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PixelACHE 2004 festival
Interactive furniture * Singing Bridges * Locative media workshop
Open source architecture * Stop Motion Studies * Trash tech workshop
Weathermatrix * Aether architects * Live action kung-fu game
BrandBody 2.0 * TRyPTiCHON * Oil Hazard pin ball game * AmbientTV.net
Sound in public space * Mini Gallery * Abnormal audio * Scoop
Stockholm, 26-28 March 2004
Helsinki, 1-4 April 2004
www.pixelache.ac
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THEME 2004: AUDIOVISUAL ARCHITECTURE
PixelACHE is an annual festival of electronic art, design and
technology. The theme for this year is 'Audiovisual architecture',
experimenting with the border between the digital domain and the
physical world.
PixelACHE Festival 2004 goes on for 10 days, starting in Stockholm
and continuing in Helsinki.
LANDSCAPE SAMPLING
PixelACHE 2004 festival will premiere 'Gray Zone: Weathermatrix',
an audiovisual performance by the Finnish artist/musician group CNCD.
The performance utilizes a vast amount of material gathered from
a network of weather surveillance cameras around Finland. The
material is used to create journeys across different weathers
and seasons.
'Singing Bridges' by Jodi Rose [AU] is a collection of recorded sounds
of bridges from around the world. Every bridge has its own unique
sound and these sounds are used as instruments in an audiovisual
performance created by Jodi Rose in collaboration with Mari Keski-Korsu
and Lasse Kaikkonen, who also assisted in recording the sounds of
Matinkaari bridge in Finland.
'Stop Motion Studies' by David Crawford [SE] consists of short
animations based on photos taken while travelling in subways of New
York, London, Boston, Paris and Gothenburg. The animations capture some
fundamental elements of interaction between the people and their
urban surroundings.
'Kamppi Reconstruction' by Sami Jarvinen & Sami Klemola (sound) and
Hanna Ojamo & Minna Langstrom (video) searches for unexpected
aesthetic properties at the Kamppi construction site in the heart
of Helsinki.
INTERACTIVE FURNITURE AND ADVENTUROUS ARCHITECTURE
PixelACHE exhibition features projects ranging from environmental
pin ball machines to experimental architecture. The common
denominator for the projects is the search for new physical
interfaces to audiovisual media. Many of the projects are still
in their prototyping phase and are shown to the audience for the
first time.
'Scoop' by Anna Hiltunen [FI/UK] is an example of how our environment
can become aware of the information and communication inside our
mobile communication devices. Scoop is a prototype of a table
which displays information and acts as an user interface to devices
placed on top of it.
'Distributed projection space' by Aether architects [HU/SE/ES] and
'Thru & Thru Piece' by Anttu Harlin [FI] explore how complex surfaces
can be turned into display screens, creating an illusion of living
and changing physical material.
Minigalleriet (the Mini Gallery) is a project by artist collective
Modern Talking [SE]. Minigalleriet is a mobile exhibition space, with
one squaremeter of floor space and fifty-five centimeters high
ceiling. For PixelACHE 2004 Festival Minigalleriet will feature
the launch event of the Modern Talking soundtrack by Abnormal
audio [SE].
PixelACHE exhibition also features interactive water soundscape
'Aquatic' by Marianne Decoster-Taivalkoski [FI], 'BrandBody 2.0'
training bench by Tuomo Tammenpaa [FI], interactive painting 'Swarm'
by Daniel Shiffman [US] and 'Oil Hazard' pin ball machine by
Teijo Pellinen, Henrik Niinimaki and Mikko Lindholm [FI].
WORKSHOPS AND DISCUSSIONS
PixelACHE festival audience will have the chance to experience
the results of three workshops taking place before and
during the festival. The workshops deal with locative media,
sound in public space and imaginary architecture.
The Locative media workshop will bring together an international
group of artists and researchers who will spend the week
exploring the activity around Helsinki railway station.
Locative media is understood to mean media in which context
is crucial, in that the media pertains to specific location
and time. The term locative media has also been associated
with mobility, collaborative mapping, and emergent forms of
social networking.
Artists in signal | process workshop will participate in
group projects that explore and engage with the sonic landscape
in the local area: an invitation and a challenge to the
different public in those spaces to think about their place
in the sonic architecture of the city. signal | process workshop
is organised by Sibelius Academy Centre for Music & Technology
and MUU ry.
Kristian Simolin [FI] and students of Turku Arts Academy will create
new designs the Parliament House by using a 3D modeling program.
Proposals for art and architecture to other locations around
Helsinki are also going to be presented by pixelACHE artists.
PixelACHE will also have more short workshops and presentations;
Trash technology workshop by Association of Experimental Electronics,
'Don't push the button' seminar about interaction and a presentation
of a live action kung-fu game from the same team that created last
year's favourite installation, Animaatiokone.
The concept of how to open architecture for public participation
is explored by the Open source architecture project by Usman Haque [PK/UK],
Margot Jacobs [SE/US], Andrew Paterson [FI/UK], Adam Somlai-Fischer [SE/HU]
and Ophra Wolf [UK/IL/US].
