SHINY TOYS

Festival fr audiovisuelle Experimente

english version

30. - 31. August 2013

dear friends and friendly ones, The merging of sound and visual art is once again the main focus of the SHINY TOYS Festival. Artists are going to explore the interaction between analog and digital technologies through lab research and stage performances. Playful experiments will bring inanimate objects to life in unexpected ways: the belt sander is gonna become the drive motor of a kaleidoscope, the controller of a gaming station will transcend to a sound controller and the surveillance camera will transform into a roughly pixeled light sensor of a perpetuum mobile. These inventions are less of a final product then mere tools of perception. Their main aim being a playful usage, these gadgets are ment to put the wheels of thought in motion. Multimedia projects which baffle, irritate and question familiar visual and auditive habits, will be presented through an exhibition, concerts and multiple performances.

Your Festival Team

Stadtrundgang Vj Suave

(brasil)

Ygor Marotta and Ceci Soloaga combine live painting, iPad animations, audiovisual live performance and digital graffiti, thus creating incomparable installations in an open space. The captivating performances of VJ Suave are drawn and painted by hand, digitally animated and projected on facades of their hometown So Paolo. After exploring Mlheim an der Ruhr by bike - equiped with a beamer -, VJ Suave will be taking the viewers on a visually guideded walk through the city. vjsuave.com

RaumZeitPiraten

(de)

The RaumZeitPiraten is an audiovisual, space and time transforming artist collective and an ongoing project of Tobias Daemgen, Jan Ehlen and Moritz Ellerich. The trustworthy vehicle of the RaumZeitPiraten, the pale green Volkswagen T3 Bus, becomes a wheeled stage of synesthetic freebooters joys - a mobile light-sound system for boarding and transforming urban sceneries audiovisually without using external sources of electricity. This 110 PS strong meteor of the optoacustic art world is used as an interactive instrument for the visual sightseeing tour throughout the city of Mlheim. raumzeitpiraten.de

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Drehbhne
(gr)

The Erasers

The artist collective The Eraser from Athens combine live cinema, performance actions, internet and installed stage sceneries. The Eraser are thus building a new audio-visual language. Road to Knowhere is an outdoor (public space) performance that was premiered in Geneva, Switzerland 2011 at Mapping Festival and describes a road trip through Europe (past - present - future). theerasers.blogspot.com/

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Nicolas Bernier

Saal
(can)

Frequencies (synthetic variations) is the second installation of a series of audiovisual projects by Montreal native Nicolas Bernier. Sound waves and light flashes are controlled and manipulated with high precision in real time. The current of the light sources will become audible and the sound waves will be visualised through sporadic light flashes. Through his multidisciplinary work, Bernier produces a delicate balance between organic sounds and digital processes. Frequencies has been shown at festivals like Sonar Barcelona, Transmediale Berlin, Ars Electronica and MUTEK. Nicolas Bernier received the renowned Prix Ars Electronica 2013 Golden Nica in the section Digital Music & Sound Art. nicolasbernier.com

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Saal
(fr/de)

Asynthome

Transforma (Baris Hasselbach, Luke Bennett / Berlin) + Yro (Elie Blanchard / Paris) By using small objects, light boxes and sculptures, visual experiments are arranged and projected live on screen by the artist collective Transforma and the French performer Yro. The result and process of work are both visible and share the same importance. The soundtrack of the performance forces the experiments to a strict choreography. In this way, Transforma and Yro are analysing the possibilities and limits of improvisation and show. asynthome.net

incite/

In-between art and club a vibrant staging of synchronized sound-imagery-art. Fragmented electric scrap and fragile outbursts of static noise are blended with heavy bass-lines, resulting in groovy IDM beats. All this is combined with striking grayscale visuals. The edgy rhythms obtain an unusual intensity through the abstract and precisely constructed videos. From abstract to semi-narrative, from urban to day to day life through quantum mechanics; the partially destroyed visuals hide a range of stories an expedition that the audience can dance to, which has already been awarded at various international festivals.

incite.fragmentedmedia.org

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Saal
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Berzik/Langfeld/Steins:
radio aporee::: maps+live

The field recording platform radio aporee:::maps was initiated in 2007 by media artist Udo Noll. By using the image material of google maps, aporee:::maps allows to virtually connect audio recordings with places and the spot where they were created. The trio Frank Berzik (saxophone / clarinet), Patricia Langfeld (Vocals) and Hubert Steins (harmonium / electronica) improvise to the sounds of the acoustic map of the world. aporee.org

THE DIAMOND ROAD SHOW mit Digger Barnes & Pencil Quincy

The Diamond Road Show sits inbetween concert and cinema. It is a travel through dream structures, events and unfoldings that inventively blend roadmovie-aesthetics with experimental trickfilm techniques. The soundscape is created by Digger Barnes: one-man-band, storyteller and outlaw. Each song a cinematic and atmospheric journey itself, drawing on influences from Americana, film-soundtrack and folk music from all over the place. Songs that play on the car radio late at night as you steer down the peaceful groove of a moonlight highway. The visuals are created by Low Brow Artist Pencil Quincy and his Magic Machine. Quincy combines early cinematic and animation technology with his inimitable, vaudeville style. The Diamond Road Show has been constructed as an ongoing and changing cinematic music-project since 2009. A story that is always unfolding... diamondroadshow.com pencilquincy.org diggerbarnes.net

