EXPTV:Organising multi-media events: Mani.Fest III

Werkmodul
Lecturer: Ben Sassen
Assessment: 6 ECTS, 4 SWS
Date: Tuesday, 9:30 - 12:30 Uhr
Place: Bauhausstraße 15, Projektraum 002
First meeting: Tuesday 2010-04-13

MANI.FEST III is a class! Boost your art practice with a real professional process. Get practice, make a festival.

Course description

Led by Juniorprofessor Ben Sassen & Kyd Campbell

class will be held in English

In this Werkmodul students will learn about planning and promoting multi-media events. Working together as part of a team, they will plan the 2010 edition of the Mani.Fest. The Mani.Fest is an annual event offering artists from Weimar who work with media and performing arts a platform to present their work. The event takes place over one evening during the Bauhaus' Summary, and in previous years has featured dance, theatre and live electronic music performances. Building on the success of last year’s Mani.Fest media performance showcase, this year we will aim to continue developing the Mani.Fest brand whilst once again creating a top quality audio/visual live event with an exciting program of Weimar acts. (See MANI.FEST for more details of last year’s event)

Students joining this Werkmodul will have the opportunity to gain practical experience in:

- Creating and managing promotional campaigns - Working as part of an event production team - Managing an event budget - Installing equipment and technically producing live multi-media events - Using video to document live events - Booking and liaising with artists - Organising and working with venues - Managing relationships with sponsors

To make Mani.Fest 2010 happen we are looking for a range of students who are able to work in different roles, including: graphic design, PR and press work, artist liaison, managing sponsors, VJing, web design and team leading. If one of these sounds like the job you would like to do then come join us!

Deutsche Kurzbeschreibung
Das Mani.Fest bot während des Medienganges 2009 zahlreichen Künstlern aus Weimar eine Plattform für audio/visuelle Live Performances. Auch in diesem Jahr soll das Mani.Fest wieder stattfinden und sich weiterentwickeln.

Dieses Projekt befasst sich mit den grundlegenden Anwendungen und Prozessen, die bei dem Organisieren und der Produktion von Live Performances und Medien Events notwendig sind. Das umfasst sämtliche Schritte von der Programmentwicklung über die Akquise von Künstlern und Sponsoren, die technische Vorbereitung und der Aufbau, die Ablaufplanung, das Marketing und bis hin zur Aufführung selbst.

MANI.FEST III team members:
- Robert Dietrich
- Sophia Gräfe
- Felix Heller
- Cindy Leuther
- Patrick Richter

Admission procedure

Send me or me by e-mail after the first meeting the following information:

• Full name
• Fachrichtung and Fachsemester
• Matrikel #
• Angabe der geltenden Prüfungsordnung
• Valid e-mail address

Leistungsnachweis

Students will take part in the multiple facets of producing the 3rd edition of MANI.FEST.

Each will be responsible for documenting a part of the process and submitting a written report describing the work they have done during the project and dritical reflections on the project, at the end. This report must be submitted within 2 weeks following the festival date.

Eligible participants

Enrolled BFA, MFA and diploma students of the faculties of media, Gestaltung and participants of the media-architecture program.

Syllabus

• 13.04.10 first meeting, kick off lecture
  • REPORT: At this first class we introduced the concept of MANI.FEST and the current Weimar context for AV performance presentation. We looked at a number of artist examples, talked about some different festivals, including the Tiny Noise, and previous MANI.FEST events. We discussed the possibility of creating a context for artists to improvise together during the frame of the festivals, different venues, good time lengths for an AV event, and audience comfort vs. endurance.(k.c.)
• 16.04.10 18h15 - public presentation on noise and sound art and passed MANI.FESTS
• 20.04.10 imagining our process
  • REPORT: After a second overall introduction to the idea of MANI.FEST and the background of our team members, we agreed on using the media faculty's WIKI for our documentation and on the subscription in selected media art related mailing lists. We presented some of our favourite performances/performers like Candice Breitz, Gabriel Shalom, a Radiohead’s music video "House of Cards", a performance by Einstürtzende Neubauten called “Das Auge des Taifun” and some video and audio from Suicide and Pan Sonic. After this we described and looked towards all the steps of the project realization, listed resources and upcoming deadlines. According to this we discussed about our project’s funding/fund raising. In the middle of these considerations stood a precise discussion and attept to define terms related to the art genre we will present within the context of MANI.FEST. [view](s.g.)
• 27.04.10 av performance before 1970 + getting the money
  • we will look at examples of AV performance from prior to 1979, work on a defining text for MANI.FEST, and talk about obtaining sponsorships and funding for our production needs. Get connected online.
• 04.05.10
• 11.05.10
• 18.05.10
• 25.05.10
• 01.06.10
• 08.06.10
• 15.06.10
• 22.06.10
• 29.06.10
• 06.07.10
• 13.07.10
• EVENT DATE (t.b.a.)

Upcoming / Related

• Cannibal Caniche, Berlin - 29 Apr. > 2 May, festival promoting any kind of free music
• Transfera - TV show about experimental video art and AV works (on Canal Autor channel - Orange & Euskatel, Friday nights from Madrid, Spain)
• Kasseler Doku Fest - film and video art festival, 9>14 Nov. 2010
  • call for projects - deadline July 19, 2010
• Cells Buttons - Yogyakarta International Media Art Festival, Indonesia - 27 July > 7 August 2010
  • call for projects, deadline: May 25, 2010
• European Media Art Festival - 21. - 25. April 2010, Osnabrück, Germany
• Mapping Festival - 6 > 16 May, Geneva, Switzerland, VJ festival
• Elektra Festival - 5 > 9 May, Montreal, Cananda, international digital art festival, BIG technology.

Resources

• On Curating new magazine about curatorial practice
• New Media Curating mailing list and research network
• CRUMB - Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss
• Band Camp - site hosting musicians pages from all over the world, free listening & downloading
• Bedeutung - EBOOK library & magazine, great readings!
• End Pilot production How-to - video and brochure about how to put together a festival, produced by Plastic Cut during the End Pilot Festival (Erfurt)

Artists presented in class

• Justice Yeldham - (AU) Glass, contact mics, etc.
• AGF - (DE) voice, poetry, electronic music
• André Gonçalves - (PT) arduino, electronics, household objects
• Pascale Gustin - (FR) voice, poetry, electronics
• Lappetites - (INT'L) eletronic orchestra
• Joachim Montessui - (FR) found footage, electroacoustic
• Line Nault - (CA) dance, electronic objects, video feedback
• Danny Perreault + Thomas Ouellet Fredericks - (CA) electric feedback, pure data, televisions, stroboscopic effects
• EVOL - (ES) computer music & air horns
• Shing Inao - (JP) sensors, electronics, computer music
• Kurt Hentschlager - (AT/USA) Immersive Audiovisual Environments
• Jud Yalkut - (USA) experimental cinema, intermedia, installation video collaboration with Nam June Paik
• the Vasulkas
• Kitchen Archive (USA) - 1971-1973 An Image and Sound laborator founded by the Vasulkas in New York

Links

• Audiovision Linkliste
• MANI.FEST]
• other related courses:
  • GMU:Breaking the Timeline - Max Neupert
  • Dialog für Auge und Ohr, Sommersemester 2010 - Constantin Popp (HfM)