Sorry for the long message (and for any cross-posting)...
You'll find below the program of the MEDIA LOUNGE of the MONTREAL
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NEW MEDIA AND NEW CINEMA (FCMM), showcasing the
performances that are part of the NEW MEDIA segment of the FCMM
Other NEW MEDIA elements that are not listed below include installations,
multimedia projects and artist's presentations
The FCMM also features a wide range of Films - Features, Shorts, and
Documentaries
Also to be noted this year is a Digital Cinema section, which will include a
special forum (The Digital Age: From Cinema to New Media)
Enjoy!
Alain Mongeau
New Media Director
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MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF NEW MEDIA AND NEW CINEMA (FCMM)
October 12-22, 2000 / www.fcmm.com
MEDIA LOUNGE PROGRAM
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 13
XEN YEARS / PERFORMANCE 9PM - 16$
Xen years into the baking, Ninja Tune celebrates a decade of stealthy
turntable tricknology, brilliant sonic and visual digital innovation and
mindful zentertainment. With digital jockeys Coldcut who bring you their
multimedia synthesis of rhythms and images.
Coldcut (UK)
DK - DJ (UK)
Wig - DJ (Canada)
Luv - DJ (Canada)
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 14
ELECTRONIC MANOEUVRES / PERFORMANCE 9PM - 16$
Exploring graphic moving images and contemporary visuals from a diverse
array of non-traditional film and image makers from the UK, this evening
features digital cinema projections from the onedotzero digital cinema
festival, an exploded live documentary performance by the Light Surgeons and
the "Rewind" multimedia performance by Hexstatic.
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 15
SUBDUING DEMONS / PERFORMANCE 9PM - 16$
Richard H. Kirk (UK)
"Is it possible to drive away modern day evil spirits using a combination of
electric sound and distressed, seemingly meaningless film projections?" Very
unusual multi-screen performance by one of the founders of the experimental
music group Cabaret Voltaire
NIGHTCAP 11PM - 5$
DAIKAN
Thomas Köner (Germany)
New performance by the master of sonic textures and soundscapes
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The Mole - DJ (Canada)
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MONDAY OCTOBER 16
YUGOSLAVIA SUITE / PERFORMANCE 9PM - 8$
Bob Ostertag (US)
" Today, the tools we use to play, kill and compose music are the same
tools". Multimedia performance denouncing the NATO bombardments on
Yugoslavia
NIGHTCAP 11PM - 5$
COMAE
Robert Hampson (UK)
Janek Schaefer (UK)
This performance explore sound improvisation, combining abstracted elemental
sonic sources and vinyl deconstruction via electroacoustic and concrete
composition.
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Christian Miron - DJ (Canada)
Maa - AAASeed Computer Jockey (France)
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TUESDAY OCTOBER 17
CHASES THROUGH NON-PLACES /Video Performance 7PM - 8$
Battery Operated (France - UK)
Video performative essay utilising the narrative of the chase in
"non-places": airports, railway stations, leisure parks...
PERFORMANCES 9PM - 8$
YOURS
Jaroslaw Kapuscinski (Poland)
Real time dialogue between a piano player and the video projection of a male
dancer
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PEOPLE LIKE US
Vicki Bennett (UK)
The " live cinema " performances of People Like Us include collages of found
imagery and sound. The intention is to build new stories by juxtaposing
disparate imagery thus creating new textures and atmospheres.
NIGHTCAP 11PM - 5$
OIL FRENZY
Antonin Marois (Canada)
Beta version of a Video-Jam narrative performance
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Vincent Lemieux - DJ (Canada)
Maa - AAASeed Computer Jockey (France)
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18
ROAD STORIES FOR THE FLESH-EATING FUTURE /Video Performance 7PM - 8$
Lewis Cohen (Canada)
Multi-screen remix of a documentary on the intrusive nature of new
technologies. Inspired and driven by the work of fin-de-millennium thinkers
Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, the documentary takes us on a daring journey
through the cultural and technical nerve centers of the digital revolution.
domUSticks IDEOTRONs / PERFORMANCE 9PM - 8$
Eltractor (Canada)
Multimedia performance about media accumulation and assault. Ingredients :
webcam excrements; messed up telework; a Hollywood empire destroyed by
digital attacks; friendly uncertain e-commerce; hijacked instruments in
extratonal noisy music; wave frequencies; first class software; a television
impregnated by new networks...
NIGHTCAP 11PM - 5$
HAUTEC
The Montreal record label presents exclusively for FCMM a night of funky,
minimal, abstract music
Akufen - live (Canada)
Deadbeat - live (Canada)
Mad Max - live (Canada)
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 19
ICH TANK REMIX / PERFORMANCE 9PM - 8$
David Larcher has accepted the Festival's proposal to perform a live
reinterpretation of his Ich Tank remake. For this remix, he will be joined
by Patrick Zanoli, a video artist who has been editing his tapes since 1990.
Dive into a troubled sea of images and sound on multiple screens.
David Larcher (UK)
Patrick Zanoli (France)
NIGHTCAP 11PM - 5$
Thomas Brinkmann (Germany)
In a performance on multiple turntables, Brinkmann will use his especially
cut locked grooves records to create geometrical rhythmic patterns. An
intimate relationship with groovy soundscapes.
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Samü - DJ (Canada)
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 20
RICH TASTE / PERFORMANCE 9PM - 16$
Multimedia and music performances signed by PERLON, one of Germany's hottest
labels these days. Pile consists of three members : Markus Nikolai
(musician), Zip (musician) and Chris Rehberger (designer/director). The
evening will host the onstage world premiere of Darren, a new project by
Markus Nikolai and Chris Rehberger.
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 21
SCAPE VS VISOMAT / PERFORMANCE 9PM - 16$
Urban music and creative VJing Berlin-style. The FCMM has asked Pole to put
on an evening representative of the explosion of collaborative work between
electronic musicians and VJs in Berlin. Artists from ~SCAPE, a label run by
Pole, join their forces with Visomat for a musical and visual interpretation
of urban dub.
Pole (Germany)
Jan Jelinek (Germany)
Burnt Friedman (Germany)
Visomat - VJ (Germany)
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Venue: MEDIA LOUNGE @ Just for Laughs Museum, 2111 St-Laurent, Montreal
(Qc), Canada
Advance sales starting OCTOBER 7
Festival Hotline: (514) 847-1242
Ticket Office (514) 847-2206
montrealfest@fcmm.com
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