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Table of Contents: [transmediale] club transmediale.02 | Overview Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck@transmediale.de> PR: "8 Bits or Less" WristcamVideo "Patrick Lichty" <voyd@voyd.com> cybersonica John Eacott <john@informal.org>(by way of richard barbrook) MobileUK - Wednesday PM - Central London "Crabtree, James" <JCrabtree@indsoc.co.uk> video on the first "anti-globalization demonstration" in Austria Oliver Ressler <oliver.ressler@chello.at> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:06:12 +0200 From: Andreas Broeckmann <abroeck@transmediale.de> Subject: [transmediale] club transmediale.02 | Overview german version below - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --++++++++--++++++++----++++++++--++----++--++++++----++------++--++++++++-- +-- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------- snipp --------------------------------------- english version - ----------------------------- snipp --------------------------------------- C L U B T R A N S M E D I A L E.02 5.- 17. Februar 2002 location: E _ Werk | Wilhelmstrasse (entry opposite to Ministry of Finance) | Berlin-Mitte daily 9 pm (opening on TUE, 5.2., 10 pm) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- After 1999 (Maria am Ostbahnhof) and 2000 (Haus des Lehrers) for the third time CLUB TRANSMEDIALE provides an independent platform for digital and electronic music as well as related visual art production within the transmediale - international media art festival berlin. CLUBCULTURE has evolved as determining laboratory for media art bringing social dimensions of contemporary media technology to center stage. It resolves the contradiction of academic and popular production and thus serves a first step towards the field of New Media for many people. club transmediale tries to emphasize the emancipatory potentials of this development by presenting artists and projects that place themselves besides mainstream "DJ culture" by using self-produced material or individual methods of independent production like e.g. the extended use of customized software tools or the manipulation of hardware. COOPERATIONS For the first time club transmediale cooperates with other international festivals for electronic music and new media: the Mutek festival for music, sound and new technologies at Montréal, Canada (http://www.mutek.ca) and the dutch Sonic Acts Festival at Amsterdam (http://www.sonicacts.com). CLUBDESIGN: Jan Rohlf, Lorenz Wiegand, Geerten Verheus, Tina Schmücker Harry Schindele and Timm Ringewaldt. CONTACT club@transmediale.de. http://www.transmediale.de - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- P R O G R A M - O V E R V I E W club transmediale.02 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > di. 5.2. >> [INITIALIZE] LAUB (kitty yo / orthlong / DE) KYBORG feat. SARAH MARRS (nbi / raster / DE) SELECTOR WEISER (rechenzentrum / DE) video: ANNA WAGNER (DE) video: MINUSZERO (NL) _____ > mi.6.2. >>[FRACTURED] video screening programme of the Sonic Acts Festival, Amsterdam - compiled by Lukas van der velde aka minuszero. - 60 min >> [EXPLORE] INSTITUT FUER FEINMOTORIK (Staubgold / DE) @C + LIA (AT/PT) THILGES3 (AT) STAALPLAAT-SOUNDSYSTEM (NL) AU (grondrecords/ NL) MIKO-MIKONA (Institut für physikalisch-semiotische Transformationen (IPST) (FIN/SP) - Fourier-Tanzformation I+II FINZ (jugend hoert/ klangkrieg / DE) _____ > do. 7.2. >> [POP n] video screening programme curated by antje weitzel and mirjam wenzel >> [PIXELATE] MICROMUSIC (CH, domizil) LIKE A TIM (rephlex / DUB / NL) MIKRON 64 (DE) DIS*KA (echokammer / DE) ENDURO presents infinte justice (enduro-disk/ DE) ALEXEI SHULGIN - 386 DX (staalplaat, RU) JIM AVIGNON - bad news for bugs (neoangin/ DE) video: C-MEN (NL) _____ > fr. 8.2. >> [TEMPORARY SPACES] on the hardware of club-life - lecture with MARTIN EBERLE (DE) and HEINRICH DUBEL (DE) >> [DEMAND] POP UP (kompakt) feat. - THE MODERNIST (popular org / DE) & ANTONELLI ELECTRIC (italic / DE) DETTINGER (kompakt, DE) T.RAUMSCHMIERE (shitkatapult / DE) BUS (scape / DE) MAXIMO GRAESSE (bondino / demand/ DE) DANIEL METEO ( meteo / demand/ DE) video: BIANCA STRAUCH (DE) + guests _____ > sa. 9.2. >> [BERLIN CLUBVIDEO] video screening programme Berlin Clubvideo Teil 2 - visomat.inc, 2001, 60 min >> [GO MUTEK] in kooperation mit dem Mutek-Festival aus Montreal (Quebec / Kanada) AKUFEN ( traum / mille plateaux / QC / CA) ALAIN MONGEAU ( mutek / QC / CA) DEADBEAT (mille plateaux / QC / CA) JETONE (mille plateaux/ QC / CA) DJ ERIC (oral / QC / CA) POLE (scape / mute/ DE) video: VISOMAT.INC (DE) + special guests SLUB (UK) _____ > so. 10.2. >> [SELFMADE] short presentations of custom made software tools for live video production. monitor.automatique (DE), Frame Farmers (DE), Jaromil (IT), minuszero (NL), garderobe 23 (DE) >> [AV-CLASH] 242 PILOTS (US / NO) PERSPECTS (ersatzaudio / US) GEBRUEDER TEICHMANN (Festplatten/ DE) video: MONITOR.AUTOMATIQUE / FRAME FARMERS / JAROMIL / MINUSZERO / GARDEROBE 23 _____ > mo. 11.2. >> [COLUMN ONE] video screening programme, 40 min braunserver - column one (DE), 2001, 25 min hunter - column one (DE), 2001, 15 min >> [BIP HOP GENERATION] DJ PHILIPPE PETIT ( bip hop/ FR) ZONK´T (oddsize / FR) SI-CUT.DB (bip hop / fallt / UK) KOMET (frank bretschneider / raster / mille plateaux / DE) video: PHASE 4 (FR) _____ > di. 12.2. >> [FRACTURED] video screening programme of the Sonic Acts Festival, Amsterdam - compiled by Lukas van der velde aka minuszero. - 60 min >> [INTERLACE] TARWATER (kitty yo / DE) + guests + video by LILLEVAEN (rechenzentrum/ IE) _____ > mi. 13.2. >> [AMBIENT LINE 02] abstract digital clips - video screening programme >> [PROCESS] OVAL (form + funktion / DE) ALVA NOTO (raster-noton, DE) RALPH STEINBRUECHEL (synchron / CH) + video: onlab (CH) ANNIBALE PICICCI (kein babel, dense, DE) _____ > do. 14.2. >> [YUV] video screening programme curated by antje weitzel and mirjam wenzel. >> [SENSUAL] STYROFOAM (morr music/ BE) CHRISTIAN KLEINE (morr music / DE) LALI PUNA (morr music/ DE) video: MONITOR.AUTOMATIQUE (DE) _____ > fr. 15.2. >> [AUDIO PROPAGANDA] soundlecture: KEN HOLLINGS (the wire/ UK) + CHRISTIAN CONRAD (rechenzentrum/ DE) operation enduring freedom: CHRISTIAN CONRAD (rechenzentrum/ DE) NICOLAI ALBRECHT (deutsche welle/ DE) video: LILLEVAEN (rechenzentrum/ IE) BETA BODEGA COALITION feat.: Void of Algorithm (dr.faustus, plex, seth p. brundel/US) la mano Fria (Audio Propaganda /US) hamijama (Jake Mandell /US) el pirata blanco (Phako/ Clone / NL) SAFETY SCISSORS (plug research / US) TWERK (mille plateaux / US) KID606 (Tigerbeat, US) GOLD CHAINS (Orthlong, US) Video: PFADFINDEREI(DE) _____ > Sa. 16.2. >> [AUDIOTOOLS] ROBERT HENKE (Monolake, Ableton/ DE) - - lecture nanoloop - OLIVER WITTCHOW (DE) - - presentation >> [PARTICLE PLAYGROUND] AGF / DELAY (DE / FI) LUOMO aka vladislav delay (mille plateaux /FI ) MONOLAKE (imbalance/ DE) JAN JELINEK (scape/ DE) RECHENZENTRUM (kitty yo / shitkatapult/ DE) DJ RENE (chain reaction / DE) Video: ALEXEJ (DE) _____ > so. 17.2. >> [POP n] video screening programme curated by antje weitzel and mirjam wenzel [RETRO FUTURISTS] ORGUE ELECTRONIQUE (bunker rec. / NL) LEGOWELT (bunker rec. / NL) SCHMERZLABOR (bunker rec. / NL DJ TLR (mr. clavio/ NL) video: TAPPO KONTAKT (NL) GOGO GODDESS (kool.pop, GER) - --------------------------------- snipp ------------------------------------ german version | deutsche version - --------------------------------- snipp ------------------------------------ C L U B T R A N S M E D I A L E.02 5.