Welcome to the 17th D-Fuse newsletter, an update of our current
activities and plans.
Firstly, we would like to congratulate Andy Stiff from D-Fuse andy@dfuse.com
for his new part time position at
Camberwell College running the MA Digital Arts course. Also we have a
new D-Fuse member Dina Guth [from Basel. Switzerland] dina@dfuse.com
who works as a programmer/designer/VJ event coordinator. Thank you for subscribing.
C O N T E N T S
¬ U P C O M I N G _ E V E N T S ¬ BACK UP FESTIVAL. AV FESTIVAL. SONYCITY.
¬ T R A N S M I T + P R I N T ¬ VJTV. ONEDOTZERO.
¬ P E R V I O U S _ E V E N T S ¬ VIDEOMINUTO. BIENAL DE LISBOA.
¬ S U B S C R I B E / U N S U B S C R I B E
¬ C O N T A C T
U P C O M I N G _ E V E N T S
OCT 12 ¬ LONDON-TOKYO AV MASH-UP. DELUXE GALLERY. LONDON. UK.
Big Beat boutique presents London-Tokyo AV Mash-Up. In the afternoon VJ Anyone will host a discussion on VJ Culture in Japan + it's relationship with the UK's VJ scene. On the panel are - AddicitiveTV [UK] , D-Fuse [UK], VJ Kriel [UK], SanFranDisco [UK/JAPAN] + Sapo [JAPAN] . The day's event includes - Live link up with Ageha Club, Tokyo, Discussions + party with Big Beat Boutique DJs!. Also D-Fuse will VJ
alongside Addictive TV + Sapo between 5-9pm.
For more details email
ed@thesanchoplan.com.
http://www.japanvisitor.com/jc/boutique.html
OCT 25 ¬ SONICITY. ROME. ITALY.
Sonicity is a festival about the reinvention of the food market in Ostiense, Rome, as a cultural platform. D-Fuse has designed an installation 'The archeology of the future' to be performed in the fire-station accompanied by the music of D-Tonate_00 artist Fibla.
http://www.sparkreleases.com
OCT 30 ¬ BACK UP FESTIVAL. WEIMAR. GERMANY.
D-Fuse will present their D-Tonate_00 DVD + perform at the following VJ night.
The festival features a British Forum, where D-Fuse is discussing the DVD and themes of 'New Media'.
http://www.backup-festival.de/
NOV 04 - 06 ¬ Level Up Games Conference 2003. Utrecht University.
Netherlands.
Axel Stockburger [D-Fuse] will be presenting his research piece The
game environment from an auditive perspective at this large-scaled
international digital games research conference in The Netherlands .
Also Axel will perform a VJ set at the opening party at Tivoli.
http://www.gamesconference.org
http://www.tivoli.nl
NOV 22 ¬ AV FESTIVAL. OLD ODEON. NEWCASTLE. UK.
D-Fuse + Fibla Remix Koyaanisqatsi, a rare screening of the remixed film in the last remaining paramount style cinema in Europe as a part of AV.eon, an all-night AV, electronica + dance music event to celebrate the AV festival. D-Fuse have aimed to create something which is both new + fresh, whilst retaining the spirit + message of this piece. Five versions of the film have been specially cut, to enhance its themes of environmental destruction + globalisation, being as relevant today as it was when the film was first released. The original Phillip Glass score has been updated + scored by Barcelona based electronic musician Fibla. Other Live performances include - Cinematic Orchastra, DJ Food's The Monkeys 'Head', The Light Surgeons + Exceeda, D-Fuse will also produce a DVD + a documentary [more details to follow] about this, the biggest creative Digital Media Festival in the North East.
http://www.sparkreleases.com
T R A N S M I T + P R I N T
D-TONATE_OO DVD. AVAILABLE IN JAPAN + LTD QUANTITIES WORLDWIDE
The D-Tonate_00 DVD has now been released in Japan + Limited edition pre-release copies are available in the UK, France + US both in shops + online [we will keep you updated about new outlets + D-Fuse online shopping]. D-Tonate_00 challenges the conventional music video format, in that it functions as a true collaboration between filmmaker + musician such as Funkstorung, Burnt Friedman, Scanner + Ken Ishii. 9 x films were created + re-interpreted in up to 5 x different versions, enabling random access from the viewer, pushing forward the boundaries of DVD technology to create a totally unique viewing experience.
