MICHAEL SPAHR ***** VJ RHAPS ***** ART *** MOVING PICTURES *** STORIES http://rhaps.com ART - MOVING PICTURES - STORIES Thu, 03 May 2012 21:53:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 NORIENT http://norient.com/productions http://norient.com/productions#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:19:44 +0000 rhaps http://rhaps.com/?p=44 16 May 2012 – SONIC TRACES: FROM SWITZERLAND – PERFORMANCE – Walcheturm – Zurich (CH) 17 May 2012 – SONIC TRACES: FROM SWITZERLAND – PERFORMANCE – Palace – St. Gallen (CH) 18 May 2012 – SONIC TRACES: FROM SWITZERLAND – PERFORMANCE – Kino in der Reitschule – Bern (CH) 20 May 2012 – SONIC [...]]]> 16 May 2012 – SONIC TRACES: FROM SWITZERLAND – PERFORMANCE – Walcheturm – Zurich (CH)
17 May 2012 – SONIC TRACES: FROM SWITZERLAND – PERFORMANCE – Palace – St. Gallen (CH)
18 May 2012 – SONIC TRACES: FROM SWITZERLAND – PERFORMANCE – Kino in der Reitschule – Bern (CH)
20 May 2012 – SONIC TRACES: FROM SWITZERLAND – PERFORMANCE – Haus für elektronische Künste – Basel (CH)
31 August – 2 September 2012 – SONIC TRACES – FESTIVAL AND PERFORMANCE – Theaterspektakel – Zurich (CH)
28-29 September 2012 – SONIC TRACES – FESTIVAL AND PERFORMANCE – Schlachthaus Theater – Bern (CH)
19 October 2012 – SONIC TRACES: FROM SWITZERLAND – Sound in Media Culture – Turin (I)
10 – 13 January 2013 – 4th NORIENT MUSIKFILM FESTIVAL – Kino in der Reitschule – Bern (CH)

Michael Spahr is part of the independent culture network NORIENT. 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. In May 2012 norient presents a new edition of the performance called SONIC TRACES: FROM SWITZERLAND.

At the moment he and NORIENT Founder Thomas Burkhalter curate and organize the fourth NORIENT MUSIKFILM FESTIVAL, which will happen in January 2013. Here are the links to the official website and the FACEBOOK page.

]]> http://rhaps.com/?feed=rss2&p=44&langswitch_lang=en 0 THEATRE VIDEO ART http://rhaps.com/?page_id=108 http://rhaps.com/?page_id=108#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:55:23 +0000 rhaps http://rhaps.com/?p=129 10 – 16 May 2012 – Die Mannigfalte – Ein algebraisches Varieté – Kaserne – Basel (CH)  

Michael Spahr produces interactive video back drops for plays. He either plays his video art live on stage or he creates visual installations. Right now he collaborates for the third time with the director Ursina [...]]]> 10 – 16 May 2012 – Die Mannigfalte – Ein algebraisches Varieté – Kaserne – Basel (CH)
 

Michael Spahr produces interactive video back drops for plays. He either plays his video art live on stage or he creates visual installations. Right now he collaborates for the third time with the director Ursina Greuel from Matterhorn Produktionen.

]]> http://rhaps.com/?feed=rss2&p=129&langswitch_lang=en 0 BÜMPLIZ – PIMPOLIS http://rhaps.com/?page_id=287 http://rhaps.com/?page_id=287#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:22:54 +0000 rhaps http://rhaps.com/?p=346 11 April – 7 July 2012 – Pimpolis – videokunst.ch - Bienzgut – Bern (CH) 12 April – 7 July 2012 – Pimpolis – videokunst.ch - Progr – Bern (CH)

A sample of PIMPOLIS:

Bümpliz, a wonderful and notorious neighbourhoood in Switzerland’s capital Bern, is an important source of inspiration for Michael Spahr. [...]]]> 11 April – 7 July 2012 – Pimpolis – videokunst.ch - Bienzgut – Bern (CH)
12 April – 7 July 2012 – Pimpolis – videokunst.ch - Progr – Bern (CH)