- 17. Februar 2002 E _ Werk | Wilhelmstrasse (gegenüber Finanzministerium) | Berlin Mitte täglich ab 21:00 (Eröffnung am DI 5.2., ab 22:00) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nach 1999 (Maria am Ostbahnhof) und 2000 (Haus des Lehrers) stellt der CLUB TRANSMEDIALE zum nun dritten Mal eine unabhängige Plattform für digitale und elektronische Musik und in diesem Zusammenhang entwickelte visuelle Produktionen innerhalb der transmediale - internationales Medienkunst Festival Berlin. Die CLUBKULTUR hat sich als ein maßgebender Spielort für Medienkunst herauskristallisiert. Sie marginalisiert die Unterteilung in akademische und populäre Produktionszusammenhänge. An dieser Schnittstelle liefert sie für >viele den ersten Einstieg in das Feld der Neuen Medien. Der club transmediale versucht das emanzipatorische Potential dieser Entwicklung zu betonen, indem er Künstler und Projekte präsentiert, die in Netzwerkstrukturen arbeiten oder die sich selbst abseits des Mainstreams der "DJ-Culture" stellen, v.a. dadurch, daß sie mit selbsterstelltem Material arbeiten oder ihre Arbeitsmittel in Form eigens programmierter Softwaretools und manipulierter Geräte unabhängig produzieren. KOOPERATIONEN Erstmalig kooperiert der club transmediale mit zwei internationalen Festivals für neue elektronische Medien und Musik: dem Mutek Festival aus Montréal (http://www.mutek.ca) sowie dem Sonic Acts Festival (http://www.sonicacts.com) aus Amsterdam. Das Programm beider Festivals präsentiert richtungsweisende Tendenzen der aktuellen elektronischen Musik und Medienkunst. CLUBDESIGN: Jan Rohlf, Lorenz Wiegand, Timm Ringewaldt, Tina Schmücker Harry Schindele und Geerten Verheus. KONTAKT club@transmediale.de http://www.transmediale.de - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- P R O G R A M M U E B E R S I C H T club transmediale.02 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > DI 5.2. >> [INITIALIZE] LAUB (kitty yo / orthlong / DE) KYBORG feat. SARAH MARRS (nbi / raster / DE SELECTOR WEISER (rechenzentrum / DE) video: ANNA WAGNER (DE) video: MINUZERO (NL) - ------- > MI 6.2. >> [FRACTURED] video screening programm des Sonic Acts Festivals, Amsterdam.- zusammengestellt von Lukas van der Velde aka minuszero. - ca. 60 min >> [EXPLORE] INSTITUT FÜR FEINMOTORIK (Staubgold / DE) @C + LIA (AT/PT) THILGES 3 (AT) STAALPLAAT SOUNDSYSTEM (NL) AU (grondrecords/ NL) MIKO-MIKONA (Institut für physikalisch-semiotische Transformationen (IPST) (FIN/SP) - Fourier-Tanzformation I+II FINZ (jugend hört/ klangkrieg / DE) - -------- > DO 7.2. >> [POP n] video screening programm kuratiert von ANTJE WEITZEL und MIRJAM WENZEL >> [PIXELATE] MICROMUSIC (domizil/CH) LIKE A TIM ( DUB, Rephlex/ NL) MIKRON 64 (DE) DIS*KA (echokammer /DE) ENDURO presents infinte justice (enduro_disk/ DE) alexej shulgin aka 386 DX (staalplaat, RU) JIM AVIGNON - bad news for bugs (neoangin/ DE) video: C-MEN (NL) - -------- > FR 8.2. >>[TEMPORARY SPACES] zur hardware des clublebens - vortrag mit MARTIN EBERLE (DE) und HEINRICH DUBEL (DE) >> [DEMAND] POP UP (kompakt) feat. THE MODERNIST (popular org / DE) & ANTONELLI ELECTRIC (italic / DE) DETTINGER (kompakt, DE) T.RAUMSCHMIERE (shitkatapult / DE) BUS (scape / DE) MAXIMO GRAESSE (bondino / demand/ DE) DANIEL METEO ( meteo / demand/ DE) video: BIANCA STRAUCH (DE) - -------- > SA 9.2. >> [BERLIN CLUBVIDEO] video screening programm Berlin Clubvideo Teil 2 - visomat.inc, 2001, 60 min (DE) >> [GO MUTEK] in kooperation mit dem Mutek-Festival aus Montréal (Quebec / Kanada) AKUFEN (traum / mille plateaux/ QC / CA) ALAIN MONGEAU ( mutek / QC / CA) DEADBEAT (mille plateaux/ QC / CA) JETONE (mille plateaux/ QC / CA) DJ ERIC (oral / QC / CA) POLE (scape / mute/ DE) video: VISOMAT INC. (DE) special Guest: SLUB (UK) - -------- > SO 10.2. >> [SELFMADE] kurzpräsentationen selbsterstellter softwaretools für den live videoeinsatz. MONITOR.AUTOMATIQUE (DE), FRAME FARMERS (DE), JAROMIL (IT), MINUSZERO (NL), GARDEROBE 23 (DE) >> [AV-CLASH] 242 PILOTS (US / NO) PERSPECTS (ersatzaudio / US) GEBRÜDER TEICHMANN (Festplatten/ DE) video:MONITOR:AUTOMATIQUE / FRAME FARMERS / JAROMIL / MINUSZERO / GARDEROBE 23 - -------- > MO 11.2. >> [COLUMN ONE] video screening programm, 40 min braunserver - column One (DE), 2001, 25 min hunter - column One (DE), 2001, 15 min >> [BIP HOP GENERATION] DJ PHILIPPE PETITE ( bip hop/FR) ZONK´T (oddsize / FR) SI-CUT.DB (bip hop / fallt / UK) KOMET (frank bretschneider / raster / mille plateaux / DE) video: PHASE 4 (FR) - --------- > DI 12.2. >> [FRACTURED] video screening programm des Sonic Acts Festivals, Amsterdam - zusammengestellt von Lukas van der Velde aka minuszero. - ca. 60 min >> [INTERLACE] TARWATER (kitty yo / DE) + guests + video by LILLEVAEN (rechenzentrum/ IE) - -------- > MI 13.2. >> [AMBIENT LINE 02] abstract digital clips - video screening programm , ca. 60 min >> [PROCESS] OVAL (form + funktion / DE) ALVA NOTO (raster-noton, DE) RALPH STEINBRÜCHEL (synchron / CH) + video: onlab (CH) ANNIBALE PICICCI (kein babel, dense, DE) - -------- > DO 14.2. >> [YUV] video screening programm kuratiert von ANTJE WEITZEL und MIRJAM WENZEL. >> [SENSUAL] STYROFOAM (morr music/ BE) CHRISTIAN KLEINE (morr music /DE) LALI PUNA (morr music/ DE) video: MONITOR.AUTOMATIQUE (DE) - --------- > FR 15.2. >> [AUDIO PROPAGANDA] soundlecture: KEN HOLLINGS (the wire/ UK) + CHRISTIAN CONRAD (rechenzentrum/DE) operation enduring freedom: CHRISTIAN CONRAD (rechenzentrum/ DE) NICOLAI ALBRECHT (deutsche welle/ DE) LILLEVAEN (rechenzentrum/IE) BETA BODEGA COALITION feat.: Void of Algorithm (dr.faustus, plex, seth p. brundel/US) la mano Fria (Audio Propaganda /US) hamijama (Jake Mandell /US) el pirata blanco (Phako/ Clone / NL) SAEFTY SCISSORS (plug research / US) TWERK (mille plateaux / US) KID606 (Tigerbeat, US) GOLD CHAINS (Orthlong, US) Video: PFADFINDERREI (DE) - -------- > SA 16.2. >> [AUDIOTOOLS] ROBERT HENKE (Monolake, Ableton/ DE) vortrag nanoloop - OLIVER WITTCHOW (DE) präsentation einer software zur musikproduktion mit mobiltelefonen >> [PARTICLE PLAYGROUND] AGF / DELAY (DE / FI) LUOMO aka vladislav delay (mille plateaux /FI ) MONOLAKE (imbalance/ DE) JAN JELINEK (scape/ DE) RECHENZENTRUM (kitty yo / shitkatapult/ DE) DJ RENE (chain reaction /DE) Video: ALEXEJ (DE) - --------- > SO 17.2. >> [POP n] video screening programm kuratiert von ANTJE WEITZEL und MIRJAM WENZEL >> [RETRO FUTURISTS] ORGUE ELECTRONIQUE (bunker rec. / NL) LEGOWELT (bunker rec. / NL) SCHMERZLABOR(bunker rec. / NL DJ TLR (mr. clavio/ NL) GOGO GODDESS (kool.pop, DE) video: TAPPO