Cybersonica Late at Tate Britain
Friday, 6th April 2007, 6-10pm
FREE, Hogarth exhibition half price
Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
London's annual multimedia festival showcases an evening of progressive electronic music, audiovisual performance and accesible sonic
art...
The Illustrious Company and their
immersive, 3D audioscapes alongside the body>data>space sumptuous body centric VJ Balloon
An Encompass sponsored soundclash between the mighty Trojan Sound System and Haywire DJ Shelly Parker with visuals from AV duo Dynamite Fishing
Distinctive live audiovisual performances from Brian Duffy's Modified Toy Orchestra and The Sancho Plan
A Future Shorts/Future Cinema programme of inventive short films - some rescored by live musicians, Little Boat & Perico
DVD screening from the newly released book 'VJ: audio-visual art and vj culture', edited by D-Fuse and published by Laurence King with live VJ set from Sophie Clements.
Sound installations from Kinetica Museum featured artist, Ray Lee
Engaging, playful, interactive, sonic artworks from Cybersonica featured artists/agencies Fijuu, Inition, Someth;ng, squidsoup and Stanza
In Detail:
North Duveens - Encompass Soundclash
In 2005 Encompass launched what many
knew was much needed and long overdue in the capital – a London
festival that navigates cutting edge music. For Cybersonica Late at Tate Britain Encompass & Cybersonica present...
6-7.50pm - Trojan Sound System
Since its creation in 1968, Trojan Records has led the way in presenting the very best in classic Jamaican sounds and the Trojan Records Sound System represents the label in England and throughout the world.
7.50-8.0pm - Not In Our Name - DubYaWar
Mixed using live VJ techniques to a dubbed-out soundtrack using ambient sound from the marches, this hard-hitting documentary of the 'Don't attack Iraq' protests in London includes footage from six London protests, before during and after the war in Iraq 03 and Prelinger Archive cold war propaganda, remixed to give a different meaning 50 years on.
8-9.30pm - Shelley Parker
Co-promoter of the art-inspired electro night
'NERD', London-based DJ, Shelly Parker, adeptly flicks between genres yet maintains a brooding
dark minimal edge underlying the mix.
6-9.30pm - Dynamite Fishing
An audiovisual
collaboration between Olly Venning (aka Pixel Juice), and Edd Dawson-Taylor
(aka Uncle Bunkle) DF produce a fresh mix of re-contextualised public domain footage,
graphic design, and their own 3D animations.
6-9.30pm - Cybersonica and Kinetica Museum Sonic Artworks
From recent and past exhibitions, featuring the work of:
Ray Lee - Metal Detectors & Small Circle of Ether
... a pair of animated metal detectors subvert their intended use by using a clearly visible source of metal as the sound generating material ...
... two small metal washers perform a circular dance on the top of an aluminium plate, spinning and twisting round,propelled by an invisible force...
Someth;ng - Headspin
... put your head into this specially modified washing machine and set it spinning for some unexpected aural and visual results...
Inition - Autostereoscopic Touch 3D Display
... real-time interaction with 3D models via the touch screen...
Stanza - Touchscreen Works
... a suite of participatory and aesthetic artworks from Stanza’s touchscreen editions...selection of musicians...
Room 9 - Future Shorts/Future
Cinema meet Cybersonica
Future Cinema and Future Shorts present a programme of award-winning experimental short films and animation from around the world, with Little Boat & Perico’s music scored completely live and semi-improvised.
Future Cinema <www.myspace.com/futurecinema> produces unique and cutting edge events that shake up the traditional cinema experience by fusing film with music, theatre and performance. These wondrously atmospheric and highly interactive cinematic experiences are famed for taking audiences on a multi-sensory ride and have become ‘Don’t miss’ events all across the UK, gathering critical and public acclaim.
Future Shorts <www.myspace.com/futureshorts> is a widely spread international short film network, favoured by renowned film-makers Pawel Pawlikowski and Mike Leigh, which curates high-quality short films. Future Shorts is the largest exhibitor and programmer of short films in the world and has a presence in most major cities around the world including Paris, Madrid, Tokyo and Moscow.
