Q:
Isn’t Scania a truck?
A: Yes, but not in this context. Scania is also a region.
If you fly to Copenhagen airport (CPH) and take the Öresound
bridge eastward you will soon be in Sweden, more specifically
in the region of Scania.
Q: How do I further explore these filmic contemplations, and how
can I look beyond the surreal?
A: Just bring your gps-unit, and use the waypoint-files (.gpx)
with the coordinates for the different locations, to reach the
untamed reality. read
more And by using the Google Earth-files (.kml) we provide,
you can see satellite photos of all the locations. read
more
Q: What do I need to view the films?
A: We provide the films in four different file formats: old school
mpg (for various players), win media (For Windows Media Player),
mp4 (for iPods, Playstation Portable PSP and alike) and 3GGP (for
mobile phones). The films are all between 1-2 minutes long.
Q: Who are behind this project?
A: The project is (sur)realized by filmmaker and video artist
Anders Weberg and ethnologist
and cultural analyst Robert
Willim.
Loclet
Surreal Scania is currently featured in a downloadable program developed by Sony Ericsson Reasearch Center which lets you browse location based content in your mobile phone.
http://www.loclet.com
by Marcus Andreasson and Kamal El Bedraoui.
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Exhibitions/Screenings
2008
- File , Electronic Language International Festival, Rio 2008, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, between February 26th and March 29th.
- Biennale of Sydney 2008, Australia's Festival of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.
June 18 - September 7
- Presented at Art Tech Media, Puerto de la Cruz of Tenerife, Spain. October 10-13. 2008.
2007
- Screened at Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, February 24 - March 4 2007, Tokyo, Japan. At this event, the work was also recommended by the jury. It was selected among 1 808 works from 36 countries.
- Exhibited at "Undisclosed Recipients", the online digital arts exhibition that is part of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), March 26 - 2 April 2007. Organized by Ithaca college, US.
- Exhibited at International Art Tech Media Congress Tenerife. Canary Island. Spain. May 8 -11. 2007.
- Screened at Pocket Films in Paris at The Pocket Films Festival, Centre Pompidou, Paris. June 8 - 10 2007.
- Selected for FILE São Paulo, Brazil. August 13 to September 9, 2007.
2006
- Screened at the Digital a la carte section of Sonar 2006 in Barcelona.
- Screened at Interferenze, Valle de Caudina (2006).
- Screened at Perform.Media, Indiana University, Bloomington (2006).
- Selected for The 4th Screen, New York (2006).
- Selected for Electrofringe 2006, Newcastle, Australia (2006).
- Selected for The 2nd Art and Science International Exhibition and Symposium, Beijing, China, November 2006.
- Participating in Netartopen, by Stunned.org.
- Selected for 404 International Festival of Electronic Art, November 30th to December 3rd, 2006 in Rosario, Argentina.
- Exhibited at Live Herring. Nordic Net art Exhibition, 16-19 November 2006, Jyväskylä, Finland.
- Selected for On the edge. In-between function and disruption International Digital Art Festival, 29th October - 2nd December 2006, Ã…rhus, Denmark.
- Selected for Orilla#06, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) Santa Fe, Argentina, 9th november - 3rd December, 2006
- Screened at New Media Meeting, 1-2 December, Norrköping, Sweden.
- Selected for the XIX Biennal Ibizagrafic’06 at The Museum d’Art Contemporani d’Eivissa, Ibiza. December 06 - January 07.
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