York Mediale
{{Short description|Media arts festival in York}}
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Prof Dianne Marie Willcocks
Sean Martin Bullick
David James Dickson
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York Mediale was an international media arts festival produced by Mediale. It was founded in 2014. It is linked to the city's position as the only UNESCO City of Media Arts. Festivals were held in 2018 and 2020, featuring international digital arts.
History
York Mediale was founded in 2014, and incorporated as a charity in June 2020.{{cite web |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5147973/governance |title=YORK MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL CIO |publisher=Charities Commission |access-date=8 December 2020}} It hosted its first festival, of the same name, in 2018. It is linked to the city's position as the only UNESCO City of Media Arts.{{cite web |title=Creative Cities Network: York |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/creative-cities/york |access-date=8 December 2020 |publisher=UNESCO}} In 2022 Mediale took part in the creative consortium Festival UK* 2022.{{Cite web |title=Festival UK*22 R&D programme success |url=https://mediale.org.uk/news/festival-uk22-rd-programme-success/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=Mediale |language=en-GB}} In 2024, they held an 'immersive, multidisciplinary artist development residency', called Immersive Assembly, which has supported artists from Argentina, China, Ghana, Mexico, the UK, Denmark and Zimbabwe.{{Cite web |title=Immersive Assembly |url=https://mediale.org.uk/immersive-assembly/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=Mediale |language=en-GB}}
=York Mediale 2018=
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The first York Mediale festival ran from 27 September 2018–6 October 2018 and featured events and installations at York Art Gallery, Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York Guildhall, and King's Square from artists including Isaac Julien, Phil Coy, and Deep Lab.{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkmix.com/york-mediale-highlights-2018/ |title=York Mediale’s here – with ten days of installations, performance, film and music |date=27 September 2018 |work=York Mix}}
=York Mediale 2020=
The second York Mediale festival started on 21 October 2020 and has varying end-dates for the different parts of its four main installations.{{cite web |url=https://yorkmediale.com/projects/york-mediale-2020/ |title=York Mediale 2020 |publisher=York Mediale |access-date=8 December 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkmix.com/the-international-media-arts-festival-is-back-heres-whats-on/ |title=The international media arts festival is back – here’s what’s on |work=York Mix |date=19 October 2020}} It featured: 'Human Nature', a series of three installations by Memo Akten, Kelly Richardson, and Rachel Goodyear held at York Art Gallery (until 21 May 2021);{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkmix.com/extraordinary-artworks-in-york-explore-the-human-body-as-youve-never-seen-it-before/ |title=Extraordinary artworks in York explore the human body as you’ve never seen it before |work=York Mix |date=23 October 2020}} 'Good Neighbours', a digitally enhanced walking documentary in Layerthorpe (until 25 October 2020); 'Absent Sitters', a virtual audio-visual experience by Gazelle Twin (until 25 October);{{cite news |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/29068-gazelle-twin-news-interview |title=INTERVIEW: Gazelle Twin On Her New Project, 'Absent Sitters' |work=The Quietus |date=12 October 2020 |author1=Duncan Seaman}} and 'People we Love', an exhibition by Kit Monkman at York Minster (2 November 2020 to 29 November 2020).{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/uk-news/york-mediale-art-installation-people-we-love-york-minster-shows-people-looking-their-loved-ones-3019092 |title=This York Mediale art installation People We Love at York Minster shows people looking at their loved ones |work=Yorkshire Post |date=29 October 2020}}