Reflections on Sound and Image

Generating music from live code, constructed architectural environments, interactive installations playing loops of woven patterns of fabric: NODE's performance program offered an interdisciplinary insight into the bridging of digital and analog art forms.

With a program ranging from artist talks, performances to consultation hours: The complementary program provided opportunities for experts and laymen to be inspired and engage in dialogues revolving around new technologies and their artistic use. As a highlight Creative Applications hosted a Panel on ‘Communities in Open Source Projects – Responsibilities and Challenges’.

Live performances

‘Imposition’ (Opening)

AV performance

Dark, blurry electronic music and non-linear rhythms meld with hypnotic, abstract visuals, superimposed on a matrix of rods.

‘Fabricmachine’

Artwork, AV performance

by Kathrin Stumreich

Live Coded Music

Concert, Live Coded Music

by Alex McLean

This unheard-of and magnetic sound definitely was nonrecurring: In his sound performance Alex McLean created distinctive melodies and rhythms, following the abstract rules of his code written live in a custom developed software language.

‘Patcher Kucha’

Talk

by Max Wolf

This format is designed for the spontaneous creators. During the day Max Wolf the Patcher Kucha host, collects presentations for the open mic and open stage style night.

Creative Applications Network Panel

Panel Discussion

by Kyle McDonald, Julian Oliver, Joreg, Filip Visnjic

In the age of distributed knowledge, where ideas and innovation spread at rapid speeds, what role does open-source play in mediating these new forms of dialogues?

Ryoichi Kurokawa

Berlin, Germany

ryoichikurokawa.com

Japanese artist, born in 1978, lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Kurokawa’s works take on multiple forms such as installation works, recordings and concert pieces. He composes the time sculpture with the field recordings and the digital generated structures and reconstructs architecturally the audiovisual phenomenon. In recent years, his works are shown at international festivals and museums including Tate Modern[UK], Venice Biennale[IT], Transmediale[DE], EMPAC[US], YCAM[JP] and Sonar[ES]. In 2010, he was awarded the Golden Nica at Prix Ars Electronica in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category.