Visual Music

Press Release: CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE NEXT LES RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES IN PARIS IS OPEN UNTIL JULY 15, 2016 Among the main events in Europe dedicated to contemporary practices of moving image, the next Les Rencontres Internationales will be held in Paris in December 2016. Il offers every year a new international programme made of works by internationally renowned artists and filmmakers, along with works by young artists shown for the first time. FILM, VIDEO, MULTIMEDIA ANY INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION can submit one or several works. The call for entries is open to cinema, video and multimedia works, without any restriction for length or genre. Any submission is free, regardless of geographical origins. Read more FILM AND VIDEO * Video / Experimental video * Fiction, exp. fiction / Short, middle and full length * Documentary, exp. documentary * Experimental film * Animation MULTIMEDIA * Video installation, multimedia installation * Multimedia concert, multime...

Addictive TV perform at SPLICE , London’s new and only audiovisual performing arts festival which runs from 3-5 June, 2016 " Addictive TV ’s line-up is founder Graham Daniels and mash-up guru Mark Vidler, aka Go Home Productions. The pair met in 2005, through EMI, working together on Mark’s album track Rapture Riders – remixing Blondie’s Rapture with The Doors Riders on the Storm. The album Mashed was released in 2007. Graham and Mark’s shared passion for film and music, plus their parallel journeys through VJ and mash-up DJ cultures, have brought the guys to where they are now; entertaining audiences and winning new fans by playing and making music their own way, audiovisually." [Source:  http://www.addictive.tv/biography ] Graham and Mark kindly agreed to an email interview, thank you very much guys for taking the time to answer rather long questions! The performing duo will be performing 3-5 June, 2016 at Splice - an exciting new performing arts festival. THE D...

Submit your abstract short films to the Punto Y Raya 2016 Call for Entries. The deadline is Sunday, July 31st 2016 (inclusive). http://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/en/index.php Participation is free and submissions are made online. All techniques are welcome; just remember: only ABSTRACT (non-representational) imagery, the soundtrack cannot feature any articulated words, and the runtime should not exceed 8 minutes. Please take a look at the PARTICIPATION rules for more information. Here is the link to the teaser created by KinoManual (Maciej Bączyk and Aga Jarząb). http://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/en/16_eligibility.php The sixth edition of Punto Y Raya will take place from October 20th through 23rd 2016 at ZKM [Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie] in Karlsruhe, Germany. As always, the festival will be hosting the Short Film Competition, other guest Screenings, Academy & Junior activities, and PyRformances (live cinema sessions MAD info@puntoyrayafestival.com www.puntoyrayaf...

SPLICE FESTIVAL, the UK’s only dedicated audiovisual performing arts festival will open in London this summer, 3rd - 5th June. The brand new festival brings together a host of incredible and diverse artists from around the globe for a three-day feast of live cinema , audio/video remixing and visual music from both established and emerging artists with performances, workshops, talks and networking events. Boasting a live AV performance by Cassetteboy as headline, the festival programme will also include a special DJ set by Plaid (Warp Records), a live AV remix set from Addictive TV , abstract visual electronica from Sculpture , bass heavy electro AV from Germany’s incite/ , video turntablism from Solid Steel’s DJ Cheeba , live cinema from The Light Surgeons , plus music from Mexico’s Incognito Traveller (BBE records) and a selection of artists and VJs from across Europe. Coldcut’s Matt Black (Ninja Tune), Cymatics expert Zach Walker and Leon Trimble host free workshops inc...

London based art pop project KYOTI have just released their debut music single ' Cave-in ' with accompanying video. Great to see the pop music world focus on working with art through moving images and art to accompany their music. The art of their music is as important as the music itself. Kyoti's website imagery is very striking too. http://thisiskyoti.com/ From Marietta "With support for the track already coming from Clash and Indie Shuffle, you can watch the nostalgic visuals here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0sVzdxJrkg&feature=youtu.be In keeping with KYOTI's distinctive imagery - focused on combining the surreal with the mundane, particularly around the power of monolithic architecture and sculpture - ‘Cave In’ features monochromatic archive footage characterised by a mesmerising motif of hands in an echo of the single’s artwork." Embedded Video - Cave-in

Growing literature in the field of Visual Music When I started to explore the topic of audio visual composition and started to use the term 'visual music' in 1999 to describe my own practice and research, there were very few books on the topic of Visual Music as such.  However, there is a very rich source of texts in Journals on particular areas of practice and related areas of research and the term visual music did come forth in these journals, but was not prominent.  I started to gather these articles as they were precious sources of information about other people's work and research and very exciting to learn about.  The term itself came to prominence with the publication of the catalogue 'Visual Music' for a major Visual Music Exhibition held in the US.  Now there is a growing literature in the field. Here are some recent and forthcoming publications. Recent and Forthcoming Publications Book Cover Description The Visual Music Film by Aimee Mo...

Seeing Sound 4 - Call for papers/works Seeing Sound 4 will take place on the 9th and 10th of April 2016 at Bath Spa University in the UK and is now open for submissions of papers , fixed media works and performance works and - as a special call this year - are looking for imaginative proposals for the MediaWall and atrium space of their new building. The deadline for all submissions is 29 January 2016. Website:  http://www.seeingsound.co.uk/ Seeing Sound is an informal practice-led symposium exploring multimedia work which foregrounds the relationship between sound and image. It explores areas such as visual music, abstract cinema, experimental animation, audiovisual performance and installation practice through paper sessions, screenings, performances and installations. Seeing Sound 4 will take place at Bath Spa over the 9th and 10th of April 2016. It represents a move away from the winter months, and a physical move also – although still hosted in the idyllic Ne...