<http://www.tank.tv/>Launch of Fresh Moves: New Moving Images from the UK. A DVD of film and video art by tank.tv. <http://www.tank.tv>
ICA, London - June 28th, 2007, 7pm. June 28th sees the launch of tank.tv's first DVD, Fresh Moves: New Moving Images from the UK. This event, comprising of a screening, panel discussion, music and an introduction to the project is a celebration to mark the launch of tank.tv's first DVD, Fresh Moves: New Moving Images from the UK. The ICA's theatre will play host to a selection of the included works as well as a talk between artists and curators involved. The following artists will be participating in a brief discussion about the art of moving images and Fresh Moves: Ergin Cavusoglu Ergin Cavusoglu was born in 1968 in Bulgaria and studied at the National School of Fine Arts "Iliya Petrov, Sofia, in the early 1980s. He represented Turkey at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003 and was shortlisted for the 2004 Beck's Futures Prize. Recent exhibitions include Quintet Without Borders, Haunch of Venison Zurich; Point of Departure, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Entanglement, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; the 8th Istanbul Biennial; British Art Show 6 and the 3rd Berlin Biennial. His work, Impasse, is included in Fresh Moves. Steven Eastwood Steven Eastwood was born in London in 1971 and is an artist filmmaker whose practice spans experimental fiction, documentary and essay film, artists moving image and live art. His single screen films and installations have been exhibited at the ICA, BAFTA , the European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrück and LUX. He writes on filmmaking as a social situation and is a senior lecturer in time-based arts. He was commissioned by tank.tv to produce an interview with Benjamin Cook (director of LUX) for Fresh Moves. Stephen Sutcliffe Stephen Sutcliffe was born in Yorkshire in 1968 and lives and works in Glasgow. Recent solo exhibitions include: Tart Contemporary, San Francisco, 2005; Project Space, Tramway, Glasgow, 2003. Group exhibitions include: Archeology of Today, Kosova Art Gallery-Museum, Prishtina and Els Hanappe Underground, Athens, Greece, 2005/6_ Art Now, Light Box, Tate Britain, 2005, Venice Biennale, 2003. His work, Come to the Edge, is included in Fresh Moves. Anja Kirschner Anja Kirschner was born in 1977 in Munich, Germany and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work spans a number of disciplines – film, painting, drawing and music – and collides documentary and historical sources, literary themes and popular genres like sci-fi and adventure. She was the winner of the Beck's Futures Student Film and Video Prize in 2002, and has exhibited internationally in film festivals and galleries. Her work, POLLY II, Plan for a Revolution in Docklands (trailer) is included in Fresh Moves . A strictly limited number of copies of Fresh Moves will be available to buy on the night from both the tank.tv team and the ICA bookshop. £7 / £6 Concessions / £5 ICA Members Priced at £19.99 Fresh Moves will be distributed internationally by Thames and Hudson and is also available to pre-order now at www.tank.tv/freshmoves. ARTISTS: David BLANDY, Ben CALLAWAY, Duncan CAMPBELL, Ergin CAVUSOGLU, Spartacus CHETWYND, Kate COOPER, Ann COURSE, Katy DOVE, Max HATTLER, Runa ISLAM, Kevin HEAVEY, Anja M. KIRSCHNER, Zineb SEDIRA, Andrew KOTTING, Torsten LAUSCHMANN, Daria MARTIN, Alex HEIM, Ben RIVERS, Samuel STEVENS, Stephen SUTCLIFFE, Mark Aerial WALLER, Saskia OLDE WOLBERS, John WOOD & Paul HARRISON, Cerith WYN EVANS INTERVIEWS: Steven EASTWOOD with Benjamin COOK, Jeremy DELLER with Chrissie ILES, Ryan GANDER with Hans Ulrich OBRIST, Laure PROUVOST with Michael CONNOR, Sophie FIENNES with Slavoj ZIZEK. The compilation was selected by: Hans Ulrich Obrist (the Serpentine Gallery), Benjamin Cook and Mike Sperlinger (LUX), Stuart Comer (Tate Modern), Michelle Cotton (Independent curator, London), Rose Cupit (Film London), and Kathrin Becker (NBK, Berlin). A project by: Laure Prouvost and Birgit Ludwig Fresh Moves: New Moving Images From the UK ISBN: 978-0-9555181-0-2 Price: £19.99 Paperback 150 x 180 mm portrait 300 pages / content printed on 81 colour pages PAL DVD / Region 0 / running time 85 min Published by Tank Form Ltd Distributed by Thames & Hudson. Interviews with the artists and curators involved in Fresh Moves are available to view on www.tank.tv until July 15th. Fresh Moves is supported by Tank Magazine, Cobra beer and the National Lottery through Arts Council England. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - Alice O'Reilly tank.tv 5th floor 49-50 Great Marlborough street London W1F 7JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] T +44 (0)207434 0110 F +44 (0)207434 9232 http://www.tank.tv - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tank.tv is an inspirational showcase for innovative work in film and video / dedicated to exhibiting and promoting emerging and established international artists, www.tank.tv acts as a major online gallery and archive for video art / a platform for contemporary moving images.
