Micro Events

A new installation by Britt Hatzius and Tom Kok recently premiered at ‘Almost Cinema‘ 2012 at Vooruit.

"A cinematic installation of three small tables, mounted with a microscope and a small mechanical stage. Each of the three tables has a synched audio track that accompanies the partial view onto tiny fragments, remains and broken pieces. Leading you through a maze of detailed descriptions, questions and unstable verifications, the piece plays with the discrepancies between what you hear, what you are being told you are seeing, and what you are actually looking at through the lens."

It was developed at TimeLab, Gent, Belgium. More info here.

The Best Three Hours Of All The Night-Times

The ‘Literary Salon’ at the Latitude Festival played host to some bizarre occurrences this summer a portion of which is documented above by Britt Hatzius.

In a party/festival atmosphere people are asked to recline on a chaise-long and blow up a balloon until it bursts. They are filmed and a video-still of the crucial moment is chosen, together with onlookers, and printed out. Over the evening a display of these images starts to grow. Involuntary reaction obliterates any decision of how to present oneself for this unusual ‘portrait’, and in so doing creates a ‘natural’ picture of our expressive mechanism in a split second of crisis.

Originally developed by Rotozaza for LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre) in 2011. It is an ongoing project.

Music: Stuzzikini by Icarus

A Fine Way to Loose Sleep

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Fiium Shaarrk shows this weekend in Austria, Switzerland and Germany & a big thanks to everyone who put us on: KV Koma, Moozak Festival, Cave 12 and Naherholung Sternchen.

Keep an eye out for more bits and pieces coming your way from the trio via their website & other social media … in the mean time you can now pre-order their forthcoming album from Bandcamp (and get the first track off the album instantly):

& get a taste of what the trio dish up live via this video:

Enjoy!

Second Summer

Great times had at Elektronisk Jazzjuice in Aarhus, consistently one of the most diverse and brilliant festivals! Devil Man, DJ Scotch Bonnet, Paradox, Radioactive Man, Mugstar, Ceephax Acid Crew, Dead Fader … epic! Check this mix by Badun for a taste of the eclecticism:

Also looking forward to a ‘Second Summer’ of last European festival appearances coming up, starting in Amsterdam with Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Khroustaliov:

Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Khroustaliov

16 September 2012, 20.15h

Festival Zinderend Laag, Bethanienklooster, Amsterdam, Barndesteeg 6b, 1012 BV Amsterdam.

with:

Tobias Klein & Oguz Büyükberber

… and continuing with Fiium Shaarrk in Switzerland, Austria and Germany:

Fiium Shaarrk

September 21st 2012 KV Koma, Ottensheim, Austria

September 22nd 2012 Moozak Festival, Rinderhalle St. Marx, Wien, Austria

September 23rd 2012 Cave 12 – Geneva, Switzerland

September 24th 2012 Naherholung Sternchen – Berlin, Germany ( + Karsten Pflum Live Set !!! )

& for you antipodeans, Ollie has been racking up some performances with the likes of Peter Hollo, Shoeb Ahmad and Evan Dorrian in Sydney, @olliebown seems to get you on the ticket …

Hope to catch you out there!