KONTAKT (NL) _______________________________________________ the information list of transmediale international media art festival berlin transmediale: http://www.transmediale.de list-info: http://mailman.transmediale.in-berlin.de/mailman/listinfo/newsletter ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 12:30:39 -0800 From: "Patrick Lichty" <voyd@voyd.com> Subject: PR: "8 Bits or Less" WristcamVideo Press Release: SHOCKING VIDEO REVEALS TRUTH ABOUT SITUATIONIST ALIEN ABDUCTIONS! "8 Bits or Less" (by artist Patrick Lichty, with DJ Voyd remix of music by the NYC-based 8-Bit Construction Set) is first video artwork created with wristcam and 8-bit technology. Contact: Patrick Lichty (225) 766-3811 (voyd@voyd.com) 1/21/02 Have you ever made a short film about postmodern culture and alien abduction with your watch? "8 Bits or Less", a short form video that explores philosophy, countersurveillance techniques, and alien abduction, was shot entirely with a black - and - white Casio wristCam watch over a six month period. Consisting of under a thousand hand-assembled digital images, "8 Bits or Less" takes the viewer through a surreal landscape of hidden cameras, strange devices, and questionable science. Nevertheless, the video takes the limitations of small devices like the wrist camera as a challenge for creative innovation. But then, director Patrick Lichty is no stranger to the use of information devices as creative tools. His "(re)distributions" PDA art exhibition features many examples of artists who have taken the next wave of personal devices and made them artist's tools. "Creativity has often been about pushing the limits of technique", Lichty said, "and I had no idea whether the low resolution images produced by the wristcam would translate well to video. Also, because of the low resolution (120x120) and the fact that you could only take one image every second and a half, it's interesting to see the texture and jumpiness of the video, which is similar to that of early cinema. As far as wearable media devices are concerned, I think we're at a similar point of time." "8 Bits or Less" features a DJ Voyd remix of the NYC-based band The 8-Bit Construction Set's song, "Dollars" as part of the work's soundtrack. The music, composed on 20-year old Commodore 64 computers, runs counter to market pressures for continual computer upgrades. Combined with the fact that all of the vocals and video were created using older 8-bit technology, "8 Bits or Less" remembers the history of personal computing as well as considers the edge of small and wearable devices that populate society today. Future plans are for a color sequel, and a number of gallery exhibitions featuring imagery from the video. "8 Bits Or Less" is currently available on VHS, DV, and Video CD (with DVD in the works). Patrick Lichty is an artist, writer, and curator who works with experimental forms of technological media. His last major work, "Sprawl: The American Landscape in Transition" continues exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and his "(re)distributions" international PDA art curatorial project continues until February 28th. Contact Info: Patrick Lichty (Videos, Info) (001) 225 766 3811 voyd@voyd.com Site URL: (includes Realvideo version) http://www.voyd.com/8bol 8-Bit Construction Set The 8-Bit Construction Set are: Michael Schwartz (former director of Activision Audio), Dwayne "hooker" Delario, Schwartz, Rick Stryker, Perry "pone" Mahone, DJ Cougar Shuttle http://beigerecords.com/artists/8bitcs.