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SIXTEEN YEARS OF VIDEO MATERIAL OUT NOW !!!!!SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION |
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FOR ALL VIRUS FANS-THIS IS THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF VIRUS VIDEOS IN COLLABORATION WITH HIS FRIENDS ALEC ..CARL CRACK ...R.I.P. HANIN ELIAS & NIC ENDO!!!!!!!
RELEASE DATE:25 TH OF JULY
MONITORPOP STATEMENT:
1992 January, Berlin: Alec Empire, Hanin Elias and Carl Crack form ATARI TEENAGE RIOT. The explosive mix of highly political and radical lyrics with punk, hardcore hip hop, techno and electronic music was called DIGITAL HARDCORE, this term was used by Alec Empire to name his label (DHR). In 1997 Nic Endo joined the band. After several records and tours, ATARI TEENAGE RIOT became famous to a worldwide audience.
Find on this DVD all videoclips and rare footage of ATR and Alec Empire ++++NEVER SEEN FOOTAGE
SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION SOLD OUT !
http://www.monitorpop.de/?cat=news&subcat=0&id=101
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BURKE ROBERTS RETROSPECTIV |
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VIRUS FILMS /GOLDINBERLINPRESENTS:
LOS ANGELES BASED UNDERGROUND FILM MILITIA:
THE BIZZURKE ARMY
NEO-AMERICANA UNDERGROUND CINEMA
A RETROSPECTIVE PRESENTATION OF 6 SHORT FILMS BY BURKE ROBERTS
AND A Q&A WITH
L.A. GUERILLA FILM PIONEER BURKE ROBERTS
ACCOMPLISHED DIRECTOR/WRITER AND BIZZURKE ARMY PRODUCER JEN LYNCH
PHOTOGRAPHER AND DIRECTOR MIRON ZOWNIR
AND ACTOR/PRODUCER CHARLIE NEWMARK
+++NEW VIDEOS OF DINOSAUR JR., FREE KITTEN (KIM GORDON),THURSTON MOORE AND ALEC EMPIRE BY PHILIPP VIRUS
+++ JEN LYNCH SHOWS THE TRAILER TO HER UPCOMING FILM „SURVEILLANCE“
+++ SPECIAL SURPISES........!!!!!
DJ’S OF THE NIGHT:
PHILIPP VIRUS
ALEC EMPIRE (OBSCURE FILM SOUNDTRACKS)
FRI. 23-5-08,21.30 CET,from 21.30 to 22.00 ENTRANCE 2€ after 22.00 5€
WHITE TRASH BERLIN -DIAMOND LOUNGE
SCHOENHAUSER ALLEE 6/7
BERLIN
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THURSTON MOORE "FRI/END" VIDEO WORLD PREMIERE |
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ON FIRE WORLD-PREMIERE |
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WATCH THE NEW VIDEO ON YOU TUBE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59sp56-TiZ8
Philipp Virus screens On Fire video with Natalia Avelon TOKYO JAPAN !!!
ON FIRE Video premiere in Tokyo, Japan
Revolution and Sexual-Revolution Film Festival will be held from 8th -21st of October
at UPLINK FACTORY in Tokyo, Japan. -Digital Hardcore!!!!"
will be screened on the 7th and 8th Oct / 7:00PM.
Philipp Virus will present the uncut version of the ON FIRE video for the first time
alongside 1 hours worth of other Alec Empire videos...
Alec Empire:
The Virus did this fucked short film with my song ON FIRE with actress Natalia Avelon (Miron Zownir is also acting in there as fucked up freak who is observing people having sadistic sex games while sitting in a wheel chair....fucking crazy shit!)!
