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BodyControlled #2 – “matter-incompatible”

Marco Donnarumma — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:21:18 +0000

This event looks very good, free, great music and performances in Berlin. Wish I could attend.

Performances by
Echo Ho (DE/CN), Mario de Vega (MX), Alex Nowitz (DE), Ignaz Schick (DE)

Thursday, 26.01.2012
8pm – Performances from 9pm
Free Entry (or donate what you like)

Following the first event event of the BodyControlled series, BodyControlled #2 focuses on the idea of incompatible matter. While BC #1 was organized around the concept of “other spaces”, using the specific architecture at LEAP and provoking it in order to synthesize new environments, BC #2 combines space and sound.

Through exploring the physical reality of sound-instruments and objects, complex acoustic spaces emerge. Sound of any kind – vocals, instruments, vibrations – become a material themselves, a hybrid. Creating Matter-Incompatible, the exhibition focuses on searching for the hidden materiality of acoustics, where distinguishing between live-produced sound and mechanically generated playback becomes a challenging self-observation.

All performances will be available from 20.00 CET via live stream on
http://bit.ly/uXRgyq

Facebook-Event BodyControlled #2 “matter-incompatible”: on.fb.me/AmEtO9

Artist links:
Echo Ho – http://www.echoho.net/
Mario de Vega – http://www.mariodevega.info/
Alex Nowitz – http://nowitz.de/, http://www.steim.org/projectblog/?p=3715
Ignaz Schick – http://www.zangimusic.de/, http://www.myspace.com/ignazschick

LEAP
Lab for Electronic Arts and Performance
(Berlin Carré, 1. Stock)
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 13
10178 Berlin

info@leapknecht.de
www.leapknecht.de

How to find LEAP: http://bit.ly/pqTAJi
LEAP Facebook Page: http://on.fb.me/uxfyT2

Live Media Concert I C::ntr::l Nature@Screenplay, Artist Talk @NK, Berlin

Marco Donnarumma — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:36:25 +0000

I C::ntr::l Nature v3.0
Audiovisual concert for augmented bass guitar, Xth Sense biosensing technology and butterfly
by Marco Donnarumma.

http://marcodonnarumma.com/works/i-cntrl-nature/
Saturday 9th April
h. 19.00
Panoramasaal, .CHB, Berlin

http://chb.screenplaynights.com/en/av-night/programm/
Panel discussions, performances and installations by Mia Makela, Pierce Warnecke, Yroyto, Olga Mink, Abstract Birds, Servando Barreiro among the others.

SCREENPLAY represents contemporary audiovisual art with special focus on generative or cinematographic performance as well as performance involving live-camera-feedback.
SCREENPLAY shows an eclectic selection of artists who explore aestetic principles on the frontiers of new technologies, interactive story-telling and the interplay of audio and video.

Artist Talk
Saturday 9th April
h 20.30
NK, Berlin

http://www.nkprojekt.de/artist-presentation-by-marco-donnarumma/

Donnarumma will present some of his works, all deploying self-designed, Pure Data-based software, eventually focusing on the ongoing research project for biophysical live media ‘Xth Sense’.
http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/

Thimbl – the anti-twitter and the Telekommunist Manifesto

Marco Donnarumma — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:58:21 +0000

Original message from the Thimbl project team

Hello! It’s been a long time since I’ve sent out a email newsletter, hasn’t it?

As some of you may know, I’ve gotten drawn into the world of social media, and have been hanging around in places like Facebook and Twitter. There are a few reasons for this, one, to explore those platforms as ways to communicate, but also to very large degree, to understand the enemy. Much of what’s wrong with Web2.0 is covered in the Telekommunist Manifesto (

/////// Don’t be a Twit, it feels good to be fingered!

The platform is called Thimbl, and it also has a manifesto all it’s own:
http://www.thimbl.net/manifesto.html

Thimbl is a microblogging platformed implemented as a specialized Finger & SSH client.

Please take a look! We welcome feedback and participation, the Thimbl project is just beginning, we need your to help spread the word.

What’s really great is that Thimbl has been nominated for the Open Web Award from Transmediale and the Mozilla Foundation, so we’ll be hanging around the OpenZone at Transmediale spreading the word and answering questions.

Winning the Open Web Award would go along way to kickstarting Thimbl, and we really need your help here! You can vote for us! Voting for the Award is being done on the drumbeat.org platform, Thimbl is very new, and is up against two projects that are far better known, so we’re really need your vote. Please sign up to drumbeat and vote for Thimbl!

