[ot] otolab> audiovisual projects 2001-2004

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otolab
audiovisual projects
edited by Lucrezia Cippitelli

On July 1st, 2004, the Otolab exhibition will open at the MLAC,
Laboratory/Museum for Contemporary Art of the "La Sapienza" University in
Rome, with Lucrezia Cippitelli as curatrix. In the halls of the
Museum/Laboratory, an itinerary which illustrates the A/V projects realized
by Otolab over the period 2001-2004 will be on display.

Interactive exhibits, made up of tools for the production of sounds and
images developed by the Otolab collective and used in the course of its live
performances, will host the Millepiani, P.U.L.P. (shown at Contacteurope
Milan) and Quartetto.swf; the latter was the winner of the Italian Live
Media Contest 2002 as well as Netmage 03.

An immersive space will allow visitors to experience recordings of the
following live media projects: Duetto.swf, (previously shown at Peam in
Pescara, Cartoombria in  Perugia, ImproVisual at the Prague Biennial,
Carthusia in Siena), Polystatic (Netmage 04), Stare Mesto (ImproVisual,
Prague Biennial) and Ten (reelaboration of work presented at the Festival
des arts électroniques, Bruxelles)

The third section of the exhibition will host the screening of a selection
of multimedia clips, some unreleased and others which were previously shown
at a number of festivals (Videominuto 2003 in Prato, Batofar in  Paris, 2003
Prague Biennial, Moov03 Media Art Festival in New York, Merciless Film
Series in New York). Visitors of this section will also be able to see
Transizionilente, the audiovisual opus developed for Tantratheta: the
installation has been designed for being experienced inside Pathfinder, a
sensory deprivation tank commonly used as a complement to relaxation
techniques.

Finally, the last section will display the most significant graphic exhibits
produced by Otolab.

For the opening night of the exhibition, Otolab will present a live set of
its most recent audiovisual performance Syn3_Africa, which will take place
at 7:30 pm in the MLAC area.

The exhibition is part of MLAC's Laboratory program, and has been partly
financed by Regione Lazio for researching "Application of novel multimedial
technologies in contemporary art", as part of the experimental Stage/Master
courses in Critical Curating and Museum Installation, promoted by the Museum
Director Simonetta Lux and produced by the MLAC curator Domenico Scudero.

Opening July 1st 2004, 7:30 pm
live media performance:
Syn_africa

MLAC, Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea.
Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma.
from July 1st to July 31st, 2004
Mon-Fri 10:00 am - 6:30 pm
http://www.luxflux.net/museolab/press.htm
Press: Tatiana Giovannetti

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