MUTEK 2010 NEWS MUTEK TAKES OVER MONTREAL TILL SUNDAY!

MUTEK 2010 NEWS OTHER FESTIVAL NEWS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

____________________________________________________________________ MUTEK 2010 NEWS MUTEK TAKES OVER MONTREAL TILL SUNDAY! MUTEK 2010 is finally here! The festivities get underway at 5pm this evening with a last-minute addition to the line-up, the roving Funambus of transportable music, featuring a surprise artist playing an exclusive set live for only those lucky enough to be wearing special headphone sets onsite. An hour later, the night kick's off with the world premiere of STEPHEN BEAUPRÉ's new audio-visual venture "GEMMIFORM" and continue through the next five days with one of the widest-ranging programs this festival has ever assembled under one umbrella. Each night of the festival, two dazzling expressions of public art presented as part of the Extra_Muros series - PHILIPP GEIST's "TIME DRIFTS" and MELISSA MONGIAT & MOUNA ANDRAOS' "BLOC JAM" - take over central locations of the downtown core at the onset of night, so make sure to drop by the Place des Festivals and UQAM's President Kennedy Pavilion to catch them. And don't forget that to keep up with all the events, showtimes, and updates, and surprises, download the new MUTEK app onto your iPhone and carry the festival around in the palm of your hand. Here's what you can look forward to over the next 48 hours. *Please note that all MUTEK 2010 pass-holders must also claim individual tickets for A/Visions showcases the day of the performance, if they wish to attend. Box office will be open as of 11am at the Monument-National. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2ND Funambus 1 with The Mole 4:30pm - Place de la Paix - Free Situated opposite the Monument-National, at Place de la Paix, the Funambus will host free performances by international artists, delivered directly to your headsets onsite.This evening's performance features MUTEK veteran, The Mole. Experience 1 6pm - Monument-National Theatre - Free Montreal's GEMMIFORM and VIDEOVOCE comprise the first Experience showcase, which features new audio-visual projects that seek out connections between the intimate and the organic, as well as found sound and visual samples to provoke poetic connections. A/Visions 1 - Pandora's Music Box 8pm - Monument-National Theatre - $25 (+tx & sc) Montreal's [THE USER] presents a symphony of dot-matrix printers, NICOLAS BERNIER and MARTIN MESSIER present LA CHAMBRE DES MACHINES, a performance piece inspired by the intonarumori, noise-intoning analogue boxes, and field-recording conceptualists MATMOS co-opt the sonics from an array of early electronic sound-machines. Nocturne 1 - ¡Fiesta Espontanea! 10pm - SAT - $25 (+tx & sc) Kompakt's MATIAS AGUAYO leads a fun-filled and fiery night of contemporary Latin American electronic music. Ostensibly a showcase for his new CÒMEME collective and label, Aguayo holds centre court with his new live band. At the bookends, Chile's DIEGORS and Mexico's REBOLLEDO hold down the decks late into the night. Ectoplasmes³ 1 10:30pm - Monument-National Theatre - Free A creative laboratory of exploratory sounds, former Les Georges Leningrad DOMINIQUE PÉTRIN improvs with independent artist and hypnotist GEORGES REBBOH. ALEXANDRE ST. ONGE meets spontaneously with 2 IMPATIENTS and thereminist FRANK MARTEL. Percussionist PIERRE TANGUAY confronts the electronic gadgery of FILTEAU and the media sound art of CHRISTIAN RICHER. Topping it all off, veteran American tape-looper JASON LESCALLEET. THURSDAY, JUNE 3RD Digi_Section 1 11am - Monument-National Theatre - Free A full day of panels, Q&A's, and workshops gets rolling in the late morning, featuring in-depth interviews with MATMOS and KEVIN MARTIN (King Midas Sound, The Bug, Techno Animal), and many other free events. Details here. Funambus 2 5pm - Place de la Paix - Free Situated opposite the Monument-National, at Place de la Paix, the Funambus will host free performances by international artists, delivered directly to your headsets onsite. Thursday's guest artist will be announced the morning of, stay tuned! Experience 2 6pm - Monument-National Theatre - Free Featuring the ambient loops of IF THEN DO, the laptop glitch of SÉBASTIAN CLICHE, and the sloping drones of Alien8/Oral's AUN, Experience 2 unites homegrown digital experimentation through abstract explorations of improbable relationships between sound, image and movement. A/Visions 2 - The Cult of Longer Memories 8pm - Monument-National Theatre - $25 (+tx & sc) In collaboration with influential music monthly The Wire, this showcase brings together Montreal's FREIDA ABTAN, UK hauntology figurehead THE CARETAKER, and dark-ambient legends NURSE WITH WOUND for an exclusive Canadian engagement. Nocturne 2 - Radical Connectors 10pm - Metropolis - $30 (+tx & sc) Radically connecting disparate points of musical discourse, Wagon Repair's HRDVSION, the UK's JON HOPKINS, veteran Cologne post-everything duo MOUSE ON MARS and Norfolk's NATHAN FAKE surfs the crowd across choppy melodic waves of intelligent technicoloured maximalism. The Savoy room will be twitching and turning with performances by a contingent of homegrown, tech and house producers: MOSSA, CHRIS HRENO, and BOWLY. Ectoplasmes³ 2 10:30pm - Monument-National Theatre - Free Focusing on the spectrum of fragile music and the art of active listening, combinations of regional experimental artists come together to evolve the theme of quiet music. Combos include BERNARDINO FEMMINIELLI, RANDOM TRANSFER, and JOSHUA BONNETTA; ÆLAB's STePHANE CLAUDE, acoustics-theoretician PHILIPPE-AUBERT GAUTHIER, and percussionist DEBASHIS SINHA; JEAN-PIERRE AUBÉ and HERMAN KOLGEN; and finally, Touch/Important recording artist ELEH. BOX OFFICE INFORMATION MUTEK tickets and passes are available online on the festival website and are also available at the following local outlets: MUTEK BOX OFFICE MONUMENT-NATIONAL (open as of May 31) 1182 boulevard Saint-Laurent 514-621-6883 ATOM HEART 364-B Sherbrooke St East 514-843-8484 MOOG AUDIO 3828 Saint-Laurent Blvd 514-284-7434 PASSPORTS, PACKAGES AND DAY PASSES MUTEK FESTIVAL PASSPORT | $210 + tx and s.c. WEEKEND PASS | $130 + tx and s.c. WEEKEND « LIGHT » PASS | $95 + tx and s.c. A/VISIONS PASS | $75 + tx and s.c. NOCTURNE TRIO | $75 + tx and s.c. DAY PASS 1 (JUNE 2) | $40 + tx and s.c. DAY PASS 2 (JUNE 3) | $45 + tx and s.c. DAY PASS 3 (JUNE 4) | $50 + tx and s.c. DAY PASS 4 (JUNE 5) | $55 + tx and s.c. DAY PASS 5 (JUNE 6) | $27 + tx and s.c. Individual tickets by event are also available. ____________________________________________________________________ OTHER FESTIVAL NEWS MUTEK 2010 @ AWDIO: JUNE 2 - 6 10pm to 3am - Live radio streaming Can't make it down to Montreal for MUTEK this year? Then listen to several of the performances in real time, as they happen, courtesy of out friends at AWDIO. AWDIO will be streaming live from NOCTURNES 1, 2, 3 & 4, making this the best way to experience MUTEK if you can't physically be here. Go to awdio.com for more details. MUTEK 2010 DIGITAL COMPILATION The MUTEK 2010 compilation is back and ready to be your soundtrack to the festival and beyond. Like the event it decorates, this year's set has been refined to a choice eleven tracks that take you on a wide-ranging journey, touching upon your every mood, just like a good mix tape from one of your best friends. We've gone ahead and provided you with almost entirely exclusive tracks, adding those minor touches of intimacy to your earbud experience, and all for under $10 CAD! Fully digital and available on the MUTEK website, the MUTEK 2010 compliation features tracks by: BEN FROST NICOLAS JAAR SMIRK SAN PROPER KONQUE MOSSA MINILOGUE JACEK SIENKIEWICZ BRANDT BRAUER FRICK DJ KOZE PIMMON Click here for more details and to purchase! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS SUBMIT A WORK IN PROGRESS TO SHARE AT THE ABLETON WORKSHOP! See Ableton Live in action at this interactive workshop, where Montreal mainstay PHEEK (Archipel) will present his methods for using the software and using your tracks as examples! Bring your own Ableton project in process to share with PHEEK and other participants during the workshop (Live version 8, no effects, on USB key). The workshop takes place on Friday June 4, 1pm, at the Monument-National. Entrance is first come first serve, so be sure to arrive early! LIVE FROM MUTEK 2010 For those that couldn't join us this year, stay connected through our Flickr, Twitter andDel.icio.us updates on our festival site, as we journey through five days of unforgettable performances, countless exclusives, and plenty of other thrills along the way. Just a reminder to those of you tweeting about your MUTEK experience to add a hashtag to your tweets (#mutek). This will help us group all MUTEK-related comments to better receive your comments and feedback. MUTEK PODCASTS Today we revert back to the MUTEKLIVE podcast series, digging up MOSSA's live set from his MUTEK 2008 appearance. Get a feel for what this artist is all about, and then hear his live performance at tomorrow's Nocturne 2, where he will undoubtedly treat you to a live set rife with material from his new album, Festine, released in March 2010. ____________________________________________________________________ ACKGNOWLEDGEMENTS A warm thank you to the following partners for their general and ongoing support: le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, le Ministère du Tourisme du Québec, le Ministère des Affaires Municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire du Québec, le Ministère de la Culture, des communications et de la condition féminine du Québec, le Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles, le Conseil des arts de Montréal, the City of Montréal, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, Musicaction, Tourisme Montréal, the Goethe-Institut, the British Council, le Consulat général de France au Québec, Initiative Musik, MusicExport Cologne, Australian Council for the Arts and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. The organization is particularly grateful to the media and private partners that support the MUTEK 2010 festival: Solotech, Ubisoft, la Société des alcools du Québec, la Société des transports de Montréal, Astral Media, Sidlee, Via Rail Canada, the Society for Arts and Technology, Bande à Part, Moog Audio, Serato, Roland, Ableton, Greencopper, Archambault, l'UQAM, le Monument National, le Club Soda, le Métropolis, Piknic Électronik, Ticketpro, le Laïka, le M!STO, Belle Gueule, Guru, atelier b., Resident Advisor, Dose.ca, The Wire, Fact, Exclaim!, NOW, Tsugi, XLR8R, Awdio, Cyberpresse, 33mag, Nightlife, Mirror, Midnight Poutine, Soundbeat mag, 101,5 Radio Montréal, CKUT, CISM.