Here’s how: http://www.drumbeat.org/content/how-vote-drumbeat-thimbl

Also, we have a nice little video to introduce you to Thimbl, you can see it on the home page of our drumbeat project.

http://www.drumbeat.org/project/thimbl-decentralized-micro-blogging-platform

And after you vote for Thimbl, please make a comment on drumbeat, the Transmediale jury is very interested in hearing why you like the project and so are we!
Voting ends Feb 4th, so the time to vote is now! Also, please pass this on, share, blog, tweet, etc. Help us kickstart decentralized social media! With your
help, we can make this manifesto for the open web heard!

Got Questions? Wanna Help?
We’ve also launched a public community forum for the Thimbl project:
http://www.thimbl.net/community.html

Come by and say Hi!

Regenwald 2011: workshop/installation/performance @ Club Transmediale Berlin

Marco Donnarumma — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:01:57 +0000

I’m pleased to forward a call for participation announced by sound artist Derek Holzer.

Regenwald 2011: a workshop/installation/performance in the spirit of David Tudor
for Club Transmediale Berlin
with Derek Holzer (USA/DE) & Mads Bech Paluszewski (DK)

Direct link: http://macumbista.net/?p=2018

*Overview*

Regenwald 2011 is a contemporary re-interpretation of David Tudor’s series of compositions from the 1970′s entitled “Rainforest”. It uses various types of sonic transducers to play live sounds through various resonant objects in the performance space, as well as through architectural features of the space itself. Additionally, an 8×8 matrix mixer allows the sound from any of the objects to be sent to any of the performers, making the whole piece an experiment in generative chaos.

Regenwald 2011 will be developed in a workshop format with up to 8 participants over a period of several days. The resulting work should shift between relatively static installation-like moments and performative sections where the artists seek new relationships with the objects and each other. The audience is free to move around the performance space, engage in conversations and explore the resonant objects, thus adding new life to the rainforest.

A opening night presentation will introduce the concept of Regenwald 2011 and the context of “Schematic as Score” as seen in the works of both David Tudor and John Cage.

*Documentation*

A rough schematic of a previous transducer system (Regenskog 2010) can be seen here:
http://macumbista.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/regnskog_notext.png

Documentation of Regenskog 2010 can be found here:
http://macumbista.net/?p=1840

*Dates*

28 January – 01 February, 12-19:00 daily: Regenwald 2011 workshop in West Germany, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin
01 February 21:00: opening Regenwald 2011 presentation/performance, West Germany, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin
02 February – 05 February 18-22:00 daily: Regenwald 2011 installation, West Germany, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin

*Participate*

The Regenwald 2011 workshop is open for 8 participants who will be selected and notified on or before 16 January 2011. There is no fee to participate. Applying participants should be:

–Comfortable working in a collaborative environment
–Knowledgeable in the basics of acoustics
–Proficient in one or more chosen analog or digital sound instruments and/or systems for working with sound
–Capable of bringing any equipment they require beyond the basics of the transducer system (instruments, mixers, computers, etc etc)

Please send an email to regenwald2011 [at] clubtransmediale [dot] de by 9 January with the following information:

–Name, location and short bio (max 100 words)
–Short statement of interest (max 300 words)
–Short description of your chosen instrument or system (max 300 words)
–Links to audio/video documentation of one solo work and one collaborative work you have made

*Workshop Leaders*

Derek Holzer (1972) is an American sound artist living in Berlin, whose current interests include DIY analog electronics, sound art, field recording and the meeting points of electroacoustic, noise, improv and extreme music. He has played live experimental sound, as well as taught workshops in noise art technology, across Europe, North America, Brazil and New Zealand.
http://www.macumbista.net

Danish sound artist and cultural producer Mads Bech Paluszewski (1977) works with circuit bending, sound installations, tactile acoustics and performances from his Copenhagen base. Solo and as a member of several groups of experimental audio/visual music and performance groups, he has performed at many Nordic music and sound art festivals. He has also held several workshops in circuit bending and user driven sound installations in Denmark.

*Partners*

Regenwald is a join production of DISK/Club Transmediale and Tuned City/DOCK e.V.
http://www.clubtransmediale.de
http://www.tunedcity.net
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::: derek holzer ::: http://macumbista.net :::

Publication: “Reviewing Netaudio Festival Berlin 2009″ is online now

Marco Donnarumma — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:56:50 +0000

I’m forwarding here a message from Netaudio Berlin Festival Staff. They have been putting together a series of publication about the last edition of the festival, including reports, ideas and articles from all participants.
Looks an interesting reading, I also contributed with a report of the event (previously published here) and some personal observations about net-labels’ music and such.
More info below.

