Workshop / Lecture Archive
To think about ruins, one needs to borrow a ruined way of thinking, one that fails to achieve the form of a system. To think about ruins is to think but with scraps of thoughts, it is offering a thought made of scraps, which is to be composed in the manner of cubism, or paranoia, or lyricism. It is a form of thought which needs to be rekindled over and over, just like we need to feed ourselves everyday. It is pieces grabbed by chance and necessity, of which we drop most, pieces we gulp down without discriminating, scraps of knowledge coming from every point of a surface that is perpetually bursting, a one and only world blowing up in several plateaus, at various speeds simultaneously, throttling, in staccato, stroboscopic, per inertia. Un-mediated morsels, bits mediated at different scales, fading out, evaporating, blinding – indifferently. […] A thought made of scraps is a ruinous form of thinking, winged words on its back, articulating and disarticulating space and time, a form of thinking that is living matter, connective, transitive, one that like molasses is bringing about the collapse which is the object and the subject of the thinking, the slow collapse in which one must persist, live, invent, the collapse that is the very substance of thought, and from which – because this is all there is – one has to feed herself, find shelter, learn and teach, care, keep warm, tell stories.
epistemology of scraps. Text by Dalie Giroux. Originally published in french under the title épistémologie des bribes.
François Lemieux is an artist and editor for lemerle.xyz
Exhibition Opening:
Wednesday, April 10th 2024, 7pm
Artist talk moderated by Julia Grillmayr, with guest Erik Bordeleau.
Thursday, April 25th, 6pm
Opening Hours:
April 11th – 25th, 3 – 6pm;
Wednesday to Friday, or individual appointment
Acknowledgement :
bb15 team
Amirreza Fazel
Julia Grillmayr
Erik Bordeleau
Evelyn Plaschg
Dalie Giroux
Lucia D’Errico
Klaus Theweleit
Richard Artschwager
Till Gathmann
Renato Grieco
Rebecca Kressley
With the support of the Vertretung der Regierung von Québec – Berlin
Formed by Judit Eszter Kárpáti Ph.D. and Esteban de la Torre, EJTECH [ˈeɪtɛk’] is an interdisciplinary artist duo working with hyperphysical interfaces, programmable matter, and augmented textiles as media to investigate sensorial and conceptual relationships between subject and object, aiming to rediscover networks of emerging structures and immanent causality within realist metamaterialism. Sound, space, light, and time as material building blocks are paramount elements in their practice, analyzing the process of unfolding patterns between technology and the human body. Driven by material research, resulting in performative installations, multichannel sonic sculptures, and dynamic surfaces. Influenced by the philosophy of New Materialism, Holonic Theory, and Somaesthetics, EJTECH aims to provide tools for exploring liminality, thirdspace, and the elusive state of now.
In their work, they experiment with space and sound as a fundament in a sonic experience. After a theoretical introduction to fundamental concepts and practices, a short demonstration of a multichannel halfpipe setup, showcasing core principles and common uses of spatial soft sound, translated to the expressive and unique timbre of the textile is given. Participants will gain knowledge of the anatomy of a soft vs. a regular speaker and sound system implementations. Practical work on the onsite system and creation of soft speakers, focused on experimentation, allowing participants to freely explore under guidance into multichannel sound, feedback, and sound sources in motion and delve into the physical force of sound and cymatics.
Guest lecture: 25.4.2023, 2 pm at the University of Arts Linz,
Hörsaal Lehramt (H80114), Hauptplatz 8, 1. floor
Workshop: 26. – 27.4.2023 10 am – 5 pm at the Tangible Music Lab,
Tabakfabrik Linz, Bau 1, B/C, 1. floor, Peter-Behrens-Platz 8-9
Showcase: 28.4.2023, 5pm at bb15
The project is part of the Oscillations: Exercises in Resilience project.
Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
- Overtoon, bb15, iii, Lydgalleriet
- 08 September 2022 17:00
Symposium: September 8th 5 pm at Soundcampus, Hauptplatz 6, courtyard
The Oscillations network will be holding a symposium at this year’s Sound Campus as part of the Ars Electronica Festival 2022. The symposium will explore the tension between acoustic and visual art forms from a makers perspective and give insight into art practices and organisation practices. At Sound Campus, each participating organisation will introduce how they venture into sound art operations and how they complement and inspire each other.
Oscillations is an international exchange program exploring the tension between acoustic and visual art forms from a makers perspective. The program aims to facilitate the circulation of artists working with sound across national and disciplinary boundaries as well as to foster knowledge exchange between artist-run spaces.
Oscillations is a two-year exchange program taking place in 2020-2022 linking four artist-run organisations: Overtoon (BE), bb15 (AT), iii (NL), Lydgalleriet (NO). Oscillations is Co-funded by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union.
https://oscillations.eu/
https://ars.electronica.art/planetb/en/sound-campus/
Sound Campus 2022
The project is part of the Oscillations: Exercises in Resilience project.
Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
Flying dragons, deers, owls, octopus, or parrots – in different languages across the world, kites are named in all sorts of imaginary ways.
In this wind instrument building workshop, we will explore how kites fly, try to measure this with self-built sensors, and use the data to create sound to bring alive the dragons, deers, owls, octopus and parrots.
We will create sensors to measure the pressure of the wind on the kite from conductive materials, as well as create a kite tail sensor. In addition we will use a motion sensor. These sensors will be attached to an ESP32 board on the kite, that sends the data via WiFi as OpenSoundControl. This data can be received by an App based on Pd that can run on a mobile phone, or on laptops with any OSC-capable software. We will supply example code for Pd and SuperCollider.
At the end of the workshop we will go out, fly the kites and listen to how they roar!
Workshop: 17.6.2022, 1:30pm-6pm at Servus Clubraum / Stadtwerkstatt
Showcase: 18.6.2022, 5pm outdoor
The project is part of the Oscillations: Exercises in Resilience project.
Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
Workshop
March 9th, 11:00 – 17:00
Presentation/Concert
March 9th, 19:30
In this workshop easily accessible organisational means, documentation strategies and basic structures of music are presented, through which a quick access to finished pieces can be achieved. On the basis of experiments with electronic devices, instruments, open software, etc. we will discuss, learn and apply the principles of „rapid song prototyping“.
Jens Vetter is an artist, musician, performer and developer for post-digital sound objects and instruments. He is currently working as a research assistent and PhD candidate at Tangible Music Lab, Linz.
Bring with you (optional)
– Musical tools, e.g. Laptop with SuperCollider or PD
– analog synthesizers, instruments, effects, circuits, mic, etc.
- 30.11.2018 – 02.12.2018
WORKSHOP – im Kooperation mit servus.at
30.11. – 2.12.2018, servus.at Clubraum
Hat dein Nudelsieb keinen Motor?
Ist dein Stromverbrauch noch zu gering?
Wie kannst du ohne ein drehendes Aquarium leben?
Hast du noch keine selbstfahrende Türstopper? In Russland voll im Trend!
Was? Deine Katze ist noch immer analog!!“=??!1
Es ist Zeit endlich mal was dagegen zu tun!
Bitte mitbringen:
ein Ding mit Strom
ein Ding ohne Strom
Unkostenbeitrag: 15 Euro
Workshop on the 3rd of June from 2 to 6:30pm with a public presentation at 6pm.
For more than ten years Janneke van der Putten’s own voice has been an essential medium for her interactions with landscape, space and contexts, in connection with e.g. natural phenomena, mythologies, cycles and time. In addition to her studies of textile design and Artistic Research Janneke van der Putten learned the North Indian singing „Dhrupad“ with Amelia Cuni and Marianne Svašek in Berlin and Rotterdam. The learned technique has been essential for her understanding of the voice as a physical experience and less as a medium for speech or even singing. – „How can I travel with my voice, my jaw, tongue, spittle, and breath?“
This workshop explores the voice in relation to a spatial experience. Through a Deep Listening session and blind-folded sound walk we will explore our senses and become more aware of our own body, movements and sounds. We will continue with a simple body warm up followed up by a basic vocal exercise. The workshop will consist of group interventions and performances, exploring the acoustics and characteristics of the space, using amongst other our own voices. We will reflect in drawing and conversation.
Janneke van der Putten (Amsterdam, 1985) is a visual artist and vocalist based in Rotterdam. Her practice involves experiences of listening, performances, sound and video, documentations in image/text/textile, workshops, music projects, and creating platforms for cultural exchange. Her voice is her main tool, guiding her through physical and sonic explorations in different landscapes. Engaging with specific sites and local contexts, and through her personal experiences, she investigates (human) responses to her surroundings, and their relation to natural phenomena and transitions, such as the sunrise.
She graduated with a BDes from TXT (Textile), Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam, 2003 – 2009) and completed her MMus in Artistic Research, Royal Academy of Art & Royal Conservatoire (The Hague, 2011 – 2013). Van der Putten trained in classical North-Indian Dhrupad singing with Amelia Cuni and Marianne Svašek (Berlin & Rotterdam, 2009 – 2014) and is autodidact in various extended vocal techniques. She is co-curator of the Aloardi Exchange Programme, inviting Peruvian artists to present their work in the Schengen Area (2016 – 2017). The project ‘Invisible Architecture’ with Christian Galarreta, for which they published a vinyl in 2014, has been presented at amongst others exhibition Make the Audition: Meetings Between Art and Sound in Peru, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Lima, 2016) and nxnwfestival (Cologne, 2015). She was artist-in-residence at the Centre international d’art et du paysage (Île de Vassivière, 2014), and exhibited with solo shows All Begins With A at TENT (Rotterdam, 2015), Directed to the Sun in Quartier am Hafen (Cologne, 2017) and Quitsa at CINNNAMON (Rotterdam, 2017). Upcoming will be a fellowship at Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, 2019).
Janneke van der Putten’s travel to Austria is supported by CBK Rotterdam (Centre for Visual Arts Rotterdam).
Book Presentation
The artist in conversation with curator Marijana Schneider
December 16th, 19:00
The photography book by the artist Antje Guenther explores how aesthetic impulses and the desire to prove continue to influence the development of theories and hypotheses. In conversation with the curator and art historian Marijana Schneider, Guenther will discuss her work’s context and the book’s realisation. The publication includes an accompanying text, ‘AMALGAM’, by the writer, translator, and visual artist Miek Zwamborn.
Guenther’s publication combines her urban photography of Barcelona, Glasgow, and Osaka with reproductions of Wilson Bentley’s photographs of snow crystals. Bentley was one of the first photographers of snow Crystals to observe their uniqueness. Text fragments regarding questions about beauty in science, Bentley’s body of ideas, and supersymmetry – a still popular set of theories in particle physics – are interspersed throughout the book with what at first appear to be unrelated pictures. Instead of approaching photography as a medium historically used (and abused) to elicit evidence, Guenther employs it as a means to provoke questions about photography’s status.
www.aguenth.de
http://www.fotohof.at
Workshop
8th to 9th December 2017 13:00 – 19:00
Presentation / Concert
12th December 2017, 19:30
Marloes van Son builds systems, installations and instruments. The
electromechanical objects that she develops explore natural phenomena
and everyday appliances. By repurposing ordinary objects she aims to
create unusual, yet familiar experiences. Her recent work focuses on
sound compositions, alternative scores and instrument building.
www.marloesvanson.nl
There will be a workshop for 10-12 participants with Marloes van Son on 8th and 9th of December 2017.
Participants can explore experimental sound devices by building their own versions. The results will be presented as a collaborative performance on 12th December 2017, 19:30.
