Splice Festival is back for its second edition, taking place over the bank holiday weekend
26th - 28th May 2017 at
East London’s multi-arts centres Rich Mix,
Red Gallery and
Kamio.
Part of the EU funded
AV Node network, Splice brings together over 40 international artists to celebrate the diverse field of
audiovisual performance, including
live cinema,
AV remixing,
VJing,
video art and projection mapping. This year sees another diverse programme with headline act
Coldcut, Award-winning
Mira Calix and
DJ Food among the performers alongside a host of educational talks, networking and satellite events.
“
The worldwide AV scene is exploding with talent and creativity and we are proud to give it a home in the UK. Our programming focuses on work that makes a statement artistically, by utilising digital and analogue technology in new ways or through political commentary.” says festival producer Pete Thornton.
On headlining the festival
Coldcut’s Matt Black adds “
We’re stoked to be part of Splice festival, AV art being a major Coldcut passion, in our 30th year. Splice connects electronic musicians, visualists, coders, inventors and makers from the UK, Europe and beyond into a gestalt of the artform.”
PERFORMANCES:
Ninja Tune founders and ground-breaking AV pioneers
Coldcut return in their 30th anniversary year to headline Splice with their brand new AV show. Multi award-winning composer
Mira Calix (Warp Records) presents a special DJ/VJ set inspired by Josef Albers experiments with colour. Turntablist
DJ Food performs his ‘Selected Aphex Works’ AV set, plus a rare live performance from the American godfathers of AV remixing -
Emergency Broadcast Network (EBN) in their first appearance in over a decade. Multimedia duo Filastine & Nova present their provocative new future bass show ‘Drapetomania’, designed to undermine borders and strike against xenophobia. French visionaries
1024 Architecture perform ‘Recession’ - a journey through what’s left of our civilisation.
Zan Lyons fuses live viola looping with distorted beats and real-time remixing of his own films.
Urban Projections unveil the World Premiere of their new show ‘Stratum’ mixing environmental recordings, electronic beats and geometric abstraction. Colombian artist
Optika – Laura Ramirez performs ‘Singularity’. Budapest based band
Mïus x Attaray Visual close the festival with their poetic journey into a timeless microcosmos of darkness and light.
Experimental music based performances with Q&A’s come from
Spatial-Golding,
Christian Faubel &
Ralf Schreiber and
Martina Zena. European partner event,
Athens Digital Arts Festival present a screening programme entitled #PostFuture.
Other artists include
Mixmaster Morris,
Scald Process,
Dotokime,
Eclectic Method,
Adrena Adrena,
Alba Corral, T
im Cowie,
Joe Beedles,
Ben Sheppee,
No Signal,
Bitvert,
Aeldryn,
Matteo Zamagni and
Ilia Rogatchevski.
SATELLITE EVENTS: Saturday night event, Extended Play is headlined by
Rinse FM resident J:
Kenzo with politically charged visuals from Sagberg alongside underground electronic producers
Hector Plimmer and
ScanOne. Independent video art event,
Panorama also host a night of screenings, live music and exhibitions at Genesis Cinema as a warm-up to the festival on Tuesday 23rd May.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME: Talks come from award-winning director
Adam Smith, best known for his visionary video work on The Chemical Brothers live shows; and
Memo Akten, founding member of Marshmallow Laser Feast and winner of the Prix Ars Electronica
Golden Nica. Founders of leading AV software Resolume,
Edwin de Koning and
Bart van der Ploeg host workshops and give an exclusive preview of Resolume 6.
François Wunschel hosts a talk and masterclass based on MadMapper, the leading projection mapping software that he co-created.
Optikal Ink Lab hosts a workshop on LED Mapping & Stage Design,
Manchester’s Test Card host a Networking Forum to debate the future of AV arts in the UK whilst Panel Discussions focus on sampling culture and the diverse practices of live cinema.
INSTALLATIONS: Emmy award-winning CG artist
Andy Lomas presents his stereoscopic installation ‘Constrained Forms’ and EBN unveil their new touch-screen project ‘Full Release’ which contains never before seen archive footage.
Splice is supported by the
Arts Council of England, the EU’s
Creative Europe programme, the
Dutch Embassy and the
Colombian Ministry of Culture. Partners include
University of the Arts, London, video technology pioneers
QED Productions,
Insight Lighting,
Hark Audio,
Splice Post plus media partners
Resonance FM and
The Quietus.
Further information and full programme here:
www.splicefestival.com