Partner Meeting
ECAS PARTNER MEETING
Montréal CANADA / MUTEK festival
28.05. - 30.05.2012

MUTEK Lab – Tools for an Unknown Future was a 3-day symposium organized by the ICAS/ECAS network and MUTEK from May 28 to May 30, 2012, just before the core activities of the MUTEK festival in Montreal started. Featuring a mix of keynotes, panels, case studies and presentations, the Tools for an Unknown Future symposium was a 3-day conference aimed at elaborating a cohesive view of the current trends within groundbreaking artistic mediums and covers the topics defined by ICAS/ECAS as key areas of work for the next couple of years: „Festivals as Laboratories“, „Bridging Cultural Sectors“, „Citizen Innovation“, „Ubiquitous Art and Music“ and more.

The symposium coincided with the annual ICAS/ECAS partner meeting. ICAS – International Cities for Advanced Sound & Related arts – is a network of likeminded independent festivals around the globe that works to foster collaboration and exchange within arts and music. The European branch ECAS was supported by the European Commission of Culture. DISK e.V. was the main organizer of the European network at that time.

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ECAS activities:
Symposium ("Tools for an Unknown Future")28.05. - 30.05.2012
Date 28.05.2012
Action Speaker (Theme I: Cultural Festivals and Events as Laboratories)
City / Location
Participants Simon Brault [CA]
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/719-theme-i-cultural-festivals-and-events-as-laboratories


 
Date 28.05.2012
Action Keynote address "Festivals as Labs" (Theme I: Cultural Festivals and Events as Laboratories)
City / Location
Participants Ela Kagel [DE]
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/719-theme-i-cultural-festivals-and-events-as-laboratories


 
Date 28.05.2012
Action Discussion "Festivals as Creative Practice" (Theme I: Cultural Festivals and Events as Laboratories)
City / Location
Participants Panel
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/719-theme-i-cultural-festivals-and-events-as-laboratories


 
Date 28.05.2012
Action Keynote address, "Networked Biorhythms, the Last Frontier?" (Theme II: Bridging Cultural Sectors, Different Media, and Enabling Citizen Innovation )
City / Location
Participants René Barsalo [CA]
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/721-theme-ii-bridging-cultural-sectors-and-different-media-and-enabling-citizen-innovation


 
Date 28.05.2012
Action Discussion & Case Studies "Vanishing Boundaries and New Beginnings" (Theme II: Bridging Cultural Sectors, Different Media, and Enabling Citizen Innovation)
City / Location
Participants Panel
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/721-theme-ii-bridging-cultural-sectors-and-different-media-and-enabling-citizen-innovation


 
Date 29.05.2012
Action Keynote address "MP3 and Ubiquitous Audio" (Theme III: Ubiquitous Art and Music)
City / Location
Participants Jonathan Sterne [CA]
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/720-theme-iii-ubiquitous-art-and-music


 
Date 29.05.2012
Action Discussion & Case Studies "New Ways of Envisioning Public Space"
City / Location
Participants Panel
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References


 
Date 29.05.2012
Action Speaker "Toward Creative Industries" (Theme IV: The Future of Culture)
City / Location
Participants Roger Parent [CA]
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/722-theme-iv-the-future-of-culture


 
Date 29.05.2012
Action Discussion & Case Studies "Defining the Creative Economy"
City / Location
Participants Panel
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References


 
Date 30.05.2012
Action Keynote address (Theme V: The Rise of Creative Cities)
City / Location
Participants Drew Hemment [UK]
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/723-theme-v-the-rise-of-creative-cities


 
Date 30.05.2012
Action Discussion & Case Studies "Branding Cities"
City / Location
Participants Panel
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/723-theme-v-the-rise-of-creative-cities


 
Date 30.05.2012
Action Presentation
City / Location
Participants European Urban Media Network
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/718-mutek_lab


 
Date 30.05.2012
Action Discussion "The Networked, the Participatory, and the Visible City"
City / Location
Participants Panel
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/724-theme-vi-connecting-cities-visions-of-an-urban-identity


Workshops & presentations during MUTEK_Lab28.05. - 30.05.2012
Date 28.05. - 30.05.2012
Action A.P.P.I.A. Workshop & Installation
City / Location PHI Center, 407, Saint-Pierre Street Montréal, Qc, Canada H2Y 2M3, Espace B (2nd floor)
Participants Thomas Dumke, Matthias Härtig, Johanna Roggan, Jacob Korn, Joanna Szlauderbach
Sponsoring PartnersTMA
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 62
CYNETART Katalog / Magazine 2012, pg. 11ff
Online References MUTEK page (archived at archive.org)
MUTEK page
TMA page incl. Video snippets
MUTEK News Page
Description This three-day lab explores sound aesthetics and mental body awareness within a motion-tracking environment. Participants are invited to explore specific sounds for specific movements. How does the sound feel like in your body? How can movement change the texture of sound in order to make it more suitable to what we want to communicate toward an audience?

