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PIKSEL24. Geo-v(oid)(0)latility(∞)politics
The 22nd edition of the Piksel Festival for Electronic Art and Free Technologies
November 21-24 2024
Bergen(NO)
Welcome to the 22nd Edition of PIKSEL FESTIVAL!
Piksel is an annual festival for artists and developers working with free/open source software, hardware and art in Bergen, Norway.
Dear friends, we would like to invite you to join us for the new edition of Piksel in Bergen.
Piksel festival has selected more than sixty artists presenting projects, workshops, and live concerts. Themes ranging from video games and poetry, artificial intelligence warfare, privacy and the deep net, society defense strategies, and the ethical and environmental impact of technology.
Geo-v(oid)(0)latility(∞)politics will address how the ups and downs of politics, both here and around the world, can leave us feeling like we’re on the edge of a void—a place where constant changes and unpredictable decisions chip away at our trust, our solidarity, and our hopes for lasting progress. When political agendas shift so often, it’s easy to lose sight of the solutions we desperately need. Issues like climate change, social equality, and cultural preservation get left hanging, caught in a limbo of uncertainty.
https://24.piksel.no/
PIKSEL24. Geo-v(oid)(0)latility(∞)politics
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Piksel Festival highlights:
* Over 20 art installations, 11 presentations, 5 workshops, a gathering of 5 EU festival labs, and 16 live concerts.
* The festival will feature two nights of audiovisual performances at Østre, workshops, and presentations at Studio207, as well as various exhibition venues around the city.
*Artist-researchers from APO33 (France), MADLAB (Cyprus), and STWST (Linz) will gather in Bergen to present a new edition of MEDIA()MESS, an intermedia artwork that explores the disconnections in our mediated realities through audiovisual performances, media activism, and collaborative research.
*At Strandgaten 208, Ohanda.One a utopian zero-emission ocean vessel designed to revolutionize sustainable ocean research is gathering a continous lab both days, 22 and 23. This mobile collaborative workspace and research platform a will serve as a hub for creative minds to tackle the pressing challenges facing our oceans.
*Artists Blaž Pavlica and Florencia Alonso return to Bergen, bringing their expertise in generative music, visuals, and live coding. IDLE Transitions is a live-coded Internet of Things performance that weaves together invisible data flows—satellites, consoles, internet protocols, 3D worlds, sounds, and lights—into interactive experiences that uncover the hidden connections shaping our everyday lives.
PIKSEL24 HASHTAGS
#InteractiveMedia, #LiveElectronics, #ExperimentalMusic, #ElectronicMusic, #LiveCoding, #NewMediaArt, #Piksel, #ElectronicArt, #TechnologicalFreedom, #Bergen, #InternationalNetwork, #FreeLibreOpenSource, #SoftwareProjects, #Workshops, #Performances, #ArtAndPolitics, #DigitalTechnology, #OpenSourceMovement, #ArtTechEconomy
Program
https://24.piksel.no/schedule/
https://24.piksel.no/program/
THURS 21
19:00–24:00 Festival Opening and Presentation
Join us for an exciting tour around the city, beginning at Kunstkolen i Bergen (Marken 37) at 19:00 with the Festival Opening Presentation by Gisle Frøysland and Maite Cajaraville, alongside the project Droning by Marta Revuelta & Laurent Weingart. From there, we’ll head to Alt Går Bra Lokale (Strandgaten 208) to explore the project OHANDA.One. Next, we’ll visit the PIKSEL24 Main Exhibition at Strandgaten 221, showcasing 16 new electronic art pieces by PIKSEL24 artists from around the world. Finally, we’ll conclude at Studio 207 (Strandgaten 207) with the captivating performance IDLE Data Transitions by Blaž Pavlica and Flor de Fuego starting at 22:30.
EXHIBITIONS
@ Main Piksel Exhibition / Strandgaten 221
THU 19:00-22:00 | FRI-SUN 12:00 – 18:00 (Free Entrance)
Walking With Magnus: A Videogame Poem, Jordan Magnuson; Mixed Pixels, Wolfgang Spahn; Drink the river, Rosa Prosser; WEBPIT 3.0, Vytautas Bikauskas; Colateral Vertigo, Francisco Ortiz de Carvalho; Changing times, Wujud duo (Souad Mani & Romain Papion); Meet me on the deep net, Lizz Thabet; Death Mother: As Above, So Below, Tor-Finn Malum Fitje; Synthetic War, Marta Revuelta and Laurent Weingart; Δ [Delta], Miha Godec; Wee Boat, James Poole; Once and Once again, Rui Liu; More Than Meets AI , Center of Digital Narrative; AI assisted coding , Scott Rettberg and David (Jhave) Johnston; Please Verify Your Humanity, Grace Kim; Sonus Verbosa, Anastasia Melandinou.
