Syndicate: CROSSING OVER 4 FINNISAGE

[iliyana nedkova <vr@fact.co.uk>]

dear syndicalists,

it is a mere miracle that the next set of crossing over videoshorts goes
public tonight. but miracles tend to happen in this part of the world, also
known as winter wonderland.

a spicy personal report is on the way but please find the formal invite
below which is our way of saying

HAPPY CROSSING OVER THE NEW YEAR,

cheers,
-illie_______________

LJUDMILA, Ljubljana
www.ljudmila.org

presents

CROSSING OVER 4 FINNISAGE
not to be confused with the millennial finnisage

at the Info Center, Moderna Galerja, Ljubljana
Wednesday, 22 December 1999, 18:00 - 20:00

CROSSING OVER 4 FINNISAGE
will be introduced by CROSSING OVER co-curators Iliyana Nedkova and Nina
Czegledy as well as the participating artists

The CROSSING OVER 4 FINNISAGE programme includes:
<><>Premiere Launch of CROSSING OVER website on www.ljudmila.org/co
developed by Katerina Petrov

<><>Preview screening of 9 videoshorts by 10 artists from 7 countries
produced for CROSSING OVER 4

<><>A retrospective screening of 18 videoshorts produced for CROSSING OVER
1, 2 and 3

<><>Discussion with the co-curators and the participating artists

CROSSING OVER 4 is funded by Ljubljana Digital Media Lab - Ljudmila;
Ljubljana, Open Society Cultural Link Programme, New York; Open Society
Institute, Ljubljana and supported by Soros Center for the Arts, Sofia;
Foundation for Art & Creative Technology, Liverpool; Batory Foundation,
Warsaw; Open Society Institute, Budapest; Open Estonia Foundation, Tallinn;
Mersey Film and Video, Liverpool; Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana; Northern
Ireland Film Commission, Belfast.

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CROSSING OVER 4
1999, Ljudmila, Ljubljana
CROSSING OVER TIME VIDEOSHORTS

The CO4 videoshorts tell the story of time through the personal language of
gestures, incidents, generations, codes and little pleasures. These often
poetic, time-based works are counteracting the millennium frenzy and the
narrative of grand ideologies through the aesthetics of minimalism and the
genre of videoshorts.

Barbara Konopka [Pol]
Hybernating Chips, 1999

Boriana Dragoeva [BG]
Celebrating the Next Twinkling, 1999

Anja Smajdek [Slov]
Gate Away, 1999

Zornitsa Sophia [BG]
Crossing Over Time, 1999

Maria Natasha Stukoff [G/Aust/UK]
Frozen 0%, 1999

Dimitrina Sevova [BG]
Three Short Videoportraits

Antal Bodozcky [Hun]
Teatime, 1999

Kai Kaljo [Est]
Pathetique, 1999

Alla Pigalskaia and Ekaterina Rondel [Belrus]
Cross Purpose, 1999

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CROSSING OVER  1 & 2
1996-97, National Film and Theatre Academy, Sofia
BODY AS A LANDSCAPE VIDEOSHORTS

Darij Kreuh [Slov]
Blind Wish 1997 03:20

Odiliya Yankova[Bg]
I, RNG* 1997 00:50

Krassimir Terziev[Bg]
In search of .... 1997 03:30

Elena Belova[Bg]
Impressions of a Mirror 1997 02:50

Ivan Moudov [Bg]
Simon says..... 1997 03:00

Tsvetelina Gancheva[Bg]
Virgin 1997 03:30

Branka Milicic-Davic[Yu]
Dream 1997 04:00

Denis Neimand [Ru]
Here 1997 03:40

Terra Nova [collaborative project by various international artists]
1996-7 08:00

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CROSSING OVER 3
1998, Art Academy at the Novi Sad University, Novi Sad
CROSSING OVER PLACES VIDEOSHORTS

Kalin Serapionov [Bg]
My Name is Samsonite 1998 03:40

Zlatko Hinki [Mac]
Trip reset 1998 03:35

Saso Vrabic [Slov]
Peace is cold 1998 03:15

Mary Avril Gillan [Ir]
Crossing 1998 02:55

Antal Bodoczky [Hu]
If, so... 1998 03:15

Baza Group: Vera Midic[Yu], Vladimir Barbul[Yu], Branka Milicic-Davic[Yu]
422008@lite 1998 03:58

Dimitrina Sevova [Bg]
Merry-go-round 1998 03:00

Barbara Konopka [Pol]
Binary Notes 1998 03:55

Zoran Naskovski [Yu] and Vesna Pavlovic [Yu]
White Light, White Hit 1998 03:20



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WHAT IS CROSSING OVER?
Crossing Over [CO] is an ever evolving series of producing  and presenting
videoshorts which thematically explore the crosscultural metaphor of the
journey. This project is about passing through the localities of cultures,
technologies, art disciplines, geographies and economies.

CO is a true offspring of international borderless networking. The original
concept of CO by Iliyana Nedkova (Bul/UK) has been developed in on-going
collaboration with Nina Czegledy (Hu/Can). The project was initially
established as an alternative framework for Eastern Europeans to develop,
produce and present experimental individual or collaborative videoshorts.

The CO philosophy of the journey is manifested in the nomanic nature of the
project. CO is always on the road, moving westwards to different cities
each year  - from its inception in 1996 and 1997 in Sofia to Novi Sad in
1998 and Ljubljana in 1999. Up until 2000 more than 60 experienced video
artists and first time video makers coming from various disciplines and
more than a dozen countries have benefited from the CO festival activities.

An unique feature of CO is that in addition to the production-driven
residencies for selected artists there is an emphasis on public events
including special presentations by international and local guests.  Thus,
CO plugs into the regional cultural scene as well as reflecting on a wealth
of diverse experiences from a far. In its modest scale each CO contributes
to the local cultural ecologies.

In keeping with the nomadic philosophy of CO, the project  aims to tour and
present the works beyond the regional sites of production to venues around
the world. Between 1997 - 1999 the 21 formal presentations ranging from
Documenta X, Kassel to Ostranenie, Dessau to GMI, Leicester Square, London
brought a wide recognition for the CO participants. Furthermore, a number
of informal presentations spread the word of this project as a successful
participatory model of art production and representation.

An exclusive premiere of Crossing Over 4 videoshorts produced in Ljubljana
is scheduled within the 6th Biennial Video Positive 2000 - The Other Side
of Zero - which also explores the post-millennial mood of Y2K and after.




iliyana nedkova | vr@fact.co.uk
c u r r e n t  t r a n s l o c a l   p r o j e c t s
VP2000 | the other side of zero | http://www.fact.co.uk
virtual revolutions | http://www.yourserver.co.uk/vr
crossing over | http://www.ljudmila.org/co







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