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MORE NEWS &EVENTS |
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Virus is currently working on music-videos for Thurston Moore’s recently released album “Trees outside the Academy” –the track is called “Fri/end”
and Kim Gordon’s side project FREE KITTEN
www.ecstaticpeace.com
There is as well a video in post-production for Dinosaur Jr.’s track “ALMOST READY” of the latest album “BEYOND”
www.dinosaurjr.com
Best of Philipp Virus Videos 1994-2004,SKIF,St.Petersburg,Russia,15.11.2007
Alec Empire & Philipp Virus Live,SKIF,St.Petersburg,16.11.2007
www.kuryokhin.ru
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VIRUS in L.A. |
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RARE BERLIN CULT CINEMA PRESENTED ON REVOLUTIONARY NEW SCREENING VENUE - NOV. 3RD
THE ENGINE THEATER GLOBAL UNDERGROUND CINEMA SERIES: PART 1:
BERLIN: A RETROSPECTIVE OF SUBCULTURE FILMS FROM 1977-2007
ACHTUNG VIRUS:RADICAL EYE
feat.
-MONITORPOP DVD RELEASE: BERLIN SUPER 80 (8 mm shorts from West-Berlin)
-BURKE ROBERTS SHORT -SOME OF AN EQUATION
-PHILIPP VIRUS REEL
-THE RADICAL SCREEN OF MIRON ZOWNIR
++++Live MIKE WATT (DJ) & PHILIPP VIRUS (VIDEO-MIXING)
====MICHAEL ALLEN (VIDEO-MIXING)
www.bizzurkearmy.com
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PHILIPP VIRUS CHANNEL ON YOU TUBE & MY SPACE |
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TO WATCH THE NEW VIRUS VIDEO (TRAILER) OF "ON FIRE"-ALEC EMPIRE CLICK:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=pvirus
PHILIPP VIRUS ON MYSPACE:
myspace.com/philippvirus |
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MIRON ZOWNIR-LONDON PHOTO EXHIBITION at THE HORSE HOSPITAL |
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London’s unique arts venue THE CHAMBER OF POP CULTURE presents a Miron Zownir solo show from Sat 27th October to Sat 17th November 2007
On Sunday 28th October films by Miron Zownir will be screened in the course of the exhibition. The artist will be available for Q&A afterwards.
The Horse Hospital
Colonnade, Bloomsbury
London WC1N 1HX
www.thehorsehospital.com/archives/000501.html |
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MIRON ZOWNIR READING |
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MIRON ZOWNIR IS READING EXCERPTS OF HIS BOOK:
-PARASITEN DER OHNMACHT (PARASITES OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS)-
AT: MAX & MORITZ,ORANIENSTR.162
19 TH OF SEPTEMBER-20:00 CET |
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Kaganofs "Unyazi of the Bushveld" in NY |
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"Unyazi of the Bushveld" (2007). Aryan Kaganof, director (South Africa). 45 min.
African Noise Foundation is proud to announce the selection of a South African documentary production for screening in the prestigious Columbia University Columbia Harlem Festival of Global Jazz Documentary Film. The 29 september screening will be preceded by a concert of the Zim Ngqawana Quartet on 28 september. |
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RELEASE DATE :DINOSAUR JR. LIVE DVD |
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The Live Dinosaur Jr DVD is scheduled to be released on May 29, 2007. Directed by Philipp Virus, the release will include live performance footage from the first half of the reunion tour, including shows in New York and Boston.
(Virus Films/Studio-Kitsune >Gold Prod. )
www.dinosaurjr.com
www.image-entertainment.com
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THE HELLISH VORTEX live MARIA/BERLIN |
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Official launch party on the 15th of June in Berlin at the legendary
Maria Club ( Maria Am Ostbahnhof // An der Schillingbrücke / Stralauerplatz 33-34 10243 Berlin)
Line up for DJs and live acts :
THE HELLISH VORTEX ARE:
Alec Empire
Nic Endo
Zan Lyons
David Fisher
+Christoph de Babalon
Philipp Virus (live video mixes)
and more...
www.the-hellish-vortex.com
www.eat-your-heart-out.com |
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SCHNEEBALL WEBPAGE IS LAUNCHED !!!! |
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DON´T MISS OUT ON THAT:
In Development:
-FULL FEATURE " SCHNEEBALL "
FEAT.UDO KIER,BEN BECKER & BIROL UENEL ,NATALIA AVELON
BY MIRON ZOWNIR
FEAT.EXCLUSIVE TRACK BY ALEC EMPIRE - 1000 EYES (LOOK DOWN ON YOU)
www.schneeball-noir.com |
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RADICAL MAN -DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MIRON ZOWNIR IS FINISHED |
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SLOWBOAT FILMS has completed ZOWNIR – Radical Man, a documentary about one of the most censored photographers, filmmakers and writers of our time.
