Posted by Gilles Jobin on January 9, 2009 at 9:30am
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||XingpresentsNetmage 09international live-media festival - 9th edition22>24 January 2009Bologna - Italy|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||The ninth edition of the Netmage festival (Bologna, 22-24 January 2009) will present, in the historical castle of Palazzo Re Enzo, an unpredictable scenario of contemporary audiovisual research featuring live media, live cinema, concerts, performances, sound and visual installations.Netmage festival, focusing on multi-media design, electronic arts and cutting-edge style, works as a meeting point for video-makers, multi-media and visual artists, musicians and performers from Europe, South and North America and Asia. In its ongoing investigation, Netmage presents some of the latest trends in live media. Together with research on essential aspects of perception and the intersection of visual and acoustic phenomena, the festival introduces a very wide range of approaches.Featuring: Pete Swanson/John Wiese/Liz Harris (USA), Pierre Bastien (F), ATAK NIGHT: Keiichiro Shibuya (JP), Evala (JP), Growing (USA), Keiji Haino (JP), Invernomuto (I), Sunburned Hand of the Man (USA), Emeralds (USA), Németh/Lotte Schreiber (A), Andrea Dojmi/Flushing Device (I), Mudboy (USA), Black Dice (USA), The Skaters/Roland Lethem (USA/B), Pascal Battus/Kamel Maad (F), Mattin/" " [sic] Goldie (Basque Country/UK), Thomas Ankersmit/Valerio Tricoli (NL/I), Virgilio Villoresi/Dominique Vaccaro/Angstarbeiter (I), Camilla Candida Donzella (I), Bock & Vincenzi (UK).Introducing Netmage 09: "A bizarre ballad. At times ethereal, dispersive and alarmed, at others self-assured and ready to slow down only in front of the rustling of the unexpected, marching toward the invisible village where the imagination is spiced and smoked. Always think of Netmage as a liquid exhibition. In a delicate equilibrium between post-cinematographic horizons and science-fiction worlds, obsessive explorations of the rhythms of the urban landscape, mesmerism and re-enactments of myths of European avantgarde cinematography, unpredictable contours are drawn by a sonic cloud of weird-impro-psycho-noise. A cloud where artistic imagination and changing vaporous visuals are reflected: collagist and regressive, heraldic and quaint, vernacular and hybrid, or in the end cybernetic e concretist. Netmage 09 triggers artistic collaborations and possible collapses of style of contiguous worlds between the north American, Japanese, European and in particular Italian scenes, as well as a general pushing of limits. This edition also testifies to another mutation in progress: a return to the physicality of gesture and figure moved by real 'operators': human or automatic performers, with visual power and rituals that explore the relationship between the language of movement and the enigma of the image. Lower medieval imageries and crime scenes -extravagant yet crucial- through which it is unavoidable to testify to the renunciation of every central vision."Netmage festival was conceived and created by Xing, a cultural network operating in Italy and abroad, with the purpose of planning, supporting and promoting products and events characterized by an interdisciplinary approach toward the issues of contemporary culture.Artistic direction: Daniele Gasparinetti, Andrea Lissoni. Performing Arts: Silvia Fanti. International Live-Media Floor: Lino Greco, Riccardo Benassi.Netmage 09 is supported by: Regione Emilia-Romagna, POGAS Politiche Giovanili e Attività Sportive, Comune di Bologna, British Council London, Ambasciata del Regno dei Paesi Bassi Roma. In collaboration with: Transmediale Club Berlino, No Fun festival New York. In occasion of: ArteFiera. Media partners: Mousse, Edizioni Zero, Blow Up, Mouvement, Alias, Il Manifesto, Città del Capo-Radio Metropolitana, Mel Bookstore.Netmage 09venue: Palazzo Re Enzo - Piazza Nettuno Bologna - Italyheadquarters: Xing - Via Ca' Selvatica 4/d Bologna - Italyinfo: tel ++39.051.331099 info@xing.it info@netmage.itpress: pressoff@xing.itwww.netmage.it www.xing.it|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||PROGRAMThursday 22 JanMesmerizing Show (Performing Arts)8 pmBock & Vincenzi (UK) The Infinite Pleasures of the Great UnknownMegascope9 pm + 11 pmVirgilio