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farmersmanual Graceful Crystallization in section: Exhibition piexpran in section: Video farmersmanual, floating, *1995 lebt und arbeitet in vernetzten Räumen farmersmanual is a pan-European, multisensory disturbance conglomerate working on new musical and technological instruments for improvisation, network visualization and sonification, tools for networked performances and remote collaboration and forms of documentation that prolong the idea of openness and reinterpretation. Farmersmanual has had a stream of performances and installations since 1996, continuously expanding their performance and publishing practice from music concerts to interdisciplinary cultural, aesthetic and political experiments, which move away from the static representations of art and culture, and towards environments where the public becomes an essential part of the work. Their latest experiments focus on reintegrating virtual into physical spaces to create synesthetical objects presenting an interconnected, holistic view of the world by cross activating sensual experiences. Extracting a shadow from the skeleton of network flow. A layer of technological reality usually hidden becomes accessable through mediation into sound and visual flicker. Erraticly shifting from chittering machines into the human realm. Replay in different timescales. Different times. Different speeds. Useless information - still unpredictable. Exhibitions, Festivals: 2003 'Cut and Splice' Festival, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 'All Tomorrows Parties', Camber Sands, UK 2002 Soundworkshop and Concert Series, Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu International Biennale of Young Art, Torino 'Frequencies' (Hz), Frankfurt 2001 Netmage Festival, Bologna Avanto Festival, Helsink Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama 49th Venice Biennale, Venice 'What Is Music?', Sydney, Melbourne 2000 Rendevouz Electronique performance series, Centre Pompidou, Paris Off-ICMC, Berlin Audio Incident Series, Kaaitheater, Brussels 1999 International Festival New Cinema New Media, Montreal Lecture and Performance Series, Tokyo Sonar, Barcelona Ars Electronica Festival, Linz Wien Modern, Wien 1998 Holland Festival, Amsterdam 'Nature is Perverse' Festival, Stockholm Agnes B. Music Series, PS1, New York TEST ONE Festival, Sheffield 'Lovebytes' Festival,Sheffield 'Junge Szene', Secession, Wien Jazz Festival, Nickelsdorf |