Alpha-ville 2010
Visionary Cities
DAY 1 Programme
Friday 17th September @ the Whitechapel Gallery - London
Visionary Cities Welcome to Alpha-ville, London's new International Festival of Digital Arts, Music and
Culture. We have prepared a jam-packed agenda of two evenings with groundbreaking live music and visual performances including advanced electronic music, live cinema, interactive media installations, 3D visual performances, a moving image competition and a screening programme.
”OUR CITIES ARE IN CRISIS AND THEIR FUTURES DEPEND ON ARCHITECTS AND URBANISTS WHO ARE WILLING TO LOOK BEYOND TODAY’S REALITIES TO DRIVE THE DIRECTION FOR
OUR INCREASINGLY URBAN WORLD. CONTEMPORARY CITY DESIGN IS FULL OF OBSTACLES STANDING IN THE WAY OF VISIONARY THINKING. IT IS TIME FOR US TO TAKE A POSITION ON HOW WE WANT TO LIVE IN THE FUTURE…IT IS TIME FOR A VISIONARY CITY”. (FROM THE BOOK “VISIONARY CITIES” BY THE WHY FACTORY, 2009).
Under the theme 'Visionary Cities' this 2010 edition is opening a discourse about the city
and society of the future as seen through the eyes of artists and participants. The festival will be a live and virtual itinerary for you to discover. Enjoy these 2 days and we hope to see you back again next year!
Digital Screening Room at Zilkha Auditorium
BARTLETT'S UNIT 15 SHOWCASE: TALK & SCREENING
SHOWCASE OF WORK BY THE BARTLETT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE (UCL) FINAL YEAR STUDENTS CURATED AND PRESENTED BY NIC CLEAR - COURSE DIRECTOR.
UNIT 15 IS A POSTGRADUATE DESIGN UNIT THAT SPECIALISES IN THE USE OF FILM,
CGI, ANIMATION AND MOTION GRAPHICS TO EXPLORE AND INVESTIGATE NEW FORMS OF ARCHITECTURE.
INTERNATIONAL MOVING IMAGE COMPETITION – “VISIONARY CITIES”
ALPHA-VILLE FESTIVAL PRESENTS THE AWARDS AND SCREENING OF AN ONLINE DRIVEN COMPETITION IN COLLABORATION WITH VIDEO LEADING SITE VIMEO.
“VISIONARY CITIES” IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OPEN TO ARTISTS WORKING ACROSS DIGITAL ANIMATION (2D AND 3D), SHORT FILM, STOP-FRAME ANIMATION, CGI AND MOTION GRAPHICS AND TONIGHT WE WILL REVEAL THE WINNERS. ALPHA-VILLE SCREENING PROGRAMME
ALPHA-VILLE PRESENTS A CURATED COMPILATION OF SCREENINGS, FEATURING
GROUNDBREAKING TALENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING A SELECTION
OF VIDEOS FROM CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS, IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLES OF AUDIO-VISUAL ARCHITECTURAL MAPPING AND FILMS FROM ARTISTS WORKING ACROSS OTHER GENRES INCLUDING DIGITAL ANIMATION AND EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO.
Programme 1: Chinese Designers’ Region (CDR)
ALPHA-VILLE IN COLLABORATION WITH CDR PRESENTS A SELECTION OF VIDEOS FROM EMERGING CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND DESIGNER BASED IN THE UK. - This Is Love, Lei Lei, 2010, CH
- My Life Tomorrow, Zhe Wang, 2007, UK
- Balloon Girl, MIE (Yibi Hu & Joe Marshall), 2009, UK
- Between The Lines, Ann Xiao, 2008, UK
- The Soliloquist, Keats (Ma Kuang Pei), 2008, UK Programme 2: Architectural Projection Mapping
A SELECTION OF VIDEOS COMPILED FROM LIVE PERFORMANCES AND INSTALLATIONS
THAT TRANSFORM THE WAY WE VIEW ARCHITECTURE. ENHANCING THE BUILDING AND CREATING A RELATIONSHIP WITH IT THROUGH THE USE OF 3D TECHNOLOGIES.
CLEARLY STEPPING AWAY FROM STANDARD SETUPS & TECHNIQUES THESE ARTISTS
PRESENT PERFORMANCES PROJECTED ON TO HISTORIC AND GRANDIOSE BUILDINGS,
CREATING AN IMMERSIVE AND INTENSELY SENSORY EXPERIENCE THAT WILL QUESTION ALL YOUR PRECONCEPTIONS.
