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:: Reykjavk Visual Music Punto y Raya Festival 2014

A feast of pure Colour, Motion and Sound. Non-representational Art took the lead at the first edition of Reykjavk Visual Music Punto y Raya Festival, which ran from January 30th to February 2nd 2014 at HARPA, the Reykjavk Concert Hall, and Listasafn Reykjavkur, the Reykjavk Art Museum (Iceland).

The programme featured live performances by major artists like Ryoji Ikeda and Ryoichi Kurokawa; specially commissioned opening concerts by Bret Battey + Hugi Gumundsson & Sigurur Gujnsson + Anna orvaldsdttir ; guest Austrian and Polish Film panoramas, and the selected works in the international live set & short-film Competitions, which brought together nearly 500 artists from 46 countries.

Born from a joint effort between RCVM (Reykjavk Center for Visual Music - Iceland) and Punto y Raya (Dot&Line Festival in Spain, now in its fifth edition), the Reykjavk Visual Music Punto y Raya Festival invited all audiences to leave preconceptions behind and give in to the overwhelming power of pure artistic expression, in what came to be the greatest event in the history of abstract live-cinema and film.

Parallel activities included the Cadences of Colour and Line exhibit at Listasafn Reykjavkur (February 1st to April 13th) and the 2014 Academy Programme, comprising workshops open to local students and general audiences, and tutored by renowned professionals in the field.

The festival also collaborated with Dark Music Days for the opening concert. >> myrkir.is

All info at puntoyrayafestival.com | facebook/puntoyrayafestival rcvm.is | facebook/rvmfestival


:: ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME

Guest Live Cinema Sessions The festival opened with deluxe concerts commissioned specially by Reykjavk Center for Visual Music, in collaboration with Dark Music Days.

>> January 30th 2014 | 10.00 pm HARPA Silfurberg Room

| Triptych Unfolding

Bret Battey 1967 | USA

Hugi Gumundsson 1977 | Iceland

Battey creates electronic, acoustic and multimedia concert works and installations. He has been a Fulbright Fellow to India and a MacDowell Colony Fellow, and he has received recognitions and prizes from several international festivals. >> mti.dmu.ac.uk/~bbattey Gumundsson studied composition at the Reykjavik College of Music; he got his Master degree in Composition from the Royal Danish Academy of Music and his second Master in Electronic Music from the Institute of Sonology, Netherlands. Nominated five times to the Icelandic Music Awards, he received the award in 2013. >> hugigudmundsson.com


>> January 30th 2014 | 10.30 pm HARPA Silfurberg Room

| Trajectories

Sigurur Gujnsson 1975 | Iceland

Anna orvaldsdttir 1977 | Iceland

Gudjnsson makes videos where image, sound, and space form a seamless whole. He finds his ideas in his immediate environment, often in abandoned places. His body of work ranges from single and multi-channel video works, sound and installations. >> sigurdurgudjonsson.net orvaldsdttir frequently works with large sonic structures that tend to reveal the presence of a vast variety of sustained sound materials, reflecting her sense of imaginative listening to landscapes and nature. >> annathorvalds.com

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Tinna orsteinsdttir (Iceland) | Piano Educated as a classical pianist Tinna plays all the styles of the piano repertoire, although 21st century music is her main passion. Prepared piano, electronics, toy piano and theatre pieces often show up on her programs. >> annit.com


>> January 31st 2014 | 10.30 pm HARPA Silfurberg Room

Ryoichi Kurokawa | syn_ Japan Germany

Award-winning Japanese artista Ryoichi Kurokawa is one of the worlds most exciting talents in the digital arts. His impressive audiovisual compositions bring visual and sonic material together using a completely revolutionary perspective. In Kurokawas language, a new benchmark in the world of digital art, field recording and computer-generated structures coexist in harmony, and open the gateway to an imaginary world where complexity and simplicity alternate and combine in a strange symbiosis. >> ryoichikurokawa.com


>> February 1st 2014 | 10.30 pm HARPA Silfurberg Room

Ryoji Ikeda | datamatics [ver. 2.0] Japan France

Japans leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the essential characteristics of sound itself and that of visuals as light by means of both mathematical precision and mathematical aesthetics. Ikeda has gained a reputation as one of the few international artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media. He elaborately orchestrates sound, visuals, materials, physical phenomena and mathematical notions into immersive live performances and installations. >> ryojiikeda.com


RVM Live Cinema Competition 102 proposals from 30 countries were submitted to the first Reykjavk Visual Music call for entries! These are the four sets selected to participate in the festival.

>> January 31st 2014 | 6.30pm HARPA Silfurberg #A

D-Fuse + Labmeta |Tektn United Kindgom

London-based collective exploring the wide variety of media communication. Working with transdisciplinary methods and top-of-the-art technology, they collaborated with music acts such as Scanner, Beck, Steve Reich and the Italian ensemble Alter Ego. >> dfuse.com


>> January 31st 2014 | 7.00pm HARPA Silfurberg #A

Usaginingen Live Japan Germany

Usaginingen create graphic design, movies, music and live performances. The team invented their own machines seeking to delight and suprise the audience: the TA-CO (for the creation of visuals) and the SHIBAKI (for creating sound). Both are prototypes, unique in the world. >> usaginingen.com This session won the JURY AWARD.


>> February 1st 2014 | 6.30 pm HARPA Silfurberg #A

Max Hattler + VesperOn | Hattlerizer 2.0 Germany United Kingdom + Spain

Max Hattler is a London-based moving image artist educated at Goldsmiths and the Royal College of Art. Animator and director, he also performs live visuals, and has collaborated with music acts like Basement Jaxx, Julien Mier, Jovanotti, Pixelord, The Egg, and Jemapur. >> maxhattler.com


>> February 1st 2014 | 7.00 pm HARPA Silfurberg #A

Robin Kobrynski | Combustion 1976 | Grenoble France

Robin Kobrynski aka Rkos work focuses on performance and immersive audiovisual formats. Rko is also a graphic designer and filmmaker. In 2005 he created the V-Atak label, devoted to the release/publication of audio and video works. >> v-atak.com/artists/rko-whois


JURY

Bret Battey 1967 | SeattleWA, USA Creates electronic, acoustic and multimedia concert works and installations. He has been a Fulbright Fellow to India and a MacDowell Colony Fellow, and he has received recognitions and prizes from Austria's Prix Ars Electronica, France's Bourges Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique, Spain's Punto y Raya Festival, Abstracta Cinema of Rome, and Amsterdam Film eXperience for his sound and image compositions. He is a Senior Lecturer with the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre at De Montfort University, UK. Based in Leicester, UK. www.bathatmedia.com

Kristin Bjrk_Kira Kira 1977 | Reykjavk Iceland Kira Kira is Kristn Bjrk Kristjnsdttir, a composer and audio/visual prankster from Iceland. As a founding member of Kitchen Motors, a mischievous label and collective based on experiments in electronic music and arts, she continually breaks boundaries between forms and genres through a repertoire that includes compositions for theatre, film, dance and art installations as well as playful multi-disciplinary productions that exceed her work as merely a composer. Kira Kira sprang from this collective in 1999 and to this day works with Kitchen Motors ethos at heart -a spirit of playfulness, exploring the relationship between experimental music and visual arts, collaborating with various artists. She has released 3 albums. Based in Mosfellsbaer, Iceland. www.kirakira.is

ranna Bjrnsdttir_Trouble Iceland ranna Bjrnsdttir's passion for music developed early. She graduated school as a classical pianist and immediately turned her attention to the field of contemporary art. Graduated from the Royal Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Art in Den Haag, she has worked independently as a video and performance artist in what might be termed the "electroacoustic field", but which is really a result of her own subconscious relationship to sounds she hears every day. Based in Reykjavk, Iceland. https://soundcloud.com/aka-trouble

Fririk Steinn Kristjnsson Iceland Entrepreneur, marketing director and amateur musician, his passion for Visual Music turned him into some kind of a patron in the genre, creating the Reykjavk Visual Music Festival, the first Visual Music event in the world devoted to abstract live cinema. Based in Reykjavk, Iceland.


Oscar Testn Spain Filmmaker, creator of visual settings, mapping artist. Creator and CEO of VjSpain, the greatest online network for visualists and mapping artists in the Spanish Speaking World. Based in Madrid, Spain. www.oscarteston.com


2014 Punto y Raya Short Film Competition No representation! Only Dots & Lines as ends in themselves. Can you take it? 371 films from 46 countries in 5 continents were submitted to the fifth call for entries of the most abstract festival in the world. The 96 selected films were screened in FULL HD, structured in seven 52 modules. Q&A sessions with the artists in attendance were held after each screening.

>> January 31st 2014 | 1.30pm HARPA Silfurberg #B Q&A session with Ryan Olivier, Aurora Gasull, Nagore Etxabe & Bret Battey.

1. Tunnel INE VAN DEN ELSEN & MARK VAN GENNIP 3'34'' video comp. colour 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands

2. Gestalt THORSTEN FLEISCH 5'20'' cgi b&w 2008 Bonn, Germany

3. Interior SABRINA SCHMID 1'00'' cgi colour 2013 UK

4. Colorful Movements RYAN OLIVIER 7'23'' cgi colour 2011 PhiladelphiaPA, USA

5. Synchrony Opus 76 ZSOLT GYENES 1'00'' cgi colour 2013 Pcs, Hungary

6. L'espera | The Wait AURORA GASULL ALTISENT 3'30'' cgi colour 2009 Barcelona, Spain

7. Flayed/Flock | Flayed/Flock BILL HSU 1'53'' cgi b&w 2013 San FranciscoCA, USA

8. Galerna | Storm NAGORE ETXABE 2'30'' video comp. drawing colour 2013 ZumaiaGipuzkoa, Spain

9. Rockova ALEKSANDRA NIEEK 2'43'' stopmotion b&w 2012 Wroclaw, Poland

10. So Far, So Close PAUL RABE 5'09'' video comp. stopmotion drawing colour 2013 MilwaukeeWI, USA

11. Sinsis CARMEN LLORET 2'24'' drawing colour 2011 Valencia, Spain

12. Zasmazany Film | Fried Film PEDRO FERREIRA 5'30'' scratch colour 2013 Wroclaw, Poland , Portugal

13. Clonal Colonies (1st Mov.: Fast Runners) BRET BATTEY HONORABLE MENTION 6'56'' cgi colour 2011 Leicester, UK


>> January 31st 2014 | 3.00pm HARPA Silfurberg #B Q&A session with Ian Helliwell, Terry Trickett, Matt Abbiss & Paul Rabe.

