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CO-OS IGNITE COMISSIONS' CALL FOR COLLABORATORS

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on May 13, 2010 at 5:32pm

The CO-OS community - www.co-os.org - has commissioned artists from Austria, Brazil, Greece/Spain and UK to
develop new work. These artists have just posted their ideas on the
CO-OS online platform www.co-os.org.
Would you like to collaborate with them in developing their ideas?

Until the 20 May you can 'bid' some of your 'time' to work with them and get
'time credit' to get others to work with you.

Just register on the website and get started. You can also pitch your own ideas and see
what the community thinks. If they like it, you can find people with
whom you can collaborate and develop your ideas.

ABOUT
CO-OS - www.co-os.org -
is a growing online community of creators and do-ers, all coming
together to collaborate and exchange creative ideas, skills and
resources in a cashless system based on the concept of timebanking. Here
ideas can be shared, evaluated and developed collaboratively through
trading units of time in exchange for skills and resources.

The project is part of 'Creative Collaboration', www.britishcouncil.org/creativecollaboration, a British Council arts initiative that builds networks for dialogue and
debate across the arts communities of South East Europe and the UK. The
programme aims to enrich the cultural life of Europe and its
surrounding countries, as well as fostering understanding, skills
development, trust and respect across borders.

The artists commissioned for CO-OS Ignite are:

AMMEBA: PABLO BERZAL & DAVID PASTOR (Greece/Spain)
TIM KNOWLES (UK)
CADU COSTA (Brazil)
EDUARDO BERLINER (Brazil)
FELIPE NORKUS (Brazil)
PAULO VIVACQUA (Brazil)
tat-ort: WOLFGANG FIEL (Austria)

The CO-OS Ignite commissions are developed in partnership with:

AMORPHY, Greece - www.amorphy.org
GALERIA VERMELHO, Brazil - www.galeriavermelho.com.br
i-DAT, UK - www.i-dat.org
PLYMOUTH ARTS CENTRE, UK - www.plymouthartscentre.org
SCAN, UK - www.scansite.org
tat ort, Austria - www.tat-ort.net

Lead Partner contact UK:

i-DAT
Institute of Digital Art and Technology
School of Computing, Communications and Electronics,
University of Plymouth,
Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Devon, UK
Website: www.i-dat.org

Lead partner contact person
Birgitte (B) Aga, Creative Producer
Telephone: ++44-(0)1752 586201
E-mail: baga@plymouth.ac.uk

Ash Bulayev/amorphy.org

Co-Artistic Director

email: ash@ashbulayev.com

web: www.ashbulayev.com

web: www.amorphy.org

mobile: +31 627 59 48 02 (Amsterdam)

mobile: +30 6937 20 33 00 (Athens)

PRESENÇA EM ESPAÇO E TEMPO REAL Workshop Performance, Lisboa

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on May 13, 2010 at 3:12pm

Por Adina Bar-On (Israel)

Dia 17 e 18 de Maio 2010, das 10h às 19h
com apresentação pública do workshop Domingo 16 as
20H

O workshop consta
de:
De 4 sessões de
3/4 horas cada.
75% de prática 25% de teoria.

Objectivo:

a) Como projectar o indivíduo como
identidade e o seu pensamento num movimento minimal e ao mesmo tempo
cheio de expressão.

b) Como mediar uma transformação, visualmente ou através de
sugestão, em diferentes espaços.

c) Como descrever, ou ser protagonista de um dado contexto existente, social
dinâmico.

Materiais requeridos:

5 objectos à escolha, de diferente ou igual caracter (de qualquer
tamanho), que tenham um forte significado para o participante. (por
exemplo: Objectos a que se tenha uma ligação sentimental, ícones
religiosos ou um ícone nacional, um objecto de caracter sexual)
http://www.polishinstitute.org.il/en/events-blog/events-visual-arts/details/100-Aesthetics-and-Bias.html?short=1

About the artistst:

Adina Bar-On, Israel, 1951. Adina Bar-On is a pioneer performance artist in
Israel. She toured around Asia, including Hong Kong, last year with
Seiji Shimoda, the award winning Japanese
performance artist. In the past 30 years, Bar-On has produced more than 20 performance pieces. An
exhibition of her video works and photographic documentation of her
works will be held in Para/Site Art Space from July to August. Bar-On
will perform her new work «Disposition» outdoor.
Since 1973, Bar-On started to experiment with performance. She makes use of her body
movement and voice to communicate with the audience. Her work
emphasizes interaction and connection. Audience’s emotion follows
Bar-On’s behaviour. She breathes, blinks, quivers, swallows. The
charged moments excite the audience internally and externally.
Adina Bar-On was born in Kibbutz Kfar Blum, Israel in 1951. She stayed with
her family in the United States at the age of thirteen. She went back
to Israel at 18 and in the next year joined the Bezalel Academy in
Jerusalem majoring in painting. In 1973 she had her first performance
in the Academy. The Academy’s psychologists were asked to watch the
performance in order to give opinion. Bar-On received a warning letter
from the directors of the Academy informing her that she had to go back
to traditional media in order to graduate. On one hand, Bar-On went
back to painting, on the other, she performed in the places outside the
Academy such as gallery, museum, cultural centre and art space. She
even extended it to non-art establishments such as youth club, shopping
arcade and private home. Last year Bar-On toured to Budapest, Japan,
Macau, Hong Kong, Russia and Poland.
http://www.ccca.ca/performance_artists/f/fado/adina/adina_perf1/index.html

Adina Bar-On
is widely recognized to be Israel’s first performance artist,
creating work since the 1970s. Her performances are remarkable for
their sensitivity, emotional depth, and for Bar-On’s
willingness to tackle difficult and controversial subjects. Bar-On lives and works in
Tel-Aviv, dividing her time between teaching (performance and visual
communication) and her art practice, which
includes performance art and video. In the past several years she has toured extensively in
Europe and Asia. This is her first trip to Canada. A book about her work in
English and
Hebrew was published in 2001 with the support of the Herzliya Museum of Art in Israel.

oficina epipiderme
Local: Fábrica Braço de Prata, Lisboa
Investimento: 50€ e 35€ ( preço com desconto a estudantes e desempregados, com justificação)
N.º máximo de participantes: 20
Inscrição: epipiderme@gmail.com
TM: 91 7093674

Via Simon Ellis: Some news as London takes a leisurely stroll towards summer ...

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on May 13, 2010 at 3:08pm

1. She is ...

... a dance experiment. As part of The Place's 40th Anniversary weekend called Something Happening, I'm asking audiences (4 people
at a time) to say what they are thinking as they are thinking it ... or
just a bit afterwards. The material will be performed by Paea Leach and
Elisabetta d'Aloia, and we'll be recording the audio as will as
videoing the dancing (up close). I don't know what it will be like, or
what I'll end up doing with the audio/video material, but it should be
good fun. If you are in London this Sunday 16 May, stop by The Place and have
a look. We are in session 5 starting at 4pm. www.skellis.net/sheis

2. Improvisation workshop & research

Marika Rizzi and I are sharing a bit of practice each morning between 10am and 12pm from 14–18 June at Roehampton University (all welcome -
just drop me a line). This is part of a week of improvisation research
with Kirstie Simson, Le Quan Ninh, Henry Montes, Marika Rizzi, Darrell
Jones, Kenso Kusuda and me. It'll be a dense period of working, thinking
and reflecting and will include a couple of performances: one at 19:30
on Wednesday 16th June at Roehampton University, and the other at 19:30
on Friday 18th June at Siobhan Davies Studio. Kirstie is also going to
be teaching in the mornings out at Siobhan Davies Studio through Independent Dance.
There are more details at http://june2010.posterous.com, and we'll be keeping a
pretty active online presence there during the week.

3. Recovery

After a few sessions in March in Melbourne, Natalie Cursio, Shannon Bott and I are going into another stage of development and testing with
Ben Cobham, Ben Cisterns, Pete Brundle, Paula Levis and Vanessa Chapple.
We'll be working at Arts House in Melbourne in July, and you can follow
a bit of chatter online at recovery.posterous.com as we work towards a hopeful
premiere around February/March 2011 in Melbourne.

4. Desire Lines

This project has been commissioned for the latest incarnation of The Place Prize and I'm currently in full pre-production (reading, scheduling, wondering
how it can possibly work) mode before work begins in the studio in
June. skellis.net/desirelines
with inevitable research blog somewhere around there.

5. Polar Twin

NZ choreographer/film-maker Daniel Belton and I are in the very early stages of developing some ideas for a trans-hemisphere adventure
scheduled for 2011-2012. We've been thinking about the nature of
'interpretation' in relation to imagined and actual experiences of the
North and South Poles and probably heading towards some screen-based
outcomes. We may be some time.

Just a reminder, you can't respond directly to this email. If you'd like to drop me a line, try se@skellis.net. Lastly, occasional blog at skellis.posterous.com,
and cooking news and short ramblings via twitter on @simonkellis!

