17 – 27 November 2010
Poitiers
http://www.figuresinteractives.com
Concert • Performances • International symposium • MasterclassesThe second Poitiers Biennale, “Figures of Interactivity”, is presenting a programme of concert, symposia, masterclasses and performances exploring the role of “Memory” in the age of the new technologies.
Computer, smart phone, digital notebook, mp3 player, mobile, touch screen – innovations in communication are bringing about changes in behaviour and new cultural practices. The omnipresence of Internet and the explosion of cultural practices and new communications tools have profoundly changed the way we live. The aim of this second Biennale is to survey the transformations wrought by digital technologies in society generally as well as in the arts and sciences.
The Biennale is produced by the European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI) with the participation of FEDER, the support of the municipality of Poitiers in partnership with Ars Nova and the Espace Mendès France, Poitiers, and with the support of the University of Poitiers, the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) and the Ministry of Culture and Communication (SLIDERS research programme).
Programme
Concert
at Espace Pierre Mendès France
Wednesday 17 November 10
20 h 00 Ensemble Ars Nova, concert “Steve Reich”
Installation
at European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI)
17 – 19 November 10
10 h 00 – 20 h 00
Installation mental state 3.0
Realized by teachers and students from the ÉESI and the Conservatoire de Poitiers, with Cyril Teste and Patrick Laffont, from the collective MxM Masterclasses.
Performances
in public space
Christophe Bruno (fr), Human Browser, 2001-2006
Performance for actor and Google search engine
Peter Sinclair (gb/fr), Road Music, 2009
Interactive automobile itinerary with sound
SLIDERS (fr), TopoMovies, 2009-2010
Interactive cinema installation
Julien Gachadoat (fr), Gravity, 2009
Interactive animation using mobile phones
Symposium
at the Médiathèque François Mitterrand
Wednesday 17 November 10
9 h 30 Opening of the Biennale by Mme Anne Gérard, deputy mayor in charge of culture
10 h 00 Opening of symposium
10 h 30 Thought and memory
Moderator:
Christine Fernandes-Maloigne (fr)
Bertrand Augereau (fr), Roger Gil (fr) 15 h 00 Memories of bodies
Moderator: Joanne Lalonde (ca)
Francis Lestienne (fr), Christine Fernandez-Maloigne (fr), Marion Leuba (fr)
Thursday 18 November 10
15 h 00 Memory architectures
Moderator: Jean-Marie Dallet (fr)
Carlos Falci (br), Don Foresta (fr/us), Tjebbe van Tijen (nl), Woody Vasulka (us)
Friday 19 November 10
10 h 30 Losing your mind
Moderator: Louise Poissant (ca)
Emmanuel Guez (fr), Olivia Rosenthal (fr), Cyril Teste (fr), Medhi Toutain-Lopez (fr)
15 h 00 Power and memory
Moderator: Erik Bullot (fr)
Christophe Bruno (fr), Joanne Lalonde (ca), Antoni Muntadas (es)
Master classes
at European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI)
20 – 22 November 10
9 h 30
Mamadou Diagne (sn), “The Blender games software”
Bertrand Planes (fr), “Mar3D, restitution relief.”
22 – 24 November 10
9 h 30
Étienne Cliquet (fr), “Demo Mode”
EMF (Poitiers), Labomédia (Orléans), Ping (Nantes), “MIAM (Interactive Artist Multimedia Suitcase)”
Alexandre Castonguay (ca), “Computer-assisted vision in the service of artists”
25 – 27 November 10
9 h 30
Julien Maire (de/fr)
“Persistence of vision”, GOTO10, Jérôme Abel (fr), “Copy, paste”
Julien Gachadoat (fr), “Freeware. Processing, an introduction”
http://www.figuresinteractives.com
Project management
Sabrina Grassi-Fossier, Managing Director, European School of Visual Arts
(ÉESI) Erik Bullot, Director of Studies, European School of Visual Arts (ÉESI) Jean-Marie Dallet, Scientific and artistic director of the biennale
Press contacts
International and national press
Heymann, Renoult Associées
Sarah Heymann, Laurence Gillion
tel. 33 (0)1 44 61 76 76
[email protected]
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Local press
ÉESI – Fanny Belvisi
Public relations
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