Published on 21 Sep 2021

ADM’s Assoc Prof Ina Conradi produced performance titled “Nocturne” at Ars Electronica Festival 2021, A New Digital Deal

ADM’s Assoc Prof Ina Conradi produced performance titled “Nocturne” at Ars Electronica Festival 2021, A New Digital Deal.

 

NOCTURNE
Mark Chavez (US/SG), Victoria Primus (AT), Ina Conradi (US/SG), Tate Chavez (US)
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Sun Sep 12, 2021, 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

Linz, Ars Electrinica Center Deep space 8k.

 

Nocturne is an artwork that recognizes the new post-global pandemic world while also acknowledging that other challenges lie ahead. It provides the audience with a contemporary artistic interpretation of the current state of affairs and a fresh breath of life in what would otherwise be a sad outlook. The large-scale, immersive installation uses interactive and audio-reactive visuals with emotive-abstraction animation, mapping emotions, and design with the real-time flow of a dance performance. It creates a tribute to ancient rites of spring by appealing to imagery, music and motion that recalls the past, and signal hope for the future.
Intreview with artists on AE Blog “Nocturne 2021: the Pandemic on big screen” Ars Electronica Blog, Sep 1, 2021, by Shirin Darwish, https://ars.electronica.art/aeblog/en/2021/09/01/nocturne/

 

"The dance of humanity in liquid eroica colours and a thunderstorm of moving sound. Marvellous!." Bob Kastner, Candeed Cue, Vienna

 

“That was such a viscerally electric performance…took my breath away. It was so enhanced by the compelling visuals and music and the way they were so integrated. All of you must have gone thru a lot to come up with this…just beautiful, and yes, sad. “ Jane Goren, Los Angeles

 

“Meanwhile, “Nocturne” is shown in Deep Space 8K , which visually depicts the time of the pandemic in an impressive way.” by Barbara Hinterleitner

About Festival: From September 8 to 12, Ars Electronica 2021, the festival for art, technology and society, took place not only in Linz (Austria) and 86 other Ars Electronica Gardens around the globe, but also online. Forty-two years after its founding, in the second year of the Covid pandemic, the festival thus presents itself as a dual event – with exhibitions, concerts, talks, conferences, workshops, guided tours and other online activities. A globally networked festival is supported jointly by well over a hundred partners. (Taken from https://ars.electronica.art/news/de/)

 

Photo Credits Wolfgang Simlinger and Tom Mesic

Nocturne on Media Art Nexus Web site: https://www.mediaartnexus.com/?p=3591
Best of Ars Electronica festival 2021 The album contains some of the best photos of the Ars Electronica Festival 2021 “A New Digital Deal”. ars.electronica.art/newdigitaldeal/en/
Deep Space 8k: Festival Highlights by Shirin Darwish https://ars.electronica.art/.../deep-space-8k-festival.../