◯ (2019)

Sat, 04 May 2019 11:30:12 +0300

◯ was an experimental event series and collective based in Graz, active from 2019 to 2022. Founded in early 2019 by a group of eight individuals associated with the computer music program at the Institute of Electronic Music, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, the collective aimed to curate and produce experimental post-genre events that blended contemporary bass and dance music with experimental electronics, live arts, and discourse.

◯ was launched on May 5, 2019, at Forum Stadtpark. Following that and throughout 2019, the collective was highly active, organizing its own events while also participating in a variety of festivals and events. However, as the pandemic took hold in 2020 and several members relocated from Graz, sustaining the series became increasingly challenging. Eventually, ◯ held its closing event at Forum Stadtpark on November 25, 2022.

Credits

Founding members

Lain Iwakura / Bill B. Wintermute
Constantinos Miltiadis
Korin Rizzo
Nico Mohammadi / DJ Durbin
Peter Stiegler / Echnatron
John-Robin Bold
Florian Fend / Klaus Masuda
Gianluca Iadema

As the only non-performing-arist of the group my main contribution involved production and co-curation as well as visual design.

Invited guests

Jung An Tagen (AT)
Bienoise (IT)
Sun People (AT)
Ibrahim Alfa Jnr (UK)
Emiddio Vasquez / Joralsky (CY/US)
Isabella Forciniti (IT/AT)
Teonas Borsetto (IT/AT)

Collaborators & contributors

Simon Hafner: sound engineer at Forum Stadtpark events
Natalie Fend: Dance performance for #2
Katharina Wraubek: Set design for #2
Grey note (collective): co-producer of #2
Ypatios Gregoriadis: Documentation

Collaborating events, venues, festivals

Forum Stadtpark
Elevate Festival
SUb (live, DJ sets, discourse)
Triple Hüttler (event series)
Rostfest 2019
OAG Kulturverein (‘beach party’ 2019)

Selected events

◯ inaugural event at Forum Stadtpark 04.05.2019

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18:00 WORKSHOP

Basics of no-input-mixing by Bill B. Wintermute ◯/ Force inc./ mille plateaux/ Acéphale
no prior knowledge necessary | free | place for 20 people

22:00 CONCERT

Echnatron ◯
Jung An Tagen (Editions Mego)
John-Robin Bold ◯

24:00 CLUB

Gianluca Iadema -live A/V- ◯ / mille plateaux/ Force inc.
Bienoise -live- Floating Forest / mille plateaux/ Force inc.
DJ Durbin ◯ / Row Records
Klaus Masuda ◯

Lecture, performance, concert, club at SUb 31.05.2019

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Lecture & performance

Emiddio Vasquez “Materialist synthesis”

Live concert

Teonas Borsetto, live electronics (dynamic feedback system).
Isabella Forciniti, live electronics (modular feedback improv)
Joined live improvisation

DJ sets

John-Robin Bold
Bill B. Wintermute
Joralsky
DJ Durbin
Klaus Masuda

Grey Note x ◯ at Forum Stadtpark 07.06.2019

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Event produced by GreyNote & ◯ .

Design & animation: studio any (animation) and alllone (sound design)

GreyNote guests

ILe Flottante [UK]
Der Vinylizer [DE],
Deafblind (live visuals)

Event introduction by ◯

Dance performance by Natalie Fend
Ezili-i Sabbah (live); set design by Katharina Wraubek

Music program

ILe Flottante Live Beat Set [UK]
Der Vinylizer aka Marcus Maack II WobWob! / BTTB - Back To The Basics - ByteFM [DE]
alllone II GreyNote, Noise Collage https://soundcloud.com/alllone
OME Dubs II GreyNote https://soundcloud.com/ome_dubs
Dotworks II GreyNote, Basstrace https://soundcloud.com/dotworks
Bill B. Wintermute (live) II ◯ / Force inc. / Acéphale / Mille Plateaux
DJ Durbin II ◯ / Row Records
https://soundcloud.com/djdurbin
Ezili-i Sabbah II ◯ / Force inc. / Acéphale / Mille Plateaux

◯ closing event at Forum Stadtpark 25.11.2022

Organized by Lain Iwakura
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Program

Peter Stiegler (Live-Set) https://soundcloud.com/peterstiegler
John-Robin Bold (Live-Set) http://johnrobinbold.com/
DJ Durbin https://soundcloud.com/djdurbin
Lain Iwakura (Live-Set) https://derayling.copyriot.com/
Sun People https://soundcloud.com/simon-off
Ibrahim Alfa Jnr (Live- & DJ-Set) https://soundcloud.com/ibi-alfa

Gianluca Iadema | studio any