FOR PILGRIM AGE SHOWCASE & PUBLICATION HIAS 2014 for VORSPIEL CTM BERLIN
DAMIAN LINTELL SMITH on GOBEKLI TEPE
special spots leading up to a mystical journey. suggesting places and grounds for you to find yourself inside
FOR PILGRIM AGE SHOWCASE & PUBLICATION HIAS 2014 for VORSPIEL CTM BERLIN
FOR PILGRIM AGE SHOWCASE & PUBLICATION HIAS 2014 for VORSPIEL CTM BERLIN
FOR PILGRIM AGE SHOWCASE & PUBLICATION HIAS 2014 for VORSPIEL CTM BERLIN
Luisa Martelo & Dinis Santos reflection and imagery on an abandoned convent from the XIV century, deep in the forest, being a site of pilgrimage for women of Viana, and cult site for Satanists
FOR PILGRIM AGE SHOWCASE & PUBLICATION HIAS 2014 for VORSPIEL CTM BERLIN
Bioni Samp – “Electronic Journey To Avebury” – 20 minutes, 2013
A remediation of a rare Super 8 film, A Journey to Avebury (1971), by acclaimed English film director Derek Jarman.
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, located around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, UK. Avebury contains the largest stone circle in Europe and is one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain. The ‘Journey To Avebury’ part of the title comes from a rare Super 8 film, A Journey to Avebury (1971), by the acclaimed English film director Derek Jarman (1942-1994), documenting a summer visit to the stone circles in the early 1970s. Electronic Journey To Avebury retreads this path forty years later, in winter. Through processed video and sonification of electromagnetic fields, it reveals a hidden message among the stones.
To make the video and audio for ‘Electronic Journey To Avebury’, I went to Avebury stone circles with my Binaural Beeframe EMF Detector (2012), Hive Tool Resonance Detector (2012) and video camera. I was hoping to hear something interesting. I was wondering if the stones were perhaps magnetic or had ley-lines between them which could be followed. Readings of electromagnetic radiation and transmitted resonance were recorded from and around the stones, forming part of the soundtrack. The soundtrack was then mixed with my Hive Synthesiser and other home-made instruments. My Hive Synthesiser attempts to create a symbiotic frequency relationship, like those between pollination and nectar exchanges, or between beekeeper and bees.
In each honey bee colony there are three types of bee: drone, worker and queen bees. Each of these have their own individual frequencies in the following ranges: low – 200 Hz or less, mid – 200-400 Hz, and high – 400+ Hz, just like the earth has its own special frequency of approximately 9 Hz. Bee frequencies are created by modular oscillators sensing light. Electronic bees are carefully guided over the Hive Synthesiser interface to electronic flowers. Numerology of bees and beehive habitat patterns, hive logs and cycles are used as circuit starting points. Known for its calming effect upon the beehive colony, The Electronic Beesmoker acts as a modified breath controller.
The aim of this project was to learn more about bee frequencies and to create a work that would raise awareness about bees and their increasingly fragile ecosystem.
FOR PILGRIM AGE SHOWCASE & PUBLICATION HIAS 2014 for VORSPIEL CTM BERLIN
having to mark a transition, to call upon a rite of passage
to set a point to grow further from there
leaving this behind and expose
some of its key moments,
of a time
mostly
in dispear
oblivious to this hurting
a will arose to battle this
to dance to this
and manifest a physical existence to these very times and feelings in metaphors
only a grasp of its full content can be sourced from my head alone
the moving image monuments describe the circumstance and condition
let to read breath and eye s focus, expression on the face and mannerism
in retrospective
in this for what I was I m glad I can re-access. share to re- access. say its ending.
cleansing for the paths ahead to be taken with a lightness close to innocence
one knows what is what and its time to give the times a last prayer a last call for showcase
the first to be fair
but the last
in relevance
with aknowledgments to all involved
to all once breathing besides me. knowing that eyes can meet unconditionally
in a french world and beyond
PILGRIM AGE 25|26th january here
An assumed equation of the empowered self in the age of raised consciousness. Inspired by personal tendencies we address the trend of pursuing the call of one’s soul.
