MOVING SILENCE FESTIVAL ATHENS
PROGRAM 21-26. March 2012



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WEDNESDAY, 21 MARCH 2012 at GOETHE-INSTITUT ATHEN 20:30

GOETHE-INSTITUΤ ATHEN
Οmirou Str. 14-16, Athens
t. +30 2103661000
www.goethe.de/athen

Free entry


Athens Forum 1
Works by filmmakers and musicians who work and live in Athens. This block shows two films by director Dionisis Sidirokastritis.

Fugue (GR 2003, 3:28min)
by Dionisis Sidirokastritis

Live music:
Elena Solomoy, piano (GR)

Ektropi (diversion) (GR 2010, 35min)
A greek silent film by Dionisis Sidirokastritis with an original music score composed by Dimitris Papavasiliou.

Live Music:
Chloe Kaberou, piano
Fotini Kalianou, cello
Periklis Timblaleksis, violin
Manousos Ploumidis, clarinet

Conductor:
Dimitris Papavasiliou


Short Break


Zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen (human connections)
A short film program that focuses on the variety of human connections and relationships.


Avant la nuit (DE 2010, 5:16min)
by Armin Mobasseri

Nordwind (DE 2007, 5:50min )
by Thomas Vogel

Live music:
Zinovia Arvanitidi, piano (GR)
www.myspace.com/zinoviamusic

Augen Blick (DE 2011, 15:22min)
by Robert Fischer & Constantin Maier

Live music:
Hior Chronik, laptop (GR)
www.myspace.com/chronikath
www.mu-nest.com/release-info.php?f=mnc011

Batterie (DE 2010, 8:40min)
by Jonas Kling

Live music:
Stefanos Psaradakis, Vibraphone, laptop (GR)
www.myspace.com/stefanospsaradakis

Evolution (DE 2011,11:52min)
by Georg Jungerman

Live music:
Thalia Ioannidou & Thodoris Oikonomou, piano for four hands (GR)

Trust (DE 2011, 5: 25min)
by Dave Lojek

Live music:
natrYX, prepared piano & voice (GR)
www.myspace.com/natryx


Will kochen (DE 2007, 3:18min)
by Dietrich Limpert

In der Wüste (DE 2010, 4:00min)
by Torsten Krug

Live music:
Marco Brosolo (IT/DE)
(co-founder of Moving Silence platform)
with his innovative midi controller AST,
a custom made instrument, voice
http://9-9.it/







Break

 


Toni Kater Part 1
Toni Kater is a young Musician from Berlin that just released her new Album in collaboration with the Drummer of "Einstürzende Neubauten" Rudolph Moser and the guitar-noise-legend Schneider TM. On the Moving Silence Festival Toni Kater will present a personal selection of contemporary silent movies and sing to piano and synthesizer.
www.toni-kater.de

Chaos (DE 2010, new edit 2011, 6:16min)
by Stephan Kämpf

"Mersey Fog" (UK 2009, 5:18min )
by Rory Wilmer

Live music:
Toni Kater (DE)

toni later

 


THURSDAY, 22 MARCH 2012 at GOETHE-INSTITUT ATHEN 20:30

GOETHE-INSTITUΤ ATHEN
Οmirou Str. 14-16, Athens
t. +30 2103661000
www.goethe.de/athen

Free entry



Toni Kater Part 2
The Berlin-based musician Toni Kater will present a personal selection of contemporary silent movies and sing to piano, synthesizer and guitar.


