http://www.elevate.at http://www.elevate.at http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 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. 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. 47.1437261 15.3212803 no en http://blip.tv Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:53:51 +0000 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:53:51 +0000 89211D42-F5DF-11DD-A3FA-8C702FB81F75 http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/genetische-und-biologische-commons-vortrag-diskussion-1758918 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1758918 1750287 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-08T12:53:51Z German Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 6171 gtIm664qAg http://blip.tv/play/gtIm664qAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1758918&skin=rss Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008GenetischeUndBiologischeCommonsVortra909.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008GenetischeUndBiologischeCommonsVortra909-289.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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/ DE) Die BUKO-Kampagne gegen Biopiraterie kritisiert den vorherrschenden Habitus, über biologische Vielfalt nur als Naturschutzthema zu reden. Damit werden andere Interessen verschleiert. Biodiversität ist eng verbunden mit politischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Komponenten, und um die “Eigentumsfrage” findet ein weltweiter Machtkampf statt. Transnationale Saatgut-, Pharma- und Kosmetikkonzerne des "Nordens" (oft im Verbund mit Forschungseinrichtungen) streben mit Hilfe von ständig schärferen und umfassenderen geistigen Eigentumsrechten nach mehr Nutzungskontrolle über die biologische Vielfalt. Im Visier haben sie die genetischen und biologischen Grundlagen und Eigenschaften aller Nutz- und Heilpflanzen. D.h., ihnen geht es letztlich um die Kontrolle über den gesamten Lebensmittel- und Pharma-Bereich weltweit. Gegen diese Privatisierung der genetischen und biologischen Commons (Biopiraterie) wehren sich bisher vor allem Kleinbauern und -bäuerinnen und Indigene Völker aus den sogenannten Entwicklungsländern. Sie sind am unmittelbarsten von den daraus entstehenden Problemen wie Abhängigkeit und Hunger betroffen. Aber auch im Norden, in den Industrieländern, wächst langsam das Bewusstsein über die zentrale Bedeutung und die massive Bedrohung der “genetischen und biologischen Commons”. Der Vortrag berichtet von unterschiedlichen Strategien, wie genetische und biologische Commons geplündert und angeeignet werden, und von Protesten und Projekten auf der Suche nach Alternativen. Dabei ist eines klar: Freie biologische Vielfalt braucht kulturelle Vielfalt und die Beteiligung vieler! www.biopiraterie.deBiodiversität und Saatgut als Gemeingut erhalten.Vortrag von Heike Schiebeck (Via Campesina/ AT) Bäuerinnen und Bauern schaffen und erneuern seit Jahrtausenden das Gemeingut der pflanzlichen und tierischen Artenvielfalt. Diese ist heute schwerwiegenden Bedrohungen ausgesetzt: Industrielle Landwirtschaft, Monokulturen, Gentechnik, nationale und internationale Politiken, die ländliche Gemeinschaften und kleinstrukturierte Landwirtschaft vernichten, sowie die Aneignung des Saatguts mittels sogenannter geistiger Eigentumsrechte durch transnationale Konzerne zerstören unwiederbringlich die Artenvielfalt. Ernährungskrise und Klimawandel sind hausgemachte Probleme. Wir müssen das industrielle und exportorientierte Landwirtschaftsmodell mit hohem Energieverbrauch und weiten Transporten durch eine relokalisierte Produktion ersetzen. Die globale Kleinbauern/-bäuerinnen- und Landlosenbewegung La Via Campesina tritt gegen den neoliberalen Freihandelswahn und für kleinstrukturierte, ökologisch und sozial nachhaltige Landwirtschaft ein. Wissenschaftliche Studien haben bewiesen, dass diese die Weltbevölkerung ernähren kann. www.viacampesina.org ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1758918 http://blip.tv/file/1750287 Conferences and Other Events elevate festival 2008 graz austria art music politics discourse gmo commons schweigler helfrich schmeiser schiebeck Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:53:51 +0000 elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, art, music, politics, discourse, gmo, commons, schweigler, helfrich, schmeiser, schiebeck http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008GenetischeUndBiologischeCommonsVortra909.png elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, art, music, politics, discourse, gmo, commons, schweigler, helfrich, schmeiser, schiebeck ]]> Genetische und biologische Commons (Vortrag + Diskussion) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803 540B3D7E-F5BF-11DD-BA97-8A6F9DDB1EFD http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/gemeingut-atmosphaere-vortrag-diskussion-1758506 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1758506 1749876 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-08T09:03:18Z German Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 6190 gtIm66sOAg http://blip.tv/play/gtIm66sOAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1758506&skin=rss Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008GemeingutAtmosphreVortragDiskussion602.