Art/In.formation: artistic research in film, electronic music and sonic art at the edges of contemporary practice.
Featuring two days of artist talks, panels, performance, installations and demonstrations of artistic research in progress, Catalyst's MA Symposium presents postgraduate students from Catalyst, other Berlin MA programmes and special guests.
- When: Friday 17–Saturday 18 May, 12:00 – 18:00
- Where: Catalyst ground floor
- Tickets: Free entry, but ticketed. Book your free ticket here.
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/// Student presentations
Alisa Goruleva | Carri | Charlie Black | Connor Oman | Evgenia Papazisi | Jannah Emam | Jonas Kern | Joshua Mellard | Karo Pelc | Lara Khattar | Maria Paula Mondragón | Marta Torres | Poma | Yuxin Mei
Presentations in Co Lab 3, panels and performances in the Theatre and installations in various locations.
/// Keynote speaker: Satch Hoyt
Berlin-based Satch Hoyt, born in London of British and African-Jamaican ancestry, makes sculptures and installations accompanied with sound, as well as paintings and drawings. Hoyt has composed a number of songs with Grace Jones, has played flute on Louise Bourgeois’ OTTE and is flautist - percussionist in Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber since 2001. He has recently recorded a new album in Berlin, Battlefields Of Peace, under the pseudonym Pharaoh Dreams which includes guest musicians Julia Kent (Anthony and the Johnsons), Cass Lewis (Skunk Anansie), Earl Harvin (Meshell Ndegocello) and Dave Smoota Smith (TV On The Radio).
/// Closing panel: Aimee Portioli (Grand River), Emma Lo (moderator), Satch Hoyt +more TBA
As a field that is constantly inventing and reinventing itself, artistic research is an ongoing negotiation of practice, techniques, methods and discovery. Join us for an affirmative, artist-centred and practice-focused conversation, where we aim to illuminate the process of artistic research and give voice to diverse and sometimes dissonant points of view, without a need for their resolution.
Aimée Portioli is a Berlin-based Dutch-Italian composer and sound designer who records and performs as Grand River, makes experimental electronic music, original sound art installations and 4D spatial sound. She has performed as Grand River at major international venues and festivals, including Barbican Hall, CTM Festival, L.E.V. Festival, MUTEK, Kraftwerk, Funkhaus, WOS Festival, Berghain and many more.
We invite you to come together as a community of artists to share, discuss and connect, knowing that this will inspire and nurture creative work.
Original artwork by Marcus Oliveira, VFX22.