City One Minutes at Lumineus Amersfoort

A one minute video I made in collaboration with artist Smriti Mehra for the City One Minutes foundation has been selected for a show at ‘Lumineus Amersfoort’ festival. From 11th November to 30th December 2009 the old town of Amersfoort, Netherlands, will be illuminated, accompanied by a city tour along 10 contemporary art works/ multimedia installations in public spaces. The One Minutes will show a selection of videos projected on the windows of two old houses. The locations are Lange Gracht and Havik. Lange Gracht can be seen on 10 November during the opening but the projection at location Havik will start only on 27 November.

The opening is Tuesday 10 November 2009 at 16.30 hrs. More information is available on www.lumineusamersfoort.nl

Our one minute video was shot between 6-7am at Bangalore city’s K.R flower market.

cityoneminutes.org

Three one minute films I made with artist Smriti Mehra for Bangalore’s City One Minutes project have now been added to the cityoneminutes.org website. As well as our films, you can also see the contributions of the other artists involved in the project.

Our one minute videos were shot between the hours of 6-7am (K.R Flower Market), 3-4pm (Lithographic Printers) and 7-8pm (Yelahanka Street Parade).

Are you curious to know how people live on the other side of the world? What does Moscow look like between three and four in the afternoon? What happens in Rio de Janeiro between eleven and twelve at night?

See the personal impressions of city life which artists across the globe have filmed. Follow what happens from hour to hour in more than hundred cities on cityoneminutes.org.

In City One Minutes life in each city is divided into 24 one minute portraits, each depicting one hour of the day.  Every film is a personal impression of the city in which the artist lives or in which he is staying.

City One Minutes, Bangalore

Two one-minute video sketches made last week in collaboration with video artist Smriti Mehra for the City One Minutes project.

In the City One Minutes project life in each city is divided into 24 one minute portraits, each depicting one hour of the day. Every film is a personal impression of the city in which the artist lives.

Our first video was shot at Bangalore’s KR flower market between 06:00-07:00, the second was shot at Balaji Lithographers, Majestic between 15:00-16:00.

The videos of all the artists that participated will be viewable online at cityoneminutes.org in the next few weeks. Thanks to Selby Gildemacher from the Art Group Piek! and Zackery Denfield for organizing the project in Bangalore.