Title: First aether9 performance Event: Mapping Festival 2007 Location: Bâtiment d’Art Contemporain (BAC), Geneva (Switzerland) Date: 05 03, 2007 Time: 21:00 Central European Summer Time (UTC/GMT +2) Duration: 60 minutes Description: Linking nine performers in various remote locations around the globe, this performance marked the beginning of the aether9 project. Performers: Alan Bogana, Alejandro Duque, Ariane Téodoridis, Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, Christiaan Cruz, cym, Daphné Dornbierer, ideacritik, Manuel Schmalstieg, Nathalie Fougeras, Oh Eun Lee, Paula Vélez, Yoann Trellu --- Title: Remote Fairytales Event: N3krozoft Ltd micro exhibition Location: Maison d’Art Actuel des Chartreux (MAAC), Brussels (Belgium) Date: 06 14, 2007 Time: 19:00 (UTC/GMT +2) Duration: Description: The opening program consisted in a lecture about the noble art of patching, alongside with the Grimm Brothers tale “The Girl Without Hands”, narrated by storyteller Deirdre Foster and accompanied visually by the Æther Group, an international remote performance ensemble whose members participated from locations in California, Colombia, Europe and Iran. Performers: Amirali Ghasemi, Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, Christiaan Cruz, cym, ideacritik, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg, Paula Vélez --- Title: “Conférence aux Antipodes” Event: “Inquiry in Location” curated by Mirjana Boba Stojadinovic for the Piet Zwart Institute Location: Hotel New York, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Date: 07 02, 2007 Time: 21:00 (UTC/GMT +2) Duration: 15 min Description: “Conférence aux Antipodes” was a mysterious 15 minute conference call between 3 remote performers. This performance occurred in the context of the "Inquiry in Location" event, curated by Mirjana Boba Stojadinovic for the Piet Zwart Institute, which took place in one of the former conference rooms of Hotel New York, in Rotterdam. It was also the first aether9 performance to implement a live audio mp3 stream (via the giss.tv streaming server). Performers: Boris Kish, Christiaan Cruz, ideacritik, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg --- Title: 07.07.07 Event: Celebration of the remarkable date (07.07.07) Location: exclusively online Date: 07 07, 2007 Time: 19:00 (UTC/GMT) Duration: 7 * 7 min Description: A shared meal between performers located on two different continents. Celebration of the remarkable date: 07/07/07. Note: frame #4 and #9 remained black in order to approximate the shape of the number seven. Performers: Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, cym, Laure De Selys, Luka Prinčič, Manuel Schmalstieg, Nathalie Fougeras, The League of Imaginary Scientists --- Title: Event: NetUser4 International Working Camp Location: Pleven (Bulgaria) Date: 07 19, 2007 Time: 18:00 (UTC/GMT +3) Duration: Description: Conceptual performance reflecting upon everyday disposable/consumer goods and 'luxury' objects. Performers: Boris Kish, Christiaan Cruz, cym, ideacritik, Judy Nylon, Luka Prinčič, Manuel Schmalstieg, Nathalie Fougeras, The League of Imaginary Scientists --- Title: “untitled sound transmission” Event: International Sputnik Day (curated by Francis Hunger) Location: exclusively online Date: 10 04, 2007 Time: 19:00 (UTC/GMT +2) Duration: Description: Minimalistic performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of the sputnik satellite launch. Performers: Manuel Schmalstieg --- Title: Stationary Æmotion Event: Introducing: Labouretum Lumbrici Location: WORM, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) Date: 10 26, 2007 Time: 22:00 (UTC/GMT +2) Duration: Description: Protagonist flees her life and embarks on a train adventure, escaping the law and her lover. Performers: ideacritik, Manuel Schmalstieg, Nathalie Fougeras, Nicola Unger, Paula Vélez --- Title: Stationary Æmotion Event: Tremor 4 festival Location: multi-locational throughout Bogotá (Colombia) Date: 11 09, 2007 Time: 19:00 (UTC/GMT -5) Duration: Description: Protagonist flees her life and embarks on a train adventure, escaping the law and her lover. Performers: Christiaan Cruz, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg, Paula Vélez, Juliana Restrepo --- Title: Ghost Study Event: Videomedeja Festival Location: Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad (Serbia) Date: 12 15, 2007 Time: 23:15 (UTC/GMT +1) Duration: Description: Adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s 1976 TV play “Ghost