the American Aca demy in Rome.\n\nWebsite: http://karenyasinsky.tumblr.com/index\n\n- Thors ten Fleisch\, Energie! Black and White\, 5 minutes.\nBio: Born in Koblenz\ , Germany in 1972 he began experimenting with super 8 film while still at highschool where he also exhibited his first film\, a super 8 loop. Shortl y after his studies at the Städelschule he made ‘Blutrausch / Bloodlust ’ which not only got him a lot of attention but also the Ann Arbor Filmc oop Award.His film ‘Energie!’ was screened at more than 150 festivals and received numerous awards. His films have been screened at film festiva ls worldwide including New York Film Festival\, Sarajevo Film Festival\, M ilano Film Festival\, Int. Film Festival Rotterdam\, European Media Art Fe stival\, Melbourne Int. Film Festival and many more. He worked for Gaspar Noé’s film ‘Enter The Void‘ and made visuals for Basement Jaxx‘s live tour in 2009. He has also worked for the TV series ‘Through the Wor mhole with Morgan Freeman‘ on the Science Channel in 2011. For the Samsu ng Smartfilm Award in 2014 he was the mentor for the experimental film cat egory. Recently he released his first video game ‘Teslapunk’ for iOS\, Android and Windows Phone. The game is due to come out for the Nintendo W ii-U in spring/summer 2014. He lives and works in Berlin.\n\nWebsite: http ://fleischfilm.com/\n\n- Karel Doing: Audiovisual Improvisation with ensem ble ( Douglas Benford\, Steve Beresford\, Jack Goldstein et all)\nBio: Kar el Doing is an artist and filmmaker who is working across analogue and dig ital formats\, inquiring the medium and its perception. His work includes experimental films\, expanded cinema\, installations and documentaries. He has screened widely in a variety of venues ranging from established insti tutions like Museum Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam) and Cinémathèque Française (Paris) to numerous DIY artist run spaces in Europe\, Asia and America. After being based in Arnhem and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) he is currently living and working in London (UK)\, finalizing his practiced ba sed research project and thesis 'Ambient Poetics and Critical Posthumanism in Expanded Cinema' at the London College of Communication.\n\nWebsite: h ttp://www.doingfilm.nl/\n\n- Pierre Bouvier Patron: A digitised painted su per8 film. Untiled 2minutes30\, Color.\nBio: Born in Lyon\, France\, Pierr e Bouvier Patron is a visual artist based in London. He is currently worki ng in different media such as digital video and film\, exploring the bound aries between them and creating moving image works\, performances and inst allations. He has developed many practices and skills are wide in the aren a of experimental film\, documentary films\, music videos. He studied cine ma at the Université Lyon II Lumiere of Lyon. He is currently involved wi th No.W.Here\, a film laboratory based in London\, . He has been involved in video screenings and video performances internationally\, solo or in co llaboration with musicians such as Syd Kemp or the artist Blanca Regina. H is work has been shown in Lyon\, Kike Keller\, Madrid (Spain)\, at Strange Umbrellas and The Yard (London).\n\nWebsite: http://pierrebouvierpatron.t umblr.com/about\n\nMUSIC\n\nMandhira de Saram (violin) &\; Steve Beresf ord (piano and electronics) - Live visuals by whiteemotion\nhttps://mandhi radesaram.com/\nhttp://www.cafeoto.co.uk/artists/steve-beresford/\nhttps:/ /whiteemotion.com/\n\nTania Chen (piano and voice) &\; Blanca Regina ( electronics\, voice and visuals)\nhttp://taniachen.com/\nhttp://www.whitee motion.com/\n\nJack Goldstein - (piano)\nhttp://jackgoldstein.bandcamp.com /\n\nCurated by Unpredictable Series\nhttp://unpredictable.info/\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://whiteemotion.com/web/wp-content/uploads/ 2016/10/14517467_10154688308467652_3672859892732703763_n.jpg CATEGORIES:Art,curating,improvisation,Improvisation/Sound Art,live visuals,performance,Screening&Concert,Videoart LOCATION:The Auditorium Level 6 FOYLES\, 107 Charing Cross Road\, London\, WC2H 0DT\, United Kingdom GEO:51.514291;-0.13004860000000917 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=107 Charing Cross Road\, Lo ndon\, WC2H 0DT\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Auditorium Level 6 FOYLES:geo:51.514291,-0.13004860000000917 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR