Planetary Disorder

[Bernhard Loibner <bernhard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[apologies for x-postings...]

Nerve Theory (aka Bernhard Loibner and Tom Sherman) has released their=20=

DVD "Planetary Disorder" featuring five videosonic tracks (Half/Lives,=20=

Wind-Up Wolf, Sub/Extros, Talking to Nature, America's Game). Planetary=20=

Disorder is a limited edition DVD, initially formatted for PAL systems=20=

(it plays on PCs and Macs everywhere).

This DVD is available for purchase at:=20
http://www.mdos.at/labeldetail.php?id=3D710

 > =46rom the notes of Planetary Disorder:

       The world has gone to hell in a hand basket. Horrid, unnecessary=20=

wars rage. Double-speak reigns: Bombs for Peace! Millions in opposition=20=

are ignored by the Media. Instead reports of violence and death deliver=20=

people to advertisements for recreational vehicles and wireless phones.=20=

There simply isn't enough love to go around. Loneliness prevails.=20
People everywhere seek distractions. In an effort to block the pain,=20
entertainment becomes more and more conservative and predictable.=20
Antidepressant cultures mask the symptoms of planetary disorders.

       We suggest you pay attention to ordinary people. They are not=20
afraid to share their loneliness. Often they appear to be submissive=20
extroverts (Sub/Extros). Dislocation spreads us very thin. Webcams=20
introduce an existential twist to personal cinema. Half/Lives. Get=20
outside, go for a walk, take your camcorder and catalogue nature's=20
wonders. How does your wildlife compare with a Wind-Up Wolf? Go ahead,=20=

try Talking to Nature-no matter how hard you try, nature doesn't talk=20
back. But baseball,  America's Game, that's another matter. On=20
September 19, 2002, in Chicago, Kansas City Royal's first-base coach=20
Tom Gamboa was attacked by Bill Ligue and his 15-year-old son. Before=20
the pair jumped Gamboa, they called their family and said they'd be on=20=

television in a few minutes. The Kansas
City players responded with overwhelming force.

                   ---Nerve Theory, 2003

Nerve Theory is Bernhard Loibner and Tom Sherman.

Bernhard Loibner <bernhard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> is a composer, musician and=20
media artist based in Vienna, Austria. His work centers around creating=20=

and performing electronic sound and music but often crosses  the border=20=

into other media and art forms such as video, internet, radio,=20
performance and dance. He has been giving concerts throughout Europe=20
and North America, and collaborating with a number of different=20
artists. He has released several CDs, including H=F6rsturz, Kaufkraft,=20=

TheoryMusic and Trans/Mute.

Tom Sherman <twsherma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> is a media artist and writer who=20=

splits his time between Syracuse, New York (where he teaches at=20
Syracuse University's Department of Art Media Studies), and the South=20
Shore of Nova Scotia. Sherman studied visual art, and started out as a=20=

sculptor--but over the years has worked in audio, radio, television,=20
video, performance, and text. He has represented Canada in the Venice=20
Biennale, and his work has been shown in hundreds of exhibitions in=20
North America, Europe, and Asia. In 2002 the Banff Centre Press=20
published an anthology of his writing: Before and After the I-Bomb: An=20=

Artist in the Information
Environment.

Loibner and Sherman began performing and recording together in 1993.=20
They were introduced by Heidi Grundmann for collaborations broadcast=20
and webcast by Kunstradio, a radio art program of the ORF's national=20
radio network. In 1998 they formed Nerve Theory, and have since=20
collaborated on numerous live performances, network appearances, and=20
recordings. This DVD release touches on "planetary disorders"=20
identified in two of Nerve Theory's performance works: Shades of=20
Catatonia and The Disconnection Machine.

For information on the Planetary Disorder DVD, contact:

Bernhard Loibner
bernhard@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://loibner.cc

[This project was supported by the arts section of the federal=20
chancellery of Austria]

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