Montreal 2010 (MUTEK Festival 2010) at Place Des Arts (Place des Festival) 'Time Drifts' Media Installation by Philipp Geist 02. - 06. June 2010

Montreal 2010 (MUTEK Festival 2010)
at Place Des Arts (Place des Festival)

'Time Drifts' Media Installation by Philipp Geist
02. - 06. June 2010

During MUTEK with the support of the Goethe-Institut Montréal
The Berlin-based artist Philipp Geist has developed his video installation Time Drifts for the square Place des Festivals next to the Contemporary Art Museum in Montreal. In his installation Geist interprets the themes of space and time. He avoids using canvases and projects directly on parts of the facade, on the ground of the whole square, on stairs, and on fog streaming into the square. Words are projected onto the ground, and they are reflected into the fog. Fog is, similar to time, always in a flux, you cannot hold or keep it. This concept refers to the characteristics of museums and to their function as a place for conservation and for providing the visitor with both facts and imaginations: the dissolving projection ground symbolizes the fragmentary knowledge and understanding of life in the past and present, but knowledge is also secured and preserved in the form of text, clearly visible on the concrete.
For more information, please click on the link below.
http://www.goethe.de/ins/ca/mon/ver/fr6093296v.htm

'Time Drifts'

The Berlin-based artist Philipp Geist has developed his video installation 'Time Drifts' for the square Place des Arts (Place Des Festival) next to the Contemporary Art Museum in Montreal. In his installation Geist interprets the themes of space and time. He avoids using canvases and projects directly on parts of the facade, on the ground of the whole square, on stairs, and on fog streaming into the square.

