DATES 11th-12th of February 2017

WORKSHOP As part of the V2_Community initiative we also invite artists & makers from our network to share their skills with the world. This workshop is arranged and hosted by Martin Romeo. It is a workshop on making interactive Art using Vvvv software and Kinect. To apply send an email to info@martinromeo.com.

WORKSHOP HOST Martín Romeo is an Italian-Argentinian multimedia artist-based in Venice, whose research is directed to interactive art, ranging from video installations and dance performances. Artistic director and founder of the Toolkit Festival of Venice and the Screening Festival of Trieste, he presented his work in various European and International contexts. He teaches new artistic forms connected to interactive technology among others in Belgium, China, Germany and Italy.

www.martinromeo.com www.avnode.org/toolkit-festival

WORKSHOP INFO The workshop provides the tools to build a project based on the use of real-time multimedia (digital sets, audio-visual performances, interactive installations, etc.). The following topics will be tackled: problems and phases in the construction of a process, from production to staging, in order to realize one’s artistic work. The workshop explores in terms of both theoretical and practical points of view, the aspects that make up a show of contemporary dance or an multimedia installation. It aims to further understanding of the differences in the creation of these two art forms, namely the manner and timing by which the elements are used and combined: body, sound and image.

Video demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwFgpCNC_8Y

PROGRAMME Saturday 11th Feb (10-18): Presentation of Vvvv software, learning its functions and key features that will be used during the workshop. It will be taught how to program to get the real-time exchanges starting from the multiple webcam connection to map and change the surrounding environment with its presence or movement making it interactive. Sunday 12th Feb (10-18): Introduction of Kinect camera to connect the real to the virtual; recognition of the human skeleton, identification of the movements in space, use the infrared sensor and 3D scanner. It will be given the knowledge to evaluate what are the operating characteristics to create a relationship with the environment and image. This last follows, interprets and responds according to its change and the parameters that the director-artist has preset in the software assuming the matches. English WORKSHOP LANGUAGE English

REQUIREMENTS / MATERIALS NEEDED It requires no specific knowledge: the course starts teaching the basics of Vvvv software (vvvv.org) and interactive environment with reference to contemporary art. The participants must have their own laptop (installation instructions vvvv.org/downloads | 32bit version + addons). Install also: VLC (videolan.org/vlc). Optional: a three-button mouse and a webcam.
PARTICIPANTS Minimum 6, Maximum 12

APPLICATION DEADLINE January 9

VIDEOS https://vimeo.com/martinromeo

MORE INFORMATIONS http://v2.nl/workshop-interactive-art-using-vvvv-software-and-kinect

Since 2011 Toolkit Festival (https://www.facebook.com/toolkitfestival) has been organizing meetings with international artists who move in the field of experimentation with new art forms related to interactive technology.

Workshop “Hi-Book”: 16-17 April 2016 – H. 10.00-18.00

By Martìn Romeo

It is possible combine the “book” object with the most advanced interactive technologies? The workshop provides the means and knowledge to animate and make sensitive text and images through learning the Vvvv software and direct reading devices such as a webcam / Kinect.

CONTENTS Augmented Reality: how to get amazing results for a “digital” pop-up Fiducial Tracking: a bookmark to get more visual information Color Tracking: change the atmosphere of the pages through the reading of the text

The workshop offers a chance to experience, play and learn about new technologies for the realization of an artifact of publishing imprint. It is an occasion to reflect on the “book” in an innovative way by combining different media.

PROGRAM -Learning of the main features of Vvvv software, locating a book, page allocation to participants and realization of content with images, videos and sounds. -Processing of the items collected starting from the themes of the book, proof of relationship between pages and digital images combined to build a storytelling. -Grouping of projects, creation of interactive book and exhibition trials with public presentation.

Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_dXLtI1vC8

For all info and registration: write to toolkitfestival@gmail.com (Discounts for students)

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Since 2011 Toolkit Festival has been organizing meetings with international artists who move in the field of experimentation with new art forms related to interactive technology.

