Bertrand Gondouin - Pixelache

Audio report from Tomas Nygren, Pixelvärk 2007

Bertrand Gondouin — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:30:00 +0000

Tomas Nygren has audio recorded some of the lectures at the PixelVÄRK festival, including mine!

Gondouin presented a variety of exiting projects. Most notably was his notion in a dance perfomance setup that the interaction with the dancer made all the effort to use advanced motion-tracking methods less successful compared to using an ordinary midi-control device, since using the midi-contoller maintained the direct contact between the performers.

Pixelvärk Seminar 5 Oct 2007

There is also an audio backup at archive.org.

PixelVÄRK presentation of custom interactive visuals software, 5th october 10-16.00

Bertrand Gondouin — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:00:00 +0000

I will participate in the "pixelVÄRK seminar" at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, friday 5th october 10-16.00.
http://www.pixelvark.se/

I will present different visual synthesizers and physical interfaces and how I develop my own methods and aesthetics with them.
I will also perform live visuals at the Opening party at Landet on friday evening (More info below).

You're welcome !

PixelVÄRK is a festival for electronic art and subcultures.
The theme for the 2007 pixelVÄRk is aesthetics, tools and methods in VJ-ing and other underground media. The festival marks the end of the Game Art focus Mejan Labs has had during the early autumn of 2007, where art related to computer games have been discussed.

pixelVÄRK seminar 5th October 10am-4pm
Seminar on VJ-ing & underground aesthetics.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Fredsgatan 12, 4th floor (Royal Academy of
Fine Art’s new studios, former IASPIS studios).
Free entrance

pixelVÄRK opening party 5th October 8pm-1am
Hunden Katten Göken & Ponnyn at Landet.
Lm Ericssons Väg 27
126 37 HÄGERSTEN

Grains & Pixels and VJ Bertranol awarded by the Prix Möbius Nordica Experimental, Pixelache Highlights 2007

Bertrand Gondouin — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:00:00 +0000

Prix Möbius Nordica competition and Pixelache together decided to give special awards to some of the most interesting projects in the Nordic VJ Meeting.
The jury members were Eva Bischof-Herlbauer & Gery Herlbauer (Austria) from 4youreye / Eye|Con, Gabor Kitzinger aka VJ Rio Rokoko (Hungary) and Nordic VJ Meeting programme director Petri Ruikka.

- Propaganda from Estonia
Because of the energy of their VJ performance and their skill in interpreting the music into images and visual rhythms. Their work takes into account the essential elements of VJing: the space, the audience, the other performers and the music.

- VJ Bertranol / Grains & Pixels performance
Creating a new platform for and at the same time looking into the future possibilities of integrated audiovisual performance. Creative approach in integrating real-time footage into live performance on digital platform.

- Bottega Arete + VJ Samesame + Casper Obro
Creative collaboration by using several VJ outputs together in an interesting way in live performance. Fresh and unexpected footage and the skill in taking into account the relation between the footage and display set-up.

Interview for transit lounge radio

Bertrand Gondouin — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000

Transit lounge is an hyper-local transational DIY radio program by Jodi Rose. It was set up in the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art during the Pixelache Festival. And I got interviewed!
Direct MP3 link

Grains & Pixels at Pikseliähky // Pixelache 2007

Bertrand Gondouin — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:00:00 +0000

Grains & Pixels is invited to play at Pixelache 2007 ! 2007-04-01 15:00 Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki

Pixelache is a festival of electronic art and subcultures. Pixelache presents projects experimenting with media and technology from a broad range of disciplines: artists, engineers, designers, researchers and architects. Pixelache focuses especially in presenting activities of various international grassroot networks and communities such as the VJ community, media activists, the open source community and the demoscene.The goal of Pixelache festival is to act as a bridge between the traditional creative disciplines and rapidly developing electronic subcultures.

Grains & Pixels rehearsal in the Placard: Live cinema without the cinema

Bertrand Gondouin — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000

the placard headphone festival → 2007 → PlacardX -Pixelache helsinki - saturday

Grains & Pixels is having a rehearsal during the Placard Headphone festival. It's almost impossible to play without the visual feedback, but that's the challenge!

.16:00 (EEST) .Grains & Pixels. - .Grains & Pixels. - (+) - .Live cinema without the cinema.

VJ Bertranol at Pikseliähky // Pixelache 2007

Bertrand Gondouin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:00:00 +0000

I'm part of the Pixelache Nordic VJ meeting during the Pixelache 2007 Festival!

The Nordic/Baltic VJ scene is gathering in Helsinki and showing their skills in club events (organised in collaboration with Basso and ALAS), audiovisual jamming sessions as well as covert guerrilla actions around the city. The invited 30+ VJ acts are coming from all corners of the Nordic/Baltic region: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
PikseliAlas Club
Friday, March 30 @ Korjaamo

21-02
PikseliAlas club on Friday in Korjaamo is collaboration between Pixelache festival and Alas club.

Live acts
Anders Ilar (Merck, Narita, Shitkatapult, Audio.nl / Sweden)
Rumpistol (Rump / Denmark)
Po’land (Katusea / Finland)
DJ Rrimöykk (Katusea / Finland)

VJs
Bottega Arete (Denmark)
Casper Obro (Denmark)
VJ SameSame (Denmark)
Tencu & Miisu (Estonia)
Vodka Jugend (Lithuania)
Rüt Rüt (Lithuania)
Gisle Froysland (Norway)
Bertrand Gondouin (Sweden / France)
Video Jack (Portugal)
Jugi Kaartinen & Markus Pasula (Finland)
Kirves (Finland)

+ Bubbleshow analog projection
+ Outdoor projections