Gamerz 3 in Istanbul # Amber Festival 2008

GAMERZ 03 From November 7th until 17th 2008 For the 3rd edition, the international GAMERZ festival moves to the city of Istanbul, Turkey. After 3 consecutive years of events in France, in the cities of Aix-en-Provence and Paris the asociation M2F Créations is hosted for this time by A.M.B.E.R. 08 festival, in order to introduce GAMER ART based installations by 14 international artists. The Aix-en-Provence born event activates the turkish capital city through a real cultural network by proposing an overview of young creation with a rich program of workshops, performances and interactive installations. More than a simple festival, GAMERZ 03 inputs a powerfull art dynamic extending the intercultural dialog out of European borders. The event GAMERZ will be back to Aix-en-Provence really soon, on January 2009 with a fourth edition and a new festival format! M2F Créations cordially invites you to the opening of this cultural event also visible through the CHABALAB internet platform at www.selfworld.net. Christophe Martin, Marseille (Fr) Ivan Chabanaud, Marseille (Fr) Stephane Kyles, Prague (Cz) Paul Destieu, Maribor (Slo) Pierrick Thebault, Paris (Fr) Bastien Vacherand, Aix-en-Provence (Fr) Confipop, Marseille (Fr) Sidabitball, Paris (Fr) Collectif Dardex-Mort2Faim : Quentin Destieu, Romain Senatore , Sylvain Huguet, Aix-en-Provence (Fr) Pascal Silondi, Prague (Cz) Djeff Regottaz, Paris (Fr) Loïc Horellou, Paris (Fr) http://08.a-m-b-e-r.net http://www.m2fcreations.fr/

Rating: 1 2 3 4 5
by 19 people

Added on Nov 19, 2009

Report Abuse

Comment

Profile info

Pascal Silondi

Lecturer,
HND Interactive Media

I was born in Paris in 1973, and live in Prague since 2000. As artist I developed various interdisciplinary projects where meet virtual and real environments. I founded the association LIBAT (Hybrid laboratory for Arts and new technologies) in November 2002. For several years, I'm developing various artistic and cultural projects with, as scour objective the exploration of the complex Art-science-news technologies of information. I'm interested in systems' architecture and in particular interactive multimedia storytelling in 3D shared environments. My artistic and technological culture evolved as a trans-disciplinary walk-through , exploring contemporary languages and fields like cinema, video, scenography, sound, robotic or data processing, using sensors' systems like motion capture to connect performers,(dancers, actors, public...) within 3D digital spaces. I'm directing LIBAT since 2002 and I'm leading the interactive media department of Prague College since 2006, where I develop with our students and teachers a creative approach to interactive media and fine art, exploring animation techniques, 3D, web, film, sound, interface design and more... Specialties: - Creation of intuitive navigation systems implemented into 3D real time environments - Creation of haptic and multimodal user interfaces - Creation of shared 3D environments and multimedia platform distributed on the Internet - Creation of videos, interactive and robotic installations, multimedia performances. - Creation and production of international workshops - Creation and production of international exhibitions and festivals - Creation of interactive architecture visualizations - curator - interdisciplinary researcher LIBAT # Hybrid lab for arts and new technologies aims to stimulate the production, the administration and the diffusion of international artistic, interdisciplinary, multimedia and experimental projects.The association is proposing a hybrid and nomad platform/laboratory, tool of analysis, creation, and exchange for conceptual, artistic and technological studies. Libat is involved in the coordination of several artistic and cultural projects with as scour objective the experimentation and the exploration of art, science and new technologies. Libat supports the creation of a dynamic international open-network inviting artists, culture centers and researchers to foster the creation and the presentation of new media art models.

Gamerz 3 in Istanbul # Amber Festival 2008