Cirkulacija 2: Hrup smo mi - Kulturni vmesniki

Kolektiv Cirkulacija 2 napoveduje dvotedensko koncentrirano dogajanje
(po domače: festival) tehnologije, zvoka in svetlobe, ter performativnih praks,
ki bo potekal od 4. do 18. junija 2015 v dvorani Cirkulacije 2 na Tobačni 5 v
Ljubljani. Naslov projekta je Hrup smo mi: Kulturni vmesniki.

Okvirna tema festivala so “kulturni vmesniki”, kar je besedna zveza povzeta
iz besedila teoretika novih medijev Leva Manovicha – Teorija kulturnih
vmesnikov. Kvaliteta besedila je v tem, da poudarja razširjeno razumevanje
vmesnikov (v splošnem: nečesa, kar stoji med nami in realnostjo in vedno
reprezentira realnost). Ker vmesniki torej vedno interpretirajo realnost, s tem
tudi definirajo kulturo – vzorce razumevanja, obnašanja in uporabe. Med
dejanskim in našo interpretacijo je torej vedno kulturni vmesnik, ki bolj ali
manj verno odslika podobo. Lahko, da celo podobo iznakaže – laže ali
predlaga navidezne resnice (mite, želje, predkoncepcije, ideologije). Seveda
nas bolj kot reproduciranje prevalentnih kulturnih vzorcev zanimajo njih
predrugačenja.

Sodelujoči: Uwe Schüler in Jördis Drawe (Tübingen/Nemčija), Ronald Gonko
(Nemčija), Mike Hentz (Nemčija), Ole Wulfers (Nemčija), Borut Savski
(Slovenija), Stefan Doepner (Slovenija, Nemčija), Boštjan Leskovšek
(Slovenija), Boštjan Čadež (Slovenija), Lina Rica (Hrvaška, Slovenija),
Jakob Hariš (Slovenija), Neven Korda (Slovenija). V nadaljevanju leta se bodo s
svojimi avtorskimi pristopi predstavili še Dušan Zidar (akka Spiro Mason),
Borut Kržišnik (in še kdo…).

Polja delovanja bodo priprava tehnologije in neposredna uporaba na raznolike
avtorske zvočno-vizualne-performativne načine. K sodelovanju smo povabili
mednarodne posameznike, ki imajo bodisi tehnična znanja, in/ali sposobnost
samostojnega avtorskega koncepta, ki se udejanji kot specifičen performativni
pristop. V prvem tednu je predvidena intenziven zaključek priprav, v drugem
tednu, in že prej, pa vrsta javnih intervencij.

Več o nekaterih povabljenih sodelujočih :

Uwe Schüler
je razvijalec elektronskih vezij in intermedijski umetnik iz Nemčije. Njegova
polja so analogna glasbena elektronika, zvočni in svetlobni objekti. Skupaj z
ženo Jördis Drawe sta ustanovila hišo umetnikov / umetniškia center
“Kulturgüter-Schuppen” v Tübingenu v Nemčiji. Tam sta pripravljala
delavnice za otroke, študente in umetnike. Principi DIY (naredi sam) in
reciklaža materialov je njuna pomembna kritično pozicija, ki se tiče
potrošniške družbe. Sodelovanja na festivalih: Transmediale Berlin, Ars
Electronica Linz, Shift Festival Basel, Camp Festival Stuttgart, Tinguely-Museum
Basel, Interfiction Kassel, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, NoBudget-Medienfestival
Tübingen, Homemade Labor Schweiz, Kunstuni Linz, HfG Karlsruhe, Lab30 Augsburg,
FEZ Berlin in še različni drugi DIY-festivali po Evropi.

Mike Hentz
Ameriško-švicarski umetnik, ki deluje v Berlinu. Soustanovitelj Minus Delta T,
Van Gogh TV in Ponton Media Art Lab. S temi skupinami je sodeloval na festivalih
Ars Electronica in Documenta. Hentz je performativni umetnik, glasbenik in še
več…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlu8IxkYEdc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWdwYz7xmk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwITHH7gFNg

Ole Wulfers
Ole Wulfers je študiral vitualno umetnost  in eksperimentalni film na Uetnostni
akademiji v Bremnu, zdaj živi v Berlinu  in deluje kot vizualni umetnik,
skladatelj, glasbenik in igralec. Sodeloval je s skupinami Kapaikos, MariaHilf
in v 90-ih v Partydiktators, zadnje čase sodeluje  tudi s Phoebe Killdeer.
https://www.youtube.com/user/olewulfers/videos
http://www.discogs.com/artist/325294-Ole-Wulfers

Ronald Gonko
rojen leta 1964, znan tudi kot “Gonko Industries inc.”, je glasbenik iz
Berlina, ki zadnjih nekaj let deluje v okviru Berlin Synthesizer Orchestra
(BSO), pri katerem iz estetskh razlogov uporabljajo analogne sintetizatorje.
Študiral je vizualne umetnosti, eksperimentalni film in interaktivne medije,
vendar je njegovo glavno področje ustvarjanja glasba. Glasbeni izrazi so
izjemno široki: od eksperimentalnih električnih projektov kot je Berlin Synth
Orchestra ter anti-elektro Stop Disco Mafia, do akustičnih izrazov v skupinah
Kapaikos (Polka-Punk) in Mariahilff (obskurni kantavtorski pristop). V
samostojnih nastopih raziskuje meje med resnim zvočnim in umetniškim pristopom
in neo-dadaističnimi nesmisli. http://www.kapaikos.de
http://www.discogs.com/artist/166869-Stop-Disco-Mafia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS-pCssT1RY
http://www.vimeo.com/48515541 (projekt Mariahilff)

Podroben spored sledi v kratkem.

