PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS ART FESTIVAL / video art, sound art, experimental film, music and architecture / is taking a 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 and architecture. The Festival is a Research lab, learning hub and the place for a discussion about interaction between new media and ideas in relation to tradition, ritual and island’s landscape and heritage. During the Festival the Island is transformed into the art space and artworks are screened and exhibited in old farm buildings, boat house, workshops, ruins and open landscape.

PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS in HONG KONG is representing independent artist-run projects from Iceland, Finland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Scotland and bringing to Hong Kong a unique selection of Video and Sound Art, Experimental Film and Music and also series of workshops and talks by philosopher, anthropologist and artists in residency.

PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS 2015 HONG KONG is a collaboration with FixC curated by Juha van Ingen (Finland), 700IS curated by Kristin Scheving (Iceland), SKOGUL GONDUL initiated by Bakketun & Norum (Norway) and Dark Ecology (Norway)

from FR 6 to FR 20 MARCH @ VIDEOTAGE 12-7PM: EXHIBITION AND SCREENINGS
PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS (Orkney) curated by Ivanov+Chan
PGN artist in residency: Rikke Benborg: SLEEPWALKERS / UNTITLED (DK)
OCEAN – open call selection:
Anne Robinson : THRASHING IN STATIC (UK)
Arnont Nongyao : DRINK SKY ON RABBIT’S FIELD (LOST CONTROL) (TH)
Calum Stirling : NOUMENON (SCO)
Dan Shay : OBERSEE (SCO)
Deniz Üster : BEYOND IS BEFORE (SCO)
Elen Gruber : THE WIND (BR)
Gabriel Otero : OMNIPOTENCE RHYTHMS (FR)
Grace Schwindt : ONLY A FREE INDIVIDUAL CAN CREATE A FREE SOCIETY (DE)
Gustaf Broms : MAHAPRALAYA (SE)
Jessica Cheeseman : NEEDLE (UK)
Maren Dagny Juell : TUTORIAL#5: Vibrio fischeri and Euprymna scolopes has a mutually perfect relationship (NO)
Mademoiselle L : CANDICE (FR)
Ola Surdacka : YATES (PL)
Richard Ashrowan : SPECULUM (SCO)
Verena Kyselka : FORMOSA EXPERIMENT (DE)
Young Orkney Artists open call selection: Cassia Dodman & Duncan Herd: HERMIT (O)
SKOGUL GONDUL (Norway) initiated by Bakketun & Norum Andrea Bakketun / Christian Tony Norum
FIXC (Finland) curated by Juha van Ingen Jarkko Räsänen: THE NEW AND THE NEWEST AGE II
Kari Yli Annala: AVENUE M
Seppo Renvall: MOSCOW CLOCK
Juha van Ingen: GRID

FR 6 MARCH @ VIDEOTAGE 7PM: PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS OPENING / programme introduction by Ivanov+Chan 8PM: Grace Schmidt : ONLY A FREE INDIVIDUAL CAN CREATE A FREE SOCIETY (DE) / FILM / Papay Gyro Nights 2015 Open Call Selection

ST 7 MARCH @ C&G ARTPARTMENT 7.30PM: Ivanov+Chan: PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS UNDER THE BED ORIGINS OF PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS ART FESTIVAL

SU 8 MARCH @ VIDEOTAGE 4PM: Verena Kuselka: FORMOSA EXPERIMENT (DE) / FILM / Papay Gyro Nights 2015 Open Call Selection /ARIST PRESENT! Film presented by Delphine Hsini Mei (Taiwan)
6PM: Deniz Üster : BEYOND IS BEFORE (SCO) / FILM / Papay Gyro Nights 2015 Open Call Selection

TH 12 MARCH @ VIDEOTAGE 7PM: Juha van Ingen, Jarkko Räsänen, Seppo Renvall: LENKKI live film and audio performance, 3 x Super-8mm loops with live soundtrack