For further information contact Slowboatfilms:
www.slowboatfilms.com
To watch the official trailer click:
www.myspace.com/zownirradicalman |
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mironzownir.com |
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Dear Friends, Partners and Radical Art Lovers,
we would like to invite you taking a first look on photographer, filmmaker and
author
Miron Zownir’s newest website.
You’ll find it on
www.mironzownir.com |
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ECSTATICPEACE |
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VALUEV VS. VIOLENCE AT THE EUROPEAN FILM MARKET BERLIN |
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VALUEV VS VIOLENCE - a Social Spot with Nikolai Valuev-
directed by Miron Zownir
prior to the screening of TIGER at the
European FILM MARKET of the Berlin Film Festival 2007:
On Monday, February 12, at 10:40 AM
at Parlament Studio of the Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus
BERLIN
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BRUNO S.-ESTRANGEMENT IS DEATH !IN TEXAS |
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Jan.2007:
Bruno S.-Estrangement is death & He-Man and the Secret of the Sword - SCREENING
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Austin -Texas
www.originalalamo.com |
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nelson mandela recommends uselessly |
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Nelson Mandela holding up Aryan Kaganof´s book `Uselessly`
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MORE EMPIRE/VIRUS GIGS IN 2007 |
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ALEC EMPIRE & PHILIPP VIRUS WILL KEEP ON TOURING IN 2007
WITH A FULL ON BLAST OF MUSICAL AND VISUAL BRAINBOMBS
IN THEIR SUITCASES !!!!!
20.01.2007-POLAND-SZCZECIN AT THE ALTER EGO
NEXT GIG:
24.03.2007-SPAIN-SEVILLA |
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BEST OF VIRUS VIDEOS-KICK THE TRASH FESTIVAL (MADRID) |
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coming up soon !!!!!
28 TH OF OCTOBER
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
www.kickthetrash.com |
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WITCH- |
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IN PRODUCTION |
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-FULL FEATURE " SCHNEEBALL "
FEAT.UDO KIER,BEN BECKER & BIROL UENEL
BY MIRON ZOWNIR |
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SHABONDAMA ELEGY AT PORN FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN |
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The 1st porn filmfestival berlin is screening the 35mm print of Aryan Kaganofs SHABONDAMA ELEGY (known in the USA as TOKYO ELEGY) on 17october -
this is an extremely rare screening !!!!
http://www.pornfilmfestivalberlin.de/about.html
17th Oct., 10 pm, Brotfabrik
Shabondama Elegy
1999, 80 Min., Ian Kerkhof, mit Thom Hoffmann, Mai Hoshino, English
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THE ARTIST CINEMA (LONDON) |
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CIVILISATION VIRUS (1993, 16mm,13 min.) -First short-film of Philipp Virus & the soundtrack of Alec Empire
The Artists Cinema takes place at the Frieze Art Fair.
Curated by Kodwo Eshun and Anjali Sagar aka the Otolith Group .
The programme is shown twice on Thursday 12th and
Sunday 15th October.
For more information:
http://www.lux.org.uk |
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LIVE:ALEC EMPIRE & PHILIPP VIRUS (DJ/VIDEO-MIX SET) |
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-POLITICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL LEIPZIG (MORITZBASTEI)-GERMANY
SEPTEMBER 13 TH 2006
http://www.fzml.de
--ROBODOCK FESTIVAL -AMSTERDAM (HOLLAND)
SEPTEMBER 23 RD 2006
http://www.robodock.org/home.html
http://www.illuseum.com/ |
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ARYAN KAGANOF- USELESSLY |
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"Uselessly is an enjoyable, engrossing and sometimes disturbing novel, which throughout its almost 200 pages never loses momentum. Written in a casual, colloquial style, it is a definite “must read”."
