INTERMEDIA BODY

artistic research meetings

A project initiated & curated by Mihaela Kavdanska/ AVmotional Platform

September, 2016 | Linz October, 2016 | Bucharest November, 2016 | Barcelona

2 days of projects presentations, show-cases of interactive platforms & discussions

2 days of sharing ideas, working processes, methodology & experience

INTERMEDIA BODY
artistic research meetings
September, 2016 | Linz
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artistic research meetings
September, 2016 | Linz

Concept & description of the project

Emerging from my own research, practice, collaborations as inter-media
artist, working in the field of Stage-based Interaction, I propose a series
of artistic research meetings in 2016, under the name of
INTERMEDIA BODY.
At the border between body & media, in the field of performing arts,
practitioners from different artistic fields will meet to share and exchange
ideas, experience and knowledge about the work process during the
realization of their projects in the context of the contemporary art world.
The event would give the possibility to already finished and future
projects to be presented in a format of public talks/ presentations,
followed by Q&A sessions.
The participating artists will be also welcomed to showcase and test
prototypes or completed interactive platforms, where public
participation is required.
All activities would have photo & video documentation. A short
4th Skin
Intermedia dance performance by Mihaela Kavdanska &
documentary with interviews of the participating artists & public,
Dolma Jover, 2014 would be edited.
The main topic for the 2016 artistic research meetings would be the
observation of the inter-media oneness between visual/ sound art &
performing arts, while different digital technologies are involved to
offer a real-time expeirence.
The most important outcome of this artistic research focused event,
would be the knowledge and direct experience created & documented
at the meeting point between artists.
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The INTERMEDIA BODY artistic research meetings are supposed

to happen in the context of larger events. The first meeting in Linz, is
proposed to be part of Ars Electronica Festival (September
8-12.2016) or Tanzhafen Festival (October, 20-25).
The second one, would take place in Barcelona at the Choreoscope
Festival (November, 7-12). The third one is proposed to be part of
event series at the National Center of Dance, October, 2016 in
Bucharest.
This events format is spread over 2 days and includes up to
6 presentations per day, followed by discussions on proposed topics,
from the perspective of the participating artists.
Here Im proposing several wide topics for dialogue, which are
directions in my artistic research with the title: The body as interface
for inter-media oneness in Stage-based Interaction.

Topics:
Inter-media oneness in Stage-based interaction
The human body as interface for interaction and tool for audio-visual
expession
Role of the media as a digital performer on stage.
Transformative experiences during the interdisciplinary work process
in Stage-based interaction.
The transculturality of the body.
AR & VR in theater performances.
New approaches in the creation of sound, visual and performance at
inter-media contexts. Birdville, an intermedia dance performance by
Simona Deaconescu, 2014
The participating artists would be invited to propose other topics of
discussion in closer relation to their own practice.

10VE, Participatory musical composition
by Antony Rayzhekov, 2014
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The invited participants are a group of established & emerging,
international and local artists from Austria, Romania, Spain, Bulgaria,
Colombia. Part of them are based in Linz & Vienna.
They have rich experience working in the fields of media & interac-
tive art, contemporary music, visual arts, contemporary dance &
performance, theater, film, participatory art. Their practice is close-
ly related to artistic research methods and they have realized
award-winning projects over the years.
Austria (Austrian & international artists, based in Austria):
Andrea Maria Handler (Austrian artist, Vienna)
Alexander Hackl (Austrian artist, Vienna)
Antony Rayzhekov (Bulgarian artist, based in Vienna)
Adriana Torres Topaga (Colombian artist, based in Linz)
Mihaela Kavdanska (Bulgarian born, Romanian artist, based in Linz)
Bulgaria:
Venelin Shurelov (Sofia)
Spain:
Dolma Jover Agullo (Alicante)
Romania:
Dilmana Yordanova (KOTKI visuals, Bucharest & Linz)
Simona Deaconescu (Tangaj Dance, Bucharest)
Catalin Cretu (CMEM, Bucharest)
Cinty Ionescu (Bucharest)
Cristina Lilienfeld (Bucharest)
Smaranda Gabudeanu (Bucharest)
Cristian Iordache (Bucharest)
Venelin Shurelov, Bulgaria
A visual artist and set designer who never gives in to conventional forms and strategies for creation. Co-founder and full
time lecturer in MA program Digital Arts, National Academy of Arts, Sofia (2008-)
Part of curatorial team of DA FEST, International Festival for Digital Art, Sofia (2009-)
www.subhumantheatre.com

Antoni Rayzhekov, Bulgaria

An interdisciplinary artist working in the field of music, theater and digital arts born in Sofia, Bulgaria and currently living
in Vienna, Austria. He is a co-founder of the vienna based New Media label THIS.PLAY, focused on interactive technolo-
gies and art, and guest lecturer in Interactive Media in the University for Applied Science, St.Plten, Austria and Mrz
Academy, Stuttgart, Germany.
raijekov.cc
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Dolma Jover Agullo, Spain
Dolma Jover Agull is a Spanish dance pedagogue, performer and independent researcher. Member of Spanish Dance
Research Association D ms I: Danza e Investigacin.
In her recent projects as a performer and choreographer, Dolma Jover focuses on collaborative, interdisciplinary projects,
searching for diverse artistic inputs as a way of improving her knowledge of dance and different artistic manifestations.
Besides, she gives workshops and lectures about her Transcultural Learning Path coming from her Transcultural
Body Dance Research.