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Dear friend, musician, netlabelhead, netaudio enthusiast, creative mastermind, visual aesthete and free thinker…

We would like to inform you about a new publication on the website of Netaudio Berlin which is finally ready. (At least the texts… the layout is not perfect yet

This publication has developed from the idea to keep hold of some personal perspectives, interesting anecdotes and developed ideas – alongside with some theoretical thoughts – as an outcome of the festival. And analogue to the colorful mixture of participants in the festival, we were able to tie a turbulent bundle of texts in style, types and perspectives. Most of them are very friendly and full of (personal) enthusiasm, others are meant to increase and develop the content, framework and general setup of the festival.

http://www.netaudioberlin.de/publications/introduction_antina/

Find the table of contents here:

http://www.netaudioberlin.de/publications/

You might leave comments on the texts if you like – and we would really love to read your remarks, footnotes and opinions. We are curious about any of your comments.
I will answer your Emails – but it can take a while – because of my final episodes in pregnancy… For urgent requirements please contact Raimund ( raimund@netaudioberlin.de ).

We kindly ask you to spread the word on your websites, social networks and where ever you think it’s relevant.

Best greetings,

Antina Michels and the netaudio team

P.S.: If you are still interested to purchase a Netaudio Book (“Netlabels - Soziale Netze On- & Offline”), please let me know. More info:
http://antinamichels.de/wordpress/?page_id=2

Check the article about the research and outcome in English in this publication:
http://www.netaudioberlin.de/publications/netaudio-scene-article_antina/

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Netaudio Festival Berlin 2009
Antina Michels
Festival Management

Netaudio Festival 2009 Report

Marco Donnarumma — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:05:12 +0000

All pictures by Joanna M. Stacewicz, thank you!

Berlin. Wonderful as always.

I visited again the city 3 weeks ago to play the audiovisual concert ‘I C::ntr::l Nature’ - selected for the day program of Netaudio Festival.

I went there together with Joanna M. Stacewicz for few days and we had the chance to live one of the (probably) last days of full warm sun before the winter.

Our expectations about Netaudio Festival were pretty high… probably too high. Wait… i’m not talking about the organization but about the musical offer.
The event was really well organized and it was clear the amount of efforts the staff had to face in order to make everything work. I want to thank all the staff for making this happen. People were great and we all had nice times, but the only thing that i found unsatisfactory was the line-up policy of the event.

Probably i just wasn’t considering the complete spectrum of a “netaudio-only” event. The line-up was almost completely dedicated to dance live acts (or dj sets), dancy electronica, dancy idm, dancy dubstep, techno, and some live pop bands.

Don’t misunderstand me… i like to dance, but i largely prefer to discover new sounds, new approaches to music, innovative reflections of sounds and technology.

This actually made me think a lot about Netaudio scene and how I relate myself to it. Why do i listen to free music? Because it’s free – free as in beer? Because i don’t want to spend my money for music?
No, i don’t think so. Probably i listen to free music ’cause i seek for an added value that can somehow guarantee a different approach to music composition, and hearing experience.
Probably i would like to see a Netaudio festival dedicated to music free as in freedom. The freedom to create music and sounds that are going beyond my everyday perception of techno-glitch, pop-kraut-rock, hip-top raggae dance-hall. Music is much more than this, music is not only something to have fun with, but i believe it is a relevant aspect of our everyday learning process, so that it doesn’t have to be undervalued.

Anyway, excluding my personal complains, I happily performed the 3rd version of the audiovisual concert for augmented bass guitar and butterfly and introduced the free software C::NTR::L. Thanks Georg – from Pure Data mailing list – for dropping by!

We had the pleasure to meet many old friends after quite a time. The almighty Dr.Nojoke was there (thanks for hosting us and being our light in Berlin!) – he played a really interesting live set under the moniker Trioon together with the common friend Servando Barreiro and JLab - and the omnipresent Visual Berlin collective was contributing to the event with quality live visual shows by Flux, Fred, Oigovisiones, E-Gruppe, Pixelnoizz, Yagama.

We had also the chance to get to know Fernando Fonseca (Public Spaces) who played one of the most interesting acts in whole the festival. A weird coincidence made me play exactly before his set, thus we met and found out many common ideas. Finally we had also the time to go out for dinner altogether and release our minds from too high thoughts hanging around Kreuzberg for 40′ looking for a place where to eat.
Actually i’m forgetting about another interesting project developed by Netaudio organization: The Berlin Wall of Sound. People were invited to record field sounds around the Berlin Wall to create a Berlin Wall sound map. The map was physically available as touch screen installation inside the main room of the venue ( http://www.netaudioberlin.de/berlin-wall-of-sound/ ).

