Regenwald 2011: a workshop/installation/performance in the spirit of
David Tudor
for Club Transmediale Berlin
with Derek Holzer (USA/DE) & Mads Bech Paluszewski (DK)

Direct links:
http://macumbista.net/?p=2018
http://www.clubtransmediale.de/ctm-festival/day-program/regenwald-2011.html

*Overview*

Regenwald 2011 is a contemporary re-interpretation of David Tudor?s
series of compositions from the 1970?s entitled ?Rainforest?. It uses
various types of sonic transducers to play live sounds through various
resonant objects in the performance space, as well as through
architectural features of the space itself. Additionally, an 8?8 matrix
mixer allows the sound from any of the objects to be sent to any of the
performers, making the whole piece an experiment in generative chaos.

Regenwald 2011 will be developed in a workshop format with up to 8
participants over a period of several days. The resulting work should
shift between relatively static installation-like moments and
performative sections where the artists seek new relationships with the
objects and each other. The audience is free to move around the
performance space, engage in conversations and explore the resonant
objects, thus adding new life to the rainforest.

A opening night presentation will introduce the concept of Regenwald
2011 and the context of ?Schematic as Score? as seen in the works of
both David Tudor and John Cage.

*Documentation*

A rough schematic of a previous transducer system (Regenskog 2010) can
be seen here:
http://macumbista.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/regnskog_notext.png

Documentation of Regenskog 2010 can be found here:
http://macumbista.net/?p=1840

*Dates*

28 January ? 01 February, 12-19:00 daily: Regenwald 2011 workshop in
West Germany, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin

01 February 21:00: opening Regenwald 2011 presentation/performance, West
Germany, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin

02 February ? 05 February 18-22:00 daily: Regenwald 2011 installation,
West Germany, Kottbusser Tor, Berlin

*Participate*

The Regenwald 2011 workshop is open for 8 participants who will be
selected and notified on or before 16 January 2011. There is no fee to
participate. Applying participants should be:

?Comfortable working in a collaborative environment
?Knowledgeable in the basics of acoustics
?Proficient in one or more chosen analog or digital sound instruments
and/or systems for working with sound
?Capable of bringing any equipment they require beyond the basics of the
transducer system (instruments, mixers, computers, etc etc)

Please send an email to regenwald2011@clubtransmediale.de by 12 January
with the following information:

?Name, location and short bio (max 100 words)
?Short statement of interest (max 300 words)
?Short description of your chosen instrument or system (max 300 words)
?Links to audio/video documentation of one solo work and one
collaborative work you have made

*Workshop Leaders*

Derek Holzer (1972) is an American sound artist living in Berlin, whose
current interests include DIY analog electronics, sound art, field
recording and the meeting points of electroacoustic, noise, improv and
extreme music. He has played live experimental sound, as well as taught
workshops in noise art technology, across Europe, North America, Brazil
and New Zealand.
http://www.macumbista.net

Danish sound artist and cultural producer Mads Bech Paluszewski (1977)
works with circuit bending, sound installations, tactile acoustics and
performances from his Copenhagen base. Solo and as a member of several
groups of experimental audio/visual music and performance groups, he has
performed at many Nordic music and sound art festivals. He has also held
several workshops in circuit bending and user driven sound installations
in Denmark.

*Partners*

Regenwald is a join production of DISK/Club Transmediale and Tuned
City/DOCK e.V.
http://www.clubtransmediale.de
http://www.tunedcity.net

--
::: derek holzer ::: http://macumbista.net :::
---Oblique Strategy # 172:
"Use `unqualified' people"