ARS ELECTRONICA
in the KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL Vol.05
Sound is a unique phenomenon. It flows like air and it disappears somewhere.
Humans have invented media such as records and musical notes in order to capture such sounds.
How can artists engage with sound today, when people can walk through cities with constant access to sound via their personal media players?anytime and anywhere?
In the Knowledge Capital Lab., , the FREE SOUND exhibition will show work by Christina Kubisch, a Berlin- based pioneer in the field of sound art, and Ei Wada, an artist known for transforming old sound devices like open reel tapes and Cathode Ray Tube TVs into new sound media.
This exhibition will introduce the audience to new artistic sound experiences through a soundscape installation, listening with special headphones and a kinetic sound sculpture that generates organic patterns with analog recording tape ? using outdated technology in the age of freely flowing digital sound throughout the world.
What is ARS ELECTRONICA?
Ars Electronica is a cultural institute for media arts, located in Linz, Austria.The Ars Electronica is consisted of 4 departments of “Ars Electronica Festival” for art, technology and society held in every September,“Ars Electronica Center” as museum of the future, “Prix Ars Electronica” international completion for media arts and “Ars Electronica Futurelab” as R&D function. Also many Japanese creators participates in their activities.
Ars Electronica : http://www.aec.at/
photo: Nicolas Ferrando,Lois Lammerhuber
Participating artists
Christina Kubisch belongs to the first generation of sound artists. Trained as a composer, she has artistically developed such techniques as magnetic induction to realize her sound installations. Since 1986 she has added light as an artistic element to her work with sound. Christina Kubisch’s work displays an artistic development which is often described as the “synthesis of arts” ? the discovery of acoustic space and the dimension of time in the visual arts on one hand, and a redefinition of relationships between material and form in music on the other.
http://www.christinakubisch.de
Ei Wada (b. 1987) is a musician and an artist. Ei Wada adapts old-fashioned electronic machines, converting them into computer-controlled devices. He puts on performances with these machines, as well as creating musical work and installations for exhibitions.
https://twitter.com/crab_feet
https://www.facebook.com/OpenReelEnsembleBraunTubeJazzBand
*Please note that the exhibition works cannot be
experienced while the event is held at ACTIVE Studio.
Date & time for viewing
<Exhibition schedule / Until Apr. 9>
3/31 (Tue.) to 4/9 (Sat.)
3/31 (Thu.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
4/1 (Fri.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
4/2 (Sat.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
4/3 (Sun.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
4/4 (Mon.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
4/5 (Tue.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
4/6 (Wed.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
4/7 (Thu.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
4/8 (Fri.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
4/9 (Sat.) 14：00~ / 16：00~
*Please note that some demonstrations may not be performed due to system maintenance associated with operation of the exhibition works.
*The schedule and hours for viewing are subject to change.
Ars Electronica is a cultural institute for media arts, located in Linz, Austria.The Ars Electronica is consisted of 4 departments of “Ars Electronica Festival” for art, technology and society held in every September,“Ars Electronica Center” as museum of the future, “Prix Ars Electronica” international completion for media arts and “Ars Electronica Futurelab” as R&D function. Also many Japanese creators participates in their activities.
Director of the Ars Electronica Festival. Every year, he features a different part of the City of Linz, and creates a festival with a focus on the interaction of city dwellers and urban spaces.
Preparations for the September 2016 get-together are currently in full swing.
Member of Ars Electronica Futurelab.
Took part in the opening of an annex at Ars Electronica Center,
and is currently active as an artist, curator and researcher.
Special program
- Times
- Open from 17:30 / Starting at 18:00
*Scheduled to end at 20:00 - Venue
- The Lab. 2nd floor / Active Studio
- Entrance fee
- \1,000 (to cover cost of food and drink)
- Capacity
- 50 persons
- Participating artists
- - Christina Kubisch
- - Ei Wada
- - ARS ELECTRONICA
- Times
- Open from 17:30 / Starting at 18:00
*Scheduled to end at 20:00 - Venue
- Knowledge Salon Presentation Lounge, 7th floor
- Entrance fee
- free
- Capacity
- 50 persons
- Guests
- - Christina Kubisch
- - Ei Wada
- - ARS ELECTRONICA
- Martin Honzik / Hideaki Ogawa
Let’s take a walk with Christina Kubisch in the Knowledge Capital, wearing special wireless headphones that enable you to listen to electromagnetic fields. In this workshop, the artist and participants discuss their perception of a future city and sound on the basis of their extraordinary experience, through the extra ordinal experience that the world is changing with the one you knew.
- Times
- Open from 13:30 / Starting at 14:00
*Scheduled to end at 17:00 - Venue
- Knowledge Salon Presentation Lounge, 7th floor
- Entrance fee
- free
- Capacity
- 10 persons
- Guests
- - Christina Kubisch
- - ARS ELECTRONICA
- Hideaki Ogawa
Please register for the special program in advance from our dedicated application webpage.
○Note: When the available participant spots in the programs are filled, no more applications will be accepted.
○Important: Please note that participants in the programs held at Knowledge Salon must be at least 18 years of age.
○For more information： info@kc-i.jp（Knowledge Capital Association）