All the very best, Simon

Shadoworks, 3 June, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

Posted by Armadillo Dance Project on May 13, 2010 at 12:26am

Our movement-interactive video projection installation Canvas will be set up in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer at Southbank Centre, London, during Shadoworks, a concert by the London Sinfonietta curated by the London Sinfonietta Collective, on Thursday 03 June at 7:30 p.m. The concert consists of works by Hans Abrahamsen, Aldo Clementi, Dai Fujikura, Larry Goves, and György Ligeti. The context for the concert additionally includes an electronic music piece by Alex Cook and Daniel Harle using the software Music Mouse on an old Atari 1040ST, a dance animation film by Katie Keeble and Ni Wen, synesthetic sound-interactive video by Sion Fletcher, post-concert musical miniatures by Howard Skempton, and our own dance-installation Just Hanging Around. This promises to be a fascinating multimedia art and technology evening!

Sensor technology, Contact Mic Making, Circuit Bending - and Harvestworks in Baltimore!

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on May 12, 2010 at 8:13pm

Dear friends,

this week we will feature a free workshops by Axel Mulder, the maker of the iCube-X, and synthmaking / piezomaking / circuitmaking workshops that will make your neighbors hate you when you apply the results to their ears. BTW, these workshops are at discounted prices.

If you're in the Baltimore area this weekend, come to the Megapolis Festival, and see & hear Harvestworks' staff giving workshops and a performance. If you are in NYC on Saturday, however, you may attend the American Festival of Microtonal Music to enjoy - among others - piano master Joshua Pierce's performance on the TERPSTRA, a microtonal keyboard we have helped with on the software side.

If you have questions regarding our classes call Hans Tammen at 212-431-1130 ext 2. Membership is $75/yr, and you can pay for the membership when you sign up for the class.

[Sat/Sun May 15/16] DIY Musical Electronics and the Drone Lab

Through this workshop/classroom formatted seminar, attendees will learn how to design, adapt and build sound circuits of their own while building a complete Drone Lab by CasperElectronics (a 4 voice analog drone synth, rhythm generator and FX processor) to take home, experiment with and develop further.
See more information here: http://tinyurl.com/dronelab-at-hw

Peter Edwards - http://www.casperelectronics.com/
Sat/Sun, May 15 - 16, noon to 6pm
Cost: $350 (includes Drone Lab kit)

[Sat, May 15] The Artist's Guide to Useful Technology / Baltimore

If you're in the Baltimore area, come this weekend to the Megapolis Festival, with performances, installations and workshops: http://megapolisfestival.org. Harvestworks' own Adam Rokhsar & Hans Tammen will give a workshop in their "Artists Guide To Useful technology Series during the day, and perform an audio/visual set later that afternoon. The "Artist's Guide to Useful Technology" events, which are free and open to the public, will give participants hands-on knowledge and instruction, and instructors will be tailoring the event to the needs of the audience and thus students from all skill levels are encouraged to attend. See more information here:
Workshop 1pm: http://megapolisfestival.org/blogalogadingdong/?page_id=1367#artists
Performance 3:45pm: http://megapolisfestival.org/blogalogadingdong/?page_id=1367#hans
Artist Guide: http://tinyurl.com/artistguide

[Mon, May 17] Sensor Technology with the i-CubeX

In this free workshop, participants will learn how to apply sensor technology (with special attention to capturing human movements) to develop their own concepts of electronic media control (with special attention to controlling sound and music media), without needing to become a hardware engineer.
See more information here: http://tinyurl.com/icube-at-hw

Sensor Technology with the i-CubeX
Axel Mulder / Infusion Systems - http://infusionsystems.com/
Monday, May 17, 7 - 10pm
FREE - Space is limited, please RSVP to hanst@harvestworks.org

On Tuesday, Axel Mulder will give a free lecture about the philosophy behind the i-CubeX at Electronic Music Foundation: http://www.emfproductions.org/crc/schedule.html

[Thu, May 20] Contact Mic Making - Piezo Workshop

Attendees will learn how to wire up their very own contact mic and discuss various methods of using it. No previous soldering experience required! In addition to theory and practice, we will also have the chance to discuss the history of piezoelectric materials, and share ideas on how to use these fascinating tools; perhaps you’d like to amplify your doorspring, record the sound of snow crunching under your boots, or listen to the mammoth subharmonies of cocktail stirrers and rubber bands. This is an experiment-friendly course.
See more information here: http://tinyurl.com/piezo-at-hw