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008GemeingutAtmosphreVortragDiskussion602-487.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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 Relation zur Kraft des natürlichen Klimawandels quantitativ sichtbar zu machen, wird er in den Rahmen des natürlichen Wandels der Eis- und Warmzeiten gestellt. Wichtig ist dieser Zugang, weil in breiten Kreisen die Ansicht auf Unglauben stößt, dass der Mensch machtvoller sein könne als die Natur, die bislang die Lebensgrundlagen entscheidend geprägt hat. Weiters wird das Konzept des „bereits realisierten“ menschengemachten Klimawandels hervorgehoben. Dieser ist definiert als Anstieg der Konzentration von (langlebigen) Treibhausgasen in der Erdatmosphäre, der ein Temperaturanstieg zwangsläufig folgt, d.h. dieser manifestiert sich allmählich. Der bereits „reale“, also verursachte, Temperaturanstieg ist um ein Dreifaches höher als der bislang manifestierte. Diese erhebliche Verzögerung zwischen „Realität“ (Verursachung) und Sichtbarwerden (für jedermann) wird einerseits demokratietheoretisch zum Thema gemacht. So betrachtet erscheint diese Verzögerung fatal. Kapitaltheoretisch gesehen scheint sie hingegen völlig problemlos antizipierbar. Die implizite These lautet also: Klimawandel ist eher ein Problem für bestimmte Regierungssysteme, weniger für die kapitalorientierte Wirtschaft. Die politische Aufgabe besteht darin, den menschengemachten Klimawandel zu beenden. Darüber besteht global gesehen ein Konsens (Art. 2 UNFCCC). Um diese Herausforderung greifbar zu machen, wird gezeigt, welche maximalen Emissionskorridore von Treibhausgasen ein Stopp des Konzentrationsanstiegs impliziert und welche Budgets an fossilen Brennstoffen noch verbrannt werden dürfen, um die politisch leitenden Ziele von „maximal plus 2 Grad Celsius“ sowie „Treibhausgas-Reduktion bis 2050 um mehr als 50 Prozent“ erreichen zu können. Die Tragödie der Atmosphäre - oder wie ein Gemeinschaftsgut zu einer handelbaren Ware wird.Vortrag von Dr. Achim Brunnengräber (Freie Universität Berlin/ DE) Ebenso wie viele andere Gemeinschaftsgüter wird auch die Atmosphäre, die über den Treibhauseffekt Leben auf der Erde erst ermöglicht, zunehmend in private Hand überführt. Nichts anderes bedeutet das Recht auf den Handel mit Emissionen und damit das zertifizierte Recht, die Atmosphäre zu verschmutzen. Zertifikate werden zum transferierbaren Kapitalgut, das den Kapitalbestand von Unternehmen und damit gegebenenfalls deren Börsenwert erhöht. Die durch den Menschen verursachte Erhöhung der Temperatur im Treibhaus muss ganzheitlich als eine globale Irrationalität angesehen werden. Es liegt eine klassische Tragödie vor - in diesem Fall die Tragödie der Atmosphäre. Der Schutz des Gemeinschaftsgutes Atmosphäre durch die Angleichung der Pro-Kopf-Emissionen greift zu kurz: Mit der Forderung nach einer individuell gleichen und gerechten Lasten- sowie Nutzenverteilung wird einem Denkmuster gefolgt, in dem alles, was nicht unter Verschmutzung oder marktförmige Bearbeitung der Klimakrise fällt, unberücksichtigt bleibt. Stattdessen wird die hegemonial gewordene Prämisse der Moderne gefestigt, dass gesellschaftliche Entwicklung mit der effizienteren Nutzung fossiler Energieträger und mit weltwirtschaftlichem Wachstum einhergehen müsse. Vernachlässigt werden die verschiedenen, sozial-räumlichen und kontextspezifischen Herausforderungen im Umgang mit dem Klimawandel. Notwendig ist die Überführung des fossilen Energieregimes hin zu Erneuerbaren Energien mit ihrem demokratisierenden Potential. ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1758506 http://blip.tv/file/1749876 Conferences and Other Events elevate festival 2008 graz austria music art politics discourse discussion lecture atmosphäre gemeingut commons brunnengräber luhmann klimawandel co2 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:03:18 +0000 elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, discussion, lecture, atmosphäre, gemeingut, commons, brunnengräber, luhmann, klimawandel, co2 http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008GemeingutAtmosphreVortragDiskussion602.png elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, discussion, lecture, atmosphäre, gemeingut, commons, brunnengräber, luhmann, klimawandel, co2 ]]> Gemeingut Atmosphaere (Vortrag + Diskussion) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803 B30B27D8-F576-11DD-AD41-C1A2ED916F3A http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/commons-of-the-mind-discussion-1757466 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1757466 1748840 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-08T00:23:24Z English Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 6743 gtIm66J+Ag http://blip.tv/play/gtIm66J+Ag http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1757466&skin=rss Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008CommonsOfTheMindDiscussion932.