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In Elektra’s 20th year common themes from throughout the history of the festival of machinic bodies and digital transcendence are explored in depth and pushed to their extremes.
04/07/2019A review, photos, and selection of highlights from the abundant offerings of the 4th edition of the International Digital Art Biennial (BIAN) in Montreal.
03/08/2018CAN contributor Dylan Schenker considers AUTOMATA (“art made by machines for machines”) and the uneasy relation between human and machine aesthetics at the third edition of Montreal’s BIAN digital art biennale.
17/06/2016The sixteenth edition of Montréal’s ELEKTRA festival took place from May 13th-17th and delivered a range of audiovisual performances and installations addressing the notion of ‘post-audio’ or perception beyond sound—CAN was on hand to have our retinas singed and eardrums buzzed by the ‘POST-AUDIO’-themed programming.
26/05/2015[dark_box]The 16th edition of the ELEKTRA international digital art festival takes place May 13–17th in Montreal. With this year’s theme POST-AUDIO and the coinciding inaugural edition of BIAS (the International Sound Art Biennial), ELEKTRA examines the influence of sound on our psyche and explores phenomena of listening.[/dark_box] A yearly celebration of audiovisual possibilities, ELEKTRA’s upcoming…
17/04/2015A report on the CAN/HOLO artist Q&A sessions and related audiovisual performances at Montreal’s EM15 festival, which was jointly organized by the teams behind MUTEK and Elektra.
17/06/2014As part of EM15 in Montreal, CAN will be organising live Q&A sessions with audiovisual performers Matthew Biederman and Alan Thibault, and Paul Prudence.
15/05/2014As Robert Henke sets of on his tour with the new project Lumière, kicking off in NYC on the 10th May, we offer a little preview of what is to come.
09/05/2014Montreal, the beginning of May, a dark performance space illuminated by an otherworldly glow; this combination of factors could only mean one thing – Elektra! CAN was on hand at the 14th edition of the venerable Canadian digital arts festival to soak up the proceedings and we’ve prepared the following overview of some of the (well, our) highlights.
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11/04/2012In Elektra’s 20th year common themes from throughout the history of the festival of machinic bodies and digital transcendence are explored in depth and pushed to their extremes.
Tags: Alex Garland / Alexis Langevin-Tetrault / Dave Gagnon / Edwin van der Heide / Elektra / ergonomics / FALAISES / Guillaume Cote / Jeff VanDerMeer / Justine Ermad / Kurt Hentschlager / LaTurbo Avedon / Louis-Philippe Demers / Matthew Biederman / MIAN / Michael Montanaro / monocolor / Myriam Bleau / NSDOS / PC Music / Peter Van Haaften / Rocio Berenguer / Sabrina Ratte / susy.technology / syntax
A review, photos, and selection of highlights from the abundant offerings of the 4th edition of the International Digital Art Biennial (BIAN) in Montreal.
Tags: Adam Basanta / Addie Wagenknecht / Aleksandra Domanović / BIAN / Chikashi Miyama / Cod.Act / daniel rozin / Elektra / festival / IMDA / Manfred Mohr / MIAN / montreal / NSDOS / Ralf Baecker / review / SAT
CAN contributor Dylan Schenker considers AUTOMATA (“art made by machines for machines”) and the uneasy relation between human and machine aesthetics at the third edition of Montreal’s BIAN digital art biennale.
Tags: Alain Thibault / Arsenal / Ben Bogart / BIAN / Bill Vorn / Elektra / featured / festival / Lukas Trunige / Minha Yang / montreal / Nelmarie Du Preez / Orlan / Paolo Almario / Patrick Tresse / Pe Lang / review / Robatlab / SAT / Zimoun
The sixteenth edition of Montréal’s ELEKTRA festival took place from May 13th-17th and delivered a range of audiovisual performances and installations addressing the notion of ‘post-audio’ or perception beyond sound—CAN was on hand to have our retinas singed and eardrums buzzed by the ‘POST-AUDIO’-themed programming.
Tags: Baltan Laboratories / BIAS / bitforms / Carsten Nicolai / Clinker / Cod.Act / Diamond Version / Elektra / festival / Frank Bretschneider / Gary James Joynes / IMDA / Kontejner / Martin Messier / Matthew Biederman / Maxime Damecour / Microwave / montreal / Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal / Myriam Bleau / Olaf Bender / Paul Prudence / Pierce Warnecke / review / The Art of Failure
[dark_box]The 16th edition of the ELEKTRA international digital art festival takes place May 13–17th in Montreal. With this year’s theme POST-AUDIO and the coinciding inaugural edition of BIAS (the International Sound Art Biennial), ELEKTRA examines the influence of sound on our psyche and explores phenomena of listening.[/dark_box] A yearly celebration of audiovisual possibilities, ELEKTRA’s upcoming…
Tags: audiovisual / BIAS / can events / Elektra / Events / exhibition / festival / montreal / Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal / performance
A report on the CAN/HOLO artist Q&A sessions and related audiovisual performances at Montreal’s EM15 festival, which was jointly organized by the teams behind MUTEK and Elektra.
Tags: Alan Thibault / Elektra / Matthew Biederman / montreal / MUTEK / Paul Prudence / performance
As part of EM15 in Montreal, CAN will be organising live Q&A sessions with audiovisual performers Matthew Biederman and Alan Thibault, and Paul Prudence.
Tags: Alan Thibault / BIAN / can event / Elektra / Matthew Biederman / montreal / MUTEK / Paul Prudence
As Robert Henke sets of on his tour with the new project Lumière, kicking off in NYC on the 10th May, we offer a little preview of what is to come.
Tags: ableton / Elektra / Events / generative / laser / light / MUTEK / performance / Robert Henke / Sound / tour / vector / visual
Montreal, the beginning of May, a dark performance space illuminated by an otherworldly glow; this combination of factors could only mean one thing – Elektra! CAN was on hand at the 14th edition of the venerable Canadian digital arts festival to soak up the proceedings and we’ve prepared the following overview of some of the (well, our) highlights.
Tags: audiovisual / Elektra / Environment / montreal / performance / review / Sound
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