[spectre] Upgrade! Amsterdam 1.0: [Goes Live!]

[nat muller]

[apologies for cross-posting]

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Upgrade! Amsterdam 1.0: [Goes Live!]

When: June 14 2006 || 20.30 hours ||
Where: De Melkweg, Theaterzaal, Lijnbaansgracht 234 A, Amsterdam

| free admission | | absinthe martinis | | buttons |

URL: www.melkweg.nl/upgrade

LIVE webcast: www.fabchannel.com
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| Upgrade [Goes Live!] |

At Upgrade! Amsterdam we leap into summer by pondering the notion of  
“live” in the context of technologised performance art. Has the advent  
of the laptop, and practices such as “live cinema” (realtime visual  
editing) and ‘live coding” (on-the-fly sound programming) created new  
performative paradigms? How do algorithms, the laptop and conventions  
of more traditional forms of improvisation sit together? An evening of  
sound, image and live ambience:

Artist and film curator Martijn van Boven will take us on a  
rollercoaster historical ride tracing the roots of live cinema back to  
avant-garde and abstract film. He is followed by Trace Reddell,  
Professor of Digital Media Studies, who will pick up where Martijn  
left, and perform his latest Live Cinema piece "Brink of Disaster”.  
Upgrade Montreal colleague  Tobias c. van Veen will muse on the various  
paradoxes of “live performance” in laptop sound art, while all you ever  
wanted to know about live coding but were afraid to ask, will be  
exemplified by Jan-Kees van Kampen’s  performance"Why is it pt.17?".  
The latter takes the live coding Toplap Manifesto, and reinterprets it  
by using a tasty collection of algorithms, inspired by Tom Johnson's  
Self-Similar Melodies. Last but not least, under the enjoyment of a  
freshly mixed absinthe martini, Tobias DJs us into the night and gets  
the party started.


Guests:
| Tobias c. van Veen (CDN) |
Is a renegade theorist & pirate, techno-turntablist & writer  
(Montréal). He is Concept Engineer at SAT and and Project Lead of Sonic  
Scene in the Mobile Digital Commons Network. He currently hosts The  
Upgrade! Montreal, and is is doctoral candidate in Philosophy &  
Communication at McGill University.
http://www.quadrantcrossing.org
http://www.quadrantcrossing.org/blog
http://theupgrade.sat.qc.ca

| Trace Reddell (US) |
Is Assistant Professor of Digital Media Studies at the University of  
Denver, and the graduate director of the M.A. in Digital Media Studies.  
He has participated in global webcasting projects, and edits an ongoing  
thread at Electronic Book Review devoted to music/sound/noise and  
produce shows for Alt-X Audio.
http://www.du.edu/~treddell
http://dms.du.edu/
http://www.altx.com/audio/

| Martijn van Boven (NL) |
Is an artist and works as a free-lance film and video curator, focusing  
on  avant-garde film and abstract cinema. He teaches audio-visual  
Design at the Art Academy of Arnhem (NL). In 2003 he co-founded the new  
media art centre <>TAG (The Hague).
http://www.tag004.nl

| Jan-Kees van Kampen (NL) |
Focuses on networked performances and live composition. He plays in  
Powerbooks Unplugged, a 4-headed laptop band, and is part of the goto10  
collective. He works as a technician for De Waag Society in Amsterdam.
http://vacca.goto10.org
http://pbup.goto10.org
http://www.goto10.org

--
Upgrade! Amsterdam is a series of gatherings for and by new media  
aficionados, artists, geeks, media makers and breakers, and the  
generally curious. Point of departure is the premise: “No upgrade  
without a downgrade.” Upgrade! Amsterdam is organised by Nat Muller &  
Lucas Evers,  is actively hosted by De Melkweg, and kindly supported by  
VSB Fonds and Mondriaan Foundation.

Send ideas and proposals to nat at xs4all.nl | lucas at melkweg.nl

Upgrade! is an international, emerging network of autonomous nodes  
united by art, technology, and a commitment to bridging cultural  
divides. Since April 1999, a group of new media artists and curators  
have gathered in New York City. The first meeting took place at a bar  
in the east village with Tim Whidden & Mark River [MTAA], Mark Napier  
and Upgrade! founder Yael Kanarek.
URL: http://www.theupgrade.net/