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008CommonsOfTheMindDiscussion932-282.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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: what appears to be the result of individual creativity is always a societal product as well. The worldwide controversies regarding the regulation of access to, and the handling of, knowledge, culture and information constantly provide for headlines. Be it the opposition to the constant expansion of copyright law, the fight against software patents or the energy which digitally connected communities invest into the creation of open encyclopaedias, free software, and various other free cultural, educational and research projects, the issue is omnipresent. This evening’s discussion will present examples of the controversies concerning the societal availability of “Commons of the Mind”, and will examine creative solutions from around the world. On the panel:DJ Spooky a.k.a. Paul D. Miller (US), Kaitlin Thaney (US), Ronaldo Lemos (BR), David Bollier (US), Michael Tuck (US) moderators: Petra Buhr (DE) & Daniel Erlacher (Elevate) ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1757466 http://blip.tv/file/1748840 Conferences and Other Events elevate festival 2008 graz austria music art politics discourse commons of the mind discussion dj spooky ronaldo lemos david bollier michael tuck kaitlyn thaney petra buhr creative commons science Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:23:24 +0000 elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, commons, of, the, mind, discussion, dj, spooky, ronaldo, lemos, david, bollier, michael, tuck, kaitlyn, thaney, petra, buhr, creative, commons, science http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008CommonsOfTheMindDiscussion932.png elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, commons, of, the, mind, discussion, dj, spooky, ronaldo, lemos, david, bollier, michael, tuck, kaitlyn, thaney, petra, buhr, creative, commons, science ]]> Commons of the Mind (discussion) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803 DDE3A3C6-F522-11DD-A63E-CDA8BE6B60D1 http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/percy-schmeiser-opening-speech-1756224 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1756224 1747599 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-07T14:23:19Z English Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 2098 gtIm65kkAg http://blip.tv/play/gtIm65kkAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1756224&skin=rss Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008PercySchmeiserOpeningSpeech174.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008PercySchmeiserOpeningSpeech174-938.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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 area, and with his family he also owned a successful farm equipment dealership. He was a Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1967-71 for the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan, whose philosophy was based in conservative values and conservative politics. Percy was also Mayor of his home town of Bruno from 1963-82, where he also served as a town councillor, most recently from 2003-06. Percy also has been appointed to numerous provincial commissions and municipal boards.Monsanto vs. SchmeiserIn 1998 Percy Schmeiser and his wife received a letter from the US agribusiness giant Monsanto claiming that they had used Monsanto seeds without a license in planting their 1997 crop. However, the Schmeisers had never bought Monsanto seed nor intended to have it on their land. It turned out that some Monsanto ‘Round-up Ready’ genetically modified canola (rape) seeds had blown over from the Schmeisers’ neighbour or from passing trucks. Thus, genes that Monsanto claimed to “own” under Canadian patent law had ended up in the Schmeisers’ seeds. Monsanto threatened to sue the Schmeisers for ‘infringement of patent’, seeking damages totalling $400,000. (CAD), including about $250,000. in legal fees, $105,000. in estimated profits from the Schmeisers’ 1998 crop, $13,500. ($15. an acre) for technology usage fees and $25,000. in punitive damages. At the same time, Monsanto offered to withdraw the legal challenge if the Schmeisers signed a contract to buy their seeds from Monsanto in the future and to pay the technology use fee.But the Schmeisers neither gave in nor did they accept this attempted blackmail. They contested the case up to the Canadian Supreme Court, whose ruling supported Monsanto in their claim to own the gene. Thus the Schmeisers lost their breeding research, which they had built up for decades, and the varieties that they had painstakingly adapted to their local environment for years through cross-pollination, because they now contained the Monsanto-“owned” gene.However, the court also concluded that the Schmeisers should not have to pay anything to Monsanto because they had not in any way benefited from having the seeds on their property.Schmeiser vs. MonsantoNow, in a new legal case, the