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10.4.THU

19:00 VJ jamming session
Live performances
Tickets 5 € / Theatre
duration 2 h 30 min

11.4.FRI

12:00 SOFTWARE LOUNGE
Presentations - Discussions - Workshops
Tickets 5 € / Seminar room
duration 6 h

20:00 [APB] The Light Surgeons
Live performance
Tickets 12 € / Theatre

21:00-04:00
pikseliÄHKY Club @ Mother
Audiovisual club - Live performances
Tickets 6 € + garderobe

12.4.SAT

11:00 pikseliÄHKY introduction & Contemporary history of Vjing
Presentation
FREE / Theatre
duration 1 h

13:00 Interactive Installations
Presentations
FREE / Seminar room
duration 45 min

14:00 VJ action forum
Presentations - Discussions - Workshops
Tickets 5 €
duration 4 h

16:00 BUSH roadshow
Screening
Tickets 3 € / Theatre
duration 50 min

18:00 Cities and sunsets
(featuring live sound by Emi Maeda)

Screening + Performance
Tickets 5 € / Theatre

20:00 deKam + AVCENTRALEN
Live performances
Tickets 8 € / Theatre

21:00-03:00
pikseliÄHKY Club @ Jumo
Audiovisual club - Live performances
Tickets 8 € + garderobe

 

13.4.SUN

15:00 Interactive Cinema
Screening
FREE / Theatre

16:00 VJ future directions
Presentations / Discussions
FREE / Theatre

18:00 Not so Lonely Planet
Screening
Tickets 3 € / Theatre

20:00 SOLU & dj mortenson +
            Kalvo & mesq

Live performances
Tickets 8 € / Theatre

 

Satellite_events

PixelACHE VJ stars in Nosturi!

Trance Nation vol 2 party in Nosturi (Friday 11.4) will feature VJs Dag Engström (Plazma, Stockholm) and Vertex Visuals (Tre + Savonlinna). The action will continue on Saturday 12.4 with Roni Size, featuring John deKron (Berlin), Halcyon (Amfibio,Hki) and Lumiere Bros. (Hki)...

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Tuesday 8.4 - PixelAche warm-up at Dotcoma w/ Abflug

Come get a sample of the pikseliÄHKY 2003 festival lineup at the warm-up party, hosted by Dotcoma on Tuesday, April 8 at Saunabar, Helsinki. This event is also the official CD release party for Abflug01, featuring local video artist O Samuli A/Samuli Alapuranen and Belgian musician Formatt.

Join us for a debut of the album as well as music from Dotcoma's own Antoine Verhaverbeke, whose music will be released on Abflug next month, and Karri O of Abflug. A screen will be set for video works by O Samuli A/Samuli Alapuranen and live VJ'ing by pikseliÄHKY 2003 guests Nuutti Koskinen and Michael Heap (VJs.net, UK).

Abflug CDs will also be on sale for a special price. The music starts at 9 and the night goes on till 1 AM. Free entry.

For more information check
www.abflugrec.com + www.disndatrecords.com/dotcoma


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VJ jamming session


19:00 - Live performances / Theatre / 5 €

pikseliÄHKY // pixelACHE 2003 opening event!

VJ Jamming session is two and half hours long non-stop audiovisual extravaganza, featuring 3 dj's and more than 20 vj's!! The whole audiovisual setup will be on the theater stage, surrounded with 3 screens for 3 simultaneous vj acts allowing collaborative improvisation. This show offers an instant introduction to the mysterious world of vj'ing! This will also be a unique encounter of our local and international vj guests.

19:00
A: Brothomstates (Warp Records, Hki)
V: amfibio (Hki) + katastro.fi (Hki) + naive (Stockholm+Tku)

19:30
A: dj Genki (Exogenic Breaks/Stealth Unit, Hki)
V: K-Project & Hein? (Montreal) + Under Control (Tre+Tku) + Kangastus (Hki)

20:00
A: dj Genki (Exogenic Breaks/Stealth Unit, Hki)
V: Lumiere Bros. (Hki) + VJ Hahmo & Traumatrix (Hki) + Takakeno.cru (Hki)

20:30
A: Maxime Morin (aka Mad Max aka Champion, Montreal)
V: Jocool & EXP3 (Montreal) + Plasma VJs (Tre) + Vertex Visuals (Tre+Sln)

21:00
A: Maxime Morin (aka Mad Max aka Champion, Montreal)
V: deKam (NYC) + DVC project (Tre) + VJ Anyone (Vectors, London)

21:30
Jamming session closes.

