A Tribute to the brothers Čapek

FROM THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF R.U.R. in 1923
Karel CapekOpera o třech dějstvích od Zdeňka Blažka, adaptace Jan Jirásek. Libretto je založeno na stejnojmenné divadelní hře Karla Čapka z roku 1921.
Zdeněk Blažek Milan Kaňák Pawel Janicki Jan Jirasek Jana Prekova Woody Vasulka Petr Vrana
PARTNERS
MARS Media Archiv Prague National Theatre Brno WRO Center for Media Art
SUPPORT
Culture 2000 Programme Czech Cultural Department

Pawel Janicki

PAWEL JANICKI
PING MELODY PERFORMANCE BY PAWEL
JANICKI AND MATTHIAS LORENZ (CELLIST)
Pawel Janicki (1974) is an independent media artist and producer working with generative music, microsound and algorithmic composition, interactive systems for performances and installations, and his own constantly developed hard- nad software. He composed soundtracks and interactive SFXs for art-CD-ROMs, TV and radio; realized projects based on fractal music and 4D real-time generated animations using fractal theory; contributed to various record compilations documented avant-garde of electronic and electroacoustic music, and co-coperated with many artists, institutions, recording and IT industry. Pawel is networked with Visegrad Festival Association and actually his work is concentred on software based sound/music processing, net-applications (especially in the sound context), and revitalisation of existing military and entertainment technologies and infrastructure. He's also a member of well-known, exploring lo-tech aesthetics collective Gameboyzz Orchestra Project, and author of Ping Melody - software and performance joining improvised music with information exchange in world's dataspace of Internet.

R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots, 2008