Absent Interfaces (2007-2010)
www.absentinterfaces.blogspot.com
"researching fresh artistic and critical approaches to the relationship between live performance and new media technologies"
Absent Interfaces is a four year project to facilitate creation of new artworks that demonstrate the following two content principles: (1) are based on relations between live performance and new media technologies; and (2) are critically engaged with the modes of their own production. A series of activities including labs, residencies, workshops, seminars and presentations (publication, exhibition and performance/ installation) are currently being planned for the period 2007-2010 with four international partners: TanzQuartier Wien (Vienna), L'Animal a L'esquena (Celra/ Girona), Centre for Dramatic Arts (Zagreb) and Bodig (Istanbul).
ACTIVITY TAGS: CREATION PROCESS // EDUCATION // PUBLICATION // EVENTS
BACKGROUND:
Absent Interfaces builds on the outcomes of a dance and technology work/shop in Zagreb (10-15 Oct 2005); a pilot 'ideas creation' lab at TanzQuartier Wien (28 Nov-3 Dec 2005); an artists' meeting during the TECHNE06 Performance and Media Festival, Istanbul (17-22 Apr 2006); a series of daily interventions during the Body and Technologies Lab, La Caldera, Barcelona (4-10 Dec 2006); and an inaugural organisation meeting of the Absent Interfaces Steering Group at L'Animal a l'esquena in Celra/ Girona (12-14 Oct 2007).
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Absent Interfaces involves a core group of established artists working across disciplines who will make their creation process available for the project duration. Live performance will be the central connection point. Bodies and Technologies will provide a main focus, but within a wide critical and tactical frame. The general aim of Absent Interfaces activities is to augment and support the creation processes of the artists; and the artists themselves will define the specific content research. These processes will remain constantly open to potential production manifestations in multiple formats, but with a long period of non-production possible if desired. Cross-fertilisation from the diversity of cultural contexts as well as other knowledge domains (vis a vis specialist lectures, etc.) will feature prominently for the purpose of idea and creative stimulation. Documentation and dissemination of research outcomes alongside the creation and presentation of artworks is an important dimension of the project.
The core group will come together at least once each year for an annual instensive 'ideas creation' lab organised by one of the international partners. The first will take place at TanzQuartier Wien from 2-9 December 2007; followed by Zagreb in December 2008. Local participants and speakers will be invited following the working format of the pilot 'ideas creation' lab in Vienna 2005. Throughout the year and between labs each partner will organise other activities that support their own long-term research and development plans. Each partner may combine and adapt activity formats to enable engagement and collaboration with local organisations including other presenting, publication and research/ education institutions. It is anticipated Istanbul will be the site of the final 'ideas creation' Lab and events representing the culmination of the Absent Interface activities in the context of the Cultural Capital in 2010.
ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN VIENNA LAB 2007 (&=collaborations):
Heine Avdal, Alain Baumann & Rosa Sanchez, Andrea Bozic/ Robert Pravda & Julia Willms, Daniel Aschwanden, Beliz Demircioglu & Aylin Kalem, Philipp Haupt & Ralo Mayer, Anne Juren & Roland Seidel
STEERING GROUP:
Daniel Aschwanden (TanzQuartier Wien/ Bilderwerfer), Andrea Bozic, Toni Cots (L'Animal a L'esquena), Scott deLahunta, Ivana Ivkovic (Centre for Drama Arts), Aylin Kalem (Bodig)
CONTENT IMPULSES:
The following are extracts from longer texts nos. 6-7 available at: http://www.sdela.dds.nl/absentinterfaces
"Biology's ascent to the status of the leading natural science has led to a massive use of biological metaphors in the Humanities and a wide range of biotech procedures that provide artists with themes for their work and, even more, with new expressive media." (Jens Hauser).
"Two levels of exploration that might allow for an experimentation with interfaces: interoperability, the common level of abstraction allowing interactions between machinic and/ or metabolic processes; and actionability, the concatenation of actual actions outside of code with algorithm." (Tomislav Medak)
MORE KEYWORDS:
archive, augmentation, pedagogy, reflection, theory, visibility, traces, self-organising
ON-LINE:
For supplementary material see: http://www.sdela.dds.nl/absentinterfaces/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
In 2007 (meetings and lab) Absent Interfaces has financial support from TanzQuartier Wien, ICA London (thanks to Vivienne Gaskin), L'animal a l'esquena and Bilderwerfer
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