[spectre] b.tv 2001 festival, Sheffield/UK

[Andreas Broeckmann]

b.tv 2001 festival. The International celebration of creative use and abuse
of convergence media ( the coming together of cinema, tv, the net, mobiles,
gaming and live performance ).

Programme. Friday 30.11. & Saturday 1.12.

Introduction and overview.

Staggering new combinations of cinema, tv, the net, mobiles, gaming and
live performance are revolutionising the way we live. But what exactly is
this revolution all about?

What can we actually do with the all this brave new technology? What new
culture and communication is being born? What difference will it really
make to our lives?

b.tv brings together some of the world's leading known and unkown artists,
media producers and theorists to begin to answer these questions .

The b.tv 2001 festival is 2 inspired and inspiring days of creative people,
work, ideas, music, installations, specially commissioned artworks,
performances, screenings and parties that start to make sense of the
creative use and abuse of convergence media.

Cross platform creativity sessions.

1a. Successes and failures of interactivity,
How does interactivity work across tv / the net / interactive games? Are
principles of human psychology the same for different media? Is
interactivity the revolutionary idea driving the convergence revolution?
Presentation and discussion of leading work and ideas by:
Celia Pearce, University of California.
Stuart Nolan, Oyster Partners.
Steve Fitzpatrick, Head of interactive Strategy, Saatchi and Saatchi.
  and SIX more.


Media / Live Art sessions.
1b. Transaction : Live webcast remote from Australia, live chat, and local
presentation outlining long term collaboration between The Transmute
Collective (Brisbane), Site Gallery (Sheffield), V2 (Rotterdam) and The
Powerhouse - Centre for Live Arts (Brisbane).
2b. Blast Theory in conversation with Matt Locke / The Media Centre.
3b. Desperate Optimists in conversation with Kelli Dipple / Site Gallery.
4b. Lisa Watts and Brian McClave in conversation with Michelle Hirschhorn /
independent arts & new media curator.
5b. Lisa Wesley in conversation with Anne McNeill /Director of Impressions.
6b. George Chakravarthi in conversation with Steve Manthorp / Digital Media
Officer / Yorkshire Arts.
7b. Forced Entertainment present The Institute of Failure.


The Shooting Live Artists 2001 commissions are:

" Can You See Me Now " by Blast Theory. A game of chase played out between
the actual and virtual worlds. Game players log on to an online computer
game to be chased around a virtual Sheffield city centre by real life
artists in the streets of Sheffield.

" Domestic " by Desperate Optimists. An alternative kitchen sink drama shot
on digital film for the Web using multiple camera shots. The film will be
shot during the festival and the shoot will be streamed live on the Web.

" The Institute of Failure Studies " by Tim Etchells of Forced
Entertainment and Matthew Goulish of Goat Island.  A real and imaginary
think tank dedicated to the study of failure as it occurs in all aspects of
human endeavour. Deviant scholarship...

" Life without Soap " by Lisa Wesley. A self-confessed soap addict
withdraws from her daily fix, allowing herself only the company of other
soap addicts in online chat rooms. Lisa's recording of cold turkey will be
broadcast on the Web as a fortnightly video update.

" Escape Mechanism " by Lisa Watts and Brian McClave. A powerful video and
installation of the artist performing tricks and escapes with her body,
presented as a virtual, rotating, 3D illusion.

" Bar Flies " by George Chakravarthi. Three glimpses of transvestite bar
life shot in different bar locations mixed with conversations from
transvestite chat lines. Shot on digital film and presented as a video
triptych for installation and the Web.


From: Andy Stamp & Katz Kiely
b.tv > The Culture Company
The Workstation
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX
Landlines / 24 hour ansaphone : 0114 - 225 - 4615 /6.
Andy's mobile: 07816 - 000 - 891.
Katz's mobile:  07855 - 333 - 458.
Fax: 0114 - 225 - 4606.
E: bastard@theculturecompany.co.uk, katzkiely@hotmail.com

Nigel Fischer, b.tv Production Manager is on: 0114 - 225 - 4644.
E: nigelfischer@hotmail.com


Please go to: http://www.convergence-arts.com

http://www.theculturecompany.co.uk  and hit the b.tv button.

Thankyou.