NYC Symphony (USA/DE 1995, 10:32min)
by Reynold Reynolds

Ich weiss warum (DE 2002, 3:56min)
by Birgit Möller

Live music:
Toni Kater (DE)
www.toni-kater.de



Athens Forum 2
Works by filmmakers and musicians who work and live in Athens

[non+] (GR 2009, 2:48min)

Promenade Zero (GR 2009, 1:47min)
Public Performances - Athens - by eekuipoiz (Christos Kaoukis, Marion Renard)

Live music:
Marion Renard (eekuipoiz), Soprano saxophone (FR)
Thomas Pouliasis, laptop (GR)
www.object0.net (object zero)



Athens Impressions
poetic and experimental reflections on the city of Athens


"Personal notes: Athens (Syntagma square, night, white day)" (GR 2012, 15min)
by Vasilis Kountouris (Studio19, multimedia team)
www.studio19st.com

Live music:
Tassos Tsalapatis, el.guitar
Michalis Soulakis, doublebass
Υiannis Leloudas, drums

Neron (TR 2012, 10:30min)
by Genco Gülan

Live music:
Genco Gülan, piano (TR)

The Decision (GR 2007, 4:20min)
by George Drivas

Live music:
JOALZ/ interruption, el.guitar, laptop, electronics (GR)
www.youtu.be/mWx0T8b9j-o
www.ntroprecordings.com

Athens Walls (GR 2011, 8min)
by Margarita Kourtparasidou & Stefania Mizara

Athens, the little Great City (GR 2010, 5:48min)
by Emmanouil Papadopoulos

Live music:
Akis Daoutis, el. bass, electronics
Guido De Flaviis, sax
Margarita Kourtparasidou, percussions, voice, electronics
Costas Mantzoros, piano, electronics
Petros Fragistas, piano, electronics
Nikoleta Chatzopoulou, viola da gampa, voicem, sound objects
www.ksyme.gr/ksyme/ensemble1.html


Break
 


Yiorgos Katsanos in collaboration with Michalis Moschoutis and Anna Damigoy present:
Rusty Memories (GR, 2012) 35min
A selection of music pieces from his new project with live visuals (live cinema)
www.lostcircus.gr/

Live music:
Yiorgos Katsanos, piano, harmonium, concertina,sampler.
Michalis Moschoutis, el. guitar, lap steel guitar, drumstick, effects.
Anna Damigou, flute, percusions.

Alexandros Dimokratis - Video Art, live cinema.

 

 

FRIDAY, 23 MARCH 2012 at CAMP, 20:30

CAMP (Contemporary Art Meeting Point)
Efpolidos Str. 4 & Apellou 2
Kotzia Square, Athens
t:  +30 210 3247679
http://campoint.gr

Free entry



Installation at the 4th floor
Memorandum : [To help the memory]  
Α participatory installation by Tzeni Argyriou (GR)
amorphy.org

Α game of memory and amnesia, visible and invisible.
The audience becomes viewer + participator + … remembers

Hours 14:00 to 22:00
22:00 sound intervention to the silent installation with guest musicians (15min)
Musicians:
Xysm (Alexis Prorfiriadis,Valia Christopoulou, Nikoleta Chatzopoulou)




Athens Forum 3
Works by Filmakers and musicians that live and work in Athens

POES (GR 2012, 20:19min)
by Ekaterini Trichia

Poes is a work about Solipsism and Ekaterini Trichia's first film.

Live music: Angelos kyrioy, voice, guitar, electronics
www.angeloskyriou.blogspot.com



Short Break



(DE)construction of space
Compilation of Short films about the subject of manifestation or demolition of real, virtual and mental Spaces. The program will feature musicians with custom made instruments. Like the musician and founder of Moving Silence Marco Brosolo(IT) with his innovative instrument AST & from GR Yiorgos Katsanos, Georgios Karamanolakos, Nikos Kyriazopoylos and others.

Sleeper in Metropolis (DE 2008, 5:22min)
by Sandra Trierweiler

Last Day of the Republic (USA/DE 2010, 8:00min)
by Reynold Reynolds

Live music:
Manekinekod, synth, laptop, flute (GR)
www.soundcloud.com/manekinekod

Lichtplein (blue wave) (GR 2007, 5:24min)
by Andrea Aggelidaki

Live music:
Yiorgia Karydi, voice (GR)
Big Fat Lips, electronics (GR)
www.myspace.com/bigfatlips
www.yorgiakaridi.tumblr.com

