Electrofringe

Smallcock is a turntablist like no other, with the vinyl ralley he combines vinyl fetishism with competitive sports.

Events:

• The Vinyl Arcade – Thursday (Exhibition)
• The Vinyl Arcade – Friday (Exhibition)
• The Vinyl Arcade – Saturday (Exhibition)
• The Vinyl Arcade – Sunday (Exhibition)

Lucas Darklord denies things. Dislikes stupidity. Based in the Blue Mountains. Rich. CEO. Makes music. Intercepts transmissions to obliterate into improved music. Listening is important.

Events:

• Time For Corporate Rule (Artist Presentation)

Luke Burns has been producing electronic music and “psychedelic” down tempo beats since 2002. With 15 years of musical performance experience Luke now records his own music and tutors in the art of computer music creation.

Events:

• Remix Formulas – How To Remix A Track In A Day Using Ableton 7 (Workshop)

Maija Howe collects, screens, shoots and researches narrow gauge films. She is currently writing her PhD on mid-century home movies.

Events:

• This Is Not 35mm (Artist Presentation)

Matthew studied composition at the Sydney Conservatorium, he now works in Sydney as a DJ while completing his PhD on Automated Music at the SCA.

Events:

• Electro-Performance Evening (Gig)

Matthew Kenyon was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States and has a M.F.A in painting from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is interested in the convergence of art, emerging technologies and popular culture. Many of his recent works feature wearable computing technologies and robotics as a means for making cultural critique. Matt currently is an Assistant Professor of New Media at Penn State University where he teaches physical computing, video and 3D animation.

Events:

• Creating Agency Through Telepresence: Using Interactive Tools and Technology (Workshop)
• BIOFI – Inverse Biotelemetry (Artist Presentation)
• Consumer Index – Outside Projection – Saturday night (Special Event)
• Consumer Index – Outside Projection – Sunday night (Special Event)

Matt Rochford is an installation and performance artist, interested in gender and science fiction and having worked with PACT Theatre, 2203 Collective and Don’t Look Gallery.

Events:

• Alarming Event – Performance (Performance)
• Alarming Event – Friday (Exhibition)
• Alarming Event – Saturday (Exhibition)
• Alarming Event – Sunday (Exhibition)

Michael Honey is an interactive designer with a professional as well as personal interest in the interstices of of design, art and visualisation.

Events:

• Dorks Alive! – Exhibition Opening (Special Event)
• Dorks Alive! – Saturday (Exhibition)
• Dorks Alive! – Sunday (Exhibition)
• Dorks Alive! – Monday (Exhibition)

At Electrofringe 2002 and 2007, Michael Norris presented workshops on the home-made sound sources he invents and uses in experimental electronic music.

Events:

• Dorks Alive! – Exhibition Opening (Special Event)
• Dorks Alive! – Saturday (Exhibition)
• Dorks Alive! – Sunday (Exhibition)
• Dorks Alive! – Monday (Exhibition)

One of Britain’s most innovative and celebrated composers, Michael Nyman. More than a composer, he’s also a performer, conductor, bandleader, pianist, author, musicologist, photographer and film-maker.

Events:

• The Garden of Forking Paths – Exhibition Opening (Special Event)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Saturday (Exhibition)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Sunday (Exhibition)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Monday (Exhibition)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Curator Talk (Project Presentation)

Mika Meskanen (FI) is a Berlin-based mixed media artist and designer who currently explores perpetual design, imagined communities and biometric travel documents.

Events:

• Temp° Sauna (Project Presentation)
• Temp° Sauna – Friday (Special Event)
• Temp° Sauna – Saturday (Special Event)
• Temp° Sauna – Sunday (Special Event)
• Temp° Sauna – Monday (Special Event)

Mike Pelletier is a freelance designer/programmer based in Amsterdam. His artistic practice involves everything from drawing to videogame modifications and exhibits and consults internationally.

Events:

• The Garden of Forking Paths – Exhibition Opening (Special Event)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Saturday (Exhibition)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Sunday (Exhibition)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Monday (Exhibition)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Curator Talk (Project Presentation)

Miranda is an intellectual property lawyer with a background in media and technology. Miranda spent five years in the television industry in both production and legal roles at the BBC and Sesame Workshop. Later, she acted as a lobbyist in the area of copyright and open access for the Australian Digital Alliance. Currently Miranda is Legal Counsel at New South Innovations Pty Ltd which brings emerging technologies, spanning laser range finders to new generation solar cells, to market.

Events:

• Ripped and Ripped Off: The Business of Electronic Art (Information Session)

Mitchell Whitelaw is an academic, writer and artist with interests in new media art and culture, especially generative systems and data aesthetics.

Events:

• Dorks Alive! – Exhibition Opening (Special Event)
• Dorks Alive! – Saturday (Exhibition)
• Dorks Alive! – Sunday (Exhibition)
• Dorks Alive! – Monday (Exhibition)

Monika Brooks is a Sydney based musician/improviser (piano, piano accordion), collaborating in  projects such as Creeks, The Splinter Orchestra, and occasional solo laptop performances. She is involved with community-based music events such as the NOWnow series/festival.

Events:

• TINA Showcase – Friday Night (Gig)

Narinda Reeders is a media artist and web developer with a interest in the blurry boundary between public and private.

Events:

• I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You (Panel)

Nathan McGinness is currently working as a designer in web, interactives, print and animation at Canberra studio Icelab and teaching at the University of Canberra.

Events:

• Dorks Alive! – Exhibition Opening (Special Event)
• Dorks Alive! – Saturday (Exhibition)
• Dorks Alive! – Sunday (Exhibition)
• Dorks Alive! – Monday (Exhibition)

Nathan Scott is a lecturer at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium. His interests lie in the creative uses of software to compose, arrange and perform music.

Events:

• Speech – Sound – Music (Workshop)

Neil Jenkins is a curator, currently working with Loop Space.

Events:

• The Garden of Forking Paths – Curator Talk (Project Presentation)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Exhibition Opening (Special Event)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Saturday (Exhibition)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Sunday (Exhibition)
• The Garden of Forking Paths – Monday (Exhibition)

Nick Maxwell writes and performs on The Ugly Stick. He has studied Creative Arts and Screenwriting and has made films, performed stand-up and now writes for the TV program Rove.

Events:

• The Ugly Stick (Screening)