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[ecrea] sound:frame 2012 substructions - conference

Wed Mar 21 12:40:30 GMT 2012


_sound:frame festival 2012_

Dates: 12. - 22.4.2012

*Locations: MAk - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / contemporary Art, brut, Fluc, Morisson club, Hotel am brillanten- grind - all in Vienna, Austria*

For its sixth edition sound:frame is dealing with necessary «substructions» which are needed for a festival to be able to take place. Topics such as cultural economy, positioning in an artistic context as well as sustainability are being dealt with and discussed with experts at round tables prior to the festival. The artists will be provided with a technical base framework to work with. In contrast to the fixed technical features they are on the other hand left with complete freedom content wise.

/`Substruktion` (lat. `substructio`: `base frame`)///

/In archaeology, substruction is a term for the structures that support buildings and terraces, just like pillars carrying vaults in antique architecture. Whether it is a festival, an institution or an artistic piece of work, each project requires substructions and pillars to support them. Rarely however do these substructures become visible to the outsider, many even make an effort to hide them well. The observer only sees the superficial whole, a shiny and stable dome, a representative building, that would collapse without the supporting architecture. With this year‘s festival focus «substructions», sound:frame focuses on the hidden frame- works. We‘ll try to shed light on the development and the tasks that are involved when realizing a festival: Why does the exhibition look the way it does? How does software come into play when implementing multimedia art? Which technologies are used? What is the un- derlying concept beneath the program of different events? What are the conditions that are to be met in order to be able to realize a concept? /

- Exhibition «substructions» - 12.-29.4.2012

A cooperation between sound:frame and MAk – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / contemporary Art

With the audiovisual exhibition at the MAK, sound:frame returns to a setting at a museum. Gerald Moser, who is responsible for the concept of this year‘s exhibition architecture, took up the concept to build scaffolding out of an elaborate trussing sculpture that will support the projection surface and the sound system. For the artists, there‘s a fixed system with which they can do whatever they want. There‘s no need for them to care about the technical basis of their work, therefore they can fully concentrate on content. Different approaches will be shown consecutively, they will work with the construction in different, personal ways. Focusing on one work at a time, the respective artworks are able to fully extend both spatially and temporally.

Robert Henke aka. Monolake is a composer, sound designer, software developer (Ableton LIVE), installation artist and teaches sound research and computer music. As an accomplis- hed artist and musician, Henke works with various artists from other areas, for example Christopher Bauder with whom he created ATOM. Dutch visualist and software developer Tarik Barri joins Henke to realize audiovisual performances and installations. Tarik Barri does research on three dimensional, interactive technologies and has received widespread acclaim for creating software for visualization.

Hailing from Canada, Herman Kolgen is known for his interdisciplinary works - „a true au- diokinetic sculpturer.“ At the intersections of different media (music, video, film, installati- on), Kolgen searches for new ways of expression and technological languages.

Born in Austria, Berlin based Rainer Kohlberger is a visual artist and designer. Kohlberger produces distinctive, interactive, artistic audiovisual applications and installations by wor- king with unique generative designs.

Thanks to their precision, innovation and contentual as well as aesthetic expression, depart are among the most significant audiovisual artists in Austria. Gregor Ladenhauf (audio) and Leonhard Lass (video) complement each other in inspiring ways to create multimedia art at its finest.

The two German artists Jan Jelinek and Karl Kliem have been working together on audiovisual performances and installations for several years now. Jan Jelinek focuses on the transformation of sound, where he converts, reduces and changes pop music into abstract sound collages. His colleague Karl Kliem, owner of the Label “Dienststelle” creates visuals and installations for bands playing electronic music.

- Departure Conference

A cooperation between sound:frame and departure, the creative agency of the city of Vienna

13. April and 14. April 2012, 1pm - 6pm
Lecture Hall MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria

The three main topics which have been discussed prior to the festival will once again be dealt with in the course of the sound:frame departure conference 2012. The outcome will then be presented at the «substructions» exhibition. Invited experts will present their approach on the different topics, especially keeping in mind the importance of sound:frame as an international representative for the audiovisual community.

- Music program and Live Visuals

Naturally the festival will also include a broad audiovisual live program. In the selected Viennese locations the focus will as usual lie on the visualization, especially on mapping installations. Just like in previous years it is the goal to break away from familiar screen formats and experiment with new surfaces. Next to our AV acts sound:frame emphasizes on the communication between visual artists and musicians, as for example between kon.txt and Svetlana Industries.

We are happy to welcome the London based Boiler Room crew at the sound:frame festival for the first time in Vienna. Within only a year Boiler Room positioned itself to be one of the most important online representatives for underground music. By now the average number of people watching their stream has reached unbelievable 1.2 million viewers. The line-up for Boiler Room Vienna will consist of local booking.

sound:frame‘s musical program tries to explore the most recent developments and genres by inviting both national and international musicians and producers who break the barriers and go their own way. At breakneck speed, new genres are invented. To me this develop- ment is most appropriately called „eclecticism,“ as very few artists only run in a single direc- tion. Styles and their names vary and succeed in combining all kinds of different influences with each other: hip hop, boombap, glitch hop, bass music, wonky, witch house, fantasy metal, future beats, broken beats, dubstep, grime, broken jazz, post dubstep, fidget house, nu jazz,... Whatever you may call it, the sound:frame program is an accurate depiction of recent trends. Additionally, it was important for me to create a dramaturgy for the different evenings and to attune the spots to create a harmonious flow. While it is very important to try to show different approaches and tendencies, the programs will be thought of as a whole.

*Details on the festivals web-site: www.soundframe.at <http://www.soundframe.at>.*
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*Contact: for possible cooperations please write to (int.press /at/ soundframe.at) <mailto:(int.press /at/ soundframe.at)>, Natascha Fuchs.*


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