Available now:
¬ UK - Analogue Books [Edinburgh] http://www.analoguebooks.co.uk
¬ UK - Magmabooks [London + Manchester] http://www.magmabooks.com
¬ FRANCE - LoWave [Paris] http://www.lowave.com
¬ USA - Animationtrip [San Deigo] http://www.animationtrip.com
¬ USA - Microcinema [San Francisco] http://www.microcinema.com
¬ JAPAN - Nowondvd [Tokyo] http://www.nowondvd.net
¬ HONG KONG - IDN Shop [Hong Kong] TBC http://www.idnworld.com
¬ CANADA - Dance.com http://www.dance.com
VJTV 03. ONLINE. SF. USA.
D-Fuse will be showcasing their work + an interview throughout October at 'VJTV', in collaboration with a host of other visual artists + musicians including The Light Surgeons, VJ Anyone, Yeast + eMovie collective. VJTV currently airs in 6 x cities throughout North America - LA, Portland, SF, Toronto , New York. Due to high demand they now present full episodes of VJTV online.
http://www.vjtv.net
ONEDOTZERO SCREENING ONLINE.
ONEDOTZERO NATIONAL TOUR / OCTOBER
The D-Fuse movie Light Turned Down [music by Scanner taken from D-Tonate] + currently screening in this years onedotzero's festival programme wow + flutter 03, is now available to watch online a the BBC collective website. Other films include Arrive by Ed Holdsworth, H.E.A.D. by GLP + Dads Dead by Chris Shepherd of Slinky Pictures.
Watch it now at:
The onedotzero touring dates this year include: OCT 06-10 -Chapter. Cardiff UK ¬ OCT 10-11 -Prague. Czech Republic ¬ OCT 10-12 - Sapporo. Japan ¬ OCT 12-19 -Cork Int. Film Festival. Ireland. ¬ OCT 16 -22 -Bergen Int. Film Festival. Norway ¬ OCT 24-28 -Cornerhouse. Manchester.
http://www.onedotzero.com
OUT NOW ¬ GRAPHIC_02. MAGAZINE. UK.
NOV 01 ¬ OK FRED. MAGAZINE. TOKYO. JAPAN.
Graphics_02 is now Available in the shops + features D-Fuse interview + images [reviewed in the last newsletter]. Also out in November is OK Fred a Japanese Music + Media Magazine, released in both Japan + Europe + includes interview with D-Fuse
P E R V I O U S _ E V E N T S
SEP 20 ¬ BIENAL DE LISBOA. LISBON. PORTUGAL.
As part of the Lisbon Biennale D-Fuse will performe live with Burnt Friedman
+ Paul Tonne [UK]. Other artists include Video Dub Connection [P], Ready-Made [FR] + Tó Ricciardi [P]
SEP 16 ¬ VIDEOVILLE. ENZIMI FESTIVAL. ROME. ITALY.
A video festival investigating the relationship between music, video + the metropolis. Shibuya [in 3 parts] + 10 minute extract of 'D-Fuse vs Nonplace' where 2 x D-Fuse films were screened alongside work by Ed Holdsworth, Ogi:no Knauss + Otolab.
http://www.enzimi.com/
SEP 13 - 14 ¬ LA BRADERIE ELECTRONIQUE. LILLE. FRANCE.
The Brussels based new media festival Cinematics will be screening a documentary of performances from this year's International VJing Festival. This will included footage from D-Fuse/Scanner's live set + other performances from Visual Kitchen, Minuszero + Cinétik. Also screened were 2 x D-Fuse films - Syn_Real #2 + Friction Within #2.
SEP 11 - 13 ¬ VIDEOMINUTOPOP TV. CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE LUIGI PECCI. PRATO. ITALY.
The festival's main focus on videos that are no longer than 1 x minute, also includes presentations of directors + audience, workshops, a video contest, international showcases, exhibition + live VJ-sets. There was a special area equipped with multimedia desks dedicated to the consultation of the varied materials + new formats. 2 x D-Fuse DVD's - Gasbook + D-Tonate_00 were showcased, alongside with work by Otolab, Fantasmagramma + Monitor Automatique.
http://www.videominuto.it
SEP 08 ¬ SONICITY PRE-LAUNCH. ROME. ITALY.
The Gasbook DVD-Fuse Retrospective 2000-2002 was presented in talk to students from Rome Universtiy, about the forthcoming D-Fuse installation at Sonicity.
http://www.moorroom.org
http://www.gasweb.jp
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