OPEN PLATFORM_4/RAP(s) - TwT.codemehappy - Fri, 06 Dec 2013

RAP(s) - Random Access Performances - TwT.codemehappy 

Friday, 06 December 2013, 6-8pm at Access Space

We are worried. We want to have fun. We no longer want to queue outside over night for the latest gadget. We, the transitional generation, are forever trapped in a loop between the analogue and digital! In a world in which computational processes seem to run every aspect of our lives, we ask you:

How about switching off and going on?

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP(s) - TwT. is a micro event that explores the digital with physical means by asking performers to present digital work without using anything digital. In a small, intimate space performers take up the challenge of re-thinking the digital with free interpretations that are 1 to 10 minutes in duration, about or related to digital technology and happening on some sort of platform. 

'Technology without Technology' (TwT) performances are a creative, playful strategy to negotiate the 'unknowable' of digital technology and the constant information overload in our contemporary world. OPEN PLATFORM_4/RAP(s) - TwT.codemehappy will explore ideas around code and will feature performances by  

Eddy Dreadnought

Brian G Gilson

Jake Harries

Alex McLean 

Susanne Palzer

Kate Sicchio

RAP(s) - Random Access Performances: OPEN PLATFORM_4/RAP(s) - TwT.codemehappy will take place in the Access Space Foyer.

For further information please email: 

Susanne or Jake 

Access Space

Unit 1, AVEC Building

3-7 Sidney Street

Sheffield

S1 5RG

More information about OPEN PLATFORM/RAP(s)-TwT. and previous events here.

The Facebook event is here.

Like us on Facebook or send us a tweet!

@Open_Platform_   @AccessSpace 

OPEN PLATFORM_4 06 December 2013 at Access Space - OPEN CALL

We are worried. We want to have fun. We no longer want to queue outside over night for the latest gadget. We, the transitional generation, are forever trapped in a loop between the analogue and digital! In a world in which computational processes seem to run every aspect of our lives, we ask you:

How about switching off and going on?

The call for OPEN PLATFORM_4/RAP(s) - TwT.codemehappy is now closed. If you are interested in taking part in a future event please contact Susanne or Jake.

RAP(s) - Random Access Performances - TwT.codemehappy 

Friday, 06 December 2013, 6-8pm at Access Space - OPEN CALL

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP(s) - TwT. is back! after three successful events we invite you to contribute and take part in OPEN PLATFORM_4/RAP(s) - TwT. codemehappy! 

"A code is a rule for converting a piece of information (for example, a letter, word, phrase, or gesture) into another form or representaion, not necessarily of the same type. ... One reason for coding is to enable communication in places where ordinary plain language, spoken or written, is difficult or impossible." (Wikipedia) 

Experiment, perform, express, dance, present, sing, rap, read, or just tell us about your digital project or work - but without using anything digital! OPEN PLATFORM/RAP(s) - TwT. is open to anyone interested in re-thinking the digital and not limited to artists or professional performers/presenters.

Anything goes as long as it is about or related to digital technology, 1 to 10 minutes in duration and happening on some sort of platform: you can use the wooden platform provided (65x95cm) or make your own.

OPEN PLATFORM is a performative event that explores the digital with physical means and the fusion performance and technology in the widest sense.

RAP(s) - Random access Performances: OPEN PLATFORM_4/RAP(s) - TwT. codemehappy will take place in the Access Space Foyer.

To register or for further information email: 

Susanne or Jake 

Access Space
Unit 1, AVEC Building
3-7 Sidney Street
Sheffield
S1 5RG

More information about OPEN PLATFORM/RAP(s)-TwT. and previous events here.

The Facebook event is here.
Like us on Facebook or send us a tweet!

@Open_Platform_   @AccessSpace 

OPEN PLATFORM_4/RAP(s) - TwT.codemehappy - Fri, 06 Dec 2013

.doc at Sheffield Fringe 2013/Bloc Open Studios - TODAY, 12-6pm

Thanks to everybody who came down to Bloc Open Studios today!

