Scope Miami recap

The Cuban barbecue, the $17 martinis, the sunshine and the kids on low rider bicycles. Miami wuz booty poppin' awesome. Big props to Alex, Jordan, Mo and the whole Scope crew for bringing us down and letting us blast videos on a 16x20 foot wall at the entrance to the Scope Art Fair (Miami, Dec. 5-9, 2007), that could also be viewed from the reverse side in the VIP lounge. Our projection tower and booth was an incredible cardboard construction by Boris Hoppek of heliumcowboy artspace - it was the sweetest collaboration we've ever been a part of.

Content-wise, we more or less VJed our way through the five days with classics from the Urban Nomad hard drive, a bunch of new material, and REAL ART given to us to play, including the world premier of DJ Spooky's New York is Now (via Irvine Contemporary) and the very oldschool Tooth and Nail: Film and Video 1970-74 by Dennis Oppenheim. The final day, we showed 20+ films by local Miami directors and were really impressed by their work.

We also sold a few independent films, projects we support like Wholphin, Pervert's Guide to Cinema and director-activist Franny Armstrong. In addition to generating a little financial support through sales, there is a symbolic importance to having cheap, independently produced DVDs in the generally much more high-flying economy of an art fair.

Now, here's the slide show:


Projection tower with our 20-foot screen behind it. View from the main entrance of the Scope Art Fair. Who the thumbs-up kid is, we have no fucking idea.


Front view of our installation. On screen: Marc D'Andre.


Sean (left) and Dave, the night before opening.


One of two 12,000-lumen projectors we used.


Dave gave a presentation, followed by one by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky. Martin Irvine (left) of Irvine Contemporary makes the introductions.


Sculpture by Boris Hoppek. Our projection booth is housed inside, as is the projector. It was like a fort.


Boris Hoppek, who made our projection tower. To do "legal" graffiti art in Barcelona, where he lives, he told me he collects cardboard boxes from the garbage, builds them into walls on front of walls, and then spray paints them.


View inside the projection booth. Hi Mo! Thanks for the visit!


Our indie DVD distro. We sold various indie DVDs, including Pervert's Guide to Cinema (featuring Slavoj Zizek, by Sophie Feinnes), two issues of the Wholphin DVD magazine (by Wholphin), McLibel and Drowned Out (by Franny Armstrong), The Naked Feminist (by Louisa Achille) and a compilation of Taiwanese short animations.


And of course there were the t-shirts, in summer colors. Our meager earnings from these went some small ways towards subsidizing the $17 martinis we were more or less obliged to drink - there is less irony in this remark than you think - to keep up with the high rolling South Beach crowd.


A satisfied customer (with one of Boris's paintings in the background).

Miami Premiers

We premiered a bunch of new stuff in Miami, some of it new for us, and a lot of it new for the art world, not least of all the 20+ Miami submissions in the post below. But before we get to that, here's what we brought with us from Taipei, including short films and video art.


The Fabled Shots by Su Hui-yu (蘇匯宇)
single channel video, courtesy of the artist and VT Art Space

Su claims the subject here is a synthesis of a terrorist and a victim. During one showing, a woman (one of the exhibitors) walked up to me and said, "While the air conditioning is broken, could you play something a little more cheerful?"



Flov'er by Huang Bo-chih (黃博志)
single channel video, courtesy of the artist

This video was made with a scanner, and Huang used more than 10,000 scans of flowers in its making. Other works we showed by him were:
Sweet Dream by Huang Bo-chih
Self Portrait No. 1 by Huang Bo-chih



Introduction （序）by Kuo I-Chen (郭奕臣)
single channel video, courtesty Galerie Grand-Siecle

This one is very windy.


Visitor by Wang Ya-hui (王雅慧)
single channel video, courtesy Galerie Grand Siecle

Notice the floating cloud in the upper right hand corner. It is a trompe l'oeil that floats through the entire video piece.