Gary Cummiskey
The Star
"a very South African book: rough, corrosive, and a complex mix of literary and low-brow"
Fred De Vries
The Weekender
"scathing on the new South Africa, on its economic injustice"
Chris Dunton
Sunday Independent
USELESSLY
ARYAN KAGANOF
published by JACANA
ISBN 1-77009-100-9
read the full reviews on :
http://kaganof.com/kagablog/category/uselessly/
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MIRON ZOWNIR INTERVIEW -BIZARRE MAGAZINE |
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MIRON ZOWNIR INTERVIEW BY CHRIS CAMPION IN THE LATEST
BIZARRE MAGAZIN ISSUE:
http://www.bizarremag.com/bizarre_lives.php?id=4062 |
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ARYAN KAGANOF`S NEW FEATURE |
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"SMS SUGARMAN "
...IN JOHANNESBURG...
...ON CHRISTMAS EVE...
...BAD THINGS HAPPEN...
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY ARYAN KAGANOF
COMING UP SOON !!!!!!!!!!!
DV 8 FILMS PRESENT A REFLEX MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION
FOR MORE INFORMATIONS:
www.smssugarman.com |
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"THE RADICAL SCREEN OF MIRON ZOWNIR"-EXCLUSIVE TRAILER RE-MIXES |
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ZOWNIR`S FILMS
"DEAD END" ,1992
"JETZT ODER NIE /NOW OR NEVER" ,1997
"BRUNO S.-ESTRANGEMENT IS DEATH",2003
CAN BE FOUND AS SPECIAL RE-MIXED TRAILERS IN THE VIRUS-PLAYER
www.virusfilms.com/films.php |
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KAGABLOG:SMS-SUGARMAN INFOS |
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BOYSETSFIRE LIVE DVD : |
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BURNING HEART REC...///////////////////VIRUS FILMS /STUDIO KITSUNE > GOLD PRODUCTIONS:
NEW ALBUM (RELEASE: 24.2.2005 out on Burning Heart Rec.)
Boysetsfire
"The Misery Index: notes from the plague years"
The limited edition version of the album includes a previously unreleased live concert DVD called "Notes From The Underground" (90 min.,Live-show @ the UNDERGROUND -COLOGNE + INTERVIEWS).
Directed by Philipp Virus & Archi Allert
http://www.burningheart.com/bands/index.php?id=231
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VIRUS-PLAYER |
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KAGANOF IS WATCHING YOU !!!! |
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MORE VIRUS NEWS & EVENTS |
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Virus is currently working on music-videos for Thurston Moore’s recently released album “Trees outside the Academy” –the track is called “Fri/end”
and Kim Gordon’s side project FREE KITTEN
www.ecstaticpeace.com
There is as well a video in post-production for Dinosaur Jr.’s track “ALMOST READY” of the latest album “BEYOND”
www.dinosaurjr.com
Best of Philipp Virus Videos 1994-2004,SKIF,St.Petersburg,Russia,15.11.2007
Alec Empire & Philipp Virus Live,SKIF,St.Petersburg,16.11.2007
www.kuryokhin.ru |
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IN PRODUCTION |
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-DECONSTRUCTION TOUR 2004/2005 DVD-FEAT.PENNYWISE,LAGWAGON,MAD CADDIES,ANTI-FLAG,BEATSTEAKS,ETC. -DIRECTED BY PHILIPP VIRUS & ARCHI ALLERT-PRODUCED BY DAVE POLLACK (DESTINY)
www.deconstruction.de/2005/home.html
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"BRUNO S.-ESTRANGEMENT IS DEATH"-AT THE HORSE HOSPITAL /LONDON |
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"NIGHT OF THE LIVING"
Saturday 4th February
doors 7.30pm
Hows Your News
(Arthur Bradford, 1999, 82 mins)
Given money by South Parks Matt Stone and Trey Parker to produce a feature film, our intrepid reporters embark on a wild, Scooby-Doo sized mission, travelling coast-to-coast across the States in a hand-painted RV. Interviewing famous TV stars, truckers, and auctioneers along the way, these five mentally and physically disabled journalists even freak out hitchhikers with their activist approach to reportage.
