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KiritanFlux
11th March 2010, 11:25 PM
VisualBerlin Festival - AViT 2010 - June 10-12

Licht An!

Berlin’s original Videokunst Club, VisualBerlin reflects the richness of the city itself. With members from nine countries we are a diverse family bound together by a shared commitment to the progression of audiovisual art forms, performance and technology. Our artists have rocked festivals and parties across the globe and in 2010 it’s our turn to return the favor. From June 10-12 we will host the VisualBerlin Festival, a community driven event focusing on live performance, VJing and experimental media. The festival is an excellent opportunity to connect with an engaged audience of public and peers. Share with us your passion, your creativity, your experiments and your fun. Wir freuen uns!

Background

Founded in 2005, VisualBerlin is a non-profit community platform, providing support and a social structure for participating artists. Our interests and expertise covers everything from underground party visuals to hardware-hacking, programmatic arts, experimental performance and media philosophy. Community is at the forefront of everything we do. Since 2003 members of our group have hosted events in collaboration with AViT, the international support network for VJ arts and practitioners. In 2006 the newly-formed VisualBerlin celebrated it’s first official AViT network event and in 2010 we are pleased to continue the tradition of AViT in Berlin with the VisualBerlin Festival. The common ideals of VisualBerlin and AViT ensures that the participating artists and surrounding community is the most important aspect of each of our events.

Location

In 2010 the Festival once again takes place in conjunction with Berlin’s international design festival DMY. Over three days, guest VJs, performers and developers will have the opportunity to present their work in Berlin’s most unique locations. These headquarters will act as a hub and meeting point for all artists with free wifi, event information, technical support and a daily breakfast club for participants.
The night program takes place in external clubs, transformed by the VisualBerlin team to offer you the best setting for your performance.

Program

The festival will be a mix of curated programming and open-exchange. Innovative projects and developments will be presented daily across a schedule of workshops, performances and discussions. Additional jam sessions will take place in the lounge area giving you the opportunity to test out new collaborations, experiment and exchange ideas on the big screen.

The night program is split into three events:


Night 1, Dubstep party
Night 2, Chiptunes + AudioVisual Performances
Night 3, Classic VJ/ Closing Party.


The night slots will be curated but we welcome last-minute collaborations between artists, and look forward to closing each night with you in an open jam session :)

How To Participate

We will be collecting submissions for the following:


Workshops/Seminars
VJ sets
AudioVisual Performances


We are also planning facade mappings, so please let us know if your work is appropriate for these and you would like to stay informed.

The application form is available at http://visualberlin.org/festival

Please take care with your application and make sure you have supplied us with all the requested information. The application deadline is April the 30th, 2010.

fALk
7th June 2010, 09:37 PM
Check out http://festival.visualberlin.org for up to date information and a list of confirmed artists and timeschedules and such. If you have any questions regarding the festival feel free to ask here.


From June 10-12 Berlin’s original Videokunst Club Visual Berlin presents the Visual Berlin Festival.
Berlin’s original Videokunst Club, Visual Berlin reflects the richness of the city. With members from nine countries it is a diverse family bound together by a shared commitment to the progression of the projected image. Founded in 2005 the collective has become an institution in Berlin with members specializing in everything from underground party visuals to hardware-hacking, programmed arts, experimental performance and media philosophy. The group includes established local VJs as well as internationally renowned artists and AV performers who collectively illuminate countless venues and stages across Berlin every week.
Since 2003 members of Visual Berlin have hosted international artist meetings and exchanges, promoting a network of dialogue and support across the global visual community. In 2010 they proudly present their third installment in one of the city‘s most fascinating industrial spaces: the legendary Tresor complex.

Three days of exploration into the evolution of screen culture and expanded visual and performance possibilities, with seminars, AV performances and special presentations by guest artists from across Europe.
Guided projects and advanced workshops in audiovisual creation and performance (Incite), performance technoloies VDMX (fRED), Modul8 (Synsinplus and Ilan Katin), CoGe(Lumabeamerz) and visual programming environ- ments, Processing (Kim Asendorf), VVVV (Tonfilm, Cyper), Quartz Composer (GOTO10). Plus hardware hacking and circuit bending (goto80, Tonylight, Servando Barreiro), surface mapping (Neon Golden) and more!

All workshops are offered for just €10 and require no pre-registration. A discounted ticket for the entire festival workshop program is available. Lectures, research and discussion on live cinema, performance and social and technical topics related to AV performance will be presented daily and are free.

The Festival Opening party transforms the Betahaus front lounge. The night kicks off with live AV performances from Lance Blisters (USA) and a stunning new audiovisual performance from FF & FRZ (FR) aka EXYZT. Guest VJ sets, surface mapping and open jams follow with sonic pleasure provided by MoGreens, Carlo von LynX, Seagle and Monkeyking and many more.

Friday night it‘s music versus visual projections as Visual Berlin proudly presents‚ Breaking The Vault‘ an audiovisual onslaught across both floors of the legendary Tresor club. Upstairs in the Globus Bar, Techno Geeks battle Pixel Freaks for a night of 8bit/Chiptunes/Electro with internationally re- nowned acts such as Goto80 (Bleepstreet, SWE) vs. Raquel Meyers (LightRhythmVisuals, ES) and Stu (SWI ) vs. Decrepticon (VisualBerlin, US) and Tonilight (IT) vs Notendo (US). Meanwhile downstairs it‘s Local Heroes vs. Outside Punks in the Dubstep Bassment; Berlin stalwarts Tanith, Saetchmo, Fassa Ben and Mr. Boogie battle it out against a carefully selected team of guests artists from across Europe. Brace yourself.

Saturday evening starts early with a very special showcase of transdisciplinary performances from Electromoon, Aude Francoise & Servando Barreiro, Rafael, übermutanty, Rep, Nohista, Instant Delay, and ExLex, in the serene contemporary setting of the Collegium Hungarian Berlin.

Then the party moves just down the road to DMY Festival‘s official closing party at the Picknick Club. VisualBerlin con- tinue their collaboration with DMY with VisualBerlin Festival VJs gracing all 4 stages of Picknick plus AV acts Incite (HH), Abstract Sound Project (FR) and many more VJs from Berlin and beyond.

Full details available at: http://festival.visualberlin.org enquiries festival@visualberlin.org

.lov.
8th June 2010, 08:52 AM
Some related info for my Thursday CoGe Workshop: http://coge.lovqc.hu/?p=82