The Papay Gyro Nights Art Festival 06.02.-13.02.2012/ Papay-Papay in Meiri, Scotland

PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS ART FESTIVAL is an international contemporary art festival (mainly experimental film and video art in connection with visual art, performance, music and architecture) holding place in unique settings of extreme remoteness of the island Papa Westray (aka Papay, or Papey in Meiri), and in the time of extreme winter weather conditions. The idea of the festival has originated from the ancient Papay tradition of The Night of The Gyros (or Gygr, Gryla, Grylur, Grøleks, Skeklers as its know in other Nordic countries), which till the beginning of 20s century was celebrated on the island in the first full moon of February. Against as reconstructing what is gone and almost forgotten, the Festival is a reflection on the folktale, the island’s landscape and heritage, as well as interpretation of tradition and ritual, through new developments in art, music and architecture. The Festival is a Research lab and the place for a discussion about interaction between new media and ideas in relation to tradition and ritual. During the Festival the Island will be transformed into the art space and artworks will be screened and exhibited in old farm buildings, boat house, workshps, ruins and open landscape

PROGRAM:

MN 6.02: PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS 2012 OPENING
7PM @ BELTANE
GYRO TALK
SHORT FILM
8PM @
FIRE LIT PROCESSION FROM BELTANE TO THE OLD PIER AND BONFIRE
9PM @ KELP STORE
VIDEO THEATRE: Olivier de Sagazan: TRANSFIGURATION
BOOK LAUNCH: Antonio Nodar: FROM PORTRAIT TO SELFPORTRAIT
+ SUPERGYRO SUPPER: braveheart’s experimental cuisine and extreme beverages

TU 7.02
12PM – 2PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
GYRO SEMINAR #1 CONVERSATIONS AND LATE BREAKFAST : TEA, COFFEE, HOME BAKED BREADS AND SPREADS
2PM – 4PM @ GRAIN LOFT
LAPW RESIDENCIES: Genetic Moo: THE NAUTILUS AND THE NAUTILOID
2PM – 6PM GUIDED SCREENINGS @ VARIOUS LOCATIONS
SITE-SPECIFIC CINEMA PART #1:
SHORT FILMS & VIDEO ART
6PM – 8PM TEA / DINNER @ BELTANE
FESTIVAL’S RESTARAUNT IS OPEN. SEE MENU FOR DETAILS / BOOKING RECOMENDED
8PM @ BELTANE
FEATURE FILM: Yulene Olaizola: ARTIFICIAL PARADISES

tickets: 5 / 2.50

WN 8.02
12PM – 2PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
GYRO SEMINAR #2 CONVERSATIONS AND LATE BREAKFAST : TEA, COFFEE, HOME BAKED BREADS AND SPREADS
2PM – 4PM @ GRAIN LOFT
LAPW RESIDENCIES: Genetic Moo: THE NAUTILUS AND THE NAUTILOID
2PM – 5PM GUIDED SCREENINGS @ VARIOUS LOCATIONS
SITE-SPECIFIC CINEMA PART #2:
SHORT FILMS & VIDEO ART
5.00PM @ BELTANE
DOCUMENTRY: Kaspar Astrup Schröder: MY PLAYGROUND

6PM – 8PM TEA / DINNER @ BELTANE
FESTIVAL’S RESTARAUNT IS OPEN. SEE MENU FOR DETAILS / BOOKING RECOMENDED
8PM @ KELP STORE
FESTIVAL EXCHANGE:
NOVA (Northern Video Art Network)
EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO ART FROM ICELAND, FINLAND AND SWEDEN

TH 9.02
12PM – 2PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
GYRO SEMINAR #3 CONVERSATIONS AND LATE BREAKFAST : TEA, COFFEE, HOME BAKED BREADS AND SPREADS
2PM – 4PM @ GRAIN LOFT
WORKSHOP: Genetic Moo: THE NAUTILUS AND THE NAUTILOID
2PM – 5PM GUIDED SCREENINGS @ VARIOUS LOCATIONS
SITE-SPECIFIC CINEMA PART #3:
SHORT FILMS & VIDEO ART
5.00PM @ BELTANE
DOCUMENTRY: Tom Hovinbøle: NOR NOISE

6PM – 8PM TEA / DINNER @ BELTANE
FESTIVAL’S RESTARAUNT IS OPEN. SEE MENU FOR DETAILS / BOOKING RECOMENDED
8PM @ KELP STORE
16MM / RETROSPECTIVE:
Patrick Bokanowski:
L’ANGE / THE ANGEL
DÉJEUNER DU MATIN / BREAKFAST
LA FEMME QUI SE POUDRE / A WOMAN POWDERS HERSELF

tickets: 5 / 2.50

FR 10.02
12PM – 2PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
GYRO SEMINAR #4 CONVERSATIONS AND LATE BREAKFAST : TEA, COFFEE, HOME BAKED BREADS AND SPREADS
2PM @ BELTANE
STORYTELLING:
Tom Muir and Fran Flett Hollinrake
Family Folktales
Join Orkney storytellers Tom Muir and Fran Flett Hollinrake on a journey to far away lands filled with magic and wonder. A celebration of traditional folktales for all ages.
tickets: free
2PM – 4PM @ GRAIN LOFT
LAPW RESIDENCIES: Genetic Moo: THE NAUTILUS AND THE NAUTILOID
4PM – 6PM @ KELP STORE
VIDEO THEATRE: Filippos Tsitsopoulos:
THE MADRIGAL OF THE EXPLOSION OF THE WISE WHALE

