Sonntag, 22. November 2009

Bangkok / Thailand 4D Light & Sound Installation by Philipp Geist Place:Ananta Smakhom Throne Hall 5th - 13th DEC 2009

Bangkok / Thailand 4D Light & Sound Installation by Philipp Geist




Place:Ananta Smakhom Throne Hall (Bangkok / Thailand)
Date: 5th December - 13rd December 2009

Berlin artist Philipp Geist (33) shows video installation on the facade of the royal throne in Bangkok on the occasion of king Bhumibol's 82nd birthday from Dec 5-13, 2009.

The one-hour-show is the central part of the celebrations and will be seen by thousands of visitors. It interprets artistically the king's life and his work dedicated to public welfare. The art installation combines images of the king and his social projects in the past and present with 3-D-animations of Thai natural and cultural heritage and abstract-painterly passages.

The artist Philipp Geist:
'I feel honoured to be invited to Bangkok to contribute my work to this very special occasion. The organizers were searching for an artist who has already gained experience in creating big facade installations and who simultaneously has an artistic approach to the representation of diverse cultural themes. By mixing figurative and abstract-pictorial film sequences I want to symbolize the succesful combination of tradition and modernism in the king's work. I translated natural and cultural characteristics, which I have researched and photographed on visiting Thailand, into my own imagery and embedded them into partly minimal-purist, partly colourful, dreamlike and intangibly fragile compositions.'

The facade installation responds to the 3-dimensionality of the throne, highlights the architectural structure and neutralizes it again. What is emerging is an interplay between the depth of the building, figurative elements, abstract forms and various rhythms, colours and structures.

Das Mapping, also das exakte Zuschneiden der Gesamtkompositionen auf den Palast, wurde technisch umgesetzt von einer Partnerfirma aus Frankreich Digital Slaves. Die Projektion mithilfe modernster Computer- und Lichttechnik und den derzeit leistungsstärksten Videoprojektoren übernimmt der Technik-Partner der letzten Olympischen Spiele in China. Ein weiterer Bestandteil der Darbietungen ist ein Dokumentationsfilm über den König, der von einem thailändischen Team erstellt wurde. Konzeption und Koordination der Feierlichkeiten liegen bei den Kreativagenturen Kaiser Communications und Fresh Air Festival aus Bangkok.

The 3-D-animations were created on the computer together with WeAreChopChop & VfxBase. The mapping of the images, which is the precise tailoring of the total composition to the facade, was developed with a partner organisation from France (Digital Slaves). The projection using state-of-the-art computer- and light technologies and the most powerful video projectors available is realized by the technical partner of the last Olympic Games in China. Part of the show is also a documentary of the king prepared by a team from Thailand. The concept and coordination of the festivity is carried out by the creative agencies Kaiser Communications and Fresh Air Festival from Bangkok.

A big orchestra of 128 international musicians, which has been assembled solely for this purpose, and a choir of 100 persons perform together with the light show. A diverse programme including dance performances guarantees a gigantic, singular experience.

Philipp Geist has realized many facade installations internationally. In 2007, he projected on the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, a museum of modern art in Rome, and in 2008, he realized an installation on the complete piazetta of the Berlin Kulturforum on the occasion of the Long Museum Nights. In 2010, a facade installation and a solo exhibition in Richmond/USA are to follow, as well as a facade installation in Montreal/Canada.

4D Light & Sound Installation by Philipp Geist

Artist concept facade installation by Studio Philipp Geist


Artist / Director / Animation / Concept
Philipp Geist
www.videogeist.de
www.p-geist.de


2D & 3D Animation:
WeAreChopChop (Berlin / http://www.wearechopchop.com)
Akitoshi Mizutani
Andreas Nicolas Fischer
Daniel Franke

Sebastian Langnickel (http://www.vfxbase.de)


3D Mapping:
Digital Slaves (France / http://www.digital-slaves.com)


The 4D Show is managed by
Fresh Air Festival and Kaiser Communications Co.,Ltd.(Thailand)


Press Download Information:
www.videogeist.de/Bangkok_Geist_4d_Presse.zip
(3mb/ please add ©Copyright Philipp Geist 2009)


© Philipp Geist 2009



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4D Light & Sound Installation by Philipp Geist
(http://www.videogeist.de)

Place:Ananta Smakhom Throne Hall (Bangkok / Thailand)

Date: 5th December - 13rd December 2009

Artist concept facade installation by Studio Philipp Geist

Der Berliner Künstler Philipp Geist (33) bespielt anlässlich des 82. Geburtstages von König Bhumibol, dem weltweit am längsten regierenden Monarchen, vom 5. bis 13. Dezember die Fassade des Königspalastes in Bangkok.