Trio”. Performers: Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, Christiaan Cruz, cym, Judy Nylon, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg, Nathalie Fougeras, Paula Vélez, Richard Milan, Luka Princic, Juan Guillermo Caicedo, Pedro Hermelin, Jonathan Goldstein --- Title: CMYK Event: “Stream on You” event, curated by Nathalie Fougeras and produced by iMAL Location: iMAL, Brussels (Belgium) Date: 02 16, 2008 Time: 21:00 (UTC/GMT +1) Duration: Description: An improvisational structure based on list of actions coupled to the four suits of a deck of cards. Suits are called by a human random generator. These actions are framed within the CMYK color space. Performers: Bjorn Eriksson, Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, ideacritik, Judy Nylon, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg, Nathalie Fougeras, Pascale Barret, Paula Vélez, Richard Milan, Jonathan Goldstein --- Title: LHHR Event: Festival Internacional de la Imagen Location: Alianza Francesa, Manizales (Colombia) Date: 04 17, 2008 Time: 18:00 (UTC/GMT -5) Duration: Description: The Little Red Riding Hood tale fragmented for a twenty first century mind, one that detects a storyline from multi-sourced information streams, part cubist, part 3D chess, but coherently set in human, ancient, primordial mind. Wolf, an “anyman”, seeks a role-playing Little Red Riding Hood among cyber sex chat girls. A journey into the psychological landscape of the classical tale, a cipher of Aging, Sex, Death, Desire, Violence, Secrecy, Beauty and Decay. Live soundtrack by Gregorio Gómez (aka gladkazuka). Performers: Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, Christiaan Cruz, gladkazuka, Gregorio Gómez, ideacritik, Judy Nylon, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg, Natalia Valencia, Paula Vélez, The League of Imaginary Scientists --- Title: LHHR Event: Mapping Festival Location: Bâtiment d’Art Contemporain (BAC), Geneva (Switzerland) Date: 04 19, 2008 Time: 19:00 (UTC/GMT +2) Duration: Description: The Little Red Riding Hood tale fragmented for a twenty first century mind, one that detects a storyline from multi-sourced information streams, part cubist, part 3D chess, but coherently set in human, ancient, primordial mind. Wolf, an “anyman”, seeks a role-playing Little Red Riding Hood among cyber sex chat girls. A journey into the psychological landscape of the classical tale, a cipher of Aging, Sex, Death, Desire, Violence, Secrecy, Beauty and Decay. Live soundtrack by Bliscappen Van Maria. Performers: Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, Christiaan Cruz, ideacritik, Judy Nylon, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg, Paula Vélez --- Title: LHHR Event: London Short Film Festival Location: Tenderpixel Gallery, London (GB) Date: 07 31, 2008 Time: 22:30 (GMT) Duration: Description: The Little Red Riding Hood tale fragmented for a twenty first century mind, one that detects a storyline from multi-sourced information streams, part cubist, part 3D chess, but coherently set in human, ancient, primordial mind. Wolf, an “anyman”, seeks a role-playing Little Red Riding Hood among cyber sex chat girls. A journey into the psychological landscape of the classical tale, a cipher of Aging, Sex, Death, Desire, Violence, Secrecy, Beauty and Decay. Live audio by Jérôme Prosperger, transmitted from Brussels. In this iteration of LRRH, the audience had the opportunity to interact with the remote performers through instant messaging during the performance. Performers: Chloé Cramer, ideacritik, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg, Paula Vélez, Christiaan Cruz, Judy Nylon, Pascale Barret, Jérome Prosperger, Boris Kish --- Title: LHHR Event: Residency @ Perte-de-Signal Location: Perte-de-Signal, Montréal (Canada) Date: 08 16, 2008 Time: 18:45 (GMT -4) Duration: Description: The Little Red Riding Hood tale fragmented for a twenty first century mind, one that detects a storyline from multi-sourced information streams, part cubist, part 3D chess, but coherently set in human, ancient, primordial mind. Wolf, an “anyman”, seeks a role-playing Little Red Riding Hood among cyber sex chat girls. A journey into the psychological landscape of the classical tale, a cipher of Aging, Sex, Death, Desire, Violence, Secrecy, Beauty and Decay. Performers: Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, Christiaan Cruz, ideacritik, Judy Nylon, Manuel Schmalstieg, Maria Hermelin, Paula Vélez, Sofian Audry --- Title: When antennas convert love in