The Duellists

Sound recording and composition for film 'The Duellists' Directed by David Valentine, Choreographed by Methods of Movement, Performed by Joe Livermore and James Hall. Commissioned and screened as part of Futuresonic 2007 in Manchester.

Screenings

Nordic Art School: 17th April 2007 Kokkola, Finland unofficial preview screening of the rough cut without soundtrack at evening lecture by David Valentine for students and teachers

E²Prom, Nordic Art School: 20th April 2007 Kokkola, Finland unofficial preview screening of the rough cut without soundtrack at E²Prom digital arts event being held as part of The Gift, Talent and Creativity International Seminar

Enter_Unknown Territories Festival 2007: 28th April Cambridge, UK official preview screening with unfinished soundtrack at Arts Picture House (cinema) with introduction by David Valentine as part of Art in the Expanded Field, a Futuresonic Presentation

Enter_Unknown Territories Festival 2007: 25th-29th April Cambridge UK preview screenings with unfinished soundtrack in the temporary MediaShed in Parker's Piece as part of Art in the Expanded Field, a Futuresonic Presentation

Futuresonic Festival 2007: Art for Shopping Centres 10th - 20th May 2007 Manchester, UK first official screenings of the finished film, screened continuously (loop play) using the infrastructure and shops of the Manchester Arndale shopping centre for 10 days

BBC NW Evening News/Breakfast News: 10th/11th May 2007, interview pieces and information on Futuresonic Festival - 4 million viewers – did they show extracts from the film?

Manchester Evening News: 10th May 2007 extract from the film on MEN website to accompany on-line and print news article

Futuresonic Festival 2007: Art for Shopping Centres 12th May Manchester, UK screened inside ‘Scotts’ clothing store in the Manchester Arndale shopping centre with an introduction and Q+A by David Valentine

Lovebytes Festvial 2007: 19th May Sheffield, UK screening at Access Space as part of a Mediashed/Futuresonic workshop on CCTV filmmaking entitled Video Sniffin’

Sonar 2007: 14th-16th June 2007 Barcelona, Spain screened continuously in Futuresonic area (loop play) during the festival as part of Futursonic presence

Leigh Art Trail 2007: 9th -16th June Leigh-on-Sea, UK screened continuously at Bang & Olufsen alongside previous CCTV movies made by David Valentine as part of a presentation of work by MediaShed

Futuresonic Festival 2007 workshop: 3rd June 2007: Manchester, UK screened at Contact Theatre as part of a Futuresonic/MediaShed workshop on CCTV filmmaking entitled Video Sniffin'

E²Prom, MediaShed: 17th June 2007 Southend-on-Sea, UK screened at E²Prom digital arts event

Source Code: Eyebeam Gallery 31st May - 11th August 2007 New York, US: continuous screening (loop play) in exhibition celebrating 10 years of technology based projects

Apple Store Manchester Arndale: 23rd August 2007 Manchester UK screened at the end of a music composition workshop with the Manchester Halle Orchestra with original and new soundtrack composed by young people aged 11-18

sidewalkCINEMA: 30th August - 8th September 2007 Vienna, Austria screened on the streets of Vienna – winner Audience 3rd Prize

Ars Electronica: 26 September 2007 Linz, Austria screened as part of a MediaShed talk at Goodbye Privacy sympiosium

www.reelshow.tv September/October, on-line IPTV channel film magazine show – features interviews with David Valentine and Hybernation cut together with excerpts from the film followed by a screening of the whole film.

Video Vortex: Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst 20th October – 2nd December 2007, Amsterdam screened continuously (loop play)

Arte.MOV 15th - 18th November 2007 Belo Horizonte, Brazil to be screened continuously (loop play) at the international media art festival alongside access to the MediaShed website

Big Issue Film Festival, Barbican London, UK, 27th-29th November 2007, film screened on the 27th November (gala awards ceremony 29th November 2007) short listed for the Big Issue Film Festival Award

Surveillance season, South Hill Park, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK: 1st December 2007 – 20th January 2008 screened continuously with other surveillance themed films from dusk until 11pm in Atrium Bar during season of surveillance exhibitions, same set up for gallery preview on 30th November 2007 plus screening in 60 seat cinema 18th January 2008 as part of Conspiracy Dwellings symposium http://www.digitalmediacentre.org

Power & Space Conference 7th-8th December 2007 Cambridge, UK screened continuously (loop play) for the duration of the conference with a selection of other films about the usage of urban space and architecture