The result is an interplay between the concrete, tangible wall/square and the transparent, dissolving projection ground. Words are projected onto the ground, and they are reflected into the fog. Fog is, similar to time, always in a flux, you cannot hold or keep it. This concept refers to the characteristics of museums and to their function as a place for conservation and for providing the visitor with both facts and imaginations: The dissolving projection ground symbolizes the fragmentary knowledge and understanding of life in the past and present, but knowledge is also secured and preserved in the form of text, clearly visible on the concrete. The people become part of the projected images while walking around the square and entering the building. Thus, Geist develops a dialogue with the location, his artistic work and the visitors.

This methodical approach to the theme 'time' is supported by the projected images themselves. Words that relate to the topic both directly and indirectly cover the whole ground of the square. Some terms and sentences are obvious references, some invite the visitor to think about the phenomenon of time and its historical and cultural connotations. This cultural consideration will be enhanced by the fact that the texts will be in the two official languages of Québec, English and French, and additionally in German, which is the artist's mother tongue. There will be single words, quotations and proverbs by various authors. The installation invites the visitors to stay and contemplate, to detect meanings in the thick carpet of partly overlapping words. The carpet's threads of words are woven chaotically, and it takes time and movements across the square to see and decipher them. It is the poetry of the texts and the dream-like atmosphere that will transform the location.

In the images which are projected onto the facade, Geist creates a pictorial, abstract imagery at the computer which also refers to time. Geometrical, spatial forms like squares, cubes, perforated planes, lines and rays, overlay each other in an on-going process and build up a complete picture in order to dissolve it right away. The various elements create a complex architecture of images which is always in a state of flux. By displaying depth and three-dimensionality, the work symbolises the constantly developing, enlarging space of continuing time lines, and represents the complex networks emerging from different spatial components spreading in the course of time.

Philipp Geist works internationally as a light and multi-media artist in the mediums of video, performance, photography and painting. The Berlin artist Philipp Geist (1976) showed a 4D mapping installation on the facade of the royal throne in Bangkok on the occasion of king Bhumibol's 82nd birthday in December 2009. The one-hour-show was the central part of the celebrations and was seen by 2-3 million of visitors. In 2008, during the 'Long Night of the Museums', he showed his video installation 'time fades' at the Kulturforum. In this installation Geist interprets the themes of space and time. He avoids using canvasses and projects directly on parts of the façade of the architecture and on transparent grounds like sheets of gauze and fog.In September 2007, he realized the video installation 'Time Lines' on the entire front of the Palazzo delle Espozioni in Rome at its re-opening after it had been closed for five years. The installation was opened by the mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, and was seen by approx. 20.000 visitors. In 2005, he realized the large project 'Winterzauber' ('Winter Magic') for the Lake Side Restaurant in Zurich and in 2006, he opened the Salon Noir within the context of the exhibition 'Melancholie, Genie und Wahnsinn' ('Melancholy, Genius and Insanity') in the Berlin Neuen National Galerie. Together with the symphony orchestra OBC Barcelona and the Finnish sound ensemble Pan Sonic, Geist opened in 2004 the Sonar Festival in Barcelona. His works were shown at the Dissonanze Festival in Rome, at Clubtransmediale in Berlin and at the Mutek Festival in Montreal which is renowned for new media. He has exhibited his live video performances internationally at the Central House of Artists (CHA) in Moscow, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in London, the National Gallery in Warsaw (Zacheta) and at the opening of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.Further projects are characterized by their complexity and the integration of the location, the sound and moving images.

Philipp Geist/ Videogeist NEWSLETTER May/ June 2010

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Philipp Geist/ Videogeist NEWSLETTER May/ June 2010
http://www.p-geist.de
http://www.videogeist.de

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Dates
1.) Montreal (Canada) Mutek Festival Outdoor Installation 'Time Drifts'
2.) Milano (Italy) MUSAE Videoart.EXE Experimenta Videoart NOCCI/ GEIST
3.) Ahrenshoop (Germany) A-I-R Stipendium Lukas Juli 2010 / September 2010
4.) upcoming dates

Review/ Past Projects
5.) Frankfurt Luminale Naturkundemuseum Senckenberg April 2010
6.) Berlin Kulturforum 2008 ** HD Movie Online**
7.) Bangkok King Bhumibol 82.Birthday 4D Light & Sound Installation ** Movie Online **
8.) Links



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1.) Montreal 2010 (MUTEK Festival 2010)
at Place Des Festival

http://www.mutek.org/
http://www.mutek.org/redirect/http://mutek.org/festivals/montreal/2010

'Time Drifts' Media Installation by Philipp Geist
02. - 06. June 2010

Time Drifts

The Berlin-based artist Philipp Geist has developed his video installation 'Time Drifts' for the square Place Des Festival next to the Contemporary Art Museum in Montreal. In his installation Geist interprets the themes of space and time. He avoids using canvases and projects directly on parts of the facade, on the ground of the whole square, on stairs, and on fog streaming into the square.

The result is an interplay between the concrete, tangible wall/square and the transparent, dissolving projection ground. Words are projected onto the ground, and they are reflected into the fog. Fog is, similar to time, always in a flux, you cannot hold or keep it. This concept refers to the characteristics of museums and to their function as a place for conservation and for providing the visitor with both facts and imaginations: The dissolving projection ground symbolizes the fragmentary knowledge and understanding of life in the past and present, but knowledge is also secured and preserved in the form of text, clearly visible on the concrete. The people become part of the projected images while walking around the square and entering the building. Thus, Geist develops a dialogue with the location, his artistic work and the visitors.
This methodical approach to the theme 'time' is supported by the projected images themselves. Words that relate to the topic both directly and indirectly cover the whole ground of the square. Some terms and sentences are obvious references, some invite the visitor to think about the phenomenon of time and its historical and cultural connotations. This cultural consideration will be enhanced by the fact that the texts will be in the two official languages of Québec, English and French, and additionally in German, which is the artist's mother tongue. There will be single words, quotations and proverbs by various authors. The installation invites the visitors to stay and contemplate, to detect meanings in the thick carpet of partly overlapping words. The carpet's threads of words are woven chaotically, and it takes time and movements across the square to see and decipher them. It is the poetry of the texts and the dream-like atmosphere that will transform the location.
In the images which are projected onto the facade, Geist creates a pictorial, abstract imagery at the computer which also refers to time. Geometrical, spatial forms like squares, cubes, perforated planes, lines and rays, overlay each other in an on-going process and build up a complete picture in order to dissolve it right away. The various elements create a complex architecture of images which is always in a state of flux. By displaying depth and three-dimensionality, the work symbolises the constantly developing, enlarging space of continuing time lines, and represents the complex networks emerging from different spatial components spreading in the course of time.

