New media art in Slovakia (1990s-2000s)

Forms

• digital signal processing and sound performances
• visual performances
• interactive software-based installations
• computer animation

Performances

Urbsounds, 17 April 2002. Multiplace festival at Subterra, Nitra.

Media.Jam, 18 April 2002. Poo & Zden. Multiplace festival at U Club, Bratislava. http://www.multiplace.sk/2002/mjam.html

Poo & Zden, 6 October 2002. Digitopia music session at Tunel 51, Bratislava. Part of New Media Nation series. http://www.nmn.sk/fotogaleria-txt.php?id=10

Urbsounds, 7 May 2003. Digitopia music session at Spojka club, Bratislava. http://34.sk/ootext.php?text=3-45

Martin Burlas, 7 May 2003. Digitopia music session at Spojka club, Bratislava. http://34.sk/ootext.php?text=3-45

Double Fair, 28 May 2003. Digitopia music session at Terminal club, Bratislava. Part of Multiplace festival. http://www.multiplace.sk/2003/index2.php?dt=2&dy=2&tp=65&lang=en

Urbsounds, 28 November 2003. Next music festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava.

Jamka, Urbanfailure, Rbnx, 27 March 2004. Multiplace festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://www.multiplace.sk/2004/?tp=2&id=1&lang=1

Jamka, Urbanfailure, Rbnx, 3 April 2004. Multiplace festival at Stanica, Žilina. http://www.multiplace.sk/2004/?tp=2&id=16&lang=1

[[::.:]] & Guy van Belle, 7 April 2004. Multiplace festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://www.multiplace.sk/2004/?tp=2&id=20&lang=1

[[::.:]] & gnd, 3 December 2004. Next music festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://a4.sk/next/#gnd

Over4tea, 4 December 2004. Next music festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://a4.sk/next/#over4tea

Kerneloops, 20 April 2005. gnd & Guy van Belle & Aymeric Mansoux. Multiplace festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://www.multiplace.sk/2005/?place=acte&id=43

Zden & Iva Bittová & DJ Javas, 22 April 2005. Multiplace festival at HaDivadlo, Brno. http://www.multiplace.sk/2005/?place=acte&id=26

Phragments, 23 April 2005. Multiplej: Le Placard Prologue2 at the Multiplace festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://www.multiplace.sk/2005/?place=acte&id=11

gnd, 23 April 2005. Multiplej: Le Placard Prologue2 at the Multiplace festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://www.multiplace.sk/2005/?place=acte&id=11

Martin Vysoký & Rbnx, 23 April 2005. Multiplej: Le Placard Prologue2 at the Multiplace festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://www.multiplace.sk/2005/?place=acte&id=11

Urbanfailure, 23 April 2005. Multiplej: Le Placard Prologue2 at the Multiplace festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://www.multiplace.sk/2005/?place=acte&id=11

Dance (Do not play around with a fire) for CD and video, 14 October 2005. Daniel Matej & Ján Šicko. Evenings of New Music in Štúdio 12, Bratislava.

Cave songs [re] mixed, 14 October 2005. Daniel Matej & Ján Šicko & Bernd Preiml. Evenings of New Music in Štúdio 12, Bratislava.

Morning relax (Ionization) for clarinet and laptop, 14 October 2005. JB Kladivo. Evenings of New Music in Štúdio 12, Bratislava.

Shining for CD - space sound 5.1 and video, 14 October 2005. Martin Burlas & JB Kladivo. Evenings of New Music in Štúdio 12, Bratislava.

Urbanfailure & Rbnx, 1 December 2005. Next music festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://nextfestival.sk/2005/ufo.php?id=1&c=8&l=en

[[::.:]], 2 December 2005. Next music festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava.

