I was thinking that folks in or near Vancouver this September might be interested in this festival, dubstep, minimal techno, media art exhibitions, workshops, VJ nights, live remixes, etc.
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New Forms Festival 07 : Re: Use
The New Forms Festival has grown from its humble beginnings as a small grassroots media arts festival to being one of the largest media arts festivals on the West Coast and in Canada. For 9 exciting days and nights, more than fifty local and international artists will be involved in over 10 performances, events, conferences, discussions and workshops at various indoor and outdoor locations throughout Vancouver. This year’s festival will run from Thursday, September 6 to Saturday, September 15th at various locations around Vancouver.
"New Forms strolls once again out into the unpredictable, fast-shifting intersection of art and technology, loaded up with electronic music, visual art, and film"
-Georgia Straight
You can find a brief synopsis of the extensive list of this year’s events below: For more in depth information on these and other activities please go to www.newformsfestival.com
MUSIC AND VISUALS SERIES
All events at Open Studios, 252 East 1st Avenue / Doors Open at 10 pm. Tickets Available at Zulu, Scratch, Beat Street and HighLife, $15 in advance, $20 at the door, please make reservations at reservations@newformsfestival.com
[DUBFORMS4] : Saturday September 8th
lighta! & nff07 present…bass, echo, rhythm and flames for the next world
YOUNGSTA (UK) (Tempa)
FILASTINE (USA) (Soot / Shock Out!)
TAAL MALA & MAX ULIS (Lighta!, Sub- Osc)
ECHO PILOT (Ombase)
PRINCE SHO (Royal Platoon)
VISUALS: JULIE GENDRON (CA) // CLAUDIA MINERVA (CA) // eightprime (CA)
SCRATCH VIDEO : Thursday September 13th
Live Scratch Video with some of Canada's best Mashup DJs and VJs.
TEAM CANADA w/ BENT MATTER AND CINECITTA (CA)
MAT THE ALIEN AND K-TEL (CA)
JACKSON 2BEARS (CA)
CROSS-POLLINATION : Friday September 14th
Live performers play sets that are sampled and remixed in real time: A showcase of the differences, similarities and crossovers between different types of live music performance; 3 live performances followed by a live, all electronic remix of the preceding music.
INTEGRATED CIRCUS : Jess Conn-Potegal, Jesse Creed, Chris von Szombathy (CA)
WENDY ATKINSON (CA)
PRIMES (CA)
TEAM RAD (CA)
MANGLIFICATION : Saturday September 15th
New sounds in club culture.
MIKE SHANNON (DE/CA) (Cynosure)
FRIVOLOUS (DE/CA) (~scape)
JPLS (USA) (M_nus)
SNAILRIDER (CA)
THE BEVERAGE DISPENSERS UNION (CA)
VISUALS: eightprime (CA) // BENT MATTER (CA) // Pixel_Shift (CA)
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EXHIBITION: Re:Use : Opens Thursday September 6th, 6pm at VIVO (Video In/Video Out) Media Arts Centre, 1965 Main Street, free admission
This year’s exhibition features a variety of works that provide a new perspective on things that already exist, including everyday activities such as driving your car and staring off into the sunset.
DRIVES -Erik Olofsen (NL) // The grey space where nothing is eternal but eternally changing - Dawn Johnston / Adam Gandy (CA) // ETERNAL SUNSET - Adrian Stellingwerff (AUS) // EVERY DAY, LINE OF DASHES AND HYPHENS - Alexandra Dipple (UK) // SHI.KO LTD., 2007 v.2 - Anat Pollack (USA) // SEQUENCE: FLUX -Tiina Liimu (CA) // DESCARTES’ CLOWN: THE SPINE -Geoffrey Smedley (CA) // Re:Use Room - Come and swap clothes
Opening: Thursday September 6th, 6pm
Exhibition runs from September 7th to 15th, 12pm to 6pm, closed on Sundays.
Artist Panel: Tuesday, September 11th, 7pm
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LIVE CINEMA : Wednesday September 12th
Original NFB films will be remixed, becoming source material for new audiovisual creations. There will also be original, non-remix A/V performances by some of Canada’s premiere acts.
