We have now completed the first workshop for NIP, in Bristol. The workshop and public performances were a great success and thanks to all the people who supported the event and travelled from varying parts of the world (Finland, Germany, Australia, Ireland) and the UK to join us. Documentation of the workshop will be available via the artists blog and under the resource page of this website.

Workshop 1

Location: Bristol, UK
Dates: 30th March - 1st April 2007
Lead artist: Zach Lieberman (US), Visual artist working with sound and image using gestural interfaces for performance and public interaction.
Participating artists: Tom Bugs (UK), Sonia Cillari (NL), Isaac Carlos (NL), Teresa Dillon (IRL/UK), André Gonçalves (PT), Kathy Hinde (UK), Torsten Lauschmann (UK), Rudolfo Quintas (PT), André Sier (PT), Tom Verbruggen (NL).

Public Talks and Performance Schedule

Friday 30th March 2007
13.00-21.00: Watershed (Admission free)

New Interfaces for Performance (NIP) Artists’ Presentations
Gesture based Interfaces for Live Performance
Tickets: All sessions take place in Waterside 3 and are ticketed individually. All sessions are free, please collect a ticket from Watershed Box Office on the day. Session Three ticket includes access into Random Function.

Session One ‘The Body as the Interface’
1300hrs - 1500hrs
Presenting artists: Teresa Dillon (UK), Rudolfo Quintas (PL), and Sonia Cillari (NL)

Session Two ‘Material Worlds - Objects, Site and Sound as the primary source’
1530hrs - 1800hrs
Presenting artists: Kathy Hinde (UK), Isaac Carlos (NL), Tom Bugs (UK), André Gonçalves, (PL)

Session Three ‘Emergent and Sensory Connectivity’ plus Random Function
1830hrs - 2100hrs (NIP artists Presentations)
2100hrs - 2230hrs (Random Function performance event)
Session Three links up with Bristol’s regular experimental sound and improvisation event Random Function.
Following NIP artists’ presentations by André Sier (PL), Tom Verbruggan (NL), Torsten Lauschmann (UK), and Zachary Lieberman (US), Random Function will continue the evening with its open and eclectic mix of electronic music and sonic arts.

Saturday 31th March 2007
20.00-22.30: Arnolfini, Dark Studio (Admission £3)
Live performances by Zachary Lieberman (US), Torsten Lauschmann (UK), André Sier (PT) and Tom Verbruggen (NL).

Sunday 1st April 2007
20.00-23.00: Cube Cinema (Admission £2)
Live performances by local artists working in the field of new interfaces, including Tom Bugs (UK), Matt Olden+Jungulator (UK), special performance from Tom Verbruggen (NL) with tunes provided by DJ Placid (UK).