Conference “Besides the Screen” at

Goldsmiths University of London

Saturday, November 20, 2010

screening ‘Birth of Venus’, ‘Forbidden City’, ,Sirens” and many others as part of ArtFemTV.

My videos screening at CIMUAT International Congress on Woman, Art and Technology in the New Public Sphere (Congreso Internacional Mujer, Arte y Tecnologia en la

Nueva Esfera Publica), at the University of Valencia, Spain, on

Thursday, 4th November, 2010.
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ArtFemTV showing my films among great artists like Marina Abramovic, Eveline Heregger,
Guerrilla Girls, Judy Cooperman and many others.

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ArtFem.TV is an online television programming presenting Art and Feminism. The aim of ArtFem.TV is to foster Women in the Arts, their art works and projects, to create an international online television screen for the creativity, images and voices of Women. ArtFem.TV is a non-profit artist run ITV and media art portal about Art and Feminism and has been founded in the year 2008.

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ArtFem.TV Public Presentations

2010 Open Video Conference, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA
2010 Vox Feminae 4, AKC Medika, Zagreb, Croatia
2010 internetart, Die Plattform, a lecture series curated by Jana Wisniewski, k/haus kino videogalerie Künstlerhaus Wien, The Association of Austrian Artists Künstlerhaus Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2010 ISEA2010 RUHR, 16th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Germany
2010 f r a u e n CIRCUS museum_phase 01, ACRYL, forumKLOSTER, Gleisdorf, Austria
2010 Frieze, ArtNetLab Ljubljana at MKL Medienkunstlabor, Kunsthaus Graz,
Graz, Austria
2010 IX Festival Internacional de la Imagen, VI Muestra Monográfica de Media Art, organized by the Departamento de Diseno Visual de la Universidad de Caldas, CCC
Centro Cultural y de Convenciones Teatro los Fundadores, Manizales, Colombia
2010 KAPSULA, New Space for Contemporary Art, in the frame of Rdece Zore / Red Dawns, 11th International Feminist and Queer Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 [Ne]mocne / [Un]empowered, curated by Ana Grobler, DDT Delavski dom Trbovlje, Trbovlje, Slovenia
and more to come

KEEP WATHING!

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still from First Memories

First Memories as shown on ArtFemTV

At the moment I am loving the process of making Video Poems. One leads to another constructing a series of meditations on life and everything around it.

Generally each peace starts with a statement, then question and ends with a wish or a prayer.

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Video poem by Lira Kay ‘Responsibilities’ is about growing up I guess. Anyone could be thinking what I’m saying here… That’s the idea.

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Video poem about freedom, text, music and sound by Lira Kay

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Story about the end and a beginning of the world.

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I loved playing with words and pictures in this one! Associative poetry and associative editing.

BLUE HOUR  3

Happening next week!

Art-Saloon: Blue Hour 3

Not only since Youtube video films are worldwide a popular artistic one

expression means – they were only known till then to a rather small circle.

The artist and curator Beate Gördes has worked out an astonishing and

stimulating evening program with videoproductions of international artists.

She will be present personally and accompany us through the program.

A cross-section of many different styles and expressions shows video-cinematic

results of international visual artists. The Screening „blue hour“ will now presented

exclusively for the Bluesox in Zurich after two previous successful performances

in Cologne. A unique opportunity to receive a view into the genre short film/video!

On 28.10.2010

Start 18:30 Uhr

Location: Mediaroom in Kantonsschule close to KunsthausZürich

http://www.msz-architekten.ch/bauten_details.php?id=104&kat=1

Admittance only with previous registration

More information about the screening and artists involved on the Official Website

My films that will be shown there are ‘Sorry’ and ‘To be or not to be’

Still from 'Sorry'

Still from 'To be or not to be'

PROJECTION DE FILMS VIDÉO

Films vidéo présentées au cinéma Le Balzac – 1, rue Balzac (coin avenue des Champs-Elysées)
le dimanche 13 juin 2010, de 11 h 30 à 13 heures

Films créés à partir de poèmes sur le thème « Du poétique à la poésie »

Still from "Poets say", short film by Lira Kay

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Cette projection est organisée en collaboration avec le Festival international du film expérimental 2010
de Baia Mare, en Roumanie (FIFE 2010, dirigé par Mircea Bochis), sous l’égide du musée Florean

The experimental films presented were illustrating poems from verious autors. The 33th edition of The French-English Poetry Festival, organized by the LA TRADUCTIERE magazine No. 28, Paris, June 2010.

