(Danish) Når digitale workshops interagerer med søndagen

February 20th, 2009
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Forestil dig følgende scenarie: Du ligger fredeligt og nyder søndagens stilhed. Med et sæt melder virkeligheden sig, da du bliver afbrudt af din mobiltelefons brummen. Du har fået en sms. En anelse dovent åbner du din sms og der åbenbarer sig følgende tekst: ”Sammen tager vi lynlåsen til intetheden”.  Du genkender ikke nummeret. Du føler dig en anelse utryg ved den kryptiske og poetiske besked (for hvem sender sådan noget bavl en søndag?), så du svarer høfligt tilbage for at forklare afsenderen, at han har sendt sin sms til et forkert nummer. Men hurtigt brummer mobilen tilbage med et svar, og atter engang er det med en mærkværdig besked: ” Når du åbner munden, lyder du som et forhistorisk museum”. Nu bliver du for alvor utryg og mærkelig til mode. Tankerne begynder at rulle. Hvad vil personen bag sms’erne dig? Hvor har personen fået dit nummer fra? Hvorfor al den lyrik? Hvorfor kan hverken dgs.dk eller krak.dk afsløre identiteten bag nummeret? Og hvorfor skriver personen netop til dig?
De 19 deltagere, der i hele uge syv deltog i de to forskellige workshops YOU CAN RUN og LEAVING TRACES, fik alle kryptiske og angstvækkende sms beskeder dagen før, de skulle møde op til første workshopdag på CAVI. Derfor var der heller ikke stille blandt deltagerne, da de mødte hinanden for første gang mandag morgen, for hurtigt blev der fundet ud af, at der var forbindelse mellem workshoppen og de aparte søndags sms’er, de alle havde modtaget. Ophavsmanden var den danske digter og forfatter Rolf Stensig, der var oplægsholder i ugens workshop, og intentionen bag beskederne var, at deltagerne blev placeret i den rette stemning til det overordnede tema som begge workshops havde: NO PLACE TO HIDE.
En uge hvor workshopdeltagerne, hvor af de fleste var studerende indenfor design, kunst, film og medier, fik undervisning i interaktive teknologier og vejledning til hvordan de kan bruges til både kunstneriske og design formål af interaktionsdesigneren Simon Løvind og den hollandske kunstner Han Halewijn. De to første dage i ugen blev afholdt i fællesskab hvor deltagerne blandt andet var på Aros for at se den nye interaktive udstilling ”Enter aktion”. Onsdagen stod i idéudviklingens tegn, da de to workshops for alvor gik i gang, og deltagerne blev sat i gang med egne projekter vejledt og anført af Han Halewijn og Simon Løvind. I løbet at ugen gæstede mediekunstnerne Kassandra Wellendorf, David Rokeby og Mogens Jakobsen ligeledes workshopforløbet, for at give oplæg og hjælpe deltagerne med udformningen af deres projekter.

Bag workshoppen YOU CAN RUN, som satte fokus på udviklingen af ideer til værker der kan reagere og tage form efter den besøgendes tilstedeværelse, stod Simon Løvind, der for mange er synonym med interaktionsdesign. Siden starten af 90’erne har Simon Løvind beskæftiget sig med interaktive medier og har blandt andet været ansat på DR, Danmarks Design Skole og er netop blevet tilknyttet Det Danske Filminstitut som projektredaktør.
Den hollandske kunster Han Halewijn var manden bag den anden workshopgren, LEAVING TRACES, som omhandlede  sensorstyret tracking og synliggørelsen af den digitale tidsalders uendelige muligheder for at spore og overvåge folk. Han Halewijn havde sin workshop centeret om, at deltagerne selv skulle udvikle koncepter og afprøver sensorbaserede teknikker, noget som Halewijn har utallige gange har benyttet i sine installationer (http://halewijn.musdes.net/InteractiveWoods.php).

Dan Bjerg Artikler

The Mejlby stone attract international attention

February 18th, 2009
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img_19361Since the premiere in January has the digital and innovative staging of the rune stone, The Mejlbystone, at Cultural Museum in Randers, sent the international blog milieu in an arousing hype.