FR 13 MARCH @ SECRET LOCATION IN SHAM SHUI PO / RSVP!! (max. 30 people)
8PM: INCOHERENT CINEMA : films based on the International Incoherence Manifest . International / INCOHERENCE manifest written 12th October 2012 by artists and film makers Katrin Olafsdottir and Bertrand Mandico as the declaration of the principles of Incoherent Cinema based on Incoherence of Screenplay, Manufacturing, Sophistication, Effects, Style, Time and Geography, Taste, Economy, Creativity, Acting and Cinematography Bertrand Mandico: NOTRE DAME DES HORMONES / 2015
a film by Bertrand Mandico with Elina Löwensohn Katrin Olafsdottir: SALUT PHALLUS / Super 16mm / 2015 Hails to drooling caterpilar J’AIME LES MORTS / Super 16mm / 2015

ST 14 MARCH @ VIDEOTAGE 7PM: Stuart McLean: GYRO NIGHTS: INHUMANE CULTURE / INHUMANE NATURE PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS Anthropologist in Residency, Associate Professor Department of Anthropology / Institute for Global Studies University of Minnesota (US) 8PM: Makino Takashi: PHANTOM NEBULA / FILM @ SENSE99 10PM: Juha van Ingen, Jarkko Räsänen, Seppo Renvall: WILD LIFE IN HONG Wild life serves as a source of inspiration for us to create a cacopony of sound and vision with colleagues from Hong Kong. We totally rely that the spontaneous emergence of order out of seeming chaos will provide a pleasant experience to our audience. Ps. B.Y.O instruments and join us!

SU 15 MARCH @VIDEOTAGE 6PM: Rick Dolphijn: DELEUZE, SERRES AND THE TRANSVERSAL PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS Philosopher in Residency, an assistant professor at Utrecht University, the Netherlands 7PM: Alfia Nakipbekove: Xenakis: Nomos Alpha for solo cello / a lecture-recital 8PM: Juha van Ingen, Jarkko Räsänen, Seppo Renvall + guests : WILD LIFE IN HONG KONG
ld life serves as a source of inspiration for us to create a cacopony of sound and vision with colleagues from Hong Kong. We totally rely that the spontaneous emergence of order out of seeming chaos will provide a pleasant experience to our audience. Ps. B.Y.O instruments and join us!

TU 17 MARCH
@ HKU : The Common Core,HKU Museum, the HKU Black Box Theatre 4-5 & 5.30-7PM: INVENTING THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY UNIVERSITY
@ VIDEOTAGE 8PM: Signe Liden: krysning/пересечение/conflux /
a lecture performance with video and multichannel sound
9PM: 700IS (Iceland) curated by Kristin Scheving Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir: SURROUNDED BY THE PUREST BLUE, I WELCOME YOU video, poetry and skype performance

WE 18 MARCH @ SECRET LOCATION IN CHEUNG CHAU / RSVP!!
8PM-1AM: PGN @ CHEUNG CHAU / CURATORS TALK, SCREENINGS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE
Andrea Bakketun / Christian Tony Norum /Alfia Nakipbekova / Juha van Ingen / Jarkko Räsänen / Seppo Renvall / Ivanov+Chan / Signe Liden / Stuart Mclean / + Guests

TH 19 MARCH @ VIDEOTAGE
7PM: Andrea Bakketun / Christian Tony Norum: MÅNESIMULATOR VIDEOS / PERFORMANCE / KINETIC WORKS

FR 20 MARCH @ VIDEOTAGE 8PM: Jamsen Law: WALKING THE WALK / 3 chanell video installation @ SENSE99 10PM:
Signe Liden: SOUND PERFORMANCE Alfia Nakipbekova: ELECTRIC CELLO IMPROVISATIONS Juha van Ingen, Jarkko Räsänen, Seppo Renvall + Guests: WILD LIFE / FINAL JAM!