INSTRUMENTAL BODIES
NODE+CODE #9 & #10 – Andi Otto (Springintgut) and 3DMIN

16th November 2015 // Entrance: 18h / Start: 18:30

In a combined 9th and 10th edition of NODE+CODE, we will be discussing the role of the human body in new music performances. In two lecture concerts, STEIM researcher and musician Andi Otto (aka Springintgut) and the UdK Berlin based research group 3DMIN (»Design, Development and Dissemination of New Musical Instruments«) will present their findings and new musical instruments. In a conversation with NODE15 curators Jeanne Charlotte Vogt and Alexandra Waligorski, they will be investigating the corporeality of the instrumental. Which significance do instruments have for musicians themselves and the audience in times of the digital creation of sound? Do we still have to consider virtuosity as a category to evaluate the relationship between a musician and his/her instrument?

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NODE+CODE is an initiative by basis Frankfurt and NODE Forum for Digital Arts, supported by Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft and the professorship for visual culture (Prof. Dr. Verena Kuni) of the Goethe University Frankfurt.

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Neuer Ort und Zeit! Die Veranstaltung findet im Künstlerhaus Mousonturm statt, dem Zentrum für zeitgenössische Performance, Theater und Musik in Frankfurt (Main).
New location and time! The event will take place at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, the center for contemporary performance, theatre and music in Frankfurt (Main).

Mousonturm
— Cafe —
Waldschmidtstraße 4
60316 Frankfurt am Main

Doors open 6:00 PM / Einlass 18:00 Uhr
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Free entrance / Eintritt frei!
This event is on Facebook.
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Supported by
Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main
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In cooperation with and <3
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main, Satis & Fy, Pixelgarten, Amin Weber, Tom Forsythe, Laura Nickel

BIOs:

Andi Otto

Andi Otto is a composer and performer of electronic music based in Hamburg, Germany. He records his music as “Springintgut”. He has released four albums as well as various singles, collaborations and remixes on international labels.
On stage, he plays a unique sensor-extended cello bow which he has developed in collaboration with STEIM in Amsterdam. This instrumental system which he calls Fello allows for gestural performance of the electronically processed sounds of the amplified cello. Andi Otto regularly composes for theatre and dance performances in which he also appears as a performer. His work has taken him around the world, most recently to India (collaboration with MD Pallavi), Nigeria and Japan.
Andi Otto is also one of the founders of the Pingipung label and as a DJ he hosts a regular night at Hamburg’s Golden Pudel Club. He is a member of the Flinntheater Collective from Berlin.

3DMIN – PushPull-team

Amelie Hinrichsen is a Research Associate in the Einstein research project 3DMIN (Design, Development and Dissemination of New Musical Instruments) at the Berlin University of the Arts. After accomplishing an apprenticeship as a carpenter she completed her studies in Product Design at the Berlin University of the Arts in 2012. With her final project she won the DMY Young Talents Jury Award in 2013. After working as a freelancer for Friedrich von Borries she joined the 3dmin Team in 2013. Amelies work ranges from film over product- to interface design. It reflects her interest in combining theoretical research with a practical approach, always physicalness and personal experience in focus. Currently she is working on her dissertation dealing with „Attitude and Posture – Performing Life with electronic musical instruments“.

Dominik Hildebrand Marques Lopes has a degree in audio and video engineering from the Institute for Music and Media Düsseldorf. Furthermore he studied Arts and Media at the University of the Arts (UdK) Berlin, focusing on multichannel sound installations, improvised electronic music, building kinetic/cybernetic (sound-)objects, musical recording, and live-coding. He also holds a “Meisterschüler” (distinguished graduate) degree in Arts and Media. Currently he is working as a Research Associate in the Einstein research project 3DMIN (Design, Development and Dissemination of New Musical Instruments) at the Berlin University of the Arts. He is also lecturer at University of the Arts Bremen (Digital Media).As a computer musician, his main focus is on developing and performing with physical musical interfaces whose constraints and functionality are chosen to exhibit unique behaviour (or life of their own) arguably equally rich as many acoustic instruments. This approach leads to very direct bodily control of computational processes which hopefully can also be experienced as such by the audience. Dominik is a member of “Trio Brachiale”, “Republic111”, and the “Society for Nontrivial Pursuits”.

