ElectroMediaWorks’08
www.emw.gr
The Medea Electronique the E.P.H.M.E.E. (Electroacoustic Music Research and
Applications Lab, Music Dept. Ionian University, Corfu, Greece) and the Center for Music Composition & Performance (C.M.C.P.) co organize in Athens the first
international festival of mixed media arts, ElectroMediaWorks’08, from 14th to
18th of May 2008. An intense five day and night program listing international shows
and productions, for innovative media art, electronic music and cross-over art with
artists such as musicians, video artists, performers, sonic artists, involving different
arts and lifestyles.
ElectroMediaWorks 08 is open to anyone interested in the theory, technology,
philosophy and practices of mixed media arts, in today’s state-of-the-art cultural
landscape. It is hosted at a 1800-square meter industrial space down town Athens.
A complete 16-channel diffusion system will be installed for the electroacoustic
works and the live electronics and a 5.1 surround system for the video art
installations.
It takes place at the «Warehouse-Art Factory», Lamias 6 and Pireos.
Official Guests
Joel Chadabe, Carla Scalleti (Symbolic Sound Kyma), Gerard Pape, Daniel
Kientzy, Reina Portuondo, Nicholas Isherwood, ESSIM, the institute CMMAS
(Mexico) and the Institute IDKA (Sweden), Theodore Antoniou, George
Koumendakis, Dimitris Kamarotos, Michael Adamis.
Workshops
Saturday the 17th and Sunday the 18th, 12.00 – 17.30 workshops will be held
presenting new technologies and research programs. The workshops are
sponsored and organized by E.P.H.M.E.E. and CMCP.
Saturday, May 17th :
12.00 “Ear to the Earth” – Speech by Joel Chadabe. President and founder of the
Electronic Music Foundation (EMF).
13.15 Presentation of Composer Gerard Pape,
14.40 Presentation of EPHMEE
15.15 Presentation of the institute CMMAS, 16.30 presentation of the IDKA
institute.
Sunday, May 18th :
12.00 Interactive Environments: Tools, design and aesthetic considerations
presentation by Ianni Zannos.
14.30 Three Jour Laboratory – presentation of “Kyma” by Carla Scalleti.
Core Curriculum
14th -18th of May 2008, at 18.00 – 24.30 every day:
The program includes concerts and works selected from entries submitted at the
international open call, which ended March 31, 2008.
The program includes:
• 42 concerts by organizations and independent artists from 20 countries (more
than 100 works).
• 22 video art projects.
• An additional 900 square meter floor with installations (Interactive, audio and
video) will be available to visitors of the festival.
• Concert-Project in memory of Karlheinz Stockhausen with Nicholas
Isherwood.
Concert, which includes the production of “Capricorn” by K. Stockhausen and the
implementation of 4 new projects devoted to K. Stockhausen. The concert and the
open call of projects, launched in Paris in spring 2007, was organized by Gerard
Pape and Nicholas Isherwood. The world premier will take place in Athens Greece
in memory of K. Stockhausen.
The project is scheduled to be presented in 3 more countries during 2008 (U.S.,
France, Spain).
Contributing works by composers: Karlheinz Stockhausen / Germany, Eduardo
Polonio – Spain, Gerard Pape – US / France, David Felder – Spain, Maria Aloupi &
Andreas Diktyopoulos – Greece.
1) Concert – Retrosepctive of electroacoustic projects by Karlheinz Stockhausen:
Gesang der Junglinge – four channel authentic tape.
Telemusik – stereo tape
2) Concert – Retrospective of electroacoustic works by Iannis Xenakis:
La Légende d’Eer – authentic 7 channel video tape.
Kosmos X – video – tribute to Ianni Xenakis, by Efi Xirou.
3) Daniel Kientzy – Concert
The META DUO established by the saxophone player Daniel Kientzy and Reina
Portuondo (electronics) present a program of their own choice.
4) Gerard Pape – Concert
1. Faux Mouvements – eight channel tape (2007-08)
2. Clouds – six channel tape (2002)
3. Tantric Transformations – eight channel tape (2000)
5) Concert Tribute to Joel Chadabe – President and founder of the Electronic Music
Foundation (EMF)
6) Kyma Concert by Carla Scaletti
7) Greek Official Guest composers
8) Organizations, – CMMAS, IDKA, ESSIM, ERIMME, IEMA, KSYME, University
of Athens.
CREDITS
Produced by
Medea Electronique, CMCP and EPHMEE
Festival Director – Manolis Manousakis
Artistic Director – Maria Aloupi
Curator – Christos Laskaris
Production Managers – Andreas Diktyopoulos, Panagiotis Tsagarakis
Tech. Supervision – Theodor Zioutos
Audio Visual and Light Services – Rackey’s
Light Designers – BeforeLight
Loudspeaker set-up Supervision – EPHMEE (Dionysis Batjakis / Andreas Mniestris /
Thodoris Lotis)
Video Projection Set Up Designed By – Panagiotis Tsagarakis
Sound Engineer A Thodoris Zioutos
Sound Engineer B Fillipos Theoharidis
Production Assistants – Varveri Ersi, Marinos Koutsomihalis, George Tousis
Video Mastering and Authoring – Studio 19
Computer Programming and Services – Andreas Diktyopoulos
Development and Management of Web Page – Andreas Diktyopoulos, LoKey and
Christos Laskaris
Poster and Flyers Designed by – LoKey, Yiannis Lolis and Christos Laskaris
TV AD by LoKey
Production Team
Maria Aloupi, Varveri Ersi, Dionysis Batjakis, Nadia Deliyiannis, Andreas
Diktyopoulos, Giorgos Fragiskos, Marinos Giannoukakis, Kleopatra Korai, Christos
Laskaris, Yiannis Lolis, Thodoris Lotis, Manolis Manousakis, Andreas Mniestris,
Fillipos Theoharidis, George Tousis, Panayiotis Tsagarakis, Thodoris Zioutos .
Law Advices and Services – Filippos and Kosmas Koteas and associates Law
Office
Production Designed By-CMCP, MaCo Studios
UPPER ROOM (Installations)
Curator – Christos Laskaris
Tech Supervision – Thodoris Zioutos
SEMINARS / PRESENTATIONS
Organized by EPHMEE (Supported by the graduate program on the arts and
technology of sound, Ionian University, funded by the European union and National
funds).
Co-organizer CMCP (Center for Music Composition and Performance)
Curators – Andreas Mniestris / Maria Aloupi
«Warehouse-Art Factory» 6 Lamia st. and Pireos av.
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Dr. Theodore Lotis
Lecturer-Music Department
Ionian University
Old Fortress-Corfu-Greece