Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria
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Festival for contemporary music, art and political discourseFour nights packed with concerts, live acts, and DJs from all over the world. Four days of lectures, discussions, workshops, installations and performances from (independent) organizations, critical thinkers, activists and artists. Most events take place in venues carved inside the historic Schlossberg – the hill in the center of Graz.
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# Episodes
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Episodes of Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria
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Genetische und biologische Commons (Vortrag + Di...
unter Privatisierungsdruck: Biopiraterie, gentechnik, Ernährungskrise und Gegenstrategien.Mit Anne Schweigler (BUKO-Kampagne gegen Biopiraterie/ DE) und Heike Schiebeck (Via Campesina/ AT) + Eingangsstatement zur Diskussion: Percy Schmeiser (Bauer und Saatgutzüchter, Träger des alternativen Nobelpreises 2007/ CA) Moderation: Silke Helfrich (commonsblog.de/ DE) Haie im Genpool: Agrar- und Pharmamultis plündern die genetischen Commons.Vortrag von Anne Schweigler (BUKO-Kampagne gegen Biopiraterie...
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Release date
Feb 8, 2009
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Runtime
01:42:51
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Gemeingut Atmosphaere (Vortrag + Diskussion)
Gibt es einen Ausweg aus der Klimafalle? Mit Dr. Hans-Jochen Luhmann (Wuppertal-Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie/ DE) und Dr. Achim Brunnengräber (Freie Universität Berlin/ DE)Moderation: Silke Helfrich (commonsblog.de/ DE)Der menschengemachte Klimawandel im natürlichen KlimawandelVortrag von Dr. Hans-Jochen Luhmann (Wuppertal-Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie/ DE) Der anthropogene Klimawandel ist Ausdruck des Konzeptes „Industriegesellschaft“. Um die Machtausübung des Menschen in Relatio...
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Release date
Feb 8, 2009
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Runtime
01:43:10
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Commons of the Mind (discussion)
Music, art, science, free software, media and journalism are included in the wide range of “Commons of the Mind” those commons which originate from human creativity and which are fundamental to the development of culture and progress.Content, transported via codes or through creative works, can never be generated without the use of (natural, social and cultural) common resources. Be it energy, the investments and institutions of the public education system, knowledge or cultural techniques: wh...
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Release date
Feb 7, 2009
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Runtime
01:52:23
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Percy Schmeiser - Opening Speech
Opening Speech - Elevate Festival 2008With their fight against Monsanto’s abusive marketing practices, Percy and Louise Schmeiser have given the world a wake-up call about the dangers to farmers and biodiversity everywhere from the growing dominance and market aggression of companies engaged in the genetic engineering of crops. CareerPercy and Louise Schmeiser were born in 1931 into a farming families in Saskatchewan; one of Canada’s ten provinces. Percy became a leading farm figure in the are...
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Release date
Feb 7, 2009
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Runtime
34:58
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Felix Kubin (live)
Felix Kubin lebt und arbeitet entgegen der Schwerkraft. Schon im zarten Alter von acht Jahren erlernte er Orgel, Klavier und Glockenspiel und produzierte kurze Zeit später seine ersten Stücke elektronische Musik, die viele Jahre danach auf Labels wie Dat Politics´ oder A-Musik veröffentlicht wurden. Seine künstlerischen Aktivitäten scheinen beinahe unbegrenzt – So macht er futuristischen Pop, Kammermusik, Performance-Projekte, Vorlesungen, Workshops, und zusätzlich managt er sein 1998 gegründe...
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Release date
Feb 7, 2009
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Runtime
57:46
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Elevate The Commons
Four nights packed with concerts, live acts, and DJs from all over the world. Four days of lectures, discussions, workshops, installations and performances from (independent) organizations, critical thinkers, activists and artists. Most events take place in venues carved inside the historic Schlossberg – the hill in the center of Graz. The aim of Elevate 2008 was, together with scientists and activists, to raise awareness of the importance of the commons and to shed light on the social and cul...
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Release date
Feb 6, 2009
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Runtime
14:03
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Tim Exile (live)
Those who know Tim's work to date might know his high-intensity improvised live sets, his precision adrenaline electronics or his earlier drum and bass and techno releases.
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Release date
Feb 6, 2009
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Runtime
53:53
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DJ Spooky
Paul D. Miller is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician working in New York. His written work has appeared in The Village Voice, The Source, Artforum, Raygun, Rap Pages, Paper Magazine, and a host of other periodicals. Miller's first collection of essays, Rhythm Science, was published by MIT Press in April 2004, and was included in several year-end lists of the best books of 2004, including the Guardian (UK) and Publishers Weekly. Sound Unbound, an anthology of writings on sound art and mu...
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Release date
Feb 6, 2009
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Runtime
02:11:46
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Atom TM (live)
Uwe Schmidt (* 1968 in Frankfurt am Main) ist ein deutscher Musiker und DJ, der vor allem im Bereich der elektronischen Musik agiert. Schmidt produziert seine Musik unter bislang insgesamt mehr als 60 verschiedenen Pseudonymen bei Eigenproduktionen und Projekten in Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Künstlern, von denen Atom Heart, Atom™, Lassigue Bendthaus, Flanger und Señor Coconut zu den bekanntesten zählen. Erste musikalische Erfahrungen sammelte Schmidt ab Mitte der 80er Jahre als Schlagzeuger. Z...
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Release date
Feb 5, 2009
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Runtime
44:42
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Reclaiming the Commons (discussion)
Numerous organizations and movements worldwide oppose the neoliberal paradigm of privatization and have dedicated themselves to the preservation and the sustainable and innovative use of the commons. A selection of protagonists from different commons-friendly initiatives will discuss the following questions: Which decisive struggles for the commons are being fought today? Who are the driving forces of privatization, who are the ones opposing it? How can the power relations between both sides b...
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Release date
Feb 5, 2009
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Runtime
02:08:20
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