CALL FOR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS

•  MEETING # 1
  
  26. 3. 18:30, NODE Office
  Gutleutstraße 96, 60329 Frankfurt am Main
  (im Hinterhaus) 

NODE15 FORUM FOR DIGITAL ARTS is looking for people who are interested in digital media, art and creative coding to help us organize an unforgetable event.

Who are we looking for?

• Are you an expreienced festival goer and interested in digital arts and cultural events?
• Or a programmer/coder/hacker who is interested in what is possible right now?
• Are you able to stay in Frankfurt for the time you are helping here?
• Are you stress-resistant and able to cope with a heavy workload?

Then we are loooking for you!

What do you get from us?

• An inspiring and international festival athmosphere
• Being part of a great festival team
• Getting to know artists, speakers and performers of the digital art- and coding world
• free entrance to all events and partys
• insight in organisation and production of a festival
• working experience and contacts in media, arts and culture

FROM APRIL

Technicians and Craftspersons

We are looking for (event) technicians or stand builders for our event venues Naxoshalle and Mousonturm.

Construction Assistants and Hands

Everyone who can help us starting from April 20th to bring NODE from a dream to reality.

Backoffice

We need help at the office! Printing, answering e-mails, sending press material and information, mass production of merchandise articles, creating schedules and lists

NODE (April 27th – May 3rd 2015)

We will work on the shift schedule together and in accordance with you so everyone has the opportunity to join workshops or evening programs.

Event handling

A variety of tasks including cloakroom, entrance control, exhibition guarding, looking after artists jumping between venues.

Info counter

You are the face of NODE who takes care of question marks. You should be really familiar with the program and friendly at all times behind the counter.

Sales

You are in charge of ticketing and sales at the merch desk as well as the market together with the billing and controlling team.

Hackspace and Hardware Rental Service

The hackspace is the place to chat, work and dring with you laptop in front of you. We need someone who takes care of this space and the hardware rental service which is located there.

We are happy to hear from you! Please send your e-mail to rosi@node-forum.org.

Artist Exchange Program
Tehran, Frankfurt
NODE/TADAEX Residency

We are happy to announce the selected participants of the new established exchange program. Georg Scherling (DE)  has been selected to stay in Iran (prior to Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition (TADAEX), 2014) and Amir Bastan (IR)  has been selected to stay in Germany (Prior and during  to NODE15 – Forum for Digital Arts, 2015).

Both artists will work together on a new project and present their work on each of the festivals. We will inform you here about their work,

Amir Bastan

Georg Scherlin

Georg Scherlin is a visual artist based in Berlin. His work is based on translation and repetition. In his artistic practice, he observes everyday situations, social conventions of people and places and codes of communication. Through a diverse range of tools he re-assembles his notes and recordings into videos, sculptures and interactive installations. His work is playing with the idea of a narrative, creating moments that are located somewhere between fiction and reality. He received his master’ s degree in MultiMediaArt from the University of applied science in Salzburg, Austria. Georg is founding member of  kont.txt, an artists collective artist collective for vj–ing and interactive installations in galleries, clubs and festivals around Europe.

http://ggeeoorrgg.net/

About the program

Aim of the TADAEX/NODE Residency Program is to establish an exchange between the media arts scenes in Iran and Germany, and to connect the communities that have emerged around each festival. Both residency periods will last 2 weeks and lead into the respective festival. The artists will be invited to both festivals, and are encouraged to collaborate.

Jury

– David Brüll (NODE)
– Florian Egermann  (NODE)
– Ali Phi  (TADAEX)
– Amin Davaie (TADAEX)
– Farnaz Ghorbani Monhasser (Goethe Institute)

About the festivals

TADAEX – Teheran Annual Digital Arts Exhibition, Tehran, Iran

Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition (TADAEX) was founded in december 2011 to open a new window toward digital art in Iran and to create a serious and independent atmosphere for the enthusiasts and researchers of this field.

NODE – Forum for Digital Arts, Frankfurt, Germany

NODE emerged from the initiative of users and  developers of the graphical software tookit vvvv.  The biannual festival NODE – Forum for Digital Arts gathers designers, creative coders, digital artists and creatives of the digital media scene since 2008.  NODE aims to foster a critical reflection within scene. The forum is supporting the creation of an innovative and responsible movement by encouraging new collaboration, interdisciplinary exchange and open knowledge sharing. The main goal of the forum is to empower individuals by encouraging them to experiment, prototype, and develop new things, to ask new questions and to provide answers.

Belgrade, April 4th, 2014 – The luminous new location of Resonate2014 was the stage for the panel on choreographic coding moderated by Jeanne Charlotte Vogt and hosted by NODE. Our guests were invited to give insight into their practice at the intersection between coding and dance and to discuss challenges and potential for new approaches of collaboration.

