EAT MY VIDEO SCREENINGS LAUNCHED IN CAPE TOWN

Wednesday, 26 September 2007
8:30pm, running time: 90 minutes
Labia Cinema on Orange, Cape Town
Admission R50
One screening only

Eat My Video features a selection of quality international music videos that will be screened at the Labia cinema on Wednesday, 26 September.

Eat My Video (EMV) originated in Belgium and currently operates from London. The organisation’s aim is to screen high-quality music videos by young talented directors in a cinematic environment.

The Cape Town screening will not only feature the work of new up-and-coming directors, but will also showcase some of the hottest new bands on the international circuit, including UNKLE, zZz, Tunng and Shitdisco. The selection of videos will be introduced and discussed by Canadian director Jaron Albertin, who has directed for Maximo Park, Emily Haines, Death From Above 1979 and Cut Copy.

EMV Founder Gerrie Smits says: “Our aim with these events is to introduce people to the music and videos you don’t often see on mainstream television, in an environment where you can truly appreciate the work. A big part of our being in Cape Town is to foster a cultural exchange through our direct relationship with international directors.”

The Cape Town screening is the result of a collaboration between Eat My Video (Belgium) and the Bowling Club (South Africa) – a new initiative devoted to local and international cultural exchange.

Tickets are limited and can be purchased at the Labia Cinema prior to the screening and on the evening at the door.

** THE SELECTION **

Band, Title, Director

UNKLE, Burn My Shadow, Miguel Sapochnik
Willowz, Jubilee, Toben Seymour
zZz, Grip, Roel Wauters
The Hours, Ali In The Jungle, Jonas Odell
Bat For Lashes, What’s A Girl To Do, Dougal Wilson
Shitdisco, OK, Price James
Tunng, Bullets, Tom Haines
Animal Collective, Peacebone, Timothy Saccenti
Maps, To The Sky, Minivegas
Junior Boys, In The Morning, Jaron Albertin
Emily Haines, Dr Blind, Jaron Albertin
Metric, Empty, Jaron Albertin
DFA 1979, Sexy Results, Jaron Albertin
Circlesquare , 7 Minutes, Jaron Albertin
Cut Copy, Future, Jaron Albertin
Ascii Disko, Strassen, Jaron Albertin  

FAUNA & FLORA
CHAPTER 2 OF THE BOWLING CLUB

Gazelle CD Launch Friday 2nd March

with special guests
Tribal Need, MtKidu, Dario and The Wedding DJ’s
and introducing The sex life of plants by botanist Anton Pauw.

The Crusader Bowling Club (next to Sea Point Police Station). 7pm.

Dresscode: Any.

THE BOWLING CLUB, VOLUME 1, CHAPTER 1

The Bowling Club, a new Cape Town-based cultural club launches this month with a series of international music collaborations, lectures and performances. Bosnian-born, Swiss-based accordionist Mario Batkovic, radical Swiss performance group VELMA, independent global soundscape initiative Norient and local musicians including Adamu, Kesivan Naidoo and Wesley Rustin will be performing in the club’s first meeting.

Solo Balkan Sounds
Date: Thursday 25 January 2007
Venue: St Georges Cathedral top end of St Georges Mall
Time: 17h30 – 18h30
Entrance: Free and open to the public
Acclaimed Bosnian-born, Swiss-based accordion player Mario Batkovic (www.batkovic.com) presents a solo concert featuring his trademark blend of gypsy jives, Balkans blasts, tender classical strains and some funky twists.

Sounds from the edges, radical performances & cross-cultural musical collabs
Date: 27 January 2007
Venue: Crusader Bowling Club (next to Sea Point Police station)
Time: 17h30 for 18h00 Sharp
Entrance: R50
Dress: Bowling
Programme:
18h00: Swiss-based Norient (www.norient.com) present Soundscapes From The Edges, a sound lecture focused on politics, propaganda, war and exoticism in the contemporary music.
20h00: Accordionist Mario Batkovic in collaboration with Angolan-born Afro-Latin-jazz fusion vocalist Adamu, jazz double bassist Wesley Rustin and firebrand jazz drummer Kesivan Naidoo.
22h00: Swiss experimental band, Velma (www.velma.ch) in an extravagant audio-visual assault that combines everything from neo-gothic dark theatricality to ultra-modern high-concepualism, 70s kitsch-camp shock-art schlock and post modern electro-art wit.