Events, Concerts, Performances

Pre-Opening

Before the festival officially begins, locals are invited to an inaugural tour, a pre-opening, on Wednesday evening.

Voices from AI in Experimental Improvisation

Tomomi Adachi (JP), Andreas Dzialocha (DE), Marcello Lussana (IT)

Voices from AI in Experimental Improvisation is a project by Tomomi Adachi, Andreas Dzialocha and Marcello Lussana. They built an AI called “tomomibot” which learned Adachi’s voice and improvisation techniques using neural network algorithms. The performance raises questions about the logic and politics of computers in relation to human culture.

[re]BO[u]NDS ~ expanded media

LOXOSconcept – Giulio Colangelo (IT), Valerio De Bonis (IT)

[re]BO[u]NDS is an electroacoustic composition/performance for three electromechanical performers (drippers), reactive and synchronized lights, real time audio processing + electronic sounds.

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Stefan Tiefengraber (AT)

Following the no-input approach, Stefan Tiefengraber is generating sound and video using only the inherent noise from two devices, a digital video mixer and a digital audio mixer. New and unexpected results are achieved – a continuous blast of pure noise and flickering images.

Vladislav Delay & AGF present Rakka

Antye Greie-Ripatti (DE), Vladislav Delay (FI)

The Wire described Vladislav Delay as “one of the most consistently creative artists working today.” Reinventing himself regularly, he takes electronic music where he pleases with a unique blend of depth and detail. His music is like a non-existing soundtrack for the underworld; murky, dark and constrained. Antye Greie-Ripatti (also known as AGF) is a music producer, sound artist & curator, poet, gender activist. Her artistic tools are language, sound, listening, voice, and communication which she expresses in mixed media. Since 2011, she is the organizer and co-founder of Hai Art in Hailuoto. Antye campaigns for diversity in the arts with the women’s collective female:pressure. She runs her own music publishing label AGF Producktion and has collaborated with Eliane Radigue, Gudrun Gut, Kaffe Matthews, Craig Armstrong, and Ellen Allien amongst many others.

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Silke Grabinger (AT)

This 15-minute performance follows on from last year's cooperation with Johannes Braumann and the Ars Electronica Futurelab. It is based on Gertrud Bodenwieser's play “Dämon Maschine” (1923), in which five dancers turned into one machine. Now, five machines play one dancer. Whereas in the original performance each person controlled a part of a machine, an industrial Kuka robot now controls a body part. Choreographer and dancer Silke Grabinger goes into a dance with this marionette.

Mahler Remixed

Christian Fennesz (AT), Lillevan (SE/IE)

Austrian guitarist, composer, and electronic musician Christian Fennesz is recognized as a key figure in electronic music. The basis for his new performance is Mahler Remixed, which was recorded live at Radiokulturhaus, Vienna by Christoph Amann, in May 2011.The recording is mostly based on samples taken from Gustav Mahler’s symphonies.

Alive painting for Bruckner Orchestra

Akiko Nakayama (JP)

Alive painting is a live performance with a dynamic, changing picture. We can see the beauty of blending paints and feel the philosophical meanings of colors, shapes and movement. The entire body feels the joy and dynamics of music created by the Bruckner Orchestra, and the audio-visual element brings everyone together in wonder.

Microbial Keywording

Klaus Spiess (AT), Lucie Strecker (DE)

Klaus Spiess (AT) runs the Arts and Science program and is LASER chair at the Medical University Vienna, where he is an associate professor. He has developed performances/installations on the subject of biopolitics for many international venues. Awarded with a Prix Ars Electronica. He has published on the subject of his work in "Leonardo", "The Journal of Performance Research" and "The Lancet".

OPENING: Ars Electronica Special / Unboxing the festival

As every year, we will open the first evening of the festival with an exciting performance program. The focus will be on the various artistic possibilities offered by the voice, improvisation, and neural networks in humans and machines.