Amongst others, we investigated the role of technology and coders in dance performance, in training and live on stage. Florian Jenett talked about his experience with choreographers who enjoyed his analytical work as inspiration for further projects but considered it a distraction from the actual work with the body. In their training, on the other hand, Christian Loclair and Raphael Hillebrand perceive improvisation tools as a support to grow beyond physical routines and standards. The panelists discussed the different routines in the two worlds and the resulting different approaches to time and working pace. The wide spread fear that technology might be perceived as an intruder and limiting factor for the dancer was responded with a call by Klaus Obermaier for understanding the generative image as a performance partner instead. The panelists agreed that for the development of future formats of collaboration these differences will need to be addressed.
At the same time, through the discussion it became clear that coding is a form of choreographic thinking. Not only the similarities between software and choreographic systems but also the similarities in mindset called for a common claim: coders should be encouraged to develop their own performative artistic language. They do have the potential to become an equal partner in the development of choreographies in the dance world.

The remaining impression of the panel was that there is a lot to talk about and far too much to cover it in a 90 minutes session.

To stay informed about next steps and opportunities for joining the discussion, visit: http://choreographiccoding.org

The Panel Guests

CHRISTIAN “MIO” LOCLAIR investigates collaborative media and dance mechanisms. Christian started his career as a professional dancer in 2001. His work is mainly focussing on combining media technologies and performative art. In 2005, he founded the Animatronik Project together with his mentor Niels “Storm” Robitzky. The idea behind Animatronik is to search for illusionary effects in body movements and its inner nature. He also implemented the acceleration based Popping Video Game (WiiPop) working with real physical data and the virtual improvising Funk Humanoid. At the University Potsdam he studied Computer Science, specializing in Media Engineering and Human Computer Interaction. Since 2012 he is collaborating with onformative, a studio for generative media melting art, science and design. http://princemio.net/

FLORIAN JENETT is an artist living and working in Frankfurt. His work ranges from software based art to large scale sculptural installations. Through recontextualization, manipulation and interventions he explores other possible views and meanings in rather common things.
Alongside his artistic work he has been part of the Processing team since 2005, co-founded and helps out at basis, Frankfurts largest studio house, and since 2013 is a member of NODE Forum for Digital Arts. Florian has recently been working on Motion Bank for The Forsythe Company as digital artist translating contemporary choreography into digital forms. http://florianjenett.de

KLAUS OBERMAIER was our special guest at the panel. He creates innovative works in the area of performing arts, music, theatre and new media, highly acclaimed by critics and audience.
His inter-media performances and artworks are shown at festivals and theaters throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America and Australia. He worked with dancers of the Nederlands Dans Theater, Chris Haring, Robert Tannion (DV8), Desireé Kongerød (S.O.A.P. Dance Theatre Frankfurt)… He composed for ensembles like Kronos Quartet, German Chamber Philharmonics, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Balanescu Quartet, among others.
Since 2006 he is visiting professor at the University IUAV of Venice teaching directing and new media. Also since 2006 he is jury member of the international choreography competition ‘no ballet’ in Ludwigshafen/Rhein, Germany. In 2005 and 2008 he taught as an adjunct professor for composition at the Webster University Vienna. In 2010 and 2011 he held courses for choreography and new media at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza di Roma. www.exile.at

PETER KIRN is an audiovisual artist, journalist, and technologist. He is the founder of CDM (cdm.fm /createdigitalmusic.com / createdigitalmotion.com), a leading site covering creative technology for one decade, has contributed to magazines from Popular Science to MAKE and (in a home studio feature) Men’s Health, and teaches free and open creative technology. He is also co-creator of the open source MeeBlip hardware synthesizer. A regular collaborator with dance and movement, he is a veteran of the former Dance Theater Workshop Dance and Technology residency in New York. He produces electronic music from experimental to live techno, including the duo NERKKIRN (V-Records). http://pkirn.com

RAPHAEL HILLEBRAND – Born in Hong Kong, raised in Berlin, educated through Hip-Hop Raphael Hillebrand uses his multicultural background to create his own vision of self-expression.
1997 Raphael Hillebrand began as a bboy at jams and competitions in Berlin, Germany. As a former member of 5-Amox and B-Town Allstars he won several championships such as the national Battle of the Year 2006 and the 2vs2 at the IBE in Rotterdam. Niels “Storm” Robitzky introduced him to the world of theater, at first as a dancer than as a choreographer. He combines his technique of breakin’ and poppin’ with a distinctive use of shadows and masks, which we have seen in his choreographies “Together Alone” and “Nhiều mặt„. As a member of the legendary Battle Squad and Animatronik he is an passionate member of the Hip-Hop community. www.raphael-hillebrand.com

Panel Host: Jeanne Charlotte Vogt (NODE Forum)

The panelists were addressing some of the key problems and questions in the collaboration between coders and dancers which will inspire upcoming Choreographic Coding Labs. To stay informed about next steps and opportunities for getting involved, visit: http://choreographiccoding.org

