Feb 3rd-March 17th 

'David Blandy - Passage of the Soul'
Exeter Phoenix 
Bradninch Place Gandy Street
Exeter EX4 3LS

As part of Animated Exeter Feb 11th-19th
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
www. animatedexeter.co.uk

Recent animation, video and installations that investigate themes of cultural identity, inspired by Blandy’s passions for hip hop, soul music, Kung Fu and Manga. The exhibition includes his powerful, Hiroshima based film Child of the Atom, new animated work Anjin and his hacked and customised arcade game Duels & Dualities: Battle of the Soul.

The exhibition includes his powerful, Hiroshima based film Child of the Atom, his hacked and customised arcade game Duels & Dualities: Battle of the Soul and the first part of a new, episodic animation, Anjin which draws reference from 1980’s Franco-Japanese TV cartoon Ulysses 31 (itself inspired by Homer’s Odyssey) and the life of William Adams - the first Englishman to reach Japan and the only westerner to be granted the title of Samurai.

6 - 23 March 2012
Co-curated with Majed Aslam, online and at Banner Repeater, London
www.re-run.net

Launched at the unique art space, Banner Repeater, RE-RUN is the new instalment of the ongoing art project curated by Majed Aslam and Fay Nicolson, showcasing a series of short, one minute films on a continuous loop. Producers like Actress and Ayshay, as well as artists and filmmakers - Nathan Barlex, David Blandy, Ami Clarke, Jess Flood-Paddock, Dean Kissick, Gil Leung, Chooc Ly Tan, Damien Roach, Oliver Smith, and Jesse Wine - were each invited to submit a short digital video file, no longer than a minute, to be displayed for 24 hours.

See interview with the curators at Dazed & Confused
www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/12900/1/exclusive-re-run-at-banner-repeater

January 19th-22nd 2012
'25th Stuttgarter Filmwinter 2012, Festival for Expanded Media
Contact:
Wand 5  e.V.
Filmhaus
Friedrichstraße 23 a
70174 Stuttgart

Tel: +49 711 99 33 98-0
Fax: +49 711 99 33 98-10
wanda@wand5.de
www.wand5.de

Location of Screening: 
Filmhaus Stuttgart
Friedrichstraße 23 a, 70174 Stuttgart

Friday, 20.01., 20:00 h, Saal 1
Saturday, 21.01., 12:00 h, Saal 1 (Repetition)

CHILD OF THE ATOM
Great Britain, Japan 2010, HD, colour, 14:00 Min.
Director: David Blandy  

“There is a familial myth that my late Grandfather would not have survived being a Japanese Prisoner of War had the atomic bombing of Hiroshima not occurred. So it could be argued that I owe my existence to one of the most terrifying events of human history and the death of 110,000 people.” Generated by an underlying guilt about his own and also his daughter‘s existence, Blandy‘s film documents their visit to Hiroshima to search for their “origins”. The film oscillates between moments of intimacy with his daughter and the violent scenes of stylized explosion witnessed or caused by the “Child of the Atom”.

To view the film 'Child of the Atom' that was screened at the festival click this link below: 
http://vimeo.com/17431576

Talk and Screening 
Thursday 16th February, 18:45

Asia House
63 New Cavendish Street 
W1G 7LP London

www.asiahouse.co.uk

Video artist David Blandy unravels his obsession with Chinese and Japanese popular culture. From philosophical conversations with Bruce Lee to the quandary caused by loving Anime and being the grandson of a veteran of the Japanese concentration camps, Blandy will discuss the misrecognitions, mistranslations and revelations in Kung-Fu flicks, Manga and computer games. 

Blandy uses video, performance and comics to address how identity is constructed, investigating our relationship to the mass media and cultural heritage. 

Blandy won the Times/South Bank Show Breakthrough Award in 2010. Inko was born in Kyoto, Japan, and has been working as a Manga artist, and as a culture and language ambassador with SOAS. 

'What is Soul', 2002, David Blandy

until 15th January 2012

'Let the Rythym Hit 'Em'
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2 
10997 Berlin
Germany

www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de

An exhibition project at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, curated by Matthias Mayer with invited artists.

Can people be made conscious of art without music? Does music not give us the assurance to allow us to find a piece of art acceptable or to even urge its creation? Are we, prior to the emergence of art, already fulfilled by music, or does music drive us to begin processes of production? Vice-versa: Do we not always have some kind of image in mind when listening to all kinds of music, an emotion that forges us to further design images, objects or concepts? 

Musical Fridays: January 20th, 5-10pm


Let the music move you as you kick off your weekend in style at Kiasma.
Our free club nights linked to the Thank You for the Music  exhibition are jam-packed with musical epiphanies, high glam and fan culture. 
Free exhibition entry 5 pm–10 pm on the first Friday of every month.

Remix 20.1.2012

Meet the artists: David Blandy and Graham Dolphin.
5 pm :       
Tour of the Thank You for the Music hosted by David Blandy, Graham Dolphin and curator Arja Miller. Conducted in English.
6 pm: 
Guided tour
6 pm–10 pm:
Battle of the DJs! Blandy Soul Brother v Dolphin Axe Attack, at Café Kiasma
8 pm
Music-themed video screenings, Seminar Room

November 8-13th 2011
David Blandy screening "Child of the Atom" 

November 9th 11:15am
www.filmladen.de/dokfest


The Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival annually takes place on six days in mid November to show the diversity and current tendencies of documentary work. It is organized by the Filmladen Kassel e.V., an arthouse cinema that has been an important part of the culture and media scene of the city of Kassel since 1980 due to its manifold and committed activities.

The festival presents about 230 short and feature length international documentary films as well as experimental and artistic works. Together with its further three intermedia sections, the profile of the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival is unique: The exhibition Monitoring transfers the medium film from the cinema to the context of an exhibition in presenting contemporary media installations in addition to the film screenings. It is complemented with an audiovisual live program in the DokfestLounge as well as the interdisciplinary conference interfiction.

As a film and media festival with an international orientation and a strong focus on new media it is unique to Hesse. Its involvement with European networks and its funding by the MEDIA Programme underlines the European dimension of the event.

Having this profile the Kassel Dokfest annually attracts both a regional audience as well as professionals of the film and media industry from Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. In 2010, for the first time more than 11,000 guests visited the individual events of the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, among them 500 accredited professionals.

This year, the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival takes place from November 8 to 13, 2011.

 
 

Extended until November 13th, 2011

Opening: Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 7pm
8pm: David Blandy Performance

Curatorial Tour: Thursday, October 6, 2011, 6pm
Guided Tour through the exhibition with Adnan Yildiz, Artistic Director Künstlerhaus Stuttgart

Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
Reuchlinstr. 4b · 70178 Stuttgart
T (0711) 617652 · F (0711) 613165

www.kuenstlerhaus.de

ARTISTIC DIALOGUES II
David Blandy: Child of the Atom
Nilbar Güreş: Self-Defloration

Künstlerhaus Stuttgart presents the first comprehensive solo exhibitions from David Blandy and Nilbar Güreş in Germany.

David Blandy`s solo show “Child of the Atom“ transforms the 2nd floor of Künstlerhaus Stuttgart into a movie theatre for cinematic experiences.
Nilbar Güreş´ monographic exhibition “Self-Defloration” on the 4th floor aims to display the diversity of her practice with a focus on a narrative approach to gender issues.

Both solo shows opening on Wednesday, September 7, 7pm, are presented within the framework of ARTISTIC DIALOGUES, a series of solo exhibition projects at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart that bring interrelated contexts, parallel discussions, and juxtaposed ideas together through diverse artistic practices.