@ Østre / Skostredet 3, 1st Floor
FRI-SAT 17:00 – 21:00 (Free entrance); 21:00-24:00 - with the concerts ticket.
- Suction Twist: Dirty Pairs, Camilla Vatne Barratt-Due, Lukas Grundmann and Erin Sexton (Activation of the piece by the artists at 17:00 and at 21:00h)
- Here's the Information We Collect, Tansy Xiao
SPECIAL PROJECTS
- OHANDA.ONE, Juergen Neumann (DK), Tuomo Tammenpää (FI), Julian Priest (DE).
@ Alt Går Bra Lokale / Strandgaten 208
THU 19:00-22:00 | FRI-SUN 12:00 – 18:00 (Free Entrance)
- Droning, Marta Revuelta & Laurent Weingart (CH)
THU 19:00-20:00 | FRI-SUN 12:00 – 17:00 (Free entrance)
@ Kunstskolen i Bergen KIB / Marken 37
AV PERFORMANCES
@ Studio 207 / Strandgaten 207 – THU 21 NOV – 22:30
- IDLE Data Transitions, Blaž Pavlica (SL) and Florencia Alonso (AR/DE)
@ Østre / Skostredet 3 - FRI 22 NOV 21:00 - 2400
- Reactive Ensemble (RE), Celine Papion (Violoncello), Kyungjin Lim (live electronics), and Remmy Canedo (live electronics).
European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists awarded the ensemble with the EFFEA Discovery Residency, followed by the Springboard Residency in 2024, allowing the ensemble to establish partnerships with the Delian Academy for New Music (Greece), Piksel Festival (Norway), Festival Catalysi (Italy), and supported by the Internationales Digitalkunst Festival (Germany).
- MEDIA()MESS, AV performance
The MEDIA()MESSe, Julien Ottavi, Jenny Pickett, Romain Papion, Tanja Brandmayr, Jan-Nahuel Jenny, Gisle Frøysland, Maite Cajaraville, Dimitra Kousteridou and Anastasia Melandinou
@ Østre / Skostredet 3 - SAT 23 NOV 21:00-03:00
Solo for Computer and Feedback, Remmy Canedo (DE); Show Us Your Screen, Eloi el Bon Noi & Turbulente (SP); Organalog, Miha Godec (SL); beat.me 102, IOhannes m zmölnig (AT) & Live coded visuals in Punctual, Søren Peter Mørch (DK); The Unsyncable II - Seven Rasas, Wolfgang Spahn (DE); Holding up burning houses, Lorenzo Berretti (IT)
@ Studio207 – Strandgaten 207 - SUN 24 NOV - 14:00-19:00
Twelve Hours, Same Time, Michał Seta (CA); Singular reproducible 2, irisS (CH); The Way of Schesa, Ryan Ross Smith and Shawn Lawson (AU); Transmission~, Luis Sanz (CH)
ARTISTS PRESENTATIONS
@ Studio 207 / Strandgaten 207 SAT 23 NOV - 11:00-14:00
What is a "Videogame Poem"? Subversive Game Design as Lyric Practice – Jordan Magnusonv (US); WEBPIT 3.0, Vytautas Bikauskas(LT); A minimalist social network powered by plain text files – Søren Peter Mørch (DK); ORAMICS back to LIVE – Melisa Cano (SP); Drink The River – Rosa Prosser (UK); Las fuerzas del suelo / The forces of the ground – Julia Rossetti, Daniela Ruiz Moreno (AR); Colateral Vértigo – Chico Ortiz (BR)
NETWORKS & PROJECTS
@ Studio 207 / Strandgaten 207 SAT 23 NOV - 16:00-19:00
Media()Mess – Julien Ottavi, Jenny Pickett (FR); TOC, Toolkit of Care – Jenny Pickett (FR); OFF + Labs – APO33 (Nantes), STWST (Linz), MADLAB (Cyprus), PIKSEL (Norway); IDLE, Inclusive Digital Laboratory for Experimental Art – Flor de Fuego (AR/DE) and Blaz Pavlica (SL); OHANDA – Tuomo Tammenpää (FI), Juergen Neumann (DK), Julien Priest (DE)
WORKSHOPS
All workshops are free to attend. To sign up send an email to:
piksel24(at)piksel(dot)no
All workshops are IRL except Building Environments in the Metaverse – James Alec Hardy (UK)
