Electrofringe is now calling for proposals for the 2011 festival as part of the This Is Not Art (TINA) group of festivals in Newcastle. The five-day festival of electronic arts and culture will take place from the 29th September – 3rd October, 2011. Electrofringe is committed to fostering creative and innovative uses of technology and electronic art forms, while focusing on artistic development and skills exchange. We are looking to unearth emergent forms, present innovative work and ...

Extract of FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER's interview in LIVE A/V, MCD special issue. Can you tell us about your background, your influences and artistic references?Since I never had a musical training or education, I started quite late making music by myself. Instead I studied fine arts and I worked for a long time as a graphic designer. Around 1983, I had my first experiences in making music, working with tape machines and loops.In 1984, I launched a (tape)cassette label to publish my music. From 1986 -...

The 3rd edition of the Visionsonic Festival presents a wide panorama of concerts and audiovisual performances that explore the relationships between sound and image. This "new live cinema" and these sound/video performances will be showed from 17 October to 7 November 2010 in many cities of France. Programmation ++ All the information here. + 13.10.2010 VisionSonic à La Cantine (Paris) + 15>17.10.2010 Visionsonic à la Générale en Manufactur...

Live Video Dark Rooms : Those who look at the sea Live video creation using archives movies from FAR (Research Funds Movies, La Rochelle) With the support of FAR, La Rochelle Live video : Claire Fristot aka A-li-ce Sound creation : Jacky Mérit Duration : 1h00 Creation at Rochefort for les Fêtes de l'Estuaire, Parcours d'artistes, may 2009 Live 01 Chambres noires Live 02 Chambres noir...

LIVE A/V " Special issue #04 OUT NOW! AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES TODAY To mix sound and images in real time… The art of audiovisual performance has evolved in tandem with technology; we're now building multimedia tools that can synchronize images and sounds, and creating instantaneous visuals using live cameras, internet images (WJs: Web jockeys*), even Google Earth satellite images (Satellite Jockey). From immersion to interaction, the spectator also plays an essential r...