The training of December 2015 provides for two workshops: interactivity of the body with Kinect camera and smart fabrics Wearable technology.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 30, 2015

Workshop “Digital Body”: 5-6 December - H. 11.00-18.00

By Martín Romeo

The workshop provides the tools to build a project based on the use of multimedia (digital sets, audio-visual performances, interactive installations, etc.). The following topics will be tackled: problems and phases in the construction of a process, from production to staging, in order to realize one’s artistic work. The workshop explores in terms of both theoretical and practical points of view, the aspects that make up a show of contemporary dance or an installation. It aims to further understanding of the differences in the creation of these two art forms, namely the manner and timing by which the elements are used and combined: body, music and image.

PROGRAM

Endless creations Introduction to Vvvv software, learning functions and main features that will be used during the workshop days. It will be shown how to program in real time, starting from the connection of multiple webcams to map and modify the surroundings by one’s presence or movement, making them interactive. With reference to the personal experience of each participant, situations and spaces to pursue a strategy of production and projects presentation will be identified.

Interactivity and body image

Kinect camera will be introduced to connect real and virtual reality: recognition of the human skeleton, identification of its movements in space and use of the infrared. Participants will be given the knowledge to understand the operational characteristics, in order to create a relationship with the image. The latter follows, responds and interprets according to its change and the parameters that the artist –director has preset in the software, assuming some matches.

REQUIREMENTS

Each participant should be equipped with his own computer running Mac or Windows and have the latest version of the Vvv software (free download from www.vvvv.org).

The workshop is open to artists, students, professionals or people interested. Knowledge of the software used is not required.

Workshop “Wearable and e-textiles”: 7-8 December - H. 11.00-18.00

By Luca Frogheri

The workshop on interactive textiles and wearable technologies aims at providing the basic tools to approach a project using some of the textile technologies today available and the prototyping board Arduino Lilypad.

PROGRAM

The course will start from the first theoretical and practical basis to handle Arduino, using kit textile sensors and will end with the realization of a practical project. Textile sensors are made of conductive fibres and are placed in the middle of two realities that share many basic values but where electronics and crafting hardly meet. This intermediate position opens a window on several developments and projects hardly possible before.

The program: Introduction to Arduino environment and Lilypad, first practical tests and approach to programming. You’ll be able to figure out how to start managing digital and analogical sensors and actuators in practice, thereafter starting to work with textile components discovering their typical features. The differences between various smart fabrics and textile sensors will be dealt with, finally creating a small project.

REQUIREMENTS

Regular attendants are asked to bring their own laptop on which the software has been previously installed (free download from www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software). No problems with different operating systems. The workshop is addressed to students, professionals, artists, fashion enthusiasts, interested in experimenting on a field somewhere between fashion, design and development of interactive projects.

BIOGRAPHIES TEACHERS

Martín Romeo is a multimedia Italian artist grown up in Argentina, whose research is directed to interactive art, ranging from video installations to dance performance. He created several cultural projects and is the artistic director of the Venice Film Festival and screening Toolkit Festival in Trieste. He teaches at ISIA and the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino and implements workshops in different settings, both educational and cultural. www.martinromeo.com

Luke Frogheri, interaction designer, develops interactive projects for communication or artistic purposes. He has been teaching courses and workshops for interaction and wearable technologies for some time, he developed the project Eyewriter Italy and is working with several Italian EyeWriter FabLab.

Send your application to toolkitfestival@gmail.com, indicating the workshop you intend to follow.

PARTICIPANTS: Min. 7 / Max. 15

WHERE: Officina delle Zattere - Fondamenta Nani, Dorsoduro 947, Venice

TOOLKIT FESTIVAL 2014 - COMPOSITIONAL PHASES WORKSHOP 26-27-28 SEPTEMBER - Venice

Toolkit Festival presents an educational program: 3 workshops will take place on the 26, 27 and 28 of september 2014. The workshops will focus on multimedia practise and new technologies used in contemporary art. The 3-days courses will take place simoultaneously in Venice, they will last 3 days and they will allow to investigate both theoretical and practical paths. They will be held by tutors with a strong experience in the respective fields of research: interactive and digital scenogaphy (Martin Romeo), multidisciplnary connections between art and science and augmented reality (Luca Pozzi), sound-design (Andrea Santini).

