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OUTLINE
MACHINISTA
2004 FESTIVAL
- Machines as artists - Artists against machinic standards - Full screen Robovision
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EVENT DESCRIPTION
The Machinista festival celebrates artificial intelligence in the Arts, presenting
an international selection of works where Artists and Machines explore their
changing roles within the creative process.
MACHINISTA
2003
In its first edition over 120 artists uploaded their work (artistic software,
video documentation, website/link, showreel) on the online gallery which was
then compiled onto a CD-ROM acting as a directory for an emerging network
for digital artists within this field.
Organised in Russia (Perm-Ural region and Moscow) by media artist/ curator
Sergei Teterin, the small Machinista team has used a web-based curatorial
strategy to attract worldwide interest on a small budget.
In 2003, there were 3 categories:
- the machine as the artist
- the machine as the co-author
- human VJs versus visualiser software.
A category supervisor committee selected the best entries who received prizes
and extended reviews on the festival’s CD-ROM. The final events took
place in Perm and Moscow where screenings, installations, presentations and
club events were organised and attracted enthusiastic audiences and international
press.
MACHINISTA 2004
Building up on its success and its versatile online nature, Machinista is
gearing up to become a migrating festival, organised as a collaboration between
the Russian online team and offline hosts in a new country each year.
2004 Themes:
1."Art from the Machine: gleams of the inhuman".
Works created completely or mostly by a machine.
2."Artists against machinic standards". Breaking, destroying, hacking,
unexpected (non-utilitarian?) usage of customary programs as an art experiment.
3."Full-Screen Robovision". Moving image works (experimental imaging,
audiovisual code, short films, animation and VJ mixes) illustrating "the
world as 'seen' by the machines.
The Machinista
2004 offline event is currently being developed by David Bernard (Pointless
Creations) and Robb Mitchell (Free Gallery, The Chateau) within the newly
formed Machinsta Glasgow 2004 not for profit organisation.
The 2004 offline event is planned to take place over the 7-9th of
may 2004 weekend and will include:
- opening/ talk/ screening event (CCA)
- seminar (Glasgow
Science Centre, tbc)
- 3 performance/ installation clubnights (Arches, The Art School, Warehouse)
- exhibition ( CCA or mobile)
- Machinista CDrom and DVD production.
The event will involve 3 commissioned artists from the Machinista selection,
4 organisers from the Russian
team, 4 UK based event curators selections of festival entries and 6 category
supervisors.
MACHINSTA
FESTIVAL BUILD-UP
-CALL FOR CATEGORY SUPERVISORS: (deadline 15th october2003)
6 Category Supervisors (2 per category, 3 uk based + 3 russian based) will
remotely collaborate to assess the entries and compile a written report for
the festival publication as well as presenting the selection during the seminar.
1: Machines as Artists
-James Coupe (UK) (AHRB funded Media Artist, senior lecturer at South Bank
University)
-Roman Arefiev (KAZ) (Art manager/ programmer for Soros center for Contemporary
Arts)
2: Artists against Machinic Standards
-Maria X: (uk/ Greece)(Cyber-Theartre artist, Media Arts festival organiser/
Fouros/ Medi@terra)
-Rustam Sabirov (RU) (Editor of Moscow magazine Fakel)
3:Full Screen Robovision
-David Bernard (uk/ Fra) (Audio-Visual instruments designer and performer/
Pointless Creations)
-Vadim Epstein (RU) (VJ and Video art curator)
-LAUNCH OF MACHINISTA 2004 EVENT: (Nov 2003)
Pointless
Cinema #3 event dedicated to the work produced for Machinista 2003 was
organised at the Chateau with performances from Scottish artists who submitted
pieces for last year's show. Present at the show (in the flesh or via weblink),
Sergei Teterin, festival organiser, will introduce the 2004 edition and reveal
the new program.
LAUNCH
OF MACHINISTA.ORG WEBSITE: (Jan2003)
Designed by the Russian team and based on the existing site (machinista.ru),
the site will contained the 2004 theme and call for new artworks. All uploaded
work will be exhibited on the online gallery. Deadline for works submission:
28 feb2004.
-ARTISTS SELECTION/ BOOKING:
Submission deadline: 28 feb 2004 (machinista.org website)
Machinista Selection : announced: March 2004 (machinista.org website)
The category winners are selected after screening/deliberation from the russian/
uk category supervisors who will produce written pieces to be included in
the festival brochure.
Artists/performers contacted and booked: March 2004 (machinista glasgow team)
The performance program is completed by the category supervisors in collaboration
with the Russian and UK
organisers. Booking offers and visa/ administration work undertaken by the
Glasgow organisers.
-LAUNCH
OF FULL MACHINISTA.ORG.UK WEBSITE/ BROCHURE
(march2004)
The Glasgow event website containing all events information and reviews of
the featured artists. A dynamic Flash based site to suit the festival theme
designed by Pointless Creations. The brochure and associated promotional material
will be produced and tied in with the website by Graphic designer FIST.
-MACHINISTA CD-ROM AND DVD. (release April 2004).
The CD-rom (1000 copies) will contain all submission as an extended offline
version of the website to be
distributed for free, designed by the Russian web designers.
The DVD will contain 90 minutes of the best visuals produced for the VJ category
of the festival.
LINKS:
http://www.machinista.ru/en (machinista 2003 site)
http://www.machinista.org.uk (call for uk category supervisors)