Portrait of a Sino-American Frienship by James Hong
short experimental film, courtesy of the filmmaker

Covert footage of a fat American doing a business deal while getting a pedicure somewhere in modern China.


Music video for "Joys of the Ferryboat of Mercy" by LTK Commune, directed by Chen Yi-ren (MV：歡喜渡慈航 樂團:濁水溪公社 導演:陳奕仁)
Music video, courtesy of Xiao-ko


Airport by Chen Wan-jen (陳萬仁)
single channel video, courtesy of the artist


A.T.P.M Structure by Li Chieh-hua
single channel video, courtesy of the artist


Walm-Art by David Frazier
stupid channel video, by Urban Nomad

Ok, it was kind of stupid, kind of obvious, but maybe it was better than the "Fuck Art Fairs" t-shirts someone else was selling. Anyway, I saw Jordan chuckle.


Mirror by Dominik Tyliszczak
single channel video, courtesy of the artist

We also showed The Wig by Dominik Tyliszczak.


From Demo Reel & Film Excerpts 99-06 by Coan Nichols and Rick Charnoski
short film compilation, courtesy the filmmakers

This is some of the coolest, most beautiful skate footage we've ever seen or shown. The poetry of skating pipes, pools and other shenanigans. We also showed their Randome Shorts video.


Ricochet by Greendot Films
short film, courtesy of the filmmakers

This was so brutal it was totally awesome!!! It comes off a Greendot Films compilation called Three Legged Legs.

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain by M. Ganzglass
single channel video, courtesy of the filmmaker

Cable cars suspended in a cloud, footage from China that's both poetic and pregnant with metaphor.


Fission by Chang Kun-I
animated short, courtesy of the filmmaker

Kunstmarktbasel

Camouflage by Daniel Staudenmann

Parade by Reto Jeltsch

Shere II by Chris Sigdell

Thanks to our friend Daniel Staudenmann, a curator at the Cargo Bar in Basel, we had a sweet program from the local Basel artists (in other words, not Art Basel artists) of Kunstmarktbasel. Here's the lineup:

Shere II by Chris Sigdell
Camouflage by Daniel Staudenmann
Jubilee by Liliane Freiermuth
Engel by Lukas Buergin
Fragmente by Markus Buser
Schwere der Dinge by Reinhard Wanner
Parade by Reto Jeltsch
The Beast Show by Reto Jeltsch

And last but not least, we showed a high speed film of a bald muscleman breaking flaming cinder blocks with his fist by Matt Luem.

The Miami Local Program

First of all, major props to Miami's local film community. On the last day of Scope Miami 07 (Sun, Dec. 9), we screened a special program of films and video art by local directors and artists as well as a few hand-offs from the globe-trotting carnies of the art crowd. We got a pile of submissions that I'm still rewatching and sorting out, but the important thing is, while still on site, we put together a special 2-hour program of seriously caliente local stuff.

Here's the playlist:

Maps by Fred Karrenberg
Ucelli by Renzo Ortega
Serial Cereal by Mariella Rossel
Candy Melt by Stian Roenning
Bread Performance by Stian Roenning
The Toners by Alex Fumero et al.
Gevurah by Jacek Kolasinski
Bellum Letale by Jacek Kolasinski
Revenge of the B Girls by Dawn Dubriel
Amores Manos by Mariella Rossel
Migration by Robert Del Pino
Red Bull, promo spot by Organic Arma
People 2 by Jane Hsu
Untitled (video art) by Susan Lee Chun
Suenos de Sinena by Aleli Egues
Scratches Michelle Perry
Biscayne Poet by Oscar Fuentes
The Way I Move, music video featuring Fitzroy
New Velvet by Morrison Pierce
Cut Your Hand on the Good Book by J. Vinazza
Dream Machine by Sandrine Bouiniere
Cocked by Matthew Suib
The Mundane by Andres Erazo

UN @ SCOPE Miami_Dec. 5-9

We've been invited back to Scope, the rock 'n roll art fair, for its Miami edition in early December, and are currently collecting films. We've already got new stuff from Taiwan, SF indie filmmaker James Hong, Wholphin and a few other sources. If you, yeah YOU, have anything, send it our way. We leave from Taipei on Dec. 1, so we better get it before then. Also, we'll distribute film fliers and postcards at the event, so please send a small stack with your NTSC DVD.