Schmeisers are trying to turn the notion of benefit to farmers from Monsanto genes around, claiming that Monsanto-“owned” genes are to be regarded as contamination.Since the first court case, the Schmeisers shifted their agricultural business from canola to wheat, mustard, peas and oats in order to avoid future problems. But soon they found genetically modified Monsanto canola plants on their land again. They called the company and demanded that they be removed. Monsanto conducted tests and confirmed that these were their Monsanto Roundup Ready plants. Monsanto agreed to remove them if the Schmeiser’s signed a document with a non-disclosure statement and an assurance that they would never take Monsanto to court. The Schmeisers did not sign this statement and again demanded from Monsanto to take these plants off of their land. When Monsanto did not react, they paid some workers to remove the plants and sent Monsanto the bill of $600. When Monsanto did not pay, the Schmeiser’s sued them in a provincial court. In May 2007, a mediation attempt failed and the trial date is now set for January 23, 2008.The destruction of seed markets through “patents on life”The Schmeiser case was one of the first and most prominent cases against a company claiming to own “patents on life”. It revealed how traditional seed economics and treatment is currently giving way to a dependency on only a few big multinational enterprises, such that in the end the whole food production chain could be dominated by a few giant food enterprises, relying on very few genetically engineered crops, drastically reducing the genetic diversity of staple crops and the economic autonomy of farmers, especially in developing countries.Monsanto’s treatment of the Schmeisers is their standard practice. According to a 2005 report by the Washington-based Center for Food Safety (CFS), as of 2005, Monsanto, with teams of full-time investigators out in the field, had filed lawsuits for patent violations (often, as with the Schmeisers, because of drifted seed) against 147 farmers and 39 small farming businesses in half the states of the US. Farmers have so far paid $15million (USD) to Monsanto (mean payment about $400k). The CFS report concludes: “No farmer is safe from the long reach of Monsanto. Farmers have been sued after their field was contaminated by pollen or seed from someone else’s genetically engineered crop; when genetically engineered seed from a previous year’s crop has sprouted in fields planted with non-genetically engineered varieties the following year; and when they never signed Monsanto’s technology agreement but still planted the patented crop seed. In all these cases, because of the way patent law has been applied, farmers are technically liable. It does not seem to matter if the use was unwitting or a contract was never signed.”In Canada there is still no specific law regarding patents on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) so the Schmeiser case was decided under the old patent laws, enacted before GMOs existed. But in its verdict, the Canadian Supreme Court called on the Canadian Parliament to enact a specific law. This process is currently under way and it may be expected that Monsanto will lobby lawmakers vigorously for a legislation that serves the company’s interest.Schmeiser’s principles for food and agriculture Percy Schmeiser is also a member of the International Commission on the Future of Food and was a core member of the drafting of the Manifesto on the Future of Seed which has had an impact worldwide. In his speeches, Schmeiser promotes 12 principles for food and agriculture in an age of biotechnology, which may be summarised thus: 1. All humans have a right to food or to produce it.2. Natural systems must be protected so that they can produce healthy food.3. Humans have a right to safe and nutritious food.4. No rules should prevent countries controlling food imports.5. Everyone has a right to information about how their food is produced.6. Regions should have the right to regulate for their own agriculture.7. Local production and consumption should be encouraged.8. Regional biodiversity must be protected.9. Seeds are a ‘common property’ resource.10. No life form should be patented and terminator seeds should be globally banned.11. Freedom to exchange seeds should be protected.12. Farmers should have the right to be free of genetic contamination.www.percyschmeiser.com ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1756224 http://blip.tv/file/1747599 Conferences and Other Events elevate festival 2008 graz austria music art politics discourse percy schmeiser opening speech Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:23:19 +0000 elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, percy, schmeiser, opening, speech http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008PercySchmeiserOpeningSpeech174.png elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, percy, schmeiser, opening, speech ]]> Percy Schmeiser - Opening Speech http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803 B0C9E30A-F509-11DD-8F75-B532D6FD56A5 http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/felix-kubin-live-1755961 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1755961 1747338 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-07T11:23:06Z English Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 3466 gtIm65cdAg http://blip.tv/play/gtIm65cdAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1755961&skin=rss Dan_elevate-mi_felix_kubin595-50.