All in all i’m glad to have participated and contributed to this event. All critics and doubts expressed in this article don’t have to be perceived as a provocation, not at all. I only try to stimulate constructive discussions and thoughts, since this is what we are here for…
Should i sit all the day long mesmerizing myself thinking how beautiful is life?

Nahh… that’s not for me. Please, feel free to write few lines about your idea of free music and whatever could be related to it. I definitely wish to know your opinion and keep on the conversation.

Live at Netaudio Berlin 2009

Marco Donnarumma — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:26:32 +0000

For those of you who hang around Berlin, I’ll be participating to the almighty Netaudio Festival – day program – with a showcase of my audiovisual performance for augmented bass guitar ‘I C::ntr::l Nature’ (check the project here) entirely made and performed with PureData.
I’ll be performing on Friday from 14.15 to 14.45h and for the remaining 30 minutes I’ll be explaining the functionality of ‘C::NTR::L’, the free software I developed for the performance . The software allows you to transform your standard musical instrument in an augmented audiovisual controller, it’s published under GPL license so free to be used and modified. If you’re interested you’re very welcome to drop by.
The festival will take place from 8th to 11th October at the wellknown Maria am Ostbahnhof (Mao).

I was really glad to get to know about my selection since Netaudio festival is the bulwark of free CC-licensed music, so it represents kind of _must_ for me.
Here you are the statement of this Berliner edition – via Netaudio website:

From the 8th to the 11th of October 2009, Netaudio Berlin will be gathering the international netaudio community for a four-day music and conference festival in Berlin, under the title “East meets West”. 2009 will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain. We recall pictures of hands reaching out to pull people from both sides up onto the Berlin wall. The event will take place at Maria, a venue situated immediately on the former Berlin ‘death strip’ once dividing the city and the world into eastern and western hemispheres.

In recent years a netaudio landscape has emerged in the countries of Eastern Europe. Speakers, artists and netlabel managers from Eastern and Western Europe as well as from the USA are invited to find out more about the needs and possibilities, challenges and chances of netaudio under the various cultural frameworks and to discuss new opportunities for networking and collaboration across borders and cultures.

The line-up of the festival is generously eterogeneous, providing a day program including:

… and a night program too broad to be described in this article. Plenty of artists and genres – electronic, drum’n'bass, dubstep, hip hop, techno. Be sure to check the full program here. The live visuals will be curated by my dear friends Visual Berlin, don’t miss it!

KRÆKA!™ Compilation Series

Marco Donnarumma — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:20:43 +0000

Out Now new Digital Kranky Compilation Series Issue #10.

“With the newly discovered intention to bring electronic experimental music in every open-minded living-room all across the world, far away from all these mainstream suburbs, the city of Berlin was chosen for our sadistic plan:
‘Let’s feed the world with oscillators, beeps and bleeps, smash-crack them ears from the strangest arrangements ever heard…””

from Digital Kranky website.

Releases | KRÆKA!™ Compilation Series
year: 2008. catalognumber: dkkcsX. format: printed silver/silver 5 inch cdr. limitation: 60 copies, numbered.

[dkkcsX] Issue 10

THE !S.A.D!: on the sofa [4:33]
TEAM PLASTIQUE: virgins do it best [3:34]
TRANSFORMER DI ROBOTER: bob ross (the joy of painting) [3:51]
LEOPARDEN: matsi [4:13]
EECKMAN: ambush [5:12]
GIRLS UNITED: whom do you love? [3:49]
LOVE MAPS: wreckage [5:44]
TRAUMKAPITÄN: house of glass [2:00]
DOPPELKLICK: oberfläche [5:34]
CNTR: girl at strip club, reno nv [4:44]

info: http://digitalkranky.de/v8/index.php?id=241#comment

!S.A.D! Live in Berlin

Marco Donnarumma — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:29:57 +0000

European Tour 2008 has started in january/february with a couple of concerts in Berlin where my a/v work ‘I C::ntr::l Nature’ has been much appreciated and commented.
A lot of new ideas and inputs coming out and the work is going on!
I want to say special thanks to Dr.Nojoke, Konik Polny, Fred, Tobias, RQM, Rina and Saimon and all Visual Berlin crew. All you has helped me in spending really great times there and to live better the amazing Berlin.
Peace and bless to all you!
Here you are some pictures (by the only ONE Dr.Nojoke!!) during the reharsal before live performance in Ak28, in Berlin Mitte.