Its a Beautiful Southbank this February

Its here! Beautiful South - a new, quarterly showcase for south London film talent

Session One
Thu 8 Feb 6.30 NFT3
The first session of the evening is for the film-makers of tomorrow, and will feature a selection of films produced as part of training programmes for first-time producers and directors. Guest industry speakers will impart their top tips on getting your ideas onto the screen, and offer invaluable advice on developing your craft.

Session Two
Thu 8 Feb 8.15 NFT3
This session focuses on that first ladder rung of a career in film-making. Following screenings of chosen works from up-and-coming South London film-makers, an industry panel will discuss perils and opportunities in traditional and digital cinema including production, distribution and career development. After the event, please join us in the NFT Film Café, for DJ sets and the opportunity to meet our industry guests and fellow film-makers.

For full event and submission details, click HERE or email us at beautifulsouth@bfi.org.uk

Tickets can be booked online from
https://tickets.bfi.org.uk/welcome.asp

EXISTENTIAL COMPUTING

PART 1, SENTIMENTALITY:
A 5 DAY WORKSHOP WITH MILTOS MANETAS AT THE HAYWARD IN LONDON
1. There is "sympathy" between humans and computers, there are "feelings".
1.1 In both directions.
2. There are new theories about time. Maybe time doesn't even exist!
3. People meet and exchange information. There are institutions such as The Hayward that invite artists such as myself to talk to people. I suspect it is just data that they
want to know about each other.
4. Art is what is happening when data meet beautifully. This is very rare.

Miltos Manetas is an internationally renowned artist born in Greece in 1964. He lives in London and Los Angeles and his Internet Paintings (internetpaintings.com) are exhibited at the gallery Blow de la Barra in London (blowdelabarra.com) from 27 January 2007.
Manetas makes websites that are art works, they hang on the internet as a painting hang on the walls of a museum. Manetas signs them as unique pieces and collectors buy them as such. (see: jacksonpollock.org)
In 2000, he started Neen (neen.org), a new art movement.
More about Manetas: www.manetas.com

Website of the project (under construction):
http://existentialcomputing.com

Join Miltos at The Hayward for a five-day workshop to explore digital art and work together to create a work that will be showcased at The Hayward on Saturday 3 March.
The "Digital Dialogues" series of workshops are part of the 100 IDEAS programme.

Time: 12pm – 5pm
Dates: 13 – 17 Feb 2007
Venue: Waterloo Sunset Pavilion, The Hayward, Southbank Centre, London

These workshops are FREE. To enrol please contact Paul Green: paul.green@southbankcentre.co.uk

Bio Mapping Lambeth

How do you feel about the area that you live in?
Which areas do you have a physical and emotional response to?

The Hayward are running workshops with artist Christian Nold to create bio maps of areas in Brixton and Clapham.

The Bio Mapping tool allows the wearer to record their Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), which is a simple indicator of emotional arousal, in conjunction with their geographical location. This can be used to plot a map that highlights points of high and low arousal. By sharing this data we can construct maps that visualise where we as a community feel stressed and excited

These workshops involve a walk around the area followed by a download session where your physical responses are downloaded and mapped on Google Earth

These workshops are FREE and promise to be a fascinating insight into your community

It is strongly recommended that you register your interest beforehand as the number of participants has to be limited to a maximum of 10

Meeting and download point:
Brixton - Monday 29 Jan. Meet at Brixton Library at 2.30pm
Clapham - Monday 12 Feb. Meet at Clapham City Learning Centre


For more information and to register your interest in either of these workshops please e-mail Paul.green@southbankcentre.co.uk

To find out more about Christian's work and bio mapping visit:
http://www.biomapping.net or http://www.softhook.com