Daniel Fishkin & Ed Baer
Thursday, May 20, 6:30 - 9:30pm
$50 + $10 materials fee

[Sat/Sun, May 22/23] Circuit Bending - From Start to Finish

In this course we will explore every step of the process of creating a circuit bent instrument from removing the first screws to applying labels on the finished piece. It is our goal that every student leaving this class will take away a finished, well made circuit bent instrument.
See more information here: http://tinyurl.com/circuit-at-hw

Peter Edwards http://www.casperelectronics.com/
May 22 - 23, 2010
Noon - 6pm
cost: $270 [one price, includes $20 materials fee]

[May 15] American Festival Of Microtonal Music (AFMM)

...under the direction of Johnny Reinhard, presents a concert in New York on Saturday May 15th at 8 PM in the Church of St. Luke in the Fields (located at 487 Hudson Street). Admission is $12 at the door, $10 for students.

Spotlights: Madeleine Shapiro‘s performance of Ge Gan-Ru’s YI-SENG (Lost Style) for solo amplified cello scordatura (Shanghai, 1968). 10-year old twin Gayageum players Sarah and Stephanie Yoon present the traditional Korean standard known as SANJO on their 12-string instruments in an ancient microtonal tuning (think “whammy-bar” zithers). Also, 25-string Gayageum virtuoso Rami Seo introduces her NEXUS in confluence with bassoon (Johnny Reinhard), cello (Madeleine Shapiro), and Terpstra synthesizer (Joshua Pierce). The Terpstra synthesizer, a honeycomb keyboard design of 55 tones per octave over 5 octaves designed by Siemen Terpstra (Amsterdam), is heard publicly in its debut this evening with support from Harvestworks. Pianist Joshua Pierce plays in a 53-tone equal temperament subset for DREI KLAVIERSTÜCKE, as imagined by composer Arnold Schönberg.
See more information here: http://www.afmm.org/spring10.htm

Art.On.Wires Festival Oslo 2010 - day 3

Posted by Johanna Roggan on May 12, 2010 at 7:30pm

May 12th
First some pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/art-on-wires/

This day we started the interactive environment workshop with introducing the software VVVV (V4). Two rows of laptops (which have to run windows for using V4) were set in front of a screen to show each single step on it. Valerie Vogt and Marko Ritter were conducting the workshop and walking around to help out with any problem the participants might have.
It was an short and very basic introduction of how to use it and what is possible beside making 3D generated graphics.

One of the most beautiful things here at the festival is the feeling of equality with every person. Two luminaries of the media art section were holding a keynote and afterwards they just hang out, talk to who ever is having a question. There is no privileging going on. Just Sharing knowledge, interest and going for ones curiosities.
Lars Graugaard, Anders Friberg both from the Stockholm university, Alexander Refus Jensenius (Olso university) and Aki Asgeirsson from Iceland hold a keynote on „systematic understanding of music“ by presenting several projects.
Music and emotion and creating new instruments were the trigger point of their lecture.
Coming from the fact that there is a level of emotional content inside every musical piece, they disassemble the vocabulary in order to categorize it into parameters like sad, happy, angry, tenderness/love etc.
Knowing that an expert listener is able to distinguish different moods easily but not an untrained ear, every research issue comes across psychology.
Emotion perception – listeners' perception of emotional expression.
Lars Grauggard and Anders Friberg presented then a software based on MAX/MSP which works with these parameters to analyze music and/or create new music pieces.
http://www.graugaard-music.dk/
Alexander Refus Jensenius gave us a brief glimpse on his, still in germinal, SUM sensor device. A gadget like tool to measure emotions. Using the information of blood preasure (via infrared), skin conduction and movement, the small sensor device in your hand gives a lot of parameters to scale your sensitivities.
It is still under construction but could be used in performances to navigate other out/input for instance.
http://art-on-wires.org/workshops/sum
Aki Asgeirsson presented us some of his new instruments he invented. One is an impossible one but still quite impressive. He would use the tunnels of Iceland. Tunnels such as for cars, wires, water. On one side he would place a violin snail on the other end a horn looking like amplifier. For every tunnel the same set up. The audience would be sitting in the center of Icland and receive all tones from all tunnels. BUT – the tunnels have to be empty. So that is the impossible part of it.
http://slatur.is/aki/about.html

After a short break Atau Tanaka was holding his keynot about various projects he has done.
He was working on using networks as a performance space, network music and many different music-related projects and research fields.
I really recommend to read his papers or watch the recorded lecture (online soon on www.art-on-wires.org)
http://www.ataut.net/site/spip.php?page=plan
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/culturelab/people/profile/atau.tanaka

Before lunch time Alexander Eichhorn announced the open laboratory space – so who ever is interested in collaborating with one, two, three of the others at this festival, should go for it and maybe we have something to show at the end.
It is meant to be an option of crossing boarders, of overcoming the idea of this or that could never funktion together but just trying it out and having fun within it and maybe have some outcome.