Philipp Geist works internationally as a light and multi-media artist in the mediums of video, performance, photography and painting. The Berlin artist Philipp Geist (1976) showed a 4D mapping installation on the facade of the royal throne in Bangkok on the occasion of king Bhumibol's 82nd birthday in December 2009. The one-hour-show was the central part of the celebrations and was seen by 2-3 million of visitors. In 2008, during the 'Long Night of the Museums', he showed his video installation 'time fades' at the Kulturforum. In this installation Geist interprets the themes of space and time. He avoids using canvasses and projects directly on parts of the façade of the architecture and on transparent grounds like sheets of gauze and fog.In September 2007, he realized the video installation 'Time Lines' on the entire front of the Palazzo delle Espozioni in Rome at its re-opening after it had been closed for five years. The installation was opened by the mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, and was seen by approx. 20.000 visitors. In 2005, he realized the large project 'Winterzauber' ('Winter Magic') for the Lake Side Restaurant in Zurich and in 2006, he opened the Salon Noir within the context of the exhibition 'Melancholie, Genie und Wahnsinn' ('Melancholy, Genius and Insanity') in the Berlin Neuen National Galerie. Together with the symphony orchestra OBC Barcelona and the Finnish sound ensemble Pan Sonic, Geist opened in 2004 the Sonar Festival in Barcelona. His works were shown at the Dissonanze Festival in Rome, at Clubtransmediale in Berlin and at the Mutek Festival in Montreal which is renowned for new media. He has exhibited his live video performances internationally at the Central House of Artists (CHA) in Moscow, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in London, the National Gallery in Warsaw (Zacheta) and at the opening of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.Further projects are characterized by their complexity and the integration of the location, the sound and moving images.


MUTEK FRESHENS UP ITS 11TH EDITION WITH FREE HIGHLIGHTS
FESTIVAL RUNS FROM JUNE 2ND TO 6TH!

Montreal: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - From June 2nd to the 6th, Montreal falls into the MUTEK groove when the festival sets its artists loose on the city streets! Setting up shop in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles and then pushing out toward the Monument-National, the SAT, the Metropolis, Club Soda, and Parc Jean-Drapeau, MUTEK 2010 leaves its fingerprints all over the city and proves once and for all that there are innumerable ways in which attendees can experience the festival. In 2010, we all design our own MUTEK! More than 150 artists from a dozen countries are taking part in some 80 performances throughout the 5 days that make up this edition, which includes 6 world premieres, 10 North American premieres, and 16 Canadian premieres.

Inspired by its recent win at the 25th Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montreal, the MUTEK festival has pushed the envelope to freshen up its 11th edition with some extraordinary twists for festivalgoers. And many of them are now free to the public! On deck for those who want to discover the festival, MUTEK's outdoor program EXTRA_MUROS returns for a second year to present (in collaboration with Astral Media) two monumentally urbane art installations. Then, on Saturday, June 5th, La Place des Festivals will host an exclusive outdoor free concert featuring Señor Coconut and his Orchestra.

EXTRA_MUROS: The Outdoors Come Alive!

As part of the EXTRA_MUROS series, the Place des Festivals will be graced by the latest creation by Berlin artists Philipp Geist, who has established himself as a master of remodeling public spaces. A new public-art spectacle, TIME DRIFTS interprets themes of time and space by projecting arrangements of light against veils of fog as they drift into all corners of the place des Festivals.

Meanwhile, Melissa Mongiat and Mouna Andraos take over the President Kennedy Pavilion at UQAM with their interactive installation entitled BLOC JAM. An ever-evolving improvisational composition projects as light and orchestrated by cell phones, Bloc Jam is assembled completely by passersby on the street who use their personal technology to add their contributions to the "songs" colouring the wall.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Señor Coconut and his Orchestra

Keeping the spirit of the night skies alive, on Saturday, June 5th, MUTEK brings back Uwe Schmidt's Señor Coconut for a spicy-hot soirée, presented by Ubisoft. From Kraftwerk to Daft Punk with some detours via Prince and Eurythmics, Coconut and his Orchestra refashion the pop hits that have marked our collective imaginations into scorching electro-Latino workouts, fired up with dashes of playfulness. Special guests for the evening include the all-new group Le Golden, featuring Jean-Phi Goncalves (Beast) and Alex McMahon (Plaster), among others. A completely free outdoor concert set to take over La Place des festivals in the heart of the Quarteir des Spectacles, this is one event nobody in Montreal should miss!

EXPERIENCE & ECTOPLASMES3

A few steps away at the Monument-National, the festival epicenter, an ensemble of programs unfolds on weekday evening, featuring new projects by the brightest emerging artists from the local scene. Presented from June 2nd to the 4th in collaboration with Bande à Part, the EXPERIENCE series includes notable presentations by Stephen Beaupré's new audio-visual project "Gemmiform" (Wednesday, June 2nd), the world premiere of Aun's "Black Pyramid" (Thursday, June 3rd), as well as performances by Montreal groups Citofono and Jacob & Francis (Friday, June 4th). Coming at the end of each weekday evening, the ECTOPLASMES3 bring together, for its part, thirty high-calibre experimental acts who will undergo any number of spontaneous collaborations.

...and let's not forget!

New branches are all good, but MUTEK never forgets its roots! The mainstays and foundations of the festival still remain and thrive as centerpieces for internationally renowned programming. These include A/VISIONS, featuring Bjork-collaborators Matmos and the legendary Nurse With Wound; NOCTURNES, featuring King Midas Sound, the highly anticipated new live group by Guillaume Coutu Dumont, and a rare Montreal appearance by Theo Parrish; and MUTEK//PIKNICs, where Paul Kalkbrenner and Pépé Bradock are set to take the stage. All in all, MUTEK 2010 features some 150 artists from near and far, coming together over 5 days and five venues. What a way to begin Montreal's festival season in style!

