CHAIN REACTION
SCREENING PROGRAMME OF UPGRADE NETWORK, 2008

By processing the 3rd Upgrade! International meeting theme “Chain Reaction”, the screening program has a special focus on the production modes of the Upgrade network. Curators and artists from all over the network were invited to introduce topics and forms of production predominantly on animation. Subsequently, selected works demonstrate variety of interests, fields of research, methodologies, diverse ideologies and politics that the Upgrade network inhabits. Additionally, two guest curators Gabi Ngcobo from Cape Town and Negar Tahsili from Tehran contributed to the screening program with the tendency to expand the geographic boundaries of the network. The program consists of 6 sessions: Stories, Places, Traces, Reactions, Actions, and Protocols. Each session brings similar experiences and parallel stories, critical and significant cases as well as mundane realities of life.

list in alphabetic order:
stories

Brandon Blommaert, Greycon4”, 2007, 6’36’’
Dana Darvish, “The Gods’ Sorrow”, 2002, 7’50’’
Debra Tolchinsky, “Going Up”, 2005, 1’57’’
Dorijan Kolundzija, “1576124”, 2005, 1’30’’
Francisco Queiros, “Down on the Ground”, 2001, 1’
Ivan Ivanovski, “Wet dream”, 2007, 1’14’’
Sam Scott, “The Merry Sea-Gentleman & Cod Fisher’s Voyage Below”, 2006, 6’25’’
Yoav Raban, “Mamila”, 2008 2’25’’, 212
Total Screening Time: 30’

places

Aaron Paul Brakke, “You are beautiful”, 2005, 1’10’’
Blyth Meier, “Walking (Christo and Jeanne-Claude)”, 2005, 2’5’’
Conrad Gleber and Gail Rubini, “Made Ya” 2005, 10’’
Khosro Khosravi, “Construction of Castle of Khawarnaq”, 2007, 5’10’’
Rozita Sharaf Jahan, “Fire lather”, 2006, 7’20’’
Sladzana Bogeska, “Dawn Conversation”, 2008, 6’41’’
Total Screening Time: 25’

traces

Andy Nick, ”iloveDeer”, 2005, 2’33’’
Barry Doupe, “A Boy On A Dock Blowing His Nose” (Excerpt)”, 2004, 3’30’’
Basak Kaptan, “Terrace”, 2008, 1’18’’
Ben Jacques, “Ben 0207”, 2007, 1’
Candas Sisman, “Bilinçalti” (Subconscious) 2007, 1’40’’
Crystalbeard Collective Works (Ben Jacques & Stu Hughes), “Waiting for Midi Interface”, 2007, 1’43’’
Crystalbeard Collective Works (Ben Jacques & Stu Hughes), “Acid Brain”, 2007, 1’
Denizcan Yüzgül, “Aquarium”, 2007, 5’15’’
Hamed Sahihi, “Red Door”, 2005, 4’
Jody Kramer, “Pinch” 2006, 4’24’’
Mert Kizilay, “Kapalı” (Closed), 2007, 3’47’’
Ricky Lee Owens, “The More”, 2007, 1’49’’
Thando Mama “1994-next movement”, 2006, 2’20’’
Total Screening Time: 37’ reactions Ariel Belinco and Michael Faust, “Beton”, 2006, 6’
Avi Ofer, “Sandbox”, 2006, 3’26’’
Avraham Eilat, “Psychophysical Time”, 2006, 5’50’’
Erik Olofsen, “In Places”, 2005, 2’4’’
Erfan Abdi, “Along with the gunpowder smell”, 2007, 5’33’’
Negar Tahsili, “Of one essence…”, 2005, 2’40’’
Sigalit Lipschitz, “Jerusalem of Steel”, 2005, 5’
Carlo Crovato, “Pop the Grape”, 2005, 7’25’’
Total Screening Time: 40’

actions

Annette Barbier, “Stages”, 2007, 1’45’’
Behnam Kamrani, “Shadow”, 2007, 5’
Deniz Kader & Candas Sisman, “Yüzey” (Surface) 2007, 2’29’’
Dorijan Kolundzija, “for B.”, 2005, 1’
Eric Deis, “Apartment”, 2004, 1’49’’
Francisco Queiros, “The Endurance” , 2006, 2’30’’
Jamie O’Neil & Kurt Weibers, “Wipersync”, 2005, 3’50’’
Judith Egger, “Biottopie”, 2005, 5’20’’
Mert Kizilay, “Yar” (Lover), 2007, 5’57’’
Robert Hamilton, “Winona”, 2008, 5’50’’
Stefan Gruber “Light Weight”, 2002, 1’
Vladimir Lukash, “Mladata Kompirolupacka”, 2008, 1’58’’
Total Screening Time: 42’

protocols

Annette Barbier, “Homeland Security Advice”, 2005, 1’30’’
Dilara Kurtoğlu, “Stimulation” 2007, 2’10’’
Efe Hizir, “Bidi”, 2008, 1’
Erhan Muratoglu, “Stay/Put”, 2004, 1’
Kryzysztof Zwirblis, “Cheap – TV” (Tania Telewizja) 2005, 17’30’’
Matthieu Clainchard, “Back in blue/Evelyne” 2003, 3’40’’
Maura Jasper, “Weather you remember”, 2007, 2’
Sara Schnadt , “Taking Off”, 2007, 1’8’’
Total Screening Time: 40’