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:25:16 +0000 (GMT) From: John Eacott <john@informal.org>(by way of richard barbrook) Subject: cybersonica University Of Westminster in association with cybersalon presents: cybersonica digital music week at The ICA, London 22nd - 24th May 2002 A two day symposium with presentations, performances, workshops, demonstrations of new technology, djs/vjs, film and a computer soundtoys exhibition. The symposium will feature developments, ideas and debates relating to digital music including (but not limited to): * interactive, algorithmic and generative processes * * spatial sound, installations and architecture * * computer games, virtual reality, broadcast media and narrativity * * music for live performance, theatre and dance* * interactive and networked performance* * instrument and interface design * * aesthetics and artistry * * copyright and commerce* We welcome submissions of academic papers, demonstrations of innovative products, technologies, sound making processes and performances. There will also be an extended exhibition of soundtoys and screen based CD and web work as an exhibition in the New Media Centre at the ICA. If you wish to present or participate in the symposium send proposals / abstracts (500 word max - include audio / images/ URLs etc. as appropriate) to: John Eacott University of Westminster, Watford Road, Harrow. HA1 3TP or by email to: john@informal.org for consideration by the panel by 21st March 2002. To attend the symposium contact the ICA ticket office on 020 7930 3647 or tickets@ica.org.uk PRICE- includes lunch tea/coffee: 2days £140 ( £70 concs) 1 day £75 ( £37.50 concs) Tickets will go on sale 1st March2002. To go onto the reserved booking list prior to1st March or for info about sponsoring this event contact Mark Fitzpatrick - <mailto:%20mark@cybersalon.org>mark@cybersalon.org Artists and presentation details will be posted at: www.cybersalon.org www.cybersonica.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:55:10 -0000 From: "Crabtree, James" <JCrabtree@indsoc.co.uk> Subject: MobileUK - Wednesday PM - Central London All, Richard Barbrook from Westminster suggested some of you might be interested in this event we are running on Wednesday. Anyone who is most welcome to come along and take part - drop me a line to secure a seat. (see attached file or text below) <<mobileuk.pdf>> With very best wishes, James - ------------------------------------------------------ James Crabtree iSociety The Industrial Society t - 020 7479 2114 m - 07932 690746 e - jcrabtree@indsoc.co.uk e2 - jamescrabtree2000@yahoo.co.uk - ------------------------------------------------------ www.indsoc.co.uk/isociety - ------------------------------------------------------ MobileUK Perspectives on the Social Impact of Mobile Technology Wednesday 23rd January 2002 Diskus Transport House, 128 Theobalds Road, London WC1 1.30 - 5.30 (followed by drinks) Mobile phones are the most successful computer-based consumer product of the age, and yet very little is known about how mobile technology is changing the way people interact and cooperate with each other, and how this change can be analysed. - Wireless World, Digital World Research Centre MobileUK, a half-day seminar hosted jointly by The Industrial Society's iSociety research project and the Digital World Research Centre examine the existing social impact of second generation mobile phones, and the potential social uses and effects of future mobile technology. Panel 1 Did The