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Sound-In: Meetings, presentations, workshops and concerts.
Anne-Françoise Raskin and Miguel Álvarez-Fernández

23 to 26 January from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sound-In at Intermediae offers a series of complementary activities to the Estampa Multiple Art Fair (Feria de Arte Múltiple Estampa), held last October at Matadero Madrid. This series of lectures, roundtables, workshops and concerts shares the core them of the Sound-In section: promoting and disseminating sound art and experimental music.

This series of activities aims to form a framework for shared learning in which the artists, curators, producers, critics, etc. gathered for Sound-In can share their experiences with their experimental sound creation projects. In addition to sharing theoretical approaches through roundtables and presentations, Sound-In offers a practical dimension through a series of concerts and workshops open to everyone.

For further information regarding the workshops, please write to sound-in@estampa.org

 www.estampa.org

Activities:

Wednesday 23 January
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Workshop: Sound art and Decolonial studios

Thursday 24 January
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Workshop: Creating and editing graphic music: from the music score to the visual work.
5 to 6:30 p.m. Roundtable: The Sound-In project and the Estampa Multiple Art Fair.
7 to 8:30 p.m. Presentation of projects by artists in the Sound-In Programme for New Creators.
9 to 10 p.m. Concerts.

Friday 25 January
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Workshop: Creating and reinventing sound instruments: object/sculpture/installation.
5 to 6:30 p.m. Roundtable: Producing sound art and experimental music.
7 to 8:30 p.m. Presentation of projects by artists in the Sound-In Programme for New Creators.
9 to 10 p.m. Concerts.

Saturday 26 January
5 to 6:30 p.m. Communication and dissemination of sound art and experimental music.
7 to 8:30 p.m. Presentation of projects by artists in the Sound-In Programme for New Creators.
9 to 10 p.m. Concerts.

CITYKITCHEN
Basurama and Zuloark

Wednesday 5 December at 7 PM. Open conversation between Basurama and Zuloark with Vivero de Iniciativas Ciudadanas.

Citykitchen aims to generate a new way of building a city, based on collaboration among citizens, companies, public administration and professionals from various fields.

Various forms of citizen groups are focusing their work on regenerating neighbourhoods through artistic creation and cultural development. These citizen initiatives have generated a wide range of excellent practices that have been disseminated though not always interconnected. They have not yet crystallized into a shared methodology rooted in collective knowledge and able to grow by intertwining all these experiences toward a shared goal.

Citykitchen is carrying on with several processes of gathering these experiences, like the one that was already begun by Vivero de Iniciativas Ciudadanas, to reflect on possible methodological tools for collective building and frames for clear dialogues among cultural, social and administrative agents.

Through a series of public meetings and work sessions, they aim to open an investigation into the processes and mechanisms that exist currently. They aim to detect the main problems and barriers citizen initiatives face today and reflect on possible protocols to facilitate their development and support these citizen-based processes for managing public space.

LA GASEOSA DE ÁCIDO ELÉCTRICO
Javier Montero

Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 December at 20 p.m.

La gaseosa de ácido eléctrico (The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test) is an experimental stage project that develops horizontal work tools and investigates collective intelligence methods. It is carried out by a heterogeneous group of women about the age of 60 from a diversity of social and ethnic backgrounds. We started the process by exploring the subject of love but soon we agreed it would be more interesting to focus on the here and now. The plot of the open piece which has evolved is based on the occupation and conversion of a social dining area at a financial club, given the precarious nature of the crisis of the system.

The project has developed its own strategic approach to experimental stage arts and popular culture which has nourished the work with body and space, text and narration, accents and languages, playwriting and meta-fiction, soundscapes and stage design. This has allowed us to explore numerous contemporary artistic disciplines and make a call to thinking as action. We have also developed specific collective work tools, focused on developing creativity, personal enrichment and social interaction.

The work has been structured into four workshops that made it possible to investigate various aspects of stage development:

. Writing and acting workshops led by Javier Montero.
. Soundscape design workshop led by María González.
. Stage design workshop led by Matilde Juárez.

In La Gaseosa de Ácido Eléctrico (The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test) we started with the idea that inter-subjective relations are not only an end in themselves, but also allow us to explore more complex terrains such as the role played by cultural representation systems, micro-political potentialities, the role of emotions, inequalities, and the class system, behaviour protocols, the concept of value or narcissism.

The piece combines three spaces: the dining hall, the kitchen and meta-fiction, where we reflect on the dramatic process and debates are held. It is important to point out that we have not aimed to reach a final conclusion or a finished, polished work. The work process is undoubtedly what is most fascinating.

OPEN TERRARIO/ In Medi Terraneum 2012. Simultaneous Video Art International Festival:
Argentina, Spain, Greece, Italy and Uruguay
In Medi Terraneum
29, 30 November and 1 December 2012 at 7 p.m.

In Medi Terraneum- Simultaneous Video Art International Festival, held for two years in Argentina, Uruguay, Italy and Greece, is opening its call for projects in Spain for the first time and will present at Intermediae the videos chosen from the five countries.
Including errors as part of the creative process and creation based on collective intelligences are the two main themes at the core of this third edition, which culminates in a day of urban video-activism, the presentation of its venue in the Cloud, and the creation of a hybrid work via live streaming at all the venues, coinciding with the closing of the festival.

