Monday 08 Mar To Sunday 14 Mar 2010
08
Film: Ten Skies (2004)
8 Mar 2010, 9 p.m.
Ten Skies is one of the great works of US experimental filmmaker James Benning: ten shots of the sky, each lasting ten minutes.
09
Event: Tyneside Claimants Union Meeting
9 Mar 2010, 11 a.m.
We are a group of people who meet together to act collectively to solve problems with the benefits system. Anyone is welcome to join us, particularly people claiming benefits of any sort (e.g. JSA, ESA, DLA, Incapacity Benefit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, Carers Allowance, Child Tax Credit, Pension Credit, etc.), and unemployed workers, unwaged people, etc.
09
Event: English Language Conversation Group
9 Mar 2010, 4 p.m.
An English Langauge Conversation group for asylum seekers, refugees and other students of English. All welcome: volunteers and learners alike.
09
Gig: Av Festival & No-Fi: Atsuhiro Ito
9 Mar 2010, 8 p.m.
Japan’s Atsuhiro Ito performs using his device the Optron, essentially fluorescent light tubes with integrated guitar pick-ups sent through a guitar amp stack. Produced by NO-FI.
10
Film: Power Down
10 Mar 2010, 9 p.m.
With only communal energy and candles as fuel, expect to see mesmerising pre-cinematic technologies and early animation devices including shadow puppetry, magic lanterns and the predecessor of the zoetrope…
11
Film: Craig Baldwin: Mock Up On Mu (2008)
11 Mar 2010, 9 p.m.
Special guest appearance by Craig Baldwin, filmmaker and founder of the Other Cinema in San Francisco. Mock Up On Mu (114 mins) is a radical mix of spy, sci-fi, Western and even horror genres.
12
Event: Datarama - Av Festival 2010
12 Mar 2010, 8:30 p.m.
Datarama is a democratic data-sharing event: a show-and-tell session for all people who like to make interesting things with technology.
13
Event: New Volunteer Induction
13 Mar 2010, 11 a.m.
13
Event: Crafty Diy Session
13 Mar 2010, noon
1st in a series of lo-tech, non-expert skillshares and creative sessions, run by whoever turns up on the 2nd Saturday of the month (which is also volunteer induction day).
13
Event: Nothing Is New, Everything Is Permitted
13 Mar 2010, 9 p.m.
This incredible evening includes live performances by artists, musicians and poets who have creatively dissected, recycled and quoted.
14
Film: Waltz With Bashir (2008)
14 Mar 2010, 2 p.m.
Waltz with Bashir (Hebrew: ואלס עם באשיר - Vals Im Bashir) is a 2008 Israeli animated documentary film written and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman in search of his lost memories from the 1982 Lebanon War. To be followed by a talk with Miri Weingarten of Israeli Physicians for Human Rights.
14
Event: Lucky Dragons - Av Festival Closing Party!
14 Mar 2010, 9 p.m.
The Festival closing party harnesses all of the human energy of the past 10 days…