PIKSEL 24 – Geo-v(oid)(0)latility(∞)politics
21st – 24th November
PROGRAM
VENUES IN BERGEN
@ Studio 207 / Strandgaten 207
@ Piksel Library / Strandgaten 207
@ Alt Går Bra Lokale / Strandgaten 208
@ Main Piksel Exhibition / Strandgaten 221
@ Kunstskolen i Bergen KIB / Marken 37
@ Østre / Skostredet 3
TV CHANNELS
Pikselfliks LIVE! : https://www.twitch.tv/pikselfest
Piksel FRIKANALEN TV: https://frikanalen.no/
EXHIBITIONS
21st – 24th November
Piksel24 Main Exhibition
@ Østre / Skostredet 3
@ Main Piksel Exhibition / Strandgaten 221
@ Studio 207 / Strandgaten 207
OHANDA.ONE
@ Alt Går Bra Lokalen / Strandgaten 208
DRONING
@ Kunstskolen i Bergen KIB / Marken 37
WORKSHOPS
To register send an email to piksel24(at)piksel(dot)no
NETWORKS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Media()Mess, Julien Ottavi, Jenny Pickett (FR)
TOC, Toolkit of Care, Jenny Pickett (FR)
OFF + Labs: APO33 (Nantes), STWST (Linz), MADLAB (Cyprus), PIKSEL (Norway)
IDLE, Inclusive Digital Laboratory for Experimental Art / Flor de Fuego (AR/DE) and Blaz Pavlica (SL)
OHANDA, Tuomo Tammenpää (FI), Juergen Neumann (DK), Julien Priest (DE)
DRONING, Revuelta and Laurent Weingart (CH)





EXHIBITIONS
Piksel24 Main Exhibition
@ Strandgaten 221 THUR 19:00-22:00| FRI-SUN 12:00 – 18:00 Free entrance
Walking With Magnus: A Videogame Poem, Jordan Magnuson; Mixed Pixels; Wolfgang Spahn; DRINK THE RIVER, Rosa Prosser; WEBPIT 3.0, Vytautas Bikauskas; Colateral Vertigo, Francisco Ortiz de Carvalho; Changing times, Wujud duo ( Souad Mani & Romain Papion); Meet me on the deep net, Lizz Thabet; Six decades of artistic explanation, osvaldo cibils; Death Mother: As Above, So Below, Tor-Finn Malum Fitje; Synthetic War, Marta Revuelta and Laurent Weingart; Δ [Delta], Miha Godec; Wee Boat, James Poole; Once again and again, Liu; Center of Digital Narrative I and II; Please Verify Your Humanity, Grace Kim; Sonus Verbosa, Anastasia Melandinou.
OHANDA.ONE : SPECIAL PROJECTS
@ Alt Går Bra Lokale / Strandgaten 208
Ohanda.One is a long-term utopian science fiction (project) played out by an international, transdisciplinary group of Open Knowledge Enthusiast, designing, building and operating a futuristic zero emission ocean vessel. The vessel will host about 150 to 200 people for traveling passages across all oceans.
The Ohanda.One project itself is a Free and Open Source project that focuses on open knowledge and aims to fire people’s imagination, curiosity and creativity. The project was initiated by Juergen Neumann (DK), Tuomo Tammenpää (FI), Julian Priest (DE).
DRONING : SPECIAL PROJECTS
THUR 19:00-20:00| FRID-SUN 12:00 – 17:00 Free entrance
@ Kunstskolen i Bergen KIB / Marken 37
Droning is an interactive art installation that explores the ethical and technological complexities of modern warfare, where artificial intelligence and autonomous weapon systems dominate. Through the exploration of military drones’ algorithmic vision, the installation immerses the viewer in the stark realities of contemporary conflict.
Marta Revuelta is a media artist and an interaction designer living and working in Geneva. She focuses her research towards the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the areas of security, surveillance systems, and techno-military ecosystems. At the intersection of critical design, art, engineering, and data science, her practice delves into the operability, visual perception, and aesthetics of modern lethal autonomous weapon systems and surveillance.
Laurent Weingart, born in Geneva, is an engineer in cybersecurity, software development, and artificial intelligence. He has honed his skills through a solid academic background and a diverse professional experience.
@ Østre / Skostredet 3 – FRI-SAT 15:00 – 21:00 Free entrance 21:00-24:00 – with the concerts ticket.
