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17.MAY.07:
:: POLITICS UNDER FIRE ::
: la politique prise d'assaut :

:: [ctrl]: TAS ::
TECHNOLOGY : ART : SOCIETY

Présentation par RYBN, France. Performances par Tara Rodgers, Doug van Nort, Javier Arciniegas, tobias.dj. Featuring video-artists Rozalinda Borcila, Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau, Andrew Lynn and The Vacuum Cleaner.

20:0H – 24:00 _ 17 Mai 2007_ Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), 1195 St. Laurent
Free / Gratuit & open to the public / ouvert au public .

UpgradeMTL presents an evening of vidéo-art & musique éxperimentale -- a video-art screening with live experimental electronic music.

Les commissaires renégats Horea Avram et tobias c. van Veen proposent des oeuvres explorant les dimensions sociale et politique des nouveaux médias, du contrôle aux alternatives au contrôle, aux stratégies de démocratisation et à l'accès aux tactiques créatives qui confrontent ces méchanismes de pouvoir. L'événement est présenté dans le cadre du Symposium [CTRL]: Technologie : Art : Société, qui aura lieu à l'université McGill au cours de la journée du 17 mai; tou(te)s sont les bienvenu(e)s

/ Renegade curators Horea Avram and tobias c. van Veen present works that tackle the social and political dimension of new media, from control and alternatives to control, strategies of democratization and access to creative tactics for confronting mechanisms of power. The evening is presented as part of the [CTRL]: Technology : Art : Society Symposium, taking place at McGill during daylight hours of May 17th, to which everyone is welcome.


The May 17 Upgrade :: politics under fire :: is part of [CTRL]:TAS, a one day symposium on technology, art and society. Featuring: keynote speaker McKenzie Wark (New School, NYU); a discussion with local artists and activists on democracy, art and media; and an evening cabaret of video-art, new media and electronic music performance. See the website for the day's schedule which is free & open to the public.

:: horaire / schedule ::

20H00 + doors open / portes ouvertes

20H30+ présentation Anti-Data Mining par RYBN, France. Rybn est un collectif transversal, issu des nouvelles pratiques liées au vjaying, aux musiques électroniques, aux technologies sensorielles et aux logiciels open sources. / presentation of 'Anti-Data Mining' by RYBN, France. RYBN is a transversal collective which came out of new practices linked to vjing, electronic music, sensorial technologies and open source software.

21H15 + uninterrupted screening of video art. Featuring video-artists Rozalinda Borcila, Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau, Andrew Lynn and The Vacuum Cleaner. Curated by Horea Avram. / projection continue de vidéo-art. Avec les vidéastes Rozalinda Borcila,
Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau, Andrew Lynn et The Vacuum Cleaner.
(Commissaire: Horea Avram).

22H30 + live electronic and experimental music. Performances par Tara Rodgers, Doug van Nort, Javier Arciniegas, tobias.dj. Also time for drinks. / performances live de musique électronique et de musique expérimentale. Avec Tara Rodgers, Doug van Nort, Javier Arciniegas, tobias.dj. Et de la boisson à l'horaire.

-- tobias with Horea, May 2007

:: FULL DETAILS / BIOS / TELECHARGEZ ::

PDF [ UPGRADE PDF _ Upgrade Schedule]

PDF [ [CTRL]:TAS PDF _ Symposium Schedule]


PDF [ [CTRL] CATALOGUE ]

[ printable poster PDF ] [ printable flyer PDF: recto / verso ]

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[CTRL]: TAS is sponsored by The Beaverbrook Fund for Media@McGill with assistance from the Post-Graduate Students Society and AHCS_GSA. TAS partners include UpgradeMTL, the Society for Art and Technology and the Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University. [CTRL]: TAS is Anna Feigenbaum, tobias c. van Veen & Horea Avram.
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rendez-vous pour la culture numérique et les arts technologiques à Montréal.
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The Upgrade is an autonomous, international and grassroots organisation of
gatherings for digital culture and the technology arts in Montréal.
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...part of the ever-growing pulsating orb known as Upgrade! International