sound:frame is an organisation that holds an annual festival in

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, and an artist and event agency in the fields of

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intermedia Intermedia is an art theory term coined in the mid-1960s by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins to describe various interdisciplinarity art activities that occur between genres, beginning in the 1960s. It was also used by John Brockman to refer to work ...

and

vjing VJing (pronounced: ''VEE-JAY-ing'') is a broad designation for realtime visual performance. Characteristics of VJing are the creation or manipulation of imagery in realtime through technological mediation and for an audience, in synchronization ...

sound:frame festival

Initiatied in 2007, the sound:frame festival has been staged annually in

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. The festival activities focus on the link between auditive and visual media in the context of art and culture ( interdisciplinarity). The name sound:frame stands for the combination and the equal importance of

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'' = the smallest component of music) and moving image (''frame'' = single

film frame In filmmaking, video production, animation, and related fields, a frame is one of the many '' still images'' which compose the complete '' moving picture''. The term is derived from the historical development of film stock, in which the sequenti ...

). The sound:frame festival features artworks and performances from the fields of

generative art Generative art refers to art that in whole or in part has been created with the use of an autonomous system. An autonomous system in this context is generally one that is non-human and can independently determine features of an artwork that w ...

, visualization ( music visualization),

media art New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video games, robotics, 3D prin ...

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

, and

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. The festival consists of formats such as exhibitions,

audiovisual Audiovisual (AV) is electronic media possessing both a sound and a visual component, such as slide-tape presentations, films, television programs, corporate conferencing, church services, and live theater productions. Audiovisual service pr ...

live performances and

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s, and takes place in

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s and public space, galleries and

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s. Theoretical features such as workshops, panel discussions and the production of an annual

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are also part of the festival programming. Each year the festival counts between 8,000 and 13,000 visitors.

sound:frame AV

The ''Agency for Contemporary Curating in Audiovisual Art & Culture – sound:frame AV'' is an Austrian agency which focuses on current international

art and culture and interdisciplinarity. Its activities range from curating to organizing exhibitions, events and research projects.

Initiator and Artistic Director

Eva Fischer has been a freelance curator and the initiator and artistic director of the sound:frame festival since 2006. In the same year she started working as a ''VJ'' (=

VJing VJing (pronounced: ''VEE-JAY-ing'') is a broad designation for realtime visual performance. Characteristics of VJing are the creation or manipulation of imagery in realtime through technological mediation and for an audience, in synchronization ...

). From 2002 to 2007, she worked as an art agent for the Neue Galerie Graz and the

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Museumsquartier in Vienna from 2002 to 2007. Since 2011, she has been teaching «Audiovisual Media» at the

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

and, since 2014, she has been teaching «Experimental Media» at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences. Eva Fischer lives and works in Vienna, and has a Master's Degree in

Art History Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

. She studied at the Universities of Graz, Utrecht, and Vienna.

Exhibitions

2007/8 «sound:frame» sound:frame festival exhibition, Künstlerhaus k/haus, Vienna
2009 «sound:frame:remix», ACFNY, New York City
2009 «Evolution Remixed!» sound:frame festival exhibition, Künstlerhaus k/haus, Vienna
«dimensions» sound:frame festival exhibition, Kunsthalle Project Space, quartier21/MG, Galerie Kasulke, Vienna
2011 «perFORMance» sound:frame festival exhibition, Ottakringer Brauerei, Vienna
2012 «substructions» sound:frame festival exhibition, MAK, Vienna
2012 «Against the Specialist – Contemporary References to Arnold Schoenberg in Image and Sound», ACFNY, New York City
2013 «collective» sound:frame festival exhibition, MAK, Vienna
2013 «sound:frame collective», MediaArtLab / Manege, Moscow
2014 «a matter of...» sound:frame festival exhibition, MAK, Vienna
2015 «LIVE» sound:frame festival live exhibition, MAK, Vienna

Events & Live Performances

2010 Mapping Festival, Geneva
2010 EXPO, Shanghai
2011 Austria Davaj! exhibition opening, Moscow
2011 Metropolis Late Night, MSO, Melbourne
2012 ROMA JAZZ FESTIVAL, Rome
2012 Donauinselfest EUTOPIA DJ/VJ stage, Vienna
2013 Vienna Art Night, Moscow
2013 Donauinselfest EUTOPIA DJ/VJ stage, Vienna
2014 Donauinselfest EUTOPIA DJ/VJ stage, Vienna
2014 Salotto Vienna Opening, Triest
2014 philival, Vienna
2015 Kulturhauptstadt Europas, Pilsen
2015 Modepalast, Vienna

Academic Work and Publications

2014 Audiovisuelle Kunst. Entwicklung eines Begriffes – VJing, audiovisuelle Live Performance und Installation im Kontext kunsthistorischer und zeitgenössischer Entwicklungen, Eva Fischer, Akademikerverlag, Saarbrücken
2014 SOUND:FRAME – A MATTER OF ... – Festival for Audiovisual Expressions, sound:frame, Vienna 2008 – 2013 sound:frame catalogues, ed. Eva Fischer, Czernin Verlag (2008 and 2009) and self-published, Vienna, Austria
2013 sound:frame. Vermittlung zwischen den Stühlen, Eva Fischer, eJournal «p-art-icipate» #3: GO PUBLIC! 2013, University of Salzburg
2011 «VJs» oder «VisualistInnen»? Der Versuch einer Kategorisierung, Eva Fischer, in: Im Kontinuum der Bilder, ed. D. Förster, L. Handel and A. Olbrisch, Cologne
2015 sound:frame – LIVE – Festival for Audiovisual Expressions, sound:frame, Vienna

References

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External links

sound:frame
website Music festivals in Austria Electronic music festivals in Austria Festivals in Vienna