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Video Art Network, Lagos in the spirit of the Season invites you to  28 December 2012  7pm – 10pm   The Amphitheatre, Freedom Park, Lagos Island, Nigeria films4peace, curated by Mark Coetzee, is an annual film commission by PUMA.Peace, featuring 21 of today’s most innovative artists visually interpreting the subject of peace.  films4peace is organized by Video Art Network, Lagos in collaboration with Uzora Projects and The Life House, Lagos films4peace features the following:  Janet Biggs (USA)  Ergin Cavuşoğlu (Bulgaria)  Magali Charrier (France)  Gregory Crewdson and Costanza Theodoli-Braschi (USA and UK)  Yang Fudong (China)  Tom Gran and Kayleigh Gibbons (UK)  Max Hattler (Germany) Isaac Julien (UK)  Peterson Kamwathi (Kenya)  Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy (Ireland)  Nandipha Mntambo (Swaziland)  Michael Nyman (UK)  Noriko Okaku (Japan)  Jacco Olivier (Netherlands)  Bill Porter (UK)  Levi van Veluw (Netherlands)  Hank Willis Th

The Future Generation Art Prize established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation is a worldwide contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. The Prize will be a major contribution to the open participation of younger artists in the dynamic cultural development of societies in global transition. The Prize is an innovative new international award for artists up to 35 years of age, investing in the artistic development and new production of works. Awarded through a competition, judged by a distinguished jury, the Prize is founded on the idea of generosity, a network of outstanding patron artists and institutional partners, and a highly democratic application procedure. After the great success of the first edition, which culminated with an internationally acclaimed exhibition in Venice during the 2011 Venice Biennale, we are pleased to launch the second edition of the prize, which will conclude with an exhibition in Kiev at the en

A MAZE. calling. We are seeking for curious, playful and adventurous artists and indie game developers from the sub Saharan region to participate in A MAZE. Interact 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A MAZE. Interact is an experimental and visionary media art festival, which will take place from 29th of August to the 2nd of September in several locations in Braamfontein, Downtown Johannesburg . Since 2008 A MAZE. is celebrating the convergence of games, art and society. It is a series of events as well as a conceptual format that offers a regularly emerging platform for interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange. Creatives are encouraged to break down the conventional computer game and surpass established digital or analog concepts of play. The goal of the A MAZE. Interact Festival in Johannesburg in South Africa in 2012 is to create an annual platform for African and European media artists and game developers. A MAZE. Interact targets the collaboration between artists and the ex