Urban Nomad's director, David Frazier, may also be giving a talk as part of a lecture series. More on that later.

For now, here's the basic fair info:

Location:
Roberto Clemente Park
101 NW 34th St
Wynwood Art District, Miami

Dates:
FirstView December 5, 2007 10am – 5pm
Daily December 6-8, 2007 10am – 8pm
Decemeber 9, 2007 10am – 6pm

Admission:
General Admission $12
SCOPE VIP Card FREE

PRESS RELEASE

MIAMI – SCOPE, Miami’s original emerging art fair, returns for its fifth year in Miami, expanded in size and global in reach, with 95 exhibitors from 28 countries, and a new 60,000 square foot pavilion at 101 NW 34th Street (NW 2nd Avenue) in Roberto Clemente Park in the Wynwood Art District.

Over the past five years, SCOPE, the first art fair to bring emerging galleries such as Peres Projects, Daniel Reich, John Connelly Presents, Taxter & Spengemann and Marella Gallery to a wider audience, has given many now-prominent emerging artists like Assume Astro Vivid Focus, Scissor Sisters and Black Label their first significant international exposure.

With total sales of nearly $100 million and attendance of over 250,000 visitors, SCOPE has drawn wide media attention including CBS News, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Art in America, and ArtNet Magazine, which wrote, “Of the various art fairs in Miami, it was SCOPE that served up the best, both inside and out.”

7 daze of fun @ SCOPE basel

Here are some photos of our fun-filled week on the fringe of the superbowl of art whoring. Everyone tells us we were a big hit, and I think the reason is because we tried NOT to show ANY ART! Actually, we did, but we didn't spend much time billing it as art. For what it was worth, we had a good time.

Okay, our setup was in the bar/foyer of the SCOPE BASEL art fair. See for yourself:

URBAN NOMAD @ SCOPE BASEL JUNE 11-17

今年的城市遊牧影展延續至瑞士巴塞爾 (Basel, Switzerland) 的世界最重要的藝術博覽會之一的 Scope Art Fair從6月11-17日放影片。Scope將這屆的獨立策展人獎給予城市遊牧總監 David Frazier 而且邀請他到巴塞爾帶許多亞洲影片與video 藝術作品參展。這次的影幕是展覽大廳的一面，一走入大門就不得不看到。 因為活動的形式是藝術博覽會，觀眾會包含許多收藏者，策展人以及各種各類的藝術界夥伴，因為博覽會進行的時間剛好是兩個非常重要藝術活動的開幕中間， 就是威尼斯雙年展與德國的五年一次辦的 Documenta ，可見力算滿高。我門很榮幸有這個機會結紹台灣、香港、中國、新加坡、菲律賓、印尼以及他地的影片在世界的舞台上。

Scope中我門會把當天的放影時間表公佈在下面。

The Scope Art Fair has named Urban Nomad Film Fest's director David Frazier as recipient of its "Independent Curator Award" and invited Urban Nomad to show its program of films at its upcoming fair in Basel, Switzerland from June 11-17. The screenings will take place in a booth immediately everyone walking through the fair’s main entrance and will include most of the 28+ hours of programming at 2007 Urban Nomad Taipei as well as additional segments of video art, films by the Philippine rights and film collective Southern Tagalog Exposure, and other recent discoveries.

During the fair, daily screening schedules will be announced below this post.