BEN NEVILLE (CA) // CLINKER (CA) // ERIN SEXTON (CA) // RYAN STEC (CA) // OVERTONE AND PIXEL_SHIFT (CA)
The Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street (@ Granville), Wednesday September 12th, 8 PM, tickets $12 adv, $15 door. Tickets Available at Zulu, Scratch, Beat Street and HighLife.
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PUBLIC EVENTS
All public events have free admission.
ARTCAMP : Saturday September 8th
Presented by New Forms and Upgrade! Vancouver in partnership with SWARM
Saturday September 8th, Intersections Digital Studios (IDS) at the Emily Carr Institute (North Building), Granville Island, 10am – 6pm, free with registration.
ArtCamp 07 is a one-day un-conference that aims to bring the open, participatory and creative energy of BarCamp to the art world in an interdisciplinary forum. ArtCamp 06 was attended by over a hundred artists, designers, programmers, critics, theorists, curators and practitioners from all fields who presented 30 workshops, talks and hybrid events in a single day.
Information and Registration: http://2007.newformsfestival.com/artcamp
NFF RESIDENCY : A440Hz : Thursday September 6th
A440Hz is an artistic collaboration investigating our musical universe, connecting the existent electromagnetic spectrum with human hearing, consciousness and the periodic table of elements, using Pythagorean octaves and seven composite waveforms.
Doors open at 06:10 pm and stay open for 7.83 Hourz.
Music & Theory till 10 pm / Theory & Dance till 2 am
PERFORMANCES: NADIA CHANEY // eightprime // RC WESLOWSKI
MUSIC: FREDERICK BRUMMER // THE EMETICS // VINCENT PARKER // the listener // ALISON ROY // RUPINDER SIDHU // THE SQUARE ROOT OF EVIL
VISUALS: A440Hz // KRASH HAZZARD // MARK YUEN // eightprime
Thursday September 6th, Open Studios, #200-252 East 1st Avenue, 6:10 pm, free admission
More info @ http://www.a440hz.ca
FILM SERIES (DECONSTRUCTION) : Friday September 7th
Deconstruction showcases films entirely made out of sampled material. A selection of international artists will be remixing found footage, home movies, television shows, news broadcasts and more, to create exciting and innovative short films out of things already made. This event is in conjunction with SWARM.
http://www.paarc,ca/swarm
Cathedral Park (Dunsmuir @ Richards), Friday, September 7th, 9pm, free admission
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PARTNERING EVENTS
UJINO AND THE ROTATORS : Thursday September 6th, Western Front, 303 East 8th Avenue.
Acclaimed Tokyo-based artist and musician Ujino Muneteru will be presenting an instrument building workshop, a live performance on custom hybrid instruments, and a sound sculpture exhibition at the Western Front.
Workshop: Wednesday September 5th, 7-8pm, FREE ADMISSION, by reservation only due to limited space, contact: newmusicadmin@front.bc.ca or call 604-876-9343 to reserve.
Live Performance: Thursday September 6th, 8-9pm, $12/10 students and Western Front members.
Exhibition: Thursday September 6th, 9pm opening, runs through to October 11th, FREE
battery opera’s BOB’S LOUNGE@The 6th Annual Dance Centre Open House : Saturday September 15th
This Year Bob brings you Music, Martinis and Fertility Rites.
Five or more fertile Musicians. Six or more fertile Dancers. Copious
martinis. Sacred rites. Let's Procreate!
Folk rituals for the amorous.
Bob's Lounge features David McIntosh (vocals), Max Murphy (bari), Finn
Manniche (cello), and Ben Brown (percussion)
and other special guests.
Fertility rites provided by Shay Kubler, Tanya Podlozniuk, Adrienne
Wong, Paul Ternes, Sasa Brown, Lee Su-Feh and The Leaky Heaven Circus
Saturday September 15th, The Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street
Tickets: $15 at the door or www.ticketstonight.ca
Info: info@thedancecentre.ca or www.thedancecentre.ca
More details on this event will be posted on The Scotiabank Dance Centre-website in the weeks to come.