Die circa einstündige Video-Performance, zentraler Bestandteil der Feierlichkeit, bei der tausende Besucher erwartet werden, interpretiert künstlerisch das Leben des Königs und dessen Arbeit zum Wohle des Volkes. Die Kunstinstallation verbindet dokumentarische Darstellungen des Monarchen und seine von ihm initiierten gemeinnützigen Projekte, mit 3-D-Animationen thailändischer Natur- und Kulturschätze, sowie abstrakt-malerische Passagen.

Der Künstler Philipp Geist dazu:
'Es ist für mich eine große Ehre, für diesen besonderen Anlass als Künstler nach Bangkok eingeladen worden zu sein. Die beauftragte Agentur suchte einen Künstler, der bereits mit großen Fassaden-Installationen Erfahrung hat und gleichzeitig mit einem künstlerischen Ansatz an die Darstellung verschiedener Themen herangeht. Ich hatte die Absicht, sowohl mit figurativen als auch abstrakt-malerischen Filmsequenzen die erfolgreiche Verbindung von Tradition und Moderne im Wirken des Königs darzustellen. So setze ich Natur- und Kulturschätze, die ich vor Ort recherchiert und fotografiert habe, in meine eigene Bildsprache um, und bette sie in teils minimal-puristische, teils farbintensive, traumartige und schemenhaft-zerbrechlichen Bildkompositionen ein.'

Die Fassadeninstallation greift die Dreidimensionalität des Throns auf, betont die architektonische Struktur, um sie im nächsten Moment wieder aufzuheben. Es entsteht ein Wechselspiel zwischen der Tiefe des Gebäudes, figurativen Elementen, ungegenständlichen Formen und unterschiedlichen Rhythmen, Farben und Strukturen.

Die 3-D-Animationen entstanden in Zusammenarbeit mit WeAreChopChop & VfxBase. Das Mapping, also das exakte Zuschneiden der Gesamtkompositionen auf den Palast, wurde technisch umgesetzt von einer Partnerfirma aus Frankreich Digital Slaves. Die Projektion mithilfe modernster Computer- und Lichttechnik und den derzeit leistungsstärksten Videoprojektoren übernimmt der Technik-Partner der letzten Olympischen Spiele in China. Ein weiterer Bestandteil der Darbietungen ist ein Dokumentationsfilm über den König, der von einem thailändischen Team erstellt wurde. Konzeption und Koordination der Feierlichkeiten liegen bei den Kreativagenturen Kaiser Communications und Fresh Air Festival aus Bangkok.

Musikalisch begleitet wird die Installation von einem großen Orchester aus 128 internationalen Musikern, das extra für dieses Ereignis zusammengestellt wurde, und von einem 100-köpfigen Chor. Ein volles Programm inklusive Tanzeinlagen sorgen für ein gigantisches, einmaliges Erlebnis.

Philipp Geist zeigte international bereits viele Fassadeninstallationen, unter anderem bespielte er 2007 in Rom das Museum für moderne Kunst, den Palazzo delle Esposizioni, und 2008 das Berliner Kulturforum zur Langen Nacht der Museen. 2010 folgen eine Fassadeninstallation und eine Einzelausstellung in Richmond/USA sowie eine große Fassadeninstallation in Montreal/Kanada.

4D Light & Sound Installation by Philipp Geist

Artist concept facade installation by Studio Philipp Geist


Artist / Director / Animation / Concept
Philipp Geist
www.videogeist.de
www.p-geist.de


2D & 3D Animation:
WeAreChopChop (Berlin / http://www.wearechopchop.com)
Akitoshi Mizutani
Andreas Nicolas Fischer
Daniel Franke

Sebastian Langnickel (http://www.vfxbase.de)


3D Mapping:
Digital Slaves (France / http://www.digital-slaves.com)


The 4D Show is managed by
Fresh Air Festival and Kaiser Communications Co.,Ltd.(Thailand)


Press Download Information:
www.videogeist.de/Bangkok_Geist_4d_Presse.zip
(3mb/ please add ©Copyright Philipp Geist 2009)


© Philipp Geist 2009

Samstag, 7. November 2009

NEWSLETTER 11/12 2009 Philipp Geist / Videogeist Eindhoven Glow Festival / Bangkok Thailand


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Philipp Geist/ Videogeist NEWSLETTER November / December 2009

http://www.p-geist.de

http://www.videogeist.de


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Hello everybody,


I would like to invite to see my insallation "Timing" the Glow Festival

in Eindhoven 6th - 15th November 2009.