1. Triveni KATHRYN MARSHALL 2'56 scratch drawing colour 2011 New YorkNY, USA

2. Scintilla 21 WIKTOR PODGORSKI 4'08'' cgi colour 2011 Warsaw, Poland

3. At the Glitterball IAN HELLIWELL 3'20'' video comp. colour 2011 Brighton, UK

4. Primary Expansion JOHAN RIJPMA 1'00'' video comp. colour 2012 Utrecht, Netherlands

5. Neuronal Synchrony JONO BRANDEL 5'27'' cgi scratch colour 2013 San FranciscoCA, USA

6. Undo_Redo ROMEO D'ORAZIO 2'40'' cgi b&w 2013 Barcelona, Spain

7. Brainstorm MICHELLE FLORENCIA DE LA CAMPA 1'45'' cgi video comp. stopmotion colour 2013 Mxico DF, Mexico

8. Cavalcade TERRY TRICKETT 3'27'' cgi colour 2013 London, UK

9. Black and White Film Painting Two BENJAMIN ROWLEY 3'10'' scratch cameraless b&w 2013 Canterbury, UK

10. Forming MATT ABBISS 01'34'' drawing b&w 2013 London , UK

11. Loose Concrete MAURA MCDONNELL 4'29'' cgi video comp. colour 2013 Dublin-Carlow, Ireland

12. Videodelightwork one CLEMENTE CALVO MUOZ 2'54'' cgi colour 2012 Zaragoza, Spain

13. Coffee/Take-out PAUL RABE 3'27'' video comp. stopmotion drawing colour 2013 MilwaukeeWI, USA

14. Non ci sono compromessi | No compromise ADALBERTO SESSA 4'13'' cgi colour 2012 Giussano MB, Italy

15. Forest and Trees KEITA ONISHI 3'12 cgi b&w 2011-2012 KamakuraKanagawa, Japan


>> January 31st 2014 | 4.30pm HARPA Silfurberg #B Q&A session with Aurora Gasull, Tim Wright, Inga Krikciukaite, Bonnie Mitchell, Marcin Giycki, John Osborne & Paul Fletcher.

1. Division JOHAN RIJPMA 1'16'' video comp. stopmotion colour 2012 Utrecht, Netherlands

2. Sonades de la calor del foc | The Fire Heat Sonatas AURORA GASULL ALTISENT 4'26'' cgi colour 2010 Barcelona, Spain

3. | 1194D RAVEN KWOK SECOND PRIZE 4'24'' cgi colour 2013 TroyNY, USA

4. Ilargi eta eguzki printzak | Moon and sun shafts ZALOA IPIA BIDAURRAZAGA 2'06'' stopmotion colour 2013 Bilbao-Bizkaia, Spain

5. Grid07 DAN BROWNE 4'39'' cgi colour 2013 TorontoON, Canada

6. Early Abstraction. Coffee with milk DMYTRO BONDARCHUK 5'45'' video comp. colour 2013 Kyiv, Ukraine

7. 8 Switches (3/6) TIM WRIGHT 2'08'' cgi b&w 2013 York, UK

8. You INGA KRIKCIUKAITE 2'37'' video comp. colour 2013 Cardiff, UK

9. Sweeping Memories BONNIE MITCHELL & ELAINIE LILLIOS 3'27'' cgi colour 2012 Bowling GreenOH, USA

10. FFF1 MARCIN GIYCKI 4'07'' cgi cameraless b&w 2013 Warszawa, Poland

11. Patternicity JOHN OSBORNE 4'58'' cgi colour 2013 EdmontonAB, Canada

12. Prism SHUHAN TEOH 3'47'' cgi colour 2013 ProvidenceRI, USA

13. Grid Life PAUL FLETCHER 1'23 cgi colour 2013 Lockwood-Victoria, Australia

14. Crossing Victoria STEVEN WOLOSHEN 4'00'' scratch cameraless colour 2013 MontralQC, Canada


>> February 1st 2014 | 1.00pm HARPA Silfurberg #B Q&A session with Max Hattler & Petronio Bendito.

