transmediale 2013 (BWPWAP) Events Listing

Back when Pluto was a planet, cellphones didn’t fit into your pocket, and the internet was a joke on Seinfeld… How long ago was that? In preparation of the transmediale 2013 and in lieu of seeing the future, we’ve created a go-to guide of the festival’s events, screenings, performances, and presentations which stand out for us. Focusing on the relations between technology, art, and society, in the context of rapid technological change, the festival will also host three main exhibitions this year, Evil Media Distribution Centre, Imaging With Machine Processes, and Tools of Distorted Creativity, which can be seen at the HWK. Lastly, you can read our interview with transmediale exhibition curator, Jacob Lillemose, and creative director, Kristoffer Gansing, about the upcoming festival to get as excited as we are for the array of art, video, and ideas coming your way!

TUESDAY, JAN. 29th

transmediale 2013 BWPWAP
Opening
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 17:00h

Memoblast
Performance | Goto80, Raquel Meyers, Jacob Sikker Remin
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 17:00

Pluto Y U No Planet? – Opening Ceremony for transmediale 2013 BWPWAP
Opening Ceremony | Mike Brown, Dr. Bernd Scherer, Hortensia Völckers, Dr. Gerhard Schwehm
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 19:00h

ReFunct Media presentation
Presentation | Benjamin Gaulon, Gijs Gieskes, Phillip Stearns, Tom Verbruggen (toktek), Karl Klomp
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 20:30h

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30th

Mail Art in the GDR
Panel | Karla Sachse, Lutz Wohlrab, Dieter Daniels (mod.)
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 13:00h

-logy
Performance | Vanessa Gageos
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 19:00h

Instrumentarium II (BWPWAP Edition)
Performance | Boris Hegenbart featuring Felix Kubin
in cooperation with CTM – Festival for Adventurous Music and Arts
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 21:00h

THURSDAY, JAN. 31st

Consequences (One Thing Leads To Another
Performance | People Like Us
in cooperation with CTM – Festival for Adventurous Music and Arts
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 21:30h

FRIDAY, FEB 1st

Composting the City | Composting the Net
Performance | Shu Lea Cheang, Martin Howse, Tikul, Ayumi Matsuzaka
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 17:30h

Coded Narratives
Performance | Vanessa Ramos-Velasquez with guest musician A Guy Called Gerald
in cooperation with CTM – Festival for Adventurous Music and Arts
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 21:30h

SATURDAY, FEB. 2nd

Too Many Things
Screening | With films by Turner-Preisträgerin Elizabeth Price (artist is present), John Smith (artist is present), Donigan Cumming and Jacques Louis Nyst
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 14:30h

OCTO P7C-1
Performance | Telekommunisten, OCTO P7C-1 presentation with CEO [3]
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 15:00

In the Jodoverse and Beyond
Video talk & Performance | Alejandro Jodorowsky, Demdike Stare, Gatekeeper
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 20:30h

SUNDAY, FEB. 3rd

Eier Haben
Performance | Diane Torr (mit Anus B. Haven, Anaïs Héraud, Kai Simon Stoeger and Viola)
Haus der Kulturen der Welt | 18:30h

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Additional Information

transmediale was founded in 1988 as a platform for electronic media falling outside of traditional categories of artistic film. Since 1988, the festival has occurred for a week every February, showcasing current and retrospective artworks, as well as questioning and discussing the interrelations between art, technology, culture, and society though conferences, talks, and workshops. In 2012, transmediale began to function as an open, year-round program for artists, activists, and hackers via reSource, which also offers and organizes workshops and projects.

More information about transmediale, as well as full programme schedule, please visit: transmediale.de/bwpwap
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Blog entry by Natasha Klimenko in Berlin; Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013.