Lovebytes/Oct

[Lovebytes]

Lovebytes/Oct

This week LOVEBYTES takes part in two exciting international festivals:

..SIGHTSONIC INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL, YORK (16-19 Oct)

..SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL (13-19 Oct)

At SIGHTSONIC [various times, see below for details]
Lovebytes presents the following programmes and commissions.
..DSP 3 - interactive installations
..GENITRON by the Butler Brothers - video installation
..WARP FILMS 03 - film programme

At the SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL [Wednesday, 15th OCT, 9pm]
Lovebytes is supporting the screening of THE FUTURE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE
a film about the electronic music pioneer Erkki Kurenniemi made by 
Mika Taanila (Finland, 2002, 53mins)

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There are many more reasons to attend these excellent events - take a 
look at their programmes on the web:

http://www.sightsonic.com

http://www.sidf.co.uk

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Read on for more details of Lovebytes' events...

DSP 3 at Sightsonic
16-18 October
>From 11:00  to 23:00
City Screen, York

DSP is an ongoing programme of commissions and events exploring 
interactive multimedia, digital sound synthesis, generative music and 
algorithmic composition. DSP3 is the third in the series of 
publications and includes work by Nullpointer, Kurt Ralske, Lia.mc 
and Dextro. In association with Lovebytes.
http://www.visityork.org/sightsonic2003/SearchResults.cfm?EventDetailID=1841


GENITRON at Sightsonic
16 - 19 Oct
11:00 - 23:00
City Screen, York

Genitron is a DVD Film by Glasgow based brothers John and Paul Butler 
who have employed 'spoken word, electronic tonalities and abstract 
visuals' in their innovative exploration of the capabilities of the 
DVD medium. The non-linear narrative of Genitron is based on the 
internal musings of a computer database. 'The protagonist is an 
artificial being, an emergent property of the ever increasing 
aggregation of human data. Genitron represents the cosmogenic 
processes unleashed by the madness of measurement. I
t illustrates the appetite for reduction that drives these forces'. 
The Butler Brothers have been creating digital media work for over 
ten years, achieving acclaim in both the art gallery and on broadcast 
television. Their work is often darkly satirical and beautifully 
executed using, apparently simple but highly effective 3D character 
animation. Their installation the Dream of Freedom was shown at 
Lovebytes in 1995 and their award winning animated series 'Workgroup 
Alpha' i!
  s also included in its entirety on the Volatile Media along with 
Genitron on the Volatile Media DVD available from 
http://www.lovebytes.org.uk

http://www.visityork.org/sightsonic2003/SearchResults.cfm?EventDetailID=1826


WARP FILMS 03 at Sightsonic
18 Oct
13.00 - 14.00
City Screen, York

An exclusive compilation of short films curated and created by Warp
Films/Records. The programme includes Chris Morris' BAFTA winning 'My 
Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117' and the Cartel Communique remix of Morris' 
film along with their infamous 'Bushwacker' video. (45 mins)

http://www.visityork.org/sightsonic2003/SearchResults.cfm?EventDetailID=1863


SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL and LOVEBYTES present:

THE FUTURE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE
[TULEVAISUUS EI OLE ENTISENSÄ]
Dir:Mika Taanila, Finland, 2002, 53mins

Wednesday, 15 October 2003, 9pm

Showroom Cinema, 7 Paternoster Row. Sheffield S1 2BX
Festival Box Office 0114-275 7727

'I register everything with manic precision,' says Erkki Kurenniemi, 
as he dictates notes with a mobile phone about the precise layer of 
snow covering the Finnish landscape. The notes, along with 20,000 
photos he takes annually, will contribute to his unusual video diary 
project: a reconstruction of his life to be premiered in July, 2048. 
But Kurenniemi is no crackpot; he's a founding father of the 
electronic music revolution, and spent the last forty years exploring 
the cutting edge of technology.

'Erkki Kurenniemi is a genuine pioneer.'Mika Vainio, Pan Sonic.

Mika Taanila has been invited to the festival and will be available 
for Question & Answer after the screening.

Presented with the support of the Finnish Institute in London.

http://www.sidf.co.uk/programme/2003/films/future_is_not.php