Urban Nomad's big mission or whatever is to put an end to the impersonal "black box" of the movie theater, to stop this situation where people just watch the screen and ignore each other. Sure, film can be profound, but on the whole we are against elitist film nerds (and art nerds) because movies (and art) are in the end for everybody. That's why we show both video art and skateboarding videos, and also why we'll be at Scope Basel, an art fair that's not afraid of the fringe, where we'll show some crazyass shit on a screen at one end of the fair's exhibition hall next to a bar. It'll happen at least ten hours a day for the duration of the fair.

Urban Nomad is based in Taipei and has been held over the last six years in warehouses, train stations, courtyards and lawns, but never in the same space twice. We show films from Taiwan and all around southeast Asia, North America and also Taiwan's "arch-enemy" China.

In doing this festival, we've seen an underground or indie network forming directly between scenes wherever they happen to be. Yeah, yeah, we know the Internet is a "second channel" for bypassing pop music, Hollywood and big media, and we'd be idiots if we didn't tap into it. But unlike computers, we bring people face to face. The idea is to think globally and act locally, to realize that Malaysian kids, for example, have a lot to say to Taiwanese kids and vice versa, and work for a new kind of "virtual" community.

K, cool shit from Urban Nomad 2007 includes at least 6 hours of programming from the Axis of Evil, including documentaries from North Korea and Iran; shorts by Eko Nugroho, an Indonesian whose cartoons are like an anti-capitalist version of the tripped out intros to Monty Python's Flying Circus; we have a computer-animated saga of flame wars in Taiwan's university Internet bulletin boards by Lin Shi-yong, a film that’s been downloaded tens of thousands of downloads but never entered a serious film festival; video works by Taiwanese bluechip artists, including Chen Chieh-ren, Peng Hong-chih and Kuo I-chen; weird, hilarious selections from the DVD magazine Wholphin, a multimedia spin-off of the San Francisco-based indie literary publishing house McSweeneys; and oh yeah, all kinds of home movies about skateboarding, surfing and one Super8, DIY parody of Star Wars where the Force = marijuana.

Boilerplates: The Urban Nomad Film Fest was founded in Taipei in 2002 by two expatriate journalists, David Frazier and Sean Scanlan. In its sixth edition, in April-May 2007, it screened over 100 films and 28 hours of unique programming.
Scope is a cutting edge fair for contemporary art founded in 2002. It has been held New York, Miami, Los Angeles, London, and the Hamptons and this year debuts in Basel.

Event: Urban Nomad Film Fest at Scope Basel
Dates: 10am-4pm, June 11 (Opening)
10am-8pm, June 12-17 (General Admission)
Press Conference: 2pm June 12
Venue: E-Halle, Erlenstrasse 15, CH-4058 Basel
Tel: Dave +41-79-377-0556
Email: urbannomadfilmfest (at) gmail.com
Web: http://urbannomadfilmfest

UN @ SCOPE -- DAILY SCHEDULE

We'll be screening films daily during the Scope Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland as follows:

Collector FirstView: June 11, 10am - 4pm
Art Fair: June 12-17, 10am - 8pm

Here are the daily schedules during the fair. To be honest, we mostly VJed the whole thing and unquestionably played more films than are listed here. Also, sorry if this list is frustratingly long, but we were playing 10-12 hours a day for six days. So here are the play lists in retrospect.