- Jan Adriaans, Monique Hendriksen, Marie-Andrée Pellerin, FAXEN
- 23.09.2017 14:00, 26.09.2017 19:30
Public Working Session
September 23rd, starting at 14:00
Final Event
September 26th, 19:30
In the framework of a group residency at bb15, Jan Adriaans (NL), Monique Hendriksen (NL), Marie-Andrée Pellerin (CA) and FAXEN collective (AT) develop a multi-event project in Linz that approaches the notion of noise and randomness on a conceptual level. Communication is considered as an interplay of pattern and randomness, a deterministic network infiltrated with errors, scratches and hiccups. These unpredictabilities shape the pattern again, in a constant process of adaptation. Noise keeps us from predicting the future. There is no blueprint we can draw conclusions from.
Lecture/Game
June 20th, 19:30
In 2014, the young Syrian graphic artist Abdullah Karam and his brother left their hometown Hama to escape the brutal civil war. Together with Gamestudio Causa Creations, he tells his story in the form of a digital game, whose aesthetics stand in stark contrast to the seriousness of his experience. In a compact lecture, the designer Georg Hobmeier gives insights into the process and concept of Path Out.
CONSENSUS explores the idea of sonic unity.
When identical objects or people sound together they reinforce and compromise each other, amplifying similarity while emphasising difference. Two performers attempting to copy each other spark a negative feedback loop. As a blindfolded amateur choir sings the same note together for one hour the pitch bends, swoops and disintegrates. Without a clear reference point the differences between bodies – their proximity, communicative precision and physical limits – become apparent.
Australian artist Julian Day has spent the past five years investigating this concept through a body of installations and performances. His ongoing collaborative sound project Super Critical Mass, for instance, brings together temporary communities of participants who disperse identical sounds (50 bells, 80 voices, 100 flutes) within parks, galleries, laneways and malls, following simple memorized instructions that articulate the sonic, social and spatial aspects of each situation.
Similarly, his installation Lovers features pairs of identical synthesizers pinned apart between wall and ceiling by long metal rods. The rods trigger identical notes on each instrument that sound perpetually throughout the space, creating complex energy fields that agitate territory. As with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela’s Dream House, the perpetual sameness (a sonic ‘ganzfeld’ of unchanging information) leads to a dynamic yet ambient neutrality in which the listener is simultaneously activated (their body immersed in energy) and decentred (lacking depth of field).
His work with fellow artist Luke Jaaniste, Turning The Tables On, involves multiple turntables playing copies of the same record: Hooked On Classics, Tubular Bells, Oxygene, Chariots Of Fire. The styli are compromised by foreign objects such as coins placed on the vinyl so that the records stagger across time, creating a disorienting maze of self-similar information.
CONSENSUS presents new work within this arc, comprising sculpture, video and performance. It is the result of a current two-week residency at bb15.
www.supercriticalmass.com
www.aninfinityroom.com
www.julianday.com
- 01.11.2013 10:00 - 03.11.2013
Hurray! The long awaited bb15 “robotics” workshop is going into it’s next round. During three days we will use a variety of materials and components to build robots whose ultimate goal is to completely destruct themselves.
You will use electronic parts, existing machines and whatever else you can find to build your very own suicidal robot. No prerequisites, if you can handle a hot glue gun you are invited to participate.
The suicidal machines are ready and will be presented in the bb15. This is your only chance to see them perform their duty!
- 18.07.2009 20:30
Nach exzessivem Löten, Bohren, Programmieren, Heißkleben und weiß der Teufel was, entstanden während des Cocktail Robotik II Workshops diverse Apparaturen und Automaten, deren Bestimmungszweck in der Zubereitung schmackhafter Mixgetränke liegt.
Nach letzen Verbesserungsarbeiten und Finetuning ist es nun soweit. Am 18.07.09, ab 20.30, lädt Medea herzlich zum fachsimpeln, abnerden und natürlich verkosten ein. Wie immer im bb15.
