Concert: Pécs D(é)RIVE: GPS-Trans 11
December 5, 2010
When: Friday, 10 December · 19:30 – 22:30
Where: University of Pécs, Faculty of Music and Visual Arts, Damjanich u. 30, Pécs, Hungary
A collaborative project between Marek Chołoniewski & European Bridges Ensemble
live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/symposium-installation-concert
“In a dérive one or more persons during a certain period drop their relations, their work and leisure activities, and all their other usual motives for movement and action, and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and the encounters they find there. Chance is a less important factor in this activity than one might think: from a dérive point of view, cities have psychogeographi-cal contours, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes that strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones.”
Guy Debord 1956
In July 2010, a car fitted with 4 video cameras, (facing forward, backward, left and right) and GPS tracking, made a number of “recording” journeys through and around the city of Pécs. Several of the locations passed through were then re-visited on foot, and recorded audio-visually in greater detail.
During the concert, a car will re-trace the original journeys around Pécs, transmitting its GPS coordinates to the venue where it will control the video and audio material, projected onto 4 screens and through 4 speakers arranged in form of square geometric object, simulating the form of the car and the space through which it travels. In this way the car becomes a live performer/controller of its own recordings. It’s GPS position and speed data determining the status of the audio-visual record of the original journey.
(GPS-Trans – transmission in time and space, rather than live broadcasting).
As the car approaches each of the previously chosen locations, the journey will be suspended and overlaid by detailed audio-visual compositions created by EBE’s composer/performers and visual artist, as responses to the ambience of place rather than to the transit through space. A place is explored and articulated and the journey resumes on to the next.
In the early stages of the project, initial exploration of the ‘terrain’ of Pécs revealed locations and spaces not on the “tourist trail”; the mines and mine buildings, the gas/water pipes, the cemetary, the tallest empty building as well as those more commonly experienced by visitors like the center or the TV Tower. Their qualities and ambience contributed a deeper experience of the city of Pécs.
Pécs D(é)RIVE, the latest iteration of “GPS-Trans”, combines the data-driven audio-visual urban installation, originally conceived by Marek Chołoniewski, with the integrated performance of audio-visual compositions by EBE within Georg Hajdu’s Quintet.net software environment.
Creators and performers:
Marek Choloniewski – concept, composition, coordination
Georg Hajdu – Conductor, Quintet.net programming
Marcin Wierzbicki – GPS programming
Kai Niggemann – Composition, Laptop Performer
Adam Siska – Composition, Laptop Performer
Johannes Kretz – Composition, Laptop Performer, Quintet.net programming
Andrea Szigetvári – Composition, Laptop Performer
Ivana Ognjanović – Composition, Laptop Performer
Stewart Collinson – Visual artist
Here is a video of an older performance (2007) of the EBE:
Organized by: Hungarian Computer Music Foundation
Sponsors: EU Culture Program, NKA, Nikolaus Lenau Kulturverein, MAMI PTE MK, Kertész Panzió, VisualPower
More information: www.globalvillagemusic.net
Symposium on network music in Pécs
December 5, 2010
When: December 10-12. 2010.
Where: University of Pécs, Faculty of Music and Visual Arts, Damjanich u. 30, Pécs, Hungary
The “Music in the Global Village” symposium researches technological and artistic domains that are made available through the interaction of humans and machines in networked systems. It aims to create a platform for musicians and media-artists or collaborative net-based art-projects and for the discussion of the latest issues in live-electronic performance. After two editions of the conference in 2007 and 2009 the Symposium in Pécs will summarize the results of the Co-Me-Di-A cultural collaboration performed in the framework of the European Commitie’s Culture porgramme, the ideas initiated at the conferences and the progress made since the first conference.
General concepts:
- what does network facilitate, what does network impede
- what is gained, what is lost
- how do we adapt (to) the new possibilities afforded by the Network
- where the network, as a medium, facilitates “traditional” performance, improvisation by artists in remote locations?
- transformation of the rules of musical communication
- extending the notion of social intercourse and co-operation in different forms of art
Concepts emerging from the framework of the CoMeDiA project:
- the network as acoustic medium
- avatars: embodiment of remote performers through gesture-modulated visual display
- audience participation in network performance
- virtual spaces
- pedagogy of network music
The lecturers of the symposium are associates or artists of the institutions, artistic groups listed below:
IRCAM, Paris; SARC, Belfast; IEM, Graz; UNIGE, Genova; HFMT, Hamburg; HCMF, Budapest; EBEHamburg/Münster/Budapest/Vienna/Beograd/Lincoln; PTE MK MAMI, Pécs.
The symposium is open to the public and free of charge. To participate, please register by sending an email with a short bio to: info@hcmf.hu.
