Marco Palewicz – THE BIG PICTURE

Big Concertnight

Michael Knoll — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:31:08 +0000

Resonant Bridges
So/Sun 2. 9. 19:30
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Freiraum
Klangpark
Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal, Mittlerer Saal
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Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Freiraum
19:30 HEAVYLISTENING (DE): Tiefdruckgebiet

Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal
20:30 Bruckner Orchester Linz (AT), Dennis Russell Davies (Dirigent / US/AT), Martin Achrainer (Bassbariton / AT)
Philip Glass (US): Songs of Milarepa
Celine Desrumaux (FR): Countdown
Bruckner Orchester Linz (AT), Dennis Russell Davies (Dirigent US/AT)
Johannes Berauer (AT): Echoes of the Miraculous
Dirk Koy (DE): The City

Klangpark
21:25 Klangwolkenminiaturen Live

Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal
22:00 Bruckner Orchester Linz (AT), Dennis Russell Davies (Dirigent / US/AT)
Misato Moshizuki (JP): Ima Koko
Daniel Franke, Cedric Kiefer (DE): unnamed soundsculpture
Bruckner Orchester Linz (AT), Dennis Russell Davies (Dirigent / US/AT)
Amr Okba (EG/AT): Etappe
Jean-Thomas Bédard, Alain Clavier (CA): This is a Recorded Message

Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal
23:00 Ö1 Kunstradio

GX Jupitter-Larsen
Klammer & Gründler Duo
Kunstradio All Stars

This is the 10th anniversary of the Big Concert Night. Ars Electronica launched this collaboration with the Brucknerhaus and the Bruckner Orchestra in 2002 to present an invigorating blend of orchestral music, digital sounds, live electronics and visualizations. In the spirit of this year’s festival theme, THE BIG PICTURE, concertgoers will be treated to wide-angle glimpses of a modern world that is globally networked acoustically as well, whereby this broad musical spectrum is impressionistically reflected by the array of performers—up-and-coming virtuosos and old masters alike. The narrative arc extends from the composure of the Buddhist way to the unruly events of Arab Spring.

Fans of auditory creativity can partake of a full-throttle prelude to the evening’s presentations from the Lentos Art Museum’s plaza. In Tiefdruckgebiet (low pressure area) by HEAVYLISTENING (DE), high-performance autos pimped out with mega-bass sound systems are the instruments of a concerto at the low end of the human hearing range.

Works by a Tibetan yogi inspired Philip Glass (US) to compose his Songs of Milarepa. A version for piano and baritone will open the evening’s musical proceedings in the Brucknerhaus. The visualizations are the work of Michael Mayr (AT) and Tom Lorenz (AT).

A visualization by Leonard Wegscheider (AT) will accompany some jazzy Echoes of the Miraculous by Johannes Berauer (AT). Written during a period of political upheaval in 2011, the four-part composition is meant to evoke an ingenuous, childlike view of the world and to eschew all logical objections in clinging to hope for better times to come.

In her composition Ima Koko (Japanese: here and now), Misato Mochizuki (JP) proceeds in accordance with the teachings of Buddhism that the cosmos is contained in a mote of dust and eternity in the blink of an eye. The sound made by striking a gong is elongated in the extension of time and space until all the individual parts of this intonation are revealed. Conny Zenk (AT) complements the tonal universe with a visual one.

Amr Okba’s (EG/AT) work Etappe is an effort to come to terms with the Arab Spring. The rhythm of the daily grind is acoustically put to an end by an inner voice that cries out for rebellion against the prevailing despotism. Austrian artist Anna Blume has created a highly appropriate visualization.

Three animated films honored by the Prix Ars Electronica will be the intermezzi punctuating the orchestral pieces. In Countdown, Céline Desrumaux (FR) takes us on a trip through the cosmos to the music of Apparat. The City by Dirk Koy / Equipo was made as a music video for the band Five Year Older. unnamed soundsculpture by Daniel Franke and Cédric Kiefer (both DE) features an impressive symbiosis of dance, computer animation and sounds from Machinefabriek’s piece Kreukeltape.