1. Shift MAX HATTLER THIRD PRIZE 03'00'' stopmotion colour 2012 London, UK

2. A Day in the Shint CLINT ENNS 1'13'' scratch cameraless b&w 2013 TorontoOT, Canada

3. Refraction HIROMI ISHII 7'04'' video comp. colour 2010 DuerenNRW, Germany

4. Thin Red Line PAUL O'DONOGHUE 6'09 video comp. colour 2011 Dublin, Ireland | New York, USA

5. Spherikal ION LUCIN AUDIENCE AWARD (Reykjavk) 2'37'' cgi b&w 2012 Bilbao, Spain

6. Abstraction 38 MORGAN BERINGER 3'24'' cgi video comp. stopmotion colour 2013 London, UK

7. La Lnea | The Line PABLO NORIEGA 1'36'' drawing b&w 2012 La PlataBuenos Aires, Argentina

8. Breathe PETRONIO BENDITO 5'53'' cgi colour 2013 LafayetteIN, USA

9. Home XAVI BOV 2'55'' cgi colour 2013 Llafranc (Girona) - Barcelona, Spain

10. Sphering APRIL KEANE 1'06'' cgi colour 2012 Dublin, Ireland

11. Sumi Dreams BETSY KOPMAR 5'45'' cgi colour 2013 BerkeleyCA, USA

12. Black Rectangle RHAYNE VERMETTE 1'30'' cameraless colour 2013 WinnipegMB, Canada

13. Fragment AUDE FRANOIS 7'31'' video comp. colour 2013 Berlin, Germany


>> February 1st 2014 | 2.30pm HARPA Silfurberg #B Q&A session with Dennis H. Miller & Jan Goldfuss.

1. The Flow II BOSE-COLLINS 2'12'' video comp. colour 2012 Budapest, Hungary | London, UK

2. Miracle PINK TWINS 8'00'' cgi colour 2012 Helsinki, Finland

3. Whoops! CHRIS CASADY 1'30'' cgi colour 2012 Los AngelesCA, USA

4. Ramero JAN WALENTEK 4'52'' cgi cameraless colour 2013 Winnenden, Germany

5. Beyond the Spheres MEGHDAD ASADI LARI 1'54'' cgi colour 2012 RochesterNY, USA

6. Prune JEAN DETHEUX 3'07'' cgi video comp. drawing colour 2012 MontralQC, Canada

7. Si O2 BEATRIZ NAVARRO 2'48'' stopmotion colour 2013 Madrid, Spain

8. point.line.plane: three studies after Kandinsky DENNIS H. MILLER 6'22'' cgi colour 2013 WellesleyMA, USA

9. Light Birds LAURA FOCARAZZO 3'28'' video comp. colour 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina

10. Parnassum STEPHEN MALINOWSKI 2'40'' cgi colour USA

11. White Wall MIGUEL NGEL MONTOYA 5'17'' video comp. colour 2013 Bogot, Colombia

12. Foldedolors JAN GOLDFU 3'25'' colour 2012 Kln, Germany

13. Sakamoto DAVID DANIELS 4'00'' cgi colour 2012-2013 London, UK


>> February 2nd 2014 | 1.30pm HARPA Silfurberg #B Q&A session with Mark Cheung, Matt Abbiss & Warren Stringer.

1. ! MARK CHEUNG 1'55'' cgi video comp. colour 2012 Singapore

2. Respirar | To breathe MARA JOS ROJAS 6'09'' video comp. colour 2013 Santiago, Chile

3. Interaction de-formes | Interaction of Forms CARLN DAZ 1'00'' cgi video comp. colour 2012 Paris, France

4. Lines Horizontal Lines Vertical W. S. CHENG 6'30'' cgi colour 2012 LawrenceKS, USA

5. Videodrawing#2 VUKAIN O 2'20'' video comp. b&w 2012 Novi Sad, Serbia

6. No-Input Pixels ALEXANDER DUPUIS 5'55'' cgi colour 2013 MontralQubec, Canada

7. Untitled008 MATT ABBISS 0'54'' drawing colour 2013 London, UK

8. Tektn #3 - Bees and Flies D-FUSE 1'17'' cgi colour 2011 London, UK

9. EnterLeave WARREN STRINGER 5'56'' cgi colour 2013 San FranciscoCA, USA

10. Animacin con luz | Light animation SALVADOR HERRERA 1'08'' video comp. stopmotion colour 2013 Mexico DF, Mexico

11. Mandel Eyes JAVIER ROMAACH CABRERO 3'12'' cgi colour 2013 Madrid, Spain

12. Alef.Bet 1 | A.B 1 TSVI OREN 1'00'' cgi colour 2013 Israel

13. Energie! | Energy! THORSTEN FLEISCH 5'03'' cameraless b&w 2007 Berlin, Germany

14. Synesthesia MICHEL GAGN & GHEORGHE COSTINESCU 6'00'' cgi drawing colour 2013 USA


>> February 2nd 2014 | 3.00pm HARPA Silfurberg #B Q&A session with Tim Wright, Lisi Prada, Ying Tan & Max Hattler.