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-mi_felix_kubin595-50-54.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 gegründetes Label Gagarin Records. Diese Vielfalt spiegelt sich auch in einigen Projekten wider, deren Teil Kubin war, wie in dem Ensemble Integrales, dem Noise Projekt Klangkrieg, der kommunistischen Gesangsgruppe Liedertafel Margot Honecker oder der Teenage Band Die Egozentrischen 2. Der selbsternannte „messenger of exploding lungs“ veröffentlichte nicht nur Vinyl und CDs, sondern auch Filme, Bücher und Magazine zählen zu seinem künstlerischen Output. Seit der Veröffentlichung seines ersten Soloalbums „Filmmusik“ bespielt er regelmäßig große Festivals für elektronische Musik - wie Sonar, Mutek oder die Ars Electronica. www.felixkubin.com ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1755961 http://blip.tv/file/1747338 Music and Entertainment elevate festival 2008 graz austria music art politics discourse liveset felix kubin Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:23:06 +0000 elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, liveset, felix, kubin http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-mi_felix_kubin595-50.jpg elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, liveset, felix, kubin ]]> Felix Kubin (live) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803 C008EF32-F464-11DD-A163-80B9367E0AC1 http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/elevate-the-commons-1753065 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1753065 1744442 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-06T15:42:24Z English Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 843 gtIm64BNAg http://blip.tv/play/gtIm64BNAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1753065&skin=rss Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008ElevateTheCommons274.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008ElevateTheCommons274-375.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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 cultural conflicts in the usage of these goods. This was the framework for discussions, workshops, films and lectures as well as for the presentation of innovative projects. ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1753065 http://blip.tv/file/1744442 Music and Entertainment elevate festival 2008 graz austria music politics discourse art commons schmeiser percy dj spooky paul miller ronaldo lemos david bollier Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:42:24 +0000 elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, politics, discourse, art, commons, schmeiser, percy, dj, spooky, paul, miller, ronaldo, lemos, david, bollier http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008ElevateTheCommons274.jpg elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, politics, discourse, art, commons, schmeiser, percy, dj, spooky, paul, miller, ronaldo, lemos, david, bollier ]]> Elevate The Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803 C42A4F8A-F44F-11DD-8263-E0C9785D9EA3 http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/tim-exile-live-1752674 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1752674 1744051 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-06T13:12:12Z English Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 3233 gtIm6v1GAg http://blip.tv/play/gtIm6v1GAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1752674&skin=rss Dan_elevate-fr_tim_Exile966-456.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-fr_tim_Exile966-456-954.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
The man who never sits down has found a seat. 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. After recently signing with Warp records, His prism has shifted in a plane unknown along a vector untold to a bold and shining orientation. Listen and you'll hear the sound of flight to heart and hearth, distant voices of the unity of man and universe and the spectral saturation of crashing waves of simultaneous creation and destruction. Unbutton your future and come and see the other side.When / Where? >>> 07. November / Dom im Berg www.timexile.comwww.myspace.com/timexilewww.discogs.com/artist/Tim+Exile ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1752674 http://blip.tv/file/1744051 Music and Entertainment elevate festival 2008 graz austria music politics art discourse tim exile live Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:12:12 +0000 elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, politics, art, discourse, tim, exile, live http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-fr_tim_Exile966-456.jpg elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, politics, art, discourse, tim, exile, live ]]> Tim Exile (live) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803 566ECAD0-F435-11DD-8F7F-F93A350D45F0 http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/dj-spooky-1752477 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1752477 1743854 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-06T10:03:01Z English Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 7906 gtIm6vwBAg http://blip.tv/play/gtIm6vwBAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1752477&skin=rss Dan_elevate-do_dj_spooky235-535.