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Mystères du Japon | Documentation

A documentation about the project will be broadcasted on ARTE | Monday, August 9th 2010 | 22.40 h | (Germany 2010, 55 min.)

Leben? Oder Theater?

Visual Scenography & VJing for Reading & Concert | Monday, July 5th 2010 | Tmuna Theatre | Tel Aviv (Israel)

Within the “Else-Lasker-Schüler-Forum XVII”, 4th-10th of July 2010, the autobiographical play Leben? Oder Theater? by
Charlotte Salomon will be shown on Monday, July 5th 2010, 20.30h at the Tmuna Theatre, Shonzino St. 8 in Tel Aviv.
More information about the reading can be found here. For a german review by NRhZ click here.

Mystères du Japon

Visual Scenography for Concerts at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) | Feb. & Mar. 2010 | Montréal (Canada)

As a component of a four-part concert an assemblage of stand-alone music videos explores various aspects of the history and art of Japan. Conceptual and narrowed animations coact with the orchestrated versions of Japanese poems and establish an additional level of narration to the underlying, figurative language of traditional Japanese songs.

A detailed comment on the concert by Kent Nagano (in French) here. Further information on the website of Peter Schmidt.

Art Direction: Peter Schmidt | Scenography: Matthias Gerding, Michael König & Julian Schleef | Music Director & Conductor:
Kent Nagano | Soprano: Susie Leblanc | Orchestration: Jean-Pascal Beintus | Location: Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) | Production: Vidicom Media GmbH & Co (Hamburg) , Atelier Peter Schmidt (Hamburg)

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WEISS on Souvenirs From Earth

Periodical broadcast on a weekly basis starting May 20th, 2010 on “Souvenirs from Earth”

The short movie WEISS will be broadcasted regularly on Souvenirs from Earth, a TV Station providing a nonstop program of Film and Video Art on the European Cable Network. Visit souvenirsfromearth.tv for more information.

Science Center Medical Technology

Participation in Sound & Screen Design for the exhibition “Discover what moves us” | 2009 | Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (Germany)

Spread out over three floors, the exhibition Begreifen, was uns bewegt (Discover what moves us) presents numerous interactive installations and hands-on exhibits that illustrate and explicate human movement such as walking and grasping through visitor’s participation. Main aim is to impart knowledge about the correlations between human motor functions and related research innovations. The exhibition’s design approach rests upon the idea of movement in general and is intended to attract both professionals and the general public.

Concept and development by ART+COM for Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH. For project details check the website of ART+COM. Continuative information can be found on the Science Center website.

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Doppelschall

Cover Design for 12″ Vinyl Series | November 2009 | Doppelschall Records | Releases DPS004 and following | doppelschall.com

Sequence (MigAA Laboratory III) at Ars Electronica

Symposium & Exhibition, Sequence - MigAA Laboratory III at Ars Electronica Festival | September 4th - 7th 2009 | Linz (Austria)

The campervans used as mobile media-laboratories will be parked near the Ars Electronica Center opened to the public over the whole term of the festival. During a series of evening programs current projects, interactive installations and workshops will be introduced and presented.

“Sequence” is designed to extend and deepen research that was initiated during the second MigAA-project “Transgression”.
For a specified program check the Ars Electronica website.

Level Green

Participation in Scenography / Screen Design for the exhibition “Level Green” | 2009 | Autostadt Wolfsburg (Germany)

Objective of the exhibition “Level Green - Die Idee der Nachhaltigkeit” (The Concept of Sustainability) is to transcribe the complex coherences of sustainability into tangible experiences. On about 1000 m² the exhibition space is divided into six themed areas. Interactive installations, data walls and media scupltures dealing with the importance of sustainability for ecology, economy and society offer insights and an easy, playful access to a broad spectrum of related information.

For more information visit the ART+COM website. Further exhibition details can be found on the website of Autostadt GmbH.

Produced by ART+COM (scenography, media design concept and development) in collaboration with architect J. Mayer H. and the project team of the Autostadt Wolfsburg for Volkswagen AG.

