2011 Program
Friday, August 19
FMEL Preview Night
Get a taste for what’s in store in next week’s festival with improv performances by Juanjose Rivas and Yair Lopez.
Gozamos Headquarters
1732 W. Hubbard St.
6-8pm – Free Admission
Wednesday, August 24
Lecture
“Live Cinema” by VJ Thai
(Media Selectah / Sistema Local)
Contemporary audiovisual development – installation and performance multimedia, electronic culture and hip-hop techniques in video.
Chicago Art Department
1932 S. Halsted St.
7pm – Free Admission
Thursday, August 25
Lecture & A/V Performance
“Sound Improvisation by Electronic Devices” by Juanjose Rivas
(Mandorla / Dorkbot MX)
Sponsored by: Katz Law Office, Ltd.
How to manipulate low-voltage circuits to create sound atmospheres.
UNAM Chicago
350 W. Erie St., Suite 300
7pm – Free Admission
Showcase
Leo 123 (Live Set)
Labo_labs (Live Set)
Juanjose Rivas (DJ Set)
Maria’s Community Bar
960 W. 31st St.
10pm – 2am – Free Admission
Friday, August 26
Workshops, 4-6pm
“Circuit Bending” by Juanjose Rivas (Dorkbot) & Yair Lopez (Sociacusia))
Learn how to extract sounds from electronic toys through the alteration of their circuits.
“Radio x Internet” by Jesus Lopez (Radioglobal)
Learn to create, produce and broadcast through the Internet.
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th St.
4pm – Free Admission
Showcase, 6-8pm:
Circuit Bending Kids Ensemble
Directed by Yair López (Sociacusia, MX)
In collaboration with: Pros Arts Studio
Tremolo Audio
(Mil Records, MX)
Sponsored by: Gozamos
VJ Gabriel Noguez
(Cargo Collective, LA)
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th St.
4pm – Free Admission
Night Showcase
DJ Wero
(MX /Radioglobal)
Kampion feat. Anthony Macias
(Kampion: MX / Static Discos)
(Anthony Macias: CHI / [.DESCARGA.] – Enchufate Music)
Sponsored by: Enchufate
Nortec Collective Presents: Clorofila
(MX / Nacional Records)
Sponsored by: Gozamos
Latinsizer
(MX, Static Discos)
Sponsored by: Rockoleta
VJ Gabriel Noguez
(LA, Cargo Collective)
VJ Thai
(MX/Media Selectah)
Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace St.
9pm – $10 Admission
Saturday, August 27
Symposium
“Electronic Music & Multimedia Art Based on Communities”
The birth of audiovisual channels that reflect part of a culture and identity.
Participants: Jorge Verdín / Cristian Huepe / Juanjosé Rivas / Roxana Barraza / Gabriel Noguez
Moderator: Alejandro Madrid
Author of Nortec Rifa! and Associate Professor and Director of Latin American and Latinos Post-graduate Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Film Screening:
“Frontier Life” Hans Fjellestad + Ivan Diaz Robledo
This documentary explores beyond Tijuana’s Sin City heritage, beyond the aura of menace cultivated by the mainstream media, and searches for the heart and identity of a city that is much more than a cantina-strewn throwback to the Old West.
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th St.
2pm – Free Admission
Closing Showcase
Chico Sonido
(SJ / Kin Kon)
Zuzuka Poderosa
(NY / Vigarista Collective)
Sponsored by: Soulphonetics & Rationation
Turbo Sonidero Futuristico
(SF / Contradiscos)
DJ Starfoxxx
(CHI / MX / Media Selectah)
Taxim
1558 N. Milwaukee Ave.
9pm-3am – Free Admission
