Now in its 6th year, the Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival returns to celebrate the art of film in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Over the course of five action-packed days, we will be offering a whole range of feature and short films, artists' film and video work and specially commissioned pieces. These will be screened at the Maltings and other unique architectural locations across town as part of the Artist's trail.
This year's theme, Stagings, explores the role of the screen as a stage, turning Berwick itself into a platform for screening, projecting and staging moving image. The selected works offer different approaches to the relationship between performer, camera and audience and will include dance on film, music videos and old classics – something for everyone: from children to families to fans of film, art, theatre and music.
There are four new commissions this year, of which one is for the creation of a brand new live a/v performance from People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz to be premiered in Berwick on Wednesday 15 September.
People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz - Over the past five years the collaboration of People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz has produced two full length albums, a podcast series, a live soundtrack to Christian Marclay's 'Screenplay', a 7" single on Touch, and a 10" EP. Their work has been disseminated internationally to widespread critical acclaim, straddling the absurd with the accessible, filtering experimental and avant-garde techniques through the looking glass of humorous pop music. They have come to resemble something akin to the Morecambe & Wise of the avant-garde…
Individually both artists have produced a vast body of work that collectively spans hundreds of hours, across film, theatre, albums, radio and live performance. Most recently People Like Us released the album 'Music For The Fire' in collaboration with Wobbly on the Illegal Art label (with a new solo record due later in the year). Ergo's most recent productions are the new album 'Things to Do and Make' on Care in the Community Recordings, and the contemporary opera about radio, magic and death 'The Mourning Show'.
Check the Vintage At Goodwood website since they are still updating this, but give or take a small amount of time, this will be the Saturday evening line up at Goodwood.
Saturday LOUNGE House DJs - Karminsky Experience 17.45-18,45
Saturday LOUNGE SWING OUT SISTER 18.45-19.45
Saturday LOUNGE SWINGLE SINGERS 20.15-21.15
Saturday LOUNGE TONY HATCH 21.45-22.45 Saturday LOUNGE PEOPLE LIKE US 22.45-23.30
The first batch will be with us on Tuesday, and we will post out what we have immediately. The next batch will follow shortly after and we will despatch forthwith. We will email you to let you know that we've sent them.
As part of the Prints of Darkness exhibition at http://www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk/ from 17 July to 04 September 2010, People Like Us have been commissioned to make a vinyl picture disc responding to the title theme of the exhibition.
This Is Light Music will be available for shipping to you from the second week in August. You can pre-order here. Please note - if you are intending to buy the print that Vicki was commissioned to do, please contact Edinburgh Printmakers through the above website url, since they are offering the record free to the first 20 people buying a print. Prices below in US Dollars include postage and packing.
UK - price including P&P: $35.00
EUROPE - price including P&P: $40.00
ELSEWHERE - price including P&P: $46.00
Please note - this LP costs more than some other merchandise you may have bought from us - this is because of the nature of the item, in that the gallery needed to cover costs, etc, plus it costs more to post this kind of item. We assure you we always try and make things available as cheaply as we can!
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