This interview of Edwin Van der heide was published in our Live A/V special issue (available on MCD shop online) dedicated to audio-video performances. Can you tell us about your background, your influences and artistic references? I have studied Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. After the study I have developed a strong interest in expanding the term composition into composing space, composing environ- ments and composing interaction.
I’m especially interest...

Exclusive article from MCD #65 « The culture of green tech » !! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hacktivists repaint the town green Going well beyond the society of the spectacle, artists are reappropriating urban spaces by enchanting cities, alerting us to irresponsible behavior and publicly exposing the contradictions of an environment damaged by humans. Above ground, their works contrast with gray reality. Poetic and political, environmental hacktivism is ...

We are all (more or less) intelligent objects. We are already immersed in the Internet of Things (IoT) without even knowing it : microchipped pets, trackable consumer products, biometric passports and geolocation tools all point to a world where real and virtual are already intricately intertwined. Some 35 billion intelligent objects already surround us, for better or for worse. MCD magazine invited Poptronics, the digital media of electronic cultures, to penetrate this vast nebula, and to rea...

The new digital art festival guide is out, with more than 350 international festivals listed, from may 2010 to April 2011. This 4th edition published by MCD is bilingual (english - french). Save the date… It’s never easy to organize a successful event, whether it’s a private party or a festival that can keep a whole team busy throughout an entire year. You need a conjunction of favorable circumstances, some of which may not be entirely in your control: Besides the q...

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...

Christian Zanési, composer of acousmatic music and assistant director of the GRM (Groupe de Recherche Musicale – Musical Research Group), has just released an album called Soixante dix-huit tours on the label Double Entendre. The title is a reference to the famous 78s made in 1949 by Pierre Schaeffer, known as the father of music concrete, and of whom we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth. Interview. On what occasion did you meet Vibrö? Valérie Vivancos and Rodolphe Al...