Video and audio artist Bas van Koolwijk analyses the disturbances produced by video, transforming them into numeric code, in order to produce a visual and acoustic sequence in which sounds and images vigorously interact.
His video works can be seen as an aggressive attack on the illusion of video itself. Through a rigorous and formalistic approach, Van Koolwijk exposes the face of the machine which lives behind the often-placating veil of the televised image.

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RECENT & UPCOMING

SYNCHRONATOR - performances & presentations
nov 7 2009, LAB30, Augsburg DE
nov 10 2009, Launch of the SYNCHRONATOR device, NIMk, Amsterdam NL
nov 20 2009, WORM, Rotterdam NL
nov 27 2009, Studio LOOS, Den Haag NL
nov 28 2009, SYNCHRONATOR presentation, Meetingpoint at Cimatics, Brussels BE
dec 10 2009, SYNCHRONATOR presentation, Baltan, Eindhoven NL
www.synchronator.com

recent releases:
SYNCHRONATOR - device
The SYNCHRONATOR device transforms your audio into a composite video signal, compatible with all video equipment supporting composite video input.
With 3 audio inputs and 1 video out, the SYNCHRONATOR device enables you to visualize your sounds on each of the primary color channels of the video signal. It adds video sync pulses and color coding signals to your audio, effectively disguising the input as a composite video signal.
www.synchronator.com/device.html

SYNCHRONATOR - DVD
A first SYNCHRONATOR DVD was released in July 2009 on the Amsterdam based Cavity label.
The production contains 9 new audiovisual compositions by Bas van Koolwijk and Gert-Jan Prins, plus the 2006 SYNCHRONATOR video.
www.synchronator.com/dvd.html

COLORFIELD VARIATIONS - DVD
Colorfield Variations is a collection of audio/visual works reinterpreting the Color Field movement by an international array of critically acclaimed sound and new media artists and assembled by curator and sound artist Richard Chartier.
Released in February 2009 on the LINE label.
Artists: Steve Roden, Alan Callander, Frank Bretschneider, Stephan Mathieu, Sue Costabile + Beequeen, TeZ, Tina Frank + General Magic, Bas Van Koolwijk, Chris Carter + Cosey Fanni Tutti, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Sawako, Evelina Domnitch + Dmitry Gelfand, Ernest Edmonds + Mark Fell.
www.12k.com/line

OPTOFONICA - DVD
Founded in 2006, Optofonica is a platform for immersive art-science. The works presented on this DVD (in 5.1 surround and stereo sound options) were commissioned by Optofonica to stimulate the combined research of sound spatialization and synesthetic immersion. To be released November 2009, LINE. www.12k.com/line
Artists: Evelina Domnitch + Dmitry Gelfand + Richard Chartier, Telcosystems, Ryan Jeffery + Scanner, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Kanta Horio, Jason Graham + Kim Cascone + TeZ, Skoltz_Kolgen, Kaffe Matthews, Marcel Wierckx, Martijn van Boven, Otolab, RAYXXXX, Lia + @C, Bas van Koolwijk, Frank Brettschneider, Domenico Sciajno, Pe Lang + Zimoun, Ulf Langheinrich, Quayola + Mira Calix + Autobam, SKIF++, David Muth + Hiaz, Kurt Hentschlager, Natalie Bewernitz + Marek Goldowski.
www.optofonica.com

other recent activities:
oct 16 2009, SYNCHRONATOR Live, Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre, Trondheim NO
oct 9 2009, SYNCHRONATOR Live, Almost Cinema, Vooruit, Gent BE
aug 28 2009 - jan 10 2010, FDBCK/AV & SKIF++ videos, Optofonica capsule, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz AT
jun 28 2009, SYNCHRONATOR Live, Musica Genera Festival, Warsaw PL
apr 24 2009, SYNCHRONATOR Live, Woodstreet Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, USA
apr 24 - jun 20 2009, SYNCHRONATOR video, Woodstreet Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, USA
apr 2 2009, SKIF++, NYCEMF, Galapagos Art Space, New York NY, USA
mar 19 - 22 2009, SYNCHRONATOR video, Ankara International Film Festival, Ankara TR
nov 29 2008, SYNCHRONATOR video, Visual Sounds on film, Koln DE
nov 29 2008, SYNCHRONATOR Live, RomaEuropa Festival, Brancaleone, Rome IT
nov 24 2008, SYNCHRONATOR Live, DNK, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam NL
nov 21 2008, FIVE, 'Kinetic Colour', Tate Modern cinema, London UK
nov 9 2008, with Robert van Heumen and Audrey Chen, Plateaux Festival, Bydgoszcz PL
nov 8 2008, FDBCK/AV - Silver, ColorField Variations, Plateaux Festival, Torun PL
nov 8 2008, FDBCK/AV 3D Live, International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Winterthur CH
nov 4 2008, with Robert van Heumen and Audrey Chen, Proeflokaal, Theater Kikker, Utrecht NL
sep 24 2008, FDBCK/AV - Silver, ColorField Variations, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA, USA
sep 13 2008, FDBCK/AV 3D Live, Rumor Festival, Theater Kikker, Utrecht NL
aug 30 2008, RF Live, Petersburg Project Space, Amsterdam NL
aug 14 - 16 2008, FIVE, Z33 at Pukkelpop, Hasselt BE
jun 12 - 29 2008, FDBCK/AV installation, 'De Nieuwe Salon' exhibition, Utrecht NL
jun 1 2008, SYNCHRONATOR video, Australian Cinematheque/Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane AU
may 10 - jun 29 2008, SYNCHRONATOR video, WAVES, Dortmund DE
may 9 2008, SYNCHRONATOR Live, Elektra Festival, Usine C, Montréal CA
may 8 2008, 10K PFFA, Elektra Festival, Usine C, Montréal CA
apr 7 2008, AV improvisation, DNK Open D.I. Night #6, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam NL
apr 5 2008, FDBCK/AV - Red Flag, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo EG
apr 3 2008, FDBCK/AV - Red Flag, 'Un Festival, c'est trop court', Nice FR