- Déshérence, Antivj, 2009, UK/FR
- L’effimero Permanente, Apparati Effimeri, 2010, IT - Figueres 19, Telenoika, 2009, ES
- Time Drifts, Philipp Geist, 2010, DE - Quadrature, Griduo, 2009, TR
Programme 3: International Moving Image Programme
JOIN A PROGRAMME OF DIGITAL FILMS FROM ARTISTS WORKING ACROSS ANIMATION, CGI & EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO, DOCUMENTARY AND MORE. - Glitch Telemetry, Maria Niro, 2010, USA
- Koch, Jean-Baptiste Di Marco, 2010, UK - Endless Cities_Redux, D-Fuse, 2009,UK
- Live Cinema Documentary, Toby Harris, 2010, UK
- On the Quiet, Eamonn Oneill, 2009, IE
- Denmark, Mark Smith & Daniel Fickle, 2010, USA
- The exhibit and the cage, Louise Mackie, 2010, UK - The Resort, George Thomson, 2010,UK
- The Formula, SubBlue, 2010, UK
- Occupation: Movement I, Eric Schockmel, 2009, UK
- The Nest That Sailed The Sky, Glen Marshall, 2009. IRE
- Seide-Tränensalz, Aiko Okamoto & Cio D’Or, 2009, DE & FR
- Augmented Sculpture, Grosse8 and Lichfront, 2010, Germany.
- The Deadline, Andres Salaff, 2009, USA - Lifeline, Andres Salaff, 2009, USA
- Urban abstract, Musuta, 2009, FI - City Self, Tom Carter, 2008, UK - Grau, Robert Seidel, 2005, DE
- Kaamos Trilogy, Mia Makela, 2008, FI
Live Electronic Music Room 1 at Creative Studio
THE BOATS (HOME NORMAL, UK) Modern Classical
THE BOATS ARE THE PROLIFIC DUO CRAIG TATTERSALL AND ANDREW HARGREAVES.
THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED UNDER HOOD, THE ARCHIVIST AND THE REMOTE VIEWER. INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENT IN MODERN CLASSICAL MUSIC EXPLORING NEW
AREAS OF CREATION WITH INFLUENCES FROM MICHAEL NYMAN & RYUICHI SAKAMOTO. UNIFORM (PLANET MU, UK) Sound Art Performance
MULTI DISCLIPLINARY PROJECT FORMED BY 3 SOUND ARTISTS WHO CREATE A DARK
BLEND OF FRACTURED ELECTRONIC SOUNDSCAPES. UNIFORM ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN VARIOUS SOUND-ART INSTALLATIONS SUCH AS EAR CINEMA. SCANNER (BINE, UK) Electronica/IDM
SCANNER (ROBIN RIMBAUD) IS A ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN, WRITER AND MEDIA CRITIC THAT HAS EARNED A REPUTATION AS BOUNDARY PUSHING EXPERIMENTALIST.
RIMBAUD HAS COLLABORATED WITH MICHAEL NYMAN, CARSTEN NICOLAI, RADIOHEAD AND MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI AMONGST OTHERS. BOLA (SKAM, UK) Electronica/IDM
A RARE LIVE APPEARANCE BY IDM PIONEER BOLA (AKA DARRELL FITTON) WHO HAS
RECORDED UNDER VARIOUS PSEUDONYMS INCLUDING BOLA AND JELLO. BOLA HAS
COLLABORATED WITH AUTECHRE AND GESCOM. HIS MUSIC IS EQUALLY INFORMED BY THE EXPANSIVE EMOTIONS OF ELECTRONICA TOGETHER WITH SENSIBLE MELODIES AND CINEMATIC ATMOSPHERES.
KETTENKARUSSELL (GIEGLING, DE) Melodic Techno, Minimal, Microhouse
KETTENKARUSSELL ARE A GERMAN DUO MADE UP OF ALTER EGOS LEAFAR LEGOV AND HERR KOREANDER; THEIR NAME MEANS “CHAIN CAROUSEL” IN GERMAN. WITH BIG
MENTIONS COMING FROM THE MOST FOLLOWED BLOGS AND COMMENTATORS ON THE SCENE, THE DUO WILL BE PLAYING THEIR PARTICULAR BRAND OF MELODIC YET MINIMAL TECHNO TO A UK AUDIENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT ALPHA-VILLE.