Since the beginning of 2014, Till Bovermann is a post-doctoral researcher at 3DMIN (Design, Development and Dissemination of New Musical Instruments), an Einstein research project between the Berlin University of the Arts and the Technical University Berlin. From 2010 to 2013, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher on tangible and auditory interaction at Media Lab Helsinki, School of Art, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland. He completed his PhD in Computer science in the natural sciences on Tangible Auditory Interfaces at the Ambient Inteligence Group of Bielefeld University, Germany. Till taught at various international institutions, among others the Institute For Music And Media of the University of Music, Duesseldorf; the Department of Media of Aalto University, Finland, and the Institute for Time-based media, UdK Berlin. His art works are mostly concerned with the relations of art and science, noise and harmony, nature and artificiality. Alongside his academic and artistic work, he also develops software in and for SuperCollider.

PERFORMING WITH COMPUTER VISION
NODE+CODE #7 – Max Dovey

19th October 2015 // Entrance: 18h / Start: 18:30

In the aftermath of NODE15, we continue our conversation about the role of the body in the context of technology. In discussion with artist Max Dovey, we will look into which body image is being used for classification in current image recognition technologies, their agency in the formation of ideas on the human body and how to perform with them.

Max Dovey [UK] is 28.3% man, 14.1% artist and 8.4% successful. His performances confront how computers, software and data affect the human condition. Specifically he is interested in how the meritocracy of neo-liberal ideology is embedded in technology and digital culture. He holds a BA Hons in Fine Art: Time Based Media and a MA (MDes) in Media Design from Piet Zwart Institute. His research is in liveness and real-time computation in performance and theatre. He works as a producer and creative technologist for live events and theatre in both The Netherlands and U.K.

http://www.maxdovey.com/

From his recently finished residency at V2, Netherlands, he sends this report about “A Hipster Bar”
http://v2.nl/archive/works/a-hipster-bar

Also here is a great interview with him:
https://www.imperica.com/en/in-conversation-with/max-dovey-beyond-the-person-beyond-the-image

Organized and moderated by Florian Jenett & Jeanne Charlotte Vogt.

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Neuer Ort und Zeit! Die Veranstaltung findet im Künstlerhaus Mousonturm statt, dem Zentrum für zeitgenössische Performance, Theater und Musik in Frankfurt (Main).
New location and time! The event will take place at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, the center for contemporary performance, theatre and music in Frankfurt (Main).

Mousonturm
— Cafe —
Waldschmidtstraße 4
60316 Frankfurt am Main

Doors open 6 PM / Einlass 18:00 Uhr
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Free entrance / Eintritt frei!
This event on Facebook.
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NODE+CODE is an initiative by NODE Forum for Digital Arts and Processing Frankfurt, supported by Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft and the professorship for visual culture (Prof. Dr. Verena Kuni) of the Goethe University Frankfurt.

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In cooperation with and <3
Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main

SAVE-the-DATE!

We are happy to be able to confirm the participation of Max Dovey, Andi Otto (Springintgut) and 3DMIN for the next NODE+CODE editions.

We will be getting back to the NODE15 research topic on the informed body and, talk about techniques of disguise in times of digital surveillance and the relation between technology and the body in music making. The artists will perform and give insights into their practice.

NODE+CODE Talk #6 with Antoni Rayzhekov
Digital scenography and biometric sonification

A Talk with the artist and new media hacker Antoni Rayzhekov about biometric sonification, motion tracking and digital scenography

When Thu, Nov 13th 2014 – 19:00
Where Basis Frankfurt, Gutleutstrasse 8-12, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Admission: free

Antoni: “I want to share my experience and findings in exploring different strategies of sonification of biometric sensory data, motion tracking and audience participation in relation to digital scenography in contemporary performance context. How using cutting edge technology impacts and extends contemporary performance arts today?”

Antoni Rayzhekov is a Bulgarian theater maker, composer and new media hacker – based in Vienna, Austria. He studied theater directing and acting at the Academy for Theater and Film Arts “Krastyo Sarafov” – Sofia and jazz music improvisation – at the Vienna Konservatorium. He worked as a consultant in informational technologies for United Nations in Vienna and in the period 2008 – 2013 he established together with Emanuel Andel the vienna-based new media label THIS.PLAY – focused on interaction design. Currently he is a guest lecturer in Interactive media at the University for Applied Science – St. Pölten, Austria and independent artist.

Antoni: “My work is focused on exploring synergies between generative music, contemporary performance and participatory art by designing reactive audio visual platforms that amplify different aspects of the performer and the performance itself as an attempt to communicate the invisible.”

http://raijekov.cc/
http://ikpan.com/
http://this-play.com/

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Supported by
Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main
http://www.sptg.de/