June 12, 2007 UN@SCOPE Play List

ASIAN INDIE SHORTS

Taipei Movie One by Darin Caudle

19 by Liu Chia-hsin

The Farthest Distance by Lin Ding-jie

Travel Diary by Liu Ken-ming

Zo Gong by Jacen Tan

Her Fantasy, Memories of the Smell by Debbie Hsu

Crossroads by Lionel Chok

Street Survivor by Lin Jing-jie

Love Song in the Memory by Momo Tseng

SOMA PROJECTS

Migrant Workers Are Not Terrorists – Soma Films

Tehran Taxi – Soma Films

Dictator’s Cut – Soma Films

Pyongyong Robogirl – Soma Films

Children’s Palace – Soma Films

ASIAN INDIE SHORTS

Banda Aceh shorts by Eko Nugroho

Squatterpunk by Khavn de la Cruz

Apple by Sherad Anthony Sanchez

The Form of the Good by James Hong

Singapore Rebel by Martyn See

A Long Struggle by Lea Rekow

Maritess vs. Superfriends by Dino Ignacio

Treasure Hill by Molmol

Amazing

Taiwan University of the Arts Compilation

Advisor: Chen Yong-hsien

ANIMATION

Woodman 3 – Lin Shi-yong

Woodman 2 – Lin Shi-yong

TAIWANESE VIDEO ART

Levitate II and Levitate IV by Yu Chung-I

Magic 2 and Magic 3 by Hou I-Ting

After Flying by Lin Guan-ming

Lose Contact by Kuo I-chen

Access by Li Chieh-hua

At This Present Moment by Li Chieh-hua

Island by Li Chieh-hua

YULIYA LANINA

Journey by Yuliya Lanina

Play with Me by Yuliya Lanina

ANIMATION AND EXPERIMENTAL

Usanda a John by Paulina Velasquez Solis

6am by Paulina Velasquez Solis

Sweet Dream by Huang Bo-chih

A Liter of Milk by Chang Chen-yu

Numbers Game by Debbie Hsu

Time Variation by Lee Ming-yu

Carriage by Xu Xin

SKATE/SURF

Delayed by Todd Tessier

Lowrider by Jason Sedor

Masalu by Gaza

Planet Moustache by Alex Pipoz

June 13, 2007 UN@SCOPE Play List

Playdate, I Swear, Good Gum, Vegas and other shorts by Marc D’andre

Gingerbread Man series by Lloyd Roberts

Flower Girl – North Korea film

Chen Yong-hsien video works

Good Morning Bill by Chen Wan-ren

Pigeon Crossing by Chen Wan-ren

Platform 2 by Chen Wan-ren

Cosplay by Mia Chen

DMZ by Soma Projects

Suprematist Kapital by James Hong

The Denazification of MH by James Hong

Three Decades of Static by Chen Yin-ju

Rosalie by Seulgi Lee

The Phantom of History by Yao Jui-chung

The Phantom of History II by Yao Jui-chung

Chen Yong-hsien video works

Khavn de la Cruz – shorts 1

Program curated by Yan Jun (Chinese experimental and art films)

Our Wars

Cosplay by Mia Chen

DMZ by Soma Projects

Suprematist Kapital by James Hong

Banda Aceh shorts by Eko Nugroho

Squatterpunk by Khavn de la Cruz

The Breeder, Dark Disco and other shorts by Eko Nugroho

Innocent Life by Machunfu

FILIPINO MUSIC VIDEOS

curated by Mervin Espina

June 14, 2007 UN@SCOPE Play List

Filipino + Singapore Music Videos program

Curated by Mervin Espina

The Observatory “This Sad Song”

Radioactive Sago Project “Batman”

Daydream Cycle “Cadillacs and Roses”

Drip “Sweetcheeks”

Juan Pablo Dream “Do You Remember When We Were Kids”

Juan Pablo Dream “Nice Place”

Dong Abay “WWIII”

Radioactive Sago Project “Alcohol”

Radioactive Sago Project “Astro”

Prank Sinatra “Hit the D-Chord”

Ramaon Bautista “An Alternative Tour Video of Manila”

Radioactive Sago Project “Wazak No Wazak”