The three workshops focus on three different fields of research, but they have a common purpose, which is to get the participants to learn specific tools in order to be able to create a personal artistic project. On the final day there will be a collective moment, opened to public, in which the concrete results of the courses will be shown, in order to open critical and dynamic discussion about digital and interactive art, and to stimolate the exchange of experience among the differents facets in the multimedia research.

WORKSHOP 1 : Realizing images

CONCEPT The workshop provides the tools needed to build a project based on the use of multimedia (interactive sceneries, audiovisual performances, projection mapping, body tracking, etc..). It will deal with the phases and the problems of the construction of the process, from production to staging, to be able to create your own artistic work. The workshop examines both the theoretical and the practical aspects of the realisation of an interactice dance show, theatre piece or artistic installation. The aim of the course is to get to undertsand the main differences among these different artistic practices, that’s to say: the methodology and the timing used to combine differents elements involved in the performance (body, music, image).

PROGRAM Presentation of the software VVVV, learning of its functions and of the basic characterictics which will be used during the lessons. Participants will learn how to programme in real time, starting from the connection of several webcams, in order to map and modify the environment with the movements of the body, to make the space interactive. Referring to the personal experience of each participant, we will find out situations for the projects, to learn a concrete strategy for the realization of a personal interactive project. We will learn how to use the Kinect device camera, to connect the virtual to the real, identification of the human skeleton, identification of its movements in the space, use of the infrared. Participants will be given all the notions in order to understand the operation to create a connection with the image. The image follows, reacts and re-enacts the movements of the body, depending on its own changement, and also on the parameters that the artist-director have set in the software.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwFgpCNC_8Y

SOFTWARE AND TOOLS VVVV

REQUIREMENTS You have to bring your own computer with Mac or Windows system; you have to download the VVVV software (from the website Downloads)

TUTOR Martìn Romeo

MARTIN ROMEO _ BIO: Martin Romeo is a multimedia artist whose research is directed to interactive art, ranging from video installations and dance performances. Born in Carrara in 1986, he grew up in Buenos Aires and returned to Italy in 1999. He participates in numerous international festivals such as the Festival of Youth Experimental Art Projects in Belarus and the 29th International Sarajevo Winter Festival in Bosnia-Herzegovina. His works have been exhibited at the Inside-Out Art Museum in Beijing, in Slovenia in Maribor (European Cultural Capital 2012), and various biannual events such as the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice, the Italian pavilion Porto Vecchio Trieste, and the 15th Biennial of Mediterranean in Thessaloniki, Greece. He has created several interactive art projects, and since the 2011 he has been the artistic director and of the Toolkit Festival in Venice. http://www.martinromeo.com

Martin Romeo, Label (2011), interactive dance (photography by Emanuele Girotti)

WORKSHOP 2 : The messages of gravity . Fascinations about the meaning of the term network between art, theoretical physics and new technologies

CONCEPT Primarily designed as an overview of very little explored themes in “visual fields” such as Quantum Gravity Electrodynamics, Entanglement, Tunneling Effect, String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity, the workshop will provide the imaginative basis which can help overcome the stereotypes linked to a Euclidean conception of the universe. We will deal with dimensionally augmented reality, which is contradictory, because actions occur simultaneously in several places and time, rather than proceeding linearly, performs unsettling jumps.

PROGRAM Step 1: Overview Theoretical Physics (The Elegant Universe DVD - The Fabric of the Cosmos) + conversation about E.Abbott ‘s “Flatland: A Romance of Many dimensions” in a contemporary way. Step 2: Exploring the visual arts (Example research: Luca Pozzi). Step 3: Museum visit in Venice (and Biennale of architecture) to apply augmented reality exercises in front of the works of the past. Collective conversation based on images collected with smart phones and other devices.