Live Electronic Music Room 2 at Café
A CELEBRATION OF ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MUSIC SHOWCASING PIONEERS AND UP-AND-COMING TALENTS, ILLUSTRATING A SELECTION OF SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC ARTISTS, ALL LIVE SETS! GIGANTA (GR)
Electronica, Beats
GIGANTA IS THE 3RD MUSIC PROJECT OF ELENI ADAMOPOULOU, A PROLIFIC MUSIC
ARTIST FROM ATHENS. SOUNDS LIKE ELECTRONIC FUTURISTIC BEATS, SOMETIMES OFFBEATS, WITH PITCHED- CUT VOCAL RHYTHMS, AND VOICE LOOPS THAT WOULD FIT TO A SUPERHERO SCENE.
SOUNDHACKER (SMALLFISH, UK) Electronica, Experimental
SOUNDHACKER ARE AN ELECTRONIC DUO PRODUCING CRUNCHY BEATS, JITTERY TEXTURES AND MANIPULATED AUDIO SLIVERS. RELEASES TO DATE INCLUDE EPS WITH SMALLFISH AND CACTUS ISLAND RECORDINGS. SUBEENA (PLANET MU, UK)
Hyperdub
ONE OF THE UK'S MOST UP AND COMING TALENTS THAT HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT
FROM UK'S PIONEERING ELECTRONIC CRITICS SUCH AS BBC'S MARY ANNE HOBBS. YOUNG PRODUCER EMBARKED IN AN EXCITING MUSICAL VENTURE CALLED 'HYPERDUB'. SUBEENA COMBINES ELEMENTS OF NU-SOUL R'N'B, TECHNO, ELECTRONICA AND DUBSTEP WITH BEAUTIFUL MELODIES. ACTRESS (WERKKDISC, UK) Techno, Dubstep, Micro-house
DARREN CUNNINGHAM, ACTRESS IS ONE OF THE MOST SINGULAR TECHNO
PRODUCERS ACTIVE TODAY. HE MIXES TECHNO, DUBSTEP AESTHETICS AND MICRO – HOUSE ELEMENTS TO CREATE AN EXCITING JOURNEY INTO ELECTRONIC MUSIC. HE IS THE MAN BEHIND THE LONDON-BASED LABEL WERK DISCS, HOME TO SOME OF
THE MOST INNOVATIVE ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN OF RECENT YEARS, INCLUDING LUKID, ZOMBY, LONE AND MUCH MORE.
Foyer PARTIAL GATHERING, UK Music Performance
ENGAGING ELECTRONIC BEATS FUSED WITH VOLATILE STRING TEXTURES, PARTIAL
GATHERING MAKE MUSICAL PAINT AND THROW IT AROUND WITH RECKLESS ABANDON. THEY ARE THE HUNTERS AND GATHERERS OF NEW SOUNDS IN A VIOLENT AURAL KILLING FIELD. THIS IS NOT PUSHING BOUNDARIES BUT DENYING THEM. MICHAEL SANTOS (HOME NORMAL, UK) Electronica, Experimental
MICHAEL SANTOS IS A TALENTED ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER. USES AUDIO SOFT-
WARE TO CARVE OUT TEXTURED HAZES OF SOUND, LAYERING THEM TO BUILD DYNAMIC SONG STRUCTURES. STRUCTURALLY, MICHAEL’S MUSIC IS IMPULSIVE SOMETIMES MINIMAL AND SUCCINCT WHILE AT OTHERS BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY. REVISIT BY MORITZ STEFANER (DE)
Information aesthetics, data visualisation installation.
INFORMATION AESTHETICS IS AN EMERGENT TREND IN DIGITAL CULTURE THAT COMBINES VISUALISATION AND DATA GRAPHICS. DESIGNERS AND NEW MEDIA
ARTISTS ARE JOINING SCIENTIFIC, INFORMATICS, AND MEDICAL IMAGING SPECIALISTS TO CREATE PURPOSIVE, PREDICTIVE, AND CREATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF INFORMATION.