Urban Nomad 4 Intro by David Frazier

Form of the Good by James Hong

Gun It by Kelley Deon

Song Chi-mei by Miles Odonnel

Wire Flower by Miles Odonnel

Woodman 1 by Lin Shi-yong

Woodman 2 by Lin Shi-yong

Woodman 3 by Lin Shi-yong

Dark Disco, Breeder, Adsponse0.1, Jenny by Eko Nugroho

Suprematist Kapital by James Hong

Donkey Mountain by Erin King

Wilson by Hsu Fu-hsiang

Earthquake Island by Rodney Rude

Men’s Longboarding Championship by Jason Sedor

Skate Film by John Richardson

Cosplay by Loren von Hogue

Convenient by Kelley Deon

DMZ by Soma Projects

Taipei Movie One by Daren Caudle

Seven Scenes About Love by Lynn Chen

Solo by Hsieh Yu-yen

Before 12 by Hsieh Yu-yen

Love Story by Samoa

Puppet Movie by Chiu Pei-yu

Banda Aceh shorts by Eko Nugroho

Squatterpunk by Khavn de la Cruz

Apple by Sherad Anthony Sanchez

Usando a John by Solis

Sweet Dream by Huang Bo-chih

The Coldest War by James Hong

Grafitti City by Lin Ming-yu and Chang Pu-teng

Into Cosplay by Mia Chen

VIDEO ART

Levitate II and IV by Yu Chung-I

Lost Contact by Kuo I-Chen

Europe Resurrection by Tony Wu

Ex-Taipei by Tony Wu

Incarnation (Boy) by Tony Wu

Maps Dreaming by Tony Wu

Re-incarnation (Boy) by Tony Wu

After Flying by Lin Guan-ming

MAGIC-2 by Hou I-Ting

MAGIC-3 by Hou I-Ting

Cage by Yuan Goang-ming

SURF & SKATE NITE!!!

