The Influencers presents practices that cross over and beyond traditional definitions of art, computer engineering, design, performance and entertainment.
The festival is part of a research project that began in Bologna, Italy, in 2000 under the name ‘Digital is not analog’ and has gradually focused on exploring controversial strategies for radical intervention in mass communication. They may make use of revolutionary technological tools such as the internet or p2p networks, act by breaking into popular culture (mainstream media, pop music, advertising), or twist marketing strategies and show no mercy in taking over the imagery of the most out-of-control consumerism.
> Read allFrom April 7th to the 9th
at CCCB
carrer Montalegre 5, Barcelona
Free admission
thursday April 7th
Hall
19h Adbusters
20.30h Dragan Zivadinov / NSK / Noordung Kosmocinetic
Cabinet
friday April 8th
Auditorium
17h "Ceský Sen - Czech Dream". Film
by Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda 95' - DVD.
Original version with English and Spanish subtitles
Hall
19h Ceský Sen
20.30h Josh On
saturday April 9th
Auditorium
17h "The Yes Men" film by Chris
Smith, Dan Ollman, Sarah Price 78' - DVD
Original version with Spanish subtitles
Hall
19h Eddo Stern
20.30h Marko Peljhan
22h The Yes Men
Marko
Peljhan / Makrolab / UCSBMarko Peljhan started Makrolab as an autonomous communications, research and living unit and space, capable of sustaining concentrated work of 4 people in isolation/insulation conditions for up to 120 days. Conceived in 1994, the project was first realised during an art exhibition, documenta X in Kassel in 1997 and since then it evolved including work of many people from many different disciplines. Makrolab has a projected life span of 10 years and the project will end in 2007, when a new architecture will be placed in the Antarctic as a permanent base.
In the framework of the proejct, robotic UAV operations are planned and the INFLUENCERS presentation will be focused on the corresponding Spectral System program with the title "Unmanned systems architecture in civil tactical media and reconnaisance applications - The Spectral System Program" that he is pursuing as part of the research agenda at the University of California in Santa Barbara, where he is currently holding a professorship.