K-Spazju Kreattiv- Valletta/Malta
The W:OW
The W:OW Project
The W:OW Art Film & Video Festival
The W:OW Project is dealing thematically with the Present and Future of planet Earth under the influence of the human species. WE ARE ONE WORLD is not just another artistic
topic, it is the complex reality and at the same time an Utopia that matters.
The „world“ is not just planet Earth as an all encompassing whole, but also the „world“ in terms of the environment or place the individual is living in: family, circle of friends, society, city,
region, country or continent, or other sortlike unities marking the individual and collective identity, their relation between each other, and the responsibility of the individual for each other and the Whole.
THE W:OW PROJECT, respectively THE W:OW ART FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
initiated by artvideoKOELN & The New Museum, of Networked Art – directed by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne – is representing such a sample world on a small scale, in which artists, curators and
worldwide networking partners and, not to forget, the audience are acting in mutual respect, demonstrating the diversity of artistic and curatorial concepts. The festival project is consisting of three (3) basic program components, the general festival selection, the contributions by invited curators from all over the world and curated selections from associated art film collections like artvideoKOELN Collections,The Refugee Film Collection or Collective Trauma Film Collections, they form the fundament for a wide range of presentation formats like screening, projection and installation (exhibition). According to its concept, the W:OW Project – incorporating different levels on a local and global scale – will manifest at many venues all over the world,
Before the official launch of The W:OW Project in 2018, The W:OW Art Film & Video Festival has been presented in 2017 in different constellations in India (Kolkata & Kochi Muziris Biennial Kerala), Ecuador (Quito), Brazil (Belo Horizonte), Greece (Athens), Cyprus (Nikosia), Venezuela (Caracas) & Ethiopia (Addis Abeba).
The temporariy limited W:OW Project had its highlight in is one year lasting finaliation – 2020WOW retro – the NewMedoAFest 2020 – a retrospective view on 20 years networked art creations
by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne – networked art by networked curating – symbolizing “We Are One World” as the essential curatorial/artistic concept.
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Parya Vatankah (Iran – videoartist and curator of Iranian videos)
WOW Jubilee 2020
WOW Jubilee 2020 Cologne
@ Halle Zollstock 1 March 2020
WOW Jubilee 2020 Berlin
@ Institute für Alles Mögliche 12 July – 26 August 2020
WOW Jubilee 2020 Los Angeles
@ TAM Torrance Art Museum – 18 July – 20 September 2020
WOW Jubilee 2020 Athens
@ ADAF – Athens Digital Art Festival 12 July – 5 August 2020
WOW Jubilee 2020 Lucca
@ Over The Real Videoart Festival – 30 September – 04 October 2020
WOW Jubilee 2020 Kolkata
@ Birla Academy of Art & Culture Kolkata – 15 October – 22 November 2020
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WOW.22 / Russia
@ Now & After International Videoart Festival Moscow – 17 April – 12 May 2019
WOW.23 / Latvia
@ 6th International Holocaust Conference Riga/Latvia – 21-22 May 2019
WOW.24 / Malta
@ 12th Video Vortex Conference – K-Spazju Kreattiv- Valletta – 26-28 September 2019
WOW.25 / Ethiopia
@ Addis VideoArt Festival Addis Ababa /Ethiopia – 26 December 2019-1 January 2020
WOW.26 / India
@ Alliance Francaise du Bengal Kolkata/India – 12 September 2019
WOW.27 / Tunisia
@ 8th MasterPeace Monastir (Tunisia) – 7-11 October 2019
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WOW.12 / India 5.0
@ TransArt ” Kolkata/India -21 January 2018
WOW.13 / Russia
@ Now & After International Videoart Festival Moscow – 7-16 February 2018
WOW.14 / Ukraine
@ National University Kharkiv/Ukraine 10-12 April 2018
National House of Cinema/Say By Body Art Festival – Kiev/Ukraine 13-15 April 2018
WOW.15 / Greece 2.0
@ ADAF – Athens Digital Art Festival – 24-27 May 2018
WOW.16 / Finland
@ VAFT – Videoart Festival Turku/Finland – 23 – 27 May 2018
WOW.17 / Greece 3.0
@ Eyes Walk Digital Festivakl syros/Greece – 27-29 July 2018
WOW.18 / USA
@ Torrence Art Museum (Los Angeles/CA) – 21 July – 14 December 2018
WOW.19 / Bulgaria
@ Quarantine Film Festival Varna/Bulgaria – 12-14 July 2018
WOW.20 / Mexico
@ Codec International Video Art Festival Mexico City – September 2018
WOW.21. /India 6.0
@ Alliance Francaise du Bengale Kolkata/India – 10 November 2018
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2017
WOW.01 – India
@ Video Vortex XI @ Kochi Muziris Biennial 2016/2017
23-26 February 2017 – Kochi/Kerala/ India
WOW.02 / Brazil
@ TimeLine Video Art Festival
5-7 May 2017 – Belo Horizonte/Brazil
WOW.03 / India
@ Alliance Francaise du Bengal
28 April 2017 – Kolkata/India
5-7 May 2017 – Dharmasala/India
WOW.04 / Greece
@ TWIXTlab Athens
6-7 May 2017 – Athens/Greece
WOW.05 / Cyprus
@ 4th International Motion Festival Cyprus 2017
11-14 May 2017 – Nicosia/Cyprus
WOW.06 / Ecuador
@ MIVA – Muestra Internacional de Videoarte
@ Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Quito/Ecuador
23-25 August 2017
WOW.07 / India
23 September – Kolkata/India
WOW.08 / Venezuela
@ 3rd NodoCCS – Videoart Festival Caracas
21 & 26 October 2017
WOW.09 / Ethiopia
@ Addis Video Art Festival – Addis Ababa/Ethiopia
24 Dec 2017 – 4 Jan 2018
WOW.10 / India 4.0
@ 4th TENT Little Cinema International Festival
8-10 December 2017 – Kolkata/India
WOW.11 / Ukraine
@ @ International BarCamp – KARAZIN MEDIA SYMPOSIUM – December 16, 2017
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
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