Jimi’s Skate Shop video

Low Rider by Jason Sedor

Delayed 2 by Kent Dylan

Untitled Surf Flick by Jason Sedor

Skate Fragment by Kent Dylan

Australian Invasion by Jason Sedor

Earthquake Island by Rodney Rude

Planet Moustache by Alex Pipoz

Masalu by Gaza

June 15, 2007 UN@SCOPE Play List

FEATURE FILMS

Outside

Director: Wang Wo

China

Big Time

by Mario Cornejo and Monster Jiminez

Philippines

Todo Todo Terros

Director: John Torres

Philippines

Across the Borderline

Director: Tonybale

Taiwan

TAIWANESE VIDEO ART

Phantom of History by Yao Jui-chung

Phantom of History II by Yao Jui-chung

Release by Chen Yong-hsien

Head on the Plate – Unknown Shore by Chen Yong-hsien

Head on the Plate – In & Out by Chen Yong-hsien

Breathing With Maggots by Chen Yong-hsien

Head on the Plate – Unknown Shore by Chen Yong-hsien

Grassing by Chen Yong-hsien

The Cage by Yuan Goang-ming

Lost Contact by Kuo I-chen

Platform 2 by Chen Wan-ren

Good Morning Bill by Chen Wan-ren

Pigeon Crossing by Chen Wan-ren

Levitate II and IV by Yu Chung-I

Europe Resurrection by Tony Wu

Go Home by Tony Wu

MAGIC 2 by Hou I-Ting

MAGIC 3 by Hou I-Ting

Amazing

2007 Animation and digital art compilation from National Taiwan University of the Arts

Advisor: Chen Yong-hsien

Fresh Look

2000-2005 Animation and Video Art from National Taiwan University of the Arts

FILIPINO MUSIC VIDEOS

Curated by Mervin Espina

One Sip at a Time with Ramon Bautista

Wasak no Wasak by Radioactive Sago Project

Astro by Radioactive Sago Project

Alcohol by Radioactive Sago Project

WWIII by Dong Abay

…and others

June 16, 2007 UN@SCOPE Play List

Music Rebels Americas by Marie Boti and Malcolm Guy

A Long Struggle by Lea Rekow

There’s Blood in Your Coffee by Southern Tagalog Exposure

TAIWANESE VIDEO ART

Phantom of History by Yao Jui-chung

Phantom of History II by Yao Jui-chung

Release by Chen Yong-hsien

Head on the Plate – Unknown Shore by Chen Yong-hsien

Head on the Plate – In & Out by Chen Yong-hsien

Breathing With Maggots by Chen Yong-hsien

Head on the Plate – Unknown Shore by Chen Yong-hsien

Grassing by Chen Yong-hsien

The Cage by Yuan Goang-ming

Lost Contact by Kuo I-chen

Platform 2 by Chen Wan-ren

Levitate II and IV by Yu Chung-I

Europe Resurrection by Tony Wu

Go Home by Tony Wu

MAGIC 2 by Hou I-Ting

MAGIC 3 by Hou I-Ting

KHAVN DE LA CRUZ

Shorts compilation 1

Can and Slippers and other short films

FILIPINO MVs

Curated by Mervin Espina

One Sip at a Time with Ramon Bautista

Wasak no Wasak by Radioactive Sago Project

Astro by Radioactive Sago Project

Alcohol by Radioactive Sago Project

…and others

URBAN NOMAD FAVORITES

Cosplay by Mia Chen

DMZ by Soma Projects

Suprematist Kapital by James Hong

Banda Aceh shorts by Eko Nugroho

Squatterpunk by Khavn de la Cruz

The Breeder, Dark Disco and other shorts by Eko Nugroho

Woodman 3 – Lin Shi-yong

Woodman 2 – Lin Shi-yong

Usanda a John by Paulina Velasquez Solis

6am by Paulina Velasquez Solis

Sweet Dream by Huang Bo-chih

A Liter of Milk by Chang Chen-yu

Numbers Game by Debbie Hsu

Time Variation by Lee Ming-yu

Carriage by Xu Xin

June 17, 2007 UN@SCOPE Play List

TAIWAN INDIE SHORTS

Love Song in the Memory by Momo Tseng

Street Survivor by Lin Jing-jie

Treasure Hill by Molmol

TAIWANESE VIDEO ART

Phantom of History by Yao Jui-chung

Phantom of History II by Yao Jui-chung

Release by Chen Yong-hsien

Head on the Plate – Unknown Shore by Chen Yong-hsien

Head on the Plate – In & Out by Chen Yong-hsien

Breathing With Maggots by Chen Yong-hsien

Head on the Plate – Unknown Shore by Chen Yong-hsien

Grassing by Chen Yong-hsien

The Cage by Yuan Goang-ming

Lost Contact by Kuo I-chen

Platform 2 by Chen Wan-ren

Levitate II and IV by Yu Chung-I

Europe Resurrection by Tony Wu

Go Home by Tony Wu

EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Carriage by Xu Xin

14 Rooms by Meng Jin

Time Variation by Lee Ming-yu

No. Game by Debbie Hsu

VIDEO ART

Journey by Yuliya Lanina

Play with Me by Yuliya Lanina

EXPERIMENTAL FILM - PHILIPPINES

I am not Batman by Khavn de la Cruz

Dead Woman in my House by Khavn de la Cruz

Nothing Funnier than Unhappiness by Khavn de la Cruz

The Toxic Mango by Khavn de la Cruz

YAN JUN PROGRAM – CHINA

Including films by Cao Fei and Wu Quan

Convenient by Kelley Deon

FILIPINO FLICKS

One Sip at a Time with Ramon Bautista

Wasak no Wasak by Radioactive Sago Project

Astro by Radioactive Sago Project

Alcohol by Radioactive Sago Project

Apple by Sherad Anthony Sanchez

THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO THE CINEMA

By director Sophie Feinnes

Presented by Slavoj Zizek

--- END ---

UN07 - HSINCHU SCREENINGS - MAY 19-30

LINK TO THE UN07 HSINCHU SCREENING SCHEDULE (in Chinese) - or see the bottom of this post





We finally made it into a theater with
Urban Nomad beginning a week-long run at the
Hsinchu Image Museum.

Here's a couple of pics from the kick-off
event including a little down-time, and a Q&A session
for two of our own films, "2days Cosplay"
and "Convenient".

UN runs throughout the week at the Hsinchu
Image Museum located at 63 Jhongjheng Road (just 5 minutes
walking from the Hsinchu train station) from Tuesday- Sunday
with daily screenings at 2PM and & 7PM.

