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SYNCHRONATOR
Since the early years of video art, works have been made which do not produce a standard TV signal waveform and therefore cannot be directly recorded or projected with current equipment. For SYNCHRONATOR, Bas van Koolwijk and Gert-Jan Prins have created their own hardware to overcome these difficulties.
Their SYNCHRONATOR device transforms audio into a composite video signal, compatible with all video equipment supporting composite video input.
SYNCHRONATOR is a dual screen performance of which a first try-out was presented on June 3 2006.
Since then it was performed at many venues and festivals such as: Avanto [Helsinki], Melkweg [Amsterdam], Club Transmediale [Berlin], Donau Festival [Krems].
More info at www.synchronator.com

live performances:
feb 12 2011, Intro In Situ, Maastricht NL
dec 22 2010, Sensxperiment, Filmoteca de Andalucía, Córdoba ES
dec 21 2010, Octubre Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Valencia ES
dec 20 2010, L'ull Cec, Nivell Zero/Fundació Suñol, Barcelona ES
nov 6 2010, LAMPO/Graham foundation, Madlener House, Chicago IL USA
sep 11 2010, Impakt Open Air, Utrecht NL
apr 24 2010, European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrueck DE
mar 26 2010, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam NL
dec 10 2009, Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven NL
nov 28 2009, Cimatics, Brussels BE
nov 27 2009, Studio LOOS, Den Haag NL
nov 20 2009, WORM, Rotterdam NL
nov 10 2009, Launch of the SYNCHRONATOR device, NIMk, Amsterdam NL
nov 7 2009, LAB30, Augsburg DE
oct 16 2009, Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre, Trondheim NO
oct 9 2009, Almost Cinema, De Vooruit, Gent BE
jun 28 2009, Musica Genera Festival, Warsaw PL
apr 24 2009, Woodstreet Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, USA
nov 29 2008, RomaEuropa Festival, Brancaleone, Rome IT
may 9 2008, Elektra, Usine C, Montreal CA
dec 6 2007, de Effenaar, Eindhoven NL
dec 2 2007, Total Meeting Festival, Tours FR
dec 1 2007, Cable #14, Pol'N, Nantes FR
nov 29 2007, Instants Chavirés, Paris FR
nov 28 2007, MediaRuimte, Brussels BE
sep 22 2007, Today's Art, Filmhuis, Den Haag NL
may 3 2007, Fragment, Les Trinitaires, Metz FR
apr 30 2007, Donau Festival, Krems AT
jan 29 2007, Club Transmediale, MAO, Berlin DE
dec 18 2006, Upgrade!, Melkweg, Amsterdam NL
nov 18 2006, Avanto, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki FI
jun 3 2006, Impakt SYNCHRONATOR event, zaal Moira, Utrecht NL

FDBCK/AV
Solo live performance in which Van Koolwijk generates a feedback control circuit between the audio and the video signals, making audio and video become two facets of a self-sustaining data stream. External control is established by manipulation of parameters for the interpretation of image>sound and sound>image. The application with which this is done, makes no use of camera or movie input. All sound and image data are generated real-time within the feedback system using digital video basics.

Previous FDBCK/AV performances include Mutek 05 [Montréal], Club Transmediale [Berlin], Garage Festival [Stralsund] Re:visie/Dutch Film Festival [Utrecht] and Videologia [Moscow, Volgograd]

live performances:
nov 13 2007, Cine Fantom Club, Moscow RU
nov 8 & 10 2007, Videologia, Volgograd RU
nov 23 2006, Sound & Image, Filmhuis, Den Haag NL
sep 14 2006, GOGBOT festival, Enschede NL
sep 8 2006, State of the Image, Arnhem NL
aug 25 2006, WAVES, RIXC, Riga LV
jan 20 2006, Live Cinema, Extrapool, Nijmegen NL
jan 19 2006, Live Cinema, tag, Den Haag NL
jan 18 2006, Live Cinema, Klub Koe, Den Bosch NL
jan 17 2006, Live Cinema, WORM, Rotterdam NL
jan 16 2006, Live Cinema, OT 301, Amsterdam NL
jul 14 2005, Five Days Off/techno², Montevideo, Amsterdam NL
jun 2 2005, Mutek 05, X-Centris, Montréal CA
apr 24 2005, Xfilm Festival, Black Box, Sofia BG
feb 8 2005, Club Transmediale, Maria am Ostbahnhof, Berlin DE
sep 2004, Re:visie/Dutch Film Festival, Centraal Museum, Utrecht NL
aug 5 2004, Garage Festival, Stralsund DE
nov 15 2003, Tivoli-de Helling, Utrecht NL

