| NODE08 – Forum for digital Arts / VVVV Community meeting |
For a few years now, the community of the vvvv multipurpose toolkit (http://vvvv.org) whose development started at MESO Digital Interiors has been growing and growing. Many of the vvvv users have been in contact virtually, but never really met. This needed to change.
NODE08 (http://node08.vvvv.org) was part of the Luminale light art festival (www.luminapolis.com, www.luminale.de), which took place at the same time in Frankfurt. More than just the first large-scale vvvv user meeting, NODE08 joins people working across the disciplines of applied and artistic media in a week-long event.
Over six days, the vvvv developers as well as a great part of the most distinguished and most obsessed vvvv users impart their methods and techniques in a string of workshops. From absolute beginner level (zero to “Wow!” in two days) to the very advanced ones, the workshop program is widely spread.
Here are some highlights:
Along with the vvvv group (Sebastian Oschatz, Max Wolf, Joreg and Sebastian Gregor), a line of renowned speakers provide insights to their works and domains on April 8th 2008, moderated by Eno Henze (www.enohenze.de) at the Velvet Club (Weissfrauenstrasse 12-16, Frankfurt) — and take your questions and comments at the Forum Symposium. Speakers include:
The lectures conclude with an audio-visual performance from Paul Prudence
The facade just opposite the Forum base Velvet Club will be given a new life and look by the French collective Digital Slaves (www.digital-slaves.com).
The Diakonie Kirche (Weserstrasse 5, Frankfurt) is going to be the NODE08 Exhibition Hall. Here you can see works by Eno Henze, Martin Zeplichal, Phillip Steinweber & Adreas Koller, Benedikt Gross, Pedro Mari & Claudio Midolo, OMA International and many more.
Other installtions by Pinar Yoldas, Jannis Kreft, Jens Fischer, Sebastian Pforr, Jennifer Schaper, Jan Snippen can be seen in the lower level of the Velvet Club (Weissfrauenstrasse 12-16, Frankfurt). During the second part of the Forum, the exhibits created during the workshops will be shown at the Cube, next to the Velvet Club. All locations will be open daily 5pm – midnight, admission is free of charge.
As it should be, we celebrate the grande finissage – on Saturday April 12th, at the Velvet Club. At the controls our vvvv users onoxo (Zagreb), u7agel (Hamburg), Elektromeier (Switzerland), Desaxismundi (France), Catweasel (London), VA (SanchTV-France, Nushitzu-Berlin), Live: Melchior Productions (Cadeza, Berlin), Gaiser (M-nus/Detroit, USA), B-Film (Tonfilm-Amsterdam). DJ: Alex Flitsch (Connaisseur Recordings Frankfurt), Sylvie Marks (Bpitch Control, HAL 9000, Frankfurt)
Besides the fixed programme, there are projections and working space for all NODE08 Members. You can spontaneously show your work, patch, talk and create the exhibit you always wanted to realize. Thanks to the hardware generously sponsored by Satis & Fy (www.satis-fy.com) and Markus Berger (MSBERGER), we can provide you with projectors and canvas. We strongly recommend that you bring a laptop to NODE08 so you can work in the workshops and in the OpenLab.
NODE08 is realized trough the NODE08-Organizationteam: : David Brüll, Thomas Hitthaler, Patrick Raddatz, Hans Romanov (Public Relations), Markus Berger (Technische Beratung), Stephan Enders (Technische Beratung), Sebastian Huber (Trainee), Alexander Graf (Trainee)
NODE08 is possible with the help of: MESO Digital Interiors, vvvv group, Satis & Fy AG
NODE08 is friendly supported by: MESO Web Scapes, Velvet Club Frankfurt, Diakonisches Werk Frankfurt, Atelier Markgraph GmbH
And because we think it is important: here is a list of all honorary contributors, supporters and active people beeing involed. come and meet them:
Alexander Graf, Andreas ‘Kalle’ Karlen, Benedikt Gross, Berthold Scharrer, Betty Wulff, Björn Schwarzer, Casey Reas, Chris ‘catweasel’ Plant, David ‘sanchTV’ Dessens, David Brüll, Digital Slaves, Dottore, Eno Henze, Gerald Hintze, Hans Romanov, Helmut M. Bien, Herbert W. Franke, Ingolf ‘milo’ Heinsch, Jan Snippen, Jannis Kreft, Jennifer Schaper, Jens Fischer, Jhno Eichenseer, Jochen Leinberger, Joreg, Joseph Larralde, Katharina Mayrhofer, Mark Fornes, Markus Berger, Martin Zeplichal, Mathias Wollin, Matthias Zauner, Max Wolf, Michael Höpfel, Michael Mehling, Norbert ‘Sonderformat’ Riedelsheimer, Olivier ‘Anachronik’ Martin, OMA International, Patrick ‘Elektromeier’ Jost, Patrick Raddatz, Paul Prudence, Pedro ‘Defetto’ Mari, Phillip Steinweber, Pinar Yoldas, Rusbeh Toussi, Sascha Hanßen, Sebastian Gregor, Sebastian Huber, Sebastian Oschatz, Sebastian Pforr, Sebastian Preiss, Skylar Tibbits, Stephan Enders, Sven Thöne, Tebjan ‘tonfilm’ Halm, Teimaz Shaverdi, Thomas ‘ampop’ Hitthaler, Verena Kuni and many more.