There is some not so well recognized stuff going on as well. Beside two always very tasty meals (lunch and dinner (German chefs)), the crew FEM ( www.fem.tu-ilmenau.de ) is, beside managing all sound and light happenings, recording and live-streaming the whole festival all the time. All lectures, keynotes, workshops are streamed and most of them will be online soon – if you missed something.

The evening concert series is about to start. All the musicians, producers and Vj's in the hall are going to have some great fun together.
At first all is a live act and then the Dj's will finish us up..
Pierre Proske (music), Arturo Castro (visuals), Jacob Korn (music), Marko Ritter (visuals), Lars Graugraad (music), Aki Asgeirsson (music), Atau Tanaka (music) and then the two Dj's Rainer Wachtelborn and Dj Subway.
www.jacobkorn.de
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/rainerwachtelborn
www.myspace.com/_subway
www.digitalstar.net/about/

http://arturocastro.net/index.html

Aparição do Creuza

Posted by Marcelo Kraiser on May 12, 2010 at 11:41am

Art.On.Wires Festival Oslo 2010 - day 2

Posted by Johanna Roggan on May 11, 2010 at 8:30pm

May 11th

As a festival like this, or maybe every festival, it is always a contact-making-connections-pool.

A possibility to get to know other fields of art/artists which could or do collaborate in order to create new art (pieces).
Along those lines the day yesterday ended in an open space introducing the people who give the workshops.
Everyone who was interested in talking a little about their work, their art-approach, projects etc. got a microphone in his/her hand and could give a glimpse into their life to the audience.

Today we(*) started our workshop for interactive environments. Talking about recent projects and showing some video material to expose the listener to some ways of making use of the system/environment.
I was talking about the need of finding a common working-language. Just by trying to understand the other participating project-developer. Which means, everyone creating a performance (for instance) should move a little in the interactive space, should look over the shoulder of the musician, try to comprehend the graphic program or install the camera system. Within this crossing the boarders you bring everyone to a point of equality. There you have a chance of a communication which eventually will lead to an artistic output with hopefully some semantic comprehensible line for the audience.

Across the hall where the festival happens, Alexander Carot ( http://www.carot.de/ ) is giving his workshop on a software he developed to enable musicians to rehears and perform together without meeting in real person. Having the problem of delivering the sound with a delay he invented his software “Soundjack” ( http://www.soundjack.eu ).

Another interesting workshop deals with kids toys. Through soldering components together they create the weirdest sounds. After everything is put together, you just press buttons and the sounds come out of a toy. Very funny one.
( http://www.daal.at/ )

After a very intriguing key note by Mark Coniglio about his work, he is giving a workshop on the software Isabora, which he invented himself.

In his lecture he was talking about some art pieces which work with the matter of fact that we are the number one in our life.

I am - is the most used expression in Skype chat.

When we use interactive environments we are fascinated by the music I can create because I move (or graphics etc).

Mark introduced us to one of his recent works "loopdiver". Loopdiver was created with the Isadora software.

They basically filmed a dance phrase from 6 different ankles and then cut them apart and together in all possible orders. In addition they put loops on top with different durations and so on.

At the end, the dancer had to learn what they created with the software.

( http://www.troikaranch.org/vid-loopDiver.html )

In one corner you could see a huge table with stooped people around again soldering something together. The goal was to built a small LED Gadget/Screen with a USB connection which can be fed with any information you want. Some of the components just need to get a software, which has yet to be written.

( http://www.daal.at/ )

Before dinner time I was sitting together with some people and Frode Volden (docent for cognitive psychology and human interface design at Gjøvik university) for a so called focus talk.

The question to discuss was on perception of quality. What does it mean to us. How do we use it in a artist approach.

This focus talk is used as a platform to develop a new vocabulary in the field of audio-visual cognition in order to find a way to measure quality. To install parameters and make technology/interfaces more effective, better designed for an intuitive use, to simply define it with its own words/vocabulary.

A few statements shall be listed here

- in the moment there is human energy invested it has a high level of quality

- everything containing passion has high quality

- that would be nice

- it is a matter of (expert) knowledge if you receive something as high or low or no quality

- it's a matter of content

- don't mix high and low quality components

- but "south park" does it

- does technology helps to raise the level of quality?

- depends on the use of it

- restrictions within the use of technologies can be useful

and so on.