.doc, Susanne Palzer/Studio 57/Bloc Open Studios, 12-6pm

Sheffield Fringe 2013/Bloc Projects - 14-15 June, 6-9.30pm/6-9pm 

Bloc Open Studios - Saturday, 15 June 2013, 12-6pm 

71 Eyre Lane

Sheffield S1 4RB

.doc at Sheffield Fringe 2013/Bloc Open Studios - TOMORROW, 12-6pm

.doc

Concerning aspects of actuality, the real and the document - .doc is a specially devised performance piece in response to the Sheffield Fringe event.

Susanne Palzer/Studio 57/Bloc Open Studios

Saturday 15 June 2013, 12-6pm

Sheffield Fringe 2013/Bloc Projects - 14-15 June, 6-9.30pm/6-9pm 

Bloc Open Studios - 15 June, 12-6pm 

71 Eyre Lane

Sheffield S1 4RB

The Facebook event is here.

.doc at Sheffield Fringe 2013/Bloc Open Studios - 15 June 2013, 12-6PM

.doc

Coming next: Concerning aspects of actuality, the real and the document - .doc is a specially devised performance piece in response to the Sheffield Fringe event.

Susanne Palzer/Studio 57/Bloc Open Studios

Saturday 15 June 2013, 12-6pm

Sheffield Fringe 2013/Bloc Projects - 14-15 June, 6-9.30pm/6-9pm 

Bloc Open Studios - 15 June, 12-6pm 

71 Eyre Lane

Sheffield S1 4RB

The Facebook event is here.

OPEN PLATFORM_3 22 February 2013 at Access Space - Performances

RAP(s)- Random Access Performance(s) - TwT.crossplatform

Susanne Palzer - Black Screen

OPEN PLATFORM_3 opens with the audience being ushered into a blacked out Access Space foyer. With voice and text and in total darkness I simulate a brief scenario of computer start up problems. Questioning our contemporary dependancy on technology I wonder if we still know what may turn us on instead? 

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Susanne Palzer/Black Screen
Video Still: Zoe Marciniak/Susanne Palzer

Richard Bolam - What do you do when the Sat-nav fails?

Richard Bolam stays with the theme of technology failure by describing a journey in which he keeps driving and driving and driving ... until he runs out of fuel and eventually finds himself hungry and lost by the roadside - with an empty phone. 

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP:
 Richard Bolam/What happens
when the Sat-nav fails?
HDV Still:
Richard Bolam/Susanne Palzer 

Robin Close - This Performance contains Strobe Effects

Robin Close presents a different take on 'on/off' and surprises the audience by blinking his eyes rapidly, creating strobe effects for his own vision.

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Robin Close/This
Performance contains Strobe Effects
Photo: Susanne Palzer

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Robin Close/This
Performance contains Strobe Effects
Photo: Susanne Palzer 

John X. Moseley - Plato's Mechanical Book

For his second appearance at OPEN PLATFORM John X. Moseley continues his reflection on technology with a poem: a story about a book reading itself - the book reads, Plato writes and gains riches in the process. Featuring mechanical trombones, colossal cucumbers and other wondrous things, it also leaves us pondering sheds and Plato's cave.

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: John X. Moseley/
Plato's Mechanical Book
Photo: Susanne Palzer

Stuart Faulkner - Double Dragon

Stuart Faulkner closes OPEN PLATFORM_3 with a delightful physical reenactment of a computer game. After 'training' two audience members as 'players' he leads us from the platform out into the car park where we are let loose as 'villains' attacking the 'players' and their 'controllers'. At the end of a fun evening we are all winners! ; ) 

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Stuart Faulkner/
Double Dragon
Photo: Susanne Palzer

Unfortunately Martyn Eggleton was unable to perform at this event.

We are currently planning OPEN PLATFORM_4. If you are interested in performing please get in touch with Susanne.

OPEN PLATFORM_3 - 22 February 2013 at Access Space

Thanks to all the performers who once more took up the challenge of performing the digital without using anything digital! We enjoyed a fun evening with failed sat navs, BIOS problems, poetry, strobe effects and computer games. ; ) 
This time even more people crammed into our micro performance space - so another big thank you to the great audience! We look forward to welcoming you back for more Random Access Performance(s) at OPEN PLATFORM_4! 

