Re: <nettime> \\ ENERGY PARASITES \\ PIKSEL (NO) Festival 23-25 nov. 2023

[!Mediengruppe Bitnik via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Curators’ statement - Piksel (no) Festival Cancellation

Today we were informed by the directors of the Piksel festival that
they have unilaterally decided to cancel our artistic collaboration
with the festival. We were informed about this decision through a very
brief email sent at 3:34 am, without any kind of assistance to navigate
the avalanche of consequences that come from such a decision. The
cancellation came abruptly and without previous notice one day before
the opening, shortly after we had arrived on site in Bergen, which is -
to say the least - unacceptable and has created a profound breach of
trust.

As a curatorial team, we have spent the last months putting a huge
effort into programming and producing the best (no) festival,
regardless of the lack of support provided by Piksel, especially when
it came to critical production and communication issues that are
essential to curate a festival. The program was finished and ready to
take place in the form of artistic tours including some in-person
presentations and performances.

We regret the decision on the part of Piksel to cancel the program that
we had curated for the festival on such short notice, which has created
a stressful and difficult situation. We’d like to extend our most
sincere apology to all the artists that have generously prepared,
updated or even produced new works for us/the occasion. Thank you to
all the artists involved for trusting us with your works and for the
inspiring, open and fruitful working relationship we have had over the
past months. We will make sure to choose our collaborators more wisely
in the future, and, again, we sincerely apologize for all the
inconvenience that this situation might have created. Piksel has
promised to keep the commitment to pay the agreed fees.

Bergen, 22nd of November 2023.

Joana Moll, Marta Millet, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Noemi Garay.




On 20.11.23 11:05, 220hex via nettime-l wrote:
> Piksel (No) Festival: Unveiling the Energy Crisis Through Art and
> Activism
>
> ENERGY PARASITES
> PIKSEL (NO) FESTIVAL 2023
> Parasitic approaches to energy and energy distribution
> November 23rd-25th 2023
>
> Bergen, Norway — In an era marked by systemic failures in global energy
> distribution, the Piksel  (No) Festival takes center stage as a
> platform for critical discourse and artistic expression. The festival,
> curated by Joana Moll in collaboration with Marta Millet and
> !Mediengruppe Bitnik, peels back the layers of our current energy
> landscape, exposing the underbelly of the global energy markets.
>
> The current systemic failures in the global distribution of energy has
> produced the “energy ruling class”. This class runs and controls the
> global energy infrastructures, not as a public good, but as a private
> investment opportunity. The energy crisis presents a unique opportunity
> to tighten private dominance over energy markets, skyrocketing prices
> for consumers and reaping profits, while forcing considerable public
> expenditure to counteract the increasing lack of access to energy to a
> high percentage of the population. Moreover, the recent energy shortage
> in Europe has brought to light a market organised along the principles
> of “merit order” that incentivises the production of energy from fossil
> fuels instead of from green sources. In short, the current energy
> crisis, just like any other crisis in history, is facilitating a brutal
> restructuring within the global energy system, ultimately renewing
> capitalist expansion.
>
> Physical Obstruction, Electrostatic Discharge Attack, Direct Hooking,
> these are methods to steal energy and also the Piksel (no) festival
> tours’ names  the curators have chosen to unfold the Piksel (No)
> Festival program. Along 3 days, talks, workshops and artworks from Aram
> Bartholl, Tega Brain, Nadja Buttendorf , Cara New Daggett, Kris de
> Decker, Francisco J. Doblas Reyes, Max Dovey, eeefff, Bruno Gola, Ben
> Grosser, GOODIEPAL, Lars Holdhus, Paul Kolling, Polina Medvedeva, Joana
> Moll, YoHa and many others will be unveiled around the city of Bergen.
>
>  From the 23rd to the 25th of November, the city of Bergen hosts the
> Piksel (no) festival and includes in the program the results of the
> EFFEA residency from theartists Flor de Fuego and Blaz Pavlika as the
> closure of the program. Piksel KidZ will have a new edition focused on
> live coding programing for young people.
>
> //+\\
>
> Full program November 23rd-25th
> *(No) Opening Physical Obstruction Tour*
> Thursday 23 November 2023, 18:30 - 20:00h
>  From 20:30 drinks at Studio 207
>
> *Public Library Electrostatic Discharge Attack Tour*
> Friday 24 November 2023, 13:30-17:30h
> *PIKSEL KIDZ Lab: Rare Earth Walks Tour*
> Saturday 25 November 2023, 10:30h
> Please register: piksel23@piksel.no
>
> *Bus Station Direct Hooking Tour*
> Saturday 25 November 2023, 14:00-17:30
>
> *(No) Closing Foreign Injection Evening*
> Saturday 25 November 2023 21:00 - 23:00
> IDLE Performance, Flor de Fuego (AR/DE) and Blaž Pavlica (SL)
> Inkluderende Digitalt Laboratorium for Eksperimentell Kunst (IDLE)
> Studio 207 (Strandgaten 207) & @Piksel Cyber Salon
>
> -> Meeting point for tours is Studio 207 (Strandgaten 207)
>
> Piksel  (No) Festival Side Events
> Thursday 23. November 08:00 – 19:00 >> Friday 5. January
> Exhibition by CDN: "Introducing the Center for Digital Narrative", UiB
> Humanities Library at the University of Bergen (Håkon Sheteligs plass
> 7)
>
> PIKSEL KIDZ Lab: Creating Visual effects with Code - LIVE Coding!
> Nov 28th – Dec 1st
> Studio 207 (Strandgaten 207)
> Please register: piksel23@piksel.no
>
> Festival Website: https://no.piksel.no/
> For live information & updates, please join the official Piksel
> Festival Telegram channel: t.me/piksel23
>
> About Piksel
> Piksel is an international event for artists and developers working
> with Free/Libre and Open Source technologies in artistic practice.
> Founded in 2003, it is organised in Bergen, Norway, and involves
> participants from more than a dozen countries exchanging ideas, coding,
> presenting art and software projects, doing workshops, performances and
> discussions on the aesthetics and politics of Art and Free Technologies.
>
> Piksel is supported by the Municipality of Bergen, Arts Council Norway,
> Vestland fylkeskommune and European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists
> – EFFEA. Piksel (no) festival collaborates with Lydgalleriet, the
> Center of Digital Narrative (UiB), APO33, Adela International Emergent
> Arts Festival, Electropixel and Internationales Digitalkunst Festival.
>
> Press info enquiries: press@piksel.no
> High-resolution images and additional materials are available upon
> request. https://sky.piksel.org/index.php/s/pCqM9pFo4EZdP8b

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