Frode Volden was mostly listening, making some notes and asking some questions.

Even that we all came from a very different background (musician, dancer, wearable LED artist, VJ, programmer) we were able to talk on an equal level. We made similar experiences and so had a platform of communication in a high quality ;-)

After dinner there will be a concert with Alexander Carot.

http://www.carot.de/

(*)
We is:
Marko Ritter - VVVV programmer - http://blog.intolight.de
Valérie-Françoise Vogt - graphic design - http://veevee.de
Jacob Korn - musician (Abelton, Max 4life) - http://www.jacobkorn.de/
Johanna Roggan - dancer, choreographer - www.moveonit.net

excerpts from my work-in-progress @ LMCC Swing Space

Posted by Andrea Kleine on May 10, 2010 at 9:48pm

WORKTAPE excerpts from a work-in-progress from Andrea Kleine on Vimeo.

Art.On.Wires Festival Oslo 2010 - daily report - day 1

Posted by Johanna Roggan on May 10, 2010 at 5:00pm

May 10th
A new laboratory-like festival has been born. In Oslo, Norway. Out of nothing Dr. Alexander Eichhorn ( http://www.dance-tech.net/profile/echa ) organized a whole festival by himself. Inviting artists (dancers/choreographers, musicians, code-poets, interior designer, visual designer), programmer, nerds as well as students from the university Oslo to lead workshops in the wide field of media art.

Introduction to OpenFrameworks, Motion Capture Systems and Techniques, BoBo – Gadgetto, Isadora – Advanced Features Quick Boot, Using Interactive Environments for Performance (dance, visuals, music), Telematic Interaction – How physical and technical restrictions determine artistic consequences, Systematic Understanding of Music.

http://art-on-wires.org/workshops

After a nice long ride from Dresden, Germany to Oslo, we(*) arrived with a lot of equipment for the workshop we're going to give. Using Interactive Environments for Performance (dance, visuals, music).
A warm atmosphere and friendly people were welcoming us.
On Sunday and today we set up the festival venue at the Kanonenhallen and due to the fact that there are not so many people from the "outside" (people who would just come to take a workshop) have signed in and all the workshop-leaders are wanting to go to the other workshops as well, we decided not to have the workshops overlapping, but giving space that everyone could participate in every workshop and/or to tinker on or with something...

This is how we started today. With some setting up, a nice lunch and a short introduction speech from Dr. Eichhorn.
Now people listen to the OpenFramework lecture and already implementing codes.
Mark Coniglio ( http://www.dance-tech.net/profile/TroikaRanch ) gives kind of a private workshop for two people on the software Isadora, which he invented.

Everything is quite informal and relaxed - a good start for a young festival.

http://art-on-wires.org/

(*)

We is:

Marko Ritter - VVVV programmer - http://blog.intolight.de

Valérie-Françoise Vogt - graphic design - http://veevee.de

Jacob Korn - musician (Abelton, Max 4life) - http://www.jacobkorn.de/

Johanna Roggan - dancer, choreographer - www.moveonit.net

About me, Johanna Roggan:

I'm a dancer, dance creator, teacher. Currently residing in Dresden, Germany. Working together with the non-profit organization Trans-Media-Academy (TMA) Hellerau ( http://t-m-a.de/ ).

I'm going to give a workshop here in Oslo for interactive environments. Questioning the need of interactivity in performances, how long is it supportive and when does it turn into a show effect.

About communication between the performance-developer (the dancer, the programmer, the designer) - how to find a common working language.

Strings Attached: An Experiment in Connection

Posted by Cindi on May 8, 2010 at 10:04pm

Strings Attached: An Experiment in Connection

May 19, 8pm at TSA Collective
$5 donation

“…interaction should consist of bidirectional communication, and can have no predetermined outcome if the interactors are genuinely engaged in the exchange of information/experience.” Sita Popat

Strings Attached is an interactive performance choreographed and performed by Cindi L’Abbe. The piece explores the roles of audience, director and performer through modes of audience participation, choreographed structure and improvisation. Soundscore will be provided by Ian Logan and David Ross. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Laina Barakat.
The panel includes Cindi L’Abbe, Ian Logan (of Sisters and Brothers) and Cathy Nicoli (dance faculty at Keene State College).

