Colombo Art Biennale : Video Jam (Opening Night),

Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/12/2016
6:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Location
ZMAX Fairway Colombo

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Opening party & performance at ZMAX Fairway Hotel
Tickets Rs. 2000 / available at the door

‘Re: Encounters’ by Samson Ogiamien and Ceylon African Manja 6.30-7pm
Stunning and vibrant music and dance from the Afro-Sri-Lankan and Edo-Nigerian communities facilitated by CAB artist Samson Ogiamien. The performance responds to this year’s Biennale theme ‘Conceiving Space’ re-affirming African cultural heritage in Sri-Lanka that has survived many centuries.

Followed by Video Jam 7.30-10pm
A specially curated evening of short films with a variety of live musical accompaniment by UK film/music collective Video Jam.

Featuring Biennale, local & international artists including:

Filmmakers:
Hetain Patel
Vimukthi Jayasundara
Alice Dunseath
Cassie Machado
Haruka Mitani
Sarah Rowland Hill
Muvindu Binoy

Musicians:
Imaad Majeed
Asvajit
Music Matters
Nichola Scrutton
Gayathri Khemadasa
Martin Janicek

About Video Jam
www.videojam.co.uk

Video Jam is a self-initiated grassroots event series which seeks to explore the relationship between moving image and live sound. Each Video Jam event features a wide variety of contemporary short films with a particular emphasis on experimental and independent moving image. For each of these films, a different musical act or sound artist is selected to compose an original soundtrack of their own interpretation to be performed as a live accompaniment.

Video Jam have curated 41 events in the UK and beyond, including a 3 part tour, festivals in New York and Argentina, a residency in Ibiza and commissions from leading organisations in the UK including The Whitworth, FACT, Manchester Art Gallery and Abandon Normal Devices Festival.

About Colombo Art Biennale
www.colomboartbiennale.com

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