Life as a problem (PL 2009, 9:00min)
by Mateusz Pęk

Live music:
Yiorgos Katsanos, el. guitar, music box, calimba, loops (GR)
www.lostcirus.gr
 


Nachbarn (DE 2010, 4:43min)
by Andreas Koch

Wak Yak (SE 2011, 1:54min)
by Erik Janson

Live Music:
Marco Brosolo (cofounder of Moving Silence platform)
With the prototype self inspired and construction sound controller AST, electronics, voice (IT/DE)
www.9-9.it/





Break

(during the break , an open invitation to people for participating in the installation Memorandum,(look participatory installation) sound intervention to the silent installation with guest musicians - duration 15'-3rd floor/stares




'uncut' (50min) Found super 8 films, material from Heraclis archive
www.heraclis.org

Musicians:
Unan (GR)
Nikos Kyriazopoulos (GR)
www.soundcloud.com/nikoskyriazopoulos
Georgios Karamanwlakis (GR)
www.omio.org
www.soundcloud.com/georgios-karamanolakis/

 

 

 

SATURDAY, 24 MARCH 2012 at CAMP, 20:30

CAMP (Contemporary Art Meeting Point)
Efpolidos Str. 4 & Apellou 2
Kotzia Square, Athens
t:  +30 210 3247679
http://campoint.gr

Free entry



Installation at the 4th floor
Memorandum : [To help the memory]  
Α participatory installation by Tzeni Argyriou (GR)
amorphy.org

Α game of memory and amnesia, visible and invisible.
The audience becomes viewer + participator + … remembers

Hours 14:00 to 22:00
22:00 sound intervention to the silent installation with guest musicians (15min)
Musicians:
natrYX, verbal score by Alexis Porfiriadis.


Athens Forum 4
Works by filmmakers and musicians who work and live in Athens

Sans Souci : Are You Nervous? (FR 2012, 32min)
by David TV
with greek participations among others

Live music:
NeaTPermaiK, laptop, cdplayers (GR)



Break

(during the break , an open invitation to people for participating in the installation Memorandum,(look participatory installation) sound intervention to the silent installation with guest musicians - duration 15'-4 th floor/stares







SILENT MOVES
Silent movies for dance and movement by Greek choreographers, directors , visual artists, animators (in collaboration with Amorphy.org )

ludensCUP (GR 2011, 11:00min)
by Sofia Mavragani, Tadeu Liesenfeld, Drosos Skotis

Live music:
Oute kan, laptop (GR)
http://soundcloud.com/outekan

Αngel (GR 2010/11, 3:13min)
by Konstantinos Karvouniaris

Face#1 (GR 2010, 1:04min)
by Thalamus

krymenoi(hidden) (GR 2012, 1:21min)

Live music:
KTIRIA THN NYXTA, electronics, voice (GR)
www.buildingsatnight.com/

Possibilities (GR 2010, 2:58min)
by Tzeni Argyrioy

Window shop (GR 2007, 1:25min)
by Tzeni Argyrioy & Zoe Chatziantoniou

Live music:
Nikoleta Chatzopoulou, laptop, viola da gampa (GR)

Heartbeat degratation (GR 2010, 1:56min)
by Alex Zakka

The Cave (GR 2009, 4:35min)
by Ash Bulayev & Nancy Stamatopoulou

Face#2 (GR 2010, 1:59min)
by Thalamus

Live music:
Alexandros Drymonitis, guitar, electronics, laptop (GR)
www.drymonitis.me/

Souvenir de Salonique (GR 2008, 6:47min)
by Lila Swtiriou

Live music:
Alexis Porfiriadis, el.piano & prerecorded sound material (GR)
www.alexisporfiriadis.blogspot.com/



Break



Tenebres (GR 2010, 9:06min)
by Alexandros Mistriotis

Live Music:
Michalis Moschoutis, laptop,guitars(GR)
www.michalismoschoutis.com/
http://soundcloud.com/kerkville

