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next week in prague :

'real-time media processing and interactivity with pure data' :
an introduction workshop to the wonders of
real-time interactivity using
open-source environments like pure-data.

for who ? :

this workshop is aimed at people working
in performance art and interactivity,
no specific computer knowledge is required,
but a real interest in real-time processing
is recommended.
( no cryptic programation skills involved ).

people wanting to make a small prototype
of an interactive project
are the most likely to find some
inspiration in these sessions.

where ? :

theatre "alfred ve dvore" :
Alfred ve dvore
Františka Krizika 36, praha

map:
map


when ? :

from tuesday 31-08 to friday 03-09,
in the afternoons ( 14:00h to 19:00h )

themes :

* basics of real-time processing in pd ( sound and video )
* computer vision for pd
* basic setups for different contexts : dark room ( theater ),
outdoors ...

modalities :

participants should bring a computer
and video devices ( webcam or cameras ),
if you come with a pc with windows,
we will set up linux/ubuntu on it
( it doesn't hurt ! )e

this workshop is part of the invaze festival :
http://invaze.tk
the workshop is free, donations are welcome.

for more informations or if you can't access
to the space, contact Ales Zemene :
phone +420 77 313 96 96
skype a.zemene

nashledanou,

sevy@trafacka & ales@the_edge

The Invasion is over - Long live the Invasion !!!



Thanks to all who were working hard on it, it was one great event. Not all worked 100%, but we are learning and next time we will be better.


Let The Invasion never stop !

Kick-off the Invasion!
Friday 20.8.2010:
Trafacka 15:00-17:30h: Workshop:
Invasive Graphix
Big sprayers legend and co-organizer of the street art festival NAMES Michal Škapa (Cz) aka Tron will lead a workshop with a presentation, where he will show us the history and roots of street art, how to use many different tools of the street artist, as well as different types of patterns, sprinkling extension pieces, brushes and sprays. Teenagers and families with children appropriated. Pls bring your own sprays.In the process of the workshop, Dj Stevie Weenie a Miki Diskjockey will converse the process of the collective painting to the sound of the space.

Trafacka 17:00-18:00h Presentation:
Iuridicum Remedium – Identity, identification and privacy policy in Czech Republic.Mgr. Filip Pospisil, Ph.D., Mgr. Petr Kucera
The presentation topic is electronic passports, ID-cards, Health insurance permits etc.

The Chemistry Gallery 19:00h openning of the exhibition:
Kokoro Power, new paintings and draws by Chase. Life electro set by Dj Sergei

Trafacka 20:00 h free sound party with Miki diskjockey
22:00h Dj ROXOR.


Saturday 21.8.2010:
The Chemistry gallery 15-16:00h presentation and life stencils by Chase

Ferdinand Baumann Gallery 17:00-19:00h openning exhibition: installation named Trendy by slovakien artist Mario Chromý.curator:Darina Alster

Trafacka 19:00h openning of double exhibition Space Invaders and Invasive Identity
TrafoGallery is hosting The Chemistry Gallery in the project:
Space Invaders: Nick Zipper, Damien Mitchell, Leviatan, Chase, Matej Olmer, Tron, Point, Obic.
It will be invasion of streetart in the gallery space.Curator: Petr Hájek

Yves De Goyon
Free your system and the rest will follow
Presentation in Trafacka Hall at 20:30
http://giss.tv

accompanying program:Intersections is the tittle of king size mural painting by Point aka Jan Kalab

Trafacka hall is presenting exhibition:Invasive Identity
Contemporary art will be presented as adventure: interactive, invasive. Art, attracting spectators’ bodies, gives the real physical experience. The visitor will see a exhibition, where videoart is combined with interactive installations, environmental performances and mural painting.
Curator: Darina Alster.

Instalations: Antena, Zemene, Novák, Valderon. Environment: Mel na vsechny hajzly. objects: Pernicky, Mikulastik. paintings: Wolfchen, Smejkalova, Mikulas. Video performances: Petr Skala, Pavla Malina, Elisa Haug, Veronika Slamova. Life actions: Lady Gaby , Johana Střížková, Yves De Goyon. Site-specific: Linda Mikolašková and Amanitas. 3D Project: Underground city XXI

accompanying program:
The Basement: Terezie Honsová , holder of Hlavka prize 2010, has created a site-specific installation in the basement of residence Trafacka.

Open Studios: Martin Krajc, Jakub Hubálek and Jakub Janovský
Over three festival days, a few studios of contemporary Czech painters will be open for viewing. The visitor will be welcomed to observe the real artist in his own environment. The process of creation in real life will be highlighted.


More music? It needs Party...
Trafacka 20:00h-?h
21.August Party
music, sound, lights, shadows, breakcore, love, fun, dance, joy and more...
Michal Cabowitz, Like she, Antena, Marius Konvoj, You Kill Me, Deus Ex Machina, Asio (Mario+Helena Chromý), Reverend Dick Dj.
Performances: Lady Gaby, dRegs


Sunday 22.8.2010
Trafacka 15:00-19:00h Debate: Identity
We’d like to draw attention to the questions connected with freedom, for instance freewill and selection, personal identity, mutual body through gender and modern technologies, hacking and personal safety on the internet, or the ambivalence of social and political roles in our pre-apocalyptic age.Moderator: Darina Alster
Guests: Lady Gaby (Ge), Lenka Klodova (Cz), Radim Labuda (Sk), Denisa Violet (Cz),Karim Talaat (Ca), Adam Borzic(Cz), Ivan Štampach (Cz), Milan Mikuláštík (Cz)

20:00h life concert: Martin Alačama with Christoph Pajer
21:00h Soup jam session with moravien group Mel na Všechny Hajzly.
23:00 Ego Burns Well: sitespecific by Linda Mikolaskova and Amanitas

Entry free.
Special offer: Shuttle bus with seven places cost 35czk.This shuttle bus will trawelling between three galeries durring the festival.

A new era of culture is crossing Prague
The goal of the festival is the transformation of dark memories around the fateful date (21 August) as a celebration of freedom, invasion of creativity to real social life. We’d like to draw attention to the questions connected with freedom, for instance freewill and selection, personal identity, mutual body through gender and modern technologies, hacking and personal safety on the internet, or the ambivalence of social and political roles in our pre-apocalyptic age.
Contemporary art will be presented as adventure: interactive, invasive. Art, attracting spectators’ bodies, gives the real physical experience. The visitor will see a few exhibitions, where videoart is combined with interactive installations, environmental performances and mural paintings. The festival will also include a panel debate about Identity/ Identification, Graffiti workshop, workshop about open-source technologies used in video, presentations of various artists, open studios, multimedia compositions, projections, music, sound, lights, shadows, breakcore, love, fun, dance, joy and more... The big party will happen over three days, in three galleries, in three different places in Prague.