A sample of PIMPOLIS:

Bümpliz, a wonderful and notorious neighbourhoood in Switzerland’s capital Bern, is an important source of inspiration for Michael Spahr. At the moment his video installation PIMPOLIS is shown daily at Bienzgut, Bern-Bümpliz (10 am – 10 pm), and from Wednesday until Saturday at Progr, Bern (afternoon). PIMPOLIS has been created by animating 200 photos shot in Bern-West (Bümpliz-Bethlehem-Bottigen). Some press and a radio story (in German).

In 2005 Michael Spahr directed the film "Bümpliz – A Day In Urban Switzerland" (Optickle GmbH). The documentary ist still available on DVD (with English subtitles). Order the movie here.

]]> http://rhaps.com/?feed=rss2&p=346&langswitch_lang=en 0 VIDEO ART http://rhaps.com/?page_id=193 http://rhaps.com/?page_id=193#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:23:52 +0000 rhaps http://rhaps.com/?p=531 Michael Spahr creates video collages by animating and manipulating photos and calligraphies.

Nippon Nightmare has won the One Minute Award for Best Animation Film at the international One Minute Film and Video Festival in Aarau, Switzerland.

Interview with Michael Spahr about his video art on hobbymap.de (in [...]]]> Michael Spahr creates video collages by animating and manipulating photos and calligraphies.

Nippon Nightmare has won the One Minute Award for Best Animation Film at the international One Minute Film and Video Festival in Aarau, Switzerland.

Interview with Michael Spahr about his video art on hobbymap.de (in German).

]]> http://rhaps.com/?feed=rss2&p=531&langswitch_lang=en 0 BLUES HORROR BRIGADE http://www.blueshorrorbriga.de http://www.blueshorrorbriga.de#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:31:39 +0000 rhaps http://rhaps.com/?p=48 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 and is responsible for the extraterrestrial live video art. The whole mockumentary web series CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE BLUES HORROR BRIGADE [...]]]> 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 and is responsible for the extraterrestrial live video art. The whole mockumentary web series CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE BLUES HORROR BRIGADE can be watched on troesenbeck.com.

On 1-11-11 the Blues Horror Brigade has released its new CD-DVD-Album “Live on Titan”:

All videos can be watched on Youtube. More info about the performance group can be found here: blueshorrorbriga.de. There is a rumour that the aliens wil reappear on Earth during the Buskers Festival 2012 in Bern, Switzerland.

]]> http://rhaps.com/?feed=rss2&p=48&langswitch_lang=en 0 GLOBOCITY http://globocity.com/ http://globocity.com/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:55:11 +0000 rhaps http://rhaps.com/?p=40 GLOBOCITY is an ongoing art project by Michael Spahr about the globalized urban world. GLOBOCITY consists of videos, pictures, objects and noises. The following video is a short version of the art piece GLOBOCITY – RISE & FALL. Please vote here to get the video on Swiss television.

So far GLOBOCITY has been [...]]]> GLOBOCITY is an ongoing art project by Michael Spahr about the globalized urban world. GLOBOCITY consists of videos, pictures, objects and noises. The following video is a short version of the art piece GLOBOCITY – RISE & FALL. Please vote here to get the video on Swiss television.

So far GLOBOCITY has been shown as a solo exhibition at the Atelier Worb gallery in Switzerland. The video GLOBOCITY – RISE AND FALL was part of a video group exhibition at the festival PROGNOSE VOOR DE TOEKOMST in Deventer in the Netherlands, at the exhibition PROYECTO CIRCO in Havanna, Cuba, and at the exhibition of the collection Ertle-Ketterer at the Festival IMAGES in Vevey, Switzerland as well as at Château Mercier in Sierre, and MECA, Almeria, Spain.
More info, videos and images on globocity.com.

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