1. 8 Switches (1/6) TIM WRIGHT 3'25'' cgi b&w 2013 York, UK

2. Crux Film ALEXANDER STEWART & LILLI CARR FIRST PRIZE 5'07'' drawing colour 2013 ChicagoIL, USA

3. Alpha 08 TAJINDER SINGH DHAMI 3'28'' cgi drawing cameraless colour 2008 Bristol, UK

4. Queen's Quay STEPHEN BROOMER 1'12'' stopmotion colour 2012 TorontoON, Canada

5. Impressions de la Mer | Impressions of the Sea ANTHONY WIGGLESWORTH 7'17'' video comp. drawing b&w 2013 Ireland

6. Fistful of silence MARKUS FEDER 2'55'' cgi colour 2012 Mnchen, Germany

7. Dot WING YAN LILIAN FU 1'05'' drawing colour 2012 Bucks, UK

8. Praxis ALFONSO G. PELAYO 4'01'' cgi video comp. colour 2013 Len, Spain

9. Swan Song ANOUK DE CLERCQ 3'00'' video comp. b&w 2013 Brussels, Belgium

10. Block LIGA STEDA 2'23'' stopmotion colour 2013 London, UK

11. ELECTRonIC WATER LISI PRADA 3'14'' video comp. colour 2013 Madrid, Spain

12. Harmophon ARSTIDES JOB GARCA HERNNDEZ 5'10'' cgi colour 2011 Berlin, Germany

13. Haiku.7 YING TAN 1'20'' cgi colour 2013 Eugene, USA

14. X MAX HATTLER 6'15'' cgi drawing colour 2012 London, UK


AWARDED SHORT FILMS FIRST PRIZE SECOND PRIZE THIRD PRIZE

Crux Film Alexander Stewart & Lilli Carr 5'07'' drawing colour 2013 | ChicagoIL, USA

| 1194d Raven Kwok 4'24'' cgi colour 2013 | TroyNY, USA

Shift Max Hattler 03'00'' stopmotion colour 2012 | London, UK

HONORABLE MENTION AUDIENCE AWARD (Reykjavik, Iceland)

Clonal Colonies (1st Movement: Fast Runners) Bret Battey 6'56'' cgi colour 2011 | Leicester, UK

Spherikal Ion Lucin 2'37'' cgi b&w 2012 | Bilbao, Spain

JURY

Laura Gins 1975 | Girona Spain Illustrator, filmmaker and co-founder of Laboratorium, a micro-factory which combines filmmaking and handmade publications with illustration and graphic design commissions for the press and TV. Their specialty is experimenting with perpetual movement and variations on the Lumire brothers machine; including silent phantasmagorias with automatons and melancholic representations of mourning, triumph, monsters, miracles and mystical ecstasy, as well as their observations -sometimes unfinished- on things that turn towards the sun and people with blond curly hair with a tendency towards boldness. laboratorium.cat


Ania Gowiska 1982 | Poland After getting her BA in Romanic Philology at the Jzykow Obcych School, Ania studied Visual Arts at the Lumire Lyon 2 University in France, where she received her Masters degree. She currently works in Pozna as a program coordinator for International Animated Film Festival ANIMATOR. She curated screenings for various festivals including NO WOMEN NO ART (Pozna), Le Grand Salon de la Microdition (Lyon) and KinoPOSLKA (Berlin). She also acted as a juror for festivals like KolorOFFon and ZOOM.

Juanjo Fernndez_Gnomalab 1974 | Terrassa Spain Juanjo is a creator, who conscientiously searches for the right channels for his contents; accurate vehicles for the discourse impregnating his work; if we take a quick look at his career, we can appreciate the strength of the formal aspect in formats such as video, which might mislead us to the point of stating that Juanjo is a formal artist. The how is important to him, but the what is crucial. This misconception may arise from his constant formal experimentation. He creates works in various formats, such as video, real-time visuals, interactive installations and mobile applications. www.gnomalab.es

Margrt Elsabet lafsdttir Iceland Independent writer and researcher at The Reykjavik Academy in Iceland. She holds a PhD in art theory and aesthetics from the University of Paris 1 Sorbonne-Pantheon in France. She has taught Media Art Histories at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (2002-2011) and history of Modern and Contemporary Art in France at the University of Iceland (2005-2009) were shes also taught courses in translation. Shes worked as an art critic for Icelandic National Broadcasting Services and as a journalist, freelance writer, lecturer and editor since 1987. She also co-curated Perspectives: on the convergences of art and philosophy at the Reykjavik Art Museum (2011). She was the curator of the exhibition Icelandic video from 1975-1990 (2013) which is based on her research. Margrt is a co-founder of Lorna, Association for Electronics Arts (2002), and Lorna Lab, a cross-disciplinary platform of art, science and technology (2010). Based in Reykjavk, Iceland.