Satta Outside 2009

Live-VJing, Workshops & Exhibition at “Satta Outside 2009″ Music & Art Summit | Aug. 10th - 16th, 2009 | Klaipėda (Lithuania)

Live-VJing and participation in alternative music & art summit Satta Outside 2009, taking place at the nostalgic yacht club in Klaipėda (Lithuania), Smiltynė, August 10th - 16th. The week-long festival is composed of workshops, exhibitions and encloses a musical part at the weekend.

A detailed program, lineups and further information can be found here.

Sliding Window

Interactive Video Installation during Symposium & Exhibition | May 5th - 22nd 2009 | Central Railway Station | Vilnius (Lithuania)

Sliding Window shows decontextualized and collage-like composed impressions of an eastern european journey. With the aid of sensors and through variegating his distance to the projection the viewer gets the opportunity to defragment the video’s contents and to uncover specific moments and details. Realized in collaboration with Jonas Hansen.

Sliding Window was integrated into the exhibition Transgression within the long term MigAA-project, which is supported by the European Commission Culture Programme. It will also be shown at the final MigAA exhibition from Oct. 14th-17th 2010 at the Collegium Hungaricum in Berlin. For more information visit migaa.eu.

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Arbeit. Sinn und Sorge

Participation in Scenography / Design for the statistics strip within the exhibition “Arbeit. Sinn und Sorge” | 2009 | DHMD (Germany)

Within the exhibition Arbeit. Sinn und Sorge (Work. Meaning and Worry) ART+COM developed a statistics strip for visualizing and processing large volumes of data and facts regarding the function and meaning of work for people and society.

Across several rooms of the special exhibition a black aluminium strip unfolds into huge graphs and charts interplaying with video screens and projections. All in all seven integrated media installations enable the visitor to receive illustrated and detailed background information. “Arbeit. Sinn und Sorge” will be held by DHMD until April 11th, 2010.

Produced by ART+COM for Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden. General scenography by Chezweitz & Roseapple.
Curated by PRAUTH, Praxis für Ausstellung und Theorie. For a detailed documentation visit the ART+COM website.

VJing at White Cube

VJing at “White Cube At Hoppetosse” | Friday, June 19th, 2009, 23h | Hoppetosse | Berlin (Germany)

White Cube at Hoppetosse | Fri., June 19th, 23h | Eichenstraße, 12435 Berlin (Treptow) | U: Schlesisches Tor, S: Treptower Park

VJing at SWEAT

VJing at “SWEAT & Tanz Im Garten” | Sunday, May 31th, 2009, 18h | Mädcheninternat | Berlin (Germany)

Der Bedingte Reflex

Sound Design for 2D/3D Animation Movie | February 2009 | Length: 23 min. | Format: HD 16:9

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“Conditional reflex” is a term in behavioural biology. It describes a reaction pattern, that is not inborn, but learned associatively.

A routine mission grows into a perilous challenge for inexperienced cadet Pirx and his technology minded colleague Doctor Langner. Starting with curios radio signals, the security system at an isolated measuring station begins to threaten their crew. Based on Stanislaw Lem’s short story “Odruch Warunkowy” / “The Conditional Reflex“.

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Storyboard, Direction and Editing: Moritz Füllgrabe | Screenplay: Moritz Füllgrabe, Philipp Bank | Score: Gregor Sonnenberg | Sound Design: Michael König / Narrators: Lars Schmitdke, Hans Bayer | Mastering: Ralf Schipke | Production and Copyright: Moritz Füllgrabe, Academy of Media Arts, Köln

WEISS at 3. Internationale Filmwochen, Berlin

3. Internationale Filmwochen der Freien Universität Berlin | December 1st - 12th 2008 | Berlin (Germany)

WEISS will be screened on Thursday, December 4th, 16:15h at the “Freie Universität Berlin”. For further information and a complete program watch the Filmwochen Website.

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