[Dancecult-l] Electronic music and arts festivals

[Graham St John]

Thanks Kath! - some very helpful tips here.

Wonder if anyone knows of research or articles on Amsterdam's 
Robodock festival?



At 11:44 AM +0530 12/15/06, Kath O'Donnell wrote:
>not sure if these are what you're after but how about:
>
>TransAcoustic Festival in Auckland, New Zealand - it's a smaller 
>event, more sound art I guess, but could build up into a larger 
>festival. <http://www.transacoustic.org.nz/> 
>http://www.transacoustic.org.nz/ (though it seems to be down atm)
>Liquid Architecture (Aus/NZ)
>sxsw (austin, texas, usa) <http://2007.sxsw.com/>http://2007.sxsw.com/
>media art beinnale / media art seoul
>straight out of brisbane (soob) (brisbane - like a mini TINA) 
><http://straightoutofbrisbane.com/>http://straightoutofbrisbane.com/
>les siestes electroniques (toulouse/berlin) 
><http://www.les-siestes-electroniques.com/>http://www.les-siestes-electroniques.com/
>triptych festival (glasgow, scotland) 
><http://www.triptychfestival.com/> http://www.triptychfestival.com/
>Koneisto (finland) <http://www.koneisto.com/>http://www.koneisto.com/
>exit festival (eastern europe) 
><http://www.exitfest.org/>http://www.exitfest.org/ or 
><http://eng.exitfest.org/>http://eng.exitfest.org/ for english
>movement / detroit electronic music festival  <http://www.demf.com/> 
>http://www.demf.com/
>CEAIT festival / redcat (los angeles usa) 
><http://redcat.org/season/0506/mus/ceait.php>http://redcat.org/season/0506/mus/ceait.php
>CeC & CaC - The Carnival of e-Creativity & Change-agents Conclave 
>(India) (electronic arts more than music) 
><http://www.theaea.org/cec_cac>http://www.theaea.org/cec_cac
>artepolis (indonesia) <http://www.artepolis.info/> 
>http://www.artepolis.info/ (conf about urban culture so might not be 
>relevant)
>earthdance <http://www.earthdance.org.au/>http://www.earthdance.org.au/
>optronica (uk) <http://www.optronica.org/> http://www.optronica.org/ 
>(video/film/digital art & music)
>radiator festival (uk) 
><http://radiator-festival.org/newradiator/>http://radiator-festival.org/newradiator/ 
>(new technology / film / art)
>Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF) 
><http://www.computermusic.or.kr/main_en/> 
>http://www.computermusic.or.kr/main_en/
>Entheogenesis Australis  <http://www.entheo.net/>http://www.entheo.net/
>garage festival (germany)  <http://garage.in-mv.de>http://garage.in-mv.de
>freedom festival (amnesty international) (aus) 
><http://shop.amnesty.org.au/freedom>http://shop.amnesty.org.au/freedom
>ctrl_alt_del / nomad (turkey) (sound art festival) 
><http://nomad-tv.net/ctrl_alt_del> http://nomad-tv.net/ctrl_alt_del
>futuresonic (manchester) 
><http://www.futuresonic.com/>http://www.futuresonic.com/
>ISEA (based in netherlands but festivals / symposium held in 
>different countries) (digital arts) 
><http://www.isea-web.org/>http://www.isea-web.org/
>SCANZ (New Zealand) (new media not perhaps not relative) 
><http://www.scanz.net.nz> http://www.scanz.net.nz
>
>
>
>
>I have some listed under festivals category 
>(<http://www.aliak.com/taxonomy/term/80> 
>http://www.aliak.com/taxonomy/term/80) on my site or search for 
>festivals & u might find some more - different 
>genres/music/arts/films etc if that helps
>
>
>On 12/15/06, Graham St John 
><<mailto:g.stjohn at warpmail.net>g.stjohn at warpmail.net> wrote:
>
>Thanks Evan, but to qualify my inquiry, right now im looking at 
>international electronic arts festivals normally held in clubs, 
>galleries, warehouses and campus buildings in metropolitan 
>districts, often with arts council funding, sometimes requiring 
>registration and featuring a range of experimental electronic musics 
>alongside other digital media arts performances, workshops, 
>techniques and forums. ie not psytrance festivals or teknivals.
>
>Graham
>
>
>>Why exclude psychedelic / trance festivals when some of them have 
>>the most effort, originality and global participation? 
>>I'm sure you have your reasons but I thought I'd pass this along 
>>anyway, someone started combing the googlemap technology with 
>>mapping major psychedelic (mainly trance) festivals.  They seems to 
>>48 so far.
>>
><http://www.tagzania.com/user/chilluminati>http://www.tagzania.com/user/chilluminati
>
>On 12/14/06, Graham St John <<mailto:g.stjohn at warpmail.net> 
>g.stjohn at warpmail.net> wrote:
>
>Just wondering if I could get a name check on important Electronic
>music and arts festivals from people on the list. [Im NOT talking
>about trance festivals or teknivals here] So im aware of Barcelona's
>Sonar, Berlin's Transmediale, Montreal's Mutek and Seattle's Decibel.
>What are the others? I'm curious to find out  more about how these
>events have developed and how they may be characterised by comparison
>to one another. For instance, what kind of genres of musics are
>showcased? Im also curious about events pushing boundaries like
>London's Netaudio festival and whether similar events are happening?
>And im curious about emergent fringe events with more of an activist
>angle, perhaps like Chicago's Version or This is Not Art in Newcastle
>Australia (ok the latter is not new) . Are there any chronologies or
>historical mappings been conducted on these EDM festivals? Generally
>im just curious. Any infos appreciated
>
>Graham
>
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