Call for Proposals Now Open

Published by Alex February 12th, 2008 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

ELECTROFRINGE 2008 – CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Electrofringe 2008 is now calling for proposals for this year’s festival from artists, media makers, curators, researchers, playful experimenters, enthusiasts, writers and producers.

Electrofringe is a five day festival of electronic arts and culture occurring as part of This Is Not Art in Newcastle Australia. Electrofringe is dedicated to furthering the creative use of technology and electronic art forms with focus upon skills exchange and development. In 2008 Electrofringe is also including a residency program in Newcastle during the lead up the the festival to allow for the creation of site specific work.

Electrofringe is seeking proposals in the following program areas:

Artist and Project Presentations, Panels, Workshops, Site Specific Residencies, Special Events, Electro-Online (web based art) and Electro-Screen (single channel video based works).

WORKSHOP, PRESENTATION, PANEL AND RESIDENCY PROPOSALS ARE DUE BY THE 31ST OF MARCH 2008

ELECTRO-ONLINE AND ELECTRO-PROJECTIONS SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY THE 31ST OF MAY 2008

Please click on the ‘Proposals’ tab for more information.

Electrofringe Appoints New Directors for 2008/2009

Published by Alex February 12th, 2008 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Electrofringe announces the appointment of Melissa Delaney and Elmar Trefz to direct Electrofringe alongside Alex White in 2008. Good luck kids!

Bio for Melissa Delaney:

Melissa Delaney works within electronic art forms and text. Melissa likes words and the way they can shape the ideal world. In addition to being a member of the Wagga Space Program (since 2003 - 2008)and involved in the unsound festival, Melissa works in arts development in work she sees as social sculpture. Melissa is also currently doing a Masters in Cross Disciplinary Art and Design through College of Fine Arts (UNSW). As an artist Melissa is involved in a number of exhibition and online-based projects and enjoys collaborating with other artists.

Bio for Elmar Trefz:

Elmar Trefz works in the area of Media Art and Interaction Designer. One of his interests is the relationship between the real and the virtual world. An example was The Race Car Project at Playshop in the Yerba Buena Center of Arts, San Francisco where Internet users from the virtual world could control RC Cars in the real world. Furthermore, he is interested in how the Internet can be liberated from the screen and float freely around us. This interest is manifested in his work The Wave Pillow, where a Surfer can feel the size of the waves on the vibration of a pillow. Both of these projects were outcomes of his Residency at Futurefarmers in San Francisco, California where he also gained his first teaching experiences with Amy Franceschini at Stanford’s SUDAC Lab.

His project City Veins is based on the ubiquitous existence of Mobile Phones and their owner’s relationship with the urban environment. Its aim is to visualize Location Based interaction. He has also been involved in projects at the ZKM - Karlsruhe, Germany and the Disonancias initiative in San Sebastian, Spain. Originally, he is from Germany but studied Media Art in Melbourne, Australia and at the Media Centre of Art and Design in Barcelona, Spain where he was mentored by Claudia Gianetti. He is currently based in Sydney, Australia.

Electrofringe Screening at Japan Media Arts Festival

Published by Alex February 12th, 2008 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Japan Media Arts Festival will be screening a selection of works from the Electro-Projections program at the National Art Center Tokyo on Febuary 14th. Massive congratulations goes out to all the artists and a big thank you to Japan Media Arts Festival for this wonderful opportunity!

Japan Media Arts Festival

http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/

National Arts Center Tokyo
http://www.nact.jp/

Thanks Troika Ranch!

Published by Cat December 12th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

A very special thank you to Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stopiello of Troika Ranch Dance Theatre, New York for adding onto their hectic Australian visit to take a two day workshop for Electrofringe subscribers in Sydney this month. Workshop participants got recipes and other tips on patching in Isadora for live performance, straight from the horses’ mouths. The company’s show 16 Revolutions was featured at the festival in 2006 as part of the annual ElectroÉtre screening program.

How could you have found out about it? Join our e-group on the Mailing List page!

See You Again Next Year!

