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pikseliÄHKY // pixelACHE
audiovisual laboratory
* audiovisual experiments and creative misuse of technology *
* DIY lo-fi/hi-fi performances and installations *
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Thursday 10. April
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19:00 VJ Jamming session, 5 eur
Live performance
pikseliÄHKY // pixelACHE 2003 opening event!
VJ Jamming session - 2 h 30 min non-stop audiovisual extravaganza,
featuring 3 dj's and more than 20 vj's!! The whole audiovisual setup
will be on the theater stage, surrounded with 3 screens for 3 simultaneous
vj acts. This show offers an instant introduction to the mysterious
world of vj'ing! It will also be a unique encounter of our local
and international vj guests.
Brothomstates (Warp Records) and dj Genki (Exogenic Breaks/Stealth Unit)
will play dj sets and Maxime Morin (aka Mad Max aka Champion) from
Montreal will play a live audio set.
The vj schedule to be announced soon!
pikseliÄHKY 2003 will feature (at least) following finnish VJ acts:
Plasma VJs, takakeno.cru, Vertex Visuals, Lumiere Bros., Amfibio,
VJ Hahmo & TraumaTrix, DVC Project, Kangastus, Under Control...
+ MORE!
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Friday 11. April
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12:00-18:00 SOFTWARE LOUNGE, 5e
Presentations, workshops
Friday afternoon is dedicated to audiovisual software and their creators.
Developer oriented discussions will lead the day to new findings for the
creators themselves, but also give insight to DIY software attitude to
general public. The day consists of small informal presentations and gives
a lot of space for thoughts and elaboration on DIY approach.
Detailed program TBA!!! Incl. Moppi Demopaja, Halcyon, VDMX3, VVS Engine..
Inform us if you want to contribute to the open stage.
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20:00 The Light Surgeons : APB[all points between], 12e
Live performance
The Light Surgeons (UK) is a collective of designers, film makers and
musicians, best known for their pioneering design of visual displays
at clubs, commercial events, music tours & exhibitions. They have
been at the cutting edge of multimedia sound and light installations,
working across a range of media such as video, 16mm film, photography,
print based design, music & spoken narrative. The Surgeons have
provided creative production and toured internationally with live
music acts such as the Propellerheads, Cornershop, DJ Food and Unkle
and have worked with many other ground breaking independent record
labels and artists. Their experiments in celluloid & digital formats
have also lead to the production of promo videos, titles for broadcast,
art based installations, exhibition design and live performances at
many international film and new media festivals.
Live exploded documentary performance "APB [all points between]":
Taking you on a journey that crosses road movie with political essay,
through a collage of global imagery and sound the performance crosses
4 continents to culminate in an audio visual autopsy of the state of
the American nation, its obsessions with consumption, control and corruption.
A specially produced barrage of image bombs and foreign tongues where
club culture collides with feature film.
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21:00-04:00 pikseliÄHKY club @ Kuutio/Mother, 6e (+garderobe)
Club night
Johan Skugge (Source records)
SAT[mix_sessions] (Montreal)
Brothomstates (Warp records)
more info + VJ's to be announced!!
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Saturday 12. April
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11:00-12:00 Introduction to pikseliÄHKY & VJ'ing, FREE
Presentations
Festival directors Juha Huuskonen and Petri Lievonen
will give an introduction to this year's festival and
it's theme, VIDEOJUKKA. Michael Heap from VJs.net (UK)
will give a presentation of the history of VJ'ing.
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13:00-13:45 Interactive installations, FREE
Presentations
Presentations of the pikseliÄHKY 2003 interactive
installations selection. Come and experience brilliant
ideas and masses of fun and enjoyment!
Animaatiokone (www.animaatiokone.net)
Lotta Partanen : Sofa instrument
Jussi Ängeslevä : Last Clock (www.lastclock.co.uk)
Toni Laakso : Äänipahvilaatikko
Anssi Kasitonni : 'knight-o-matic' + more!
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14:00-18:00 VJ action forum, 5e
Presentations, workshops
Saturday afternoon will be devoted to the brave action men and women
of video mixing. People who regard themselves as VJs from Finland,
UK, US, Sweden, Canada and elsewhere tell about their projects and
share tips to creative working. Forum participants, whether they are
involved in VJing or not, will get a kick-start into the current
scene and possibilities of VJing.
Program details to be announced! Inform us if you want to contribute
to the open stage.
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16:00 BUSH roadshow, 3e
Screening (duration approx 30-40 min)
GNN [ S-11 (Channel) Surfing the Apocalypse ]
2001, Video, Color, Approx 12 min.
Culled from over 20 hours of television footage recorded over a
one month period and across 13 networks, S-11 Redux is a sound-bite
blitzkrieg that challenges the messages we have been fed from our
mainstream media and the government it serves. Be warned - this
video moves quickly and will require at least two viewings to
digest its full impact. You may never be able to look at the
coverage of S-11 and its post-impact coverage the same way, ever again.
www.gnn.tv
Mike Nourse [Terror, Iraq, Weapons ]
2002, Video , Color, aprox 4 min
President Bush re-edited for meaning during anti-iraq speech in Ohio.