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-do_dj_spooky235-535-740.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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 multi-media by contemporary cultural theorists will follow Rhythm Science. Miller's work as a media artist has appeared in a wide variety of contexts such as the Whitney Biennial; The Venice Biennial for Architecture (year 2000); The Venice Biennial of Art 2007 (Africa Pavilion), the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; Kunsthalle, Vienna; The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and many other museums and galleries. His 2004 solo show at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York, Path Is Prologue, echoed his live music/theater/film performance, "DJ Spooky's Rebirth of A Nation, which ran simultaneously at the Lincoln Center Festival after premieres in Vienna and at Spoleto USA in Charleston, SC and continues to tour globally. 2007 finds him working with internationally acclaimed stage director and playwright Robert Wilson, and preparing to travel to antarctica to being research and production on his next large scale multimedia performance piece The Antarctic Suite. But even with all this, Miller is most well known under the moniker of his "constructed persona" as "DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid". Miller has recorded a huge volume of music and has collaborated a wide variety of musicians and composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kronos Quartet, Kool Keith a.k.a. Doctor Octagon, Pierre Boulez, Killa Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Steve Reich, Yoko Ono and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth among many others. He also composed and recorded the music score for the Cannes and Sundance Award winning film Slam, starring critically acclaimed poet Saul Williams. In 2006, Miller was given access to the vaults of the classic reggae label Trojan Records, resulting in his landmark compilation release In Fine Style, DJ Spooky Presents 50,0000 Volts of Trojan Records!!! on Sanctuary Records. Prior to that CD, Miller's most recently released Drums of Death, featuring Dave Lombardo of Slayer, Chuck D. of Public Enemy, Vernon Reid of Living Color, and Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto. Other notable recent albums include Optometry (2002), a jazz project featuring Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Joe McPhee, Carl Hancock Rux, Daniel Bernard Roumain, and High Priest from Anti-Pop Consortium; Dubtometry (2003), a dub remix of the same, featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mad Professor; and Riddim Clash (2004), a collaboration with Twilight Dub Sound System. In addition to his numerous records and articles released under the DJ Spooky name, another important project was a collaboration with Bernard Tschumi, Dean of Columbia University's architecture department, and author of Praxis: Event Cities. This piece debuted at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2000. In the magazine world, Miller is co-publisher along with legendary African American downtown poet Steve Cannon of the magazine, A Gathering of Tribes -a periodical dedicated to new works by writers from a multicultural context and he was the first Editor-at-large of the cutting edge digital media magazine, Artbyte: The Magazine of Digital Culture. Miller continues to add to his creative output across a broad cultural spectrum. 2007 finds him in production on the DVD version of Rebirth of a Nation, set for mid 2008 release by Starz Media, while he continues his globe-trotting series of live events; playing at festivals from France to Japan to Mexico City; performing solo, with chamber groups, and with orchestras; and giving talks at prominent universities and conferences. More information can be found at www.djspooky.com. ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1752477 http://blip.tv/file/1743854 Music and Entertainment elevate festival 2008 graz austria music art discourse politics dj spooky paul miller djing remixing remix Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:03:01 +0000 elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, discourse, politics, dj, spooky, paul, miller, djing, remixing, remix http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-do_dj_spooky235-535.jpg elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, discourse, politics, dj, spooky, paul, miller, djing, remixing, remix ]]> DJ Spooky http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803 3CA83F92-F3E4-11DD-BC8E-B1531C692688 http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/atom-tm-live-1751244 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1751244 1742625 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-06T00:22:28Z English Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 2682 gtIm6vIwAg http://blip.tv/play/gtIm6vIwAg http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1751244&skin=rss Dan_elevate-sa_atom_tm564-171.jpg http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-sa_atom_tm564-171-628.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0