For many is a visit at the local museum boring and without excitement. But with TEKNE Productions interactive storytelling of the old Mejlby stone, has technology proven to be a helping hand in the communication of the history.
Here is a selection of the blogs The Mejlby stone is mentioned in:

Read more…

Dan Bjerg Produktioner

TEKNE AND SNYK PRESENTS WORKSHOPS IN INTERACTIVE ART

January 23rd, 2009
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Are you interested in digital and interactive art? Then you should read the following.

In collaboration with Skive Kunstmuseum TEKNE Production organize two workshops on interactive space for performers of visual arts, media and sound artist and students of design, film, media and art. This happens from Monday 9 February to Friday 14 February 2009 at CAVI’s premises at Åbogade 34 d, Århus N.

The 7 February SNYK - Skive New Art Museum  presents the exhibition NO PLACE TO HIDE - an exhibition of digital and interactive arts. Following the exhibition TEKNE Production hold in conjunction with SNYK the two workshops: YOU CAN RUN and LEAVING TRACES. The tworkshops introduces the parricipants to interactive technologies in art, and the participants have the opportunity to develop and work and concepts.

For further information see here.

Dan Bjerg Arrangementer/Workshop

HoneyMoon challenge the opera art of the future

January 6th, 2009
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High-tech animation show the story on a 1000 year old rune stone

January 5th, 2009
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TEKNE Production has contributed to an interactive experience of a viking story chisled on a 1000 year old runic stone, the Mejlby stone.

Guests at the Cultural Museum in Randers can at the moment enjoy a spectacular and high-tech, 3D interactive light and sound story of when Ane, a danish viking, sent his son Eskil on a lethal ship voyage across the Øresund.

On his voyage Eskil dies in nasty weather and in memory and mourn of his dead son’s courage, Ane chisled the story of his son and raised the Mejlby stone.

TEKNE Production has contributed significantly in creating the magical storytelling which arouses the  Mejlby stone cryptic runes to live. With projectors, tracking devices and interactive audio orchester the thousand years old runic stone, is expressed through animation, illusion, and actively involve the audience in its story.

See the wonder of the Mejlby stone here.

Dan Bjerg Produktioner

Advanced projections

October 2nd, 2008
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TEKNE Produktion is involved in an ongoing competence development project at CAVI developing tools for mastering advanced projections on physical matters.

The idea is to scan spatial objects, transform the scannings into virtual 3D models, make dynamic light staging at the surface of the models  and project them back into the “real world”.

The result is that you can work very accurate, creating visual effects as “an extra layer” of the physical reality.

Follow the development of the project here.

Dan Bjerg Produktioner

WCC - World Class Competition

October 2nd, 2008
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In cooperation with Kulturhus Århus and DGI a digital arts feature is prepared for DGI’s next World Class Competition to be held in Atletion in Aarhus and Arena Fyn in Odense in November 2008.

The idea is to create an artistic staging of a sporting event with the participation of international stars. Choreographer Ingrid Kristensen responsible for the overall concept and TEKNE Produktion is developing of an interactive element.

Jakob D. A. Nicolaisen Konkurrencer

International workshops for artists by the end of 2008: ‘You Can Run’ and ‘Leaving Traces’

October 2nd, 2008
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In relation to the exhibition No Place To Hide at Skive Kunstmuseum at the end of 2008 there will be two internationally oriented workshops: ‘You Can Run’ led by Kassandra Wellendorf and Simon Løvind, and ‘Leaving Traces’ led by Han Halewijn (NL).

The two workshops are primarily targeted at professional artists and seeks to experiment with and produce prototypes of works of art, where interactivity plays an important role.

The two workshops takes place at Katrinebjerg, partly at CAVI.

Jakob D. A. Nicolaisen Arrangementer/Workshop

TEKNE Produktion’s art advisor Jette Gejl is the new president of municipal arts council

August 14th, 2008
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TEKNE Produktion’s art adviser, CAVI’s artist in residence Jette Gejl Kristensen has been appointed as the new president of the municipality of Aarhus’ arts council. Read more…

Jakob D. A. Nicolaisen Artikler

The winners of DMDM

June 20th, 2008
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This is how they look like - the first winners of  the Danish Championship of Digital Media, DMDM 2008 for young people under 27 years. Five winners of TEKNE and TEKNE Produktions first nationwide competition in the use of digital technology for art and cultural purposes was chosen at an event in Musikhuset in Aarhus 19th June. Read more…

Jakob D. A. Nicolaisen Konkurrencer