The MUTEK PASSPORT ($210 CDN +tx & sc), WEEKEND PASS ($130 CDN +tx & sc) and individual tickets (starting at $25 +tx & sc) are currently on sale at www.mutek.org, and through the Ticketpro network (www.ticketpro.ca and all outlets).




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2.) Milano (Italy)

selezione artistica 'MUSAE'
room B

Videoart.EXE Experimenta Videoart

16. June 2010 / 21h
Teatro Franco Parenti
Via Pier Lombardo 14. Milano

Live Media Performance

Fabrizio Nocci + Philipp Geist

composer fabrizio nocci (rome/ italy) www.myspace.com/ncco1
visual artist philipp geist (berlin/ germany) http://www.videogeist.de

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past projects
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Italy, SCILLA
Circuito Festival Internazionale Musae 2009 - Scilla, Calabria
ex Scoglio di Ulisse 18. Sept 2009
http://www.vimeo.com/6768652

Geist & Nocci at Electronic Church Berlin 19.06.08
http://www.vimeo.com/4372261

Rome Goethe Institut Movie 01/ 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3npW2H4KQMo




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3.) Ahrenshoop A-I-R Stipendium Lukas Juli 2010 / September 2010

The Künstlerhaus Lukas (Artists' House Luke) is a place of artistic work and international gathering. It promotes professional artists in the genres of fine arts, literature, dance and music through the awarding of residence scholarships and focuses on interesting cooperation between the different genres. Thereby, the international context with the Baltic littoral states lies in the center of attention.

http://www.kuenstlerhaus-lukas.de
http://www.kuenstlerhaus-lukas.de/englisch/index1.php?K%FCnstlerhaus_Lukas

Einzelausstellung/ Solo Exhibition Philipp Geist
Riverine Bodden Zones
September - November 2010
Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop

Philipp Geist - Fotografie - Video - Multimedia
Video - Installationen mit Arbeitsergebnissen des zweimonatigen
Stipendiums im Künstlerhaus Lukas

Die Projektausstellung zeigt Arbeiten des Berliner Künstlers Philipp Geist, darin Ergebnisse seines zweimonatigen Aufenthaltsstipendiums, das er 2010 im Künstlerhaus Lukas antreten wird. Auf diese Weise erfahren die in Ahrenshoop arbeitenden Stipendiaten nicht nur eine größere Öffentlichkeit und Einbeziehung in den Ort, neueste und absolut aktuelle Tendenzen künstlerischer Entwicklung können so aufgespürt und präsentiert werden.

Eröffnung der Ausstellung am 18. September 2010 um 17 Uhr

19. 09. 2010
bis
01. 11. 2010

geöffnet täglich
10-17 Uhr
http://www.neues-kunsthaus-ahrenshoop.de/




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4.) upcoming dates

July 2010
- Germany, Kronach Light Festival "KRONACH LEUCHTET" - light & sound installation & Exhibition
- Montepulciano (Italia) Festvial Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte Montepulciano - Outdoor Installation

August
- Italy, Monte Amiata Chiesa Abbazia - Outdoor Installation
- St.Petersburg (Russia) - Water Museum Permanent Video Installation
- Dresden Ostrale 2010 Video Installation




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5.) Frankfurt LUMINALE 2010 "Time Shadows" Installation
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Time Shadows / Naturkundemuseum Senckenberg

Installation Views
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgeist/sets/72157623896627710/
http://videogeist.de/GeistLuminale2010.html


11.4. - 16.4.2010 | Frankfurt am Main | Light + Media
Time Shadows - Video Space Installation by Philipp Geist

The Dinosaur Hall with its giants from the distant past is transformed into a walk-in video-space-installation. By artistic means Philipp Geist interprets the multi-facetted experiences one has in this place of wonders and science. Visitors plunge into a dense jungle of tangles of words, which invite us to reflect on our relationship with the origins of life.

Der Dinosauriersaal mit seinen Giganten aus einer fernen Vergangenheit wird zu einer begehbaren Video-Raum-Installation. Mit künstlerischen Mitteln interpretiert Philipp Geist die vielschichtigen Erfahrungen, die man an diesem Ort der Wunder und der Wissenschaft macht. Die Besucher tauchen ein in einen dichten Dschungel von Wortgeflechten, die zum Reflektieren über unsere Beziehung zu den Anfängen des Lebens einladen.



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6.) Bangkok KING 4D LIght & Sound Installation MOVIE ONLINE
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Bangkok / Thailand
Ananta Smakhom Throne Hall

Celebrating Thai King Bhumibol's 82.Birthday
Video Mapping Installation / 4D Light and Sound by Philipp Geist
05.- 13. December 2009

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

Installation Movie (10min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnLQjlLl8F0
http://www.vimeo.com/8486053

Installation Movie (23min)
http://www.vimeo.com/8454625

Installation Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgeist/sets/72157622057450512/
http://videogeist.blogspot.com/2009/11/bangkok-thailand-4d-light-sound.html




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7.) Berlin Kulturforum 2008 Time Fades
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Berlin Kulturforum Time Fades Installation 2008
Currently I'm are working on a similar project for MUTEK2010 in Montreal (Canada).

** HD Movie ONlINE **
Documentray by Patrick Heeren

Time Fades Video Installation at BERLIN KULTURFORUM 2008 (Short/ HD)
http://www.vimeo.com/10486831


Time Fades Video Installation at BERLIN KULTURFORUM 2008 (HD)
http://www.vimeo.com/3974202




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8.) Links
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http://www.p-geist.de
http://www.videogeist.de

Facebook Page Videogeist/ Philipp Geist
http://www.facebook.com/pages/VIDEOGEIST-Philipp-Geist/186309069852?ref=ts

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

Blogs
http://videogeist.blogspot.com
http://riverinezones.blogspot.com

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/VIDEOGEIST

Vimeo
http://www.vimeo.com/videogeist

Twitter
http://twitter.com/videogeist

Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/videogeist







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Studio Philipp Geist
Post Box 080311
10003 Berlin/ Germany

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

"KRONACH LEUCHTET" Light Installation at historical castle Rosenburg 20/21. July 2010

Germany, Kronach

Light Festival "KRONACH LEUCHTET"

20./21. July 2010 Light Installation at historicial castle ROSENBURG

16. Juli - 25. Juli 2010

Installation "Riverine Zones"

Exhibition of Light Boxes Abstract Photo Works

more soon

MUTEK FRESHENS UP ITS 11TH EDITION WITH FREE HIGHLIGHTS FESTIVAL RUNS FROM JUNE 2ND TO 6TH - EXTRA_MUROS: The Outdoors Come Alive!