Suction Twist: Dirty Pairs, Camilla Vatne Barratt-Due, Lukas Grundmann and Erin Sexton ; Here’s the Information We Collect, Tansy Xiao
WORKSHOPS
IN PERSON
NOV 22nd & 23rd @ Alt Går Bra Lokale
• OHANDA.ONE Lab and workshop – Juergen Neumann (DK), Tuomo Tammenpää (FI), Julian Priest (DE)
NOV 22nd @ Studio 207 / Piksel
• How to Make a “Videogame Poem”: Creating Subversive Games with Open Source Tools, Jordan Magnuson (US)
• Live coded visuals in Punctual, Søren Peter Mørch (DK)
• Sonus Verbosa, Anastasia Melandinou (GR)
ONLINE
NOV 22nd @ BBB1 – link (TBA)
• Building Environments in the Metaverse – James Alec Hardy (UK)
NETWORKS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Media()Mess, Julien Ottavi, Jenny Pickett (FR)
TOC, Toolkit of Care, Jenny Pickett (FR)
OFF + Labs: APO33 (Nantes), STWST (Linz), MADLAB (Cyprus), PIKSEL (Norway)
IDLE, Inclusive Digital Laboratory for Experimental Art / Flor de Fuego (AR/DE) and Blaz Pavlica (SL)
OHANDA, Tuomo Temmenpää (FI), Juergen Neumann (DK), Julien Priest (DE)
DRONING, Revuelta and Laurent Weingart (CH)
AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES
MEDIA()MESS(e), AV performance
THE MEDIA()MESS(e) brought together an international group of artists-researchers on new media / art+hacking+diy; 10 artist-hackers invited from European art and technology laboratories and collectives worked together on a new creation that builds on disconnects of our mediated realities through intermedia arts, DIY (do it yourself), DIWO (do it with others) and media activism and audio-visual performance.
2 hours performance that includes the varying visions of what of a MEDIA()MESS(e) could be; starting with a chaotic invasion of the space itself with multi-screens in all shapes and sizes, through to multiple and various types of sound systems, added to which was a huge amount of DIY electronics, mixers, hack tv machines and invented instruments.
Artists: Julien Ottavi, Jenny Pickett, Romain Papion, Tanja Brandmayr, Jan-Nahuel Jenny, Gisle Froysland, Maite Cajaraville, Dimitra Kousteridou and Anastasia Melandinou.
Reactive Ensemble performs ECHO52 *
Reactive Ensemble (RE) is an electro-acoustic collective from Stuttgart dedicated to reshaping the nature of music creation and performance. Through unlimited experimentation, the ensemble creates innovative formats that challenge traditional music conventions and reimagine how sound, space, and collaboration can be experienced. In 2023, the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists awarded the ensemble with the EFFEA Discovery Residency and in 2024 with the Springboard Residency, which gave the ensemble the opportunity to establish partnerships with the Delian Academy for New Music (Greece), Piksel Festival (Norway), Festival Catalysi (Italy) with the support of the Internationales Digitalkunst Festival (Germany). Artists: Celine Papion: Violoncello, Kyungjin Lim: live electronics, Remmy Canedo: live electronics
*Norwegian premiere
PIKSEL24 Guest Artists and Projects: Solo for Computer and Feedback, Remmy Canedo (DE), Show Us Your Screen, Eloi el Bon Noi & Turbulente (SP), Organalog, Miha Godec (SL), beat.me 102, IOhannes m zmölnig (AT), The Unsyncable II – Seven Rasas, Wolfgang Spahn (DE), Holding up burning houses, Lorenzo Berretti (IT), Decontrol for live electronics and audience , Daniel McKemie (US), Twelve Hours, Same Time, Michał Seta (CA), Singular reproductible 2, irisS (CH), The Way of Schesa , Ryan Ross Smith and Shawn Lawson (AU), Transmission~, Luis Sanz (CH) and Live coded visuals in Punctual, Søren Peter Mørch (DK).
ARTISTS PRESENTATIONS
A minimalist social network powered by plain text files, Søren Peter Mørch (DK), ORAMICS back to LIVE , Melisa Cano (SP), Drink The River, Rosa Prosser (UK), Las fuerzas del suelo / The forces of the ground, Julia Rossetti, Daniela Ruiz Moreno (AR), Colateral Vértigo, Chico Ortiz (BR)
PROGRAM
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21 – Festival opening and presentation
19: 00- 24:00 Opening Exhibition Tour
Tour around the city visiting each venue, starting at Kunstkolen I Bergen, Østre, Alt Går Bra Lokale, PIKSEL24 Main Exhibition in Strandgaten 221 and ending at Studio 207 to enjoy the performance IDLE by Blaž Pavlica and Flor de Fuego.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22
EXHIBITIONS
Piksel24 Main Exhibition
@ Main Piksel Exhibition / Strandgaten 221 – 12:00 – 18:00
@ Østre / Skostredet 3 – 15:00 – 21:00
@ Piksel Library / Strandgaten 207 – 12:00 – 18:00
OHANDA.ONE – 12:00 – 18:00
@ Alt Går Bra Lokalen / Strandgaten 208
DRONING – 12:00 – 17:00
@ Kunstskolen i Bergen KIB / Marken 37
WORKSHOPS
@Studio207
12:00-14:00 Workshop Sonus Verbosa, Anastasia Melandinou
16:00 – 18:00 How to Make a “Videogame Poem”: Creating Subversive Games with Open Source Tools, Jordan Magnuson
@BBB1 – Online
12:00-14:00 Workshop Building Environments in the Metaverse, James Alec Hardy
@Piksel Library
16:00 – 18:00 Live coded visuals in Punctual, Søren Peter Mørch
AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES / CONCERTS – 21:00-01:00
@ Østre
Reactive Ensemble performs ECHO52 *
Reactive Ensemble (RE) is an electro-acoustic collective from Stuttgart dedicated to reshaping the nature of music creation and performance. Through unlimited experimentation, the ensemble creates innovative formats that challenge traditional music conventions and reimagine how sound, space, and collaboration can be experienced. In 2023, the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists awarded the ensemble with the EFFEA Discovery Residency and in 2024 with the Springboard Residency, which gave the ensemble the opportunity to establish partnerships with the Delian Academy for New Music (Greece), Piksel Festival (Norway), Festival Catalysi (Italy) with the support of the Internationales Digitalkunst Festival (Germany).
