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The Lovebytes International Festival of Digital Art 2003 takes place 
in Sheffield 20-22 March


New additions :

. Store DJs / Thurs 20 / 20.00 - 0.00 / Showroom Bar / Free

.. TPWNN Live Performance / Fri 22 / 19.00 - 20.00 / Showroom Bar / Free

.. Warp DJs / Sat 22 / 14.30 - 17.00 / Showroom Bar / Free

.. Callum + Winston Hazel DJs / Sat 22 / 23.00 - 01.00 Showroom Bar / Free


New Exhibition Venues :

Sheffield Independent Film Studio and Persistence Works (Brown 
Street, Sheffield, S1)


Programme Summary :

Exhibitions
Motoshi Chikamori and Kyoko Kunoh (Japan) Chris Evans (UK) Tina Frank 
(Austria) Aardman Animation (UK) Dextro (Austria) Lia (Austria) and 
Miguel Carvalhais (Portugal) Nullpointer (UK) Kurt Ralske (USA) + 
many more

Live Performances
Carsten Nicolai (Germany) Nobukazu Takemura (Japan) General Magic + 
Tina Frank (Austria)  Chris Watson (UK) @c+ lia  (Portugal / Austria 
) Nullpointer (UK) Kurt Ralske (USA) TPWNN (UK)

DJs
A+R [Evol] (Spain) Alex [Team Doyobi] (UK) Ryoco [Melange] (UK) 
Pelicanneck (UK) Warp (UK) Callum + Winston Hazel (UK) Store (UK)

Presentations
Aardman Animation (UK) Stormfront (UK) Tom Betts [Nullpointer] (UK) 
Lia and Miguel Carvalhais (Austria and Portugal) Kurt Ralske 
[242.Pilots] (USA)

Workshops
Aardman Animation (UK) Apple Computers (UK) Kurt Ralske (USA) 
Redundant Technology Initiative (UK)

Film Screenings
Channel 4 (UK) Film Council (UK) onedotzero (UK) Sixpack (Austria) 
Search Engine Cinema (Singapore) Warp (UK) + many more

Venues
Showroom Cinema, Site Gallery, Sheffield Independent Film Studio, 
Access Space, Persistence Works



Performing live at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield :


Carston Nicolai (Germany)

Using electronic sound and visual art as a kind of hybrid-tool 
Carsten Nicolai creates his own microscopic view of creative 
processes. His world looks more like a laboratory - constantly 
morphing in space and time, influenced by the impulses of this media 
world, sound the message as code - becomes the primary theme via his 
visualised sound performance.


Nobukazu Takemura (Japan)

As a composer and musician under the keyword of "child's view", 
Nobukazu Takemura flows freely back and forth across the world of 
music from experimental and contemporary classic to jazz and hip hop. 
Alongside his huge output of recordings, including "Scope" and 
"10th", he has also provided sound design production for a number of 
other artists projects and clients including the internal voice of 
Sony's AIBO. More recently he has been concentrating on creating 
imagery and graphics.


General Magic and Tina Frank (Germany and Austria).

General Magic is a duo consisting of Ramon Bauer and Andi Pieper, 
co-leaders of the Mego label (along with Peter Rehberg). GM's 
favourite "playgrounds" are software exploration, ski pistes and 
motor sport circuits, whilst they also brilliantly demonstrate how to 
create post-modern hymns with shards of popular music. GM play here 
with a visual accompaniment - Tina Frank, a graphic artists with 
uniquely pixelated visions, previously collaborating with GM and 
others on Mego videos and a former member of the
audio/visual band SKOT.


Chris Watson and Jon Wozencroft (UK)

Previously a member of Cabaret Voltaire and the Hafler Trio, Chris 
Watson now works as a sound recordist specialising in natural history 
film, tv & radio. His recent work includes the BBC's Life of Mammals 
and a number acclaimed of audio releases on the Touch label 
(http://www.touch.demon.co.uk). Jon Wozencroft is the editor of 
Touch, a filmmaker and photographer. He has worked with Chris on the 
CDs 'Stepping into the Dark' and 'Outside the Circle of Fire' as well 
as performing with him at Ars Electronica
  2000. This live performance fuses Jon's film and photography with 
Chris' creative sound design through the theme of 'the weather'.


Four artists commissioned for Lovebytes' DSP3 publication also 
perform live audio/visual sets:

@c + Lia (Portugal / Austria)
@c + Lia present a live generated audiovisual performance using 
computers as their instruments and sound and image programming that 
allow them to improvise over pre-defined composition structures.

Nullpointer
Nullpointer mixes generative composition and synthesis, using the 
Pure Data DSP system, utilising a number of live triggers to 
manipulate and direct the composition which is then translated into 
geometric visual forms. This creates a unique audio-visual 
environment for each performance and forms a direct relationship 
between realtime generation of sound and image.

Kurt Ralske
"rriot" -- a real-time audio-visual improvisation by Kurt Ralske, 
created with his Auvi software.
a revolution - a revelation - a reversal.
revision / fo-rever / revulsion.


Film screenings include new work from Warp Films. A special selection 
from the Film Council's 'Digital Shorts' and 'Viro' internet short 
film commissions. There will be an exclusive screening of Channel 
Four's 'MESH' computer animation commissions.


Exhibitions
The festival launches 15 February with the first major international 
exhibition by Japanese artists' group minim++ (Motoshi Chikamori, 
Kyoko Kunoh and Yasuaki Kakehi) at the Site Gallery, Sheffield. The 
exhibition is made up of four installations representing a body of 
work that combines traditional Japanese iconography and interactive 
computer systems. minim++ develop their own experimental computer 
interfaces using video projection, stylised hand drawn animation, 
interactive sensor technology and custom
  built computer programs.

Motoshi Chikamori is one of the many artists who will be visiting 
Sheffield to present work during three days of special events 20-22 
March at the Showroom Cinema. The programme includes a series of 
events led by Aardman Animation. Best known for the Oscar winning 
adventures of Wallace and Gromit, Aardman has entered the field of 
computer generated animation (CGI) with a string of highly successful 
tv commercials and pop promos. Their hands-on workshops, 
presentations and screenings will emphasise the imp
ortance of traditional character animation in the production of CGI 
animation and digital special effects. Apple Computers will be 
supporting workshops and demonstrating their latest systems for 
animation, video and multimedia production.


Lovebytes is launching two new publications to coincide with the festival:

DSP3 is a CD ROM featuring four newly commissioned interactive 
multimedia works by Kurt Ralske, Nullpointer, Dextro and Lia + Miguel 
Carvalhais. These pieces will be shown in a special exhibition during 
the festival.

Volatile Media is a DVD/DVD ROM compilation of films and multimedia 
by artists commissioned  Lovebytes over the last 3 years including by 
Terre Thaemlitz, Alex Peverett, Freeform, Steve Hawley, Butler 
Brothers and People Like Us.


Booking Information

Festival Pass £50/35 (concs)

Events may also be booked individually, please call for prices

All exhibitions, bar events and some workshops are free admission

Booking Hotline 0114 275 7727

Sheffield Tourist Information 0114 221 1900

Hotels Reservations and Travel Information 0114 201 1011

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