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The Red Castle - Tripoli

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Welcome to First Glance 2013, a video art show hosted

by the Arete Foundation for Arts and Culture hosted for
the rst time in Tripoli's Old Red Castle. Last year's
show was very successful, the attendance deed our
expectations as audience members interacted positively
with what we presented to them. This second edition of
First Glance is being held on Wednesday and Thursday
25-26 December 2013. Showtimes will be from
6:00-8:00 p.m.

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Fist Glance 2013 includes works by artists from Libya,

Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Italy, USA, France,
Sweden, Iran, U.K., Norway and Brazil.

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To this years show we have also added several lms

animation that tell fascinating story and that expand the
denition of video art. Together the pieces on display
provide a stunning variety of compelling themes and
innovative techniques.
We put up screens to view the videos in 7 locations
around the castle. Please refer to the pamphlet for the
names of the videos and the artists who made them.
We offer this exhibition to insist that the march of transition to civilian life in Libya must continue. We believe
that cultural work is the best investment in the the
country and its youth as it keeps the gates of aspiration
open, for there is no security or reconciliation or rule of
law without creativity to inform them. Indeed, it is art
that animates the work and inames the hope for the
nation we desire.
We wish to thank the participating artists who were
eager to showcase their work in Libya, and also thank
the Ofce of The Superintendency Of Tripoli's Antiquities and The Ofce or Martyre Square Cameras for the
warm welcome they gave to this exhibition .
This exhibition comes to you with support from the
Prince Claus Foundation of the Netherlands, the Arab
Fund for Arts and Culture, Tawasul Libya Corporation,
the Embassy of the Netherlands in Tripoli, and in
partnership with the the Ofce of The Superintendency
Of Tripoli Antiquities and Tribute FM (98.1).
We hope you enjoy First Glance 2013. It is an effort to
enjoy one of the most innovative arts of our era while
also soaking up the nobility and beauty of The Red

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 Station 1
Doll House
Shabnam Piryaei
Iran/US
5:54 min.

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Can't Move
Yo Takemura
Japan/U.K.

3:46 min.

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Suspension
Marcantonio Lunardi
Italy
2:24 min.

2:24

Station 2
Little Boat
Nelson Boles
USA
4:00 min.

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Ecological Apple
Andreas Soderberg
Sweeden
1:00 min.

The Eyes Piece #1

Steven Hoskins
USA
4:50 min.

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What Remains
Federica Barcellona
Italy
2:30 2:30

Station 3
Full Moon Silhouettes
Mark Gee
New Zealand
3:45

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Cars Melody
Fran & Jim Rolland
France
5:32 min.

5:32

The Double Bind

Gilivanka Kedzior
& Barbara Friedman
France | 4:09 min.

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Station 4
The Employment
Santiago Bou Grasso & Patricio Plaza
Argentina
7:08 min.

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The Dead Man and the Dog

Brede Korsmo
Norway/Brazil
4:41 min.

Station 5
Eleanor
Tim Geers
USA
3:04 min.

3:04

Close
Maryam Espandi
Iran
10:13 min.

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Station 6
Dancing Pigeons
Tomas Mankovsky
Sweden
3:19 min.

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Torture
Mohannad Lamin
Libya
1:00 min

3:19

Shelter
Carl Burton
USA
06:05 min.

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Station 7
Umbra
Malcom Sutherland
Canada
5:35 min

5:35

Countdown
Celine Desrumaux
Canada
3:39 min.

3:39

Faked Imaginary Freedom

Sergey Tsoller
Russia/France
2:50 min.

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Video art is a modern art that is mainly based on the

moving image and sound as formative elements of the
artwork. Video art resembles cinema in its language,
but plays by different rules. In fact, video artists deliberately break all the rules of cinema, for there are no
actors in video art lms.
Video art experiments began in the mid-1960s, but
these efforts did not spread as the processes of video
production then were very complicated requiring bulky
cameras, lm development, and editing equipment
which very few artists could afford or even easily
access.
But in the last three decades, with the development of
new imaging technologies, the spread of portable video
cameras, the widespread use of computers for the
purposes of art along with other developments of the
informations age, it became easier for artists, as well as
ordinary people, to experiment with video. In the
digital age we inhabit, video art has become the most
popular artistic media.
Like other artists, video artists seek to make art driven
by different reasons, and use several methods and
approaches. Some artist try to deliver an impression or
idea about social issues or political or environmental
causes. And there are those who try to shock us or
thrills, while others want us to look at the details,
hoping to make us rethink the familiar until it becomes
unfamiliar and new again.
One often feels that video artists try to hold our
attention briey in order to urge us to appreciate our
time and to pay attention to our environment and the
other creatures who occupy it with us. Full of beauty
and surprise, these lms encourage us never forego
seeking these essential gifts of existence. Video Art is
the art medium of our digital era, but it
nonetheless carries the eternal message of art.

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The Arete Foundation for Arts and Culture is a Libyan non-prot organization that seeks to support, promote and facilitate artistic creativity and cultural exchange inside Libya, with its neighboring countries. The Arete Foundation is a registered institution with the Ministry of Culture and Civil Society.

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