Thomas Renoldner 1960 | Linz Austria From 1979 to 1983, Thomas studies Educational Theory and Psychology, followed by further studies at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna, obtaining his diploma with Rhythm 94 in 1994. Since 1976, he's been working on experimental film, music and painting, and since 1988, he also started working on film animation. He is the co-curator of the Animation Avantgarde programmes at the Vienna Independent Shorts Filmfestival since 2009. He is the artistic director of the One day Animation Festival in Vienna since 2005, and has devised numerous Austrian programmes for international festivals such as: Hiroshima, Zagreb, Cinanima, Anifest (CZ) and Balkanima, among others. He has participated in the selection committees and juries at many international animation film festivals. International Board Member of ASIFA. His avatar is a drawing made by Adrienn Kiss. Based in Austria. www.thomasrenoldner.at


:: STATUETTES CREATED by Ingibjrg Jonsdttir www.ingibjorg.info One of the purposes of Visual Music is to connect people, places and ideas to create a sort of turbulence, which will inspire and give birth to something new. The award symbolizes a well placed inside the collective unconscious, and the taps represent the flow of new thoughts and ideas.


Guest Short-Film Sessions

>> February 1st 2014 | 4.30pm HARPA Silfurberg #B

Curated and introduced by Ania Gowiska, programme coordinator of the ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival in Pozna. This Calling Once Again for Pure Film section recuperates Jzef Robakowskis Manifesto for Pure Film, discussing the perception and evolution of Polish abstract cinema through time. Not only does it seek to show examples of the Polish animation tradition, but also to observe the evolution of the genre and to reflect upon the perception of abstract cinema. The films were screened in FULL HD, and we held a Q&A session with Ania and featured artist Olga Wroniewicz to conclude.

1. Test JZEF ROBAKOWSKI 5'12'' cameraless b&w 1971 | Poland

2. Prostokt dynamicznyde | Dynamic Rectangle JZEF ROBAKOWSKI 2'23'' cameraless colour 1971 Poland

3. Kropki i kreski | Dots & Lines WADYSAW NEHREBECKI 6'06'' stopmotion drawing colour 1967 | Bielsko-Biaa, Poland

4. Demoni KAZIMIERZ URBASKI 10'39'' video comp. drawing b&w 1981 | Pozna, Poland

5. Uwaga wiato | Attention: Light! JZEF ROBAKOWSKI 5'24'' cameraless colour 2004 | Poland

6. 1-39-C OLGA WRONIEWICZ 6'30'' stopmotion drawing colour 2004 | Warszawa, Poland

7. Io OLGA WRONIEWICZ 9'35'' stopmotion drawing colour 2005 | Warszawa, Poland

8. Continu-discontinu PIOTR KAMLER 6'48'' stopmotion drawing colour 2010 | Poland

9. Carnalis ANNA KWIATKOWSKA-NAQVI 3'34'' stopmotion colour 2012 | Poland

10. Ognisty Ptak| Firebird ANDRZEJ GOSIENIECKI 8'00'' video comp. drawing colour 2011 | Poland


>> February 2nd 2014 | 4.30pm HARPA Silfurberg #B

Curated and introduced by Thomas Renoldner, co-curator of the Animation Avantgarde programmes at the Vienna Independent Shorts Filmfestival, and many other screenings. Under the eloquent title Abstraction and Organic forms / structures, this section proposes an intense journey through the history of Austrian abstract cinema and its particular relation to Nature, from the stroboscopic discs of Simon von Stampfer (1832), to the quasi-pictorial expressionism of Martin Anibas (1990), the complex computer-generated imagery of LIA (2008) or the flickering abstraction of Billy Roisz (2012). The films were screened in FULL HD, and we held a Q&A session to conclude.

1. Stroboskopische Scheibe No. 4 SIMON RITTER VON STAMPFER 30'' drawing colour 1832 (2013) | Austria

2. Tanzschwrme | Dancing Swarms BARNABAS HUBER 4'10'' video comp. colour 2013 | Austria

3. Ikonostasis Live THOMAS STEINER 5'51'' stopmotion colour 1994 | Austria


5. Bunt | Colourful THOMAS RENOLDNER 4'21'' drawing colour 1992 | Austria


7. Fluchtpunkt | Vanishing Point MARTIN ANIBAS 1'31'' scratch drawing cameraless colour 1990 | Austria

8. Spinning - Bild 14 MARTIN ANIBAS 1'51'' drawing colour 1991 | Austria

9. Pique Nique MARTIN ANIBAS 5'07'' drawing colour 2002 | Austria

10. Passage BRBEL NEUBAUER 8'02'' scratch drawing cameraless colour 2001 | Austria

11. Construction 76 LIA 4'46'' cgi colour 2008 | Austria

12. Flexible Cities DIDI BRUCKMAYR 7'00'' cgi colour 2008 | Austria


13. Ikonostasis THOMAS STEINER 2'12'' stopmotion colour 1990 | Austria

14. Zounk! BILLY ROISZ 6'00'' video comp. colour 2012 | Austria


2014 Academy Programme

Academy for Students Music, design, architecture and fine art students participated in the animation, realtime visuals and code programming workshops at Listasafn Reykjavkur. The tutors were renowned international professionals in the field.

