Nightline

While the music of the Bruckner Orchester in the Gleishalle fades and some listeners still hear the final sounds of the instruments as they fall silent, we are getting the console ready for the transition to danceable sound experiments. Moritz Simon Geist kicks things off in the courtyard of the POSTCITY with masterful technoid sounds generated by his robots. No less extraordinary will be the live set of ultra-digital music by RRUCCULLA, who also plays drums and operates the visuals.

HDMIRROR at Nightline, POSTCITY
Photo showing HDMIRROR (UK) at Nightline, POSTCITY. Credit: tom mesic

Cid Rim at Nightline, POSTCITY
Photo showing Cid Rim (AT) at Nightline, POSTCITY. Credit: Jürgen Grünwald

Impression of the Nightline, POSTCITY
Photo showing an impression of the Nightline, POSTCITY. Credit: Jürgen Grünwald

Chronic Youth at Nightline, POSTCITY
Photo showing Chronic Youth (AT) at Nightline, POSTCITY. Credit: tom mesic

Impression of the Nightline, POSTCITY
Photo showing an impression of the Nightline, POSTCITY. Credit: Jürgen Grünwald

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In addition to the outdoor stage, a complementary program will be offered in the interior spaces of the POSTCITY. BABii opens the Gleishalle with her dark texts and futuristic sounds between electronically-tinged pop and R&B. Free-jazz drummer and multi-instrumentalist Cid Rim blends progressive electronic hip-hop with daring drum breaks when he takes the stage for an intermezzo before turning things over to Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones for their A/V show, which is based on a 3D scan as a digital representation of themselves.

The show finishes off in the Salon Stage, a venue that has become known for acts firmly anchored in Internet art, fast and danceable rhythms, and a dash of humor. This year’s lineup at this bulk-mail office turned rave club features Linz’s own Stefan Tiefengraber, Chronic Youth from Graz, and HDMIRROR –familiar from “Rave Tool 66” – as well as DJ-

Sets by Masha Dabelka and Polyxene. Johannes Lex from LEX.LAB will support the DJ sets with animated projections.

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POSTCITY, Train Hall

POSTCITY, Courtyard

POSTCITY, Salonstage

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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.

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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.

Futuristic sounds, danceable pop and a pinch of humor: The Ars Electronica Nightline 2019

Ars Electronica Nightline is an annual highlight of the Ars Electronica Festival program not only for the dance-lovers. The train hall of POSTCITY hosts this late Friday lineup of media art, electronic music and performances.