NODE network at Resonate…

“Catalysts” Panel with

Shane Walter (onedotzero) – Chair
David Brüll (NODE Forum)
Jakob Bak/David Gauthier (CIID)
Angelique Spaninks (STRP/MU)

NODE @ LPM – Live Performers Meeting CAPE TOWN
November 13th – 16th, 2013
Cape Town, South Africa

International exchange with our network partner LPM: For LPM Cape Town, NODE will be curating a workshop adressing the AV performer scene.
We will invite Joreg, core developer of vvvv and curator of the NODE13 workshop series, for a vvvv workshop. Join him in Cape Town!

http://2013za.liveperformersmeeting.net/

NODE & Motion Bank @ B3 Biennale für Bewegtes Bild, Frankfurt
October 30th-31st, 2013
Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt

NODE is a cooperation partner of B3 Biennale, Frankfurt, and is presenting a vvvv workshop that is approaching and exclusively making use of the Motion Bank motion capture material that will be published at the Motion Bank Live & OnLine event by the end of November.

During the NODE workshop the participants will make use of the data available on the solo piece “No Time To Fly” by Deborah Hay. The adaption of the piece by artist Amin Weber is a powerful example of the synergy being produced by the fusion of code and dance.

http://b3biennale.de/de/schedule?type=workshop#event_overlay_100

»vvvv Workshop – Von Echtzeitgrafik und expanded choreography« mit David Brüll und Woeishi Lean
For application sign in here.

In this second half of 2013, we are focusing on deepening our connections to the international media arts scene and open the floor for new networking opportunities between international artists and creative coders. Visit us at one of the upcoming events at festivals and venues of our network:

NODE @ B3 Biennale für Bewegtes Bild, Frankfurt
October 30th-31st, 2013
Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt

NODE is a cooperation partner of B3 Biennale, Frankfurt, and is presenting a vvvv workshop that is approaching and exclusively making use of the Motion Bank motion capture material that will be published at the Motion Bank Live & OnLine event by the end of November.

During the NODE workshop the participants will make use of the data available on the solo piece “No Time To Fly” by Deborah Hay. The adaption of the piece by artist Amin Weber is a powerful example of the synergy being produced by the fusion of code and dance.

http://b3biennale.de/de/schedule?type=workshop#event_overlay_100

»vvvv Workshop – Von Echtzeitgrafik und expanded choreography« mit David Brüll und Woeishi Lean
For application sign in here.

NODE @ LPM – Live Performers Meeting CAPE TOWN
November 13th – 16th, 2013
Cape Town, South Africa

International exchange with our network partner LPM: For LPM Cape Town, NODE will be curating a workshop adressing the AV performer scene.
We will invite Joreg, core developer of vvvv and curator of the NODE13 workshop series, for a vvvv workshop. Join him in Cape Town!

http://2013za.liveperformersmeeting.net/

NODE @ Motion Bank Lab “Choreographic Coding”
November 26th – 29th, 2013
Frankfurt Lab, Germany

The ‘Choreographic Coding’ lab focuses on translating aspects of dance and choreography into digital form, one of the main goals of Motion Bank.
NODE will invite a range of artists to support and function as mentors for the lab participants. More Information soon here and…

… on application requirements on:
http://motionbank.org/en/event/motion-bank-laboratory

NODE @ TADAEX (3rd Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition)
October 4th – 16th, 2013
Mohsen Gallery, Tehran

http://www.tadaex.com/2013/

NODE has been invited by the Goethe Institute in Tehran to join TADAEX, an exhibition and promoter of digital and media arts in Iran, that is inviting international platforms of the digital art scene such as the NODE Forum for Digital Arts to join and get in exchange with the local arts scene.

<…TADAEX focuses on art, science, technology and society to present the impact of art as a research and development tool for humanity in a variety of different disciplines. We believe that TADAEX can help to create a serious motivation for the young generation of artists in Iran to understand the influence of digital art movement.>

David Brüll, festival director and creative coder himself, will be presenting NODE, our goals and ideas as a platform for artists and other creative coders, and invite the local artist scene to join the NODE network. David is also an Open Call jury member.  Additionally, a three-day vvvv beginner’s workshop will be held by Florian Egermann and David Brüll. The workshop will be followed by a showcase of the created output.

Date: October 04th – 16th, 2013
Location: Mohsen Art Gallery
No. 42, East Mina Blvd, Farzan Street, Naji Street
Zafar Tehran, Iran

vvvv introduction Workshop: October 5th – 7th
NODE presentation <bottom up coded cultures>: October 8th

vvvv workshop @ Retune Conference 2013 Berlin
September 27th, 2013

Find more Info on the workshop here: http://vvvv.org/blog/vvvv-workshop-retune-conference-2013-berlin

Date: Friday, September 27th, 2013 / 11:00 – 16:00
Location: The WYE, Skalitzer Straße 86, Berlin, Germany
Register here!
http://retune.de/2013/