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AURORA is an annual festival in Norwich, UK which focuses on the moving image in the most diffuse sense. A uniquely multidisciplinary, progressive event, it fuses artist retrospectives and thematic film programmes with discussion events, live performance and installations, alongside the very best new work from across the world for space and screen. AURORA 2009: Common GroundExploring the multiple possible readings of the theme Common Ground, the festival this year strays from anthropology and ethnographic studies to explorations of myth, ritual, and the representation of reality, via social history and folklore—and into questions of ecology and the natural world, coloured by the history of social activism and direct action. Highlights of the uniquely intimate, focused Festival Weekend (13 - 15 November) include programmes of work by artists Jem Cohen (New York) and Milena Gierke (Berlin), attended by the artists themselves; discussion sessions; extensive thematic film programmes; and performance from the great Alasdair Roberts, amongst others. The Festival Week (5 - 12 November) includes workshops by Alex Mackenzie (Toronto) and Richard Wright (London), alongside exhibitions, performance, screenings and more. More information on the programme will follow in August. To stay up-to-date, join our mailing list » |
AURORA BlogFor news, opinion and discussion - some wildly irrelevant - go to the new AURORA blog and join in the fun by adding your thoughts. Edition 2 DVDThe new AURORA DVD, Edition 2, features ten of the best new artists' works in the moving image from across the world. It's now available to purchase from the AURORA shop. AURORA 2008: The Infinite Measure bookThe publication for AURORA 2008 features exclusive essays by leading curators and writers, including Henriette Huldisch, Chris Petit, Iain Sinclair, Thomas Beard, Robert Beavers and Binna Choi. A limited-edition hardback book, it is available to buy online from the AURORA shop now.
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Latest newsChapter screening rescheduledThe AURORA tour screening at Chapter has been rescheduled to 7 March. More... AURORA blog onlineWe've joined the ranks of the socially-networked. Find out more here... AURORA Tour 09 starts in MarchThe AURORA Tour starts this year with dates in Cardiff and Newcastle confirmed already. More... Talk by Adam Pugh at Wysing Arts ContemporaryFestival Director Adam Pugh will talk about programming and the philosophy behind AURORA at Wysing Arts in Cambridgeshire this February. More... Awardwinners 2008Details of the award-winning films for AURORA 2008 are now online. More... Panel confirmed for Ongoing Moments eventThe lineup for the Ongoing Moments, Fleeting Lifetimes discussion event has been confirmed. More... |