This video (without the audio so as not to interfere with the installations) will be projected in the entrance of the Bac from the 13th to inform visitors of future, current and past events and performances.
Schedule of the Mapping Festival from the 13th to the 17th. The background images are MXZEHN installation (preparation) and Boris Edelstein folding t-shirts. The music was provided by MXZEHN. Graphics and animation by Ilan Katin.
Swiss (French) TV station TSR requested a small promo video containing some of the highlights included in our press release. Amira edited together this spot and Ilan Katin put together the beginning and end motion graphics.
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Some photos by Fraçois Montcarey and Deborah Legivre capture the dramatics of performances by Teatrino and The Erasers.
Zoo is mostly a Thursday, Friday, Saturday type venue. But on Sunday night, April 10th, the dance floor was cut in half to accommodate a more intimate experience, the audio visual performances of Teatrino Electrico followed by The Erasers.
Starting with Teatrico the duo sample audio and video feeds of printers and other mechanical contraptions of their own making, using cameras and microphones attached and directed to them. I have seen many attempts in this area of audio visual performance. However the selectivity and intensity that Teatrico apply to this approach was extremely gratifying.
The Erasers setup consisted of two long rows of tables that ran parallel to each other in front of the three large screens. The screens were the back drop and amplification of what occurred on the tables. The tables closest to the screens were lined with computers and other mixing equipment. This allowed for the artists using this equipment to face the video that they were projecting and allowed the audience to see how they were doing this. A gesture to demystifying the process? The second table, set at about a meter and a half from the first one was for cutting paper, writing on it, tearing it to pieces, spray painting, smashing a toy ambulance, whacking a computer keyboard to pieces in time with the ‘sound track’, eating a VHS tape, setting fire to plastic toy soldiers…
Until there is video of these performances it is highly recommended to have a look at The Erasers blog. Full of photos that interleave performance documentation with simple meditations on the intricate mechanics of a highly mediated world.
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Photos by François Montcarey of performances at the Bac and Zoo.
Further documentation of the Lumens8 crew in action. Shots of all the locations where the outdoor projections will take place in the coming weekend. The Zoo crew setting up the boxing ring for LaptopsRus. Installation setup of the a/v parasite by Sigma6. Performance of Klif with the Proteins, party with LaptopsRUs, Sexy Sushi, Dothy, Miss Duckin, Marie-Avril, Raquel Meyers, Strap on Dildos and Etepetete. Finally Kompact night with Burger/Voigt, Bruno Tait, Tobias Thomas, Okinawa 69, Chaton, Frischvergiftung, Daschund and Superposition.
Light installation by Sigma6 in the entrance to the Usine. Soundtrack by Jeff Carey
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A quickly shot and edited of some of the preparations involved in making the festival go boom, boom. MXZEHN, Lumens8 crew and Klif at the Bac. Shot and edited by Ilan Katin.
The selections were made, a schedule refined. We close in on the day of commencement. We sit amongst piles of posters, flyers, telephones, clicking mice, tapping of keyboards. Big slamming sound goes off after a quick high pitched beep sound releasing yet another ‘mapping t-shirt’ from the heated grasp of the pressing machine.
So much goes into what we do that most people will never see. Here a few photos that give a small taste of what it is that makes that final moment, or in our case the many defining moments that will add to the already rich history that is the Mapping VJ Festival of Geneva.
Our first guest has already arrived. Sharing the office with us is Fernando Llanos aka Videoman along with his friend, the Chihuahua Chamaco who will wear a little video projector as part of one of the mobile video participants. Fernando’s beautiful sketches of Chamaco do little justice to this funny little guy. Besides the cute face he has a tatoo and the attitude of a peaceful punk about him.