 
Date
Action Workshop and lecture with Raumlabor Berlin
City / Location Scène Financière Sun Life, Wednesday && Place de la Paix on Thursday to Saturday
Participants Markus Bader (Workshop leader)
Sponsoring PartnersDISK
Print
Online References http://www.mutek.org/en/news/428-mutek-reveals-the-2012-digi_section-conference-series


Description Our cities are works in progress. This workshop allows participants to produce a temporary installation exploring the hidden potential of urban space; the aim is to collaboratively intervene in Montreal’s public space by producing a temporary installation that will explore the potentials of urbanity as a place for interaction, informal meeting and imagination.

 
Date 01.06. - 02.06.2012
Action Workshop 4: "Satellite Sonification"
City / Location 1182, Saint-Laurent Blvd Montréal, Canada / Monument-National
Participants ICAS / ECAS, Reni Hofmüller
Sponsoring PartnersORF / musikprotokoll
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 72
Online References http://musikprotokoll.orf.at/en/news/mutekmusikprotokoll-satellite-sonification-workshop
http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/712-workshop-4

DescriptionReni and Jogi Hofmüller present a musikprotokoll/MUTEK workshop at the MUTEK Festival in Montreal. This two-day workshop follows an introductory presentation, and offers a hands-on experience on how to produce sound based on a satellite's positional data.

Participants will learn how to acquire and use the TLE sets that describe satellite telemetry. A demonstration will also be provided for how to integrate this data into sound-generating software.
 
Date 31.05.2012
Action "Satellite Sonification" Digi_Selection Workshop presentation
City / Location Studio Hydro-Quebec (ground floor) of the Monument-National
Participants ICAS / ECAS, Reni Hofmüller, Jogi Hofmüller
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 72
Online References MUTEK News
http://sat.mur.at/

Description This presentation offers an introduction on how to produce sound based on a satellite's positional data via a demonstration of satellite signal sonification and a presentation of the mur.sat space art project that aims to send a collectively-owned satellite into orbit.

The presentation is open to all, and takes place in the Studio Hydro-Quebec (ground floor) of the Monument-National. Note that Day 1 is a presentation day, then followed by a 2-day hands-on workshop (see Workshop 4 below), which requires an RSVP.
 
Date 30.05.2012
Action Workshop 1: "A Collaborative Search for >Tools for an Unknown Future<"
City / Location
Participants ICAS / ECAS
Sponsoring Partners
PrintMutek '12 print program, pg. 72
Online References


Performance KoΔek28.05.2012
Action Performance KODEK
City / Location
Participants Raivo Vainovskis
Sponsoring PartnersSkaņu Mežs
Print
Online References http://www.skanumezs.lv/en/2012/kodek-in-montreal-and-new-york/
http://ecasnetwork.org/blog/kodek-in-montreal-and-new-york/
http://www.easyget.lv/muzika/read/47133/
production of ICAS Radio25.05. - 01.06.2012
ICAS RADIO from MUTEK '12 - Montréal
City / Location
Participants Susanna Niedermayr, Oliver Baurhenn
Sponsoring Partners DISK / ORF / musikprotokoll
Print
Online References http://musikprotokoll.orf.at/en/news/bridges-new-ways-zeit-ton-extended
 


Galleries:

A.P.P.I.A. Lab

TMA / CYNETART crew during their A.P.P.I.A. workshop and strolling around the city, came along the Raumlabor workshop.


Photos shot by Thomas Dumke

LINKS

http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/events/2012/663-mutek-montreal-festival-2012
http://ecasnetwork.org/blog/icas-symposium-at-mutek/
http://archive.ctm-festival.de/news/current-news/news/article//icas-symposium-at-mutek.html
http://www.diskberlin.de/


Details MUTEK_Lab

Open to the public, MUTEK_Lab is a professional gathering that explores the ever-strengthening links between creativity – whether it be musical or digital – and innovation. Collaborative initiatives, new practices, fluidity between artistic and commercial spheres, and new avenues of financing are all issues that define the new cultural milieu. Meanwhile, the reach of creative endeavours today often spans great distances from its presenting source, a dynamic that’s increasingly inspiring and influencing new works produced by artists.

What are the consequences of these major shifts in the creation, context, and presentation of new art forms,and how can creativity contribute to the development of unique city identities? What infrastructures exist to take advantage of these new developments and channels, and what are the new financial solutions for surviving in an economy of increasing scarcity? It is in this light that MUTEK_Lab, working with ICAS and ECAS, aims to bring together the pertinent professionals from the worlds of culture, design, urban planning, marketing, communications, and innovation who will ultimately provide answers to these very questions.

Featuring a mix of keynotes, panels, case studies and presentations, the Tools for an Unknown Future symposium is a 3-day conference aimed at elaborating a cohesive view of the current trends within groundbreaking artistic mediums and proposing visions for the future. All activities will take place at the PHI Centre, a brand-new multidisciplinary arts complex located in the Old Port of Montreal, which showcases the effervescence and diversity of current artistic practices within its four floors.

The details:
May 28 – 30, 9am to 5:30pm daily
PHI Centre (407 St. Pierre street)
FREE ENTRY with RSVP.
This project is realised with the support of the Culture Program of the European Union. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

2012

ECAS Partner Meetings Overview

Working Period II