Multiplica is an audiovisual, multimedia music and art festival hosted by the Rotondes that sheds light on today’s digital society through artistic creations encounters and workshops showcasing digital creation in its many forms. Festival Curator Yves Conrardy and participating artist Jorge Crowe Joined Tom on The Breakfast Show this morning to discuss what the festival has in store.
between the 24th and 26th of February, the rotondes will host audiovisual performances, concerts, DJ sets, meetings with artists, workshops for children and adults and an interactive and participatory exhibition. All with the aim of encouraging us to confront technology in order to learn more about ourselves.
On Friday the festival will open with 'Tete a Tete' an exhibition featuring the works of various artists dealing with the topics of AI and emotions. Then Italian-Luxembourg artist Andrea Mancini will present Minerals, an audiovisual performance which has been developed over the course of a residency with Rotondes. Later Robert Henke will present CBM8032 AV, a performance that repurposes obsolete models of some of the first personal computers. Finally the day will wrap up with a live performance by Nik Colk Void and a DJ set by Francis99.
Saturday will feature workshops introducing attendees to Touch Designer and the world of NFTs. Later Jorge Crowe will present Kinemancia, an audio-visual instrument which repurposes obsolete technologies such as cassette decks, a typewriter and an inkjet printer cart to form an inter-temporal media artefact that raises questions about tech innovation and the compulsion to create and consume new media devices without caring about the material (and cultural) elements left behind. Also on Saturday, Akiko Nakayama will present an audiovisual performance of live painting and the evening will finish with a performance by rival consoles with an AV performance by Luxembourgish artist Slumbergaze.
The workshops and installations will continue throughout Sunday and the exhibition will run until the 5th of March.
Tickets and more information can be found at www.multiplica.lu