OPENING "TRACE" 29. April 2011 at LEAP
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[image: capacitive body II] <http://leap-berlin.tumblr.com/trace>
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selected Works
*capacitive body II
*by Martin Hesselmeier<http://www.martinhesselmeier.com/000/index.php?project>
Andreas Muxel <http://www.andreasmuxel.com/>
*Armadillo <https://mail.google.com/>
*by Felix Thorn <http://www.felixsmachines.com/>
*Welcome to Europe
*by Abraham Hurtado <http://www.aadk.org/>
*Performance
*by Brina Stinehelfer <http://per-aspera.net/>
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OPENING TRACE: 29. April 2011, 20.00 until late
Afterparty with Performance and Music LiveSet
Exhibition: 30. April 2011 (15.00-24.00)
Entrance free
30. April 2011: Join the *ART BRATER BBQ* at our
panorama terrace, starting from 15.00
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With the exhibition TRACE we examine the role of the “body”
both digital and physical and its ability to change the
architecture of the landscape and our perceptions of space.
What is the role of the body and what resistance can it offer
against digital reproduction?
Living in a cross-linked world we have to cope with the
permanent interaction between reality and its overlaying digital
world, without knowing where these impulses start or end.
TRACE mirrors this phenomenon of permanent interactive
influence, of action and re-action – starting by rearranging the
word „react“ to „TRACE“.
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Infos
*capacitive body II* <http://capacitivebody.andreasmuxel.com/>
Capacitive body is a modular light system that reacts to the
sound of urban spaces. Each custom built module consists
of a piezoelectric sensor, a high bright electroluminescent
wire and a microcontroller. The sensor is used to measure
the vibration of a solid body. This data is transformed to the
luminance of the wire. Modules of the system will be
installed at LEAP and outside on the street. One module will
be attached to each side of the glass shell, whose
vibrations are triggered by the traffic noise of its
environment. With the electroluminescent wires a new
dynamic space will be built inside the rigid body. In this
setup the sensor data is used to trigger the on/off rhythm
of each light wire. Thereby a visual feedback of the aural
activity of the LEAP’s environment is given to the observer
of the system.
Text by: Dirk Lellau
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*Armadillo* <http://www.felixsmachines.com/other-works/armadillo/>
The work „Armadillo“ by Felix Thorn (Felix’s Machines) is a
compact device built to function as a standalone music box.
Armadillo was built with materials including a bathroom rack,
guitar case and various piano mechanisms. The majority of
sounds are delicate and resemble light percussion of a cymbal.
There are two motors that scrape springs at adjustable velocities.
In standalone mode a sonar sensor triggers a programmed or
random sequence. The nearer an observer stands, the faster
the sequence becomes.
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*Welcome to Europe* <http://www.aadk.org/#1047808/Welcome-to-Europe>
As a form of resistance to these works Abraham Hurtado in his
work „Welcome to Europe“ asks in an age of consumer culture
and over stimulation, what has become of our reality? Which
actions, mental states, emotions and symptoms does it
produce? With the live installation Welcome to Europe, Abraham
Hurtado creates an extended time frame to focus on these
questions and experience their resonances. Welcome to Europe
is a live installation focusing on the mental state of European
people; a state that has been influenced by over stimulation.
What did we lose as Europeans?
is the main question. As the installation develops our attention
is called to the emotional state that causes our reality as
Europeans. The body and emotion have become consumer‘s
products: statements and actions that are irreversible,
disposable.
Welcome to Europe, Live Installation
Concept by Abraham Hurtado
Live Music: Jan Ferreira
Voice Over: Thomas Conway
Executed by: Zohar Frank, Sofía Verástegui
Video DPO: Anders Bigum
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*Leaving Traces <http://per-aspera.net/>*
Theatre + Performance Artist Brina Stinehelfer will create a
new site-specific durational performance piece in response to
the installations of TRACE and the architecture of LEAP.
What traces are left when the human body and the digital one
overlap, intertwine, collide? What happens in the spaces where
we co-exist? Where is the divide where one body ends and another
begins?
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