What’s the point?
To allow audience members to “enter” a dance by interacting and directing the performance
To explore the concept of communication through a dance conversation using words and physical strings
To illustrate the connected-ness of human beings through invisible and visible threads
To create interactive art as a demonstration of the creative potential of audiences as well as performance, to democratize the dance

What are we talking about?
Interactive elements in performance art as methods of creating audience “connection”, relevance
Improvisation as conversation, performance as communication
The performing arts as an illustration of humanity

Talk / Discussion under the image and movement workshop led by Toni Mira and David Dalmazzo /Barcelona

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on May 6, 2010 at 6:30pm

Talk / Discussion under the image and movement workshop led by Toni Mira and David Dalmazzo in La Caldera. Saturday 15th May from 10.30am. Free admission. Limited capacity

To close the week of the workshop led by TONI MIRA and DAVID DALMAZZO in
La Caldera, NU2's proposes a talk / discussion to present three support
and experimentation initiatives about digital tools applied to the
performing arts: the project HELLOWORLD! (Madrid), the MEDIAESTRUCH
of Sabadell and the NU2’s LABS's in L'animal a l’esquena
(Girona).

The session aims to inform and discuss about the challenges of the dance
/ new media creation and the collaborative initiatives to create spaces
for artists from the differents sectors.

- David Rodriguez will discuss the objectives and projects
developed by HelloWorld! , stable platform focused on production and new
technologies. They work at the Medialab-Prado, in the Teatro Pradillo
and Galería Off Limits of Madrid. +info: http://www.tea-tron.com/helloworld

- Oriol Rossell and Julià Carboneras will present MEDIAESTRUCH,
L'Estruch new department dedicated to the convergence of the performing
arts and new technologies.+info: http://www.lestruch.cat/mediaestruch/

- Núria Font will discuss the experiences of the laboratories
organized by NU2's in L'animal al'esquena since 2004 and will introduce
the characteristics of the LAB for this year.

By late morning, Toni Mira and David Dalmazzo will present the artists
participating in the workshop and the work they carried out.

Schedules:

10'30h Presentation by Núria Font and Toni Mira

11h Conference presentation by David Rodriguez - HelloWorld!

11'30h Presentation of MEDIAESTRUCH by Oriol Rossell

12h Coffee Break

12'30h Presentation of NU2's laboratories

13h Works presentations of the lab: technology, image and movement

13'30h Symposium / debate

Check all the information at the website of NU2’s - http://www.nu2s.org -
and La Caldera - http://www.lacaldera.info

Attention! The activity is free but it’s neccesary to book
sending an email to info@lacaldera.info

La Prinzipal of La Caldera is offering a "low cost" meal for 7 euros. If
you want to sign up, booking is essential sending an email at La
Caldera before May 12th, specifying the subject: FOOD lab IM (specify
number of people)

See you there!!

* NU2'S associacío per la creació has the
support of the Generalitat de Catalunya's Departament of Cultura, the
Ajuntament de Barcelona and the Ramón Llull institute.

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muse 010 - International Summerworkshop by Tanzplan Dresden for professional and advanced dancers

Posted by Tanzplan Dresden on April 30, 2010 at 1:03pm

The muse 010 programme offers a wide range of training at various levels in contemporary and classical dance, as well as courses in improvisation, composition and body practise. The classes take place at the Palucca Schule and are taught by dance teachers with international reputation e.g. Prof. Jason Beechey.. Different course levels are indicated. The duration of the workshop is two weeks (2x five teaching days). Booking and programme at www.tanzplan-dresden.deForeign dance students can apply for financial support by means of a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship. Application deadline is May 17th , 2010. Further information on the grant can be found here www.tanzplan-dresden.de________________________________________Once again Tanzplan Dresden has awarded grants to three young choreographers who will work in interdisciplinary teams of up to 4 individual artists. The teams will work for the duration of the summer workshop. In addition to maintenance costs, the teams will be provided with their own studio at the Palucca Schule, and will be supported by a mentor and a sound and light technician. The artists for the Creative Residencies in 2010 are: Vera Ondrasikova (Prague), Gregory Edelein (Brussels) and Hanna Hegenscheidt (Berlin).

Easy Music Editing

Posted by Carri on April 28, 2010 at 8:25pm

With a new software program for choreographers you can use "counts" as a reference to edit music. Push a button and beats are recognized. It defaults to count the music in 8's but can be customized to fit your music. You can speed up your music and slow it down without changing pitch. You can also drop markers in your music track which can be used during rehearsal to save lots of time!! Check out DANCE DESIGNER at http://www.choreopro.com to see all the other unique features to assist all choreographers. You can download a free trial!! Contact me if you have any questions at carriburbank@choreopro.com

Tracing Mobility Symposium: Cartography and Migration in Networked Space - 15 May, Nottingham

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on April 27, 2010 at 5:43pm

THIS EVENT IS FREE

trampoline.org.uk/tracingmobility

TRACING MOBILITY SYMPOSIUM

Symposium #1 of 3

15 May

10am - 6pm

Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham, NG1 2GB

Joining forces with Nottingham Contemporary as part of their forthcoming Uneven Geographies exhibition, Tracing Mobility, the first of Radiator’s three international symposia, examines the emergence of a new space, a space born out of the technology used to control and divide society.

