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Ideology 5.0 by Robert Oetting [AUSTRIA]

 CREAU // RONDELL 

20APRIL2018 // 19:00-19:30

I BEGAN MAKING SCULPTURES, BECAME INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND STUDIED SOCIOLOGY AND A LITTLE PHYSICS. DURING THAT TIME I BECAME AWARE OF COMPUTERS AND THE ARTISTIC POSSIBILITIES IN PROGRAMMING. SHAPES, PATTERNS AND ALGORITHMIC STRUCTURES BECAME MY FIELD OF INTEREST. THE MOTION THAT COMPUTER PROGRAMS ARE THOUGHTS THAT CAN BE EXECUTED BY A MACHINE, THAT COMPUTERS ARE A MEDIUM FOR UNIVERSAL INFORMATION PROCESSING, IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE MOST INTERESTING FORMS OF INFORMATION ARE VIDEO AND AUDIO.

METHODS FOR AUDIO VISUALIZATION ARE ALSO A FIELD OF INTEREST FOR ME. THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF USING COMPUTERS AS A MEDIUM FOR ART ARE IMPORTANT. THE MORE COMMERCIALIZED AND SOCIALLY INTEGRATED COMPUTERS ARE BECOMING, THE MORE IMPORTANT IT GETS TO EXPLORE THEM IN NEW AND ESOTERIC WAYS.

NATURALLY ALL THIS COMES MORE OR LESS TOGETHER IN MY LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE PLAYGROUND AV FESTIVAL. THE SHOW WILL BE SOME KIND OF LIVE VIDEO COLLAGE PROCESSED BY ANALOG INSPIRED DIGITAL FEEDBACK, COMMENTED AND ALTERED BY TEXT AND VIDEO SONIFICATION. I USE THE EXTEMPORE PROGRAMMING

ENVIRONMENT (HTTP://DIGEGO.GITHUB.IO/EXTEMPORE/INDEX.HTML) BY ANDREW SORENSEN.

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