MUTEK FRESHENS UP ITS 11^TH EDITION WITH FREE HIGHLIGHTS

FESTIVAL RUNS FROM JUNE 2^ND TO 6^TH!

Montreal: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 – From June 2^nd to the 6^th, Montreal falls into the MUTEK groove when the festival sets its artists loose on the city streets! Setting up shop in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles and then pushing out toward the Monument-National, the SAT, the Metropolis, Club Soda, and Parc Jean-Drapeau, MUTEK 2010 leaves its fingerprints all over the city and proves once and for all that there are innumerable ways in which attendees can experience the festival. In 2010, we all design our own MUTEK! More than 150 artists from a dozen countries are taking part in some 80 performances throughout the 5 days that make up this edition, which includes 6 world premieres, 10 North American premieres, and 16 Canadian premieres.

Inspired by its recent win at the 25^th Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montreal, the MUTEK festival has pushed the envelope to freshen up its 11^th edition with some extraordinary twists for festivalgoers. And many of them are now free to the public! On deck for those who want to discover the festival, MUTEK’s outdoor program EXTRA_MUROS returns for a second year to present (in collaboration with Astral Media) two monumentally urbane art installations. Then, on Saturday, June 5^th, La Place des Festivals will host an exclusive outdoor free concert featuring Señor Coconut and his Orchestra.

EXTRA_MUROS: The Outdoors Come Alive!

As part of the EXTRA_MUROS series, the Place des Festivals will be graced by the latest creation by Berlin artists Philipp Geist, who has established himself as a master of remodeling public spaces. A new public-art spectacle, TIME DRIFTS interprets themes of time and space by projecting arrangements of light against veils of fog as they drift into all corners of the place des Festivals.

Meanwhile, Melissa Mongiat and Mouna Andraos take over the President Kennedy Pavilion at UQAM with their interactive installation entitled BLOC JAM. An ever-evolving improvisational composition projects as light and orchestrated by cell phones, Bloc Jamis assembled completely by passersby on the street who use their personal technology to add their contributions to the “songs” colouring the wall.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Señor Coconut and his Orchestra

Keeping the spirit of the night skies alive, on Saturday, June 5^th, MUTEK brings back Uwe Schmidt’s Señor Coconut for a spicy-hot soirée, presented by Ubisoft. From Kraftwerk to Daft Punk with some detours via Prince and Eurythmics, Coconut and his Orchestra refashion the pop hits that have marked our collective imaginations into scorching electro-Latino workouts, fired up with dashes of playfulness. Special guests for the evening include the all-new group Le Golden, featuring Jean-Phi Goncalves (Beast) and Alex McMahon (Plaster), among others. A completely free outdoor concert set to take over La Place des festivals in the heart of the Quarteir des Spectacles, this is one event nobody in Montreal should miss!

EXPERIENCE & ECTOPLASMES³

A few steps away at the Monument-National, the festival epicenter, an ensemble of programs unfolds on weekday evening, featuring new projects by the brightest emerging artists from the local scene. Presented from June 2^nd to the 4^th in collaboration with Bande à Part, the EXPERIENCE series includes notable presentations by Stephen Beaupré’s new audio-visual project “Gemmiform” (Wednesday, June 2^nd), the world premiere of Aun’s “Black Pyramid” (Thursday, June 3^rd), as well as performances by Montreal groups Citofono and Jacob & Francis (Friday, June 4^th). Coming at the end of each weekday evening, the ECTOPLASMES³ bring together, for its part, thirty high-calibre experimental acts who will undergo any number of spontaneous collaborations.

…and let’s not forget!

New branches are all good, but MUTEK never forgets its roots! The mainstays and foundations of the festival still remain and thrive as centerpieces for internationally renowned programming. These include A/VISIONS, featuring Bjork-collaboratorsMatmos and the legendary Nurse With Wound; NOCTURNES, featuring King Midas Sound, the highly anticipated new live group by Guillaume Coutu Dumont, and a rare Montreal appearance by Theo Parrish; and MUTEK//PIKNICs, where Paul Kalkbrennerand Pépé Bradock are set to take the stage. All in all, MUTEK 2010 features some 150 artists from near and far, coming together over 5 days and five venues. What a way to begin Montreal’s festival season in style!

The MUTEK PASSPORT ($210 CDN +tx & sc), WEEKEND PASS ($130 CDN +tx & sc) and individual tickets (starting at $25 +tx & sc) are currently on sale at www.mutek.org, and through the Ticketpro network (www.ticketpro.ca and all outlets).

Media Contacts:

Mélanie Mingotaud

melanie@bchabotcom.ca

514 861 7870

Mara Gourd-Mercado

mara@bchabotcom.ca

514 705 3323

Morgan Steiker

msteiker@mutek.org

514 746 6939

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A warm thank you to the following partners for their general and ongoing support: le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, le Ministère du Tourisme du Québec, le Ministère des Affaires Municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire du Québec, le Ministère de la Culture, des communications et de la condition féminine du Québec, le Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles, le Conseil des arts de Montréal, the City of Montréal, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, Musicaction, Tourisme Montréal, the Goethe-Institut, the British Council, le Consulat général de France au Québec, Initiative Musik, MusicExport Cologne, the Australian Council for the Arts and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.