Future Just Happen? The Social Effects of Pervasive Mobile Telephony Professor Jim Norton Deutsche Telekom Max Nathan Industrial Society Richard Harper Director, Digital World Research Centre Simon Roberts Sadie Plant (tbc) Author Richard Reeves Chair Panel 2 Whatever Next: The Potential Social Impacts of 3G and other future technologies Mike Short Director of Industry, mm02 Andrew Grantham and George Tsekouras mobicom, CENTRIM, University of Brighton Phil Stenton HP Labs Tom Standage (Chair) Technology Correspondent, The Economist To attend, or to find out more information, e-mail jcrabtree@indsoc.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 16:34:32 +0000 From: Oliver Ressler <oliver.ressler@chello.at> Subject: video on the first "anti-globalization demonstration" in Austria THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE! a video by Oliver Ressler, 38 min., 2002 The video "This is what democracy looks like!" thematizes the events of 1 July 2001 which took place surrounding a demonstration against the World Economic Forum – a private lobbying organization of major capital – which was meeting in Salzburg at the time. "At those meetings, in the absence of the public, billion dollar deals are set into motion by the self-appointed ’global leaders.’ These deals bring wealth and prosperity to a few, and exploitation and poverty to many. To assure the orderly proceedings of economic globalization, the conference facilities, located in the center of Salzburg, are largely blocked off and all demonstrations are forbidden other than a rally at the square in front of the train station." (Excerpt from the introduction of the video) This video gives insight into the course of events of the first "anti-globalization demonstration" in Austria, held subsequent to the demonstrations in Seattle, Prague, Davos, Quebec, and Gothenburg, which all received a great deal of media attention. In this demonstration in Salzburg, which was forbidden by the police, 919 demonstrators were encircled in a police blockade and detained for over seven hours. In the video "This is what democracy looks like!" anti-capitalist demonstrators take the role of active spokespersons, contrary to dominant media representations that denigrate them as either naive or violent chaotic rowdies. Conversations about the events in Salzburg were carried out with six demonstrators. The central themes developed in the video are; the limitation of basic democratic rights – which is shown mainly in the ban on demonstrating and the detainment of hundreds of people in police encirclement – and the tension between the limited physical force of a few demonstrators and the structural violence practiced by state power. Excerpts from the conversations are put together with my own video recordings and those from (video) activists in Salzburg. The camera angle corresponds with the perspective of the demonstrators, thereby placing video viewers in direct confrontation with the events. Interviews with: Walter Baier, Tanja Jenni, Ingrid Popper, Michael Pröbsting, Daniel Sanin, Irene Zavarsky Video material from Indymedia Austria, Filmliga Linz, offscreen – offenes film forum salzburg, UTV Vienna, Oliver Ressler First presentations at Filmcasino, Vienna (27.01.02, 4:00 pm); Moviemento, Linz (15.02.02, 7:15 pm); in the exhibition "x-lands", Forum Stadtpark, Graz (March 02), Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film, Graz (March 02) ------------------------------ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net