Of special interest is a retrospective of
our Wu Tung-Wang our "director in focus" on
Saturday, May 26, at 2PM.

Wu will present his work such as
short films "And Now Happiness" which appeared at the
Sundance Film Festival, and most recently,
"Hot Throbbing Cock" which was showcased
at this year's New York Underground Film Festival.

The screening will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A with
well-known film critic Li Yo-Hsin who will also be on hand
along with 30 students from his film studies course.

And did we mention that residents of Hsinchu get
free admission to all screenings?

HSINCHU SCHEDULE
5/19 10am ROOFTOP ANTICS
5/19 2pm GAME OF THEIR LIVES
5/19 7pm A STATE OF MIND
5/20 10am THE STORY OF MY LIFE: SHORTS I
5/20 2pm Director in Focus: Lynn Chen and Stupid Weird Modern: Shorts 2
5/20 7pm Local Documents/ Local Memories
5/23 7pm ASIAN UPHEAVAL: Shorts 3
5/24 7pm PROFESSOR ZHANG
5/25 7pm TO LIVE IS BETTER THAN TO DIE
5/26 10am EXPERIMENTAL ROOFTOP
5/26 2pm Director in Focus: Wu Tung-wang
5/26 7pm Chasing, Running, Jumping, Colliding: Shorts programmed by Tony Wu
5/27 7pm WHOLPHIN shorts
5/30 7pm TODO TODO TERROS
5/30 7pm CHIAYI SYMPHONY + NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: Shorts 4 or 5

UN07 - DAY 11 - MAY 6, 2007

We rounded out the fest with a bang at Nanhai art gallery. The highlights were a packed house for Friday nights lineup by programmer Tony Wu. It featured Tung-wang Wu's segment, which gave rise to some semi-serious debate on Taiwanese identity. A second director in focus, Lynn Chen, showed two films on Saturday.


Nanhai Gallery.


Lynn Chen talks about her "Seven Scenes About Love" and "Flight to Yesterday."


The Nanhai crowd.


Tung-wang Wu introduces "Hot Throbbing Cock"...


...and then poses with the art exhibition downstairs.


Dave and Tony Wu.

Ms. Ding from Taiwan Public Television was also there Friday working on a program about Taiwanese identity.


Tung-wang also has a friend at the Liberty Times, which provided this coverage.

UN07 - DAY 8 - MAY 3, 2007

What a way to put an end to a week long run at TAV!

The festival was proud to host a q&a with Hsu Ya-Ting
director of the film "Life With Happiness" about the
plight of patients living at Lesheng Leprosy Sanitarium.
As many know, this facility has been slated for
demolition on many occasions, with the latest
deadline extended to June 1st.

Later it was Molmol and "Treasure Hill"
a documentary about an artists
community-squatter village
which was shuttered by city officials
earlier this year. A large crowd of artists, misfits and
anarchists turned out for this viewing: a fitting tribute
to a once glorious, righteous community which hosted UN05.

And then it was on to the big mac, or the film that
spawned a thousand lawsuits and turned a nation
on to healthy eating. Representatives from the Wild At
Heart Environmental Foundation introduced the film and
a young student handed out leaflets about a protest he
was planning against the McDonald's in front of National
Taiwan University on Sunday.

Hey man, everybody got the right to say
what they wanna say, and anyways, we're pretty
psyched cuz he's gonna let us borrow his car to
move our cases of beer to the Nanhai Art Space for
the Friday night showing of ...."Hot Throbbing Cock" at 7PM.

UNO7 screams into its final weekend.


An interview with "McLibel" director Franny Armstrong made the cover of POTS the week of the fest.

Big props to director and activist Hsu Ya-ting.

Molmol and Wu Zhong-wei, king of the Treasure Hill squatters.

As we were running low on t-shirts, we decided to crank up the t-shirt factory.