Pink Big Pig, 3 December 2005. Next music festival at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://nextfestival.sk/2005/ufo.php?id=4&c=8&l=en

Guy van Belle & gnd & Ana Filip & Dušan Barok & Oliver Rehák & Rbnx & Martin Vysoký & Mária Rišková & Magdaléna Kobzová & Michal Čudrnák, 17 January 2006. Art's Birthday Party at A4 - Zero Space, Bratislava. http://www.burundi.sk/monoskop/index.php/Dovi_dopo_dopi

Exhibitions

Ivor Diosi, opened 17 April 2002. Curated by Juraj Čarný. At SPACE Gallery. Part of Multiplace festival. http://www.multiplace.sk/2002/diosi.html
Processual design, opened 17 April 2005. Ján Šicko. Curated by Mária Rišková. At Galéria Veža, Bratislava. Part of Multiplace festival. http://www.multiplace.sk/2005/?place=acte&id=3

Artists

Digital signal processing and sound performances

Sound artists got interested in DSP from a variety of backgrounds: serious music composing (Burlas, Matej, Piaček, Žoffaj), industrial music fan (Bittner, Tóth), punk & DIY (Potočný, Lichý, Kordík, Šubrtová), garsonka folk (Kladivo, Burgr), and theatre performances (Murin, Burgr, Vlk).

Techniques include

• electronics (Rbnx [self-made], Urbanfailure, Jamka)
• software-based DSP using Reaktor (Poo), Abbleton (Oliver Irsai, Double Fair), Max/MSP (Martin Vysoký, Zoffaj, Kordik, Kladivo, Pink Big Pig), and in combination with acoustic instruments (Martin Vysoký, Pink Big Pig)
• live electronics (Matej)

Rbnx (Tobiáš Potočný). Self-made electronics, electric signal manipulations. Often with Urbanfailure. Part of Urbsounds.
Urbanfailure (Michal Lichý). Electronics (sampler etc). Often with Rbnx. Part of Urbsounds.
Jamka (Monika Šubrtová and Daniel Kordík). Electronics (samplers, drummachine), software DSP (Max). Deconstructing beats into inbetweens ('jamkas'). Part of Urbsounds.

Poo ([[::.:]] and Róbert Bittner). Software DSP (Reaktor).
[[::.:]] (Daniel Tóth). Software DSP (Reaktor).
Double Fair (Jozef Vlk). Software DSP (Abbleton).
Oliver Irsai (Peter Jančár). Software DSP (Abbleton).
Martin Vysoký (Slávo Krekovič). Software DSP (Lloop patch for Max) and acoustic instruments.
Marek Žoffaj. Software DSP (Max). Body-controlled pieces for theatre in Netherlands.
JB Kladivo. Software DSP (Max).
Helmafrodit (Michal Murin and Michal Snopko). Software DSP, theatrical elements.

Over4tea (Daniel Matej, Martin Burlas, JB Kladivo). Laptops (Kladivo and Burlas), synths (Burlas), live electronics (Matej, not software processed), violoncello (Kladivo).
Pink Big Pig (Lubo Burgr and Marek Piaček). Software DSP (Max) and acoustic instruments.

Visual performances

Zden (Zdeno Hlinka). Developed own Circulation visual engine. Uses recorded material and site-specific image processing.
Ján Šicko. Visuals for theatre pieces (Adobe Director).
Ana Filip. Uses samples and site-specific image processing (Pure Data). With gnd.
gnd (Peter Gonda). Uses samples and site-specific image processing (Pure Data). With Ana Filip.
Kufrik Brothers (Peter Agat Huba and Berco).
Mentaldesign.
Mik (Michaela Danková). Uses recorded material (Imagine).
Saša Gojdičová. Uses recorded material (Imagine).

Interactive software-based installations

Ivor Diosi. Augmented reality installations.
Peter Agat Huba. Mechanical simulation of virtual reality.
Daniel Tóth and Peter Gonda. Film and music footage manipulation (Pure Data).

Computer animation

Peter Agat Huba. Flash narrative animations.
Vladimíra Pčolová. Flash narrative animations.