Kyungjin Lim – [mi:t]spiel (2024*) for violoncello, live electronics and video
Savannah Agger – Being Water (2024*) for violoncello and electronics
Celine Papion: Violoncello
Kyungjin Lim: live electronics
Remmy Canedo: live electronics
*Norwegian premiere
MEDIA()MESS, AV performance
THE MEDIA()MESS brought together an international group of artists-researchers on new media / art+hacking+diy; 10 artist-hackers invited from European art and technology laboratories and collectives worked together on a new creation that builds on disconnects of our mediated realities through intermedia arts, DIY (do it yourself), DIWO (do it with others) and media activism and audio-visual performance.
Artists:
APO33: Julien Ottavi, Jenny Pickett, Romain Papion
STWST: Tanja Brandmayr, Jan-Nahuel Jenny
PIKSEL: Gisle Froysland, Maite Cajaraville
MADLAB: Dimitra Kousteridou and Anastasia Melandino.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23
EXHIBITIONS
Piksel24 Main Exhibition
@ Main Piksel Exhibition / Strandgaten 221 – 12:00 – 18:00
@ Østre / Skostredet 3 – 15:00 – 21:00
@ Piksel Library / Strandgaten 207 – 12:00 – 18:00
OHANDA.ONE – 12:00 – 18:00
@ Alt Går Bra Lokalen / Strandgaten 208
DRONING – 12:00 – 17:00
@ Kunstskolen i Bergen KIB / Marken 37
ARTISTS PRESENTATIONS – 11:00-14:00
@Studio207
A minimalist social network powered by plain text files , Søren Peter Mørch (DK)
ORAMICS back to LIVE , Melisa Cano (SP)
Drink The River , Rosa Prosser (UK)
Las fuerzas del suelo / The forces of the ground , Julia Rossetti, Daniela Ruiz Moreno (CH)
Colateral Vértigo, Chico Ortiz
NETWORKS AND PROJECTS PRESENTATIONS – 16:00-19:00
@Studio207
Media()Mess, Julien Ottavi, Jenny Pickett (FR)
TOC, Toolkit of Care, Jenny Pickett (FR)
OFF + Labs: APO33 (Nantes), STWST (Linz), MADLAB (Cyprus), PIKSEL (Norway)
Julien Ottavi, Jenny Pickett, Tanja Brandmayr, Jan-Nahuel Jenny, Dimitra Kousteridou, Gisle Froysland and Maite Cajaraville.
IDLE, Inclusive Digital Laboratory for Experimental Art / Flor de Fuego (DE) and Blaz Pavlica (SL)
OHANDA, Juergen Neumann (DK), Tuomo Tammenpää (FI), Julian Priest (DE)
AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES / CONCERTS 21:00-03:00
@ Østre
Solo for Computer and Feedback, Remmy Canedo (DE)
Show Us Your Screen, Citlali Hernández (SP)
Organalog, Miha Godec (SL)
beat.me 102, IOhannes m zmölnig (AT)
The Unsyncable II – Seven Rasas, Wolfgang Spahn (DE)
Holding up burning houses, Lorenzo Berretti (IT)
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24
EXHIBITIONS
Piksel24 Main Exhibition
@ Main Piksel Exhibition / Strandgaten 221 – 12:00 – 18:00
@ Piksel Library / Strandgaten 207 – 12:00 – 18:00
OHANDA.ONE – 12:00 – 17:00
@ Alt Går Bra Lokalen / Strandgaten 208
DRONING – 12:00 – 17:00
@ Kunstskolen i Bergen KIB / Marken 37
AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES / ONLINE CONCERTS – 14:00-19:00
@Studio207
Decontrol for live electronics and audience, Daniel McKemie
Twelve Hours, Same Time, Michał Seta
Singular reproductible 2, irisS
The Way of Schesa, Ryan Ross Smith and Shawn Lawson
Transmission~, Luis Sanz
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