MORITZ STEFANER WORKS AS A FREELANCE INFORMATION VISUALISER, AND
RESEARCHES NEW FORMS OF INTERACTIVE VISUALISATIONS ON THE CROSSROADS
OF INTERFACE DESIGN, DATA VISUALISATION AND INFORMATION AESTHETICS. REVISIT IS A REAL–TIME VISUALISATION OF TWITTER MESSAGES (TWEETS) AROUND “ALPHA-
VILLE”. IT PROVIDES A SENSE OF THE TEMPORAL DYNAMICS IN THE TWITTER STREAM, AND EMPHASISES THE CONVERSATIONAL THREADS ESTABLISHED BY RETWEETS AND @REPLIES. JOIN US ON TWITTER: @ALPHAVILLEFEST. SUBMIT YOUR VISION OF THE FUTURE #VISIONARYCITIES
Installation Room 1 at Gallery 3
‘'ETERNAL SUMMER STORM', KAFAI CHOY, 2010 (SG/UK) Interactive installation: video screening + demonstration
NEW MEDIA ARTIST WORKING ACROSS VISUAL ARTS, DANCE AND THEATRE. HIS BODY
OF WORK REFLECTS ON HUMAN CONDITIONS AT THE CONVERGENCE OF ART, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY. HIS WORK HAS TOURED INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING BERLIN, JAPAN AND EDINBURGH. THE PERFORMANCE TRANSLATES ACOUSTIC MUSCLE
VIBRATION AS SONIC WAVEFORM, AND MAPS IT ONTO A DIFFERENT BODY IN REAL TIME. THE PIECE ATTEMPTS TO RECREATE LEGENDARY JAPANESE DANCER TASUMI HIJIKATA’S BUTOH DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY.
Installation Room 2 at Small Gallery next to G3
REACTIVE TEXTILE INSTALLATION BY LOOP PH (UK)
LOOP.PH IS A LONDON BASED ART AND DESIGN STUDIO THAT SPECIALISES IN THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF EPHEMERAL TEXTILE ARCHITECTURE AND LIVING ENVIRONMENTS. THEY WILL EXHIBIT A NEW VERSION OF SONUMBRA, A TEXTILE
INSTALLATION DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO THE INTERPLAY AND ACTIVITY OF THE
PEOPLE, LIGHTING UP AND EMITTING SOUND WHEN PEOPLE MOVE AROUND IT. THE
VISITOR’S MOVEMENT CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE OF MUSICAL RHYTHMS, HARMONIES AND LUMINOUS PATTERNS, TRANSLATING EACH PERSON’S EXACT LOCATION INTO SOUND AND LIGHT.
Installation Area 3 at Corridor
SHIP OF FOOLS, JINHYUK KO, 2010 (KOREA) Large Format Digital Print Installation
SHIP OF FOOLS REPRESENTS A SERIES OF IMAGINARY IMAGES AND DRAWINGS ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL POSSIBILITIES OF MADNESS BASED ON THE NOTION OF ‘SCALE’ AND THE PROCESS OF ‘NEW REALISATION’. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PROJECT THAT BREAKS
THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE ARTIST OWN ‘ABNORMALITY’ AND ‘NORMALITY’. IN THE PROJECT, ARCHITECTURE BECOMES A VESSEL WHERE WE POUR OUR IMAGINATIONS WHICH ARE GENERATED BY OUR MEMORIES.
3D Audio-visual Mapping Room at Study Studio
‘ANIMETRO’ BY ESPROJECTIONS (UK)
Live 3D audio-visual mapping performance
ESPROJECTIONS ARE 2 MULTIMEDIA ARTISTS FROM BRISTOL. THEIR WORK COMBINES VIDEO PROJECTIONS, MAPPING TECHNIQUES AND LIVE MUSIC. THIS ONE-OFF
PERFORMANCE DEVELOPED SOLELY FOR ALPHA-VILLE COMBINES STRIKING MAPPED PROJECTIONS AND IMMERSIVE SOUNDS, MANIPULATED IN REAL-TIME TO EVOLVE A
VIRTUAL METROPOLIS UNABLE TO REST. THE IMAGERY WILL REPRESENT AN ABSTRACT VISION OF A FUTURE CITYSCAPE.
THANK YOU
Alpha-ville would like to thank its partners, supporters and collaborators.
Araceli Pino // Priscilla Granozio // Livia Rao // Olivia
Bellas // Ben Romberg // Louise Brailey // Tom Carter // Agnese Mosconi // Glen Kristensen // Amanda George // Ludovica Gioscia // Carole Mendy // Gut Simon // Jess Reid // Rebecca Page // Alyssa // Achim
Borchardt Hume // The Whitechapel Gallery Press &
Technical Team // Joy Campbell // Diana Mondle & The Rich Mix Team // Anne-Sophie Lehec // Nic Clear // All
Unit 15 Students // Clare Callan // Tom Vaughan // Paul Hanford // Jamie McLaren // Blake Whitman // Alex
Ljung // Miguel Marin // Steven Music // Lince // Truss // Sergi Perez // The Sempatiza Team // Meghan
Goodeve // Giuseppe Ganino // Mario Chejab // Giulia Baldi // Sandra Kazlauskaite
A big thank you to all the artists and volunteers that have worked with us to make this happen.
Festival of Digital Arts, Music and Culture www.alphavillefestival.co.uk