space Event: Beirut Street Festival Location: Hamra Street (el medina theater), Beirut (Lebanon) Date: 09 28, 2008 Time: At Sunset Duration: Description: An intimate performance screened on Hamra street, taking the myriad of Beirut rooftop antennas as a starting point for discussing cultural identity. Performers: Boris Kish, Christiaan Cruz, ideacritik, Joe Elias, Judy Nylon, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg, Paula Vélez, Samir Youssef, Zoe Judell --- Title: N3krozoft Ltd featuring aether9 Event: 4th annual Carnival of e-Creativity Location: Sattal Estate, Uttarakhand (India) Date: 03 01, 2009 Time: Duration: Description: A stage performance inspired by early scientific exeriments on telepathy and extra-sensory perception (ESP). During the play, remote performers were subjected to a set of tests designed by psychologist Karl Zener (1903-1964). Performers: Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, Manuel Schmalstieg, Yuri Gruznov --- Title: Jam Session Event: Trans-Sesiones Location: Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellín (Colombia)/Video Vortex 4, Split (Croatia) Date: 05 23, 2009 Time: Duration: 5 hours Description: Maratón de improvisación visual remoto. AETHER9 , aceptó unirse a este ejercicio de improvisación y experimentación durante las 5 horas que durará el JAM. Performers: Axelat0r, Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, Christiaan Cruz, Dhanya Pilo, Frauke Frech, Judy Nylon, Manuel Schmalstieg, Mari Keski-Korsu, Paula Vélez, Vinny Bhagat --- Title: aether9 Event: ASEUM Location: Manila (Philippines) Date: 07 25, 2009 Time: 21:00 (UTC/GMT +8) Duration: Description: Improvised transmission using a 6-frame interface in combination with live musical performances at the Sabaw Media Kitchen in Manila. Performers: Christiaan Cruz, Dhanya Pilo, Frauke Frech, Kim Xupei, Manuel Schmalstieg, Mari Keski-Korsu, Paula Vélez, Vinny Bhagat --- Title: All Souls Event: Residencey @ _____-micro research Location: rupert goldsworthy gallery, Berlin (Germany) Date: 10 31, 2009 Time: 21:00 (UTC/GMT +2) Duration: Description: Saturday, Halloween, as a culmination of a week long residencey @ _____-micro research, aether9 presented a live online performance before an audience in the rupert goldsworthy gallery in Berlin. The wireless building of a mass mind, controlling aether9 agents …amongst Berliners who are unaware of their presence. Aether9 presents an interpretation of Fritz Lang’s Doktor Mabuse streaming from a taxi speeding through Berlin. Performers: Boris Kish, Chloé Cramer, Christiaan Cruz, cym, Frauke Frech, ideacritik, Judy Nylon, Laure De Selys, Manuel Schmalstieg, Paula Vélez, Vinny Bhagat --- Title: aether9 Event: COMA (Creative Original Music Adelaide) Location: The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide (Australia) Date: 12 07, 2009 Time: 20:00 (UTC/GMT +9:30) Duration: Description: Aether9 improvised jam session in live collaboration with Shivnakaun (Vinny Bhagat). Performers: Christiaan Cruz, Dhanya Pilo, ideacritik, Manuel Schmalstieg, Maria Fava, Vinny Bhagat --- Title: live at Camp Pixelache Event: Camp Pixelache Location: Kerava Art Museum, Helsinki (Finland) Date: 03 26, 2010 Time: 11:00 (UTC/GMT +2) Duration: 5 hours Description: Durational performance presented as an audiovisual installation in which aethernauts created an ever changing landscape. Performers: Christiaan Cruz, cym, Dhanya Pilo, ideacritik, John Hopkins, Manuel Schmalstieg, Mari Keski-Korsu, Paula Vélez, Vinny Bhagat --- Title: GhostStudy Amsterdam Event: IN THE EVIDENCE OF EXPERIENCE – 7 EVENINGS OF LIVE ART Location: Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Date: 04 21, 2010 Time: 20:30 (UTC/GMT +2) Duration: Description: An adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s 1976 TV play “Ghost Trio”. Performers: Christiaan Cruz, cym, ideacritik, Judy Nylon, Manuel Schmalstieg, Mari Keski-Korsu, Paula Vélez, Catalina Sierra, Pedro Hermelin --- Title: Montréal aether9 presentation Event: SORTIR DE L’ÉCRAN Location: Société des arts technologiques [S.A.T.], Montréal (Canada) Date: 05 26, 2010 Time: 19:30 (UTC/GMT -4) Duration: Description: A presentation about the conceptual and technical developments resulting from a residency at agence TOPO. Exploration of landscape possibilities of telematic performance as well as aether9's new PD Patch and Wiimote control options. Performers: Christiaan Cruz, cym, ideacritik, Manuel Schmalstieg, Mari Keski-Korsu, Paula Vélez, Vinny Bhagat ---