PLUS
Bruno S: Estrangement is Death
(Miron Zownir, 2003, 60 mins)
The Horse Hospital is a three tiered arts venue in London incorporating The
Chamber Of Pop Culture -the UK`s national gallery Of Underground Art .
www.thehorsehospital.com |
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MIRON ZOWNIR INTERVIEW & PHOTOS-ART MAGAZINE MOLLUSK |
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VIRUS-LIVE IN THE MIX AT THE INTERFILM FESTIVAL |
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INTERFILM- 21 INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN
Festival Party 05.11.05, CET 23.00
Club 103, Falckensteinstr. 47, 10997 Berlin (Kreuzberg-SCHLESISCHES TOR)
Live: Digitalism (Kitsune, Paris)
& Thieves Like Us (Regal, London),
PHILIPP VIRUS ....& MANY MORE
www.interfilm.de |
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"NIGGA" AT THE AIX EN PROVENCE FILM FESTIVAL |
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DIRECTED BY ARYAN KAGANOF & PHILIPP VIRUS
South-Africa,Germany,USA
(can be seen in the Virus-Player)
Programme Aixpérimental 3
Jeudi 8 décembre à 20H, Ecole Supérieure d’Art
An exercise in marrying appropriate found footage from the black civil rights movement era to a contemporary poem that deals with the black male experience in the USA under Bush.
Compiled by Aryan Kaganof -NIGGA, opening film at the Poetry Film Festival in Berlin, is a short piece of political invective about the positioning of so-called black Americans under the Bush regime. Philipp Virus’ radical agit-prop images are welded to Carl Hancock-Rux’ oxy-acetylene torch vocals. No one here gets out unmoved.Remember the Last Poets .....
www.aix-film-festival.com |
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IN PRODUCTION |
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-FULL FEATURE " SCHNEEBALL "
FEAT.UDO KIER,BEN BECKER & BIROL UENEL
BY MIRON ZOWNIR
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VIRUS FILMS AT THE LAUSANNE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL |
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THE LAUSANNE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL WILL PRESENT ON FRIDAY THE 14`TH OF OCT.,18H15 (CINEMA BELVEDERE) THE FOLLOWING FILMS:
-"BIG MAMMA IS WATCHING YOU" BY LIVIANA DAVI ,2005
-"YOU AIN`T NOTHING"-ALEC EMPIRE VS. ELVIS PRESLEY BY PHILIPP VIRUS ,1999
-"DEATH ZONE" BY PHILIPP VIRUS,2004
-"BRUNO S.-ESTRANGEMENT IS DEATH",BY MIRON ZOWNIR,2003
www.luff.ch |
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MIRON ZOWNIR EXHIBITION IN DUESSELDORF |
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M I R O N Z O W N I R VERNISSAGE
1 1 . S E P T. - 0 6 . N O V. 2 0 0 5
AUSSTELLUNGSEROEFFNUNG
1 0 . S E P T. 2 0 0 5
1 9 . 0 0 - 2 2 . 0 0 U H R
PARALLEL ER…FFNET
V A N H O R N M I T J A N A L B E R S
(SHUTTLE ZWISCHEN DEN GALERIEN)
REIMANN LE BéGUE
GALERIE
HILDEBRANDTSTRASSE 11
D-40215 DUESSELDORF
OEFFNUNGSZEITEN:
SAMSTAG 14.00-18.00 UHR
WWW.REIMANNLEBEGUE.DE |
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WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY GEOFF MPHAKATI & ARYAN KAGANOF
feat.:
LEFIFI TLADI GEOFF MPHAKATI ZIM NGQAWANA KGAFELA OA MAGOGODI LESEGO RAMPOLOKENG MOTLHABANE MASHIANGWAKO DON LAKA FLO
........AND MANY MORE !!!!!!