If you feel inspired to perform/present at the next event please email Susanne or Jake.

Also thanks to Access Space for co-hosting and Richard Bolam for fabulous event documentation. 

OPEN PLATFORM_3 - TwT.crossplatform - this Friday, 22 February 2013

OPEN PLATFORM is a performative event that explores the digital with physical means and the fusion of performance and technology in the widest sense.


Performers so far:

Richard Bolam
Robin Close
Martyn Eggleton (tbc)
Stuart Faulkner
John X. Moseley
Susanne Palzer 

We look forward to seeing you there!

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OPEN PLATFORM_2 09 November 2012 at Access Space - Performers

RAP(s)- Random Access Performance(s) - TwT.createyourownplatform

Susanne Palzer - Data Management Part III

Before following the original idea of offering the platform to other performers I open the event with another experiment in context of my investigations into the medium of presentations. Working cross platform between technology and performance I use a computing text by Ben Kneen and interpret it as a performance script - attempting to synch key data across multiple platforms. 

The full text can be found here: Ad Ops Insider/Data Management Part III: Synching Online Data to a Data Management Platform.

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Susanne Palzer/
Data Managemet Part III
HDV still: Richard Bolam/Susanne Palzer

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Susanne Palzer/
Data Management Part III
HDV still: Richard Bolam/Susanne Palzer

Sunshine Gray - Body Sounds II/Audience

With another sound making performance Sunshine Gray continues her theme of natural acoustics, i.e. body and voice, from OPEN PLATFORM_1. This time she asks us to partly re-enact a participatory workshop she led in context of Amie Slavin's digital sound work 'Audience'. Guided by the performer the OPEN PLATFORM_2 audience perform themselves while the division between performer/audience and their respective roles come into question. 

Information on Amie Slavin's original artwork can be found here.

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Sunshine Gray/
Body Sounds II/Audience
Timelapse still courtesy Richard Bolam

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP:Sunshine Gray/
Body Sounds II/Audience
HDV still: Richard Bolam/Susanne Palzer 

Kate Sicchio - Pure Data Dance

Kate Sicchio, a choreographer who uses technology, performs a version of object oriented programming of dance by translating elements of the visual programming language Pure Data into physical performance.

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Kate Sicchio/
Pure Data Dance
Photo: Susanne Palzer

OpEN PLATFORM/RAP: Kate Sicchio/
Pure Data Dance
Timelapse still courtesy Richard Bolam

Jake Harries - "beautiful, designer, luxury"

On a quest for world peace Jake Harries spams us with designer replica watches and rocks the Access Space foyer with a hymn advocating harmony, love, romance and sex.

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Jake Harries/
Rolex Sports Model
Photo: Susanne Palzer

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Jake Harries/
Rolex Sports Model
Timelapse still courtesy Richard Bolam

Sheffield Flute Choir - Full Steam Ahead   

Sheffield Flute Choir perform 'Full Steam Ahead', a score by Simon Desorgher. Using flute head joints and producing only four different sounds based on on/off (open and closed) Sheffield Flute Choir close the event with a beautiful experimental sound piece.

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP: Sheffield Flute Choir/
Full Steam Ahead
HDV still: Richard Bolam/Susanne Palzer

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP:Sheffield Flute Choir/
Full Steam Ahead
Timelapse still courtesy Richard Bolam

All performances took place in the Access Space foyer on various platforms and were timed to 10 minutes.   ... TwT.createyourownplatform 'CCTV' ... Jake Harries had sctually made his own physical platform but later did nor reveal it to the audience ...  

OPEN PLATFORM/RAP:Jake Harries/
My Secret Platform
Tinelapse still courtesy Richard Bolam

OPEN PLATFORM_3  will take place on Friday, 22 February 2013 at Access Space. OPEN PLATFORM is an ongoing open call. If you are interested in taking part/performing at this or a future event please email Susanne or Jake.