Marco Palewicz (AT), Chris Bruckmayr (AT), Maximilian Walch (AT) and Michael Kaczorowski (AT) take on the Klangwolkeminiatures, mix them up live and shape soundscapes and tracks. Atmospherical or straight to the beat, the inspiration is following the mood of the moment, rhythms, melodies, voices and more are being combined and torn up. The musical result reflects the background of all the protagonists involved, ranging from Doom Techno through noise right into electropop.

This is a Recorded Message is still a highly relevant statement made in 1973 by filmmaker Jean-Thomas Bédard (CA) and composer Alain Clavier (CA), a critique of the consumption orientation of our times in the form of a huge montage of hundreds of advertising images.

To round things out, Ars Electronica and radio station Ö1 are congregating to celebrate Kunstradio’s 25th anniversary. Some special acts are offering congratulatory greetings. High-decibel radio artist and author GX Jupitter-Larsen is presenting his Loud Luggage/Booming Baggage

Open Cloud: Picknick in der Wolke

Michael Knoll — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:05:40 +0000

So/Sun 2. 9. 10:00 – 21:00
Donaupark

10:00 – 11:00 Klangwolkenminiaturen Original I: Frühschoppen
11:00 – 11:30 Klangwolkenminiaturen: Jingles & Dance Flashmob
11:30 – 12:00 OÖ Nachrichten Klangwolkenminiaturen Original II: So klingt Oberösterreich
12:30 – 13.30 Klangwolkenminiaturen Original III: Mittagshitze
13:30 – 14:00 Remix 1: Matthias Bergsmann (AT)
14:00 – 15:00 Klangwolkenminiaturen Original IV: Kaffee und Kuchen
15:00 – 15:30 Remix 2: Klangwolkenminiaturenkomposition – Marco Palewicz (AT)
15:30 – 16:30 Klangwolkenminiaturen Original V: Happy Hour
15:30 – 16:00 Missing Character
16:30 – 17:00 Remix 3 – Live: Chris Bruckmayr (AT), Michael Kaczorowski (AT), Marco Palewicz (AT), Maximilian Walch (AT)
17:00 – 18:00 FM4 Wall of Sound
18:00 – 19:00 DJ Kristian Davideck (FM4)
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Freiraum
19:30 – 20:00: HEAVYLISTENING (DE): Tiefdruckgebiet

The Picnic in the Cloud, Part II of the 2012 voestalpine Klangwolke, is set for the day after the big show. Everyone’s invited to bring snacks and a blanket to the Donaupark between the Brucknerhaus and the Lentos Art Museum.

Thousands of people from Linz, from Upper Austria and all over the world have been busy producing soundcloudminiatures—pieces of music, sounds, noise, whatever. The best of these personal puffs of the cloud of sound will resound through the relaxed atmosphere of Linz’s beautiful downtown riverside park via the show’s superb sound system. A big Sound Picnic Blanket will take the place of a stage.

The day’s program also includes a repeat performance of the previous evening’s highlights.

The show begins at 10 AM with soundcloudminiatures arranged in categories—both the originals and a remix by sound artist Matthias Bergsmann (AT), a prizewinner in the Prix Ars Electronica’s u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD category. The climax of the urban game Missing Character will serve as a sort of interlude. Marco Palewicz (AT), Chris Bruckmayr (AT), Maximilian Walch (AT) and Michael Kaczorowski (AT) will then continue with live remixes of the miniatures on into the evening.

At 5 PM, FM4 will take over the controls. A once-in-a-lifetime live-spectacle will not just capture your imagination, it will set your booty in motion as you experience the FM4 Wall of Sound featuring Kristian Davidek and Bauchklang’s Andi Fraenzl. Kristian Davidek has quite the reputation for phenomenally entertaining DJ-sets, not just music-wise either. Now, he will be joined by the Human Beatbox Virtuoso Andi Fraenzl for a live audio experience you are bound to never forget. A very special duo, a decidedly different performance and a singular outing—all to be had at the Donaupark and as a prelude to even more ear-candy in the form of a series of concerts being held afterwards at the Brucknerhaus.

