The local artists involved in the programme were mainly musicians – particularly at the SEAS Club (Exit Club) where local band Boogaz and several local DJs proposed by Ukr.Tele.Kom and selected by the SEAS Club team played nightly. The SEAS Club Blog contains some images of the club night. The World Launch Grand Finale, which [Read more...]
Ionut Cioana, Romanian visual artist, created a light installation in the Mangalia lighthouse. Bucharest based DJ/VJs Cristi Stefanescu and Daniel Gontz (Electric Brother) performed at the SEAS Club in Manglia. See the SEAS Club blog. The cross-border theme of SEAS Coastal also ran through the local programme: Menthor’s project Constanta Caz was presented in the [Read more...]
Istanbul 2010, as the co-curator, put a lot of effort and resources into the local programme: this both established the reputation of the Istanbul 2010 as a presenter and made the SEAS programme more marketable to different audience groups. It contained a mixture of popular and contemporary artists, including the highly entertaining band Baba Zula [Read more...]
SEAS Helsingør/Helsingborg & Copenhagen was hosted by the festivals Passage 09 and KIT’s Metropolis Festival. The festival programmes presented both local and international artists. Two old SEAS productions were brought to life though, one in its original form and the other in a variation. Helsingør The company, Signa, who had created the Black Sea Oracle [Read more...]
The “Seas Local” part of the programme involved several Swedish artists in site-specific or site related interventions. These included The Harbour Project by Viktoria Alarik and Pia Nordin and Tillfälligt återtagande/Ockupation av en allmänning by Joakim Stampe. An official opening concert of music, dance, poetry and performance was held as a part of the Gothenburg [Read more...]
Guest performance Septemberdans 2009 / Nasjonal Balletten – NO – dance performance 4 commissioned local projects selected on open call: Elsewhere / Per Martinsen – NO – sound and video installation Benker / Arvid Sveen – NO – outdoor visual installation Rising water / Amund Sjolie Sveen – NO – outdoor sound and visual installation [Read more...]
31 local events were programmed, some newly commissioned by ELDC, the largest local programme during the SEAS tours. From the beginning of discussions in 2006, the East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) thought it vital that SEAS should have a strong community focus to ensure that local residents felt that the event belonged to them. ELDC [Read more...]
Two local performances were included in the SEAS X Batumi programme. Banana and Quince Pudding in Cognac and Rome by Ilia Chavchavadze Batumi State Drama Theatre An eccentric comic tale with a touch of the grotesque, played out in a family’s ordinary kitchen, illustrating Georgia’s recent history and the tragic events of the Russian invasion [Read more...]
