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*SIGHT & SOUND Festival / 6th edition: SCIENCE FACTION* 20 - 25 MAY 2014 Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada For full program / more info: http://sightandsoundfestival.ca/<http://sightandsoundfestival.ca/en/more-info>(and see below) http://www.easternbloc.ca/ <http://sightandsoundfestival.ca/en/more-info> =================== This year, the theme of Sight & Sound is *Science Faction* - a multifaceted observation of a world undergoing profound change. Science Faction is about fear of the unknown; but also, because, inarguably, the idea of communicating with otherworldly beings or robots overpowering humans in a dystopian futurist society are images forever embedded in the consciousness of everyday people. Science Faction is about the sheer power of the imaginary. For over a century, the works of sci-fi authors have captivated a modern audience and prompted it to speculate about the future and the near-future, and to contemplate the implications of present-day metamorphoses—technological, biological, or sociological. Today, it is taken for granted that technology is neither good nor bad, nor that future necessarily means progress. But in our quest to gain control over technology, for human to dominate machine, we neglect to recognize that which is human in the machine. That our human traits – weaknesses, strengths, downfalls, ambitions – are candidly reflected in the machines and programs we create. Political, economic, social power is – indirectly or not – manifested in the technologies we imagine, on paper or film, in the lab or boardroom. Consequently, we develop bigger, faster information networks and computer systems, which appear to think and react autonomously, yet we forget that those who champion technological revolution – mechanical, televisual, digital, post-digital – have the most power to leverage in its wake. So, with Science Faction, we ask the artist to suggest their rendition of a mutant future, their idea of a radical cyborg, their interpretation of a human-machine meltdown. And, we ask the spectator to embrace the marginal legalities and othered ontologies of those visions put forth. ================= ================= *FULL FESTIVAL PROGRAM* PERFORMANCES 20 May 2014 Festival Opening Yoshi Soedoka & Daron Murphy: Sibyl 21 May 2014 Arcangelo Constantini: Photonotube Ally Mobbs: Turntablism for the Hard of Hearing Christian Faubel, Ralf Schreiber, Tina Tonagel: Monochrome Layering 22 May 2014 Leslie Garcia: Bio-Box Shu Lea Cheang: UKI Yan Jun: Feedback Improvisation 23 May 2014 Quimera Rosa & Transnoise : Akelarre Cyborg 2.0 24 May 2014 Dopplereffekt: Dopplereffekt Live Mélissa Gagné (Babi Audi): Sochi Snow Club Dead Le Révélateur: Extreme Events Jacob Ciocci & David Wightman: Extreme Animals PANEL DISCUSSIONS / PRESENTATIONS 21 May 2014 Beth Coleman: Keynote presentation “La Trahison des images:” Science Fictions and Bodies Without Organs in the Event Horizon of Ubiquitous Mediation 22 May 2014 Whose Fictions? Upturning the Male Dystopian Narrative Panelists: Adrienne Maree Brown, Skawennati Fragnito, Paula Pin, Maria Mitsopoulou Moderator: Erandy Vergara-Vargas 23 May 2014 Biological Systems as Generative Models for the Future Panelists: Eric Lewis, Erin Gee, Leslie Garcia, Sofian Audry Moderator: Alessandro Delfanti 24 May 2014 Stephen Rennicks: Science-Fiction & Early Techno 24 May 2014 Towards a Bright Future or Distorted Present: Smokescreen Ethics of the Military- Industrial-Academic Complex Panelists: Alejo Duque, Dominic Gagnon, Valérie Lamontagne Moderator: Alexandre Castonguay WORKSHOPS 15 – 18 May 2014 Astrovandalistas: La Sonora Telematica 20 – 21 May 2014 Alejo Duque: Pirate Radio Transmissions on Mikro-FM 22 May 2014 Christian Faubel, Ralf Schreiber, Tina Tonagel: Discorobots 23 May 2014 Yan Jun: Chewing Music 23 May 2014 Hanah Epstein, Alex Leitch, Sagan Yee: VideoVideoJam 24 – 25 May 2014 Quimera Rosa & Transnoise : The Body as Post-Gendred Sound Instrument 24 – 25 May 2014 Anne Goldenberg, Pascale Gustin, Valentina Vuksic, Karine Rathle : Between 0 and 1 INSTALLATIONS Erin Sexton : Crystalline Domain Darsha Hewitt : Feedback Babies Christian Faubel : Crystal Forming Robots on Overhead Ally Mobbs : Turntablism for the Hard of Hearing Arcangelo Constantini : Filed of Grooves (Campo de surcos) Leslie Garcia : Pulsu(m) Plantae v.2 Astrovandalistas : La Sonora Telematica Bradford Kessler : Primum Mobile Network / Accident Study / Saving the Planet Jonathan Bonneau : Odysseyland INTERVENTIONS 24 – 25 May 2014 Hannah Epstein, Sagan Yee, Alex Leitch : PsXXYborg 20 – 25 May 2014 Alejo Duque: PirateBlocRadio Hope to see you in Montreal in 3 weeks! www.sightandsoundfestival.ca<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sightandsoundfestival.ca%2F&h=aAQExTRWH&enc=AZMqrF_2UjTfdz7QxhYMgKnXi055jUMtpQT8cO_5Ta9fTcDkw80x3Ossb6aAHA0wybs&s=1> Eliane Ellbogen Directrice artistique | Artistic Director www.easternbloc.ca [email protected] +1.514.284.2106 7240 rue Clark, Montréal, QC, H2R 2Y3
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