Published by Ben October 3rd, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

TINA Festival Club 2007 - Photo: Alex Davies

Photograph by Alex Davies

Electrofringe Festival 2007 went off like 74 sparklers this year (don’t try it at home) and the directors would like to thank everyone involved - the artists, festival staff and especially all of you who attended - for coming along and making it such an amazing festival. I know it’s probably time for a good night’s sleep and some nice green vegetables but work is already underway on Electrofringe 2008 so make sure you keep an eye out for announcements and the call for proposals early next year. Also, both Cat Jones and myself are hanging up our socks so to speak and so the festival is looking for new directors to come on board and work with Alex White on next year’s festival, if your interested then head across to the ‘Jobs’ section of the site for more information and get in touch.

Thanks again…

Ben Byrne

Electrofringe 2008-2009 Co-Directorships Available

Published by Alex October 2nd, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Electrofringe operates on a staggered system of Director change over, allowing new directors to be guided in their first year by more experienced directors. Electrofringe 2007 is directed by Cat Jones, Ben Byrne and Alex White but next year the festival will be directed by Alex White and two totally new people, one of which could be you. Isn’t that exciting? Co-Directing Electrofringe is an amazing opportunity and heaps of fun so if you’re interested head over to the ‘Jobs’ section of the website.

2006 + 2007 Directors and one extraordinary tech. Photograph by Cat Jones

Electrofringe 2007 has LAUNCHED!

Published by Ben September 26th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Electrofringe 2007 E-Flyer

Light Augmented

Published by Alex September 23rd, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Light Augmented is a program of site specific projections around the streets of Newcastle. Each night of the festival, teams of artists will venture forth equipped with portable power supplies, projectors and one or two brilliant ideas ready to subvert dimmest reality. Location unknown.

Thursday:
Daniel Green

Friday:
Alison Currie, Adam Synnott, Annemarrie Kohn + Cicada

Saturday:
Daniel Kotja + 7u?

Sunday:
Torunn Higgins, Toby Burville + Cameron Foster

Accessibility Program at Electrofringe

Published by Alex September 23rd, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

This year Electrofringe will host a series of events focused on accessibility and the potential of new media arts for people with specialised needs.

On Thursday September 27th Newcastle City Hall will host a number of interactive and hands on installations, which are accessible and open to all. Open Immersion will feature performances, gadgets, games and toys, and the Powerhouse Museum Special Access Kit. The events will start at midday and run through until 4pm.

On Saturday September 29th, 10:30am, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery will host a panel presentation on accessibility in the field of electronic arts. The panel will seek to rethink and challenge everyday assumptions and highlight the potential of electronic art forms as inclusive and accessible practices. Discussion will be chaired by Electrofringe Co-Director Alex White, and feature new media artist Daniel Kojta, researcher Tess O’Brien (Australian Signing Choir), and Strategic Initiatives Coordinator at Accessible Arts NSW, Jennifer Teo.

Getting Around Electrofringe 2007

Published by Ben September 22nd, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Electrofringe/TINA 2007 Map

Are you heading up to Electrofringe 2007 next weekend but wondering how you’ll find all the events? Don’t fret. You can download the map of the festival precinct above here to print out as well as a specially formatted timetable here to print out and use to navigate your way around the festival.

See you next weekend.

Electro-Online

Published by Ben September 18th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Electro-Online

Electro-Online 2007: Alternate Articulation: Ctrl-Alt-ART, will go live in conjunction with the opening of This Is Not Art Festival on September 27.

Curated by Rachael Kiang, Electro-Online 2007 is an internet-based exhibition which has engaged a number of international and Australian artists to test and subvert the limitations of the medium.

US-artists judsoN, the UK’s Stanza and Peter Horvath from Canada are all contributing works to the project, along with the launch of a new Australia Council-funded web-based work by the Australian collective, Dennis-Kratz.

Check www.electrofringe.net from September 27th to see the full exhibition

Radio Locus

Published by Ben September 17th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Radio Locus dissects the act of site-specific broadcasting into five workshops. Learn to record and edit audio, build your own micro-radio, or write words for documentary or more unleashed scripts.

