HERTZ FESTIVAL 2013
LIVE PERFOMANCES / Banqueting Hall
FRI 08 FEB 2013
23:00 BYETONE [ DE ]
SYMETA AV live set
Byetone's (Olaf Bender) Audio-Visual perfomances trigger the physical impulse to dance.
— raster-noton.net
22:00 RYOJI IKEDA [ JP ]
TEST PATTERN AV live set
Ryoji Ikeda utilizes and applies the aesthetics of mathematics in his digital works.
— ryojiikeda.com
21:00 BIOSPHERE [ NO ]
AV live set
Biosphere (Geir Jenssen) constructs arctic ambient soundscapes, by emphasising the iconoclastic aspects of music.
— biosphere.no
20:00 NOVI_SAD + RYOICHI KUROKAWA [ GR/JP ]
SIRENS AV live set
Novi_sad (Thanasis Kaproulias) and Ryoichi Kurokawa demonstrate a transcendental aural and optical translation of the economic crisis.
— novi-sad.net
— ryoichikurokawa.com
SAT 09 FEB 2013
23:00 ALVA NOTO [ DE ]
UNIVRS/UNISCOPE VERSION AV live set
Alva Noto (Carsten Nikolai) is a designer of electronic opticoacoustic compositions, using digital art as a hybrid tool.
— alvanoto.com
22:00 DEATHPROD [ NO ]
AV live set
Deathprod is the moniker for the legendary dark ambient project by Helge Sten.
— en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathprod
21:00 MIKA VAINIO [ FI ]
AV live set
Mika Vainio has been characterized as "the monarch of stripped post-technoid sound..."
— media-loca.com/mikavainio
20:00 THOMAS KÖNER [ DE ]
NOVAYA ZEMLYA AV live set
Thomas Köner focuses on the acoustic and optical nuances of metaphysical landscapes.
— koener.de
PROJECTIONS / INSTALLATIONS / MC2 + MC3
FRI 08 + SAT 09 FEB 2013
20:00 ART OF FAILURE [ FR ]
INTERNET ENCEPHALOGRAPHY Installation/projection (MC3)
A graphic representation (in real time) of the global network activity measurement, with information from 193 states.
— artoffailure.free.fr
19:00 KARL KLIEM [ DE ]
MINUS 60° installation 8th + 9th February | (MC2)
Surround sound installation with synchronized fluorescent tubes.
— dienststelle.de
16:00 CHRISTINA KUBISCH [ DE ]
Installation (MC3)
Five electromagnetic grids is a listening station where you can hear groups of electromagnetic recordings made in different metropoles around the world.
— christinakubisch.de
SAT 09 FEB 2013
19:00 JACOB KIRKEGAARD [ DK ]
AION Installation (MC3)
Audio-Visual installation with material that has been captured and recorded at abandoned spaces in Chernobyl.
— fonik.dk
FRI 08 FEB 2013
19:00 CARLOS CASAS [ ES ]
TUNDRA Projection (MC3)
A day in the life of a reindeer herder brigade in Northeastern Siberia.
— carloscasas.net
OUTDOOR
FRI 08 + SAT 09 FEB 2013
16:00 CHRISTINA KUBISCH [ DE ]
ELECTRICAL WALKS Outdoor project
The Electrical Walks are a public walk where you can detect by special wireless headphones the electromagnetic waves of the city, which usually are not audible.
— christinakubisch.de
ABOUT
Hertz Festival emphasizes and demonstrates prominent optico-acoustic works, by framing a potent arena of expressive activity. Moreover, Hertz disseminates and transmits innovation in sound and digital arts, by functioning as the absolute counterpoint to the embrace of new cultural and aesthetic techniques.
In 2013's edition, taking place at Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall, on 8th + 9th February, we are widening the thematic spectrum of the festival by hosting Audio-Visual performances and installations created, constructed and presented by major figures in the fields of exploring + utilizing new media, towards aural and optical navigation + synthesis.
Hertz Festival 2013 operates as a kaleidoscope of expression, taking audiences on a unique and captivating journey – one that is exemplary, intense, multi-textural, vital, ear + eye expansive, fertile and enriching.
Tickets
Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall
Box office:
Vass. Sophias & Kokkali, Athens
Omirou 8, Athens
T. +30 210 7282 333
Group bookings
T. +30 210 7282 367
Contact
Hertz Festival: hertz@hertzfestival.com
General + Artistic director: Thanasis Kaproulias
Graphic design: Voltnoi Brege
Web development: Sotiris Bakagiannis
In memoriam of Thanos Evgeniou
- Produced by
- Supported by
- Bridges series