6PM – 8PM TEA / DINNER @ BELTANE
FESTIVAL’S RESTARAUNT IS OPEN. SEE MENU FOR DETAILS / BOOKING RECOMENDED
7PM @ ST. BONIFACE KIRK
STORYTELLING:
Tom Muir and Fran Flett Hollinrake
Creepy Tales from the Kirk.
Shiver as Orkney storytellers Tom Muir and Fran Flett Hollinrake tell a selection of scary stories of ghosts and monsters from around the world. Just the thing for a dark winter’s night.
tickets: 5 / 2.50

ST 11.02
12PM – 2PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
GYRO SEMINAR #5 CONVERSATIONS AND LATE BREAKFAST : TEA, COFFEE, HOME BAKED BREADS AND SPREADS
2PM – 4PM @ GRAIN LOFT
LAPW RESIDENCIES: Genetic Moo: THE NAUTILUS AND THE NAUTILOID
2PM – 6PM: EXHIBITION @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
SHORT FILM & VIDEO ART
ARCHITECTURE: MAD / Multiplicities / Valerio Olgiati
LAPW RESIDENCIES: Armando Seijo. gyro nights paintings
6PM – 8PM TEA / DINNER @ BELTANE
FESTIVAL’S RESTARAUNT IS OPEN. SEE MENU FOR DETAILS / BOOKING RECOMENDED
8PM @ KELP STORE
LIVE MUSIC:
BIRD RADIO

tickets: 5 / 2.50

SU 12.02
12PM – 2PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
GYRO SEMINAR #6 CONVERSATIONS AND LATE BREAKFAST : TEA, COFFEE, HOME BAKED BREADS AND SPREADS
2PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
WORKSHOP: BIRD RADIO
Flutes, Bones, Drums and Loops
2PM – LATE: EXHIBITION @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
SHORT FILM & VIDEO ART (RE-PLAY)
ARCHITECTURE: MAD / Multiplicities / Valerio Olgiati
LAPW RESIDENCIES: Armando Seijo. gyro nights paintings
5PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
DOCUMENTRY: André V Larsen: FAR OUT – ORKA

6PM – 8PM FISH’N’CHIPS: take away / eat in
9PM – @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
FEATURE FILM: Bertrand Mandico: BORO IN THE BOX

tickets: 5 / 2.50

MN 13.02: EDUCATIONAL VISITS
12PM – 6PM: EXHIBITION @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
SHORT FILM & VIDEO ART
ARCHITECTURE: MAD / Multiplicities / Valerio Olgiati
LAPW RESIDENCIES: Armando Seijo. gyro nights paintings
4PM: KNAP O HOWAR 2012 ART PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT

WORKSHOPS:

ST 4.02. 2PM – 4PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
FIRETORCH MAKING AND AN INTRODUCTION INTO FIRE EATING

TH 9.02. 2PM @ GRAIN LOFT
Genetic Moo: Spirals, Skin and Slides Workshop

Come along and create 3D spirals, bits of skin, and hand-made projector slides.

We will be using straws to create spiralling double helixes; ancient paperfolding techniques to create spirals and hexaflexagons, latex to cast skin like surfaces, and what ever materials we can lay our hands on to create projection slides.

At the end of the session you can either take your creations with you or contribute them to our Nautiloid installation.

THE NAUTILOID
The Nautiloid was an invented species in the science fiction novel Star Maker which was written by Olaf Stapledon in 1937. In it he describes a history of the entire universe billions of years into the future and the fantastical genetically engineered aliens and civilizations that live there. The Nautiloids lived on a planet covered entirely by oceans and evolved their snail like bodies into rowing boats and sailing ships.

We will be building a Nautiloid inspired screen over the course of the festival – day by day. It will be a low-tech sculpture, made out of rope, string, latex, lycra, and found materials, consisting of many small parts. Hand-made slides will be projected on to its surfaces. The projected slides will be created using basic art materials and simple objects found on the island – for example bits of lichen or seaweed.

SU 12.02, 2PM @ PAPEY LISTSKJUL
BIRD RADIO: Flutes, Bones, Drums and Loops

FESTIVAL SHOP & OFFICE
IS OPEN DURING THE FESTIVAL

http://www.papaygyronights.papawestray.org/PGN2012.html