Thursday 29 November at 7 p.m. Presentation of the finalists’ works and start of the exhibition, which will last three days. Presentation of the “Venue in the Cloud”.

Friday 30 November at 7 p.m. Day of urban video-activism

Saturday 1 December at 7 p.m. VJ and DJ session with the creation of a hybrid work in live streaming with all the venues.

Participating countries: Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, Italy and Greece
Organized by: Intermediae Matadero Madrid (Spain), Instituto Cervantes de Palermo (Italy) and Instituto Italiano de Cultura de Córdoba (Argentina).

CALLS FOR PROJECTS FOR "CITIZEN PARTICIPATION"
Until 1 July at midnight

Guidelines for the call: participar.de/es/Convocatoria

This call aims to create a participatory platform about visual arts. The platform functions as a set of interrelated actions that work as an integrated device: open call, web tool, professional meeting, and public presentation of projects. These formats seek to generate a network of knowledge exchange and to strengthen the cultural dialogue between Spain and Germany. The citizens of both countries are asked to reflect collectively on the subject of "Citizen Participation" which invites them to present artistic creation proposals. Since the financial crisis reached social environments in 2010, more citizens of all ages are increasingly reclaiming their voice in society through protest movements, citizen initiatives, and so on. In Spain, the 15 M movement arose in a particularly tough context due to the high rate of unemployment among youth and the increasingly poor economic perspectives for many levels of society. In Germany, there are permanent arguments about the transformation and reduction of the educational system within the framework of the Bologna process, while protests are increasing against large infrastructure projects such as Stuttgart 21 or expansion of the Frankfurt and Munich airports, since people feel they have a negative impact on their everyday lives. In both Spain and Germany, citizens do not feel represented and regret not being able to take an active part in processes that affect them.

More information at: www.participar.de

OPEN TERRARIO / Screening and presentation of El cielo del Ojo
Friday 18 May at 7 pm.

Cielo del Ojo is a group project for video creation, comprised of five European voluntary groups focused on film production and distribution: Franti of Italy, Nisi Masa France of France, Ms. Balthazars of Austria, Euphoria Borealis of Finland and Cinestesias of Spain.

The thematic axis of the project is El Cielo (the Sky or Heaven), a sufficiently broad topic to allow all types of film expression: Video art pieces, standard film stories, animation stop motion, documentaries and false documentaries.

Each group made a two minute video produced “Exquisite Corpse” style: the ending of each one is the beginning of the next. During pre-production, a travelling box was sent by the different cities where those involved in the project lived.

The overall result was edited with a soundtrack created by sound artist Alberto Bernal.

More information www.cinestesias.org

OPEN TERRARIO/ A New Tahrir Square

8 May to 17 June.
Presentation of the project led by Miguel Moreno and Martín Toimil. Tuesday 8 May at 6:30 pm.

Selection of participating projects in the international call for ideas for the reinterpretation of Tahrir Square in Cairo.
To celebrate the launch of the revolutionary movement that was born and continues in Egypt, the ICARCH international design and architecture competition platform launched the call for A New Tahrir Square so that participants from all over the world could make suggestions, at all levels, for a new concept of Tahrir Square.
At this exhibit, we can enjoy and analyze the works that numerous teams from around the world submitted. In keeping with the popular revolutionary movement, the proposals were free and from a wide range of disciplines, to guarantee the most extensive representation and the freedom that characterized the Egyptian movement.

Through Miguel Moreno Mateos, the Estudio de Paisajismo GM3 has coordinated the exhibit, with support from a multidisciplinary team of professionals.

More information: www.gmcubo.com and www.land30.com

Applications may be submitted until:
May 1, 2010

Matadero Madrid calls for applications for the international creators mobility grants to further studies and research, or to carry out, produce and develop creative projects abroad.

Information and databases available at www.munimadrid.es www.mataderomadrid.com

For further information:
Matadero Madrid. Paseo de la Chopera, 14. 28045 Madrid (Metro Legazpi)
convocatoria@mataderomadrid.com

FREE(K) CULTURE / CALLS FOR FLUX SKOOL WORKSHOPS AND FLUX STUDIO
Jay Barros

Free(k) Culture aims to foster a community of users and creators who use free tools and licences for creation, and to promote these productions through workshops, meetings, presentations, software development, etc.

— CALL FOR FLUX SKOOL WORKSHOPS

Starting in January, artists and users are invited to participate in Flux Skool, a series of workshops offering training and the dissemination of free tools for audiovisual creation, sound composition, and the fields of performances and shows.

Free tools for audiovisual creation: From 22 to 25 February, 5 pm - 9 pm
Free tools for sound composition: From 22 to 25 March, 5 pm - 9 pm
Free tools for performances and shows: From 26 to 29 Abril, 5 pm - 9 pm

For applications contact: jay@freekculture.net / info@intermediae.es

— CALL FOR FLUX STUDIO

Starting in January, musicians, artists, and creators who work with copyleft licences are invited to send their works to be collected on a DVD anthology to be distributed thereafter. The DVD anthology will be produced in work sessions with participants in March and April.

For applications contact: http://freekculture.net/creadoreslibres / info@intermediae.es


> freekculture.net
> 2009 Contemporary Creation Grants Programme

Call for proposals. Grants For Contemporary Creation Matadero Madrid 2010. Application deadline 16 February 2010, Requirements and application forms are available at: www.mataderomadrid.com