It is a true pleasure to invite you to yet another edition of the greatest event devoted to abstract art in motion. On this occasion, RCVM and MAD have joined forces to organise the Reykavík Visual Music - Punto y Raya Festival, which will take place from January 30th to February 2nd 2014 at HARPA, the Reykjavík Concert Hall (Iceland), and promises to make history :)
Not only will we explore the intrinsic relationship between music and abstract imagery, but also carry out educational activities in the Academy Programme, a Visual Music exhibition curated and hosted by Listasafn Reykjavíkur (the Reykjavík Art Museum), and experience the wonders of the Icelandic nature through excursions devised specially for our audience.
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2014 Teaser
Created by Guillermo Daldovo & Bernard Arce.
Produced by Sonia Figuera
Music by Raúl Santos
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PROGRAMME
LIVE CINEMA SESSIONS
We're opening the festival with deluxe concerts commissioned specially by RCVM (Reykjavík Center for Visual Music) to Bret Battey + Hugi Guðmundsson & Sigurður Guðjónsson + Anna Þorvaldsdóttir. The acclaimed Ryoichi Kurokawa and Ryoji Ikeda will conquer our senses with their overwhelming guest sessions.
GUEST POLISH and AUSTRIAN FILM PANORAMAS
Curated and presented by Ania Głowińska and Thomas Renoldner, these panoramas will introduce us into the history and evolution of experimental abstract cinema in their respective countries.
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM & LIVE CINEMA COMPETITIONS
This year, we received 371 films from 46 countries to the PyR call for entries. The 95 selected works have been structured in seven 50' modules, and will be screened in FULL HD. And 102 live set proposals were submitted to the first Reykjavík Visual Music call. The finalist artists will perform LIVE at HARPA: D-Fuse+Labmeta (UK), Usaginingen (Japan·Germany), Max Hattler + VesperOn (Germany·UK + Spain) & RKO (France)!
PARALLEL ACTIVITIES
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2014 Academy Programme
January 29th & 30th 2014 · Listasafn Reykjavíkur
Animation, code programming and interactivity workshops, tutored by renown professionals in the field. + info
"Cadences of Colour and Line"
February 1st to April 13th 2014 · Listasafn Reykjavíkur
Exhibition devoted to Visual Music. The opening is on January 31st, right before Ikeda's concert. + info
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Excursions
January 30th to February 1st 2014
Explore the most attractive points in the island, WITHOUT MISSING A SINGLE FESTIVAL ACTIVITY!
Find out how to arrive to Reykjavík, where to stay and how to participate in the incredible excursions devised specially for our audience. + info
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All info on the festival, the programme and how to get your tickets or season passes, at
www.puntoyrayafestival.com
We hope to meet you all in this fascinating place in our planet, joined by the universal language of pure expression, and under a spontaneous Northern Lights show.
Chatelin Bruno 
