8th Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video and Music Festival 2017: CROSSING OVER
24-26 November 2017 in Kuala Lumpur
Checkmate Creative, No 6, 4th Floor, Jalan Panggong, 50150 KL
RAW Art Space, 8, 4th Floor Jalan Panggong, 50150 KL
The theme of this year’s international festival of experimental film, video and music is CROSSING OVER. The program includes: KLEX open programmes, international guest programmes, artists’ lectures and audio-visual performances.
KLEX is an independent, artist-run grassroots international festival of experimental film, video art and music founded in Malaysia in 2010.
KLEX 2017 has received 200 submissions via the open call, from Malaysia and around the world, including Argentina, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Italy, Singapore, Spain, UK, USA and Vietnam. From these submissions, the curatorial committee Chris Chong Chan Fui, Fabrizio Gilardino, Kok Siew Wai and Usen Leong have selected 30 experimental shorts from the open call to create three KLEX open programs.
KLEX 2017 will showcase five programmes from Germany, Japan, Singapore and South Korea.
Max Hattler, an award-winning German new media artist and assistant professor at City University of Hong Kong, will be present at the festival to introduce his program of short animation works and to conduct an artist lecture.
Screenings at Checkmate Creative with German involvement:
Sat, 25 Nov@4pm: Feature artist from Germany Max Hattler
Sun, 26 Nov@1pm: Artists’ lectures by Max Hattler (DE), Shinkan Tamaki (JP) and E Lee Loong (SG)
Admission By Suggested Donation:
Artists’ Lectures: Free admission
Video Screenings: RM10/public, RM8/student
Music & AV Performances: RM25/public, RM20/student
For the full KLEX 2017 programme, please visit the link below.
http://www.klexfilmfest.com/festival-schedule-2/
KLEX 2017 is supported by the Goethe-Institut Malaysia.
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