FDBCK/AV 3D
The stereoscopic variation of the FDBCK/AV live performance.
Seen through anaglyph glasses, the illusion on depth is added to the otherwise two dimensional projection. FDBCK/AV 3D comes with quadraphonic sound.

live performances:
nov 20 2010, MFRU, Kino Udarnik, Maribor SI
nov 8 2008, International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Winterthur CH
sep 13 2008, Rumor Festival, Theater Kikker, Utrecht NL
nov 23 2007, STRP festival, Eindhoven NL
jun 1 2007, (in)visible sounds, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam NL
may 27 2007, Camera Lucida DVD release, Melkweg, Amsterdam NL

RF
The short and loud brother in the family of FDBCK/AV live sets. RF stands for 'Red Flag'.
Flagging or flagwaving is a video term refering to the sideways pulling and fluttering seen at the top of a TV picture caused by a skew misadjustment or some other tape tension error. Although the flagging in this work is of a digital nature entirely, its logic is based on these analogue video characteristics.
As a single screen video, 'FDBCK/AV - Red Flag' was released in october 2005.

live performances:
aug 30 2008, Petersburg Project Space, Amsterdam NL
dec 15 2007, State X New Forms, het Paard, Den Haag NL
oct 12 2007, Local Stop Concerts, Steim, Amsterdam NL
mar 12 2007, DNK Afregelsalon III, OT 301, Amsterdam NL

SKIF++
The electronic audio-visual trio SKIF++ is a collaboration of Jeff Carey, Robert van Heumen and Bas van Koolwijk. The SKIF++ sound ranges from sonic bursts to melodic melancholy and back, using joysticks and selfmade controllers to keep it all in line (most of the time). All compositions and performances are improvised, but based on structures that give each piece its distinct character. hardhatarea.com/SKIF++
Contact: skif++@hardhatarea.com

live performances:
oct 7 2007, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, USA
oct 5 2007, Pixilerations Festival, Providence RI, USA
oct 4 2007, ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn NY, USA
oct 3 2007, ffmup, Princeton NJ, USA
sep 23 2007, Modulate, Birmingham UK
sep 18 2007, SuperCollider Symposium, Steim, Amsterdam NL
dec 12 2006, Cinematiek #14, 't Hoogt, Utrecht NL
nov 22 2006, Paradox, Tilburg NL
nov 9 2006, LUISTEREN!, Theater Kikker, Utrecht NL
oct 15 2006, St. John's Church, Baltimore MD, USA
oct 14 2006, The Red Room, Baltimore MD, USA
oct 13 2006, Diapason Gallery, New York NY, USA
oct 12 2006, The Tank, New York NY, USA
oct 10 2006, Flywheel, Easthampton MA, USA
oct 6 2006, Sonic Circuits, Washington DC, USA
apr 4 2006, )toon) festival, Toneelschuur, Haarlem NL
apr 3 2006, Steim concerts, Theater Frascati, Amsterdam NL
nov 26 2005, TAC, Eindhoven NL
nov 23 2005, Local Stop Concerts, Steim, Amsterdam NL
nov 8 2005, Theater Kikker, Utrecht NL
oct 24 2005, Kraakgeluiden, OT 301, Amsterdam NL

RGB
The live performance RGB is based on the video channels red, green and blue. By direct transposition of the video signal to audio, Bas van Koolwijk creates a real time soundtrack using colour fields only. The sound environment is completed by Christian Toonk. Toonk uses audio feedback derived from amplified internal computer processes.