SOFTWARE AND TOOLS Laptop, Smartphone, Tablet, audio recorder

REQUIREMENTS Transversal vision, with particular curiosity for interdisciplinary scientific field. Language: english (intermediate).

TUTOR Luca Pozzi

LUCA POZZI _ BIO: Luca Pozzi (1983) is a visual artist based in Milan. The space-time is an all-encompassing container, where everything is next to each other in an holistic sense. There is a strange feeling of frozen time. Past, present and future are indistinguishable. A series of multidisciplinary correspondences are converging into a beautiful network of pure and basic information beyond geographical, political and linguistic borders. The importance of the less intuitive aspects of our reality: quantum gravity, teleportation, entanglement, augmented reality, time travel, cosmology and biodiversity. The result of an unusual correlation between theoretical physics, informatics and contemporary art. Amoung the most recent solo exhibitions are W.O.G.U. Pennsylvania-Italy 1983/2009 in 2009 and U-DRAWINGS in 2010 (at Galleria Federico Luger, Milan); A.E.W.O.M. Le Strabisme du Dragon in 2010 (at Museo Marino Marini, Florence) http://www.lucapozzi.com

Luca Pozzi, Làputa Pyramid (2010), electromagnetic levitation field, caucciù, green marble, wood pedestals, 100x43x42 cm

WORKSHOP 3 : Reinventing the sound. Introduction to audio programming in Pure Data

CONCEPT This introductory workshop is intended to provide the basis for the programming of tools, systems and applications for audio and interactive sound design, using the software Pure Data. Musicians, sound designers, DJs and performers can invent original ways to generate and control the sound of their productions and live performances, for example using body movements, objects, or sensors that become integral part of their music performance. With the integration of theoretical and practical knowledge, at the end of the workshop, the participants will be able to design and develop simple ‘music’ systems by using a range of hardware and software solutions , even low cost. The workshop will stimulate the participants to use the resources available in the web in a critical, creative and innovative way . It will take into account both the artistic and aesthetic-expressive functions and the different contexts and types of participants to the project.

PROGRAM Step 1: General Introduction to the programming environment Pure Data and analysis of some examples followed by group discussion. Steps 2 and 3: Design and development of a simple sound system in Pure Data accompanied by critical reflection about usability and creative-expressive validity of the project.

SOFTWARE AND TOOLS PureData

REQUIREMENTS Good knowledge of Windows or Mac operating systems and familiarity in production or musical performance with the computer. Participants will use their own computer (operating system Mac or Windows), and it is advisable to pre-install the latest version of Pure Data available free at the site (http://puredata.info/). Other specific requirements concerning hardware and software will be discussed during the workshop, depending on the projects to be developed.

TUTOR Andrea Santini

ANDREA SANTINI _ BIO: A strong supporter of multidisciplinary approaches, Andrea operates chiefly as a creative artist, lecturer and researcher in the fields of electroacoustic music, live electronics, sound art, new media, theatre and audiovisual interaction. In 2012 he has completed a DELfunded PhD project on spatial audio and live- ectronics at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (Queen’s University, Belfast) focusing on the spatial music of Venetian composer Luigi Nono. Since 2011 he has been working as a lecturer and Campus Academic Coordinator for SAE Institute (in Ljubljana and London). Andrea is co-founder and technical director of creative research group UBIKteatro (Venice area). His audiovisual work has been presented at several galleries and festivals : Kernel Festival (Milan, IT, July 2011), Nem Summit (Turin, IT 2011), Toolkit Festival, (Venice, IT 2012), Sonorities, Festival of Contemporary Music (Belfast, UK 2012), Salone del Mobile (Milan, IT 2013), Tokyo Experimental Festival (Tokyo, JP, 2013), Earzoom Festival (Ljubljana, SI, 2013), Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK, 2014). http://www.ubikteatro.com

Andrea Santini, Quadrifonia (2013)

Information:

PERIOD: 26 september 2014 (11:00 – 18:00) 27 september 2014 (11:00 – 18:00) 28 september 2014 (11:00 – 18:00)

VENUE Officina delle Zattere, Venice

LANGUAGES: italian and english

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS Min. 5 / Max. 10 people for each workshop.

