[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][vc_single_image image=”33003″ 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 LOCATIONS AROUND TOWN \/AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATIONS CIRCUIT”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]In its search for the evolution of new audiovisual languages, L.E.V. presents 5 of the most remarkable current names from this scene to create a circuit around town where different audiovisual installations will take place.<\/p>\n
Olivier Ratsi \u201cOnion Skin\u201d (Fr)<\/p>\n
Maotik \u201cAeryon\u201d (Ca) (World Premiere)<\/p>\n
Daniel Iregui \u201cControl No Control\u201d (Ca)<\/p>\n
Martin Messier \u201cBo\u00eete Noire\u201d (Ca)<\/p>\n
Carlos Coronas \u201cLampyridae\u201d (Sp)<\/p>\n
www.levfestival.com<\/a><\/p>\n [\/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=”MAOTIK presents AERYON \u00b7 LABoral Centro de Arte”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”33040″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]The Montreal-based artist\u00a0Maotik<\/strong>\u00a0will premiere at\u00a0L.E.V. Festival<\/strong>\u00a0his new project\u00a0Aeryon<\/strong><\/em>, created after a month\u2019s residency at\u00a0LABoral Centro de Arte y Creaci\u00f3n Industrial<\/strong>\u00a0within the framework of Red\u00a0ENCAC<\/strong>\u00a0(the European Network for Contemporary Audiovisual Creation)<\/strong>, a network formed by festivals and cultural institutions with such an international scope as CTM Festival, ARS Electronica, Resonate, Mapping Festival, Elektra, Le Lie Unique, LABoral, and L.E.V. Festival, to name only a few.<\/p>\n During the last few years we have been witnessing the emergence of \u201cflying objects\u201d in our sky. Creative technologists and artists use this technology to capture landscape images and also film sequences. Therefore companies and institutions use it as a surveillance monitor to track individuals. Military drones are increasingly used by armies around the world, and it is said that in a near future they will replace the police patrols for urban security. It is the threat of big brother hovering or even a world where machines have taken over. Is this will lead to irreversible future uses?<\/p>\n AERYON<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is an artistic interpretation of a surveillance drone vision where the story line evolves according to its starting location.<\/strong>\u00a0At this early stage we can imagine a setup of two screens where one screen shows the navigation on a real map and the other one transform the cartography into a poetic visual interpretation. Using a color map of a custom-mage cartography, the generative visual system will react according to the pixel map and will transform the information into a point cloud. Geometry instances will be used to recreate the natural patterns that we can sometimes\u00a0contemplate from a drone. All patterns such a mountains, ocean, forest or cities will have a specific visuals aspect. Other information such as the size of the cities, the number of inhabitants, wind force or weather forecast, just to name a few of them could be added in order to give more parameters to the visual composition. GPS information will also be used to retrieve sound information from a specific location (radio frequencies) and add this information to the \u201cDrone\u201d generative surround sound composition that will also evolve according to the navigation of the performer.<\/p>\n The conflicting forces of virtuality and reality invite the audience to live a contemplative experience where the visual composition change according the virtual drone location, providing an ever-changing experience. Designed as an AV performance and also an installation, AERYON is an advanced navigation visual system that analyze a multiple source of data to recreate the beauty of an aerial landscape view. The story line of the piece evolves gradually to create a multimedia environment that offers various degrees of immersion and modify the perception of the physical space. The installation is an \u201cOpen form\u201d that offers various combination option to the interpreter, the idea is to create a system with a random creation process, in a range of settings defined by the activity of the real time data analysis. In this sense, every state, time of the installation is unique and inimitable. Surround sound translate the visual into a sonic experience that will dive the public at the center of this electronic landscape.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_video link=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/207241423″ align=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]This activity is included in\u00a0L.E.V. Festival<\/strong>\u2018s line-up and also in\u00a0ENCAC<\/strong>\u00a0(the European Network for Contemporary Audiovisual Creation), a multiannual project led by\u00a0LABoral Centro de Arte y Creaci\u00f3n Industrial in a strategic alliance with L.E.V. Festival<\/strong>, and\u00a0co-funded by the European Union\u2019s Creative Europe Programme.<\/strong>[\/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=”DANIEL IREGUI presents CONTROL NO CONTROL \u00b7 Patio Corintio, Laboral City of Culture”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”33042″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]CONTROL NO CONTROL<\/strong>\u00a0is an\u00a0interactive LED sculpture<\/strong>\u00a0that invites the audience to use their hands and body to act on its sound and graphics.<\/p>\n The full cycle of audio-graphical compositions goes through five states, each exploring a geometric pattern, its properties, its audio representation and how it reacts to bodily gestures.<\/p>\n By placing this sculpture in a public space with minimal instructions on how it works, the audience is left to explore by themselves how to get control of the visuals and the sound presented. Everything that touches its surface has an influence, but some movements trigger more complex transformations and this becomes clear as the participant engages with the piece.<\/p>\n Is the audience in control? Do they follow a path that was designed from the beginning? The idea of shaping a behavior and the notion of control is the motivation for creating this work.<\/p>\n http:\/\/iregular.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_video link=”https:\/\/vimeo.com\/88193658″ 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=”OLIVIER RATSI (Antivj) presents ONION SKIN \u00b7 The Colegiate of San Juan Bautista. Revillagigedo Palace”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”33044″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]ONION SKIN<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is a\u00a0immersive installation by Olivier Ratsi<\/strong>, an artist on the\u00a0ANTIVJ visual label<\/strong>. The first stage in the Echolyse project, which will give birth to several variations around the same concept, Onion Skin is made up of a physical dimension \u2013 a module of two walls, positioned at right angles \u2013 augmented by a projection and a 5.1 sound broadcast.<\/p>\n Onion Skin<\/em>\u00a0is a graphical work about the re-composition of time and space through a game of perspectives<\/strong>, both of the exhibition space itself and that of the projection canvas. Built around a progressive structure, made up of 4 parts lasting 14 minutes in total, the piece plays on the principle of repetition and scale to create a physical and hypnotic experience that opens doors onto the hidden and untouchable.<\/p>\n The whole experience of the installation is based on a very specific point of view. A precise position from which a new dimension is revealed to the audience by anamorphosis. The simple geometric elements (\u201cpeelings\u201d) that seemed to be flat at first suddenly start delimiting a new space. The illusion of a new dimension within the installation slowly appears as the onion skins seem to be leaving their physical surface behind.<\/p>\n A 5.1 surround sound set-up accentuates the physical dimension of the installation, strengthening and playing with the impression of volume and space.<\/p>\n [Credits: Onion Skin, an installation by Olivier Ratsi \/\u00a0concept & design: Olivier Ratsi \/\u00a0music: Thomas Vaqui\u00e9 \/\u00a0label: Antivj \/\u00a0producer: Nicolas Boritch \/ Photo credits: Olivier Ratsi]<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.ratsi.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n