// Opening: Fri, January 9, 2009, 19h // Opening hours: 14h - 18h30, daily // Further events on January 12, 14, 15 & 16: see end of text // Time: 20h00 An exhibiton with Shingo Inao, Daisuke Ishida + Noriko Yamaguchi, Stephane Leonard, Hirofumi Matsuzaki, Satoshi Morita and Seiji Morimoto. The exhibition is committed to art, technology, society and sound. Different artistic positions of contemporary (media)art will be shown. They work with and reflect both digital and analog-electronic as well as mechanic technology and their processual dynamics. Since the end of the 18th century the world view in physics, mathematics and science changed from a static one to a temporal-dynamic one. Things which were before incalculable like vibrations, oscillations, energy and heat became soon afterwards calculable. Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768 - 1830) played the role of an accelerator in this process, since he has mathematically established that it is possible to down-calculate the most complex oscillations and their waveforms - which means also complex sounds - to simple sine waves. All possible waveforms are composed of simple sine waves. As a result complex natural phenomena can be analyzed, this means decomposed in individual parts and again synthesized, means put together as a whole. This is the theoretical foundation of the sound synthesizer. Soon after Fourier Hermann von Helmholtz (1821 - 1894) invented around 1860 the first acoustic-mechanical resonator, which could analyze and synthesize sound phenomena. The first Proto-Synthesizer was constructed. The scientific world view is since then kind of musically influenced. Therefore music, science and technology mix up since then at the backyard of world’s history and produce via several affairs many new media and audio technologies like the phonograph, radio, the phone, the magnetic band, the synthesizer, computed music, modems, mobile phones, mp3-players and the latest portable mini computers so called handhelds like PDA, smartphone and iPhone or Android. Today we are in the epoch of mobile communication, wireless lan, bluetooth, RFID, where we are surrounded by digital media technology, which becomes more and more smaller and invisible. The important point is that they are still ubiquitous due to wireless telecommunication technology, which became a main part of our everyday life. This means that our everyday life is traversed by invisible electro magnetic waves and oscillations. Oscillations, which can be made audible. Thereby we arrived during our quest for mobility at a state of inaudible cacophonia of electromagnetic dissonances. Shingo Inao, Daisuke Ishida + Noriko Yamaguchi, Stephane Leonard, Hirofumi Matsuzaki,Satoshi Morita, Seiji Morimoto and their curator Shintaro Miyazaki had occupied themself artistically and conceptually with this “condition humana” and show a part of their work in this exhibition. “Ubiquitous oscillations” or “Fourier changed our world” is part of “la-condition-japonaise” a curatorial project and network for promotion of young contemporary japanese arts and music in Berlin and Europe. Further events: Concerts Mon, January 12, 20h00 Ugo Inao (live sensor electronics), Stephane Leonard (laptop) Reflection and Art: Guest-Artist (Presentation): Furthermore Martin Donner (M.A.), Oswald Bertold + Sebastian Döring will talk about Fourier, sound, electronics and media history (in german language).
UBIQUITOUS OSCILLATIONS or FOURIER CHANGED OUR WORL
// Duration: 10.1. - 16.1.2009
Wed, January 14, 20h00 Ken Okami (neon lights, electronics)
Fri, January 16, 20h00 Daisuke Ishida (laptop), Seiji Morimoto (electronics)
Thur 15th January, 20h00: Jan-Peter E. R. Sonntag
Jan-Peter E. R. Sonntag, who won the prize of german soundart 2008 (Deutscher Klangkunst-Preis 2008) will present his works and ideas.