Workshops include:

Radio Locus Workshop #1: Seeking Sound
Friday September 28 - 11am to 1pm - Process Space - Theresa Schubert

Learn the fundamental recording techniques for ambience, voice and music, preparing to contribute to the audio Pool, which will used for the Radio Locus broadcast mix.

Radio Locus Workshop #2: Words / Sound / Place
Friday September 28 - 1pm to 3pm - TINA Info Booth - Nic Low

Enter the field, write and record work on site, considering location through the lens of words and sounds, or the inverse. Recordings to be edited to contribute to the audio Pool and used for the Radio Locus broadcast mix.

Radio Locus Workshop #3: Build Your Own Radio
Friday September 28 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm - TPI House Workshop - Ross F Manning

Build your own micro-radio from scratch, later positioning them around Newcastle to construct the Radio Locus broadcast area.

Radio Locus Workshop #4: Impacting With Alternative Sounds
Saturday September 29 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm - Festival Club Sun Room - Sarah Le Strange

Exploring the mix between informative and playful, focusing on writing and producing creative-documentary pieces. Elements of interviews, gathered sound and music fuse to provide an alternative context for topical discussion.

Radio Locus Workshop #5: Elemental Editing
Saturday September 29 - 4pm to 6pm - Process Space - Miyuki Jokiranta

Learn basic audio-editing skills for sound collected in the field or drawn from the audio Pool, creating pieces for the final Radio Locus broadcast. Discussion addresses differences between editing for traditional and more inventive radio broadcasting.

AND… after all of that you can wander around the festival grounds on Sunday afternoon, encountering spaces where swarms of micro-radios transmit your reflections of the festival over the Tin Radio airwaves. Drop in and keep an ear out…

Electrofringe/This Is Not Art 2007 Gigs

Published by Ben September 9th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Apart from the killer daytime program of artist and project presentation, panels, screenings, workshops and more, Electrofringe, Sound Summit and This Is Not Art 2007 are presenting a huge lineup of gigs across the weekend. There are plenty of free outings, including the festival launch and closing parties as well as the Sunday Fair Day stage, and two official This Is Not Art Gigs on the Friday and Saturday nights at the Cambridge Hotle, each for just $12 plus booking with tickets are available now from www.moshtix.com.au.

This Is Not Art Festival Launch Party

When: Thur 27 Sept 2007 18:00 - 24:00 | Where: Festival Club | Event type: GIG!

Your official welcome to five days of festival joy. Join us for canapés and vino, Electrofringe’s 10th birthday cake, a juicy panel discussion on going your own way as an artist in Australia, a performance culminating from the all-day Newspeak collaboration, erotic readings, and a Newie flavoured nightcap of dark DNB featuring LSDJ and Quotient. How could you miss it?

Freq Nasty This Is Not Art Official Friday Gig

When: Fri 28 Sept 2007 20:00 - 00:00 | Where: Cambridge Hotel | Event type: GIG!

Sound Summit Presents: Freq Nasty feat Afrobots and Shawn Barry (UK), Aloc Blacc (Stones Throw), Mark Pritchard (Harmonic 33, Troubleman), Steve Spacek (UK/LA), Foreign Heights, Ivens and Plutonic Lab (VIC), Wire MC, Blastcorp (NT), Catcall, S.Y.L.K., Sleater Brockman /Spruce Lee/Jimmy Sing (Ro Sham Bo), Anna Lunoe, Radge, Captain Franco & Count Doyle (Dynamite Sounds)

Tix $12 on the door. www.moshtix.com (+BF)

Leafcutter John This Is Not Art Official Saturday Gig

When: Sat 29 Sept 2007 19:30 - 00:00 | Where: Cambridge Hotel | Event type: GIG!