PRICE FOR ONE WORKSHOP 100€

DEADLINE 22 september 2014

SUBSCRIPTION AND INFORMATION mail to : longhi.lucia@gmail.com

WWW.TOOLKITFESTIVAL.COM

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From 10 to 22 of August at Synagogue “Point of Views” is a multimedia opera by Martìn Romeo. It was especially relized for XXX Fuori Festival in the Sinagoga / via delle Scuole Nuove - Pesaro - where the show start from 19.00 to 23.00.

The Sinagoga’s space, with a rich environment full of beautiful decoration in the high ceiling, speakes perfectly with this opera video, through multi- projection and video - mapping making a scenic digital design beams on the high part of the space, and an interaction between the visitors and the opera by table - mirrors.

http://www.xxxfuorifestival.com/ http://www.martinromeo.com/ http://www.toolkitfestival.com/

PHOTO: © Valentina Rachiele

MARTIN ROMEO | The Method | spettacolo di danza interattiva

di Martin Romeo coreografia | Nicoletta Cabassi danzatori | Cristine Sonia Baraga e Andrea Zardi musiche | Stefano D’Alessio

evento in collaborazione con Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Toolkit Festival e Università IUAV di Venezia

Gli incroci tra linguaggi e discipline artistiche sono sempre al centro dell’attenzione del Teatro Fondamenta Nuove di Venezia.

È certamente questo il caso di The Method, spettacolo di danza interattiva ideato dall’artista neomediale Martin Romeo che debutterà sabato 25 gennaio alle ore 21 in un evento speciale che si preannuncia da non perdere e che è caratterizzato dalla felice collaborazione con la Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, il Toolkit Festival e l’Università Iuav di Venezia.

The Method è un’opera ai confini tra performance e installazione e s’inserisce all’interno del progetto artistico di Martin Romeo, focalizzato sull’esplorazione del corpo umano in relazione con la tecnologia digitale. Il lavoro dell’artista, ora in residenza presso la Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, implica l’utilizzo della tecnologia finalizzata alla costruzione d’installazioni e spettacoli di danza interattiva in cui lo spettatore, avvicinandosi all’opera, annulli il proprio ruolo di osservatore passivo. L’idea di creare uno spettacolo in cui confluiscono proiezioni digitali e danza contemporanea nasce dall’intenzione di far convergere diverse forme artistiche in un’unica esperienza, in cui i ruoli del performer e del regista non siano più nettamente distinti, ma si fondano coinvolgendo anche il pubblico in una dimensione totalizzante.

In The Method i due danzatori Cristine Sonia Baraga e Andrea Zardi, su coreografia di Nicoletta Cabassi e accompagnati dalle musiche di Stefano D’Alessio, daranno vita ad un’opera dall’autorialità multipla in cui l’aspetto interattivo connetterà danza, musica e scenografia digitale. Lo spettacolo culminerà in un’installazione permanente che sarà esposta presso la sede della Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Piazza San Marco a Venezia in occasione della mostra finale degli studi.

The Method è stato preceduto dalla performance interattiva Label che Martin Romeo ha presentato al Teatro Miela di Trieste nel 2011, nell’ex Chiesa di Santa Marta a Venezia e al Centro Culturale Trevi di Bolzano nel 2012 e infine al Kilowatt Festival di Sansepolcro nel 2013. Il progetto continuerà durante una residenza artistica presso Inside-Out Art Museum di Pechino a partire da febbraio 2014.