----------------------------
New Forms Festival 07 : Re: Use
The New Forms Festival has grown from its humble beginnings as a small grassroots media arts festival to being one of the largest media arts festivals on the West Coast and in Canada. For 9 exciting days and nights, more than fifty local and international artists will be involved in over 10 performances, events, conferences, discussions and workshops at various indoor and outdoor locations throughout Vancouver. This year’s festival will run from Thursday, September 6 to Saturday, September 15th at various locations around Vancouver.
"New Forms strolls once again out into the unpredictable, fast-shifting intersection of art and technology, loaded up with electronic music, visual art, and film"
-Georgia Straight
You can find a brief synopsis of the extensive list of this year’s events below: For more in depth information on these and other activities please go to www.newformsfestival.com
MUSIC AND VISUALS SERIES
All events at Open Studios, 252 East 1st Avenue / Doors Open at 10 pm. Tickets Available at Zulu, Scratch, Beat Street and HighLife, $15 in advance, $20 at the door, please make reservations at reservations@newformsfestival.com
[DUBFORMS4] : Saturday September 8th
lighta! & nff07 present…bass, echo, rhythm and flames for the next world
YOUNGSTA (UK) (Tempa)
FILASTINE (USA) (Soot / Shock Out!)
TAAL MALA & MAX ULIS (Lighta!, Sub- Osc)
ECHO PILOT (Ombase)
PRINCE SHO (Royal Platoon)
VISUALS: JULIE GENDRON (CA) // CLAUDIA MINERVA (CA) // eightprime (CA)
SCRATCH VIDEO : Thursday September 13th
Live Scratch Video with some of Canada's best Mashup DJs and VJs.
TEAM CANADA w/ BENT MATTER AND CINECITTA (CA)
MAT THE ALIEN AND K-TEL (CA)
JACKSON 2BEARS (CA)
CROSS-POLLINATION : Friday September 14th
Live performers play sets that are sampled and remixed in real time: A showcase of the differences, similarities and crossovers between different types of live music performance; 3 live performances followed by a live, all electronic remix of the preceding music.
INTEGRATED CIRCUS : Jess Conn-Potegal, Jesse Creed, Chris von Szombathy (CA)
WENDY ATKINSON (CA)
PRIMES (CA)
TEAM RAD (CA)
MANGLIFICATION : Saturday September 15th
New sounds in club culture.
MIKE SHANNON (DE/CA) (Cynosure)
FRIVOLOUS (DE/CA) (~scape)
JPLS (USA) (M_nus)
SNAILRIDER (CA)
THE BEVERAGE DISPENSERS UNION (CA)
VISUALS: eightprime (CA) // BENT MATTER (CA) // Pixel_Shift (CA)
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EXHIBITION: Re:Use : Opens Thursday September 6th, 6pm at VIVO (Video In/Video Out) Media Arts Centre, 1965 Main Street, free admission
This year’s exhibition features a variety of works that provide a new perspective on things that already exist, including everyday activities such as driving your car and staring off into the sunset.
DRIVES -Erik Olofsen (NL) // The grey space where nothing is eternal but eternally changing - Dawn Johnston / Adam Gandy (CA) // ETERNAL SUNSET - Adrian Stellingwerff (AUS) // EVERY DAY, LINE OF DASHES AND HYPHENS - Alexandra Dipple (UK) // SHI.KO LTD., 2007 v.2 - Anat Pollack (USA) // SEQUENCE: FLUX -Tiina Liimu (CA) // DESCARTES’ CLOWN: THE SPINE -Geoffrey Smedley (CA) // Re:Use Room - Come and swap clothes
Opening: Thursday September 6th, 6pm
Exhibition runs from September 7th to 15th, 12pm to 6pm, closed on Sundays.
Artist Panel: Tuesday, September 11th, 7pm
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LIVE CINEMA : Wednesday September 12th
Original NFB films will be remixed, becoming source material for new audiovisual creations. There will also be original, non-remix A/V performances by some of Canada’s premiere acts.