Nothingness (GR 2009, 3:47min)
by Lila Sotiriou

Live Music:
Rudi Fischerlehner, drums (AT/DE)
www.rudifischerlehner.net

Offsite (GR 2010, 1:10min)
by eekuipoiz

Live music:
Marion Renard, sax soprano (FR)
Thomas Pouliasis, laptop (GR)
www.object0.net (object zero)

No3 studies on movement (GR 2007, 6: 53min)
by Maria Theodoraki

Cranes (GR 2007, 3: 20min)
by Maria Theodoraki

Live Music:
Stefanos Psaradakis, laptop , vibraphone(GR)
www.myspace.com/stefanospsaradakis

8 steps (GR 2006, 8:)
by Christina Katsari & Eleftheria Lagoudaki

Live Music:
Nokalypse, Laptop , synthesizers (GR)
www.nokalypse.gr

Summer Holidays (DE 2009, 3:46min)
by Matthias Fristch

Live music:
NeaTPermaiK, laptop (GR)

Kidflix (GR 2012, 4:12min)
by natrYX

Live music:
Giwrgos Poylios, laptop, Ondes Martinot replica and voice (GR)

UNDER (GR 2010, 2:58min)
by Chrysanthi Badeka

Live music:
Giwrgos Poylios, laptop, Ondes Martinot replica and voice (GR)
natrYX , voice, trumpet (GR)


Short Break


Music from the Masses
by Matthias Fritsch (DE)
On the occasion of the open stage participations at 26 March at Goethe-Institut Athen we introduce the project at CAMP with the screening of a film with two different interepretations.
www.subrealic.net/mftm/

MFTM No.8 jellyfishes (DE, 6:30min)
Live music:
1st interpretaion by Gelina Palla (GR)
2nd interpretaion by Matthias Wyder (SW/DE)

 

 

 


MONDAY, 26 March 2012 at GOETHE-INSTITUT ATHEN, FOYER, 20:30

GOETHE-INSTITUΤ ATHEN
Οmirou Str. 14-16, Athens
t. +30 2103661000
www.goethe.de/athen

Free entry


Open Stage: Music from the Masses
by Matthias Fritsch (DE)
www.subrealic.net/mftm/

Musicians are invited to spontaneously perform their interpretation of the silent music videos from Fritsch's Music from the Masses. A video preview can be done at the installation in the Goethe-Institut's Foyer or online.

already signed up for live performances:

MFTM No.8 jellyfishes (6:30min)
Live music:
1st interpretation by Manekinekod (GR)
2nd interpretation by Zinovia Arvanitidi (GR)

MFTM No.6 winter song (3:55min)
1st interpretation by Μarco Brosolo (IT/DE)
2nd interpretation by Echo Canyon (GR)

MFTM No.4 chengdu disco(5:45min)
1st interpretation by Μarco Brosolo (IT/DE)

MFTM No.3 balken ego (3:40min)
1st interpretation by Echo Canyon (GR)
2nd interpretation by Kwnstandis Michael & Panagiotis Spoulos (GR)

MFTM No.5 Riot (4:08min)
1st interpretation by INArvan, John Davis & Orestes Vingopoulos (GR)

More versions will be expected on the open stage.

Break


Closing concert

Sound8 Orchestra 60min (SW/AT/DE)
Matthias Wyder, Korg ms10, Korg ms20, Synthesizer, Guitar, Stylophone, Laptop and Super 8 films.
Rudi Fischerlehner, Drums and Percussion


Sound 8 Orchestra is the project of Matthias Wyder a Berlin based multi instrumentalist from Switzerland and Rudi Fischerlehner a drummer from Austria. They combine easy listening, low budget lounge music, Retro Futuristic B-Movie Soundtracks and psychedelic Electro Sounds to an unbelievable sound mix somewhere between Lee Perry, Add N To X, Sun Ra and James Bond Soundtrack.Together they create a funky and wild atmosphere, intensified by a crazy mix of super 8 projections.

more information

http://sound8orchestra.com/
www.facebook.com/pages/Sound-8-Orchestra/88669249525