[spectre] re : Signal Sever ?

[ewen at altern.org]

immediate art consuming posture by spoiled swiss people


le 11/10/04 17:04, 404 at n3krozoft.com à 404 at n3krozoft.com a écrit :

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> the scenery: a beautiful park on the border of a lake. it's a warm 
> summernight. early september. in the middle of the park, a huge stage has been 
> built up, covered with electronic gear. serious looking young men stand in 
> front of their laptops, executing cryptic routines. above their heads, two 
> giant screens display two (similar) video projections - loops of blurred, 
> nocturnal cityscapes at low framerate. in front of the stage, in the field, a 
> crowd of 20-30 people are listening to the sounds emmited - a gentle mixture 
> of chill-out grooves, techstep and breakbeat makes the air vibrate.
> 
> some new visitors just arrived:
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> he: what's going on here? in the festival program is written that there should 
> be a "système d'interception et unité de traitement sonore et visuel" that 
> "maps the electromagnetic spectrum, treats and transforms the signals to 
> reforward them in the ether". did you see such a sound installation somewhere?
> 
> she: no, there's just this stage, i don't know, maybe it's this....
> 
> he: it cannot be this - from what i know it should have something to do with 
> satellite transmissions... here it's written: "les spectres HF, VHF, UHF, 
> bande-L, bande-C et bande-Ku sont analysés et traités"!
> 
> she: well, when i was here this afternoon it sounded worse, they were playing 
> french freetechno.
> 
> [suddenly a local dj appears]
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> local dj: hi, how are you doing! it's pretty cool, isn't it?
> 
> he: yeah, super cool - but i was expecting something like live data 
> processing, not just drum'n'bass...
> 
> local dj: but that's what they're doing! everything is treated in realtime - i 
> even heard at some moment cellphone conversations in french! can you see there 
> on the right corner on the stage? there's a radar antenna turning.
> 
> she: well, excuse me, we didn't hear this, we're only here since 30 minutes.
> 
> local dj: come on, you cannot expect them to transmit just pure radio 
> frequencies during twelve hours!
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> he: why not?
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> local dj [getting confused]: well, ok, they could do it ...  but as a matter 
> of fact, they made a decision, and they've chosen to do it this way, and you 
> should respect that. i think it would be definitely too boring for the people. 
> but you can disagree of course.
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> they look at each other. the talk is over - further discussion seems 
> impossible. on the stage, the antenna keeps turning. the beat keeps pulsating. 
> it's a warm midsummernight.
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>> To: <spectre at mikrolisten.de>
>> From: Marko Peljhan <mx at rx-tx.org>
>> Cc: Marko Peljhan <mx at rx-tx.org>, xchange at re-lab.net
>> Subject: [spectre] SIGNAL-SEVER! - TRANSIGNAL 5 IN PARIS
>> 
>> SIGNAL-SEVER! - TRANSIGNAL 5
>> a signals interception night by Projekt Atol/Pact systems
>> at the CITE SONIC program of NUIT BLANCHE, PARIS, 2004.10.02.-2004.10.03
>> and LIVE over ATLANTIC BIRD 3 satellite, 5 deg W as part of the
>> ART+COMMUNICATION festival in Riga, Latvia
>> 
>> Where: CITE SONIC, CITE UNIVERSITAIRE SUD PARK, Paris (F) - open air
>> 
>> featuring: Nullo, Mx, Droomoff and Sound Meccano, Delray, Dr.Webber, Jadviga, 
>> Puna Syndicate, Random Logic, Octex, Chardronnet, Dj Ivol, Dj Rextexman , 
>> Joachim Monthesius and friends
>> 
>> performance start: 21.00
>> satellite transmission start: 22.00
>> satellite transmission end: 23.00
>> performance end: 2004.10.03. 07.00
>> all times Central European Time (UTC+2)
>> 
>> Satellite Reception details:
>> 
>> Satellite: AB3, 5 deg W
>> Downlink: 11494.6 MHz V
>> Type: 420
>> FEC: 3/4
>> Symbol rate: 6.1113
>> Alternate frequency:  11499 MHz V
>> 
>> The project was made by the generous support of the Slovenian Ministry of 
>> Culture, City of Ljubljana Cultural department, City of Paris, rx:tx,  and 
>> with the participation of the TCM - Trans Cultural Mapping Culture 2000 
>> project of the European Union.
>> Additional support: UCSB, Delray Studios, Ellipse, Films du Soleil, Adria 
>> Airways
>> 
>> Forthcoming events:
>> 
>> SIGNAL-SEVER! TRANSIGNAL 7, Freewaves festival Los Angeles, November 27
>> PROGRESS -EX04, festival of new and electronic music, Ljubljana November 
>> 24-26
>> An evening with Marko Peljhan, DEAF Rotterdam, November 12
>> 
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