''Mor Ho!'' Collective presents a week of 'RURAL'

''MOR HO!'' Collective presents a week of 'RURAL'
in collaboration with RCA, DocHeads and Fest Anca

ART/ SLOVAK & BRITISH FILMS / SEEDS OF MUSIC

Venue: Red Gallery, 3 Rivington Street, EC2A 3DT (http://www.redgallerylondon.com/)
Entry: Free
Date: 27 July – 2 August

“Mor ho!” Collective would like to invite you to a weeklong event consisting of a group exhibition, film screenings and seeds of music. The interlinking theme and inspiration source is “rural” – something that is outside of the urban (dis)comfort zone.
The exhibition will present collaboration between “Mor ho!” Collective and MA Photography students from the Royal College of Art. Most of the works shown here came into existence during a collective retreat to a farm called La Trousse in Burgundy.
Three film nights will offer a mixture of Slovak & British films consisting of three different genre evenings. The first evening will be devoted to Czechoslovak New Wave Cinema, the second to animation and the third evening to documentaries; all curated through collaboration with various partners.
During the opening and closing nights there will be music provided by “Mor Ho!” Collective members, friends and special guests.

EXHIBITION /
“Mor ho!” Collective in collaboration with MA Photography students at the Royal College of Art and Red Gallery

The main part of the work shown in the exhibition came into existence during an escape to the French countryside. Most of the artists spent together ten days on a farm called La Trousse in Burgundy. At this isolated location, they explored the romantic influences and worked both around and within the limitations of their environment.

Exhibiting artists:
Alix Marie, Tereza Zelenkova, Petra Kubisova, Katarina Hruskova, Peter Watkins, Lucia Scerankova and Marian Grolmus

FILM NIGHTS /
Come float into ‘rural’ through our selection of award winning Slovakian and British films chosen in collaboration with DocHeads and Fest Anca. Spread over three days, on each of the evenings there are different genres, such as fiction, animation and documentary. We also invited a few directors to share their experiences with you. 

All Slovak films will have English subtitles.

MUSIC /
This time music will stand right at the periphery of events. Live performances and DJ sets will play to celebrate the opening and closing of Rural events. The selected sonic landscapes will all meet up on the rural stage offering a unique chance to escape from the (dis)comfort zone.

DAY 1 / SATURDAY 27 July 
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RURAL OPENING PARTY / 6pm – 10pm 

- RURAL exhibition private view
- live music performance by Laurie McNamee
- Mor ho! - live sonic intermezzo by Pjoni and Daniel Kordik
- DJs: miro / sundayMusiq + Mor ho! collective Djs

London based musician Laurie McNamee is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer whose music traverses numerous genres from folk noir to minimalist American
http://lauriemcnamee.wordpress.com/

DAY 2 / SUNDAY 28 July 
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RURAL EXHIBITION / gallery open 12 – 6pm

FILM NIGHT – Evening with Elo / 7.30 pm
A celebration of Czechoslovakian New Wave Cinema through the psychedelic works of the great Elo Havetta.

SHORTS:
- Holy Jane (Elo Havetta, 1963)
- 34 Days of Absolute Peace (Elo Havetta, 1965)
- Prediction: Zero (Elo Havetta, 1966)
/break for smokes and drinks/
FEATURE FILM:
Celebration in the Botanical Garden (Elo Havetta, 1969)

drinks policy: BYOB

DAY 3 / MONDAY 29 July
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RURAL EXHIBITION /gallery open 12 – 6pm

DAY 4 / TUESDAY 30 July 
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RURAL EXHIBITION /gallery open 12 – 6pm
FILM NIGHT – Evening with Animation / 7.30 pm

An evening of screenings in collaboration with Fest Anca and Anna Ginsburg. Fest Anca is an acclaimed international animation festival held in Slovakia. We will present its winning film Pandas and other animations personally handpicked by one of Fest Anca Andrej Kolencik. 
Anna Ginsburg will be presenting her 2013 Bafta New Talent Award winning film How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep.
http://www.festanca.sk/
http://www.annaginsburg.co.uk/

SHORTS
- Pandas (Pandy) (Matus Vizar, 2012)
- Animation is not Dead (selection of short animations selected by Andrej Kolencik)
/break for smokes and drinks/
- How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep (Anna Ginsburg, 2012)

drinks policy: BYOB

DAY 5 / WEDNESDAY 31 July 
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RURAL EXHIBITION /gallery open 12 – 6pm

FILM NIGHT – Evening with Documentaries / 7.30 pm

We eat Docs! Screenings in collaboration with DocHeads. Doc Heads is a London based documentary screening, funding and networking organisation that started in 2009. Now in its 4th year, it is the UK’s leading organisation for new and emerging documentary film making talent.
Michael Angelov from Mor ho! Colective will be presenting his FEST 2013 award winning documentary The Pig Star.
http://www.docheads.org/

SHORTS
- Richard (England Your England, 2012)
- Peter & Ben (Pinny Grylls, 2007)
- The Pig Star (Michael Angelov, 2013)
/break for smokes and drinks/
FEATURE FILM:
- Pictures of The Old World (Dusan Hanak, 1972)

drinks policy: BYOB

DAY 6 / THURSDAY 1 August 
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RURAL EXHIBITION /gallery open 12 – 6pm

DAY 7 / FRIDAY 2 August 
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RURAL EXHIBITION /gallery open 12 – 6pm

RURAL CLOSING PARTY / 6pm – 12pm 

- live music performance by Anat Ben-David
- DJs: Jane Fitz / night moves + miro / sundayMusiq + Mor ho! collective DJs

Anat Ben-David is a video and performance artist. One of several pioneers of the video-performance genre in Israel, she is also known for her collaboration with Chicks on Speed. Her performances use video and music to create and generate a total vision. Her musical activities, writing songs/texts or performing as a band, directs her activities into a live event which could result in an art performance or a live gig, which derives from punk performance and pop music.
http://www.yippieyeah.co.uk/anat/