performances
Science Man
Valentin Godard (FR)
“He welds circuits / and codes all night / Science-man! He makes robots / secretly in his lab, Science-man! He mixes chemicals / without any technical problems, Science-man!” Part human, part dog, Science-Man is a fictional character who is embodied in various ways: newspaper, comics, performances, figurines, etc. He is halfway between our reality and a sensitive and complex technological future.
Forever 27 Club
Ophélie Demurger (FR)
Through videos and performances, I will attempt to find the common essence that I have with the various members of the “Forever 27 Club” – singers who died at the apex of their career – in the hope of finding the keys that will lead me to success. I started this work when I was 24 years old; I now only have two years and a few months left until I too reach that age. Here is my life’s punchline: three years to succeed or die.
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.
The Big Concert Night 2019
Since 2003, the collaboration with the Bruckner Orchestra has been an integral and unique part of the Ars Electronica Festival. It is a collaboration that makes it possible not only to perform interesting works each year, but also to develop unique artistic projects that bring together a wide variety of orchestral music, electronic music, robots, dancers and digital images.
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.
Episode am Fluss
Ars Electronica, the Bruckner Orchestra under Markus Poschner, and the Brucknerhaus cooperate to trace the history of the Klangwolke. After the large visualized cloud of sound on Saturday, a tribute will be paid to the beginnings of this special project on Sunday evening.
Philip Glass: Piano Sonata
Maki Namekawa (JP), Cori O'lan (AT)
With an Austrian premiere, the Ars Electronica Festival bid farewell to POSTCITY on the last day: pianist Maki Namekawa plays Philip Glass' first piano sonata, which he dedicated to her. The piece was commissioned jointly by the Piano-Festival Ruhr, the Philharmonie de Paris and Ars Electronica.
Pianographique – Piano Music meets Digital Images
Maki Namekawa (JP), Dennis Russell Davies (AT/US), Cori Oʼlan (AT)
The festival will conclude this year with another collaboration of the two pianists Maki Namekawa and Dennis Russell Davies with the digital visual artist Cori O'lan. It is part of a multi-year Ars Electronica project dedicated to the visual interpretation of musical expression and perception as well as the direct encounter between analog sound and digital visuals.
Into The Distance
University of the Arts London, London College of Communication, MA Interaction Design Communication (UK)
In dieser Ausstellung setzen wir uns für eine Zukunft ein, in der wir die Dinge anders und besser machen als in der Vergangenheit. Die Vergangenheit der „digitalen Revolution“ im Geiste von Hartleys Zitat zu sehen, bedeutet nicht, sie zu verleugnen; es ist eine Gelegenheit, eine neue Sichtweise von ihr zu entwickeln, eine Chance, über ihre Trends und gescheiterten Versprechen aus heutiger Perspektive zu reflektieren. Wir können unseren Blick weiter in die Ferne lenken, sowohl hinter als auch vor uns; um zu erforschen, wie ältere (oder antike) Ideen und Konzepte zu wirkmächtigen kritischen Werkzeugen werden können, um aktuelle und zukünftige Herausforderungen zu ergründen.
Sonar Flux
Kaoru Tashiro (JP), Monocolor (AT)
A Real-Time Generative Installation Piano Performance