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. Zu dieser Zeit gründete er zusammen mit anderen Künstlern das Kassetten-Label NG Medien und produzierte als Lassigue Bendthaus verschiedene Ambient-und Industrial-Tracks. Mit den Jahren folgten erste internationale Veröffentlichungen in Großbritannien, Frankreich, Belgien und Spanien. Sein eigenes Label Rather Interesting gründete er 1994. Drei Jahre später zog er, gelangweilt von der europäischen Musikwelt, nach Chile und ließ sich dort in der Hauptstadt Santiago de Chile nieder. Beeinflusst von den Rhythmen lateinamerikanischer Tänze wie Cha-Cha-Cha oder Rumba, veröffentlichte er im Jahre 2000 als Señor Coconut das Album „El baile alemán“, auf welchem er Stücke der deutschen Band Kraftwerk als Latin-Versionen covert. Die Single-Auskopplung „Tour de France“ erreicht die deutschen Dance-Charts. 2003 folgt das Album „Fiesta Songs“, auf dem Schmidt unter anderem Songs von Michael Jackson und Deep Purple neu interpretiert. Drei Jahre später veröffentlicht er unter dem Pojektnamen Señor Coconut And His Orchestra das Album „Yellow Fever“ mit 20 Coverversionen von Stücken des japanischen Elektropoptrio Yellow Magic Orchestra. 2008 erscheint mit „Around The World With Señor Coconut And His Orchestra“ Schmidts neuestes Album, als Atom™ begibt er sich mit neuem Live-Programm wieder auf die Bühnen dieser Welt.Wann / Wo? >>> 08. November / Dom im Berg ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1751244 http://blip.tv/file/1742625 Music and Entertainment elevate festival 2008 graz austria music art politics discourse atom tm uwe schmidt liveset electro minimal Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:22:28 +0000 elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, atom, tm, uwe, schmidt, liveset, electro, minimal http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-sa_atom_tm564-171.jpg elevate, festival, 2008, graz, austria, music, art, politics, discourse, atom, tm, uwe, schmidt, liveset, electro, minimal ]]> Atom TM (live) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803 9120A2BE-F3D3-11DD-A4C5-EE7229CBD4E3 http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria/reclaiming-the-commons-discussion-1750808 dan_elevate 321889 elevatefestival2008 elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria Elevate Festival 2008 / Graz, Austria http://blip.tv/elevate-festival-2008-graz-austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-picture495.jpg 1750808 1742189 file TV-UN 0.0 2009-02-05T22:23:08Z English Music 0 0 0 Music Music 2 7700 gtIm6u58Ag http://blip.tv/play/gtIm6u58Ag http://blip.tv/comments/?attached_to=post1750808&skin=rss Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008ReclaimingTheCommonsDiscussion770.png http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008ReclaimingTheCommonsDiscussion770-230.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
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 be assessed? What do the conflicts about the access to the genetic information of plants have in common with those about copyrighted music? How are seed breeding and the production of free software connected? What unites the struggle for the preservation of biological diversity with the activism for the availability of public knowledge? Which visions do all these different struggles share and by which means and strategies do they operate? How can they join forces? panel discussion with Percy Schmeiser (CA), Petra Buhr (DE), Ronaldo Lemos (BR), Massimo De Angelis (UK), Stefan Meretz (DE). opening statement: David Bollier (US) moderator: Silke Helfrich (DE)panel discussion - language: english; duration: 2h ]]> YahooPartnerVideoID Blip post id 1750808 http://blip.tv/file/1742189 Conferences and Other Events commons elevate festival dj spooky bollier schmeiser lemos de angelis meretz discussion festival graz austria Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:23:08 +0000 commons, elevate, festival, dj, spooky, bollier, schmeiser, lemos, de, angelis, meretz, discussion, festival, graz, austria http://a.images.blip.tv/Dan_elevate-ElevateFestival2008ReclaimingTheCommonsDiscussion770.png commons, elevate, festival, dj, spooky, bollier, schmeiser, lemos, de, angelis, meretz, discussion, festival, graz, austria ]]> Reclaiming the Commons (discussion) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ 47.1437261 15.3212803