{"id":32773,"date":"2019-03-04T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/levfestival.com\/lev\/nuevos-nombres-para-la-edicion-13-del-l-e-v-festival-2019\/"},"modified":"2023-01-25T17:12:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:12:53","slug":"new-names-for-13th-l-e-v-festival-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/levfestival.com\/en\/new-names-for-13th-l-e-v-festival-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"New names for 13th L.E.V. Festival 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_single_image image=”32713″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][edgtf_section_title position=”center” disable_separator=”yes” title_tag=”h3″ disable_title_break_words=”no” title=” NEW NAMES FOR 13TH L.E.V. FESTIVAL 2019″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]The second preview of L.E.V. 2019\u2019s line-up, a Festival which will take place on May 2-5 in Gij\u00f3n, includes exciting news as the European premiere of\u00a0Refik Anadol\u2019s\u00a0Melting Memories: Engram as data sculpture<\/em><\/strong>; or\u00a0Ballistics<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Myriam<\/strong>\u00a0Bleau<\/strong>\u00a0(Canada), who will join the bill at Teatro de La Laboral as part of a solid\u00a0Focus Quebec<\/strong>, plus a large and eclectic selection of acts that will add to the ones previously announced by Laboratorio de Electr\u00f3nica Visual.<\/p>\n

These are the new additions to the bill:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][edgtf_section_title position=”left” disable_separator=”no” title_tag=”h4″ disable_title_break_words=”no” title=” Refik Anadol \/ Espacio EDP \u2013 Iglesia de la Laboral”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Thanks to a close collaboration with EDP Foundation, L.E.V. Festival comes back to Iglesia de la Laboral with\u00a0Melting Memories: Engram as data sculpture<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0Refik Anadol.<\/strong>\u00a0This spectacular installation will be shown for the first time in Spain at\u00a0Espacio EDP \u2013 Iglesia de La Laboral<\/strong>, and it is an exciting project about the materiality and representation of memories, a perfect dialogue among science, arts and technology.<\/p>\n

Refik Anadol, a Los Angeles-based Turk, is a brilliant audiovisual artist that uses his projects to suggest a new aesthetic, technical and dynamic perception of space.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_video link=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/264369157″ align=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][edgtf_section_title position=”left” disable_separator=”no” title_tag=”h4″ disable_title_break_words=”no” title=”Mathilde Lavenne \/ Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]L.E.V.\u2019s line-up comes back to Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto (CCAI). In this occasion we will showcase\u00a0Tropics<\/em><\/strong>, a video installation by French artist\u00a0Mathilde Lavenne<\/strong>\u00a0that adopts the shape of an archeological expedition, drawing an orbit around a Mexican farm and making connections with their inhabitants and the memories of a place through a high-definition 3D scan. Thanks this project, Mathilde Lavenne obtained the renowned Golden Nica 2018 award at Ars Electr\u00f3nica Festival.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_video link=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/271655658″ align=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][edgtf_section_title position=”left” disable_separator=”no” title_tag=”h4″ disable_title_break_words=”no” title=”Myriam Bleau \/Another Spanish premiere at Teatro de La Laboral”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Digital artist\u00a0Myriam Bleau<\/strong>\u00a0(Montreal) will showcase in Gij\u00f3n\u00a0Ballistics<\/strong>,<\/em>\u00a0her new audiovisual performance inspired by mysticism and popular science-fiction. Her works are characterized by using ingenious music interfaces, something that makes her performances unique. In this occasion, the stage features a constellation of laser-mapped, luminous spheres equipped with motion sensors, in order to perform an exercise of sonification related to pendulum physics.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_video link=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/279043992″ align=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][edgtf_section_title position=”left” disable_separator=”no” title_tag=”h4″ disable_title_break_words=”no” title=”Marc Meli\u00e1, Colin Self and Jailed Jamie \/ Saturday matin\u00e9e at Mus\u00e9u del Pueblu d\u2019Asturies”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]We come back to the location which L.E.V. regulars really loved last year. An outdoor space, perfect to enjoy a Saturday matin\u00e9e. This very special venue will be shared by\u00a0Marc Meli\u00e1<\/strong>, the inimitable\u00a0Colin Self<\/strong>\u00a0and the premiere of a new project:\u00a0Jailed Jamie.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marc Meli\u00e1<\/strong>, born in Majorca and established in Brussels, sculpts his sound with the help of legendary Prophet 08 synthesizer, playing live sets without using pre-recorded sequences in order to naturalize the synthetic, humanize the robotic and find sheer beauty in sounds which, by definition, are cold and emotionless.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”32756″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Multifaceted artist\u00a0Colin Self<\/strong>, born in the American West Coast but based in Berlin, updates DIY (\u201cDo It Yourself\u201d) philosophy to DIT (\u201c(Let\u2019s) Do It Together\u201d). His collaborations with other artists are plenty and really diverse: from drag crew Chez Deep, or his queer opera, to his work with Holly Herndon, who he has toured with for years. In 2018 he released his first solo work\u00a0Siblings\u00a0<\/em>on prestigious\u00a0RVNG Intl\u00a0<\/strong>label.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/3JOvIP9fmLA” align=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Jailed Jamie<\/strong>\u00a0is a new and exciting project by\u00a0Jaime Tellado (Skygaze)<\/strong>, one of the most creative, rebellious minds in Spanish electronic scene. This project is mostly dance-oriented, preserving the complexity of previous compositions, their fractured rhythms and a certain degree of finesse. His first live show will be one of the most attractive moments of this new L.E.V.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]