PROGRAMME
Lecture session #1
Friday, 10 December · 15:00 – 17:30, Room 218
Live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/symposium-installation-concert
Catching network activity – presentations from participating institutions (1.)
15.00-15.15: Andrea Szigetvári [H]
15.15-15.30: Georg Hajdu [GER]
15.30-15.45: Winfried Ritsch [A]
- coffee break -
16.00-16.15: Gualtiero Volpe [I] (online)
16.15-16.30: Pedro Rebelo [GB] (online)
16.30-16.45: Balázs Kovács [H]
16.45-17.30: Questions, comments
Lecture session #2
Saturday, 11 December · 10:00 – 13:30, Room 105
Live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/symposium-installation-concert
10.00-10.40 Lecture session: Network based GPS control system
10.00-10.20: Marek Choloniewski [PL]
10.20-10.40: Marcin Wierzbicki [PL]
10.40-11.00 Lecture session:
Catching network activity – presentations from participating institutions (2.)
10.40-11.00: Andrew Gerzso [F]
- coffee break -
11.20-12.40 Lecture session:
Audio/video/stage design for network performances
11.20-11.40: Georg Hajdu [GER]
11.40-12.00: Constantin Basica [GER]
12.00-12.20: Rémi Desmonet [F]
12.20-12.40: Winfried Ritsch [A]
12.40-13.20 Lecture session: Extension of the notion of spatialization
12.40-13.00: Winfried Ritsch [A]
13.00-13.20: Markus Noisternig [A] (telepresence)
Lecture session #3
Saturday, 11 December · 15:00 – 18:30, Room 105
Live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/symposium-installation-concert
15.00-16.00 Lecture session: Relation to the audience/ Social interaction/ Pedagogy
15.00-15.20: Andrew Gerzso [F]
15.20-15.40: Jacob Sello [GER]
15.40-16.00: Kai Niggeman [GER]
- coffe break -
16.30-18.30: Discussion session (1.)
With the participation of musicians and dancers from the CoMeDiA projects: Elisabeth Harnik, Andrea Ladányi, Veronika Zott
Lecture session #4
12 December · 10:00 – 15:00, Room 105
Live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/symposium-installation-concert
10.00-11.00: Co-Me-Di-A partners’ meeting
11.00-12.20: Lecture session: Strategies for finding artistically meaningful applications of Internet technology
11.00-11.20: Johannes Kretz [A]
11.20-11.40: Andrea Szigetvári [H]
11.40-12.00: Ádám Siska [H]
12.00-12.20: Felipe Hickman [GB]
- coffe break -
12.40-15.00: Discussion session (2.)
With the participation of musicians and dancers from the CoMeDiA projects:
Elisabeth Harnik, Andrea Ladányi, Veronika Zott
Organized by: Hungarian Computer Music Foundation
Sponsors: EU Culture Program, NKA, Nikolaus Lenau Kulturverein, MAMI PTE MK, Kertész Panzió, VisualPower
More information: www.globalvillagemusic.net
network music in Pécs
December 5, 2010
network music
GPS installation-concert / symposium
December 10-12, 2010.
University of Pécs,
Faculty of Music and Visual Arts
Pécs, Damjanich u. 30.
The Music in the Global Village series focuses on music and art works created and performed on the Internet and local networks. Its first edition, a conference, took place at the Kunsthalle, Budapest in 2007. Subsequently, in 2009 it returned as an “Unconference” in the framework of the Making New Waves Festival.
The Music in the Global Village, Pécs 2010 will take place as of a concert-installation and a symposium exploring the ways in which the network – being the most significant new medium of the modern era – shapes and influences recent manifestations of music and other art forms. The computer music installation-concert-performance, will use GPS data to control audio / video “samplers” of material recorded in and around the city of Pécs. The symposium will provide the opportunity to hear leading network art professionals lecture on, and discuss the recent developments in the field.
Organized by the Hungarian Computer Music Foundation
Website: http://globalvillagemusic.net/
HIJACKED Vol 2 AUSTRALIA / GERMANY
July 15, 2010
BOOK LAUNCH
Friday, July 16th, 7 p.m.
LUMEN Galéria, 1088 Budapest, Mikszáth Kálmán tér 2.
Guests: Mark McPherson, Katja Melzer, Katrina Schwarz
Exhibit: Kinetic Image
July 13, 2010
- opening at 2b
opening at 2b
Photo Exhibition: Jewish life in Budapest
July 6, 2010
On Thursday, July 8th, 6 p.m. a new exhibition will open at the synagoge in Rumbach utca, VII. Budapest. The photorapher Bruno Bourel (born 1957 in Paris, living in Budapest) will show a selection of his works on Jewish life in the Hungarian capital.
Invitation
Preview:
For more information, check the website: www.brunobourel.com!