Martin Romeo è un artista multimediale la cui ricerca è rivolta all’arte interattiva, spaziando tra videoinstallazioni e performance di danza. Nato a Carrara nel 1986, cresce a Buenos Aires fino al ritorno in Italia nel 1999. Partecipa a numerosi festival internazionali, tra cui il Festival of Youth Experimental Art Projects in Bielorussia e il 29° International Sarajevo Winter Festival in Bosnia-Erzegovina. I suoi lavori sono stati esposti presso i Musei Capitolini alla Centrale Montemartini di Roma, in Slovenia a Maribor (capitale europea della cultura 2012), e a varie biennali tra cui la 54° Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte di Venezia, all’interno del Padiglione Italia di Porto Vecchio a Trieste, e la 15° Biennale del Mediterraneo a Salonicco in Grecia. Come direttore artistico del Toolkit Festival di Venezia è riuscito a creare un punto d’incontro per l’arte interattiva in Italia.

Web: www.martinromeo.com

Program

MAY 8 2013

Hr 12: press conference at A plus A Slovenian Exhibition Centre

MAY 9 2013

Hr 10: Opening of the three exhibition spaces Hr 17: lnauguration at Officina delle Zattere Hr 19: Inauguration at A plus A Slovenian Exhibition Centre Hr 21: Cocktail party at Palazzo Malipiero

MAY 10 2013

Hr 18: Talk dedicated to New Media Art with Mauro Arrighi, Sonia Ciliari, Stefano Coletto and Quayola at Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation – Palazzetto Tito

MAY 11 2013

Hr 10-18: exhibition of art works made by the students of the workshop with Otolab and Dotdotdot Hr 18: meeting the artists at Officina delle Zattere

Artists

Anna Diaz & Jordi Planas (Spain), Dimension+ (Hong Kong), Espaysantacruz Studio (Spain), Anni Garza Lau (Mexico), Nikolas Schmid-Pfaehler & Carolin Liebl (Germany), Lars Lundehave Hansen (Denmark), Robert Mathy (Austria), Morast (Austria), Nohista (France), Ricardo O’Nascimento & Ebru Kurbak (Brazil-Italy), Lorenz Potthast (Germany), Daniel Schwarz (Germany) e Signal to Noise (Great Britain).

Workshop

May 9-10-11 2013 from 10 to 18 at Officina delle Zattere The two workshops with artistic collectives Otolab and Dotodtodt represent an important formative opportunity and a moment of didactic exchange inside the program of Toolkit Festival. The audience will have the possibility to work side by side with competent artists, taking a closer look into their activities and contributing to the construction of an interactive installation which will be exhibited at the Officina dell Zattere on May 11 2013.

Exhibition spaces

A plus A Slovenian Exhibition Centre, San Marco 3073 Officina delle Zattere, Fondamenta Nani, Dorsoduro 947 Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079 Palazzetto Tito, Dorsoduro 2826 Guided tours from 10 to 18

FREE ADMISSION www.toolkitfestival.com

WORKSHOP CON OTOLAB 9-10-11 MAGGIO 2013

Otolab nasce nel 2001 a Milano da un gruppo di affinita’ che vede musicisti, dj, vj, videoartisti, videomaker, web designer, grafici e architetti unirsi nell’affrontare un percorso comune nell’ambito della musica elettronica e della ricerca audiovisiva. I progetti vengono sviluppati attraverso il lavoro di laboratorio, i seminari e le live performance, secondo principi di mutuo confronto e sostegno, di libera circolazione dei saperi e di sperimentazione. La produzione si compone di progetti collettivi e individuali per i quali vengono utilizzati linguaggi che vanno dall’elettronica sperimentale alla techno, dal dub alle sonorità industriali, sempre alla ricerca di un rapporto simbiotico con l’immagine e il video. Otolab è un’associazione culturale che produce live media, progetti audio e audiovisivi, installazioni, seminari e workshop. In questi anni di lavoro, sono stati ospitati in festival, manifestazioni culturali, musei e gallerie nazionali e internazionali e hanno collaborato alla realizzazione di iniziative culturali autogestite.