SOUTH-AFRICA,2005,52 MIN.
CONTACT:
michelle@dv8.co.za
www.kaganof.com |
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"Erotika-
Erfahrungen, Studien und Visionen zum Rausch der Sinne "
Sterneck Wolfgang (Herausgeber)
Nachtschatten Verlag
www.nachtschatten.ch
www.sterneck.net
ISBN: 3-03788-121-6
Mit Beiträgen von: Charles Bukowski, W. S. Burroughs,Miron Zownir, Tim Leary, Lydia Lunch, Marylin Manson, Irvine Welsh, R. A. Wilson ,Nick Cave & vielen anderen.
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ARYAN KAGANOF`S ELECTRONIC CINEMA |
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UNYAZI
Electronic Music Symposium and Festival 2005
1st - 4th September 2005
Johannesburg, South Africa
Venue
The Convent Building, Digital Arts, Viewing Room
www.newmusicsa.org.za
Friday 2 September
20h00 (8pm) 63 minutes
ARYAN KAGANOF`s ELECTRONIC CINEMA Prt.1
Come To The Point
(5min,1995, Netherlands)
Blixa Bargeld of Einsturzende Neubauten performing a vocal piece accompanied by a matrix of shattered electronic loops.
Reich Dance Redemption
(8min,2004, South Africa)
Distorted postvideo fragments featuring music by Berlin inconoclast Alec Empire set to frantically edited hypertextbombs.
Techno: Space And Flow In The Radical Frame
(50min, 1995, Netherlands-Germany-Japan-United Kingdom)
An exploration of state of the art computer musics featuring interviews with David Toop, Scanner, Ken Ishi, Oval, Thomas Fehlmann, Pete Namlook and the music of Autechre, Kraftwerk, Neu, Herbie Hancock, Sun Electric, Karlheinz Stockhausen etc
Sunday 4 September
14h00 (2pm) 90 minutes
ARYAN KAGANOF`S ELECTRONIC CINEMA Prt 2
Two Heads Are Better Than One
(8min, 2005, South Africa) WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING
Electronic music composer Joel Assaizky provided the soundtrack for this radikal re:mix of a short film by Guto Bussab called The Incubus. Starring Czech actress Sylvia Scarlett this work has been completed just in time for world premiere at this festival.
Time Considered As A Helix Of Semi-Precious Stones
(20min, 2003, South Africa)
A slowly evolving re-mix experiment that seeks to fuse sound and image so that the eye hears and the ear sees. Soundtrack by Air, Underground Resistance, Kraftwerk etc
Signal To Noise
(9min,1997, Japan)
A collaboration beyond axis between Merzbow (Masami Akita) and Aryan Kaganof based on a short text by Roland Barthes, featuring music by Gore Beyond Necropsy and Merzbow.
Merzbow Beyond Snuff
(25min, 1998, Japan)
An open form documentary conceptually based on the Merzbau of Kurt Schwitters from which Masami Akita took the name for his electronic noise music project Merzbow. The Merzbau was a house made of garbage, a "junk house". Schwitters designed and built it- it was the house a Dada architect would have built - with corridors going nowhere, rooms that imploded on themselves, windows facing nothing. The merzbau was destroyed by Allied bombers during the second world war. Inspired by the original merzbau, the documentary is a literally untenable construction, with many sections apparently entirely disconnected to either the topic or indeed, to sanity. It`s an extremely frustrating documentary for those who would like to see a BBC take on Merzbow. Not for the squeamish, the work features images from Akita`s rarely seen seppuku video series which feature beautiful and naked young Japanese women committing suicide.
Virgins Live
(27min, 2002, South Africa)
Pioneering work by South Africa`s only hardcore electronic noise outfit. Recorded at the NSA Gallery in Durban at the closing party of the Virgins exhibition, the police were called in to stop the action but both band members managed to sneak out via the ladies toilet window. |
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