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DANCE FILM OPEN CALL

UNTIL FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Interfaces

Philipp Contag-Lada
Friday 3. Nov 2023
19:00 GMT+1
Metropolis Kino
  • Film Installation
Germany

| Synopsis

“Interfaces” is the bridge between dance and computer art. We capture the dynamics and expression of dance and transport them into the world of code generated art.
“Interfaces” wants to trigger, push and moderate a dialog between generative artists and choreographers.
“Interfaces” is a data and knowledge base loaded with data from choreographies, workflow documentation, sample code, converters, scanners and other open source tools that aim to help creators to run their respective part of collaborations between dance and code art.

| Credits

Created by Philipp Contag-Lada

Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the NEUSTART KULTUR program, tanz:digital aid program of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.

Thanks to Staatsballett Hannover and Gerriets

Philipp Contag-Lada

| Biography

Philipp Contag-Lada was born in Stuttgart and works throughout Europe as a video artist at theaters and museums. He teaches at various universities and, together with colleagues, develops exhibition concepts and media solutions for advertising agencies and industrial clients under the label 7pc. He specializes in new technical and aesthetic developments, which he has also presented at Art Cologne. Among the artists he has worked with are Philippe Arlaud, Gudrun Schretzmeier, John Dew, Heinz Balthes, Werner Schroeter, Birgitta Trommler, Stijn Celis, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and especially stage designer Florian Parbs, with whom he has created virtual spaces for numerous productions, including the world premiere of Fadinger at the Neues Musiktheater in the Landestheater Linz and Die Fledermaus at the Staatsoper Hannover. At the Dresden Semperoper, he was also responsible for the video concept for Michael Schulz’s production of Salome. His work has been seen at opera houses and theaters in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dresden, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona and Boston, Basel and Gothenburg, among others.

| Biography

Philipp Contag-Lada was born in Stuttgart and works throughout Europe as a video artist at theaters and museums. He teaches at various universities and, together with colleagues, develops exhibition concepts and media solutions for advertising agencies and industrial clients under the label 7pc. He specializes in new technical and aesthetic developments, which he has also presented at Art Cologne. Among the artists he has worked with are Philippe Arlaud, Gudrun Schretzmeier, John Dew, Heinz Balthes, Werner Schroeter, Birgitta Trommler, Stijn Celis, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and especially stage designer Florian Parbs, with whom he has created virtual spaces for numerous productions, including the world premiere of Fadinger at the Neues Musiktheater in the Landestheater Linz and Die Fledermaus at the Staatsoper Hannover. At the Dresden Semperoper, he was also responsible for the video concept for Michael Schulz’s production of Salome. His work has been seen at opera houses and theaters in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dresden, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona and Boston, Basel and Gothenburg, among others.