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EVENTS, CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES EVENTS, CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES
This is the 10th anniversary of the Big Concert Night. Ars Electronica
launched this collaboration with the Brucknerhaus and the Bruckner Orchestra
under Dennis Russell Davies (US/AT) 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.
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) (see page 32), highperformance
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.” 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).
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 Sound Sculpture” by Daniel Franke and Cédric Kiefer (both
DE) features an impressive symbiosis of dance, computer animation and
sounds from Machinefabriek’s piece “Kreukeltape.”
“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” program. The
Klammer & Gründler Duo (AT), Kunstradio ur-fixtures, will live up to their rep
as pioneers of performative electroacoustic-improvised music. The grand
finale is a live session by the Kunstradio All-Stars starring Robert Adrian
(AT), Sam Auinger (AT), Seppo Gründler (AT), Horst Hörtner (AT), Rupert
Huber (AT), Josef Klammer (AT), Norbert Math (AT), Elisabeth Schimana
(AT), Andrea Sodomka (AT) and Gerfried Stocker (AT).
Kuratoren/Curators: Dennis Russell Davies (US/AT), Heribert Schröder (AT),
Gerfried Stocker (AT), Wolfgang Winkler (AT)
Ars Electronica Music Day
Mo/Mon 3. 9. 10:30 – 21:30
Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal, großer Saal, donaupark
Schedule
Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal
10:30 – 17:00 Listening Post: „Sie wünschen, wir spielen“
Klangpark
10:30 – 19:00 River Sounds
Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal
11:30 – 13:30 Prix Forum Digital Musics & Sound Art Spezial
13:30 – 15:00 Tuning in to Kunstradio
15:00 – 17:00 Sound Studies UdK Berlin
20:00 – 21:30 Prix Ars Electronica PreisträgerInnen-Konzert
Jo Thomas (UK): Crystal Sounds of a Synchroton
Anselm Venezian Nehls (DE), Tarik Barri (NL): #tweetscapes –
a HEAVYLISTENING experience
Cheng Xu (CN): scape-sequencer
An der Geburtswiege der Ars Electronica steht die elektronische Musik.
Hubert Bognermayr (AT), visionärer Synthesizerfan, Komponist und
Musiker, ist einer der Gründer dieses Festivals. Auch der Prix Ars Electronica
räumt von Anfang an der Computermusik breiten Raum ein. Bis heute ist
die Kategorie Digital Musics & Sound Art jene mit den höchsten Einreichquoten.
Grund genug, diesem für die Medienkunst so wichtigen Feld der Musik,
der Soundart, Radiokunst, den Klangskulpturen und Klanginstallationen
einen neuen Programmschwerpunkt zu widmen.
Die Konzertsäle des Brucknerhauses werden zum Klangraum, um mit
ihrer edlen Akustik die Listening Sessions, Performances, Interventionen
und Talks dieses Tages zu unterstützen.
Aus Anlass des 25-jährigen Bestehens von Kunstradio sind Robert Adrian
(AT), Sam Auinger (AT), Heidi Grundmann (AT), Seppo Gründler (AT),
Rupert Huber (AT), Josef Klammer (AT), Roberto Paci Dalo (IT), GX Jupitter
Larsen (US), Norbert Math (AT), Elisabeth Schimana (AT), Andrea Sodomka
(AT), Gerfried Stocker (AT) und Elisabeth Zimmermann (AT) zu Gast.
Die Sound Studies der UdK Berlin sind mit Alberto de Campo (AT), Peter
Cusack (UK), Robert Henke (DE), Martin Supper (DE), Pheline Binz (DE),
Daisuke Ishida (JP), Anselm Nehls (DE), Carl Schilde (DE), Alois Späth (DE)
und anderen vertreten.
Die spektakuläre Soundanlage der Klangwolke steht an diesem Tag den
feinen Geräusch- und Musikgeweben der KlangkünstlerInnen zur Verfügung.