>> January 29th - 30th 2014 | 10am - 1pm

Olga Wroniewicz (Poland)

Abstract Animation exploring Icelandic Music Visualizing sound with analogue techniques Treating Icelandic music samples as sources of inspiration, or musical score for a pictorial creation, this workshop aimed to underline the tight relationship between sound and image, music and animated film. The construction of animated abstract film may be similar to a musical piece structure, allowing for the free montage and multiplied reconstruction of the fragments, and operating in a sensory dimension. The participants were invited to discover the whole process of creating an animated film, using analogue and accessible techniques, and the most elementary prime matter for the creation of their own interpretations of the proposed musical sample.


>> January 29th - 30th 2014 | 10am - 1pm

Juanjo Fernndez_Gnomalab (Spain)

Mapping and Light-Drawing on Location Live Digital Experimentation with Dots & Lines This workshop proposed an introduction to live experimentation using digital tools, trying to create enhanced realities by drawing in space with projected light. Participants were invited to draw on various objects and surfaces with the help of several programmes for real time video generation and manipulation, creating Site specific works without having any deep knowledge of the software, but using only some basic tricks. The goal was to show some of the most common tools for these kinds of stage works; to discover their possibilities and how to apply them without using pre-recorded material. The participants researched the location, the venues architecture, the room where the workshop took place; corners, ceilings or even the furniture itself were good options to create site- specific works. They didnt focus on any particular software, since their goal was not to go deep into the tool, but to create from basic multiple resources. These are some of the programmes they worked with (in no particular order): Madlabs (madmapper), VDMX, Quartz Composer and Modul8. This workshop was open to visual artists, VJs, architects, photographers, lighting designers and the general audience. No previous experience in programming or video editing was required.


>> January 29th 2014 | 4:00 8:00pm

Kike Ramrez (Spain)

Moving Dots & Lines in Processing The goal was to introduce the participants to the many possibilities that Processing offers through the animation of simple dots and lines. The participants created various applications with which they drew, moved and animated lines and dots. Ramrez showed how to monitor data from the real world through KINECT sensors to use them as parameters for the final animations. And finally, the participants created a visual instrument, which brought together the generative dotline graphics, the interaction from the real world, and sound. This way, they were also be able to play music LIVE. The workshop proposed a previous introduction to Processing for those participants whod never been in contact with code programming before, so that they could follow up with the rest of the course. Course Structure: 1. Introduction to Processing. Drawing dots and lines. 2. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming. Moving dots and lines. 3. The libraries. Animating dots and lines according to Physics. 4. Interactivity. Moving dots and lines with our body. 5. Sound. Design and implementation of a visual instrument.


>> January 29th 2014 | 4:00 8:00pm

Ajay Tiwari & Jignesh Khakhar (India)

Tengia: co-creating mixed-media animation An animated cadavre exquis This workshop intended to create a platform for the participants to connect, collaborate and inspire each other in the process of translation of their experiences and observations into abstract forms and movements i.e. an Abstract Animation. With the use of varied materials and techniques, they explored the ever-evolving and expanding vocabulary of Animation. Each participant created a frame(s) and passed it on to the other to build upon. A few themes were shared with the participants, and one was selected to work upon collectively. The festival's energy and essence, combined with the participants' own memories, thoughts and reflections, were explored and translated into abstract forms, colours, sounds and movements in the creative expressions of each of the participants. The intention was to explore a process of co-creation or participatory design, and see what meaning emerged from the experiment. The techniques used were hand-drawing with pen/pencil & paper or stylus & Wacom tablets, still photography, and stop-motion animation.


>> January 30th 2014 | 4:00 8:00pm

Warren Stringer (USA)

Synthesizing Live Visual Music Combining Visual Music with Touch It is now possible to carry a visual music studio in your pocket. A studio that rivals the quality of the first classic films. Rendering in real time what used to months to prepare. Because it is possible to react to the visuals in real time, it is possible for you, as a performer, to immerse yourself in a feedback loop between playing and exploring. This workshop aimed to create such feedback loop. Warren demonstrated how to patch a Midi piano keyboard to a visual musical instrument and controlling parameters through tablet TouchOSC and a 3D body sensor to track head movement of a live performance of the piece EnterLeave. Participants were shown how to create their own patches and custom shaders with Pure Data, TouchOSC, and an iOS 7 app, called Pyrl, which was made available during the festival. Intended audience included: musicians, visual artists, VJs, animators, and coders.


Open Academy Additional Masterclasses, Screenings and Presentations open to general audiences.

>> January 31st 2014 | 12:30pm Listahskli slands

Bret Battey (USA UK)

Visual Music in the Digital Age A historical perspective Dr. Battey provided a historical perspective on the development of visual music from the birth of Western abstract art to contemporary audiovisual practice. He also briefly discussed some of his recent work, which comprises music composition, cgi animation and realtime visual creation.

>> January 31st 2014 | 9:00pm HARPA

Richard Tuohy (Australia)

Dot Matrix Dual 16mm screening Dot Matrix is a twin 16mm projection. Images overlap (ie are projected onto the same space). Images are of photogrammed 'dots'. Sound is also the sound of the dots as they pass the optical sound head of the 16mm projectors. Both films are 'flicker films' - ie alternate black frames with images of the dots. The two flickering images landing on the same screen generate amazing interference patterns. Sound is various 'tones', emanating from two channels. Tuohy held a Q&A session after the screening.


