Art.on.Wires

Alexander Eichhorn — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:38:17 +0000

The first Art.on.Wires Festival was organised as a four-day event from May 10-13 2010 at Kanonhallen, an old industry hall in Oslo. The founder, Alexander Eichhorn, arranged together with Alexander Refsum Jensenius and Ulli Dibowski an event in spirit of 9 Evenings, the first large-scale collaboration between artists, engineers and scientists organised by Robert Rauschenberg [...]

About the Art.on.Wires Society

Alexander Eichhorn — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:31:49 +0000

The Art.on.Wires Society is an independent not-for-profit organisation dedicated to connect artists, designers and engineers to promote cultural and technical innovation founded by Alexander Eichhorn and Ulli Dibowski in 2010. Art.on.Wires provides collaboration platforms and infrastructure for sharing, making, creating, exploring and inventing new technologies and novel intercultural communication forms. We collaborate with cultural institutions, [...]

History

Alexander Eichhorn — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:30:59 +0000

Art.on.Wires began as an idea in 2010, where Alexander Eichhorn, a researcher at the Simula Research Laboratory in Oslo, Norway, arranged an Arts & Engineering Festival in the spirit of 9 Evenings, the first large-scale collaboration between artists, engineers and scientists organised in 1966 by Robert Rauschenberg and Billy Klüver in New York. Our mission [...]

Watch the Art.on.Wires Festival Docu

Alexander Eichhorn — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:30:34 +0000

Video by Katrin Beckmann

Past Art.on.Wires Media Festivals

Alexander Eichhorn — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:29:13 +0000

Photos from the Art.on.Wires 2011 Festival

Alexander Eichhorn — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:28:38 +0000

Art.on.Wires Festival has officially started

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 25 May 2011 10:40:42 +0000

The Art.on.Wires Media Festival has officially started with a welcome note (PDF) from Alexander Eichhorn and Ulli Dibowski. Day 1 is filled with talks from invited artists and researchers who willtalk about their recent work and innovations. Watch our live video streams at mms://streaming-internet.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/aow. They are kindly provided by FeM, Forschungsgemeinschaft Elektronische Medien, Ilmenau.

Glowing Pathfinder Bugs

Alexander Eichhorn — Sun, 22 May 2011 12:17:35 +0000

a Squidsoup project Glowing Pathfinder Bugs, an interactive art project primarily aimed at children, uses projection to visualise virtual bugs on a real sandpit. The bugs are aware of their surroundings and respond to its form in their vicinity. By changing the shapes and forms in the sand, the bugs’ environment is altered in real [...]

netChimes

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:23:19 +0000

NetChimes is a collection of wind actuated instruments, distributed throughout the Earth, which are capable of sending and receiving state information via OSC (the Open Sound Control protocal) over wide area networks. As individual chimes are struck locally (according to wind conditions, the action is reported to the network and repeated on a similar (mirror) [...]

Cubes 2009

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:14:31 +0000

Gary Kupzcek, sound design Laura Thompson, prototyping, build, and concept Jason Geistweidt, programming and concept Description Cubes 2009 is an interactive, multi-channel, computer-controlled sound installation created in the Interactive Arts and Media Program of Columbia College Chicago. Comprised of a collection of translucent cubes, the installation reacts both visually and sonically to user manipulation. As [...]

Friday Night: art.on.wires vs. ELECTRO FIESTA

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:01:48 +0000

Electronica and Minimal Doors open: 19:30h – 3:00h CC 100NOK (for everyone with an art.on.wires festival ticket and before 23h) // 150NOK (after 23h) Lineup Live Dance: Collage Study #1 http://art-on-wires.org/archives/1379 Live: Lars from Mars http://soundcloud.com/larsgraugaard Live: Jacob Korn http://soundcloud.com/jacob-korn Mich Riv, MondayDriv, Davide.C ( ELECTRO FIESTA ) http://soundcloud.com/dj-mick-2 Rainer W, (Hoerschaden) http://soundcloud.com/rainer_wachtelborn