BEN NEVILLE (CA) // CLINKER (CA) // ERIN SEXTON (CA) // RYAN STEC (CA) // OVERTONE AND PIXEL_SHIFT (CA)
The Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street (@ Granville), Wednesday September 12th, 8 PM, tickets $12 adv, $15 door. Tickets Available at Zulu, Scratch, Beat Street and HighLife.
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PUBLIC EVENTS
All public events have free admission.
ARTCAMP : Saturday September 8th
Presented by New Forms and Upgrade! Vancouver in partnership with SWARM
Saturday September 8th, Intersections Digital Studios (IDS) at the Emily Carr Institute (North Building), Granville Island, 10am – 6pm, free with registration.
ArtCamp 07 is a one-day un-conference that aims to bring the open, participatory and creative energy of BarCamp to the art world in an interdisciplinary forum. ArtCamp 06 was attended by over a hundred artists, designers, programmers, critics, theorists, curators and practitioners from all fields who presented 30 workshops, talks and hybrid events in a single day.
Information and Registration: http://2007.newformsfestival.com/artcamp
NFF RESIDENCY : A440Hz : Thursday September 6th
A440Hz is an artistic collaboration investigating our musical universe, connecting the existent electromagnetic spectrum with human hearing, consciousness and the periodic table of elements, using Pythagorean octaves and seven composite waveforms.
Doors open at 06:10 pm and stay open for 7.83 Hourz.
Music & Theory till 10 pm / Theory & Dance till 2 am
PERFORMANCES: NADIA CHANEY // eightprime // RC WESLOWSKI
MUSIC: FREDERICK BRUMMER // THE EMETICS // VINCENT PARKER // the listener // ALISON ROY // RUPINDER SIDHU // THE SQUARE ROOT OF EVIL
VISUALS: A440Hz // KRASH HAZZARD // MARK YUEN // eightprime
Thursday September 6th, Open Studios, #200-252 East 1st Avenue, 6:10 pm, free admission
More info @ http://www.a440hz.ca
FILM SERIES (DECONSTRUCTION) : Friday September 7th
Deconstruction showcases films entirely made out of sampled material. A selection of international artists will be remixing found footage, home movies, television shows, news broadcasts and more, to create exciting and innovative short films out of things already made. This event is in conjunction with SWARM.
http://www.paarc,ca/swarm
Cathedral Park (Dunsmuir @ Richards), Friday, September 7th, 9pm, free admission
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PARTNERING EVENTS
UJINO AND THE ROTATORS : Thursday September 6th, Western Front, 303 East 8th Avenue.
Acclaimed Tokyo-based artist and musician Ujino Muneteru will be presenting an instrument building workshop, a live performance on custom hybrid instruments, and a sound sculpture exhibition at the Western Front.
Workshop: Wednesday September 5th, 7-8pm, FREE ADMISSION, by reservation only due to limited space, contact: newmusicadmin@front.bc.ca or call 604-876-9343 to reserve.
Live Performance: Thursday September 6th, 8-9pm, $12/10 students and Western Front members.
Exhibition: Thursday September 6th, 9pm opening, runs through to October 11th, FREE
battery opera’s BOB’S LOUNGE@The 6th Annual Dance Centre Open House : Saturday September 15th
This Year Bob brings you Music, Martinis and Fertility Rites.
Five or more fertile Musicians. Six or more fertile Dancers. Copious
martinis. Sacred rites. Let's Procreate!
Folk rituals for the amorous.
Bob's Lounge features David McIntosh (vocals), Max Murphy (bari), Finn
Manniche (cello), and Ben Brown (percussion)
and other special guests.
Fertility rites provided by Shay Kubler, Tanya Podlozniuk, Adrienne
Wong, Paul Ternes, Sasa Brown, Lee Su-Feh and The Leaky Heaven Circus
Saturday September 15th, The Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street
Tickets: $15 at the door or www.ticketstonight.ca
Info: info@thedancecentre.ca or www.thedancecentre.ca
More details on this event will be posted on The Scotiabank Dance Centre-website in the weeks to come.