Over 30 artists from 8 countries are taking to the streets as part of two workshops taking place at MUU Gallery for Pixelache2004. Expect to find art works and performances appearing in and around central railway station 1st - 4th of April. Check http://aura.siba.fi/signalprocess for regular updates.
Public programme at MUU gallery
Ongoing process, Tuesday 23rd March - Sat 3rd April, Tue-Fri 1200-1700 :: Sat 1200 - 1600
pixelACHE signal|process workshop and parallel exhibition in MUU gallery (23nd March - 3rd April), which explores the sonic landscape in the local area. Also the locative media workshop will be happening at MUU from 29th. Come to visit the ongoing process during gallery opening hours.
Performance-related presentations
Wednesday 31st March 1700-1900
Mike Pearson (University of Aberystwyth Wales UK):
"Who are you looking at?" - presentation reflecting upon recent multi-site performances 2000-2004 that intend not only to problematise notions of site-specificity based solely upon 'place' but also to pose questions about the documentation of ephemeral events.
Angela Piccini (University of Bristol UK):
"Guttersnipe: a micro-road movie" - short film with live oral soundtrack that makes the familiar gutter and pavement strange, weaving its detritus and landmarks together into an archaeology of the street that has global implications.
Workshop results / Pixelache2004 presentation
Saturday 3rd April 1200-1500 continuing to other venues...
A selection of presentations, installations and activities done by participants during the locative media and 'signal|process' workshops. Potentially inside and outside the gallery space - be prepared!
About the Workshops
signal | process workshop
15 March-3 April 2004
http://aura.siba.fi/signalprocess
This workshop led by sound artist Sophea Lerner bring together participants from different creative disciplines for an interdisciplinary workshop/exhibition exploring the issue of sound in public space through site specific processes and engagements. Starting with a one week intensive introduction to
selected sound technolgies and techniques and a thorough sonic exploration of specific locations in central Helsinki the workshop goes on to manifest sonic interventions into the urban soundscape
during a two week period. The space of the gallery will document the process and act as a repository for ongoing documentation and discussion about the publically situated projects. In the latter stages of the workshop we will also be collaborating with participants of a Locative Media workshop exploring related themes and spaces.
For artists working with sound technologies 'signal processing' is a familiar concept which refers to the ways in which we mechanically or electronically manipulate a an audio signal to change the sounds we hear.
But how is sound involved in the social processes and signals we send each other in public spaces? And what kinds of signal processing attenuate and amplify the flows of movement and information that emerge in different kinds of public spaces? - physical, municipal, networks and broadcast spaces.
Locative media workshop
29 March-3 April 2004
http://www.pixelache.ac/locative
The Locative media workshop held during pixelACHE 2004 Festival is the first event in the series of 6 "Trans-Cultural Mapping" workshops initiated by RIXC Centre for New Media (Riga, Latvia). Each workshop will have a specific focus on outskirts and interregional networking, in the context of an enlarged Europe. Addition goal is to discover specific, deep and relevant layers of the local cultures, involving specific local communities in the process.
Locative media may be understood to mean media in which context is crucial, in that the media pertains to specific location and time, the point of spatio-temporal 'capture', dissemination or some point in between. The term locative media has also over the last year been associated with mobility, collaborative mapping, and emergent forms of social networking.
Participants (from both workshops)
Tommi Autio (FI), Victor Buchli (UK), Izolde Cesniece (LV), Marianne Decoster-Taivalkoski (FI), John Evans (FI), Alison Gerber (SE), Pete Gomes (UK), Usman Haque (UK), John Hopkins (IS), Wilfred Hou Je Bek (NL), Margot Jacobs (SE), Kalle Jarva (FI), Mari Keski-Korsu (FI), Teemu Kivikangas (FI), Sara Kolster (NL), Sophea Lerner (FI), Joni Lyytikäinen (FI), Kiril Panteleev (LV), Andrew Paterson (FI), Mike Pearson (UK), Angela Piccini (UK), Jodi Rose (AU), Ben Russell (UK), Adam Somlai-Fischer (SE), Lotta Svinhufvud (UK), Markku Taneli Nousiainen (FI), Pall Thayer (IS), Tjader-Knight inc. FI-UK, Annika Tudeer (FI), Marc Tuters (CA), Inari Virmakoski (FI), Ophra Wolf (US)
Organisers
signal | process is a collaboration between Centre for Music & Technology, MUU Media Base and Pixelache Festival of DIY Electronic Art, Workshop program designed by Sophea Lerner, an Australian sound artist currently based in Helsinki at CM&T.
Locative media workshop in Helsinki is a part of pixelACHE 2004 Festival, organised by Piknik Frequency and Kiasma Theatre. Workshop program designed by Andrew Paterson / Media Lab UIAH. The "Trans-Cultural Mapping" workshop series is coordinated by RIXC Centre for New Media, and is realised with the support of the Culture 2000 Programme of the European Union.
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