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Saal
(uk)

Trans/Human

Comprising parts of Trans/Human and A New Aktionist Kitchen / 2GYRLZ, RECEPTION converge to create AKTION; employing DIY electronics and transcutaneous technology, as invocations of ghost frequencies and streams of absent members merge and mutate, the body remains present as it ceaselessly channels the energies of Love & Rage.

transhuman.bandcamp.com

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Saal

Moritz Simon Geist & MR-808

(de)

Lets get mechanical: Moritz Simon Geist performs electronic music - with mechanic robots! The main robot is the robotic drum installation MR-808. It is the first drum robot that reproduces the drum sounds of the 80s, in the real world! The robot installation MR-808 is a replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808 with robots playing the drum sounds. It is the first robot installation to transfer the electronic sounds of the most influential electronic drum computer TR-808 into the real world. The MR-808 is operated live by Moritz Simon Geist in his performance in the style IDM, Electronica, Abstract Techno. sonicrobots.com

Tender
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tern and Phanta Projections, Magic Lan smagoria

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Tender Klaus Urbons

(de)

It was 1979 when Klaus bought the overhead projector that he is still using today, from an artist colleague. This gadget provided him the ideal point of optical intersection between the copying machine (from the DIN-A4-format) and image-work without fixed boundaries. Tool, toy and instrument at the same time, this strange lamp offered a variety of options, was light and shadow theater, communication and exhibition tool. Konservatorium I / I I Copy-Work urbons.de

Tina Tonagel

(de)

Tina Tonagel studied at the Kunsthochschule fr Medien Kln. Her artistic focus lies on kinetic machines, sound installations and different kinds of projections. At the moment she mainly works with overhead projectors which she rebuilds into new realtime-motion-projection-machines by using mechanical constructions.Tina Tonagel participated in several exhibitions and festivals and received different scholarships and awards, amongst others the Marler Video-Installation Award and the scholarship of the NRW/Hartware Medienkunstverein. PLANETARIUM kinetic Overhead-Installation tinatonagel.de

Tender We colonised the moon

(uk/de)
Sue Corke and Hagen Betzwieser met by chance in 2008 conducting artistic field work at a bus stop in Norway. Working for the last four years as WE COLONISED THE MOON their graphic art and installation projects have embodied a child-like wonder of the universe. Employing a range of DIY production techniques their partnership is rooted in absurdism and theatrical performance, characterised by slogans and catchphrases. Sue Corke is a visual artist with an interest in the theatre of illustration. Hagen Betzwiesers (aka Institute of General Theory) artistic practice is exploring the gaps and connections between art and science to create New New Media.

wecolonisedthemoon.com

Tender Hubert Steins

(de)

The kinetic light-sound-installation Five for Blumfeld uses its speakers as an energy source for a moving image-space. The movement pattern of the balls dancing on the overhead projector reminds of bizarre heroes from Franz Kafkas story Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor. The title of the installation hence hints at Kafkas narrative. Fnf fr Blumfeld kinetic Soundinstallation for Overheadprojektors hubertsteins.de

Ralf Schreiber

(de)

Ralf Schreiber works with electronics, with solar panels, with motors and tiny loudspeakers. His playful and experimental works produce small sounds, smallest movements and deal with weak energy transformation processes such as transforming light into movement or sound. He finished MA studies at the Mnster College of Art and postgraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. He exhibited in several galleries and international festival of media arts. ralfschreiber.com

Christian Faubel

(de)

Christian Faubel is a researcher and artist interested in autonomous behavior and how it may emerge out of the interaction of very simple systems. In his artistic work he experiments with minimal low-level electronics and simple robots that generate patterns. Since 2001 participation in several media-art festivals with robotic-installations and workshops. derstrudel.org

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Tender
(nl)

Klaske Oenema

Klaske Oenema is a multimedia artist who combines image, language and music in installations and performances. With the help of an overhead projector she transforms common throw-away material such as envelopes and chewinggum wrappings into small poetical images, often with a narrative focus. Handwork plays an important role in her work that is minimal and precise, trying out different ways of telling stories and conveying everyday life into something bigger.

klaskeoenema.nl

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Ray Vibration

(de)

Ray Vibration is an overhead projector project by Christian Faubel, Ralf Schreiber and Tina Tonagel. The projection surface emerges into a triptych, which reveals, increases and abstracts the smallest (inter)actions of different electronic and kinetic tools. Colourful solar robots and different small electronic musical instruments create images and generate sounds. These are then filtered on the projection space, distorted and amplified. All these steps are happening as a real time process and as a synaesthetic experience: a contemporary interpretation of the good old technology of the overhead projectors. rayvibration.org tinatonagel.de

Halle Skribble

The stage designers, artists, musicians and DJs of the Skribble group will create a concert room which will be studio and lounge at the same time. Its less about an after-show-party coming to being and more of a practical continuation of the festival which invites to participation for example at light-tables and stations for overhead projectors. The project LichtGestalten pays a tribute to tagtools of different generations. Through this drawing game, growing color-meshes which are in constant movement are formed. The producers Valance Drakes and Generate, as well as the experimental pianist Hauschka are also in search of new audio structures and sound worlds which are in a continuous movement. Their concerts are a further highlight of the weekend.

