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2006 IMAGES FESTIVAL'S INSTALLATION GUIDE AND HANDBOOK
Ready for download, this map and handbook will allow you to explore installation work and new media projects in Toronto's gallery district at your own pace. A brief summary of the concepts in installation art, pre-visit activities and questions to provoke discussion while visiting the installations are included in this free handbook. Visit www.imagesfestival.com to download your copy.

A GUIDED WALKING TOUR TO THE 2006 IMAGES FESTIVAL'S INSTALLATION PROJECTS:
Saturday, April 15, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Join Toronto artist, curator writer and IF tour guide Sally McKay for a free guided walking tour of the installation and new media projects exhibited in this year's Images Off Screen.

INSTALLATION AUDIOWALKS:
CD-Roms and downloadable mp3's will be available for keen installation art viewers who wish to explore Images Off Screen works at their own pace. Artists discuss their work, motivations and process in this invaluable resource for new and seasoned installation art fans. Cost for CD-Roms is $1; downloadable mp3's (available at www.imagesfestival.com) are FREE.

YOUTH SCREENINGS:
The NFB Mediatheque in partnership with the Toronto Animated Image Society and The Images Festival present a series of youth oriented screenings that serve as a good introduction to experimental film and video for students in grades 10 through 12. All screenings will be presented from April 18-20, @ 2:45pm at National Film Board of Canada's John Street location. Screening Cost: $2.00 per youth with pre-booked group; educators accompanying a group are free. Check the Images website for program details!

ADULT WORKSHOPS:
Sunday, April 16 - 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Trinity Square Video (376-401 Richmond Street West)
Internationally exhibited artist and TSV Artist-in-Residence, Michael Campbell, will discuss the challenges and opportunities for expanding video beyond the single-projection. Space is limited to 10 students. Admission: $25 Trinity Square Video members / $30 non-members Check out www.trinitysquarevideo.com for more details or email aubrey@trinitysquarevideo.com to reserve a space.

Tuesday, April 18 & Thursday, April 20 - 6-10 PM
L.I.F.T - The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (171 East Liberty Street, Suite 301)
Internationally renowned experimental filmmaker Nicky Hamlyn will teach this two-day evening workshop which will include a full Bolex camera introduction, hands-on instruction and group discussion of works created in the course. Admission: $70 for members / $85 for non-members. Workshop fee includes materials. Check out lift.on.ca for more details or email workshops@lift.on.ca to reserve a space.

THE WITNESSED CITY: A PRODUCTION RESIDENCY AT CHARLES STREET VIDEO
Screening time: Thursday, April 13, 8:00 PM
Images Festival and Charles Street Video present Nobuo Kubota and Annette Mangaard's Sounds Kubata Sounds a 10 minute experimental collaboration that chronicles the history of free form sound art in Toronto from the 1960's through to present day. This history is told through the eyes, sounds and memories of Nobuo Kubota who has been, and continues to be, an active member of the sound-art community.

*Nobuo Kubota will also be performing live immediately preceding Susie Ibarra and Lori Freedman in concert Tuesday, April 18, 9pm at The Gladstone Hotel. Tix are $20. Buy your tickets for the Ibarra/Freedman performance online at www.imagesfestival.com

FREE ARTIST TALKS:
For audiences interested in more thorough dialogue about contemporary media art, Images is hosting a series of afternoon discussions with many of the key artists represented at the festival. Of special interest is Images' new "Talk to the Pie" speakers series, an unbeatable combination of totally profound cultural discourse and FREE PIE (while it lasts). All discussion events are free to attend and open for audience questions and comments.

Friday, April 14 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm @ A Space (401 Richmond Street West, Suite 110)
Dutch artist and cultural analyst Mieke Bal in discussion with Canadian film/video artist Mike Hoolboom, creator of Images' Opening Night feature Fascination. Moderated by Lisa Steele

Monday, April 17 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm @ Gladstone Hotel Art Bar, 1214 Queen Street West
Artists Tony Cokes, Steve Reinke, Deirdre Logue and moderator Daniel Cockburn discuss pop music, memory and the body.

Wednesday, April 19 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm @ Gladstone Hotel Art Bar, 1214 Queen Street West
Artists Laiwan, John Oswald and moderator Chris Gehman discuss varied uses of music and sound.

Thursday, April 20 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm @ Camera Bar, 1028 Queen Street West
Artists Vincent Grenier, John Price and moderator Jeremy Rigsby discuss their recent film works.

Thursday, April 20 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm @ Goethe-Institut, 163 King Street West
Guest curator Marc Glöde (Berlin) and Toronto cultural critic, writer and curator John Bentley Mays discuss the historical influence of visual media on architecture and urban planning.
Also...
Saturday, April 15 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm @ Camera Bar, 1028 Queen Street West
Canadian filmmaker Clive Holden (of Trains of Winnipeg fame) introduces and presents a "virtual tour" of his new online multimedia project, Utopia Suite.

Sunday, April 16 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm @ York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, 231 Queens Quay West
"Timeless" Artist Talk - Guest curator Peter Ride (UK) conducts a walkthrough of the "Timeless" group exhibition, with artists Chris Welsby (Canada), Rebecca Cummins (USA) Jane Prophet (UK), Susan Collins (UK) and Suky Best (UK).

Saturday, April 22 - 2:00pm @ Le Laboratoire d'art, 55 Mill Street, Cannery Building #58, Studio 317
Perte de Signal Artist Talk & DVD Launch. Please note that this launch and artist talk will be taking place in French. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez contacter BRAVO-Sud au
416.861.1853 / bravosud@yahoo.com.

IMAGES ABOUT TOWN:
2006 Images Festival At The Toronto Public Library (789 Yonge St.)
Friday, May 5 - 7:00 PM
The Images Festival presents the 2006 Festival award winners during a special free "Best of Fest" public screening at the Yonge and Bloor Toronto Reference Library's newly renovated Main Stage. FREE!


The Images Festival is made possible thanks to our gracious funders: The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, Telefilm Canada and The Ontario Trillium Foundation.

IMAGES FESTIVAL - April 13-22, 2006
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 448
Toronto. Ontario M5V 3A8 Canada
T 416.971.8405
F 416.971.7412
www.imagesfestival.com

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