RHIZOM is a transdisciplinary festival that has developed out of VAZEM collective dedicated to cultivating alternative electronic music and arts. It commits itself to uniqueness, character, innovation, passion and DIY-spirit. During the festival, alternative electronic music and uncompromising club-culture will be experienced. The social responsibility of culture and its consumers will be discussed and envisioned Read the full article… »»»»
Festivals
Experimental music festivals in Austria – Part I: DONAUFESTIVAL , Krems 27.4.- 6.5.2018
In Austria there are plenty of festivals that showcase experimental and (post-)club music. Plus something else. In the following series I will discuss three of them. They happen in springtime: donaufestival, hyperreality and the heart of noise festival. This will happen at different platforms. Part I is published on the blog of the shituationist institute: Read the full article… »»»»
Sensorium Festival, Bratislava 2nd-5th of May 2018
The first Slovak conference making sense of creative technology. Sensorium is a festival with conference, workshops & showcase bridging the fields of computational art, design and performance. For the third year, a multidisciplinary community comes together to envision artistic futures and its impact on society. Festivaltickets are 39€, for students 13€ – excluding workshops. It Read the full article… »»»»
Festival as Lab – Cultural Practices and Potentials of Transmedia Festivals
This article was written in summer 2015 for the ECAS network publication “Networking Tomorrow’s Art for an Unknown Future” – documentation European Commission Culture Programme. It hasn’t been published as of yet. I am providing here up front the German original version as the publication will be in english translation. English Abstract: I sum up Read the full article… »»»»
Elevate Festival Graz, 28. Februar – 04. März 2018: Risiko/ Courage
Elevate Festival – Music, Art and Political Discourse Elevate is an annual interdisciplinary festival held in various central venues around the Schlossberg in Graz, Austria. With its unique combination of critical political discourse and contemporary music and art, the Elevate Festival stands out of the “usual” festival circus. Amongst the guests are Human rights experts, Read the full article… »»»»
Wiseup 12/2017 END OF THE YEAR REVIEW: Releases & Festivals 2017
In this Review Wiseup looks at the releases of the past year and plays its selection. Also Wiseup will review 2017 by looking back briefly at the visited festivals of the past year, which have been exactly 12, so I per month at average, starting in January with CTM Berlin and ending in December Read the full article… »»»»
UNSAFE+SOUNDS FESTIVAL Vienna // 22.-30. 09. 2017
»VARIABLES OF THE IMAGINARY« 4th Edition of Unsafe+Sounds Festival! There is no english Text for this available. You can view the program and more information here: www.unsafeandsounds.com www.facebook.com/unsafeandsounds »»»»
New female:pressure FACTS SURVEY 2015-2017
“Facts 2017 – what needs to be done?” The new facts were presented at the Pop-Kultur Festival in Berlin on 25.08.2017 and discussed with Sky Deep and Marlene Engel. These are some impressions of the presentation. For all detailed numbers, graphics, methods, download the full survey here: full survey as PDF [2.1 MB] You can Read the full article… »»»»
Ars Electronica Festival 7.-11.9.2017, Linz Austria
This entry is just available in German language. Switch to German or find all the infos in English on the ars electronica homepage: https://www.aec.at/ai/en/ »»»»
WiseUp 08/2017 Wiener Festwochen – Performeum:Hyperreality:Hysteria
<iframe width=”100%” height=”400″ src=”https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?feed=%2FWiseupRadioshow%2Fwiseup-082017-wiener-festwochen-performeumhyperrealityhysteria%2F” frameborder=”0″ ></iframe> Wiseupradio explores another club culture avantgarde festival called Hyperreality. HR is part of the Wiener Festwochen, which are happening since the 1950s and are showcasing cutting edge cultural productions in music, theatre or fine arts. This year a new creative director & curatorial team started their work. Postcolonial approaches Read the full article… »»»»
Atonal Festival – Kraftwerk Berlin 16.-20.8.2017
Its time again for Berlin Atonal! After its long break since the 1980s it is going into its fifth round in a new makeup with a new curatorial team mentored by Tresors Dimitri Hegemann. Like the last couple of years all venues of Kraftwerk, inkluding Tresor and OHM will feature new premiering concerts, showcases, installations Read the full article… »»»»
Abstract for 19th Biennial IASPM Conference 26 June – 30 June 2017
Popular Music Studies Today 19th Biennial IASPM Conference 26 June – 30 June 2017 University of Kassel, Germany 19th Biennial IASPM Conference Dancecult Presents… EDM Contexts and Representations Bianca Ludewig, University of Vienna: Researching popular music through transmedia festivals The proposed presentation will offer a further development of ethnographic research methodology within the context of Read the full article… »»»»