Skribble-Djs

Tofuland Vomit Heat Einar.Zuviel Frau Keludowig Bohemian Output & Friends

skribblegebibble.de

Visual Society

offene VJ Session prsentiert von visual-society.com visual-society.com

LichtGestalten

LichtGestalten play around with self-drawn pictures and thus create site-specific images and video mappings. In the past years LichtGestalten were involved in several art festivals, poetry slams and had VJ appearances. Their faithful companions are their self-made tagtool vintage-controller and since recently the tagtool-iPad-App through which they put their small image-worlds into movement. lichtgestaltentagtool.wordpress.com

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Halle
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Hauschka

Hauschka is the name of Volker Bertelmann performing as a Solo-Pianist. By preparing the strings of his piano with bottle caps, plastic foil and other things, he draws new sounds from the instrument and thus replaces a whole orchestra. hauschka-net.de

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Valance Drakes

(uk)

Born in London City Valance Drakes started his musical journey into sounds back in 93 with his father Vaughn Drakes as his mentor teaching him to play the clarinet. During the last 14 years he released numerous of Glitch Hop EPs and LPs with labels; Global Vortex, Daly City, Car Crash Set & Get Crev Labs. Valance became more experimental with his sound focusing on Sound Designing while releasing with labels; Alkalinear (where his first vinyl was pressed), Bedroom Research, Schematic, Onibaba, Bunkai-Kei, Detund where he recently did a remix for Richard Devine and is releasing for labels such as Luana Records & Irrational Media Society soundcloud.com/mussck

Generate

(nl)

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Makroscope

Starting August 2013 we will create a space for audiovisual art in Mllheim an der Ruhr. This space will focus on the upcoming events SHINY TOYS Festival and Space. The temporary space lab will provide the opportunity of exchange amongst regional and international artists, and will be a meeting- and contact-point for all SHINY TOYS activities. During the festival, we will be showing a part of last years exhibition CUT_COPY_PASTE_DELETE of artist Klaus Urbons. Makroscope Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 48 45468 Mlheim an der Ruhr more infos: www.shinytoys.eu

SHINY TOYS Space

Somewhere between laboratory and stage, light images are flickering next to steaming soldering irons and buzzing sound generators. Everything will be blinking, buzzing and humming (keeping the rhythm) and spinning (in circles) once the SHINY TOYS SPACE has opened its gates for research, experimentation and amazement in the Bollwerk 107. The SHINY TOYS SPACE is an international meeting for artists which share the joy of experimenting with audiovisual media. SHINY TOYS* SPACE 11.-13. October 2013 Bollwerk 107, Moers
Anmeldung erforderlich / + Teilnahmegebhr (Workshops, bernachtung, Verpflegung)

A Night at the Space Lab Saturday, 12. October 2013 Bollwerk 107/ Bahnhofsvorplatz free Entrance

Camera Obscura
Museum zur Vorgeschichte des Films

Originally built in 1904, the 38m high water tower initially served the Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Speldorf for supplying the steam locomotives which were sheltered in the neighbouring roundhouse. Aside from that, it insured the operation on the Lower Ruhr-valley-railway , a side-track of the Bergisch-Mrkisch railroad, which was already operating since 1876. In 1992, in this building which had already become a protected monument, the largest walk-through Camera Obscura of the world was installed.

regulary openings: Wednesday - Sunday 10.00 am - 06.00 pm Special openings: Friday, 30. August 10.00 am - 09.00 pm Camera Obscura mit dem Museum zur Vorgeschichte des Films Am Schlo Broich 42 45479 Mlheim an der Ruhr Tel.: + 49 (0) 208 / 3 02 26 05
www.camera-obscura-muelheim.de

Information:
SHINY TOYS Festival 30.- 31. August 2013
Ringlokschuppen Mlheim Am Schloss Broich 38 45479 Mlheim an der Ruhr
fri. | 30. August 2013 | 19.00 p.m.
entry fee: advance booking 10,- | reduced fee 5,- || evening checkout 12,- | reduced fee 7,-

sat. | 31. August 2013 | 19.00 p.m.

entry fee: advance booking 10,- | reduced fee 5,- || evening checkout 12,- | reduced fee 7,weekend ticket | advance booking 15.- | reduced fee 7.- weekend ticket | evening checkout 18.- | reduced fee 12.-

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SHINY TOYS 2013 is accomplished through the collaboration with the Ringlokschuppen Mlheim an der Ruhr and the Youth Culture Center Bollwerk 107

Funded by the Ministry for family, children, youth, culture and Sports of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Foundation Kulturhauptstadt Ruhr 2010, the NRW Cultural Office, the Cultural Organization Mlheim an der Ruhr and the Cultural Office of the city Moers.

Friends, Partner and Supporter

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