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17th ATHENS DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL - HYBRID EDITION OFFICAL SELECTION 20th September - 31st October 2021

Joas Nebe´s video work A CLOCKWORK TOY is part of the official selection of the 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival.

‘Clockwork Toy’ footage is based on footage shot on the occasion of this years Mardi Gras parade in Southern Germany. The Mardi Gras parade was held one week before the outbreak of COVID-19 in Southern Germany and Alsace, France. The footage has been altered to nearly abstract pattern. These patterns are oscillating between recognisable part [a mask, a part of a costume] and really abstract pattern, maybe similar to a kaleidoscope.

Film link:

http://jsnebe.de/film14.html

About Athens Digital Arts Festival:

Hadar Installation for the  Athens Digital Arts Festival

Το Athens Digital Arts Festival ολοκλήρωσε με επιτυχία την επετειακή του διοργάνωση, γιορτάζοντας για έντεκα μέρες στην καρδιά της Αθήνας 20 χρόνια ψηφιακής επανάστασης μαζί με 9.500 επισκέπτες και επισκέπτριες. Υπό τον τίτλο «TECHNO(S)CENE», το 20ο Athens Digital Arts Festival μετέτρεψε τα πρώην Δικαστήρια Σανταρόζα, την Πλατεία Δικαιοσύνης και το Εθνικό Θέατρο – Θέατρο REX σε έναν ζωντανό κόμβο…

Distant Movements workshop. ADAF online festival Tactus. Daniel Pinheiro, Muriel Piqué, Annie Abrahams. Oct 24, 2021 at 02:00 PM London, 3pm Paris, 4pm Athens time. Participants: Joumana Mourad, Eunice Gonçalves Duarte, Danielle Imara, Suzon Fuks and Emmanuelle Gibello.

The workshop protocol pdf in ENG and FR.

“It can be hard to feel safe with eyes closed but I did. I felt confident, and reassured by everyone’s presence. This was helped by the initial ‘eyes-open’ practice where everyone seemed relaxed and open. I think the physical distance between all of us made me more aware of putting out ‘feelers’ to connect with the group; to reach for and connect with their presence. (Perhaps more than if we were in a physical space where we would have body heat, breath, sounds at certain distances etc as clues.) I am interested in the frame of mind that is most conducive to connection in this way. Is it to do with being completely in yourself and your own movement at every moment? Or is it with a blind, ‘body-listening’ to the group, and the room - I don’t mean listening to physical sounds. After the event, I felt we had only just begun, and I would like to go into this more deeply, regularly perhaps with the same (or similar) group to learn better how to be connected in this way. I had the feeling it could be a transferable skill that would develop with practice.“ Danielle Imara after the performance.

Annie afterwards: In DM we want every movement to come from the body (or from the idea of the dance) and it should never be directed, influenced by the webcam and the desire to be with the other via this webcam. I think we should stress that more a next time.

In the workshop, guided in English by all three of of the Distant Movements members, we want to share our experience and knowledge. There will be time to delve into and practice our aesthetics of trust and attention. Conversations and atunement exercises will lead to a situation where every participant is meant to feel comfortable to engage in a bodily connection at a distance, while being watched by an audience.

Conditions for the aesthetics of trust and attention to be are: - Clear constraints that lead to a lot of individual liberty. - Simple easy to understand protocols. - Taking care of familiarity for all with the technical conditions. (sound on) - No rehearsals, only testing and experiments before. - Nothing can go wrong as long as you take responsibility for the event.

What is dance for us?

The dance that we live with Distant Movements is not a formal dance, it is neither virtuoso nor beautiful. The dance of Distant Movements expresses who we are, each of us. It is an inner dance, a dance that arises from our sensations. Trust is all we need: to listen to our body; to let it move, and to follow our movements without restraint. All we need is : to appreciate our movements as they are, as an image of who we are. Our body and our feelings will shape a dance according to who we are. A dance that we will live together, listening. Attentive to each other beyond the limits of distance and the imperfections of internet connections. The dance of Distant Movements is a simple and human dance which connects us while respecting our differences.

To 17ο Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Ψηφιακών Τεχνών της Ελλάδας, Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), είναι υβριδικό και επιστρέφει ξανά με ένα δυναμικό online edition.   Από τη Δευτέρα 20 Σεπτεμβρίου, μέχρι τις 31 Οκτωβρίου, το online.adaf.gr ζωντανεύει με video art, animation,  web art, digital image, performances, VR, Games, Talks, Workshops, ADAF kids και πολλά άλλα…