The evoked intention to share out a personal pilgrimage aims to provide a format of re-access.
Mezmerizing video art, poetry, soundworks, writing,installation and performances are exteriorising inner findings whilst sharing its path there.
10 insights into personal experiences and mental journeys are brought together in a quest of subjective and entagling transmission.
Anatums Abode is a project space in london limehouse and the headquarter of HIAS health in the arts initative,where we experiment with settings for togetherness. PILGRIM AGE was part of an OPEN LECTURE there in 2013, we consequently have been invited to apply our methods of transmission and translate the format to the o tannenbaum in berlin neukölln as part of the club transmediale festival.
with ten contributors from different background and disciplines the weekend of the 25 and 26th of january is going to be dedicated to the pursuit of following the call of the soul and its initiation transmitted for re-access.
event page :https://www.facebook.com/events/378059295671202/
Video
Homage to Cornwall’s pilgrim path|Lee Fukke
it is argued that the shapeshifting psychodelic colouring of the images represent a mood synced reflection of the energetic sphere. Locations of mystical heritage pronounce its remainings through the lens of lee fukke who has spent days wild camping while being on a journey in cornwall visiting sacred sites including the merry maidens, the madron wishing well and men-an-tol
Projection
Damian Lintell smith
A journey from London to the ancient stone circles of Gobekli Tepe & ruins in between. A video travel document with still’s, narration & music
http://zentricbau.wordpress.com/
Photography
Felix Friedmann
cx sleeping
Stranding for a night of rest, peacefulness and security in places unknown yet sourced by intuition.
The photographic images of Felix Friedmann depict circumstancial choice of seeking sleep whilst crossing europe in a citroen cx
Personal impressions of the time spent and initial stepping stones of the journey are expressed in writing by all those who have enjoyed nights in this very choice for shelter.
http://www.felixfriedmann.com/
Film & Reading
The Salpa Tales- Oilfields Mines Hurricains
Co written by 18 authors the road movie is depicting a youths quest to follow upon a journey. Fictional metaphors for rebirth’s cycle are played by kristoff gerega. For his role as Salpa he slipps into a non-singular construct of the multiple authors that gave him shape. The co author Annekatherine Heier is reading from the submitted scripts shedding light on the development of the character.
Video projection and aformance
Rite of passage
Anastasia Freygang is marking a transition. Late works of physical poetry against the forefront of a live caress of her own body is aimed at preparing her for the ventures ahead. Giving time to absorb exposed past in video format her physical presence of longduration represents a personal steppingstone making personal chronology go public.
Sound and installation
Personal pilgrimage to the quarry| Chatlotte Wendy Law
In spatial terms it is a safe semi circle for a soul to listen to the recordings Charlotte gathered along the way. Her return to the quarry is a private investigation touching upon sensitive areas of her own life in her home town Devon.
http://www.in-transit-csm.co.uk/charlottewendylaw
Writing
Llew Watkins
Having spent 2 years living in india Llew recalls the initial steps and impressions that were guiding him towards buddhism.
Live in concert
Unas w sadu| V.ff White People Scrap Metal
the respective band of crude melodies spent months living in an abandoned garden in berlin neukölln seeking peace and time, practicing urban retreat. Lyrics in retrospective and western ritual chants of the future mark their live appearance along a visual journey into the depths of an ephemeral space.
https://vimeo.com/83329414
Reading
Simon ward
The Inverted Spiral
Simon discusses the transition which deconstructed his notion of the soul whilst reading poetry dealing directly with the theme.
In a truly objective sense purpose and meaning have no life. Though through our kind these concepts acquire dignity and inform our drama. In the same way that a mirage may give hope a to dying man before he eventually succumbs to thirst.
www.facebook.com/simonwardwriter
http://www.simon-ward.com/
Writing and imagery
Luisa Martello&Dinis Santos on an abandoned convent from the XIV century, deep in the forest, being a site of pilgrimage for women of Viana, and cult site for Satanists.