LIQUID FRIDGE :o: CREATIVE SWAPMEET FEB 07
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An overview of the events over the next 2-odd weeks. Should you wish to
post about it on your blog or share with a mailing list, the release is
at www.liquidfridge.co.za/?p=icebox_02_cpt or you may download:
www.liquidfridge.co.za/icebox_02_cpt.doc
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Thank you to all who entered work or proposed a performance. Though we
couldn't accommodate everyone, we think the line-up will provide
compelling listening and viewing, and give attendees the chance to share
in the collective imagination of leading proponents of eclectic sounds
and plush pixels.
- Hein Bekker
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ICEBOX 02 Cape Town
February 28 - March 10, 2007
Liquid Fridge presents a festival of contemporary creativity in
audio/visual art. With the focus on the electronic, open and South
African, ICEBOX combines music, film, video and interactive media
through a programme of screenings, performances, club nights, workshops
and an exhibition.
Supported by the Austrian Consulate Cape Town, CAPE Africa Platform,
iCommons and netbek. Press support by BRAND, Enjin and one small seed,
and online by Kak Duidelik and Swikiri. With thanks to alt film,
Bell-Roberts, INTERFACE, MTKidu and rustpunk.
THE PEOPLE
With music-makers, free thinkers and electronic tinkerers Bernhard
Loibner (Austria), Brendon Bussy, Com.it, CY Cowboys, Garth Erasmus,
Heather Ford (Johannesburg), Dean Henning (Durban), Julian Jonker,
Rebecca Kahn (Johannesburg), Microstripe, Radioboy, Story Boy, and many
others.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 | Labia on Kloof - Main Screening
An evening of innovative short-form narratives, documentaries, music
videos and animations by over 20 independent creators from South Africa
and abroad.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1 | Bell-Roberts CUBE - Exhibition opens
Eerie soundscapes and abstract electronica entwined with
computer-generated imagery and appropriated digital video, as well as
the new installation "A Light Distraction" by sonic engineer Martin Sims
and electro-acoustic artist Brendon Bussy.
SATURDAY, MARCH 3 | CAPE Africa Platform - Workshop
Presentations on intellectual property rights and how digital artists
can both protect and share their work for collaboration, appropriation
art and music mash-ups, circuit bending (re-purposing of electronics)
for sound, and video to take home.
SUNDAY, MARCH 4 | Zula Sound Bar - Screening
An evening of innovative short-form narratives, documentaries, music
videos and animations from abroad.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10 | CAPE Africa Platform - Workshop
Musicians and media artists Bernhard Loibner (Austria), Brendon Bussy
and Garth Erasmus perform live on electric bass guitar, mandolin and
saxophone, with an array of electronics, custom software and deft
improvisation. Afterwards, they offer a detailed insight into the dark
art of experimental audio, discuss their crossover work in video and
other media, and share techniques with participants.
Brendon's presentation includes a collaborative performance with
multimedia artist Charles Maggs.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10 | The Independent Armchair Theatre - Club Night
The ICEBOX sound system promises an eclectic selection of DJ'd and live
retro-tech-future-funk, accompanied by a hearty serving of performing
pixels.
Bernhard Loibner (Austria) - Electro-acoustic
Story Boy - Hip-hop / Jazz / Soul
CY Cowboys - Afrikaans Electro, including audio gems from the new album
Radioboy ('ardkore / Liquid Fridge) - Techno
Microstripe (Big Love) - Breakbeat
Com.it (Big Love / Bush Radio) - Drum & Bass
A WORD FROM THE SPONSORS
CAPE Africa Platform is a section 21 company established to encourage
and facilitate contemporary African creativity through innovative
exhibitions, discussion sessions and education programmes.
Incubated by Creative Commons, iCommons is an organisation with a broad
vision to develop a united global commons front by collaborating with
open content, access to knowledge, free software, open access publishing
and free culture communities around the world.
netbek is passionate about digital creation and specialises in
development for the web and elsewhere.
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