6-7pm - Future Shorts/Future Cinema with Little Boat and Perico The "re-scores" are created by musicians Little Boat & Perico, who will employ an array of instruments including viola, guitars and a rhythm-machine made from a bird-box in layers of semi-improvised samples. The sound created is evocative, experimental and antique. <www.myspace.com/korauk> <www.myspace.com/littleboat> <www.myspace.com/pericouk>
7-7.30pm - Cybersonica - The Sancho Plan
The Sancho Plan are a ‘rock ‘n
roll’ band for the 21st century – fusing together animation,
music and sound, gaming, technology and live performance to produce
unique live AV experiences.
7.30-8pm - Future Shorts/Future Cinema with Little Boat and Perico
8.30-9pm - Cybersonica - Modified Toy Orchestra
MTO are a collection of abandoned and reconstructed
children’s electronic toys, played as instruments by a selection
of musicians.
“Effortlessly enjoyable. Birmingham’s Modified Toy Orchestra is something of a local legend, producing strangely beautiful electronica from discarded playthings. Brian Duffy walks a fine line between genius and madman. Like a nine volt Frankenstein. Just amazing.”
Zero Tolerance
9-9.30pm -Future Shorts Screening
Rotunda – The Illustrious
Company and body>data>space
Martyn Ware was a founding member of both The Human League and Heaven 17. Vince Clarke is best known for his work as a member of Erasure, Yazoo and Depeche Mode. The Illustrious Company, founded in 2001, is their exciting joint venture in which they use the latest innovatory sound imaging techniques and technology to create 3-Dimensional aural soundscapes that completely envelop the listener, allowing for an immersive sound experience.
The body>data>space VJ Balloonis an ideasphere of immersive visuals creating a sumptuous body centric vision where skin, touch, affection and love become a transcendent possibility. With a live mix of videos and stills from the ‘skintouchfeel’ content pool, the sphere will be suspended, beautiful, sensual and jewel like, a treasure high in the classical architecture.
6-9.30pm - a two hour compendium (looped) of Illustrious Company 3D compositions alongside live body>data>space visuals
Illustrious Company - Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle (60mins)
Guillermo Galindo aka Galindog - Divox (25mins)
Illustrious Company - 3D Sound Demo (5mins)
Illustrious Company/Anna Hill/Larla O'Lionard/Jason Bruges - Auroral Synapse (10mins)
Mario De Vega – Periferia (10mins)
Scanner - A Natural Romance (5mins)
Illustrious Company/The Human League - Empire State Human (The Building) (5mins)
Manton Foyer - VJ: audio visual art and vj culture
A major change
has taken place at dance clubs worldwide: the advent of the VJ.
Once the term denoted the presenter who introduced music videos
on MTV, but now it defines an artist who creates and mixes video,
live-and-in-sync to music, whether at clubs, art galleries or festivals.
This book is an in-depth look at the artists at the forefront of
this amazing audio-visual experience.
6-7.30pm & 8.30-9.30pm - VJ: audio-visual art + vj culture DVD
featuring documentaries,
live performances and videos from listed artists in this recently released
book, edited by D-Fuse and published by Laurence King.
“To my eyes, the best VJs are creating a
new, fluid interface between sound and image – one that is
genuinely mould-breaking and aesthetically invigorating, and one
that deserves to be recognized as a 21st century art form…”
Mike Faulkner, D-Fuse
7.30-8.30pm - Sophie Clements VJ set
dissstudio provide music and visuals.
at the top of the Manton staircase
6–9.30pm - Speakolascope
The first interactive video guestbook - a simple installation that invites you to participate through a question projected on the wall. Leave your message or feedback using a 'push-to-talk' microphone, which triggers a video/audio recording which is immediately projected - the more users, the more clips to project.
South Duveens & Millbank Entrance – Cybersonica
6-9.30pm - Sonic Artworks
From recent and past exhibitions, featuring the work of:
Fijuu - Fijuu2
... a real-time 3D engine allowing players to dynamically manipulate three dimensional instruments with PlayStation2 game pads, improvising both graphically and sonically...
squidsoup - Freq 2
... users are able to use their whole body as an interface through which to create and control sound -
what you see is literally what you hear...
Someth;ng - Tape
... an electro-kinetic sound installation, uses simple analogue playback to allow users an arena in which to play with self-recorded sound and explore the effects of playback and sound synthesis...
DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME HERE (PDF) |