Brothomstates (Warp Records) and dj Genki (Exogenic Breaks/Stealth Unit) will play dj sets and Maxime Morin (aka Mad Max aka Champion) from Montreal will play a live audio set. In addition there will be special vj appearances by John deKron (Berlin), Dag [Plazma] Engström (Stockholm) and Michael Heap (VJs.net, UK!


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SOFTWARE LOUNGE

12:00 - Workshops, Presentations & Discussions / Seminar room / 5 €

Friday afternoon is dedicated to audiovisual software and their creators. Developer oriented discussions will lead the day to new findings for the creators themselves, but also give insight to DIY software attitude to general public. The day consists of small informal presentations and gives a lot of space for thoughts and elaboration on do-it-yourself approach.

Set up (10:00-12:00)
Brief presentations (12:00-14:30 & 15:30-16:00)
Workshops, discussion (16:00-17:30)
Wrap up (17:30-18:00)


-- intro
12:00 SOFTWARE LOUNGE, Petri Lievonen & Juha Huuskonen
12:10 BBCut - automatic breakbeat cutting library, Nick Collins
12:20 MediaObjects, Perttu Hämäläinen
12:30 Violent interface + 3D-display, **TELOK*
12:40 --

-- demoscene visuals
12:50 DEMOSKENE.katastro.fi, Lassi Tasajärvi
13:00 A Deepness in the Sky, Markus Pasula & Niko Leskinen
13:10 Moppi Demopaja, Mikko Mononen
13:20 Halcyon audio analysis, Antti Silvast
13:30 --

-- diy videojukka
13:40 Under Control, Kalle Jarva & Eetu Vihervaara
13:50 VVS Engine, Mika Pesonen of Vertex Visuals
14:00 DVC project - distributed VJing, Juha Vesanen
14:10 Pure-Data, Tommi Keränen
14:20 --

14.30-15.30 break

-- special appearances!!
15:30 Dirty Pot, John deKron
15:40 Head Phones, Topi Kaaresoja
15:50 Dolby 5.1 workshop, Markus Renvall
16:00 --

16:00-17:30 workshops, discussions
people are present, enjoy!

17:30-18:00 wrap up

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APB [all points between]
The Light Surgeons (UK)


20:00 - Live performance / Theatre / 12 €

The Light Surgeons collective is best known for their pioneering design of visual displays at clubs, commercial events, music tours & exhibitions (including Blue Note in London and labels like Ninja Tune, Mo'Wax, Wall of Sound, and Metal Headz).

Their live documentary performance APB [all points between] produced for the onedotzero festival in London is one of their best known works and among the definitive highlights of this year's festival. A massive amount of projectors and display devices are used to create a live narrative film collage, a road movie crossing four continents and blending into a political essay.



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pikseliÄHKY Club @ Mother

21:00-04:00 - Mother / 6 € + garderobe

PikseliÄHKY Club on Friday night will feature intelligent beats from our local hero Brothomstates (Warp Records), electronic dub from Stockholm by Johan Skugge (Source Records) and a special audiovisual session from Montreal by the SAT[mix_sessions] crew: Maxime [DJ Champion aka DJ Mad Max] Morin with VJs K-Project, EXP3, Jocool and Hein?.
mother.to

There will be three simultaneous VJ setups present, where also Lumiere Bros, takakeno.cru, DVC Project and Plasma VJs are performing.

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pikseliÄHKY Introduction & Contemporary history of VJ'ing

11:00 - Presentation / Theatre / FREE

PikseliÄHKY directors Juha Huuskonen & Petri Lievonen will give a short introduction to the pikseliÄHKY festival and the VIDEOJUKKA theme.

Michael Heap from vjs.net will give a presentation of the contemporary history of Vjing from Kesey & Warhol to the latest generation of live AudioVisual bootlegs. The talk is peppered with audiovisual samples.