Villoresi/Dominique Vaccaro/Angstarbeiter (I) EclissiMangrovia10.30 pmCamilla Candida Donzella (I)Pete Swanson/John Wiese/Liz Harris (USA)Emeralds (USA)Keiji Haino (JP)Friday 23 JanMesmerizing Show (Performing Arts)8 pmBock & Vincenzi (UK) The Infinite Pleasures of the Great UnknownMegascope9 pm + 11 pmVirgilio Villoresi/Dominique Vaccaro/Angstarbeiter (I) EclissiLive Media Floor10.30 pmPierre Bastien (F) Kinetic SyncopatorsThe Skaters (USA) play Le Vampire de la Cinémathèque by Roland Lethem (B)Growing (USA)ATAK NIGHT: Keiichiro Shibuya (JP), Evala (JP)Mangrovia12 pmVillage ObliviaInvernomuto (I) with Sunburned Hand of the Man (USA)Saturday 24 JanMesmerizing Show (Performing Arts)9 pmBock & Vincenzi (UK) The Infinite Pleasures of the Great UnknownMegascope9 pm + 11 pmVirgilio Villoresi/Dominique Vaccaro/Angstarbeiter (I) EclissiLive Media Floor10 pmNémeth (A) plays I.E., Domino by Lotte Schreiber (A)Andrea Dojmi/Flushing Device (I) The Distance to the SunMudboy (USA)Black Dice (USA)Mangrovia12 pmCamilla Candida Donzella (I)Pascal Battus/Kamel Maad (F) EyearMattin/" " [sic] Goldie (Basque Country/UK) Deflag Haemorrhage/Haien KontraThomas Ankersmit/Valerio Tricoli (NL/I)AAVV jam session (Mangrovia/Live Media Floor all guests plug-in)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TITLE OF EVENT: I AM DIGITAL - The Voodoo SessionTYPE OF EVENT: CLUB / ARTS EventDATE: Saturday 31st May 2008TIME: 9pm-1amVenue: The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA www.thevoodoorooms.co.ukEvent Website: www.iam-digital.comEnquiries TEL: 01316677363 or 07877835295Email: chakan@iam-digital.comShort Description: After the successful event in February 08 I AM presents a night of international exposition, collaboration, and performance produced with emerging and established artists from Scotland, South Africa, England, Germany, Canada, Venezuela, Cuba, Belgium, France & Spain, the collaborations of which were in many cases instigated in Scotland. The "innovative" program of digital art, dance performance and live music aims to promote discovery, discussion and relaxation with likeminded people in an informal environment.The night encompasses the work of emerging and established artists and bands, providing an innovative platform for exposition, performance and audience interaction (because in fact people are art). I AM develops with the participants (the audience and artists alike) an atmosphere of collaborative creativity, and the opportunity to enjoy good music and dance.Program:MUSIC & DANCE SHORTS 9pm-9.40pm"This is not a body" Retina Dance. (Belgium)"Trench" Sabine Klaus. (Germany)DANCE PERFORMANCE & DIALOUGUE 9.40pm –10.05 pmRites" (an extract) - Anthony Missen & Kevin Turner.MUSIC, TIME BASED MEDIA & ANIMATION 10.10-10.25pm* -"Human Cosmic"- Monica Fernandez (Spain)"This is not a body" Brian Hartley (Scotland)"2008" Damien Cupyers (France)"Hit me Baby" Rachel Maclean (Scotland)LIVE BANDS 10.30pm-MidnightAsazi Space Funk Explosion - Afro-Celt dance floor tribal rhythms – (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Scotland, England)DJ Midnight – 1amDJ Ricky Ried (Hanover99 & DigitalNYE)However for extensive details please visit www.iam-digital.com/events.php, where you will also be able to link to extensive artists profiles.
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The Surveillance System says Poulson is a physical network of bodies controlling bodies through movement, video, improvisation and sound. "These works exist somewhere between the realms of performance art and dance. They focus on movement as a language of basic human interaction, whether it is through a subtle gesture, a theatrical spectacle, or the placement of a body within a space." says Poulson.In fact it also represents to many viewers a temporal and iterative dimension to dance with technology capturing proportions of bodies and technologies temporally in dimension and space..Sarah says, " Pre-recorded and live surveillance videos act as signals that trigger the performers’ options within the non-linear dramas. Choreographed and improvisational elements based on spontaneous decisions force us (and/or other performers) to learn how we fit within the system and how we can or cannot manipulate one another. Dynamic systems of communication emerge within these multi-sensory works."Visit Sarah's page
