Gearing up for our participation in “Creative Places + Spaces” two day extravaganza put on by Artscape and the City of Toronto about THE COLLABORATIVE CITY. We’ll show an abbreviated version of 7 Interventions, and talk about the collaboration between media and medicine in the inner-city.
Other presenters include Sir Ken Robinson, Richard Florida and Spencer Tunick (the photographer who collaborates with masses of nude subjects==>
Well, that’s a divergent set of views and perspectives.
Check out the keynote speaker clips reel:
We may even take the opportunity to make a *special announcement* (cough cough) while we have the mike. So stay tuned…
Event happens in Toronto, On Oct 28-30, FIR presents on day 1 along with our dear friend Dr. Katherine Rouleau. More here.
Next week, FIR goes back to school. For one week, that is.
It’s an invitation from a very interesting new cross-disciplinary research group at Concordia University called GOING PUBLIC*. FIR is doing a series of lectures and screenings all week long, culminating in a public screening on Thursday Sept 24, 6 pm at EV 1.615, York Building.
On Friday Sept 25, I go back to my alma mater, McGill U, for two talks, one in the education faculty, the other in medicine. Both are open to all disciplines though. check out the events and news section for deets.
* GOING PUBLIC is an initiative in Conversational Scholarship exploring public histories, public art practices, public memory and knowledge
FIR is hitting Europe next week. First up, Brussels, for the European Media Event, and then to the pebble beaches of Slovenia, for the third and final re-iteration of the EsoDoc sessions of this year.
Both visits involve mentoring emerging new media doc projects, with talented and experienced creators.
And speaking of emerging projects, we here at FIR are gearing up to announce our new FIR project very, very soon. Its been in the works for over a year, and we are close to a public announcement, so stay tuned.
Meanwhile, watch our events and new page for FIR screenings and events this fall.
Here’s the German press release for our screening In Berlin, July 14.
7 INTERVENTIONS OF FILMMAKER-IN-RESIDENCE
Regie: Heather Frise und Katerina Cizek
Dienstag, 14. Juli 2009 - 20 Uhr
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb)
Filmhaus - 9. Stock
Potsdamer Straße 2 - 10785 Berlin
Diese Veranstaltung findet in Zusammenarbeit mit der
Media Antenne BB statt, die im Anschluß
zu einem Umtrunk ins dffb-Caffee einlädt
Filmmaker-in-Residence ist ein innovatives Dokumentarfilmexperiment des National Film Board von Canada.
Die Media-makerin Katerina Cizek arbeitet seit 2004 als artist in residence an dem für innovative Behandlungsmethoden bekannten innerstädtischen Krankenhaus St. Michaels Hospital in Toronto. Dieses bahnbrechende Projekt von media intervention integriert Dokumentarfilm, mit video bridging, Photologs und digitalem Geschichtenerzählen. Es versucht eine “kollektive Intelligenz” zu entwickeln, um die Komplexität von sozialen Fragen zu untersuchen und die Rolle von cross-medialer kreativer Zusammenarbeit über die Grenzen der einzelnen Disziplinen und Hierarchien hinaus möglich zu machen.
Das Projekt 7 Interventions ist bereits mehrfach ausgezeichnet: Webby Award 2008 (Oscar des Internets); Canadian New Media Award 2007; Banff Television Award 2008; nominiert: Grierson Award für Innovation und UN Summit Award. www.nfb.ca/filmmakerinresidence.