Artist Talk at Goethe Institute
June 10, 2010
In the frame of the current exhibition “Művészet Vendégségben” at the Goethe Institute Budapest, an ARTIST TALK will take place on Thursday, June 17, 6 p.m.. Four artists will talk about their experiences as foreign artists in Budapest and their opinion on the “Budapestian” art scene. Languages: Hungarian / German
exhibition view
Művészet Vendégségben – Beszélgetés
Június 17., 18.00 – 20.00, Goethe Intézet
Résztvevők:
Bruno Bourel (*1957, Párizs, Franciaország)
Áron Baráth (*1980, Újvidék, Szerbia)
Alexander Schikowski (*1973, Bamberg, Németország)
Mamikon Yengibarian (*1963, Jereván, Örményország)
Moderátor: Katja Melzer (Művészettörténész)
Nyelvek: Németül / Magyarul
A budapesti Goethe Intézet idén ismét kortárs képzőművészeti kiállítást rendez az intézet épületében. A kiállítás kurátora Katja Melzer, alapgondolata pedig a kulturális sokszínűség. A cél olyan nem magyar művészek bemutatása, akik a világ különböző országaiból érkeztek Budapestre, és letelepedésük után alkotásaikkal jelentősen hozzájárultak az itteni képzőművészeti élet változatosságához. A festményeket, fényképeket, szobrokat és más műtárgyakat szemlélve új szemszögből tekinthetünk a nemzetiség és identitás kérdéseire.
2010/04/15 – 2011/02/15
Nyitva tartás: hétfő-péntek 10-18 óra
opening
Künstlergespräch
Über die Budapester Kunstszene und über das Leben als Künstler in Budapest anlässlich der Ausstellung “Kunst im Haus 2010″ im Goethe Institut Budapest.
Donnerstag, 17. Juni, 18:00 – 20: 00, Goethe Institut
Diskussionsteilnehmer:
Bruno Bourel (*1957, Paris, Frankreich)
Áron Baráth (*1980, Novi Sad, Serbien)
Alexander Schikowski (*1973, Bamberg,Deutschland)
Mamikon Yengibarian (*1963, Yerevan, Armenien)
Moderation: Katja Melzer (Kunsthistorikerin)
Sprachen: Deutsch / Ungarisch
“Kunst im Haus“ ist seit dem 15. April 2010 in den Räumlichkeiten des Goethe-Instituts zu sehen. Die von Katja Melzer kuratierte Ausstellung basiert auf dem Gedanken der „kulturellen Vielfalt“: Vorgestellt werden Künstler, die nicht aus Ungarn stammen, sondern aus verschiedenen Ländern nach Budapest gezogen sind und einen maßgeblichen Beitrag zur Vielfalt künstlerischen Schaffens in dieser Stadt leisten. Durch die Präsentation ihrer Werke – sei es Malerei, Fotografie, Skulptur oder Objektkunst – lassen sich weiterführende Fragen nach Identität und Nationalität diskutieren.
15.4.2010 – 15.2.2010
Geöffnet: Mo-Fr 10-18 Uhr
Roisin in Soundsuits?
May 21, 2010
Roisin Murphy: Sow Into You (Ruby Blue. 2005)
Nick Cave: Soundsuits
May 20, 2010
Today I saw this work of Nick Cave for the first time, quite amazing: “Soundsuits”, currently exhibited at the Fowler Museum in L.A. (here are some of my fav. – of course, especially the furry ones!)
Nick Cave: Soundsuit
Nick Cave: Soundsuit
Nick Cave: Soundsuit
Nick Cave: Soundsuit
“Experience the largest presentation of work by Chicago-based artist Nick Cave, featuring thirty-five of his Soundsuits—multi-layered, mixed-media sculptures named for the sounds made when the “suits” are worn. Reminiscent of African, Caribbean and other ceremonial ensembles as well as of haute couture, Cave’s work explores issues of transformation, ritual, myth and identity. His virtuosic constructions incorporate yarn, sequins, bottle caps, vintage toys, rusted iron sticks, hair and more. Mad, humorous, visionary, glamorous and unexpected, the Soundsuits are created from scavenged ordinary materials that Cave re-contextualizes into extraordinary works of art.” (AAM 2010 Blog)
EXHIBIT OPENING: Group Show at G13
May 19, 2010
invitation, designed by ZOLTAN+
Exhibiting artists: Áron, Attila, Csaba, Csilla, György, Lóránt, Mihály, Rita, Robin, Tamás, Zsolt, Zsuzsa.
Show opens on May 20, 2010 – 6pm
Specially selected wines by 75CL wine-merchant
BP PSYCH BP SPIRIT May 21 – July 10 2010
Opening Hours Tuesday-Friday 12pm-6pm / Saturday 11am-3 pm.
web: www.g13.hu
address: Király utca 13, Budapest
