17 - 19 June 2004
Various venues, central Tours, Loire Valley, France
Cost - 10 Euros
Cheap flights with Ryanair.
The Open Source Encounter was organised by Ellipse with the Arts Catalyst and Groupe Lara and will celebrate the cultural dimensions of European enlargement. The event focused on knowledge exchange in the technological and electronic arts and cultural utilisation of space facilities. It takes place over three days at various venues in the beautiful city of Tours, France.
Programme:
Thursday 17 June: Opening
18.30h Reception and formal opening with Groupe Laura at the Maison des Associations Culturelles de Tours
20.00 - 2200h Senegalese buffet and music at Celliers Saint Julien
Friday 18 June: Master class
Taking place in the conference room of the Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Tours.
Moderators and translators: Stephen Kovats, Marc Tuters, Ewen Chardronnet
15.00h Organisers panel (Groupe Laura, Arts Catalyst, Ellipse, RIXC, Projekt Atol) with an introduction by Alain Coulange, Director of the School of Fine Art at the Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Tours.
Presentation of the Trans-Cultural Mapping programme by co-ordinators Marc Tuters (RIXC, Canada-Latvia), Marko Peljhan (Projekt Atol, Slovenia) and Ewen Chardronnet (Ellipse, France).
16.00h Showing of the film, 'Open Sky' by Ewen Chardronnet
16.30h Acoustic Space Lab and Makrolab presentation with Marko Peljhan and Tomaz Sustar (Projekt Atol, Slovenia), Rob la Frenais (The Arts Catalyst, London), Stephen Kovats (V2, Rotterdam) and Ewen Chardronnet.
Break
17.30h Showing of 'Gravitation Off!' the Arts Catalyst's zero-gravity film and a presentation of art and variable gravity projects commissioned for Star City with Nicola Triscott and Rob la Frenais.
18.00h Showing of "Otolith', by Richard Couzins, Anjali Sagar and Kodwo Eshun. An Arts Catalyst commission.
Break
21.00h-02.00 Bar and DJs including Kodwo Eshun and guests at 'Le Cafe', rue Bretonneau a Tours
Saturday 19 June: Concert
At the Nouveau Petit Faucheux Jazz Club
19.00h-01.00
Philippe Petit: DJ set (Bip Hop)
Bernice & Barberi: (rx:tx, Bip Hop, Marseille)
Puna Syndicate (rx:tx, Slovenia)
Hallucinator (Chain Reaction, London)