>> February 1st 2014 | 10:30pm HARPA

Marcin Giycki (Poland)

Improvising Abstract Film Master Class on Aquamation and other hand-made techniques The Improvising Abstract Film Master Class discussed the concept of improvised animated abstract film. Historical examples as well as clips from the instructors own films illustrated the thesis that film can be used as an improvisational, spontaneous medium in a way similar to abstract expressionist painting. The focus was put on a technique developed by the instructor which involves painting with water on Japanese disappearing image paper (used in gimmicks like the Zen Board or the Buddha Board). The presentation of the technique, known as aquamation, was part of the Master Class. The participants also had a chance to try this method by themselves.

>> February 2nd 2014 | 12:00pm HARPA

Ajay Tiwari & Jignesh Khakhar (India)

Animations by NID students Abstract experimentation from India The first semester for postgraduate students at NID (National Institute of Design) consists of what is termed as the foundation programme. This twelve week course consists of courses in drawing, colour, composition and form. However, the professors thought that a synthesis of these subjects was lacking. In the New Media Design programme, they decided to introduce a four week course on experimental animation with the aim of synthesizing their learning. This is a challenging course, and requires the students to let their thoughts flow unconstrained, while learning the basics of animation techniques and at the same time, exploring the idea of movement in a cinematic medium. Professor Ajay Tiwari and Dr. Jignesh Khakhar introduced us to the work carried out at NID and screened a selection of abstract films produced by some of their students.


:: PARALLEL ACTIVITIES

February 1st April 13th 2014 Listasafn Reykjavkur Cadences of Line and Color This exhibition showcased works of art in the spirit of visual music., and it was structured in three parts: a historical background established through its main pioneers; the Trajectories installation, and a section curated by Hafr Yngvason, Yean Fee Quay & Jn Propp. Opening: Saturday, February 1st at 8.00 pm >> artmuseum.is

Island!a360 Excursions Guest artists and audience members had the opportunity to visit the main locations in the island, without missing a single festival activity. Thursday, January 30th 11.00 am - Golden Circle Friday, January 31st 9.00 am - Blue Lagoon Saturday, February 1st 12 am - Northern Lights >> islandia360.com


:: VENUES

HARPA Reykjavk Concert Hall Austurbakki 2 101 Reykjavk Iceland >> harpa.is

Harpa opened its doors in May 2011 and is home to the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Icelandic Opera. Silfurberg # A: With a capacity of 600 people, this portion of the Silfurberg Room hosted the live sets in the competition. Silfurberg # B: 200 seats. Here, we hosted the ShortFilm Screenings. Silfurberg Hall: With a capacity of 100 people, this dynamic space was our meeting point.

LISTASAFN REYKJAVKUR Reykjavk Art Museum Tryggvagtu 17 101 Reykjavk Iceland >> artmuseum.is

Founded in 1973, the Reykjavk Art Museum is the largest visual art institution in Iceland. Hafnarhus, its experimentation and research centre, is located only 300m away from HARPA. The museum hosted the Cadences of Line and Color exhibit, and the workshops in the 2014 Academy Programme.


:: PRESS

Radio

Catalunya Rdio Coverage Presenter Albert Torrens was invited by Myrkir Music Dagar to cover the events at HARPA. He reported live and as a guest speaker for other shows from Iceland. Listen to the final review + interviews to the organisers and Catalan guest artists at PyR (in Catalan). https://soundcloud.com/punto-y-raya-festival/rvm-pyr14-review-final

More exclusive interviews and appearances at Siglo 21 with Toms Fernando Flores (RNE 3, Spain), Harmageddon X977 and Vsj (Vsir Radio, Iceland)

>> https://soundcloud.com/punto-y-raya-festival/rvm-pyr14-fest-review-inw-s-gu >> https://soundcloud.com/punto-y-raya-festival/rvm-pyr14-entrevista-a-ana

Graphic Press A sample of the articles posted on the Icelandic newspapers and main magazines


:: ORGANISERS Punto y Raya & Reykjavk Center for Visual Music have partnered to produce the greatest event devoted to abstract visual music and film in the history of the genre.

MAD [Moviment dAlliberament Digital] Non-profit association devoted to cultural engineering through the development of projects involving Art, Science and Technology. Creators and organisers of Punto y Raya, the most abstract festival in the World, with four editions under its belt: La Casa Encendida (Madrid, 2007), Arts Santa Mnica (Barcelona, 2009), Reina Sofa Museum (Madrid, 2011), and the JUNIOR edition at the CCCB (Barcelona 2012) MAD are Ana Santos and Nel Palazzo >> puntoyrayafestival.com | facebook/puntoyrayafestival

RCVM [Reykjavk Center for Visual Music] Founded in the fall of 2012 by Fririk Steinn Kristjnsson. Its mission is to foster the development of Visual Music in Iceland. The center is funded by the Silfurberg Art Fund. >> rcvm.is | facebook/rvmfestival

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