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Interactive Installations

13:00 - Presentations / Seminar room and rear window / FREE

Presentations of the pikseliÄHKY 2003 interactive installations selection. All of the works come this year from young Finnish creators, with expertise ranging from electrical engineering to interior design. The installations have been created with a good dose of do-it-yourself attitude, most of them involving home-made electronics and custom software.

Last Clock by Jussi Ängeslevä has measured time around the world since its release last spring, and is now shown in Finland for the first time. We are also happy to bring back Animaatiokone, which was featured as a prototype already in pikseliÄHKY 2002. Works by Lotta Partanen, Toni Laakso and Anssi Kasitonni offer innovative and hilarious perspectives to such ordinary things as benches, cardboard boxes and tv-sets.

13:00 Intro, Petri Lievonen & Juha Huuskonen
13:10 Jussi Ängeslevä : Last Clock
13:15 Toni Laakso : Äänipahvilaatikko
13:20 Lotta Partanen : The bench that became confused
13:30 Mikko Lindholm, Ari Nykänen, Perttu Hämäläinen: Animaatiokone
13:40 Anssi Kasitonni : mm. Knight-o-Matic, Herra Viiksimies, Sue Ellen and Eikö täältä todellakaan tule mitään muuta
13:50 --

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VJ action forum

14:00 - Workshops, Presentations & Discussions / Seminar room / 5 €

Saturday afternoon will be devoted to the brave action men and women of video mixing. People who regard themselves as VJs from Finland, UK, US, Sweden, Canada and elsewhere, tell about their projects and share tips to creative working. Forum participants, whether they are involved in VJing or not, will get a kick-start into the current scene and possibilities of VJing.

Set up (10:00-13:00) (possibly during the introductory lectures)
Presentations (14:00-15:30)
Workshops, discussion (16:30-17:30)
Wrap up (17:30-18:00)


-- intro
14:00 VJ action forum, Petri Lievonen & Juha Huuskonen
pikseliÄHKY 2002 aftermath: piknik frequency, amfibio vj collective etc

-- vj software
14:20 deKam + VDMX3
14:40 Simo Rouhiainen + Arkaos (Fluxville)
14:50 --

-- vj community
15:00 SAT[mix_sessions]
15:20 Toni Alatalo / Kyperjokki: PixelShox
15:30 --

15:30-16:30 break

16:30-17:30 workshops, discussions
- VJing with the Panasonic MX-50 with Marc-André [EXP3] Lapointe
- visualJockey software with VJ Fred [K-Project] Beaulieu
- Motion Dive software with Guillaume [Hein ? Moment Factory] Cardell

17:30-18:00 wrap up

In addition, there might be several special appearances on Saturday VJ action forum - we will keep the stage open!

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BUSH roadshow - screening

16:00 - Screening / Theatre / 3 €

Emergency Broadcast Network and the Coldcut & Hexstatic were pioneers of videoscratching and produced politically provocative videos by using original news and film footage as source material. BUSH roadshow screening features recent work from Guerrilla News Network, Davy Force!, Mike Nourse and Bryan Boyce, who are following the same footsteps with their breathtaking image bombardment. The films range from clever political commentary (for example Terror, Iraq, Weapons by Mike Nourse) to absurd parody: A rare chance to see George W. infiltrate the Teletubby world!

This films for this screening have been selected by Edmar Marszewski / Select Media Festival, Chicago. All of the films are available on Select Media Festival DVDs.

Duration 50 min. All films in English, without Finnish subtitles.

[more information]

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Cities and sunsets - screening

(featuring live sound by Emi Maeda)
18:00 - Screening & Performance / Theatre / 5 €

Urban landscapes and extraordinary weather conditions.

Screening featuring live sound performance by Emi Maeda (for the last film in the series, Storm by HC Gilje and Emi Maeda).

Cities and sunsets is a selection of films which, rather than telling a narrative story, aim to present a certain atmosphere, rhythm or mood. The films take their inspiration from urban aesthetics, nature and weather conditions. Some of the films were selected from our open call for proposals, some films were found by coincidence.

visomat av (Berlin, Germany) : Montage, De-
Ran Slavin (Tel Aviv, Israel) : Organic Urbanic
Alli Savolainen (Helsinki, Finland) : Smile of Mona Lisa
Katarina Löfström (Stockholm, Sweden) : Hang Ten Sunset
finder. / Chris Coleman & George Cicci (Buffalo, NY) : Collusion
Vincent Morisset (Montréal, Canada) : L'homme superflu
HC Gilje + Emi Maeda (Norway, Finland): Storm

Duration approx 50 min.

