NASSA @ Netmage10, Bologna, Italy
// January 8th, 2010 // Blog
Its only a week before I leave for Chicago where Nadav Assor and I will be practicing for our performance at Netmage 10, Bologna. Tunneling is a live audio visual performance we did in 2008 at Links Hall in Chicago. The audio visual narrative of the performance uses a metaphor of cutting through a wall and at that time since we were performing in Chicago, we wanted to make the wall Chicago specific, so we literally followed all the different layers that go into that thick winter fighter Chicago wall (a typical Chicago wall can have upto 8 different layers).
In Bologna we are performing in a 12th Century palace, Palazzo Re Enzo located at the heart of the city, and is primarily made of huge stone bricks. Since the most interesting part of Tunneling in Chicago was going through exploring the many layers of the wall, looks like cutting through this palace is going be very different. This time we are trying to incorporate some other interesting ideas and history associated with the palace and the city of Bologna, and thus this performance perhaps wont be as straight forward as the last one. We still don’t know what the exact layers and but I am sure this performance is going to be full of wonderful surprises. 
Some details about the Festival:
The tenth edition of the Netmage festival (Bologna, 21,22,23 January 2010) will present, in the historical castle of Palazzo Re Enzo, an unpredictable scenario of contemporary audiovisual research featuring live media, live cinema, concerts, performances, sound and visual installations.
Netmage festival, focusing on multi−media design, electronic arts and cutting−edge style, works as a meeting point for video−makers, multi−media and visual artists, musicians and performers from Europe, North America and Asia. In its ongoing investigation, Netmage presents some of the latest trends in live media. Together with research on essential aspects of perception and the intersection of visual and acoustic phenomena, the festival introduces a very wide range of approaches.
Featuring: Rachida Ziani/Dewi de Vree (F/NL), Francesco Cavaliere/Marcel Türkowsky (I/D), Harappian Night Recordings (UK), The Hunter Gracchus (UK), Lee Hangjun/Hong Chulki (KR), My Cat Is An Alien (I), Ectoplasm Girls (S), The Magic State (S), Be Maledetto Now (I), Richard Lainhart (USA), Cluster (D), Canedicoda (I), Nassa (Nadav Assor/Surabhi Saraf) (USA), Andrê Gonçalves (P), Es (Fin), Margareth Kammerer/Andrea Belfi/Stefano Pilia/Daniela Cattivelli/Michaela Grill (I/D/A), Carlos Casas (E), Vincent Dupont (F), Nana April Jun (S), Aaron Dilloway (USA).
See hereunder the complete programme of Netmage 10 (including the following sections: Mangrovia, Live Media Floor, Elektrolab, Cemetery and Performing Arts).
Netmage festival was conceived and created by Xing, a cultural network operating in Italy and abroad, with the purpose of planning, supporting and promoting products and events characterized by an interdisciplinary approach toward the issues of contemporary culture.
Artistic direction: Daniele Gasparinetti, Andrea Lissoni. Performing Arts: Silvia Fanti. International Live−Media Floor: Lino Greco, Riccardo Benassi.
Netmage 10 is supported by: Regione Emilia−Romagna, Comune di Bologna, Ambasciata del Regno dei Paesi Bassi, Culturesfrance. Media partners: The Wire, Mousse, Edizioni Zero, Blow Up, Nero, Alias, Il Manifesto, Città del Capo−Radio Metropolitana, Radio Città Fujiko.
Netmage 10
venue: Palazzo Re Enzo − Piazza Nettuno Bologna − Italy
headquarters: Xing − Via Ca’ Selvatica 4/d Bologna − Italy
info: tel +39.051.331099 info@xing.it
press: pressoff@xing.it
www.netmage.it | www.xing.it
