visuals
Meandering River
onformative (DE), kling klang klong (DE)
Meandering River is an audiovisual art installation comprised of real-time visuals and music composed by an A.I. through machine learning. The piece reinterprets the shifting behavior of rivers in the landscape, regarded from a bird’s eye view. Minor changes of riverbeds are not visible for the bare eye, as they are gradually happening over time. Spanning over multiple screens Meandering River visualizes these altering landscapes and makes the changes visible. It leaves the observer with a unique perception of time.
Tagtool im Deep Space
Markus Dorninger (AT), Matthias Fritz (AT)
OMAi presents an interactive artistic production in Deep Space 8K! The installation is the result of a recent residency of Tagtool artists from all over the world. Together they will create an impressive work of art specifically for Deep Space, with many details and everything in motion. The audience can also take part in the design process on site.
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.
MUSIC & VISUALS
A dance performance by a group of snails on the wing of an airplane, an indecisive woman sitting in front of her letter of resignation, a car ride through a dreamy desert landscape, aesthetically staged growth processes of organic forms, or dancing mochis. This program contains music videos and various experimental forms of picture-sound synthesis in different animation techniques.
Che si può fare?
Monica Vlad (RO) with guest Johanna Falkinger (AT)
The theme of this performance is based on feelings of melancholy, sadness, fear of loss, meditation and anger and how music can be used to express and release these emotions.
384
Valentina Cinquini (IT), Andrea Ummarino (IT), Federico Perinelli (IT), Raphael Schuster (AT), derkleinstePrinz (ES)
384 is a project that combines live music with interactive visual projections. The concept is built upon extemporization, using live improvisation – both musical and graphical. Nobody, not even the artists, can tell what is going to happen. Every performance is unique and unrepeatable. A tribute to being part of a unique, creative artistic experience.
Agora
Christian Fennesz (AT), Lillevan (SE/IE)
Agora is Christian Fennesz’s first solo album since Mahler Remixed [Touch, 2014] and Bécs [Editions Mego, 2014]. At the Festival Fennesz will play his new album Agora alongside visuals by Lillevan.