Bryan Boyce [State of the Union]
2001, video, color, 1:45 min
Baby Bush meets Tubby-land.
Completed in August 2001, this project was initially just a simple
comic skewering of George W. Bush and his defense policies... but
after September 11th, it took on a whole new meaning. State of the
Union now has a surreal documentary quality that is genuinely disturbing.
+ Much more!!!
This screening has been compiled by Edmar Marszewski / Select Media
Festival, Chicago (www.lumpen.com).
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18:00 Cities and sunsets, 5e
Screening + live performance
Urban landscapes and extraordinary weather conditions.
Screening featuring live sound performance by Emi Maeda
(for the last film in the series, Storm by HC Gilje and Emi Maeda).
'Cities and sunsets' is a selection of films which, rather than telling
a narrative story, aim to present a certain atmosphere, rhythm or mood.
The films take their inspiration from urban aesthetics, nature and
weather conditions. Some of the films were selected from our open call
for proposals, some films were found by coincidence.
Visomat AV (Berlin, Germany) : Montage, De-
Ran Slavin (Tel Aviv, Israel) : Organic Urbanic
Alli Savolainen (Helsinki, Finland) : Smile of Mona Lisa
Katarina Löfström (Stockholm, Sweden) : Hang Ten Sunset
finder. / Chris Coleman & George Cicci (Buffalo, NY) : Collusion
Vincent Morisset (Montréal, Canada) : L'homme superflu
HC Gilje + Emi Maeda (Norway, Finland): Storm
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20:00 AVCENTRALEN + deKam, 8 e
Live performance
AVCENTRALEN is a Swedish group consisting of two video artists and two
musicians, performing live video combined with live music. The idea
with the live video is to create a flow of moving images without the use
of prerecorded material. AVCENTRALEN is using a number of video cameras
to generate images in different ways, and also synchronise some of the
images with the sound. While the music is performed with creative use
of computers - "creative misuse of technology" describes the way the
images are created.
AVCENTRALEN = A for Audio
Johan Skugge , www.johanskugge.com
Andreas Tilliander , www.repeatle.com
AVCENTRALEN = V for Video
Olle Huge , www.beeoff.se
Martin Malm , www.martinmalm.com
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Artist/VJ/Programmer Johnny DeKam is the founder of www.vidvox.net
and creator of the popular video software titles "VDMX" and "Prophet".
These tools (and others) were born out of deKam's own work as a live
video performer, and artistic software creations such as
www.revisionhistory.org. An online catalog of artistic work is at
www.node.net. DeKam holds an MFA in Electronic Art (iEAR Studios
'98) and BFA in Painting (Wayne State University, Detroit '95)
In pikseliÄHKY 2003 deKam will premiere two new works for live camera,
objects, samples and synthesis using his latest software creations, a
selection of shorts, as well as a new version an early piece for video
turntable drawing entitled '33 1/3'.
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21:00 pikseliÄHKY club @ Jumo Jazz Club, 8 e (2 e garderobe)
Club night
Andreas Tilliander (Mille Plateaux)
Sick Lincoln (UK) vs /f0 (SE) aka Klipp av
Antoine Krzyzosiak (Abflug, Dotcoma)
VJ's to be announced soon!
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Sunday 12. April
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15:00-15:45 Interactive cinema, FREE
Interactive cinema
Petri Kola, Minna Nurminen and Juhana Kokkonen will demonstrate
interactive cinema concepts. More info soon!
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16:00-17:45 VJ future directions, FREE
Presentations, discussion
We search for new and interesting directions for VJ culture.
Creators present on-line streaming projects, discuss how to
use video screens as part of dance and theatre performances
etc.
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18:00 Not So Lonely Planet, 3 e
Screening
_FLUSH_YOUR_BRAIN_
'Not So Lonely Planet' contains fresh and adventurous work from
audiovisual groups, collectives and labels around the world.
Program announced soon!
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20:00 Kalvo + mesq, 8 e
Live performance
Kalvo + mesq are the avantgarde musicians Lasse Kaikkonen and Mikko
Heikkilä reinforced with media artist Mika Meskanen. Together they
conduct audiovisual performances. Kalvo's soundscapes create intense
ambience with improvised playing of electronic and acoustic instruments
and natural sounds. Visuals create narrative and cinematic framework
to the performance. Together the trio works with continuos re-defining
of the dialogue between sound and vision.
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That's it! Welcome everybody in three weeks time! :)
You still have to be patient for a few days for more information,
our FESTIVAL SITE WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY 25 April!!! Check
www.pixelache.ac then for more info!
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Contact information:
pikseliÄHKY // pixelACHE audiovisual laboratory
Vaasankatu 7
00500 Helsinki
Finland
info@pixelache.ac | www.pixelache.ac
tel. +358-9-7268 5145 | fax. +358-9-7268 5146
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