IN PERSON
@ Alt Går Bra Lokale – NOV 22nd & 23rd - 12:00-18:00
- OHANDA.ONE Lab and Workshop – Juergen Neumann (DK), Tuomo Tammenpää (FI), Julian Priest (DE)
@ Studio 207 & Piksel Library – NOV 22nd - 12:00 - 14:00
- Sonus Verbosa – Anastasia Melandinou (GR)
@ Studio 207 & Piksel Library – NOV 22nd - 16:00 - 18:00
- How to Make a "Videogame Poem": Creating Subversive Games with Open Source Tools – Jordan Magnuson (US)
@ Studio 207 & Piksel Library – NOV 22nd - 16:00 - 18:00
- Live Coded Visuals in Punctual – Søren Peter Mørch (DK)
ONLINE
@ BBB1 – Link (TBA) – NOV 22nd - 12:00-14:00
- Building Environments in the Metaverse – James Alec Hardy (UK)
VIDEO PROGRAM in collaboration with Center of Digital Narrative
Birgitte Aga and Carol Manton, Women Reclaiming AI; Mario de la Ossa, I Know What You're Thinking; Will Luers, Chad Mossholder, and Mark Amerika, Posthuman Cinema: Alien Intel and Dress Rehearsal; Scott Rettberg, Republicans in Love (Selections 1); Jhave, Identity Upgrade #2; Will Luers, Chad Mossholder, and Mark Amerika, Posthuman Cinema: Infinity Forest and Dream Pirates; Eamon O'Kane, Creativity Machines; Alinta Krauth and Jason Nelson, Ultra Large Digital Narratives; Will Luers, Chad Mossholder, and Mark Amerika, Posthuman Cinema: Dummies and Underground; Talan Memmott, Introducing Lary: The San Biagio Frescoes of Pietro Golamuto; Avital Meshi, Calling Myself Self; Jhave, Identity Upgrade #7; Will Luers, Chad Mossholder, and Mark Amerika, Posthuman Cinema: Party Animals and Image Addiction; Eamon O'Kane, AI Tree Test; Scott Rettberg, Republicans in Love (Selections 2); Will Luers, Chad Mossholder, and Mark Amerika, Posthuman Cinema: Ghost Presence and Neural Theater; Jhave, Identity Upgrade #8; Dylan Reibling and Alex Saum, Internet Tour, San Francisco Bay Area, 2023 and Osvaldo Cibils, Six decades of artistic explanation.
Check our website to see the full program! http://24.piksel.no
VENUES IN BERGEN
@ Studio 207 / Strandgaten 207
@ Piksel Library / Strandgaten 207
@ Alt Går Bra Lokale / Strandgaten 208
@ Main Piksel Exhibition / Strandgaten 221
@ Kunstskolen i Bergen KIB / Marken 37
@ Østre / Skostredet 3
Piksel24 is supported by the Municipality of Bergen, Arts Council Norway, Vestland Fylkeskommune. Piksel24 collaborates with Alt Går Bra, APO33, STWST (Linz), MadLab, Media Arts & Design Research Lab, Center for Digital Narrative, University of Bergen, Goethe-Institut, European Union, Culture Moves Europe, Kunstskolen i Bergen, IDFK, Aalto University School of Arts, Design, and Architecture, Cyprus University of Technology, Toolkit of Care, COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Horizon EU, Linde Gass AS, Pro Helvetia, Lydgalleriet and Constanz.
PIKSEL :: FREE AS IN ART!
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Piksel is an international event for artists and developers working
with free and open technologies in artistic practice.
Part workshop, part festival, it is organized in Bergen, Norway, and involves participants from more than a dozen countries exchanging ideas, coding, presenting art and software projects, doing workshops, performances and discussions on the aesthetics and politics of free technologies & art.
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