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deKam + AVCENTRALEN

20:00 - Live performance / Theatre / 8 €

Two live audiovisual performances: a solo show by Johnny deKam from New York and a performance by AVCENTRALEN from Stockholm.

Johnny deKam has created several popular software tools for VJ's and is an innovative audiovisual performer himself. In Kiasma Theatre deKam will premiere two new works for live camera, objects, samples and synthesis using his latest software creations, a selection of shorts, as well as a new version of an early piece for video turntable drawing entitled '33 1/3'.

In addition, PikseliÄHKY 2003 audience will have a chance to witness the very first performance of AVCENTRALEN, a group composed of four established Swedish electronic artists: visual artists Olle Huge & Martin Malm and sound artists Johan Skugge & Andreas Tilliander. The project was born from a challenging idea to create an audiovisual performance, where all the visual material would be produced live without using any prerecorded material.


deKam

AVCENTRALEN

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pikseliÄHKY Club @ Jumo

21:00-03:00 - Jumo Jazz Club / 8 €+garderobe

The official Saturday ÄHKY party will take place at Jumo Jazz Club, 21:00-03:00. Small and intimate club with excellent sound system and a special visual setup for pikseliÄHKY. The night will feature glitchy electronic sound from Andreas Tilliander, Karri O. and Verhaverbeke Krzyzosiak, live audiovisual breakbeat session by Sick Lincoln vs /f0and visuals by Naive, Under Control, Kurssa Sarcastik and VJ Anyone (Vectors, London)!
www.umo.fi/jumo

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Interactive Cinema

15:00 - Screening / Theatre / FREE

pixelACHE festival presens experimental movies from the interactive cinema makers in Helsinki. These movies make the audience a group of performers. They give audience a possibility for cheerful behavior and improvization. We present three movies - three different ways to give the viewers an active role in narratives.

The screening is organised by Petri Kola, Minna Nurminen and Juhana Kokkonen.


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VJ future directions

16:00 - Presentations & Discussions / Theatre / FREE

What next? PikseliÄHKY 2003 artists gather together to search for new and interesting directions for VJ culture. Creators present on-line streaming projects and video improvisation as a part of theatre/dance performances.

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Not so Lonely Planet - screening

18:00 - Screening / Theatre / 3 €

Not So Lonely Planet contains fresh and adventurous work from audiovisual groups, collectives and labels around the world. Work from Tomi Knuutila (Die Alpen / KINO Helsinki), 242.pilots, Sergei Teterin, av_dv (Jon Gillie and Jim Boxall), Samuli Alapuranen (Apinavideo / Abflug), Shadazz Label and more!

Duration approx 45 min.

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SOLU & dj mortenson + Kalvo & mesq

20:00 - Live performances / Theatre / 8 €

pikseliÄHKY 2003 closing event consists of two live performances: a tactile-audio-video spectacle by Kalvo and mesq from Helsinki and a duo act by SOLU and dj mortenson from Barcelona.

The two fellows of Kalvo (Lasse Kaikkonen and Mikko Heikkilä) are known for their musically challenging and psycho-physically straining soundscapes. Recently they have driven it to the max by inviting Mesq (media artist Mika Meskanen) to enhance the experience with a custom-made video show. Mesq's live manipulation of theme footage in dialogue with the soundscape creates an intense journey into whatever they happen to aim at on the day of the performance, be it a celebration of early film experimenters or a tribute to the brave explorers, as it was in their recent performance.

Barcelona lends us the unconventional av-act of SOLU (Mia Mäkelä) and dj mortenson (Heidi Mortenson, DK). They stretch their audiovisual performance set from laptops, mixers and a DV camera to children's musical toys and even other gear such as telephone receiver to experiment with. Show's visual style is minimal, graphical, "low tech", pixel art. Essential energies!


Kalvo & mesq

SOLU & dj mortenson

 

 

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