Two of my very first films were screened as part of that festival in Cinéma Le Balzac - 1, rue Balzac (coin avenue des Champs-Elysées) and in Florean Contemporary Art Museum
in Romania.
I loved illustrating a poem by Ives Namur “Poets Say”. In fact that particular collaboration led me into working with texts of other writers and using my own poetry in my films.

You can find more details about the French-English Poetry Festival and see other participants films on the site of the festival:www.festrad.com

"Poet"

"Poet"

Stills from "Poet" short film by Lira Kay, starring Maria Kanaan

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Monday Dream, Find a Golden Thread is a short film by artist Lira Kay and it is a first in a series of seven.
A hero is told he has to spin the trees and find a golden thread to save the soul. Film is accompanied by a original music and includes a russian folk song “To ne Vecher” (It’s not Evening).

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Tuesday Dream. Doors is second in the series of Dreams. She’s walking in the labyrinth of her mind seeing staff…

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Wednesday Dream. Walking on Fire is a short film from the Dreams series. Music, graphics and video by Lira Kay.
Dream about walking into situations that can be named ‘Fire’, it’s about beeing careful, daring and provocative. 2010

I like the suggestion that anything can be fire. Originally in my repetitive dreams it is the water I’m walking on. But when I try to interpret my dreams, which I love doing, I see that at different times walking on water (or fire) can mean different things.So I use the text to emphasise the variable element of the warning.

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Thursday Dream. Grandma’s Waltz  is next in the series of Dreams. Reflecting on past and present, inspired by old photographs and music I heard at my grandmother’s house. I loved reproducing the sounds of an old world and basing images on the black and white photographs of my ancestors. Story is fully based on the actual dream I had on Thursday some time ago. To develop the seen image I had to grow my hair and find vintage clothes. Hope you like the result..

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Friday Dream production is in process.

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Good Path song written and performed by Sofia Kanan, 13 years old. Produced by Daniel Kanaan, Studio Kanaan, video by Lira Kay

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Music and lyrics by Maria Kanaan, performing Maria Kanaan, 10 yeas old. Produced by Studiokanaan, video Lira Kay

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Song written and performed by Maria Kanaan, 10 years old. Produced by Daniel Kanaan, Studio Kanaan, video by Lira Kay.

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Music video inspired by racing cars and motorbikes and driving generally. Video, music, performance and sound by Lira Kay

Please come along if you can, two shows: one in Zurich, Switzerland and one in Marseille, France

Blue Sox Club

Blue Hour is screening again in Zürich, Switzerland ’Blue Sox Club’

I am a proud mama of “To Be Or Not To Be” and “Sorry”. My films will be shown with wonderful artists from across Europe, The ‘Blue Hour” is curated by Beate Gordes from Cologne, Germany.

Daniel Balanescu: Luna Asleep
Elisabeth Eberle: blue metamorphosis, growth, Ungetüm
Cornelius Fraenkel: Piano
Ria Gerth: Utensil
Sabina Ivascu: on the evening train, 20:37
Lira Kay: sorry, to be or not to be
Dorothee Mügge: erwachsen
Joas Nebe: GOALKEEPER, JOINT, KILL JOY, NIGHT OUT,
NoK&T: UP.SIDE DOWN, Fringe, TUD: dream, click, grafitti

Also the same day in Marseille, France

Ouvertures d’Ateliers d’Artistes 5, rue Pascal, St Victor, Marseille 7e

Marseille Artists Studios exhibition

I will be showing “Tuesday Dream”, “Sirens”, “Words” and other films.

For more info and invitations you can contact me trough the website.

Still from "Tuesday Dream"

Still from "Words"

Still from "Napoleon"