press statement 01 – 15th june 2003

7. garage Festival Stralsund from 25th July until 16th August 2003

No Concept -- A State of Being  

Pocket-earthquakes and underwater-phenomena, muezzin singing from church steeple, a brass orchestra at half speed, digestion sounds out of Russian synthesizers, building instructions for home security cameras, heavy bass concerts by low-riders, swaying pillars of bridges, mobile phones that cause entire walls to vibrate, cooking as a means of self-defence . . . not enough?  Do you sometimes feel an inexplicable bothersome vibration in the stomach area?  Have you ever asked yourself why an apple sounds better than a peach?  Are you sure that no one is interested in your deleted data?  Have you always wondered what the insides of a computer corps look like?  Can you imagine what happens when a rowdy Finn meets an Icelander with an unlimited tolerance to alcohol? Have you suffered from persecution mania?  Nothing puts you off?  Are you sure?  

Trial and error as a strategy of the future?  Insecurity as creative force?  Change as generating mechanism?  

The 7th annual garage festival, which will take place from the 25th of July until the 16th of August, seeks to explore the methods and points of view of the creative process by looking at the principles and manifestations of insecurity and disorientation. The festival presents exhibitions, installations, concerts/performances, lectures, films and workshops over the course of three weeks.

with:

Mark Bain: Trembling Structures – Enter at your own risk! - installation (NL)
Alex Davies: Heterodyne – multi-channel sound installation (AUS)
Christian Engler: Sonic Maze – sound labyrinth (D/UK)
Thilges3: Associations - mobile sound installation/performance (A)
Xavier von Wersch / Dave Krooshof / Thijs Scheele: Fruit Power – juicy sound installation (NL)
Robot Software / Paul Webb: Garbage In / Garbage Out – data trash installation (E)
Hans Lotz / Alexander Döbler: Eiscafé (ice café) – the world as cardboard model (D)
Aniko Szövenyi: Self-Trigger Keys, installationen in the public space (HU/USA)
triphaze – whatch who’s whatching - installation/performance (D)
Matthias Fitz: MobileMinder - installation for mobile phones (D)
Christian Cordes / Daniel Funke: m.u.g.*shop - project/workshop (D)
Julia Tieke / Elke Falat: Wir-AG/application - project (D)
Hans W. Koch: explosion sketch for a computer corps - performance (D)
Dick El Dermasiados, IBW / Geert-Jan Hobijn, Staalplaat Soundsystem: Jumpy Germanyness - concert for brass orchestra and vacuum cleaners (NL)
Kevin Blechdom - banjo-laptop-electro-trash-performance (USA/D)
Kein Babel – Don’t do this with records! (D)
Anchortronic 5.1 Dolby Surround with: m9 (A), nt (A), Alex Davies  (AUS), Michael Strohmann (A) – space sound installation, project presentation, workshop
Peter Bosch / Simone Simons: Krachtgever - 2,5 x 12 m sound machine (NL/E)
Poil: Bavarian yodels digital - performance (D)
Andrey Kiritchenko: microwave music from Ukraine - performance (UKR)
Ant Hampton / Glen Neath: ROMCOM - remote controlled theatre (UK)
Radboud Mens / Sasker Scheerder: Boom Car Concert - concert for low-riders (NL)
De Bar: Meeuw (NL), Helgi Thorrson (ISL), Felix Kubin (D), Paska (FIN) - music and cocktails at your own risk
Jason Kahn - Sine Field, sine waves sound installation (CH)
Kotra + akuvido: obscure, bizarre, extremely noisy - performance (UKR)
Re-Format Club: ctm on tour + guests, club as a Trojan horse (D)
Perlonex Metaflexes: Realtime Remix No. 3 - performance (D)
Jacek Staniszewski: remixing metaflex - performance (PL)
Survolt: Christof Migone, Martin Tétreault (CAN) and Retro Sex Galaxy (PL) -
Canada meets Poland – performance
Thom Kubli / Sven Mann – 5.1 performance
Panel "Instable Systems": cooking without recipes or art as speculation: Andreas Broeckmann (D), Antye Greie (D), Simon Waters (UK), Eric Hobijn (NL), Thilge3 (A), and others
Trial and Error – short film festival g-niale with international competition programme, special screenings, short films for kids

updates and detailed information:
http://www.garage-g.de