PEA and Centrala present the best video art from the Points or View Video Festival, originally taking place in Łódź, Poland since 2011. The Festival is a platform for the presentation of current video works made by students and recent graduates from fine art academies in Poland, as well as artists from Łódź’s partner cities: Vilnius and Berlin. The Birmingham presentation comprises a selection of videos shown in Łódź between 2011 and 2013 and a selection from Vilnius and Berlin. The weekend includes a special screening featuring works by internationally acclaimed Polish artist Artur Żmijewski.VIDEO SCREENINGS WEEKEND PROGRAMME SATURDAY 26 JULY 2014 16:00—21: 00 16:00 • Videos from the UK & Poland 17:00 • Videos by Artur Żmijewski 18:00 • Talk by Jakub Majmurek, an expert on Artur Żmijewski 19:00 • Videos from Lithuania & Germany SUNDAY 27 JULY 2014 16:00—21:00 16:00 • Performance by Home for Waifs and Strays 17:00 • Videos from Poland 18:00 • Videos from Lithuania 19:00 • Videos from Germany Artists: Germany: George Drivas, Eduardo S. Mayorga, Faye Mullen, Iris Musolf, Gabriele Stelbaum, Ewa Surowiec, Clemens Wilhelm, Nuno Vicente Lithuania: Šalnė Bučiūtė, Eglė Butkutė, Gediminas G. Akstinas, Gintaras Didţiapetris, Antanas Gerlikas, Tadas Kanapinskas, Ţymantas Katinas, Saulius Kmieliauskas, Donata Minderytė, Marija Olšauskaite, Petras Olšauskas Poland: Małgorzata Goliszewska, Tomasz Koszewik, Magdalena Lazar, Justyna Misiuk, Maria Ornaf, Katarzyna Pacura, Piotr Światoniowski, Mikolaj Tkacz, Hubert Wińczyk, Agata Witkowska, Paweł Żukowski UK: Sophie Bullock, Denise Brighton, Tereza Buskova, Craig Green, Stuart Layton, Grace Williams, Ioannis Voulgaris The weekend is organised in collaboration with the Points of View Video Festival and Stowarzyszenie Kultura Aktywna thanks to the support of the Polish Cultural Institute in London. The first day of the weekend will coincide with Warwick Bar Summer Fete, a moveable feast of Bikes, Art and Food. Drop into our Family Picnic between 1 and 3pm. http://centrala-space.org.uk http://polishexpats.org.uk 
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