Festivals

[R Zimmerman]

Going to Glastonbury, V2003, Reading and Isle of Wight.

The line-up for Reading is already looking brilliant again. Glastonbury doesn't look as good as last years but Glastonbury's about more than that.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

The uni magazine must be paying you well.

[R Zimmerman]

No such luck, I'm gonna have to work my b******s off this summer to pay it all off.

[SteveP]

I put my glasto ticket on credit card, apparently if you use credit cards it's not really like spending money!!

[ESG]

WARP SPECTACULAR, FONDATION VASARELY, AIX EN PROVENCE, MAY 23-4

 

We are pleased to announce full details of a Warp Spectacular at the Vasarely Foundation in Aix-en-Provence, Southern France.

This will be the first time that this beautiful building has been used for such an event, and we feel privileged to be involved.

The event is presented by the CEDC in conjunction with Biomix.

 

 

Finally finished in 1976, the Foundation was set up by the famous optical artist Victor Vasarely as a means to educate and demonstrate how his own carefully developed principles and theories of colour and design could be integrated into architecture to positively affect the daily lives of ordinary people. Along with Vasarely's own 'Musee Didactique' in Gordes (sadly now closed forever) and Le Corbusier's 'Cite Radieuse' in Marseille, the Foundation is one of the few great modern buildings in southern France, and is an awe-inspiring tribute to the visionary ideas of this postwar architect/urbanist/artist and socialist.

 

To view the Fondation's go to their website here: FONDATION VASARELY

(Most sections have an english text option.)

Goto the official VASARELY.ORG site, run by Vasarely's daughter Michele.

For all enquiries please email: VASARELY@WARPRECORDS.COM

 

Warp will take over the Fondation on the 23rd and 24th of May 2003, utilising the three upstairs rooms for a full programme of live acts and DJs on both nights, plus visual work and the latest Warp Films premieres in the foundation's own dedicated cinema.

 

We are happy to say that THE DESIGNERS REPUBLIC will also be joining us for the event, and are currently producing a site-specific sequential graphics piece that will run for several days in the main gallery areas.

 

The event will be the opening weekend of "NumériqueS" - a week-long festival of concerts, workshops and events that will run until the 31st May.

 

Full lineup:

Plaid (Full Live Show)

JAMIE LIDELL

BROTHOMSTATES

MIRA CALIX

REQ

CHRIS CUNNINGHAM

 

WARP FILMS

THE DESIGNERS REPUBLIC

 

Full information on which artists will be playing on each night will be posted soon. Full ticket information will also be announced soon.

For more information contact: VASARELY@WARPRECORDS.COM

 

For those thinking of making the journey to join us, Aix-en-Provence is a top place to spend a sunny few days - in the heart of Provence and within close distance of Marseille, the Camargue and the beaches of Cassis and the Calanques, plus Cannes and Nice on the Cote D'Azur.

Travel from UK : Eurostar & TGV from Waterloo - Aix, see the eurostar site for full information. There is a return deal to nearby Avignon for £109 that starts at 7.22am on the 24th May... (Waterloo - Aix en Provence is 6 1/2 hrs approx)

 

Check these links for more:

EUROSTAR Join the TGV at Paris and travel in style...

CHEAPFLIGHTS.COM Find cheap flights to Marseille Airport

RYANAIR Flies from Stansted to Nimes (near Aix by Bus/taxi)

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL This year runs from 15-25th may.

AIX TOURIST OFFICE Reliable info on Hotels of all prices.

 

[MK James]

Quote:

I think I'd see all them bands ahead of Starsailor, except maybe Busted!

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