Unter dem Titel River Sounds gibt es akustische Höhepunkte aus 25
Jahren Kunstradio- und Ars-Electronia-Geschichte zu hören.
Das abendliche Preisträgerkonzert mit den GewinnerInnen aus der Kategorie
Digital Musics & Sound Art beschließt den Tag und das Festival.
Photo: xu cheng by huazi
Electronic music has been a part of Ars Electronica since the festival’s very
inception. After all, one of the founding fathers was Hubert Bognermayr
(AT), visionary synthesizer fan, composer and musician. The Prix Ars
Electronica as well has featured computer music right from the start. To
this day, Digital Musics & Sound Art is consistently the category with the
most submissions.
So what more reason do we need to launch a new Festival showcase
dedicated to the musical genres that are part of media art’s core: sound
art, radio art, sound sculptures and sound installations. In order to take
advantage of their superb acoustics, the concert halls of the Brucknerhaus
will become tonal spaces for listening sessions, performances, interventions
and talks throughout this day.
The lineup of guests coming to commemorate 25 years of Kunstradio
includes Robert Adrian (AT), Sam Auinger (AT), Heidi Grundmann (AT),
Seppo Gründler (AT), Rupert Huber (AT), Josef Klammer (AT), Roberto Paci
Dalo (IT), GX Jupitter Larsen (US), Norbert Math (AT), Elisabeth Schimana
(AT), Andrea Sodomka (AT), Gerfried Stocker (AT), and Elisabeth Zimmermann
(AT). Representing the UdK–University of the Arts Berlin’s Sound
Studies program are Alberto de Campo (AT), Peter Cusack (UK), Robert
Henke (DE), Martin Supper (DE), Pheline Binz (DE), Daisuke Ishida (JP),
Anselm Nehls (DE), Carl Schilde (DE), Alois Späth (DE), et al.
On this day, the Klangwolke’s spectacular audio infrastructure is being
placed at the disposal of sound artists and their fine tonal structures and
musical textures. This feast for the ears will consist of acoustic highlights
from the 25-year history of Kunstradio.
Winding up the day and the festival will be an evening concert starring
the prizewinners in the Digital Musics and Sound Art category.
Nightline
Do/Thu 30. 8. – So/Sun 2. 9.
Ars electronica Center, Maindeck
Stadtwerkstatt, Saal, Strom
Schedule
Do/Thu 30. 8.
Maindeck
21:00 – 21:30 ms-20602040201020 (AT)
21:30 – 23:30 Red Bull Music Acadamy presents Ritornell (AT) featuring
Mussurunga (AT), Ken Hayakawa (AT), Luma.Launisch (live
visuals / AT)
Stadtwerkstatt, Saal
24:00 Houztekk Records Showcase: MKID (AT), M–fx (AT), Uciel (AT)
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Fr/Fri 31. 8.
Maindeck
19:00 – 21:00 Miss Kenón (aka Klub) (AT)
21:00 – 23:00 DJ Ana Threat (AT)
Café Strom
22:00 – 4:00 Miss Kenón (aka Klub) (AT)
Stadtwerkstatt, Saal (bei Schönwetter: Ars eletronica Center, Maindeck)
23:00 Nincompoop (AT)
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Sa/Sat 1. 9.
Maindeck
19:00 – 23:00 DJ Franjazzco (AT)
Café Strom
23:00 – 4:00 DJ Kraft (AT)
Stadtwerkstatt, Saal (bei Schönwetter: Ars eletronica Center, Maindeck)
23:00 The Future Sound feat.
Herrmutt Lobby (BE)
Mike Gao (DE/JP)
DJ Franjazzco (AT)
DJ Abby Lee Tee (AT)
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So/Sun 2. 9.
Stadtwerkstatt, Saal (bei Schönwetter: Ars eletronica Center, Maindeck)
23:00 Vladislav Delay (FI)
PRSZR – Pure & Hati (AT/PL)
Café Strom
22:00 – 4:00 t. b. a.
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