GLOBOCITY is an ongoing art project by Michael Spahr about the globalized urban world. GLOBOCITY consists of videos, pictures, objects and noises.

So far GLOBOCITY has been shown as a solo exhibition at the Atelier Worb gallery in Switzerland and it was part of a video group exhibition at the festival PROGNOSE VOOR DE TOEKOMST in Deventer in the Netherlands. The next public screening of GLOBOCITY will be on 25 March 2010 in Havana, Cuba.

A preview and more info on globocity.com.

10-13 March 2010 – Theater am Hechtplatz – Zurich (CH)
9-10 April 2010 – KiA – Affoltern a. A. (CH)

Play about the peculiar relationship between Germans and Swiss Germans. Written by Guy Krneta and Till Löffler. Directed by Ursina Greuel (Matterhorn Produktionen). With an interactive video backdrop by Michael Spahr.

19 March 2010 Le Bourg, Lausanne (CH)
20 March 2010 Le Bourg, Lausanne (CH)
21 March 2010 Le Bourg, Lausanne (CH)

«Les pauvres sont tous les mêmes ou des chevreuils à vive allure» is a controversial play by Swiss-French playwright and director Marielle Pinsard. Michael Spahr has created an interactive video art backdrop, which he controls on stage.

This is is a short preview:

Ya Sharr Mout is an audio-visual performance by Mahmoud Turkmani and Michael Spahr with texts by Nadia Tuéni.

The DVD/CD, which has been designed by Michael Spahr, has been released on Enja Records.

The documentary film about Ya Sharr Mout by Sabine Gisiger will be shown on 24 March 2010 at the International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal, Canada.

Michael Spahr is part of the independent culture network NORIENT. At the moment he and NORIENT Founder Thomas Burkhalter curate and organize the second NORIENT MUSIKFILM FESTIVAL, which will happen in January 2011. Here’s the official FACEBOOK page.

With Thomas Burkhalter (music scientist and journalist) and Simon Grab (music producer) he has created the scientific audio-visual performance SONIC TRACES FROM THE ARAB WORLD, in which he is performing as video turntableist.

This is a short preview of the performance, which will be shown several times in 2010:

The Blues Horror Brigade is an alien rock’n'roll performance group. They are attacking the planet Earth with weird artistic and non-violent actions. Michael Spahr has produced and directed several documentaries about that group, such as this one:

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