I am also preparing a facade installation on the Royal Throne in

Bangkok, Thailand. The projection is a central part of the festivities

celebrating king Bhumibol's birthday and will be attended by thousands

of Thai citizens who honour their king. The art work combining images

of the royal past and present, of the culture and nature of Thailand

and abstract passages can be seen on each night between the 5th and

the 13th December.


Kind regards,

Philipp Geist





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Bangkok, Thailand


4D Light & Sound Installation by Philipp Geist


Artist contect facade installation by Studio Philipp Geist


The 4D & Show is manage by Fresh Air Festival and Kaiser Communications

Co.,Ltd.(Thailand) Technical Support: Digital Slaves




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Glow Festival Eindhoven 2009 Outdoor Installation "Timing"

06th -15th November 2009

http://www.gloweindhoven.nl


Philipp Geist (Germany)


Philipp Geist’s still- and video projection mingle with the facades and

their means of representation. Through projecting light and images into

architectural environments filled with fog, his interventions in architectural

environments visualize and – at the same time - cloak the space they inhabit.

Intersecting media and urban landscapes into new hybrid conditions, their

experiential attraction reflect on the ephemeral and dynamic qualities of artificial

consistencies. Project: Timing “Timing” is a site-and time-specific

work, made for GLOW and made of projected words woven into the space

like a poetic carpet and at the same time, as social radar. The work

will be completed by the visitors walking in the projection field.

Location: Kennedyplein/ Bus station Neckerspoel Interview Philipp Geist

by Lizzy Sliepenbeek “Time is a highly personal and subjective

experience” Time passing “I project directly on architectural elements,

on the ground and on fog. The result is an interplay between the solid

walls and ground and the transparent, dissolving fog. The words are

reflected and made visible in the air. Fog is, similar to time, always

in flux, you cannot hold or keep it. This transient material refers to

the location of the bus station, a place which evokes different

associations of time passing. Lack of time and bothersome waiting

belong together and remind the visitor of the fact that time is not a

fixed and objective parameter, but always a highly personal and

subjective experience. A station serves as a metaphor for arrival and

departure: of loss and gain, and time spent at places and with people

of importance to oneself”. www.p-geist.de www.videogeist.de


http://www.gloweindhoven.nl/


Berlin Kulturforum 2008

http://vimeo.com/3990548


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reviews / photos / documentary

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Italy, SCILLA


Circuito Festival Internazionale Musae 2009 - Scilla, Calabria ex

Scoglio di Ulisse


http://www.vimeo.com/6768652


"What's Happening?!" sound/ image performance project percussion

quartet tetraktis (rome/ italy) http://www.tetraktis.org/ composer

fabrizio nocci (rome/ italy) www.myspace.com/ncco1 visual artist

philipp geist (berlin/ germany) http://www.videogeist.de


http://www.esterni.org/ita/home/




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LIQUID MEMORY - PHILIPP GEIST Outdoor - Video – Installation in

Oberwesel / Kulturstiftung Hütte


Liquid Memory Installation.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgeist/sets/72157622531508556/


http://www.videogeist.de http://www.p-geist.de

http://riverine.videogeist.de


Luminale - Rheinpartie "auf zu neuen ufern" 02 – 04. Oktober 2009

http://www.rheinpartie.com


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Poland, TRANSVIZUALIA 009: MEDIASCREAM! 3. Festival of AudioVisual &

Multimedia Forms 08-18.10.2009


Gdynia, PPNT, Outdoor Installation Project by Philipp Geist 8th,

october opening


Exhibiton Gallery GGF Gdansk, Solo Exhibition/ Einzelausstellung

Philipp Geist opening 9thoctober photo works / light boxes and prints

Fotoarbeiten Leuchtkästen & Videostills


TRANSVIZUALIA 009: MEDIASCREAM! 3. Festival of AudioVisual & Multimedia

Forms 08-18.10.2009 3City: Gdynia|Gda?sk|Sopot Poland


Outdoor installation "Mapping" Gydina.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgeist/sets/72157622561596274/


Exhbiton 'Lighting up Times' Gdansk /Danzig

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgeist/sets/72157622481518124/

http://videogeist.blogspot.com/2009/10/poland-gdynia-ppnt-outdoor-installation.html





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Philipp Geist


http://www.p-geist.de

http://www.videogeist.de


http://riverine.videogeist.de

http://videogeist.blogspot.com/

http://riverinezones.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/videogeist


http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgeist/

http://vimeo.com/videogeist

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=VIDEOGEIST


http://www.facebook.com/philipp.geis

http://www.myspace.com/videogeist


mail@p-geist.de fax +49.30.609808919


Studio Philipp Geist Post Box PO 080311 10003 Berlin/ Germany


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