<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Spectre,<br><br></div>(sorry for cross-posts)<br><br><br><b>SIGHT & SOUND Festival / 6th edition: SCIENCE FACTION</b><br>20 - 25 MAY 2014<br>Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada<br><br>
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<br><span>This year, the theme of Sight & Sound is <i>Science Faction</i> - a</span> multifaceted observation of a world
undergoing profound change. Science Faction is about fear of the unknown; but also, because,
inarguably, the idea of communicating with otherworldly beings or robots
overpowering humans in a dystopian futurist society are images forever
embedded in the consciousness of everyday people. Science Faction is
about the sheer power of the imaginary. For over a century, the works of
sci-fi authors have captivated a modern audience and prompted it to
speculate about the future and the near-future, and to contemplate the implications
of present-day metamorphoses—technological, biological, or
sociological.
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Today, it is taken for granted that technology is neither good nor bad,
nor that future necessarily means progress. But in our quest to gain
control over technology, for human to dominate machine, we neglect to
recognize that which is human in the machine. That our human traits –
weaknesses, strengths, downfalls, ambitions – are candidly reflected in
the machines and programs we create. Political, economic, social power
is – indirectly or not – manifested in the technologies we imagine, on
paper or film, in the lab or boardroom.
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Consequently, we develop bigger, faster information networks and
computer systems, which appear to think and react autonomously, yet we
forget that those who champion technological revolution – mechanical,
televisual, digital, post-digital – have the most power to leverage in
its wake. So, with Science Faction, we ask the artist to suggest their
rendition of a mutant future, their idea of a radical cyborg, their
interpretation of a human-machine meltdown. And, we ask the spectator to
embrace the marginal legalities and othered ontologies of those visions
put forth.
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</span></span></div><br><div><span><span><br> 20 May 2014<br> Festival Opening<br> Yoshi Soedoka & Daron Murphy: Sibyl<br> <br> 21 May 2014<br> Arcangelo Constantini: Photonotube<br> Ally Mobbs: Turntablism for the Hard of Hearing<br>
Christian Faubel, Ralf Schreiber, Tina Tonagel: Monochrome Layering<br> <br> 22 May 2014<br> Leslie Garcia: Bio-Box<br> Shu Lea Cheang: UKI<br> Yan Jun: Feedback Improvisation<br> <br> 23 May 2014<br> Quimera Rosa & Transnoise : Akelarre Cyborg 2.0<br>
<br> 24 May 2014<br> </span></span><span><span><span><span>Dopplereffekt: Dopplereffekt Live<br></span></span>Mélissa Gagné (Babi Audi): Sochi Snow Club Dead<br> Le Révélateur: Extreme Events<br>
Jacob Ciocci & David Wightman: Extreme Animals <br> <br><br> </span></span><span><span><span><span><br> PANEL DISCUSSIONS / PRESENTATIONS</span></span><br><span><span><span><span><br>
21 May 2014<br> Beth Coleman: Keynote presentation<br> </span></span></span></span>“La Trahison des images:” Science Fictions and Bodies Without Organs in the Event Horizon of Ubiquitous Mediation<span><span><span><span><br>
<br></span></span>22 May 2014<br> Whose Fictions? Upturning the Male Dystopian Narrative<br> </span></span></span></span><div><span><span>Panelists: Adrienne Maree Brown, Skawennati Fragnito, Paula Pin, Maria Mitsopoulou<br>
</span></span></div><div><span><span>Moderator: Erandy Vergara-Vargas<br></span></span></div><div><span><span> <br> 23 May 2014<br> Biological Systems as Generative Models for the Future<br>
Panelists: Eric Lewis, Erin Gee, Leslie Garcia, Sofian Audry<br>Moderator: Alessandro Delfanti<br> <br> 24 May 2014<br> Stephen Rennicks: Science-Fiction & Early Techno<br> <br> 24 May 2014<br> Towards a Bright Future or Distorted Present: Smokescreen Ethics of the Military-<br>
Industrial-Academic Complex<br> Panelists: Alejo Duque, Dominic Gagnon, Valérie Lamontagne<br>Moderator: Alexandre Castonguay<br> </span></span></div><span><span> <br><br><br>WORKSHOPS<br> <br> 15 – 18 May 2014<br>
Astrovandalistas: La Sonora Telematica<br> <br> 20 – 21 May 2014<br> Alejo Duque: Pirate Radio Transmissions on Mikro-FM<br> <br> 22 May 2014<br> Christian Faubel, Ralf Schreiber, Tina Tonagel: Discorobots<br> <br> 23 May 2014<br>
Yan Jun: Chewing Music<br> <br> 23 May 2014<br> Hanah Epstein, Alex Leitch, Sagan Yee: VideoVideoJam<br> <br> 24 – 25 May 2014<br> Quimera Rosa & Transnoise : The Body as Post-Gendred Sound Instrument<br> <br> 24 – 25 May 2014<br>
Anne Goldenberg, Pascale Gustin, Valentina Vuksic, Karine Rathle : Between 0 and 1<br> <br><br> <br></span></span></div><div><span><span>INSTALLATIONS<br></span></span></div><div><span><span> <br>
Erin Sexton : Crystalline Domain<br> Darsha Hewitt : Feedback Babies<br> Christian Faubel : Crystal Forming Robots on Overhead <br> Ally Mobbs : Turntablism for the Hard of Hearing<br> <br> Arcangelo Constantini : Filed of Grooves (Campo de surcos)<br>
Leslie Garcia : Pulsu(m) Plantae v.2<br> <br> Astrovandalistas : La Sonora Telematica<br> Bradford Kessler : Primum Mobile Network / Accident Study / Saving the Planet<br> Jonathan Bonneau : Odysseyland<br> <br><br> <br>
</span></span></div><div><span><span>INTERVENTIONS<br></span></span></div><div><span><span> <br> 24 – 25 May 2014 <br> Hannah Epstein, Sagan Yee, Alex Leitch : PsXXYborg<br> <br> 20 – 25 May 2014<br>
Alejo Duque: PirateBlocRadio<br> <br><br><br></span></span></div><div><span><span>Hope to see you in Montreal in 3 weeks!<br></span></span></div><span><span><br> <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sightandsoundfestival.ca%2F&h=aAQExTRWH&enc=AZMqrF_2UjTfdz7QxhYMgKnXi055jUMtpQT8cO_5Ta9fTcDkw80x3Ossb6aAHA0wybs&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>www.sightandsoundfestival.</span><span></span>ca</a><br>
<br><br><br><br></span></span><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Eliane Ellbogen<br>Directrice artistique | Artistic Director</font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"><font color="#666666"><br>
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