Platform2 presents: Platform Parade for the Future Sunday, June 15th 4:00 - 5:30 PM Meet outside Park Street Station (in Boston) under the giant blue wave and join the Parade for the Future to celebrate what hasn't happened yet - the impending submergence of our city under water due to climate change. To Participate: Wear blue, trick out your bike, bring your kids & pets, wear a costume or just show up. Pierce Warnecke: NTH Synthesis NTH Synthesis just released their second EP, 'Prone', on BEE Records in France Dual disc, 5 song and three video release that you can get here: cd1d.com M5 & The 86 Collective present ECHO. A curated competition solliciting the most radical examples of work being produced in all fields of new media. The project seeks to expand this dialogue by showcasing original and insightful interpretations of the hyper-reflective relationship between technology and reality. The event will exhibit these efforts in a gallery setting for a limited period of time. A juried panel determines which projects best adhere to the specified requirements. mfive.org SEMICONDUCTOR just completed a new work: Matter in Motion, commissioned by Careof gallery in Milan, Italy. It will be exhibited at La Triennale di Milano as part of In Contemporanea next weekend, May 23rd to 25th Semiconductor will also be giving a talk and performing some live image and sound works. semiconductorfilms.com careof.org Karen Aqua: Fanning the Flames Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA June 12 - July 6, 2008 Opening: Thursday, June 12 6 - 8 p.m. Featuring work of Somerville Arts Council Fellowship recipients Nave Gallery Jonathan Bachrach: COLLISION1101:superartificial AXIOM Gallery, May 9 - 25 (Jamaica Plain, MA) Curated by Jonathan Bachrach & Bill Tremblay Featuring Jonathan's brand spanking new animation "concensus" axiomart.org The Institute for Infinitely Small Things: The 2008 DeCordova Annual Exhibition May 10th - August 17th opening May 15th 6-9 PM The Institute For Infinitely Small Things will be performing Everything is in Order Sunday, May 25 12-2PM & Sunday, June 15, 12-2PM Decordova.org Kelly Tunstall: CIRCUS! Opening Thursday, May 1, 6pm - 2am. The opening will be musically accompanied by Mr. Jay howell and by a super-secret surprise guest. kellytunstall.com AURORA 12 - 15 November 2008 | Norwich, UK Open for submissions – Films, Music Videos and Installations (NEW! For 2008) category. Visit aurora.org.uk for more information and to download an entry form. Jon Bugerman: Pop Idle at Concrete Hermit, London His first solo show in London since 2004. The show features big sculptures, new prints and other stuff. Opening party on Thursday 3rd April, 6-9pm. Jon would like to see you all there wearing your skinny trousers and glittery baseball caps. jonburgerman.com Boston Underground Film Festival March 20-23, 2008 Check out bostonunderground.org for tickets,venues, films & parties Robert Seidel and Max Hattler in Japan April 21 - May 28, 2008 Filmmakers and media artists, Max Hattler & Robert Seidel will travel Japan for 5 weeks. Highlights include 90-min. presentations at Uplink Factory & Image Forum Festival, performances at Liquid Rooms and Seco Lounge, an exhibition at Cafe Independants and a talk at Kyoto Saga Art University. Visit maxhattler.com/Japan/ for schedule & details. Urban Screens Melbourne 08 October 3-8 Here is a project that really resonates with Lumen Eclispe. There will be outdoor screens in Federation Square in Melbourne - as well as conferences and discussions about digital surfaces, media facades and other public media topics. urbanscreens08.net Motion Graphics Fest 2008 Jan 15-21 | Chicago MGFest 08 features multiple theater screenings, studio tours, audio/visual art exhibits, a/v performances, two days of education and tech panels and six days of classes. Lumen Eclipse was invited to put together a showcase of work for the festival this year so if you're in Chicago, come check it out. mgfest.com Andreas Nilsson premiered a new music video for Moby's song 'Alice' on Pitchfork this month. Pitchforkmedia.com PREMONITIONS: featuring the short film, Fission, by Kun-I Chang. Tria Gallery, New York, NY. Opening reception, Thursday, January 10, 6-8PM triagallerynyc.com This is the Truth and Nothing But the Truth. The Institute for Infinitely Small Things presents a one-night work at the opening reception for Some Sort of Uncertainty. ikatun.org Ark, a loft and collaborative arts space in Boston's Chinatown, presents TYPE SPECIMEN, a new show featuring work by Ken Avery, Melissa Damasauskas, Maggie Haas, Justin Huxol and Andrew Shea, and music by Baby Yaga , King Egg and HeadHunter. Saturday, December 15, 6pm. andrewshea.com Paul de Jong of the Books is working on a new project using the small hotel notepads that most people take home after a stay. If you have one and you wouldn't mind sharing, send a sheet to: Paul de Jong / the Books, PO Box 263, North Adams, MA 01247 thebooksmusic.com FADE TO STATIC: Listening to the Radio and other work (by Tyrone Tanous) is screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. November 15, 2007 7:00-9:00pm fadetostatic.com Rhizome redesigned and relaunched their website. rhizome.org Free Fear for the USA (if you take it) In October 2007, the Institute for Infinitely Small Things reverse-shoplifted over 40 copies of The New American Dictionary: Security/Fear Edition into bookstores and educational institutions in Vancouver, BC. iKatun.com "Off Key: When Film and Music Won't Work Together." Film History/Theory Seminar: Kay Dickinson. Thursday, November 1. from 4-5.30 pm in room B-04, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University. fas.harvard.edu New England Animation featuring 14 filmmakers Sunday, October 28, 3 PM at the ICA icaboston.org The newly launched website 'antiplex' collects and organizes information on what's playing at Boston's independent moviehouses -- a helpful guide to the city's most interesting cinema. antiplex.org Isaac Julien’s film installation “WESTERN UNION: Small Boats,” a meditation on migration and the hope for a better life, opens at Metro Pictures on October 25th, 6 –8pm. The exhibition runs October 26 - November 17, 2007 metropicturesgallery.com Hans Beenhakker's Shake Off is nominated for the Golden Leo Award, 3rd Golden Lion Festival-Swasiland and for the Best Film Debut, 27th Nederlands Film Festival-Utrecht. danshans.com Lumen Eclipse artist Karen Aqua will premiere her new work Sensorium on October 28 at the ICA Boston, as part of a program of New England animation. icaboston.org Check out Ensemble at the Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania - a group show featuring works by Lumen Eclipse artists David Ellis and Yoko Ono. September 7 - December 16. icaphila.org From the ashes of RES Magazine, comes Stash. Now on newsstands. stashmedia.tv A net art project that creates realtime cubist landscapes from a selection of webcams around the world. b-l-u-e-s-c-r-e-e-n.net Digital animation festival from Portugal - Animatu - deadline coming up on June 30. festivalanimatu.com Lumen Eclipse was awarded the 'Small Business of the Year' award by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. cambridgechamber.org Soundmarks June 8 – August 18 at Art Interactive artinteractive.org The second annual Pixel Awards call for entries is now open! pixelawards.com If you happen to be in the Netherlands and are looking for something to watch on the television, your wait is over - Is Dat Eigenlijk Wel Zo? studiosmack.nl Congratulations are in order for December Artist Kun-I Chang for winning the Student Academy Award for his piece Fission. oscars.org