The organization is particularly grateful to the media and private partners that support the MUTEK 2010 festival: Solotech, Ubisoft, la Société des alcools du Québec, la Société des transports de Montréal, Astral Media, Sidlee, Via Rail Canada, the Society for Arts and Technology, Bande à Part, Moog Audio, Serato, Roland, Ableton, Greencopper, Archambault, l’UQAM, le Monument National, le Club Soda, le Métropolis, Piknic Électronik, Ticketpro, le Laïka, le M!STO, Belle Gueule, Guru, Resident Advisor, Dose.ca, The Wire, Fact, Exclaim!, NOW, Tsugi, XLR8R, Cyberpresse, 33mag, Nightlife, Mirror, Midnight Poutine, Soundbeat mag, 101,5 Radio Montréal, CKUT, CISM.

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MUTEK PREND L’AIR POUR SA 11^E ÉDITION

DU 2 AU 6 JUIN!

Montréal, le mardi 18 mai 2010 – Du 2 au 6 juin, Montréal s’embrasera au rythme de MUTEK qui fera prendre l’air à ses artistes! Inspiré par la réception récente du 25^eGrand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal, le festival MUTEK persiste et signe une onzième édition qui fera vivre une expérience hors du commun aux festivaliers. Plus de 150 artistes d’une douzaine de pays prendront part aux 80 concerts, performances et événements qui auront lieu pendant les 5 jours que durera cette édition, incluant 6 premières mondiales, 10 premières nord américaines, 16 premières canadiennes. Le volet extérieur gratuit EXTRA_MUROS de MUTEK revient pour une deuxième année consécutive et présente, en collaboration avec Astral Média, deux installations urbaines et monumentales. Et, le samedi 5 juin, la place des Festivals sera le théâtre du spectacle exclusif, en extérieur et gratuit, de Señor Coconut et son orchestre, en grande première nord-américaine. En partant du cœur du Quartier des spectacles, pour aller vers le Monument-National, la SAT, le Métropolis, le Club Soda et le Parc Jean-Drapeau, MUTEK 2010 étend son emprise sur la ville et confirme qu’il y a autant de façons de s’approprier du festival qu’il y a de lieux et d’activités. En 2010, à chacun son MUTEK!

Ainsi, dans le cadre de la série EXTRA MUROS la place des Festivals sera investie par la toute dernière création de l’artiste berlinois Philipp Geist. TIME DRIFTS, œuvre d’art public, interprète les thèmes de l’espace et du temps, en projetant des arrangements lumineux sur la façade de la Maison du Festival et sur le sol de la place des Festivals et sur un voile de brouillard. Reconnu internationalement pour son travail en tant qu’artiste multimédia, Philipp Geist est passé maître dans l’art de remodeler des lieux publics et pendant les 5 jours de MUTEK, le public montréalais pourra être témoin de sa magie. Mélissa Mongiat et Mouna Andraos, quant à elles, se serviront du flanc du pavillon Président-Kennedy de l’UQAM comme toile de fond pour leur installation BLOC JAM. Passants et festivaliers auront l’honneur d’être plus que de simples spectateurs puisqu’ils transforment les projections vidéo de Bloc Jam à l’aide de leur téléphone cellulaire pour créer des vibrations rythmiques qui sont ensuite traduites en « chants » de couleurs sur le mur. Les formes s’accumulent pour composer une magnifique mosaïque qui évolue et s’adapte instantanément. L’esprit participatif est au cœur de cette installation où un mur devient un instant d’évasion en plein centre-ville!

Toujours dans ce même esprit d’évasion, MUTEK accueille l’éminent Señor Coconut pour une soirée très « caliente », présentée par Ubisoft, qui saura aussi faire voyager les festivaliers à sa façon! De Kraftwerk à Daft Punk en passant par Prince et les Eurythmics, Coconut et son orchestre reprennent les tubes de la pop qui ont marqué notre imaginaire pour les réinterpréter à la sauce électrolatino, avec une touche à la fois ludique et festive. La première partie sera assurée par le tout nouveau groupe Le Golden, formé entre autres de Jean-Phi Goncalves (Beast) et Alex McMahon (Plaster). C’est le samedi 5 juin, à 21h que la place des Festivals, au cœur du Quartier des spectacles, sera le théâtre de cette expérience complètement survoltée où séduction latine et électro festif sont les ingrédients de base. Gratuit et à l’extérieur, cet événement promet de rester dans les annales du festival et marque le début d’une tradition rassembleuse!

À deux pas de là, le Monument-National, véritable quartier général du festival, sera le lieu de rendez-vous par excellence de tous les festivaliers avec un ensemble de programmes qui font la part belle à des artistes émergents ou à de nouveaux projets émanant de la scène locale. Présentée du 2 au 4 juin en collaboration avec Bande à Part, la série EXPÉRIENCE regroupe notamment le nouveau projet audiovisuel « Gemmiform » de Stephen Beaupré (mercredi 2 juin), la première mondiale de la performance « Black Pyramid » d’Aun (jeudi 3 juin) ainsi qu’un tour de piste pour les formations montréalaises Citofono et Jacob & Francis (vendredi 4 juin). Présentée en fin de soirée pendant ces mêmes dates, la série ECTOPLASMES³ réunit pour sa part près d’une trentaine d’artistes de haut calibre qui se livreront à toutes sortes de collaborations croisées reposant sur des niveaux élevés de talent et d’écoute.

La nouveauté c’est bien, mais MUTEK n’oublie pas ses racines! Les désormais incontournables séries A/VISIONS (avec entre autres Matmos, collaborateurs de Bjork et les légendaires Nurse With Wound), NOCTURNES (incluant King Midas Sound, le très attendu nouveau projet de Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts et une rarissime apparition de Theo Parrish) et MUTEK//PIKNIC (où Paul Kalkbrenner et Pépé Bradock feront un inoubliable tour de piste) ne manqueront pas à l’appel cette année et feront passer les spectateurs par toute la gamme des émotions grâce à des performances les plus excitantes les unes les autres. En tout et partout, MUTEK 2010 c’est 150 artistes d’ici et d’ailleurs, répartis sur 5 jours et ce dans 5 lieux de diffusion. De quoi commencer la saison des festivals en beauté!

