<nettime-ann> For Immediate Release: The Lotus Eaters: New Vancouver Video Art

[Eric Deis <webform@ericdeis.com>]

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The Lotus Eaters: New Vancouver Video Art
Curated by Alissa Firth-Eagland

October 25th, 2007
8 PM
Grand Luxe Theatre
The Western Front
303 East 8th Avenue
Vancouver

Free

The land of the Lotus Eaters is known for attracting newcomers who join 
others on the island to eat the delicious lotus plant: those who become 
Lotus Eaters leave everything behind to stay and partake everafter of 
the lotus.  This Greek legend is a metaphor charged with layers 
describing the complex circumstances of so many Vancouverites who have 
come to this city, each on a personal pursuit.

For the first time in Western Front's history, the Media Arts Programme 
is pleased to present a curated screening of recent video works by 
artists who call Vancouver home. Selected from an open call, the 
screening features eight standout videos produced within the last four 
years. The Lotus Eaters brings together divergent practices and 
concerns, ranging from questions about documentary subjectivity to the 
use of allegory in fabulist filmmaking.

Videos by Abbas Akhavan, Sobhi al-Zobaidi, Eric Deis, Meesoo Lee, 
Isabelle Pauwels, Kristina Lee Podesva, Igor Santizo, and Donna Szoke 
plot a distinct trajectory in the recent history of video production in 
Vancouver. From al-Zobaidi's interviews about the sea as a signifier of 
boundless territory to Deis' transformation of an apartment through a 
dousing of water, these videos are critical, engaged, aesthetically 
rigorous, and above all, unexpected.

The Media Arts Programme acknowledges the support of the Canada Council 
for the Arts which last year invested $11.8 million in media arts 
throughout Canada.

For further information, please contact:

Alissa Firth-Eagland
Director / Curator of Media Arts
The Western Front
303 East 8th Avenue
Vancouver, BC, V5T 1S1

media@front.bc.ca
(604) 876-9343

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Eric Deis
Adjunct Professor, Photography
Emily Carr Institute

(604) 707-0251
http://ericdeis.com/photos



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