Vaša http://www.cirkulacija2.org

English:

Cirkulacija 2 announces a two-week concentrated series of activities (a
festival) of technology, sound, light and performance, taking place from 4th to
18th June 2015 at the Cirkulacija 2 hall in Tobačna 5 in Ljubljana. The title:
The Noise is Us – Cultural Interfaces.

The framework topic is the so-called “cultural interfaces”, remebered from
the text of new-media theorist Lev Manovich – Theory of Cultural Interfaces.
The quality of text is in having a broad view on understanding of interfaces (as
something that stands between us and the reality – and always there to
represent reality). Since the interfaces always interpret the reality, they also
determine/ define the culture – patterns of our understanding, behaviour and
usages of things. So, between the reality and our perception, there is always a
cultural interface, that more or less precisely mirrors the reality. It can even
be that it distorts it – it serves lies or would-be realities (myths,
preconceptions, ideology). Of course, we are interested in interfaces that are
not mere reproductions of the prevalent cultural interfaces, but their
transformations. We might even not deal with the truth – but maybe we do.

Participants: Uwe Schüler and Jördis Drawe (Tübingen/DE), Ronald Gonko
(Berlin/DE), Mike Hentz (US, CH, Berlin/DE), Ole Wulfers (Berlin/DE), Borut
Savski (Ljubljana/SI), Stefan Doepner (Bremen/DE, Ljubljana/SI), Boštjan
Leskovšek (Ljubljana/SI), Boštjan Čadež (Ljubljana/SI), Lina Rica
(Makarska/HR, Ljubljana/SI), Jakob Hariš (Ljubljana/SI),  Neven Korda
(Ljubljana/SI). In the later part of the year some of the following artists will
take part: Dušan Zidar (akka Spiro Mason), Borut Kržišnik  and maybe
more…).

Areas of festival activities will be preparation of technology and immediate use
of it in the various artistic sound and visual approaches. We invited
international individuals, that have the technical knowledge, and/or the ability
to provide an artistic concept that takes up a form of specific performance. In
the first week we intend to do intensive completion of preparations and in the
second week (and even before) a series of artistic interventions.

More on some of the participants:

Uwe Schüler
is electronic circuit developer and intermedia artist. Fields: analog music
electronics, sound and light objects. Together with his wife Jördis Drawe they
established the artists’ house/ art center “Kulturgüter-Schuppen” in
Tübingen in Germany. They were running workshops for children, students and
artists. DIY (do-it-yourself) principles and recycling of materials stand as
their critique of consumer society. They participated at festivals: Transmediale
Berlin, Ars Electronica Linz, Shift Festival Basel, Camp Festival Stuttgart,
Tinguely-Museum Basel, Interfiction Kassel, Stuttgarter Filmwinter,
NoBudget-Medienfestival Tübingen, Homemade Labor Schweiz, Kunstuni Linz, HfG
Karlsruhe, Lab30 Augsburg, FEZ Berlin and other DIY-festivals accross Europe.

Mike Hentz
American-Swiss artist living in Berlin. He was co-founder of Minus Delta T, Van
Gogh TV and Ponton Media Art Lab. With these groups he was presented at Ars
Electronica and Documenta. Hentz is a performing artist, musician and more…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlu8IxkYEdc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWdwYz7xmk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwITHH7gFNg

Ole Wulfers
Ole Wulfers studied fine arts and experimental film at the University of Arts
Bremen, he lives in Berlin and works as artist, composer, musician and actor. He
was part of Kapaikos, of MariaHilf and in the 90s of Partydiktators, recently he
is also working with Phoebe Killdeer.
https://www.youtube.com/user/olewulfers/videos
http://www.discogs.com/artist/325294-Ole-Wulfers

Ronald Gonko
known also as  “Gonko Industries inc.”, is musician from Berlin, lately
active is Berlin Synthesizer Orchestra (BSO), using analog synthesizers. He
studied visual arts, experimental film and interactive media, but his main area
is music: from experimental electric projects like BSO and anti-electro Stop
Disco Mafia, to acoustic expressions as in groups Kapaikos (Polka-Punk) and
Mariahilff (obscure singer-songwriter approach). In solo perfromances explors
the boundaries between serious artistic approach and neo-dada. On the net:
http://www.kapaikos.de
http://www.discogs.com/artist/166869-Stop-Disco-Mafia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS-pCssT1RY
http://www.vimeo.com/48515541