Swansea’s annual underground & politically charged film festival is just around the corner.
With a program of events including short movies, radical documentaries, music videos and animation, the festival hosted by Undercurrents reveals truly underground and challenging films that shouldn’t be missed.
“Friday 30th November @ Monkey Cafe
Undercurrents Beyond TV Festival kicks off in style with a party at Monkey to celebrate the launch of their new surf flick On the Push.
Featuring music from;
The Savage Jazz http://www.thesavagejazz.com/
and Kali Mist http://profile.myspace.com/kalimist05
Saturday and Sunday 1st and 2nd December
Follow it up with radical, thought-provoking, funny, shocking indy films at the Taliesin.
The soon to be opened Elysium Gallery (formerly the Exposure Gallery) are seeking artists for solo or group shows and one off events.
Artists working in any media are welcome; e.g. Installation, Interactive/Open Studio, Film,Music, Photography, 3D, Performance, Experimental or Sound etc.
Multimedia artist, Thomas Jerome Newton, has one of his tracks featured on BBC Radio 1’s Best of Unsiged Podcast this week. It also got airplay on Huw Stephens’ radio show here.
The track, Kites, which has been remixed by Newton, is also available on the ‘Radical Turf presents: Hello Future?’ compilation from Radical Turf Records.
You can listen to more of Newton’s tracks and watch his experimental ‘Timestream’ films at his MySpace page or his Timestream Arts website.
Undercurrents have started a video blog, allowing you to easily download & share their films.
The project, named Offline TV, is still in early stages but you can already watch a short introductory film that includes Hamish’s solar-powered video production suite (on a beach in the Canary Isles)!
The site is powered by Broadcast Machine: a free, open-source tool that lets you easily create video blogs on your website. Plus the downloads are compatible with RSS, bittorrent, iTunes etc.
You can download the videos directly from the Offline TV website, or alternatively you can subscribe using Democracy, another free program which gives you access to loads more Internet TV channels (like Adult Swim and ZeFrank).
The Consortia plan to develop Digital Media practices in Wales by hosting events & lectures and distributing resources via the web and DVD.
Alan Summers is set to give a short introductory talk about the project on Wednesday 7th February at Swansea’s Waterfront Museum, taking place before John Hardy’s presentation: “The Role of Music in Animation and Film”. To register for this event you’ll need to visit the amperSAND website.
