http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi isjtar.org Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:04 +0200 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:04 +0200 http://23.fi/kukkaisvoima/ en http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/triptik%3A2008-11-20%3Acatatonicstatesociety%2CPD%2Cnews http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/triptik%3A2008-11-20%3Acatatonicstatesociety%2CPD%2Cnews#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:47:04 +0200 Isjtar catatonicstatesociety PD news http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/triptik%3A2008-11-20%3Acatatonicstatesociety%2CPD%2Cnews/ http://www.maisondelacreation.org/Home ]]> http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/triptik%3A2008-11-20%3Acatatonicstatesociety%2CPD%2Cnews/feed/ http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/deflatingdb%3A2008-11-18%3Aconstantvzw%2Ckarasssuite%2Cdatabase http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/deflatingdb%3A2008-11-18%3Aconstantvzw%2Ckarasssuite%2Cdatabase#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:53:56 +0200 Isjtar constantvzw karasssuite database http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/deflatingdb%3A2008-11-18%3Aconstantvzw%2Ckarasssuite%2Cdatabase/ Karasssuite Givan Bela and I try to poke holes into the Karasss-database for an experimental performance. We'll be looking for the limitations and possibilities of databases for performances and how to creatively exploit them.
It's kind of tricky, but could become a nice piece, we'll try it again at the end of the month.
At OKNO HQ ]]> http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/deflatingdb%3A2008-11-18%3Aconstantvzw%2Ckarasssuite%2Cdatabase/feed/ http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/cssskopje%3A2008-09-28%3Acatatonicstatesociety%2Cchainreaction%2Cupgrade http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/cssskopje%3A2008-09-28%3Acatatonicstatesociety%2Cchainreaction%2Cupgrade#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:08:14 +0200 Isjtar catatonicstatesociety chainreaction upgrade http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/cssskopje%3A2008-09-28%3Acatatonicstatesociety%2Cchainreaction%2Cupgrade/
In the Catatonic State Society, all members live in a state of reduced consciousness. Saccading their heads on spastic pulses or just in plain inertia, they seem indifferent to perception. These rythmical units do interact however, they behave in surprising ways towards one another. They move in and out of sync, form complex superstructures to shift from texture to crystalline structures, rythmic pulses and back again.

But better yet, and slightly more down to earth, this is what it sounds like: CatatonicStateSociety.
A bit rough, especialy playing outside, but great fun too.

Also had a great impro-session with Skopje electronic musician Alexander Nikov and played on alternative Channel 103.
In short, it was great : ) ]]> http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/cssskopje%3A2008-09-28%3Acatatonicstatesociety%2Cchainreaction%2Cupgrade/feed/ http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/shift%3A2008-09-19%3Ashift http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/shift%3A2008-09-19%3Ashift#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:22:51 +0200 Isjtar shift http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/shift%3A2008-09-19%3Ashift/ Scary part is: we play it in Munich.
Anyway, it's turning out to be a rather multidisciplinary thing with costumes, music, dance, sound, and who knows what else.
So if you're around and into that sort of thing, do drop by.
The show is at Tube in Munich, 19 and 20 september.

]]> http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/shift%3A2008-09-19%3Ashift/feed/ http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/shiftmetro%3A2008-09-16%3Ashiftingmetropolis http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/shiftmetro%3A2008-09-16%3Ashiftingmetropolis#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:16:29 +0200 Isjtar shiftingmetropolis http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/shiftmetro%3A2008-09-16%3Ashiftingmetropolis/ We sent them out to make trajectories through the city, picking places and gathering material there. Text, audio, photo's, video, everything digital.
The material is then put into a digital framework to make a digital representation of people's Skopje.
As an interface we used a large map of Skopje and barcodes on locations, which is nice and nifty.

I had the honourable but somewhat daunting task of making the framework, which I didn't prepare and I got sick. But we pulled it off anyway and I think it was a great experience for everyone.
This was one of my locations, I learned a thing or two about 3d in the process. And got the taste of it, so expect more of that in the future.



Big thanks to all those Macedonians, organisers and participants and of course my partners in crime Annemie Maes and Shelbatra Jashari.
More documentation will follow and hopefully more cities! ]]> http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/shiftmetro%3A2008-09-16%3Ashiftingmetropolis/feed/ http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/chainreaction%3A2008-09-11%3Aupgrade%2Cchainreaction%2Ccatatonicstatesociety%2Cshiftingmetropolis http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/chainreaction%3A2008-09-11%3Aupgrade%2Cchainreaction%2Ccatatonicstatesociety%2Cshiftingmetropolis#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:29:30 +0200 Isjtar upgrade chainreaction catatonicstatesociety shiftingmetropolis http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/chainreaction%3A2008-09-11%3Aupgrade%2Cchainreaction%2Ccatatonicstatesociety%2Cshiftingmetropolis/
Together with the theatre piece Shift(unrelated besides the new media parlance) this causes me to have a pretty nasty schedule.
More info soon (or a bit later) and on the sites of line and upgrade.net ]]> http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/chainreaction%3A2008-09-11%3Aupgrade%2Cchainreaction%2Ccatatonicstatesociety%2Cshiftingmetropolis/feed/ http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/dig_gobi%3A2008-08-06%3Avisual%2Cjitter http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/dig_gobi%3A2008-08-06%3Avisual%2Cjitter#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:03:32 +0200 Isjtar visual jitter http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/dig_gobi%3A2008-08-06%3Avisual%2Cjitter/
Well, this generative piece made me think of that, but that's probably just me.


. ]]> http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/dig_gobi%3A2008-08-06%3Avisual%2Cjitter/feed/ http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/symb3%3A2008-06-23%3Anews%2Csymbiosis%2Cgamila http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/symb3%3A2008-06-23%3Anews%2Csymbiosis%2Cgamila#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:27:23 +0200 Isjtar news symbiosis gamila http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/symb3%3A2008-06-23%3Anews%2Csymbiosis%2Cgamila/ Read more |here| and mirrored on the the okno-site |here|. ]]> http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/symb3%3A2008-06-23%3Anews%2Csymbiosis%2Cgamila/feed/ http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/symb2_sc%3A2008-05-21%3Anews%2Csymbiosis%2Csupercollider http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/symb2_sc%3A2008-05-21%3Anews%2Csymbiosis%2Csupercollider#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 21:45:19 +0200 Isjtar news symbiosis supercollider http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/symb2_sc%3A2008-05-21%3Anews%2Csymbiosis%2Csupercollider/ Read more here and of course check the okno-site for updates.

Workshop: 29-30-31 May 10 - 17
Performance: 31 May 20h
@ OKNO HQ ]]> http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/symb2_sc%3A2008-05-21%3Anews%2Csymbiosis%2Csupercollider/feed/ http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/xmedk_st_erme%3A2008-04-28%3Anews%2Cxmedk http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/xmedk_st_erme%3A2008-04-28%3Anews%2Cxmedk#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:30:13 +0200 Isjtar news xmedk http://isjtar.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/xmedk_st_erme%3A2008-04-28%3Anews%2Cxmedk/
It was very inspiring event, with people of many different fields and nationalities, all connected by the media ecologies theme.
The OKNO studio was very active, we built a quite extraordinary windmill annex spaceship, we got deeper into sensored mesh-networks and unfortunately my virus-project (more on this later) bumped into some obstacles.

But, no matter where we go, our table always ends up looking like this : )



People made some great pictures, get them on flickr here.
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