At 7:30, Berlin Duo HEAVYLISTENING and their pimped-out rides will generate a low-pressure area as a lead-in to the Big Evening Concert in the Brucknerhaus.

Pixelspaces 2012

Michael Knoll — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:11:42 +0000

Sa/Sat 1. 9. 14:00 – 16:00
So/Sun 2. 9. 10:00 – 20:00
Ars Electronica Center, SKY Media Loft, Infodeck

Pixelspaces is a series of conferences that the Ars Electronica Futurelab has hosted annually since 2001. In conjunction with a symposium and an exhibition, participants address and discuss current issues having to do with digital culture and society in general.

For Pixelspaces 2012, the Ars Electronica Futurelab is becoming an open lab to offer behind-the-scenes looks at current projects. The Futurelab will also present a new artist- and scientist-in-residence concept.

Sa/Sat 1. 9.

Studiolab Public Forum: Hacks, Mutants, Synthesis, Uncertainty, Water and Networks

14:00 – 16:00
SKY Media Loft

This public forum presents outcomes from Studiolab: a synergistic network inspiring new approaches to environmental, technological and social challenges and providing a template for innovative art science collaborations. Studiolab involves interaction between 13 leading centres of scientific research, artistic excellence and experimental design across 12 European countries. www.studiolabproject.eu.

Moderation: Annick Bereaud (Leonardo / FR)

14:00 – 14:10 Matthew Gardiner (Ars Electronica Futurelab / AU/AT): Welcome
14:10 – 14:25 Annick Bereaud (Leonardo / FR): Water in the Air Workshop
14:25 – 14:40 Rasa Smite (Rixc /LV): Biotricity – A Vast Energy from Waste-Water
14:40 – 14:55 Pavel Sedlak (Ciant / CZ) Mutamorphosis
14:55 – 15:10 Teresa Dillon (Science Gallery / IE); Hack the City
15:10 – 15:25 David Benqué (Royal College of Art London / FR/GB): Mutant Products
15:25 – 15:40 Matthew Gardiner (Ars Electronica Futurelab / AU/AT): Living Logic
15:40 – 16:00 Panel Discussion and Questions

So 2. 9.

Pixelspaces 2012: OHMI – True Music Instruments & Disability

Technical Challenges & Possibilities
10:00 – 12:00
SKY Media Loft

The first panel on Sunday will focus on the technical challenges involved in designing musical instruments for people with special needs. Innovative input and concepts make possible completely new approaches to assignments of this type.

10:00 – 10:30 Stephen Hetherington (UK)
10:30 – 11:00 Christian Gouweleeuw, Ruud van der Well (NL)
11:00 – 11:30 Markus Fischer, Michael Platz (AT)
11:30 – 12:00 Peter Purgathofer (AT)

Ars Electronica Residency Network

13:00 – 14:00
SKY Media Loft

Ars Electronica conducts several artist-in-residence programs. They will be presented here, along with this year’s recipient of [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant and two other competition nominees. Ars Electronica will also unveil its new scientist- and artist-in-residence concept.

13:00 – 13:10 Collide@CERN: Julius von Bismarck (DE)
13:10 – 13:15 Australia Council for the Arts: Matthew Gingold (AU)
13:15 – 13:20 Australia Council for the Arts: Jon McCormack (AU)
13:20 – 13:30 Winner [the next idea] voestalpine art & technology grant: Mathias Jud, Christoph Wachter (CH)
13:30 – 13:35 Honarary Mention [next idea] voestalpine art & technology grant: Doris Sung (US)
13:35 – 13:40 Honorary Mention [next idea] voestalpine art & technology grant: Sam Jewell (UK)
13:40 – 14:00 Gerfried Stocker (Artistic Director Ars Electronica / AT)

Participants: Joichi Ito (MIT / JP/US), Ariane Koek (CERN / UK), Lubi Thomas (QUT / AU), Maholo Uchida (Miraikan / JP), Stephen Hetherington (OHMI / UK)

Hertzblut II: Inside Futurelab

14:00 – 16:00
Infodeck, Main Gallery

This session offers insights into projects the Ars Electronica Futurelab staff is currently working on or has recently completed, and demonstrates its transdisciplinary approach on an international level.