live performances:
Jan 9 2006, Kraakgeluiden, OT301, Amsterdam NL
Nov 15 2005, Break 2.3, Ljubljana SI
Aug 5 2005, Le Placard/Garage, Stralsund DE
May 21 2005, Dissonanze Festival, Rome IT
Mar 2 2005, Expodium Gallery, Utrecht NL
Jan 29 2005, Netmage Festival, Theatro Manzoni, Bologna IT
Dec 14 2004, 'Stop Dancing, Start Looking', 't Hoogt, Utrecht NL
Mar 7 2004, Umatic event at Club Moira, Utrecht NL

other live performances
nov 9 2008, w/ Robert van Heumen and Audrey Chen, Plateaux Festival, Bydgoszcz PL
nov 4 2008, w/ Robert van Heumen and Audrey Chen, Proeflokaal, Theater Kikker, Utrecht NL
may 8 2008, w/ Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand, Elektra Festival, Usine C, Montréal CA
apr 24 2008, w/ Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand, Medialab, Tetem II, Enschede NL
apr 7 2008, AV improvisation, DNK Open D.I. Night #6, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam NL
sep 9 2007, JAZZZIN session, w/ Cor Fuhler and dj DNA, de Broederij, Utrecht NL
jun 10 2007, JAZZZIN session, w/ Ernst Reijseger and dj's Sjam & DNA, Utrecht NL
nov 10 2006, w/ Staalplaat Soundsystem, Sensoralia/Romaeuropa festival, Rome IT
sep 30 2006, w/ Staalplaat Soundsystem, Re:visie/NFF, Centraal Museum, Utrecht NL
sep 27 2006, w/ Staalplaat Soundsystem, Steim, Amsterdam NL
feb 27 2006, [visuals] Office-[R]6 cd release, Mediamatic, Amsterdam NL
jan 29 2006, Baroch [w/ R. Nijhof and C. Toonk], Vishal, Haarlem NL
oct 15 2005, DB [w/ Wojciech Kosma a.o.], Unsound, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow PL
aug 6 2005, AV improvisation, Le Placard/Garage, Stralsund DE
aug 4 2005, Desktopjam [w/ C. Toonk and R. Nijhof], Garage Festival, Stralsund DE
jul 31 2005, w/ Christiaan Virant, Garage Festival, Stralsund DE
jun 3 2005, w/ FM3, Le Placard/Mutek, Montréal CAN
jun 5 2005, w/ Staalplaat Soundsystem, Le Placard/Mutek, Montréal CAN
apr 5 2005, Desktopjam [w/ C. Toonk and R. Nijhof], Artis Gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch NL
jun 14 2004, psychonavigators [w/ Derek Holzer and Christian Toonk], Impakt/BAK, Utrecht NL
mar 23 2004, OZONE [w/ Derek Holzer], 50% Beeld, Montevideo, Amsterdam NL
sep 28 2003, [visuals] PPC Graz, w/ Kim Cascone, Kid 606 a.o., Graz AT
sep 2003, OZONE [w/ Derek Holzer], ORF Kunstradio live radio broadcast, Graz AT
sep 9 2003, [solo] Cinematiek #1, theater 't Hoogt, Utrecht NL
may 16 2003, [solo] COURTisane Festival, Gent BE
apr 6 2003, OZONE [w/ Derek Holzer], Earational Festival, Den Bosch NL
jan 24 2003, [solo] Netmage Festival, Bologna IT
dec 15 2002, [solo] PEK Festival, Filmhuis, Den Haag NL
nov 2 2002, [visuals] IMPAKT Festival, w/ Greg Davis and Hrvatski, Utrecht NL
sep 2002, [solo] Planetart at Madrettor Festival, Off-Corso, Rotterdam NL
jun 2002, w/ Derek Holzer, WRONG Festival, Barcelona ES
jun 2002, w/ Radboud Mens, MUTEK Festival, X-Centris, Montréal CAN
may 5 2002, w/ Radboud Mens, DOT.NU, Paradiso, Amsterdam NL
may 4 2002, w/ Radboud Mens, DOT.NU, V2_, Rotterdam NL
dec 15 2001, w/ Radboud Mens, Planetart, Theater Romein, Leeuwarden NL
nov 23, 2001, [solo] Circus Maximus, Stichting Lazy Marie, Begane Grond, Utrecht NL
oct 26 2001, w/ Radboud Mens, Pimp! Arena, 'Dutch vj's for EMAF 2002', W139, Amsterdam NL
may 10 2001, w/ Radboud Mens, WORM in Las Palmas, Las Palmas Building, Rotterdam NL
sep 13 2000, w/ Radboud Mens, World Wide Video Festival, Melkweg, Amsterdam NL
sep 2 2000, [solo] Worm Salon #5, Goethe Instituut, Rotterdam NL
may 7 2000, w/ Radboud Mens, Vierde Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam NL