D.A.T.A.

DATA: EVENT: 26.0 @ The Stag's Head

When: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 7pm

Where: The Stag's Head (Upstairs), Dame Lane, Dublin 2 Map:

DATA 26.0 - DATA electronic music special in association with DEAF (Dublin Electronic Arts Festival).

Featuring presentations by Enda Bates (The Spatial Guitar), Pussy Krew (Hardware visuals), Colm Rooney (musical painting), Rob Casey (noise composition) and more...
All D.A.T.A. events are FREE and open to the public!

Information on DATA 26 Presenters:

Enda Bates
Enda Bates is a musician and composer based in Dublin. He is currently
pursuing a PhD in computer music at Trinity College Dublin.
The Spatial Guitar: A new approach to spatial music performance
Performances of spatial music generally fall into three categories,
pre-recorded stereo tracks which are diffused live to multiple
loudspeakers, multi-channel "tape" works which are simply played back
without any live element, and performances featuring live musicians
spatially distributed around the audience. The spatial guitar is a new
approach to the live performance of spatial music in that the
spatialization process is incorporated into the instrument itself. The
instrument is essentially a standard electric guitar modified so that
each string can be individually amplified, processed and fed to
different loudspeakers placed around the audience.
In this way, the musician can perform spatial music in real-time using
standard instrumental techniques to control the spatialization process.
This project has been made possible through the financial support of the
Arts Council.

Pussy Krew
PussyKrew - Visual Bastards from Poland (average age 23), they don't
keep any pets but they do music visuals!!!!!!!!!!!!! very glitchy and
scratchy, with a lot of laugh and energy. They're opening video-players
and scratch headzzzzz with fingers, they're circuit bending mixers and
vvhss tapes to create rhythm and narration. PussyKrew have played
festivals in Poland such as UnSound (unsound.pl) and here in Ireland
(DEAF, Mantua). They have collaborated with the likes of Jan Jelinek,
Andres Ilar, Minit, now they are in close colaboration with
Monosylabikk. You must know that PussyKrew was created to rule the
world!!!!!!! The end of old order is near .... in couple of months there
will be new world disorder PUSSYKREW ORDER!!!!!!!!!

Colm Rooney
I am an artist and musician. I have been playing guitar with the Cork
dub band Wiggle since its formation in 1999. I have a degree and
post-grad diploma in painting from Crawford college in Cork. Up until I
began the MMT masters, my work was static consisting mostly of drawings,
paintings and photography. My final project was an interactive
stereoscopic (3d) installation about painting. The viewer puts on
prepared glasses and has control over the playback of the video and
audio. The video is of me painting several pictures and the audio is
derived from contact microphones attached to the paintings aswell as a
condenser microphone. This is all manipulated using Max/MSP and Jitter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sklv-mVUC90
http://myspace.com/beebaw

Rob Casey
Rob Casey is an Irish musician/composer currently based in Dublin. He
studied at Leeds College of Music and Trinity College Dublin. He spent a
number of years in Paris working as a pianist and is now a member of an
improv trio with saxophonist Sean Óg and percussionist David Lacey. He
will be presenting a composition for ensemble and electronics which
takes a look at the relationship between instrumental Œnoise1 and
Œelectronic noise,1 how our daily listening experiences are affected by
the omnipresent hum of electronic circuitry and the possibilities these
modern aural experiences hold for composed music.

ABOUT D.A.T.A.:
Dublin Art and Technology Association
D.A.T.A. Group
The Dublin Art and Technology Association (DATA) is a group formed with
the intention of promoting, exploring, discussing, and exhibiting art
and technology in Ireland and the world. Based in Dublin, DATA is built
on the idea that collaboration between artists, musicians,
technologists, and academia is the key element in creating
a rich cultural environment for the dialogue and conception of
technological art practices. We aim to create an informal space where
art and technology can meet and allow people from multiple backgrounds
to come together, collaborate, and explore new directions and art practices.
DATA is dedicated to both showcasing the work of local technologists,
musicians, and artists using technology as well as providing a meeting
point for the intersection of these disciplines.
Our aim is to encourage collaboration between group and non/group
members and support an open forum for ideas, practice, and presentation.
All forms of art and tech are welcome for showing at the group events -
from interactive work to net-based projects to digital video to audio
projects to theatrical performances to installations - and we will be
asking for an open call for people to present their projects at the
various events and venues around Dublin.

Contact Info:
Website: http://www.data.ie
To Join Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/datagroup/
Co-Founders:
Jonah Brucker-Cohen (jonah at coin-operated.com)
Nicky Gogan (nicky_gogan at yahoo.com)
Tim Redfern (tim at eclectronics.org)
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All D.A.T.A. events are FREE and open to the public
D.A.T.A is supported by the Arts Council.