14:00 – 14:10 Imanol Gomez (ES), Ali Nikrang (IR): Music Particles
14:10 – 14:20 Michael Platz (AT),: EMG Shield – Using muscle movement as an intuitive input device
14:20 – 14:30 Anna Lucia Kuthan (AT), Harald Moser (AT): ZeitRaum: An Overview
14:30 – 14:40 Kristefan Minski (AU): Technical Design and Creative Parameters: MedEl
14:40 – 14:50 Michael Badics (AT): GeoCity Peking
14:50 – 15:10 Stefan Fuchs (AT), Peter Holzkorn (AT), Petros Kataras (GR): ZeitRaum: A Symbiotic Form of Life at Vienna Airport
15:10 – 15:20 Veronika Pauser (AT): openAIR – Accessibility in Radio Production
15:20 – 15:30 Benjamin Mayr (AT): Finger Marathon
15:30 – 15:40 Roland Aigner (AT): (St)age of Participation – Review of first performance Letterbox in Deep Space
15:40 – 15:50 Cécile Bucher (CH): Swarovski Welcome Experience
15:50 – 16:00 Martina Mara (AT): Bridging an Android’s “Uncanny Valley” Through Science Fiction: A Psychological Experiment in the Ars Electronica RoboLab

The Making of voestalpine Klangwolke 2012

17.00 – 19.00
SKY Media Loft

A wide array of projects comprises this year’s voestalpine Klangwolke. The origins and interaction of the individual elements will be the subject of speeches and presentations.

Gerfried Stocker (Artistic Director Ars Electronica / AT): voestalpine Klangwolke 2012
Emiko Ogawa, Hideaki Ogawa (JP): Klangwolken-ABC
Joshua Gardiner (AU), Ray Gardiner (AU), Horst Hörtner (AT): Citymapping & Lightscapes
Marco Palewicz (AT), Chris Bruckmayr (AT), Michael Kaczorowski (AT): Klangwolkenminiaturen
Florian Berger (AT), Andreas Jalsovec (AT), Michael Mayr (AT), Benjamin Olsen (US):
Spaxels/Klangwolken Quadrocopters

Spaxels/Klangwolken-Quadrocopter

20:00
By staging the world’s first flying formation of 50 multi-rotor drones (quadrocopters), the Ars Electronica Futurelab is not only mastering an enormous conceptual and technical challenge; it’s also—above all—launching a new mode of 3D visualization.

Pixelspaces 2012 – The Making Of the voestalpine Klangwolke

Michael Knoll — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:42:38 +0000

So/Sun 2.9.
17.00 – 19.00
SKY Media Loft

Die voestalpine Klangwolke setzt sich heuer aus einer Vielzahl an Projekten zusammen. Die Entstehung und das Zusammenwirken der einzelnen Teile sind Thema der Vorträge und Präsentationen in diesem Panel.

Gerfried Stocker (Artistic Director Ars Electronica / AT): voestalpine Klangwolke 2012
Emiko Ogawa, Hideaki Ogawa (JP): Klangwolken-ABC
Marco Palewicz (AT), Chris Bruckmayr (AT), Michael Kaczorowski (AT): Klangwolkenminiaturen
Joshua Gardiner (AU), Ray Gardiner (AU), Horst Hörtner (AT): Citymapping & Lightscapes
Florian Berger (AT), Andreas Jalsovec (AT), Michael Mayr (AT), Benjamin Olsen (US): Spaxels/Klangwolken Drones