Electrofringe Presents: Tim Hecker (Canada), Pimmon, Leafcutter John (UK), Sebastien Roux (France), Jason Kahn (USA), Ralph Steinbruchel (CN), Machina Aux Rock, Seaworthy, Sanso-xtro, Robin Fox, Jim Denley & Peter Blamey, Heil Spirits, Snawklor, Anonymeye

Tix $12 on the door. www.moshtix.com (+BF)

Gail Priest Sunday Fair Evening Gig

When: Sun 30 Sept 2007 17:00 - 20:00 | Where: Civic Park | Event type: GIG!

An evening of performances from Electrofringe artists in the great outdoors.
Featuring: Gail Priest, Secret Killer Of Names, Ross F Manning, Hetleveiker, Fugal Quese, Undecisive God, Anna Chase

Toy Death The Night Air Live-To-Air

When: Sun 30 Sept 2007 20:30 - 22:00 | Where: Festival Club | Event type: GIG!

Radio National’s The Night Air broadcasts live from the Festival Club on closing night, to give the nation a taste of This Is Not Art 2007. Featuring performances from Toydeath, Ross Bencina, Wire MC, Vanessa Berry and more.

It's All Over!

Sunday Closing Night Party - Two Crowded Hours of Festival Death Throes!

When: Sun 39 Sept 2007 10:00 - 24:00 | Where: Festival Club | Event type: GIG!

My ears hurt! I’m having a panic attack! I’m on fire! I live in a share house! Too bad!!!!! It’s the Electrofringe 2007 Closing Party! Everybody knows that Elongated Harshcore is the only way to party and makes a fitting end to what will have been a lovely festival right up until this point. Artists sounding the clarion include; Main$tream, Passenger of Shit, Drillbit, rev777? and Autoclave.

Electrofringe 2007 Full Program Available Now!

Published by Ben August 8th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

YES! The full program for Electrofringe 2007 is now available online, right here. You can slice it anyway you like, head to the Program page or see the options to the right. This year sees an unprecedented diversity in the Electrofringe program, as well as a stock of brilliant and stimulating events of the calibre you’ve come to expect from the October long weekend in Newcastle.

Now is the time to book your accommodation and travel, too, so don’t say you weren’t warned.

Second Announcement!

Published by Ben July 26th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Ralph Steinbruchel

Electrofringe 2007 is pleased to announce that alongside Leafcutter John (UK) and Sebastien Roux (France) the festival will feature international guests Ralph Steinbruchel (CH) and Jason Kahn (USA) as well as local artists including Robin Fox, Machina Aux Rock, Sanso-Xtro, Pimmon and Gail Priest as part of it’s gigs program.

ElectroÊtre

Published by Cat July 19th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

CALL FOR INTERACTIVE WORKS ON SCREEN

Submissions are due 10th August 2007

Calling for works from artists of all mediums to submit single channel screen works of projects that integrate, interact and react with technology and media in various forms including performance, dance, installation, visual or aural. Selected submissions will be screened as part of the ElectroÊtre program at Electrofringe 2007.

Continue reading ‘ElectroÊtre’

First Announcement!

Published by Ben July 8th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

Electrofringe hit’s it’s tenth year of showcasing electronic arts and culture in 2007, transforming Newcastle with site-specific subversions, wearable art, rogue radio waves, workshops, panels, presentations and random acts of electronic expression from over 80 local and international artists including special guest Tim Hecker, Leafcutter John and Sebastien Roux. Make it yourself, break it yourself, take the consumer out of electronics. Void your warranty!

Welcome to Electrofringe 2007

Published by Ben May 17th, 2007 in EF07 News. 0 Comments

We’re well on the way with Electrofringe 2007 and felt it was high time a new web presence was in order, so welcome to the new electrofringe.net. As you can see things are still a little bare around here at the moment but sign up to the RSS feed and pop back soon as we start pumping information out about this year’s festival, including the first program announcement on June 1. We’ve moved to a new format for the website this year too and have plans for lots of bits and pieces, including lots more interaction with all of you out there. So for starters feel free to make use of the comments sections around the site. Electrofringe 2007 is the 10th anniversary of the festival and if you ask me it’ll be the best ever.

The festival’s calls for proposals and submission have now closed however the first program announcement is coming very shortly so check back soon.