“Leave!” Pièce de Résistance, Amsterdam (Update)
Posted by michael | April 28th, 2011
On saturday, 24th of April 2011, we were invited to join the opening of the exibition “Pièce de Résistance” at Mediamatic in Amsterdam. We flew over and contributed a quick and dirty 10min print-performance quoting the arabic word: “Leave!”. A direct imperatif of the people of Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen to their dictators: Beat it!
Moataz Nasreldin in front of his work ’25th of january’, an arrangement of handwritten protest-signs from the egyptian revolution. To the right Mike Ballards ‘whose coat is the jacket you’re wearing’. (Photos by Mar-Ina Uhrig)
Saron Paz‘ work ‘story store’ on the left side. The ‘perpetual story telling apparatus’ by Julius von Bismarck and Benjamin Maus to the right. The exibition Pièce de Résistance runs from April 24 to June 25 2011. Location: Mediamatic Bank, Vijzelstraat 68 Amsterdam. Opened daily from 13:00 to 19:00.
Leave! Egyptian Protesters in January 2011 photographed by Zeinab Mohamed.
Prägung
Posted by michael | April 5th, 2011A percussive working process as spacial installation, a cooperation of Harald Christ and Sonice Development.
When our friend Harald asked us some months ago, if we would like to get involved into a spacial-accoustic installation we did not guess where it would take us to. Shooting onto metal.
Sheet metal membranes, similar to an orchestral thunder sheet, are transformed physically and acoustically by our kinetic-pneumatic robot. The installation offers two distinct perpectives:
First the objectroom: Facing the membrane, you experience a multisensoric energetic transformation. You are visually attracted, physically protected and accoustically repulsed by the membrane.
Second the machineroom: The cycle-process is revealed, the membrane is now perceived as merely being one part of a more complex system, consisting of the pneumatic robot, the polyamid projectiles and the conveyer for returning the projectiles. From both perspectives the materiality is drastically tangible while opening a surface to spatiality, the membranes remain as storage media of the process.
Embossing – A Percussive Working Process
Posted by julian | March 15th, 2011
A robot forming a membrane from physical distance, as part of a sound-emitting-cycle in continuous change.
Cooperation of Harald Christ and Sonice Development.
The installation is part of the exhibition “Aufhörn!” – the masters presentation of the program “Sound Studies” of the UdK Berlin.
Opening on saturday, 19.03.2011, 7-10pm in the “Salon zur Wilden Renate”, Alt-Strahlau 70, 10245 Friedrichshain. S Bhf. Ostkreuz.
The exhibition will also be open on sunday (20.03.), wednesday (23.03.) and thursday (24.03.) from 6pm to 10pm.
Freedom of Speech
Posted by michael | December 27th, 2010
On Saturday, December 11th, we waded through mud up to our ankels to prepare the promised Freedom of Speech wall. During our trip to Sweden we learned our lessons about printing under bad weather conditions. So we brought a fully taped and professionally trashbag-wrapped Facadeprinter with us. It handled the snow much better than our feet the wet shoes and so we came up with a trouble free 1.4m to 12m lettering. It somehow gave a certain rush to see the word “FREE” growing dot after dot on this wall so close to the former inner German border, opposite the newly constructed building of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (German intelligence service).
A handfull of die-hard spectators and friends welcomed every letter and finally we toasted to the “fragile freedom” with hot wine punch. Thanks for the pleasant afternoon to everone at the set, the writers whose pieces we painted over and Artitude e.V. for the permission.
Wishes for the coming year?
Write them on the wall.
All the best for 2011!
Michael, Martin and Julian
Sonice Development
Freedom of Speech
Posted by julian | December 10th, 2010
We believe in freedom of speech. See some live-printing-action tomorrow at 2pm behind the Tape Club in Berlin. Come out and join us. Bring spraycans and markers if you like.
To the citizens of Berlin:
Freedom is fragile.
Let us keep in mind that these achievements
need our caring.
There will be (a small amount) of hot wine punch, so the cold Berlin winter cannot be an excuse for not joining us.
Saturday, 11.12.2010, 2pm
Heidestraße 14, 10557 Berlin
Behind the Tape Club, Map