Saturday Night: Performances, Dubstep & Skweee

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:00:10 +0000

Live Performances, Dubstep and Skweee Doors open: 19:30h – 03:00h CC 100NOK (for everyone with an art.on.wires festival ticket and before 23h) // 150NOK (after 23h) Lineup Live: Lola and Yukao Meet http://lolaandyukaomeet.com/ Live: Nick Collins – Microtonal Set http://art-on-wires.org/archives/1337 Live: Jackson 4 – The Loop http://art-on-wires.org/archives/1334 Live: V.C., Helsinki, Skweee, http://soundcloud.com/v-c Muamad, Frankfurt, Dubstep [...]

Art.on.Wires Friday and Saturday Night

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:28:02 +0000

Collage Study #1

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:01:49 +0000

This performance is derived from a three-hour workshop taking place in the afternoon session of Art on Wires. It is an exploration between two sites (UC Berkeley and the Art on Wires workshop studio) – layering digital materials, virtual bodies, and creating new places within which the performers resonate and communicate. The performance will last [...]

Lola and Yukao Meet

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:00:59 +0000

The LYM experience and the Drawing Machine Lola Ajima, and Yukao Nagemi http://lolaandyukaomeet.com/ This performance will be an opportunity to discover the drawing machine. Based on a versatile environment for fluid interactive digital drawing, and programed on shaders, the drawing machine remotivates the use of free hand drawing in digital performances. It offers new perspectives [...]

Nick Collins – Microtonal Set

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:00:06 +0000

Time: Friday, 28.5. 20:30h This set will explore various generative microtonal works, including live coded soundscapes, controlled detuning, dissonance manipulation in a 28-tone equal tempered space, and a decisemitonal sonata with an infinitely long development section (the set may seem a little long at this point). Experimental iPhone apps including RISCy and TOPLAPapp may also [...]

Jackson 4 – The Loop

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 18 May 2011 07:00:46 +0000

Tom Davis, Jason Dixon, Alain Renaud, and Jason Geistweidt Time: Friday, 28.5. 21:00h Jackson4 is a collaborative investigating the possibilities of co-located performance, decentralised composition, and the acoustics of network. Through a series of complex audio interconnections, the ensemble creates, transforms, and exchanges live source material over the performance network. As this material is processed [...]

Alexander Eichhorn — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:47:33 +0000

Pressemelding – Art.on.Wires Festival

Alexander Eichhorn — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:43:06 +0000

ART.ON.WIRES MEDIA FESTIVAL Chateau Neuf, Oslo, 25-29 May 2011. Publisert av: Art.on.Wires Society, Oslo, 9. May 2011 Mediefestivalen Art.on.Wires 2011 er at laboratorium for artister, forskere, ingeniører og Do-it-Yourself entusiaster. Den er tenkt som en lekeplass for musikere, dansere og teknologiinteressert, en happening der deltakerne forventes kan tøye faglige grenser ved egne disipliner, samt lære [...]

Press Release – Keynote talk by Christian Jaquemin

Alexander Eichhorn — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:32:04 +0000

Keynote talk: Lights and Shadows on some Art-Sci Collaborations The VIDA research theme Keywords: augmented reality; interactional phenomena between humans and computer system; virtual materiality. Published by: Art.on.Wires Society, Oslo, 9. May 2011 How would we perceive ourselves if we were clouds? How can we design an interactive audio-visual experience for a classical organ instrument? [...]

Press Release – Festival Highlight: Swarm Cubes

Alexander Eichhorn — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:17:42 +0000

Swarm Cubes Construction Workshop An illuminating Experience. Keywords: Collective behaviour, making, design, light movement, autonomous communication. Published by: Art.on.Wires Society, Oslo, 9. May 2011 DKIA’s (Digitale Konzeptuelle IT Alchemie) Nora Dibowski and Simon Laburda will guide attendees through the Swarm Cubes workshop where a very special form of interior decoration is assembled and brought to [...]