PIXELACHE ARTIST RESIDENCY
PixelACHE is a part of NIFCA Media AiR international media art
residency program. The residency artist for this year is
Mukul Patel [UK], member of AmbientTV.net collective. Mukul
and Manu Luksch [UK] from AmbientTV.net will collaborate with
David Muth [UK] and Minna Langstrom [FI] to create a new version
of TRyPTiCHON wireless performance.
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PIXELACHE STOCKHOLM
Audiovisual club night organised by The Nursery and Fylkingen will
feature 'Gray Zone : Weathermatrix' and an analog vs. digital
battle between Mukul Patel [UK] and Tuomas Toivonen [FI].
Sauna office for contemporary art will present 'Singing Bridges' by
Jodi Rose [AU]. Kristian Simolin [FI] will teach a workshop on Blender
software and present his work 'Benchwarmers united' at CRAC,
Creative Room for Art and Computing.
More detailed program will be available soon!
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ORGANISERS AND VENUES
PixelACHE 2004 Festival is organised by non-profit organisation
Piknik Frequency and Olento in collaboration with Kiasma Theatre.
PixelACHE clubs take place this year at Club Gloria and Club Bundolo.
A special exhibition of interactive artwork will be set up at
Restaurant Via and Thru' and Thru piece by Anttu Harlin is exhibited
on the Lasipalatsi courtyard (as a projection realised with the support
of RGB Oy). Locative media workshop and signal | process workshop
extend the event to MUU Gallery and the area of Helsinki Railway Station.
PixelACHE residency is a part of NIFCA Media AiR residency program
by NIFCA - Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art. Kristian Simolin's
imaginary architecture workshop is organised by Turku Arts Academy.
Locative media workshop is a part of the 'Trans-Cultural Mapping'
workshop series, coordinated by RIXC/Riga. Other partner organisations
are TEKS/Trondheim, LORNA/Reykjavik, ELLIPSE/Paris, Projekt Atol/Ljubljana
and Piknik Frequency/Helsinki. Locative media will also be featured
in ISEA 2004 in August 2004.
PixelACHE 2004 Festival is realised with the support of the Culture
2000 Programme of the European Union, Kiasma Theatre and AVEK.
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LIST OF PIXELACHE 2004 PARTICIPANTS (TO BE UPDATED)
Adam Somlai-Fischer [HU/SE] - Andreas Nordwall [SE]
Andrew Paterson [UK/FI] - Angela Piccini [UK] - Aleksi Eeben [FI]
Anita Pozna [HU/SE] - Anna Hiltunen [FI/UK] - Antti Ahonen [FI]
Antti Silvast [FI] - Anttu Harlin [FI] - Ari Nykanen [FI]
Ben Russell [UK] - Daniel Shiffman [US] - David Crawford [SE]
David Muth [UK] - dj Orkidea & vj *jen [FI] - Eero Puurunen [FI]
Emils Rode [LV] - Ewen Chardronnet [FR] - Hanna Ojamo [FI]
Hans Isaksson [SE] - Henrik Niinimaki [FI] - Izolde Cesniece [LV]
Juha Kujanpaa [FI] - Jukka Kaartinen [FI] - Kristen Bergaust [NO]
Kristine Briede [LV] - Kristian Simolin [FI] - Lasse Kaikkonen [FI]
Lotta Svinhufvud [FI/UK] - Manu Luksch [UK] - Margot Jacobs [SE/US]
Marc Tuters [CA] - Mari Keski-Korsu [FI] - Marko Peljhan [SL]
Marianne Decoster-Taivalkoski [FI] - Minna Langstrom [FI]
Mike Pearson [UK] - Mikko Lindholm [FI] - Mikko Lipiainen [FI]
Mukul Patel [UK] - John Evans [UK/FI] - Jodi Rose [AU]
Olli Suorlahti [FI] - Ophra Wolf [UK/IL/US] - Pall Thayer [IS]
Perttu Hamalainen [FI] - Pete Gomes [UK] - Peter Sandor Nagy [HU/ES]
Rodrigo Mallea Lira [SE] - Sami Jarvinen [FI] - Sami Klemola [FI]
Sara Kolster [NL] Sophea Lerner [AU/FI] - Teemu Kivikangas [FI]
Tomi Flinck [FI] - Tuomas Toivonen [FI] - Teijo Pellinen [FI]
Tuomo Tammenpaa [FI] - Usman Haque [PK/UK] - Ville Hyvonen [FI]
Ville Kaukanen [FI] - Victor Buchli [UK] - Wilfred Hou Je Bek [NL]
Ylva Ogland [SE] - Zelabo vjs [FR]
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MORE INFORMATION
PixelACHE Festival: www.pixelache.ac
Locative media workshop: www.pixelache.ac/locative
Singing Bridges project: www.singingbridges.net
Stop Motion Studies project: www.stopmotionstudies.net
CNCD Gray Zone performance: www.cncd.fi
Aether architects: www.aether.hu
AmbientTV.net: www.ambienttv.net
Open source architecture: www.haque.co.uk/opensourcearchitecture.php
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CONTACT INFORMATION
PixelACHE audiovisual laboratory
Meritullinkatu 11 D
00170 Helsinki
FINLAND
www.pixelache.ac | [email protected]
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