Andrea Maria Handler & Alexander Hackl, Austria

Andrea Maria Handler received her dance education at Chandiru Mawas studio in Vienna and bachelors and masters
degree at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz. She will present the workprocess of The LEDise project.
Together with Alexander Hackl (Redisgreen) they will present a new colalboration, work in progress.
The show [lu:ma:x3] explores the interface between dance and technology, embracing the viewer with its absorbing
fascination for the co-dependency of two realms: the virtual and the authentic or here-and-now.
www.theledies.com | www.redisgreen.media INTERMEDIA BODY
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Adriana Torres Topaga, Colombia
A visual artist and designer based in Linz. Currently PhD candidate at the University of Art and Design Linz, she
continues her research on the topics of skin, human body and their relatioship to space on the fields of social
construction and skin architecture.
www.puntos.at

Mihaela Kavdanska, Bulgaria/ Romania

An inter-media artist & researcher, creative director, producer of art & culture events, curator of exhibitions & festivals.
Bulgarian born, lives and works in Bucharest (since 1995) and in Linz (since 2012).
Mihaela Kavdanska is co-founder AVmotional Platform (founded in 2004) and co-managing partner & founder of KOTKI
visuals since 2006.
During the last 14 years of artistic activity, she's been working on personal and interdisciplinary collaborative projects,
exhibited and performed in galleries, museums, theater & dance venues, festivals and other cultural events around
Europe, United States & Asia.
kavdanska.eu | kotkivisuals.com | avmotional.com
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Dilmana Yordanova
A Bulgarian-born, Romania-based interdisciplinary visual artist. Her portfolio includes multimedia installations, video
art, audio-visual and interactive performances, in collaboration with electronic music producers, composers, chore-
ographers, architects etc. In 2006, together with the artist Mihaela Kavdanska, Dilmana established KOTKI visuals
multimedia studio. She is also the co-founder & curator of AVmotional Platform (since 2004).
kotkivisuals.com | avmotional.com

Catalin Cretu, Romania

A composer, multimedia artist, researcher & a founding member at the Center For Electro-Acoustic and Multimedia
Music of the National University of Music in Bucharest. Chairman of the Oppus Assosiation, the initiator and organizer of
Inner Sound Festival, Bucharest
www.catalincretu.ro

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Cristina Lilienfeld & Smaranda Gabudeanu, Romania
Cristina Lilienfeld studied choreography at the National University Of Drama & Film and Psychology and she is in a continu-
ous search for the meeting point of these two disciplines. Cristina studied contemporary dance techniques like: Contact
Improvisation, Axis Syllabus, Feldenkreis, Flying Low Technique and Real Time Composition but also self development
techniques in her training as a experiential psychological counsellor.

Smaranda Gabudeanu graduated the National University for Theatre and Cinematography, Master-puppet in 2007
In present she works with choreographer Cristina Lilienfeld and collaborates with composer and performer Irinel Anghel.
As an actor Smaranda works with theatre director Radu Dragomirescu and a group of improvising skilled actors with who
develops shows with original scripts based on previously improvised scenes.
In 2013 Smaranda founded Association for Theatre and Books (PETEC) as a link between performing artists and institutions
such as the National Library, Museums and Publishing Houses.
Smaranda is part of the theatre group DellArte, conducted by the Romanian comedian Mihai-Gruia Sandu.

Since the beginning of 2014, Cristina and Smaranda Gabudeanu started collaborating with the multimedia artist Dilmana
Yordanova for the realisation of new works in which the visual and interactive technologies meet the psychological aspects
of the contemporary dance.

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Simona Deaconescu, Romania
A Romanian choreographer with training in dance and film directing. In 2014 she received the danceWEB scholarship, offered by Life Long Burning
Network. She is the artistic director of Tangaj Dance Collective, a group of interdisciplinary artists and cultural managers known for performances as
0001|The Dream Factory and 0002|Birdville, the awarded dance film Silent Places, Bucharest International Dance Film Festival, Dance Film
Platform and co-producers of X Platform. Simona is interested in researching the technology of the body, coordinating the coaching program I.D.M.P.A.
(Innovative Directions in Multimedia and Performing Arts) in the frame of GROWASP and regularly developing her own dance technique the floating
body, as a teacher for professionals and amateurs in Bucharest and abroad. Her performances were showcased in Bucharest, Cluj, Craiova, New York
and Istanbul and the dance film Silent Places was selected and awarded in more than 20 festivals from Europe, USA and Asia.
www.tangajdance.com

Cinty Ionescu, Romania

A video artist that lives and works in Bucharest, Romania, with a constant interest in live video experimentation and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her work
experience ranges from her beginnings as a VJ in clubs and festivals with DJs and bands, to video design for theater and dance performances, audio-video and
performative installations, and experimental film. The artist presents her works, mostly performing live, in numerous national and international festivals and
stages. Her new piece In Between Two Pills is a multimedia theatrical play that talks about depression as seen (or hidden) in Bucharest, Romania, in 2016. The
show combines dramatizations of real stories with excerpts from interviews, and besides video projections, there is augmented reality involved, for the first time
in a Romanian theatrical performance.
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PROJECT PARTNERS & FUNDING

Main partner:
Romanian Cultural Institute Vienna/ Madrid/ Bucharest

Educational Partners:
University of Art and Design Linz
Anton Bruckner Private University, Dance Department
National University of Arts, Bucharest, Photo-Video Department

Strategic partners:
National Museum for Contemporary Art, Bucharest
The National Centre of Dance, Bucharest
Ars Santa Monica, Barcelona
International Graduates Club Linz
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CONTACT DETAILS

Mihaela Kavdanska
intermedia artist
AVmotional Platform, co-founder & curator
KOTKI visuals, co-managing partner & creative director

Volksgartenstrae, 4, Linz 4020, Austria

+43 681 81604481

+40 747 110023

mikavdanska@gmail.com
contact@kotkivisuals.com
contact@avmotional.com

kavdanska.eu
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