La finalità principale del workshop è quella di esplorare le inaspettate e interessanti potenzialità del software Ableton Live! nel campo della produzione e sonorizzazione di clip video. I partecipanti a questa full-immersion di 2 giorni saranno introdotti al percorso che ne presenta l’utilizzo convenzionale nella costruzione di liveset e produzioni audio, per poi includere l’ambito del visual, in un percorso che partendo dalle tecniche di montaggio dell’audio-visivo, condurrà alla realizzazione di una vera e propria performance live. Verranno inoltre evidenziate le potenzialità di live! nel campo del Vjing, utilizzato in abbinamento con softwares specifici quali Modul8 e Isadora. Gli studenti avranno la possibilità di progettare il proprio liveset, partendo dall’analisi “dall’interno” di Bleeding, la performance di otolab che ha partecipato al KontrasteFestival di Krems in Austria e Visionsonic di Parigi. I lavori performativi creati durante il workshop saranno esposti al pubblico l’11 maggio 2013 presso l’Officina delle Zattere.

SPECIFICHE Data: 9-10, presentazione – screening dei lavori 11 maggio 2013 Luogo: Officina delle Zattere Durata: 14 ore Docenti: Fabio Volpi Numero di partecipanti: minimo 4, massimo 10 Competenze richieste: nessuna Materiale necessario: un pc o mac. Per chi fosse interessato, è possibile portare con sé anche schede audio e strumenti esterni sinth, chitarre, etc. Costo: 120 Euro Iscrizioni: entro lunedì 29 aprile 2013

WORKSHOP CON DOTDOTDOT 9-10-11 MAGGIO 2013

Dotdotdot, gruppo fondato nel 2004, innesca contaminazioni tra arte, architettura, allestimento e design con nuove tecnologie e nuovi media, per raggiungere quel confine tra performance, esplorazione e evento, sempre caratterizzato dal forte legame con lo spazio circostante.

Interactive Urban Spaces è un progetto di riflessione sulla città, sulle relazioni fra gli abitanti che vivono i suoi spazi pubblici intessendo relazioni e generando interazioni incontrandosi. Questo progetto vuole essere una riflessione sulle nostre necessità, le necessità degli abitanti, i modi di abitare il sestriere e lo spazio pubblico, la cultura e le usanze del luogo, con l’obiettivo di interferire attraverso l’inatteso. Per un sestriere più vivibile, divertente, condiviso, dove lo spazio pubblico viene ripensato, trasformato e rigenerato attraverso la ricerca, la sperimentazione e l’innovazione, attraverso interventi/accadimenti/ installazioni che coinvolgano gli abitanti. Un’operazione di interesse pubblico, in cui la priorità viene data alla qualità dei rapporti umani fra i cittadini attraverso azioni poetiche, per un eco-quartiere sperimentale dove le idee innovative e la ricerca di sostenibilità divengono fatti urbani concreti e manifesto culturale. Durante il workshop sarà realizzata un’installazione partecipata che coinvolgerà gli abitanti del sestriere e che terrà conto dell’ambiente circostante.L’installazione sarà in mostra presso l’Officina delle Zattere l’11 maggio 2013.

SPECIFICHE Data: 9-10 presentazione – screening dei lavori 11 maggio 2013 Luogo: Officina delle Zattere Durata: 24 ore Numero di partecipanti: minimo 10, massimo 30 Competenze richieste: competenze informatiche di base, preferibilmente dimestichezza con strumenti come foto ritocco e editor video Materiale necessario: pc o mac con bootcamp/windows Costo: 120 Euro Iscrizioni: entro lunedì 29 aprile 2013

TOOLKIT FESTIVAL | CONTEMPLATIVE PATHWAYS

Toolkit Festival 2013 Venice, Italy, May 9-10-11, 2013 International Open Call Deadline: January 21, 2013

Toolkit Festival is back. After the success of the two previous editions (Venice, Italy, 2011-2012), the committee has decided to promote an international call to determinate the participation of artists for the 2013 edition. Toolkit Festival will be held once again in Venice, Italy, on May 9-10-11, 2013.