Le PASSEPORT MUTEK (210$ CDN +taxes et frais de service), les FORFAITS WEEKEND(130$ CDN + taxes et frais de service) et les billets individuels (à partir de 25$ CDN +taxes et frais de service) sont en vente dès maintenant au www.mutek.org , ainsi que sur le réseau Ticketpro (www.ticketpro.ca et toutes les succursales).

REMERCIEMENTS

MUTEK aimerait remercier les partenaires suivants qui contribuent de façon essentielle au festival :

Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, le ministère du Tourisme du Québec, le ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire du Québec, le ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec, le Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles, le Conseil des arts de Montréal, la Ville de Montréal, le ministère du Patrimoine canadien, le Conseil des Arts du Canada, Musicaction, Tourisme Montréal, le Goethe-Institut, le British Council, le Consulat général de France à Québec, Initiative Musik, MusicExport Cologne, Australian Council for the Arts, et le Adam Mickiewicz Institute.

Solotech, Ubisoft, la Société des alcools du Québec, la Société des transports de Montréal, Astral Média, Sidlee, Via Rail Canada, la Société des arts technologiques, Bande à Part, Moog Audio, Serato, Roland, Ableton, Greencopper, Archambault, l’UQAM, le Monument-National, le Club Soda, le Métropolis, Piknic Électronik, Ticketpro, le Laïka, le M!STO, Belle Gueule, Guru, Resident Advisor, Dose.ca, The Wire, Fact, Exclaim!, NOW, Tsugi, XLR8R, Cyberpresse, 33mag, Nightlife, Mirror, Midnight Poutine, Soundbeat mag, 101,5 Radio Montréal, CKUT, CISM.

Accréditations médias :

Dès maintenant MUTEK accepte les demandes d’accréditation pour le festival 2010. Journalistes et chefs de pupitre sont invités à se rendre au www.mutek.org afin d’y télécharger le formulaire d’accréditation.

Information (Media) :

Mélanie Mingotaud

melanie@bchabotcom.ca

514 861 7870

Mara Gourd-Mercado

mara@bchabotcom.ca

514 705 3323

ABSTRACT PHOTO WORKS by Philipp Geist

ABSTRACT PHOTO WORKS by Philipp Geist

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

http://www.p-geist.de

Montreal 2010 (MUTEK Festival 2010)at Place Des Festival 'Time Drifts' Media Installation by Philipp Geist 02. - 06. June 2010

Montreal 2010 (MUTEK Festival 2010)
at Place Des Festival

'Time Drifts' Media Installation by Philipp Geist
02. - 06. June 2010

The Berlin-based artist Philipp Geist has developed his video installation 'Time Drifts' for the square Place Des Festival next to the Contemporary Art Museum in Montreal. In his installation Geist interprets the themes of space and time. He avoids using canvases and projects directly on parts of the facade, on the ground of the whole square, on stairs, and on fog streaming into the square.

The result is an interplay between the concrete, tangible wall/square and the transparent, dissolving projection ground. Words are projected onto the ground, and they are reflected into the fog. Fog is, similar to time, always in a flux, you cannot hold or keep it. This concept refers to the characteristics of museums and to their function as a place for conservation and for providing the visitor with both facts and imaginations: The dissolving projection ground symbolizes the fragmentary knowledge and understanding of life in the past and present, but knowledge is also secured and preserved in the form of text, clearly visible on the concrete. The people become part of the projected images while walking around the square and entering the building. Thus, Geist develops a dialogue with the location, his artistic work and the visitors.

This methodical approach to the theme 'time' is supported by the projected images themselves. Words that relate to the topic both directly and indirectly cover the whole ground of the square. Some terms and sentences are obvious references, some invite the visitor to think about the phenomenon of time and its historical and cultural connotations. This cultural consideration will be enhanced by the fact that the texts will be in the two official languages of Québec, English and French, and additionally in German, which is the artist's mother tongue. There will be single words, quotations and proverbs by various authors. The installation invites the visitors to stay and contemplate, to detect meanings in the thick carpet of partly overlapping words. The carpet's threads of words are woven chaotically, and it takes time and movements across the square to see and decipher them. It is the poetry of the texts and the dream-like atmosphere that will transform the location.

In the images which are projected onto the facade, Geist creates a pictorial, abstract imagery at the computer which also refers to time. Geometrical, spatial forms like squares, cubes, perforated planes, lines and rays, overlay each other in an on-going process and build up a complete picture in order to dissolve it right away. The various elements create a complex architecture of images which is always in a state of flux. By displaying depth and three-dimensionality, the work symbolises the constantly developing, enlarging space of continuing time lines, and represents the complex networks emerging from different spatial components spreading in the course of time.

Philipp Geist works internationally as a light and multi-media artist in the mediums of video, performance, photography and painting. The Berlin artist Philipp Geist (1976) showed a 4D mapping installation on the facade of the royal throne in Bangkok on the occasion of king Bhumibol's 82nd birthday in December 2009. The one-hour-show was the central part of the celebrations and was seen by 2-3 million of visitors. In 2008, during the 'Long Night of the Museums', he showed his video installation 'time fades' at the Kulturforum. In this installation Geist interprets the themes of space and time. He avoids using canvasses and projects directly on parts of the façade of the architecture and on transparent grounds like sheets of gauze and fog.In September 2007, he realized the video installation 'Time Lines' on the entire front of the Palazzo delle Espozioni in Rome at its re-opening after it had been closed for five years. The installation was opened by the mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, and was seen by approx. 20.000 visitors. In 2005, he realized the large project 'Winterzauber' ('Winter Magic') for the Lake Side Restaurant in Zurich and in 2006, he opened the Salon Noir within the context of the exhibition 'Melancholie, Genie und Wahnsinn' ('Melancholy, Genius and Insanity') in the Berlin Neuen National Galerie. Together with the symphony orchestra OBC Barcelona and the Finnish sound ensemble Pan Sonic, Geist opened in 2004 the Sonar Festival in Barcelona. His works were shown at the Dissonanze Festival in Rome, at Clubtransmediale in Berlin and at the Mutek Festival in Montreal which is renowned for new media. He has exhibited his live video performances internationally at the Central House of Artists (CHA) in Moscow, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in London, the National Gallery in Warsaw (Zacheta) and at the opening of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.Further projects are characterized by their complexity and the integration of the location, the sound and moving images.