Cimatics festival 2007

November 24, 2007

22-24 November 2007

Participants

Motek (B), Ogino_knauss / K-labo (IT), Jeffers Egan (US), Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit (US/GER), Qiol | Blue Box (B), Rawakari (B), Station Rose (GER), Back & Forth (B), Herrmutt Lobby (B), Fat Chance DJs & Th!n Consolation VJ’s (B), Billy Roisz & Dieb13 (AT), khmfn (GER), Scott Arford (US), Walter Verdin & Senjan (B), Quayola (IT), Otolab (IT), Postal M@rket & Diego Lazzarin (IT), VJ Kinotek (IT) , The Massive Central B), Transforma & O.S.T. (GER/US), The FuckingFucks by Kendell Geers & Patrick Codenys (B/AU), Ryoichi Kurokawa (JP), A Perfect Friend (SE) aMute & Jean Paul Dessy (B/FR), De Portables (B), Fabienne Audeoud (B), Stilll DJ’s & Visual Kitchen (B), Télésiège (B), Randy Jones (US), Marius Watz (NO), Jasch (CH), Thomas Zummer 5(US), LFT (GER), u-matic (GER), Telematique (GER), Errorsmith (GER), Tobias Grewenig (GER), LAb[au] (B), Limiteazero (IT), Holger Lippmann (GER), Olaf Bender (GER), Raster Noton (GER), VJ Theory (US)

Photos from festival on Flickr

Cimatics Festival 2005 archive page

The Cimatics Festival at its festive 5th edition

Cimatics focuses on audiovisual performances crossing borders; joining art, music and pop culture into one big audiovisual feast. At the AV Club, dj/vj-sets are intertwined with audiovisual concerts, performances and short screening of experimental videos.

The festival aims to be a Happening. Its ambitions reflect on contemporary audiovisual culture, not only by taking a distance but also by being the Gordian Knot in these connecting art forms. In that sense, the festival mashes up the different concepts of presentation and exhibition.

The festival takes place from November 22nd to 24th, with the Beursschouwburg as its central meeting point.

AV City–

Whilst the core of the festival is to be found at Beursschouwburg, Cimatics again links up with several venues and partners throughout the city center. The AV City-program presents audiovisual installations in public space. These installations have one thing in common: they can be switched ‘on’ and from there on; they function as a performance rather than an installation.

The first installation, the festival pre-opener, is the result of the collaboration of German collectives U-matic, Télématique and LFT: Adaptateur 6×6. The serene light-game of this installation, in the tunnel next to Recyclart, shall be transformed into a pumping audiovisual concert with Errorsmith. The head start for a rollercoaster festival.

MediaRuimte takes part in the AV City program with concerts on the Dexia tower, the local skyscraper that turns into a led-powered screen at night, a contemporary urban lighthouse. Experience stand-alone work and concerts by Lab[au], Limiteazero, Holger Lippmann and Olaf Bender from the Rogier-square, or try spotting it from any given point in the city as a nightly game of hide and seek! Those who prefer the more personal, indoor approach will find Tobias Grewenigs installation at the Kartell store, right next to the Beursschouwburg a welcome alternative. You’re invited for a hyper individual AV performance as you’re functioning as part of the installation: Emotions Defibrillator.

AV Theatre / AV Club-

The AV Theater program brings you audiovisual performances and concerts for a seated audience. Simultaneously in the ‘Beurskafee’, concerts, performances and screenings are presented within the experimental setting of a club, as exposition space: the AV Club.