March 14-18: Optronica Festival in London
Feb 14, 2007 4:15 PM
After touring its cinema programs from the U.S. to China and all over Europe, Optronica's hybrid film and music festival takes place once again in London from March 14-18 at the BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX cinema.
The new Optronica site is now up and running. Go to www.optronica.org for full details about the line-up, info on all the artists performing and much, much more...
Programmed and produced by audiovisual artists Addictive TV and new-media curators Cinefeel, in partnership with the BFI, the Optronica festival explores the fusion of music and visuals, and features live AV performances, screenings, illustrated talks, workshops and related special presentations.
This year's line-up includes the World premières of new shows from a fantastic range of artists including Fred Deakin & Nick Franglen of Lemon Jelly, prolific designer and musician Trevor Jackson, Austrian electronic music pioneer Christian Fennesz with renowned New York video artist Charles Atlas, plus the UK première of Peter Greenaway's Tulse Luper VJ Performance, and a special World Cinema remix set from current #1 AV artists Addictive TV themselves. Also on the bill: Japanese audiovisual artist Ryoichi Kurokawa with his first UK performance, the brilliant Berlin-based Rechenzentrum with a brand new AV show and the highly innovative Spanish team behind Reactable - who's demo on youtube.com last week amazed over half a million people in just a few days! Saturday 17th March, London's ICA hosts an audiovisual club night headlined by Speedy J & Scott Pagano and - just confirmed - a rare and exclusive audiovisual set from EBN's Gardner Post and Brian Kane.
Tickets are now on sale. Bookings details can be found on the Optronica site. Please note, all events sold out at the last Optronica.
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