Press Release – Festival Highlight: Network Music

Alexander Eichhorn — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:02:42 +0000

Interactive Network Music Performance Tutorial Breaking Distance in Music. Keywords: Low-delay networking, performing music, mixed-reality. Published by: Art.on.Wires Society, Oslo, 9. May 2011 Alain Renaud and Alexander Carôt will lead participants through the basic principles and technologies of distributed music performances and telepresence. In the time of virtual realities and digital lifestyle, people can easily [...]

Press Release – Art.on.Wires Festival

Alexander Eichhorn — Tue, 10 May 2011 20:40:52 +0000

ART.ON.WIRES MEDIA FESTIVAL Chateau Neuf, Oslo, 25-29 May 2011. Published by: Art.on.Wires Society, Oslo, 9. May 2011 The Art.on.Wires Festival is a laboratory for intermedia-artists, researchers, engineers, and Do-it-Yourself enthusiasts. Created as a playful space for musicians and dancers and a multidisciplinary brainstorming event, the festival takes the culture of open sharing and socialising that [...]

Announcing the Art.on.Wires Media Festival 2011

Alexander Eichhorn — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:40:15 +0000

Festival for Media Arts and Digital Culture 25-29 May 2011 The Art.on.Wires Festival creates an interdisciplinary forum to explore the future of electronic arts and modern lifestyle. Art.on.Wires is best described as an open laboratory, hacker space, and meeting point for artists, designers, creative media professionals, multimedia researchers, engineers, and Do-it-Yourself enthusiasts. As an annual [...]

Networked Dance: Collage Study #1 – Where Here Meets There

Alexander Eichhorn — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:05:17 +0000

Dance in networked interactive environments gains momentum and we are particularly proud that we can present a workshop on this topic at Art.on.Wires. With a direct conection between UC Berkeley and Oslo and experienced dancers on both sides the workshop will be one of the experimental highlights of the festival. Presenters: Lisa Wymore, UC Berkeley and Liv Hanne Haugen read more...

Art.on.Wires Press – Welcome

Alexander Eichhorn — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:11:04 +0000

Welcome to the press area of the Art.on.Wires Festival 2011. Here we will keep you updated on all necessary information regarding Art.on.Wires. Please send us your contact if you wish to be included in our press distribution list. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact the press team. Raffaele Angius [...]

Press Echo

Alexander Eichhorn — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:10:12 +0000

1. June 2011 – Universitas: Kunstverkets oppfinnelse (in Norwegian) http://universitas.no/kultur/56271/kunstverkets-oppfinnelse 1. June 2011 – Intolight Blog: Festival as a Lab (in German) http://www.intolight.de/blog/festival-lab May 2011 – Dancetech.net: Daily Festival Blog by Johanna Roggan http://www.dance-tech.net/profiles/blogs/artonwires-festival-2-oslo

Press Downloads

Alexander Eichhorn — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:09:43 +0000

Here you can download our logo and a festival fact-sheet. If you need further information please contact us. Art.on.Wires Logo (white background) – eps | png | tiff Art.on.Wires Logo (black background) – eps | png | tiff Art.on.Wires Factsheet – pdf

Press Releases

Alexander Eichhorn — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:08:41 +0000

Press Release (English) – Art.on.Wires Festival – published: 9. May 2011 Pressemelding (Norwegian) – Art.on.Wires Festival – 9. May 2011 Press Release – Festival Highlight: Network Music – published: 9. May 2011 Press Release – Festival Highlight: Swarm Cubes – published: 9. May 2011 Press Release – Festival Highlight: Keynote talk by Christian Jaquemin – [...]

Press Conference

Alexander Eichhorn — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:06:08 +0000

The press conference of the Art.on.Wires Media Festival has been held on 25. May 2011 at 11:30 at Betong, Chateu Neuf (Slemdalsveien 15, 0369 Oslo).