Toolkit Festival is a festival dedicate to interactive and multimedia art and it has been conceived by Martin Romeo. It gained attention and success within the national artistic community in a short lapse of time, involving numerous institutions and professional artists in the field of New Media Art.

The title for the edition of Toolkit Festival 2013 is “Contemplative Pathways”. The goal is to give a global point of view, to show a vision of what occurs in the same time as performer and observer in the interactive area. The observer is invited to create with his own presence, to inhibit his view on the comprehension of singular elements. The participation is free and open to artists of every nationality of age between 20 and 35 years old. The deadline for the subscription is January 21st 2013.

Please visit www.toolkitfestival.com

Toolkit Research Workshop con gli artisti interattivi Weng Nam Yap e Karina Smigla Bobinski in attesa del Toolkit Festival 2013

15-16 novembre 2012: Weng Nam Yap

Deadline: 13 novembre 2012

1-2 dicembre 2012:

Deadline: 27 novembre 2012

Sono aperte le iscrizioni ai workshop con gli artisti Weng Nam Yap e Karina Smigla-Bobinski operanti nel campo della New Media Art, organizzati dal Toolkit Festival insieme ad A plus A Centro Espositivo Sloveno .

I workshop rappresentano un primo appuntamento con il Toolkit Festival in vista della sua terza edizione dal titolo Contemplative Pathways che si terrà a Venezia il 9, 10 e 11 maggio 2013. Gli artisti spiegheranno ai partecipanti i segreti delle loro opere interattive e concluderanno le due giornate di lavoro con una performance. Si svolgeranno presso la sede di A plus A Centro Espositivo Sloveno e avranno la durata di due giorni. Vogliono essere un’importante opportunità formativa, un momento di scambio didattico unico nel suo genere, in cui il pubblico avrà la possibilità di incontrare gli artisti e di conoscere da vicino il loro lavoro.

Weng Nam Yap è un graphic designer proveniente da Kuala Lumpur, Malesia, ma trasferitosi in Olanda dopo alcune esperienze lavorative a Barcellona e a Praga. Il suo lavoro si snoda dai più classici media cartacei a lavori multimediali che sfociano in una totale fusione tra grafica e suono: stampe di pattern geometrici che posizionati su giradischi vengono trasformati in suoni. Tra i piccoli booklet con packaging curatissimi ed eleganti, assemblati manualmente, cartoline serigrafate, poster e francobolli troviamo delle opere che riflettono la sua vita personale: alcune sono diari, altre impressioni di esperienze vissute. In questi lavori il linguaggio contemporaneo rispecchia l’autore: i riferimenti grafici orientali si mescolano ad influenze olandesi di tipo neoplastico, creando un armonia di forme pure e solennità, di rigore e dinamicità.

Karina Smigla-Bobinski, nata nel 1967 in Polonia, vive e lavora tra Monaco e Berlino. Dopo essersi laureata in pittura e comunicazione visiva all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Cracovia e di Monaco, lavora oggi su progetti che spaziano dall’interattività alle installazioni site-specific e multimediali. L’artista insegna presso il dipartimento di Arte e Design all’Università di Scienze Applicate di Asburgo, Germania. Le sue opere sono state esposte in più di trenta Paesi in festival, gallerie e musei tra cui la Biennale di Venezia e la Biennale di Busan, in Corea del Sud, il FILE Electronic Language International Festival di San Paolo e Rio de Janeiro, la VideoAKT Biennal di Berlino e LOOP - Video Art Fair di Barcellona.

Per maggior informazioni: A plus A Centro Espositivo Sloveno San Marco 3073, Venezia T 041 2770466 E info@aplusa.it W www.aplusa.it

Toolkit festival www.toolkitfestival.com

Karina Smigla-Bobinski www.smigla-bobinski.com

Yap Weng Nam http://wengnamyap.com