Participants include; Frank Abbott (UK); Active Ingredient [Rachel Jacobs] (UK); Robin Bhattacharya (UK/CH); Heath Bunting (UK); Simon Faithfull (UK/DE); James Kennard (UK); Plan b [Sophia New & Daniel Belasco Rogers] (UK/DE); Katarzyna Krakowiak (PL); Krzysztof Nawratek (PL/UK); Kate Rich (UK); Michelle Teran (CA/DE); Open_Sailing [Ollie Palmer] (UK); Gordan Savicic (AT/NL); Trebor Scholz (US); Basak Senova (TR); Société Réaliste (HU/FR); Joanna Warsza (PL); Mushon Zer-Aviv (IL/US)

Presentations by artists and speakers from such diverse fields as geography, urban theory and computer science will explore what constitutes being nomadic these days and how developments in networked and open source infrastructure are transforming our expectations of 'Place'.

These events are free but booking is essential.

To reserve a place, please telephone Nottingham Contemporary on 0115 9242421 or visit

tracingmobility.eventbrite.com

trampoline.org.uk/tracingmobility

twitter.com/tracingmobility

dancers sought for wearables project Nottinghamshire

Posted by Sarah Kettley on April 27, 2010 at 4:58pm

We are seeking three dancers to take part in our project, Aeolia, in the centre of Nottingham.

We are exploring the design process of textile sensors on the body and have been working with cellist Peter Gergson and sound engineer Yann Seznec, showing at the MIT Media Lab, InSpace (Edinburgh) and the House of Lords (London) - yes, we were surprised too...

The next stage of the project is to introduce movement and we invite you to come and respond to Peter's music while wearing the woven, embroidered and knitted garments which house stretch sensors - we will use your feedback to inform what the garments eventually do, and to assess placement of the textile sensors.

There is a confirmed exhibition for the video documentation of this in June in Dundee, Scotland, with all participants credited fully, and we will cover your expenses.

Please email Sarah at sarah.kettley@ntu.ac.uk.

see Aeolia online:

http://www.sarahkettleydesign.co.uk/sarahkettley/aeolia_new_media_scotland_alt-w_ntu_textile_interface_stretch_sensor_sarah_kettley_.html

http://www.sarahkettleydesign.co.uk/CCA_event_July_09/aeolia.html

http://www.sarahkettleydesign.co.uk/sarahkettley/news_sarah_kettley_blog/Entries/2010/1/24_rehearsals_with_Aeolia_cello_garment.html

LOOKING FOR A VIDEO EDITOR in NYC

Posted by Adam McKinney on April 26, 2010 at 4:27pm

LOOKING FOR A VIDEO EDITOR in NYC for a solo dance work to be presented on May 12!
Person must be able to do:
-Sound mixing and EQing
-Video editing: photographs, text, moving images
-Special effects on stationary and moving images

Previous experience is preferred. Small budget. 15-17 hours max.

Adam McKinney
Co-Director, DNAWORKS
Phone: (212) 765-4914
adam@dnaworks.org
www.dnaworks.org

Mapping Festival

Posted by Gilles Jobin on April 26, 2010 at 3:04pm

http://www.mappingfestival.ch/2010/

The Mapping Festival is dedicated to VJing and to the task of combining moving images with contemporary cultures. Thus multiplying the events which animate the town and bestowing itself to the Genevans and international visitors.

Formed in 2005 by Modul8 conceptors and Zoo/Usine, The Mapping is in search of all passionate of real time image use, amateurs of electronic cultures, conviviality and discovery.

The festival is a true laboratory for the VJing discipline, offering both novices and professionals the possibility to experiment and encounter. This unique aspect gives the festival a world-wide reputation in the VJ-community as a meeting point you just have to visit.

What is VJing ?

The definition of VJing is performance which consists in creating moving visual art (often video) on large displays or screens, often at events such as concerts, nightclubs and music festivals, and usually in conjunction with other performance art. This results in a live, multimedia performance that can include music, actors or dancers as well as live and prerecorded video. Also sometimes called «Realtime» or «Realtime Video».

1. She is ...

2. Improvisation workshop & research

3. Recovery

4. Desire Lines

5. Polar Twin

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